SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of experience as a QA Analyst using both manual and automated testing in web, STB, client/server and database applications.
• Senior software QA tester with full system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes fueling swift corrective actions, significant cost savings and fault - free audits.
• Hands-on technology professional accustomed to working in complex, project-based environments. Multifaceted experience in QA software testing, software development and user-acceptance testing.
• Familiar with Banking, Cable, Healthcare domains and being involved in testing the banking and cable projects.
• Backed by strong credentials including a Health sciences degree, advanced command of various testing suites, agile methodologies and monitoring tools; and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.
• Have good experience working using Waterfall, Agile and SCRUM methodologies
• Experience in testing web applications using HTML and Java scripts.
• Proficient in Oracle and SQL.
• Very Strong in Manual Testing and Issue Tracking.
• Backed by strong credentials including a Health sciences degree, advanced command of various testing suites, agile methodologies and monitoring tools; and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• SQA Testing & Methodologies
• Test Plans, Cases & Processes
• Functional Requirements
• Scripting & Documentation
• Regression & Negative Testing
• UI & Compatibility Testing
• Data Interface & Migration Testing
• Testing Automation
• Defect/Bug Tracking
• Test Strategies & Coverages
• QA & QC Standards.
• Testing Tools: JIRA, DDTS, Confluence, Test rail, Test web, Postman, SOAP UI, Mercury Quality Center, Toad, Brio Query, WISQL, Remedy, Crystal Reports, WinRunner V6.0, TestDirector V6.0, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint
• Databases: SAS, Oracle 10g/9i, Netezza 6.0, MS Access, Sybase, SQL Server 2008/2005
• OS: UNIX, MVS, MS-DOS, Windows 7/XP/2000 & Windows NT, IOS, Android.
• Browsers: Safari, Chrome, Firefox, IE .
• Devices: Regular laptops, IPhone, Samsung, notepads.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirements and analyzed User Requirements and Technical Specifications.
• Created Initial test plans and developed test cases and test scripts manually in Mercury Quality Center.
• Participated in peer reviews and walkthroughs on Test Cases, and Preliminary test approach, which contains high-level test conditions for verifying the software solution
• Worked on GUI Application testing.
• Conducted Integration, Functional, System and Regression Testing.
• Executed test cases and verified actual results against expected results.
• Used SQL to validate data in Netezza and Oracle databases using DB Visualizer
• Communicated with Offshore resources about the project details.
• Worked on running the scripts in UNIX environment.
• Defect Reporting Using JIRA.
• Involved in daily, weekly status reporting.

Lead QA Analyst

Confidential

• Working as QA Lead by assigning, monitoring and managing POM QA activities with both onsite and offshore QA resources.
• Reviewed Business Requirements and analyzed User Requirements and Technical Specifications.
• Participated in peer reviews and walkthroughs on Test Cases, and Preliminary test approach, which contains high-level test conditions for verifying the software solution.
• Performed Adhoc, Functional, System and Regression Testing using multiple devices/OS like regular laptops, IPhone, Samsung Galaxy, IPad and Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, IE, Chrome etc.
• Writing Test Cases in Testrail and Defect Reporting Using JIRA .

Sr.QA Analyst

Confidential

• Reviewed Business Requirements and analyzed User Requirements and Technical Specifications.
• Participated in peer reviews and walkthroughs on Test Cases, and Preliminary test approach, which contains high-level test conditions for verifying the software solution
• Worked on IPTV testing, executing test cases in DTV, TUMBLE BOOK TV, Twitter, Santa Tracker Applications.
• Performed Adhoc, Functional, System and Regression Testing .
• Writing Test Cases and Defect Reporting Using Excel and Testweb.

Sr. Health Analyst

Confidential

• Analyzed and presented reports on Medicare as well as Medicaid data using SAS.
• Projects involved calculating the rates of “necessary one- day admission”, rates of Pressure Ulcers (PU) or use of restraints in the nursing home subjects, rates of Drug-Drug Interactions(DDI) and Potentially Inappropriate Medications(PIM). This work needed close interaction with the physician and his team of assistants who sent the file with the medical records labeled necessary or unnecessary admission, nursing aides who would travel to every hospital with the material to educate and reiterate the information that would help reduce the rates of PU, and with the pharmacist who was designing a plan to reduce the DDI and the PIM rates.
• Involved in study design, data analysis, and report preparation.
• Involved in writing test plans, test cases using test rail, Microsoft word and excel.
• Performed Adhoc, Functional, System and Regression testing, Database Testing using SQL .
• Mentored Junior Health Analyst in all technical aspects of their work

Sr. QA Engineer

Confidential

• Managed the performance of any of the tests of voting system hardware or software as defined in the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Voting System Standards.
• Prepared general test plans for all types of voting systems.
• Evaluated the design, documentation and development test history of candidate voting systems, and prepared detailed test plans and test procedures relevant to the specific characteristics and attributes of each candidate system.
• Conducted all required tests in accordance with the detailed plans and procedures.
• Evaluated the performance of the systems in terms of acceptance criteria contained in the FEC Voting System Standards.
• Worked with Developers and QA team members, to produce quality versions of applications.
• Involved in Manual testing, and defect reporting using Excel.

QA Analyst

Confidential

• Used the Mercury Quality Center to write test cases and scenarios
• Involved in writing numerous test cases and execution plans for database migration testing and application testing
• Used Toad to run SQL queries against the Oracle database
• Attended Requirements meetings and worked on documenting user requirements
• Reviewed requirements specifications and user documentation
• Worked with Developers and QA team members, to produce quality applications
• Involved in Manual testing and defect reporting using Mercury Quality Center

QA Analyst

Confidential

• Involved in reviewing requirements and developing test plans and organizing and storing information about tests cases in the Information Management tool - Document Repository.
• Involved in Manual testing, and defect reporting using DDTS.
• Used SQL to validate data and run Procedures in Oracle Database using SQLPLUS
• Involved in the high priority tasks.
• Worked with Developers and QA team members, to produce quality versions of applications.
• Involved in System, Integration, functional and Performance testing of the application.

Test Analyst

Confidential

• Involved in reviewing requirements and developing test plans and organizing and storing information about tests cases in the Information Management tool - Test Director
• Working on automating the test procedure using WinRunner6.0
• Involved in Manual testing, and defect reporting using REMEDY.
• Used WISQL to validate data and run Procedures in Sybase Database.
• Used Crystal Reports to run the reports and verify the accuracy of the data.
• Worked with Developers and QA team members, to produce quality versions of applications
• Involved in System, Integration, functional and Performance testing of the application.