SUMMARY:

• Solid understanding in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Methodologies.
• Expert in Quality Assurance and software testing activities with an effective combination of technical knowledge, exceptional collaborative skills and diverse industry experience
• Experience in analysis of Software Requirement Specifications, use cases, and development of Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases.
• Possess excellent skills in Manual Testing along with skills in Automation Testing using Win Runner, Quick Test Professional (QTP), HP Quality Center, Load Runner and Test Director.
• Expertise in Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), and working experience in writing complex queries.
• Expert in Black Box, Smoke, Functional, Positive, Negative, Integration, System, Regression, UAT, and Automation Testing.
• Extensive experience of web portal testing.
• Experience in writing System test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts and Documenting all phases of QA process.
• Proficient skill in risk analysis, requirement documents, hardware/software specification. 
• Possess excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills and strong analytical, problem solving, decision - making skills.
• Self-directed quality assurance requiring minimal oversight
• Capability to adapt and learn new tools, techniques, and approaches
• Strong communicator and skillful in working closely with customers to identify and resolve problems. 
• Excellent verbal and communication skills and a good team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional, Quality Center,  PVCS Tracker, TOAD, SQL Developer,

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP

Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access

CM TOOLS: Star Team, VSS, Quality Center, ALM, TFS, Microsoft Test Manager, IBM integration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pennsylvania

Sr. Software Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for Web Portal Testing, assuring quality of all software products, built-in house, purchased, installed locally or configured through System Integration Testing (SIT).
• Under leadership of director of quality assurance defined clear goals, measurements and benchmarks to support IT strategies and advance quality in IT.
• Analyzed, design and build testing procedures that deliver the client’s goals and Provide our clients with maximum value.
• Analyzed the Functional Requirements and Design Specifications documents to Ensure that the system met all of the technical and business requirements of Applications.
• Manually generated and implemented templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, and Test Scripts and performed Manual Testing on the entire application.
• Responsible for application features and preparing several Test plans and Test Cases, Test scripts for Unit, Integration, System, User Acceptance, functional & Regression testing.
• Worked closely with software developers, business analysts, Sys Admin, and other project management personnel involved in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Used PVCS Tracker to investigate software bugs and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Effectively managing multiple concurrent activities and have demonstrated ability to deliver results with minimal supervision or direction
• Recognized by managers, stakeholders and colleagues as a tenacious, committed performer who exceeds expectations in demanding customer focused environments.
• Performed extensive Database/ Back end, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and manage, allocate and track development activities, and report progress to management

Confidential, Westbury, NY

Senior Systems Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, System Integration testing, Regression testing, Database Testing, Black Box testing at various phases of the development and test cycles.
• Analyzed requirements use cases, functional design and detail design documents.
• Responsible for developing Test plan based on Functional Specification and Technical Specification Of the application.
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results 
• Working as a team member in requirements mapping and preparing a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Involved in developing the test cases, test data and test scripts.
• Design, developed automation script using QTP and executed the test scripts in three different environments. 
• Retrieve test data using complex SQL queries.
• Performed query operations on Oracle to do database validation.  Used standard SQL functions and commands to develop complex queries. 
• Planned, designed, developed and executed Test Cases with Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests, defect tracking and manage the defects and executing the test cases. 
• Performing Functional and Regression testing using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Perform web based testing using QTP for checking page contents, broken links, web objects, frames and tables.
• Created Actions, Checkpoints and Synchronization points in QTP 
• Worked closely with developers, Business Analyst, Architects and Project Manager to understand Portal Project.
• Involved in the team meetings with representatives from Development, Database Management, Configuration Management, and Requirements Management to identify and correct defects.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities: 

• Developed test plans and test cases based on the Requirement, and Design documents.
• Worked with multiple applications interfaces to support testing of primary application.
• Performed Black Box, Smoke, Functional, Positive, Negative, Integration, System, Regression, UAT, and Automation Testing.
• Log, track, and verify resolution of software and specification defects, documenting all phases of QA process using Mercury Quality Center.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Data driven testing using Quick Test Pro/ Win Runner.
• Applications to provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and resolving basic test problems.
• Performed Manual testing for the Functionality, GUI of the Web applications
• Worked with Business to establish and maintain a consistent test methodology and to resolve general questions during the testing process.
• Performed extensive database validation and verification for MS SQL Server
• Designed and developed SQL queries to perform back-end testing
• Involved in Performance and load testing using Load Runner
• Analyze, test, and certify application specific software and performed variety reviews of business requirements and functional specification documents.
• Worked with cross functional team, and participated formal/ informal meetings

Confidential

Software QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in project analysis, design and implementation.
• Analyzed the Business Requirement specifications.
• Performed different types Manual Testing to check the flow of the application 
• Participated in QA team meetings and walk through for weekly QA testing review.
• Identified defects and interacted with developers to resolve the issues.
• Created the Test Cases as per Business requirements and Use Cases
• Verified functionality of software during all stages of the development life cycle
• Provided testing Estimates and resource plans based on Functional and Technical specifications
• Prioritized defects and logged them in PVCS Tracker and coordinated their resolution with the development team
• Created User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Test Cases for production testing