PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Around 8 years of professional experience in Software Testing as Software Quality Assurance Engineer on different platforms and environments
• Experience in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), in - depth knowledge of contemporary QA/test principles, methodologies.
• Efficient in analyzing System Requirements, Use Cases and other documents to gain overall understanding of the new application to determine the appropriate level of testing required and designing end-to-end testing framework that supports both manual and automated.
• Extensively Worked in Quality Assurance using Testing methods for both Manual and Automation tests with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in Requirements gathering (FSD/SRS).
• Experience in Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing, and Production & Maintenance Methods using Waterfall, CMM, and Agile/Scrum.
• Used Soap UI to test Webservices (SOA).
• Worked on retail and e-commerce applications
• Involved in risk based testing.
• Working knowledge of SQL, HTML and XML and internet browsers.
• Adept at developing automated test scripts using Load Runner, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center.
• Experienced in developing and maintaining Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases, Defect Tracking, and Report Generation.
• Expertise in Unit Testing, Integration Testing, GUI testing, Functional testing, System testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance testing, end-to-end testing and Black Box testing methodologies.
• Experience in writing and executing SQL queries to perform Data Validation and Back end testing of databases to check the integrity of data.
• Experience in creating the Requirement traceability matrix and performing the corresponding analysis.
• Experience in coordinating testing efforts with the offshore teams.
• Experienced in recording tests, debugging tests, editing scripts, running test scripts and analyzing results using testing tools Win Runner, QuickTestPro, Load Runner
• Excellent communications skills, strong problems solving skills and a good team player.
• Ability to meet deadlines and handle pressure and co-ordinate multiple tasks in a work / project environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro 10.0,9.5/9.2/8.2, RFT, Test Director 8.0/7.6, Quality Center 8.2,9.0, 9.2,9.5, Clear Quest, Winrunner7.0/6.0, Load Runner 8.0/7.8.

Platforms: MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, UNIX

Languages: C, C++, Java, VB Script, TSL, Visual Basic, .Net, SQL, PL/SQL,

Internet Technologies: VBScript, JavaScript, XML, HTML

Database Technologies: Oracle 8i/9i, MS-SQL Server 2000

Others: MS-Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Written and maintained test plans, test scenarios and test cases based on specifications and requirements.
• Executed manual tests and identified, communicated, and documented discrepancies encountered during the testing process.
• Created, reviewed, and updated software defects in defect tracking tools.
• Created automation scripts using HP UFT tool.
• Executed and maintained automated test scripts using UFT and HP ALM
• Involved in Sprint review meetings and backlogs meeting.
• Involved in giving demos for each sprint.
• Providing daily status and report to client on day to day basis.
• Used Rally to understand the stories and track the hours spent on each task in the rally.
• Worked in Agile based methodology.
• Automation of Rest Services using SOAPUI and POSTMAN

Environment: HP ALM 11.5, UFT 11.5, Rally, Excel, Clearquest, Javascript, SOAPUI, Rest Services

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Test Lead coordinating onshore and off-shore team.
• Worked on HP ALM to write test cases and execute them
• Involved in creation of test plan, test scenarios, test cases, Observation Summary Report and Test Execution Summary Report.
• Worked in Agile based methodology and worked in sprint to sprint.
• Attended Daily Scrum Meetings and provided with the status of each day.
• Tested Web Services and validated XML Data.
• Used data-driven testing and database accessing techniques during automation scripts development
• Created and maintained automated tests using QTP by coding in VB Script.
• Developed custom QTP function libraries (like Object Oriented Functions, Database Functions, and Utilities etc). These functions are application independent and platform independent that can be used across multiple projects.
• Developed a comprehensive Automation Regression Suite that is executed at the end of each sprint
• Involved in Sprint review meetings and backlogs meeting.
• Involved in giving demos for each sprint.
• Providing daily status report to client on day to day basis.
• Used Rally to understand the stories and track the hours spent on each task in the rally

Environment: Quality Center ALM 11.0, Quick Test Professional 11.0, Oracle 10g,VB.Net,Web Services,XML,Rally,SqlServer

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Sr. Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Interpret application architectures and identify areas for automation.
• Actively involved in automating test cases using QTP
• Parameterized test scripts in QTP to pass data from different data sources like Excel spreadsheets, XML files and database.
•  Performed data-driven testing by developing data-driven tests to validate the same test with multiple sets of test data.
• Developed complex VB Script Functions and Keywords as part of automation framework.
• Used Selenium for Cross browser testing.
• Worked on HP ALM to write manual test cases and execute them
• Worked on an inbuilt automation framework called "Effecta".
• Worked in Agile based environment working from sprint to sprint
• Involved in Understanding stories in each sprint and creating scenarios in each sprint.
• Involved in Sprint review meetings and backlogs meeting.
• Involved in giving demos for each sprint.
• Providing daily status report to client on day to day basis.
• Used Rally to understand the stories and track the hours spent on each task in the rally
• Design and implement the best practices and ensure that new code uses our framework and coding practices
• Execution of smoke tests on each build using QTP and reporting the results to management
• Performed integration testing & data validations using QTP for various interfaces.
• Performed database testing to test data migration from different test environments.
• Developed utility scripts in QTP to export data from different database tables to Excel.
• Developed workarounds for many of QTP challenges by writing VB Script functions using "Effecta"automation framework
• Used "JIRA"to manage projects

Environment: Quality Center ALM 11.0, Quick Test Professional 11.0, Oracle 10g, ASP.NET, HTML, C++, VB script, Effecta, Excel, Rally, JIRA

Confidential, Wakefield, MA

Sr. QA Analyst/ Sr. Automation tester

Responsibilities:

• Utilized Excel to maintain test cases and test scripts.
• Work closely with Test Lead to meet deadlines on time.
• Involved in testing front-end " Confidential Sales Tax Calculation" Application for different retail clients in different states.
• Involved in extensive Data Validation using SQL queries.
• Involved in validating data for different clients (such as Target, Walmart, marshalls etc) by writing complex Sql queries.
• Used Selenium for Cross browser Testing.
• Used Javascript for automation with selenium
• Prepared Quality assurance metrics, defect reports and reviewed with the QA team.
• Involved in preparing Requirement Traceable Matrix (RTM) and Test Sets in Quality Center..
• Reviewed Business Requirements with Business Analysts and Developers.
• Developed VBA scripts using Macros to verify data in the EXCEL sheet.
• Using TOAD tool, prepared SQL queries and verified the data in the oracle database
• Involved in preparing Requirement Traceable Matrix (RTM) and Test Sets in HP Quality Center 9.2.
• Strong hands-on experience in maintaining and using IBM Rational Clear Quest for Defect reporting, tracking & Change Management.
• Involved in writing automation scripts by using an inbuilt hybrid automation framework called as "CRAFT"
• Automated functional, GUI and Regression testing by creating scripts in QTP.
• Developed, modified and debugged scripts in Automation frame work using QTP for future release
• Expertise in advanced descriptive programming in QTP using VBScript.
• Used Recovery Scenario Wizard for recovery management.
• Involved in creation of object repository, function libraries for automation.

Environment: Quality Center 9.2, QTP10.0, Toad, Excel, Rational Clear Quest, .Net, Selenium, Oracle 10g, Javascript