SUMMARY:

• In the span of 7+ years of QA career, gathered extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance standards, methodologies, and strategies with experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as involved in all phases from information gathering stage to maintenance stage of the project.
• Expertise in testing Client - server applications as well as multi-tier Web-based applications.
• Experience with creating test plans, writing and executing test cases, manual testing, and automated test execution.
• Experience developing, documenting and executing test cases manually and with automation using HP UFT and Tricentis Tosca Testsuite to ensure proper business compliance after working closely with Users, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Developers to understand requirements, business processes for testing and attended regular walkthroughs.
• Proficient in writing test cases, test scripts and creating a scenario in HP ALM.
• Proficient use of the Team Foundation Server to manage the software testing process especially bugs.
• Involved in creating a new environment and customizing the existing application QA framework to introduce Automation forthe team to support Business Process Testing ( BPT ).
• Extensive experience in writing SQL Queries for Database Testing with Databases such as MS SQL Server&MySQL.
• Experience in providing consultation and impact evaluation for testing executioners and manage assets using anexpert in the different types of testing - Load, Smoke, Acceptance-UAT, Sanity, Integration, End to End, Regression Test etc.
• Certified in Web Service Test Automation by Tricentis GmbH in August 2016.
• Trained as Tricentis Certified Professional in Tricentis Tosca in June 2016 and as Tricentis Certified Specialist in Cross Browser Test Automation in August 2016 also have used the same knowledge in the professional environment.
• Professionally used RAMCO ERP, TALLY ERP, EMPIRE ERP, ElegantJ Business Intelligence Tools & MIS and Microsoft OFFICE 2013.
• Initiated training in mainframe applications like Roscoe v6.0 and BlueZone ISPF TSO to support card production train.
• Strong team player with analytical &problem-solving skills and value-added ability to master technology very quickly.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and knowledge of good documentation practices which proven to coordinate with team to get efficient results and also capable of adapting and learning new tools, techniques, and approaches with self-motivation and flexibility within a fast-paced environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

DBMS: MS SQL, MySQL, MS Access

QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOLS: Tricentis Tosca, HP UFT / QTP, Attachmate Extra X-treme, BlueZone ISPF/TSO, Sauce Labs

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS: HP QC / ALM, JIRA, CA Agile Central Rally, MS Visual Studio TFS, MS Office

LANGUAGES: VB Script, Shell Scripting

PLATFORM: Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, Linux / Unix, Mac iOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, TX

IT System QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirement documents (BRD) and Software Requirement specification (SRS) in the forms of feature lists, user stories, iterations / revisions and task lists from Agile RallyDev Rally to Work in the Agiledevelopment environment with frequently changing requirements & features set for final goal of preparing and executing effective requirements traceability matrices and test plans.
• Participated in meetings with Business Analysts to discuss requirements for abetter understanding of the business functionality while writing test scripts and then also in weekly agile meeting & walk through with the QA managers, developers and SQA engineers to understand needs, preferences, workflows, defect priorities, and schedules and to execute test strategies.
• Tested and reviewed web-based credit card holder facing complete card management application and customer account manager facing complete account management application .
• Developed Test cases, Test procedures and test scripts to receive appropriate Test results for both Manual and Automatedtesting based on functional specifications and design documentsshared on Microsoft SharePoint for payment processing applications.
• Involved in the identification, analysis and documentation of test cases and software defects for multi-component systems, also involved in detailed documentation of test results together with the development of automated regression test framework to automate the test scripts for the System integration, Functional, GUI, Data Driven (both positive and negative Testing), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Regression testing using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) and Tricentis Tosca.
• Extracted and verified test data and QA testing outcomes over IBM TN3270/TN3270E Mainframe Terminal by connecting through Attachmate Extra X-treme i.e. Windows-based terminal emulator.
• Initiated training to create, store, &delete datasets, and also submit and examine jobs with Time Sharing Option ( TSO ) and Interactive System Productivity Facility ( ISPF ) software environments over mainframe.
• Used verylimited shell scripting to generate consolidated payment file for backend processing tests by customizing existing scripts.
• Performed SQL Server ’s data validation and executed Back-End testing using SQL Queries to verify the dataflow from the database.
• Conducted the Smoke Testing at the stage product release and UAT of to check the High-Level functionality of an application.
• Added various Check Points by customizing VB Script using the HPUFT and later on with configurations in Tricentis Tosca.
• Tested customized websites fortheir cross-browserand platform compatibility, color palette perfection, CSS specifications, content proofing and mobile platform feasibility using various browser-basedplug-ins and emulators.
• Found &Assigned related bugs to developers, once bug fixed for testing, verified and updated Team Foundation Server (TFS) and HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) ticket with all details.

Environment: Tricentis Tosca Testsuite 9.1,HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 12.04 (Earlier known as QTP), Microsoft Visual Studio (VS) 2013, Microsoft SQL Server (SQL) 2014, CA Agile Central Rally, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11.52, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013, Tricentis Tosca, Attachmate Extra X-treme 9, Microsoft SharePoint Online, SnagIt, Microsoft Office ProPlus 2013

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

QA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Reviewedbusiness requirement documents and prepared test plan in alignment with project timeline and mission requirements.
• Maintained QA-Developer symmetry by continuously updating cloud-hosted Microsoft Team Foundation Server (MS TFS) for tests, bug tickets, and QAT statuses.
• Involved in the identification, analysis, and documentation of test cases and software defects logging for multi-component systems in HP ALM / Quality Center management tool and Microsoft Team Foundation Server, also involved in detailed documentation of test results.
• Prepared test data with Microsoft SQL queries for positive and negative testing used in data driven test.
• Developed automated regression test framework with multi-environment enterprise solutions like Tricentis Tosca .
• Worked closely at every stage of application test lifecycle with the QA managers, developers, and SQA engineers to understand needs, preferences, workflows, priorities, and schedules and to execute test strategies.
• Performed exploratory QA testing (QAT), integration and regression testing activities for new releases, and End-to-End testing on different platforms like Win XP with web browsers IE, AOL & Netscape with Tricentis Tosca.
• Performed functional and regression testing using Tricentis Tosca and involved in verification and validation process.
• Tracked the defects and reported them using HP ALM / Quality Center tool.

Environment: HP QC / ALM, Tricentis Tosca Testsuite 8.4, Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2013 & Online

Confidential

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed CA Agile Central Rally for knowing business and software requirements, enhancement features and functional user stories to plan QAT accordingly.
• Took active part in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) stages including analysis, design, and review of business and software requirement specifications; development, testing as per the Rational Unified Process ’s (RUP) iterative software development process and Agile software development methodology
• Created project based automation frameworks using VB Scripting in HP QTP / UFT to reduce effort, shorten product delivery time and ensure adequate coverage for the regression testing.
• Performed SQL Server ’s data validation and database query to find the appropriate test data to reduce iterations per criterion.
• Documented Manual Test cases, Test procedures and Test results for each given user story in HP QC / ALM .
• Extensive web hosted cross browser testing & black box testing for certain manually defined and minor scenarios.
• Performed GUI testing, ETL testing, data warehouse testing, integration, functional, data-driven and regression testing using automated test scripts with HP QTP / UFT.
• Conducted the useracceptance testing (UAT), release smoke testing to check the high-level functionality of an application.
• Added various Check Points and finalized parameters that inserted different data into each iteration of a test run using parameterizetest in HP QTP / UFT
• Found bugs and updated JIRA with all bug details and then assigned them to developers and once bugs got fixed, performed testing, verification, and updating of relevant JIRA ticket with required details.
• Planned and executed backend testing using SQL Queries to verify the data flow from the database.
• Performed cross browser testing of web applications across multiple browsers through Sauce Labs
• Participated in daily focused stand-ups and weekly scrum meetings to finalize user story priorities to work on and later update the status in CA Agile Central Rally and also in thewalkthrough meetings to discuss defects and updated codes and enhancementsto retest and update the same in JIRA and HP QC / ALM .

Environment: JIRA, XML, HP QC/ ALM, HP Quick Test Professional 11.0, MS SQL Server, Web Services, CA Agile Central Rally

Confidential

QA In-Charge

Responsibilities:

• Attended requirements and design meetings, review, and analysis of requirements and design documentation for Earned Discount (ED) to retain client’s recurring business.
• Actively participated in creating requirements traceability matrices, and test plans with the use of HP QC / ALM .
• Developed test cases and test scripts for both Manual and Automated testing based on functional specifications and design documents.
• Improved the flexibility of the tests by parameterizing the entire test, inserted checkpoints, and used watchlists to monitor variables in the Test Script.
• Performed integration testing between the cross-functional modules and Cross-Platform Browser Testing with SauceLabs
• Performed system, integration, functional, and regression testing of new/revised applications using HP QTP 8.2 .
• Provided back end testing for database auditing and data validation using SQL scripts .
• Used HP Quality Center to house all test documentation & reports and track all issues& defects and their statuses.
• Provided clear concise feedback to thedevelopment team on recurring errors both on an individual and team basis.
• Worked closely with users and program developers to ensure that the application development met the user expectations. Partially involved in performing User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings focused on making the product more effective and testing & timely delivery of the product in real time scenario.

Environment: HP QTP 8.2, HP Quality Center 8.2, Windows XP/7, MS SQL, iRise (Screen mockup utility), Caliber (Req. repository), SauceLabs.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed data-driven script in HP QTP / UFT to test the same functionality with multiple sets of data.
• Review web based (e-Claims) application and identify critical functionalities.
• Participated in meetings with Business Analysts to discuss requirements for a better understanding of the business functionality while writing test scripts.
• Ensuredwebappsworks as designed visually by conducting cross browser testing and cross-platform testing with SauceLabs .
• Created and executed test cases manually as well as verified the actual results based on expected results.
• Developed many reusable functions using VB Script and HP QTP / UFT for project based iterative testing of prime functions.
• Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and End to End Testing.
• Ran queries for detailed customer data on MySQL and for basic project data on MS Access to apply in appropriate parameters to achieve definitive results with minimum efforts.
• Created test casesfrom release notes, executing test cases, analyzed test results, identified issues, defects & bugs and reported it to and worked with the developers and project manager and finally retested through JIRA and HP QC / ALM .
• Work in the Agile development environment with frequently changing requirements and features set maintained in RallyDev Rally .
• Effectively implemented QA methodologies, strategies, and plans in all stages of software development and testing lifecycle .
• Created project tree&testing structure for manual testing with analysis & reporting and register automated testing trail with HP QC .

Environment: s: HP QC /ALM, JIRA, MySQL, HP QuickTest Professional 10.0, RallyDev Rally, SauceLabs, MS office 2007.