OBJECTIVE:

JOB TARGET: Over Seven years of Software QA testing experience and solid understanding of software development & testing processes, well organized, self - motivated seeking an opportunity as a Software QA Tester/Software Test Engineer.

SUMMARY:

• Expert in writing and executing Test Plan, Test cases, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts.
• Experienced in gathering and documenting business requirements from client.
• Experienced in performing Functional, Sanity, Integration, System, Regression, User Acceptance.
• Proficient in using different databases including Oracle 10g, SQL Server, Informix, DB2 and MS Access.
• Experienced in using test management and bug reporting tools including Quality Center, Test Director, Clear Quest.
• Involved in testing task estimations, review checklists preparation.
• Developed automation test scripts using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) for creating standard, text, and bitmap, page, and database checkpoints.
• Tracked defects, prepared defect matrices, defect summary report and followed issues to completion.
• Prepared Requirement traceability matrix, Test data requirements, Test strategy, Test reports.
• Involved in establishing QA process and reviewing processes.
• Actively participated in all phases of the testing cycle including reviews and project status meetings.
• Performed system testing of the application in UNIX and Windows Environment.
• Skilled in adapting to rapidly changing work environments. Employer dedication. Excel at testing from a customer’s mind set.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life cycle and testing processes.
• Experienced in HP Quality Center, Quick Test Pro.
• Expert in Manual and Automated Testing from the clients/end user’s point of view.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP ALM/HP Quality Center, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) / Quick Test Professional (QTP), TOAD, PVCs Tracker, JIRA, IBM Rational Robot, ClearCase, ClearQuest.

Languages: Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java, J2EE, PL/SQL, HTML, Macromedia Dream weaver, VB Script, XML.

Operating Systems: UNIX, MS DOS, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 95

Database: MS SQL Server 2005/2008, Oracle10g, 11g, 9i, MS Access

Microsoft Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, MS Works, and Outlook, MS Visio.

Application Server: Web Logic, IIS, Apache.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

QA Analyst

• Prepared and reviewed Quality Control strategy and test plan.
• Created and reviewed test cases based on the objective of QC strategy.
• Worked with application development and product development teams to produce and implement all testing artifacts including, but not limited to; Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Data, Test Execution Results and Defects.
• Setup the testing environment and involved in both manual and Automation testing.
• Implemented Black box, Navigation, Functional, User interface, Security, Data driven, Configuration, System, Regression, User acceptance testing.
• Created queries and stored procedures using SQL.
• Created the environment for automation testing and designing the strategy for complete test coverage.
• Analyzed the requirements and designed detailed test cases.
• Developed automation scripts in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) to automate smoke and regression testing.
• If issues were identified with any project, bugs were entered in the project bug reporting system and a decision was made to determine whether the project should proceed to production deployment.
• Managed the testing process, schedule batch tests, log and track defects using HP ALM.
• Co-coordinated with System Analysts, Development & Test Teams to review Test Plans, Test Cases, and requirement standards & resolve issues including User Acceptance Testing.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Integration and End-to-end testing using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
• Developed and executed various VB scripts, created GUI Check points, Data Base check points, Implementing Data Driven Test and Synchronizations and automated web application using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) .
• Optimized HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) scripts for Regression testing of the application with various data sources and data types.
• Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted GUI, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Parameterized the fixed values in checkpoint statements, created data tables for the parameters and wrote functions for the parameters to read new data from the table upon each iteration - Performed Data-driven testing.
• Performed End-to-End Systems Regression Test, Readiness Review, and test results analysis.
• Actively participated in the team meeting with the developer and business analyst.

Environment: Windows XP, UNIX, IIS, IE, Oracle, C, C++, DOORS, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Quality Center

Confidential, Washington,DC

Software Test Engineer

• Analyzed systems design specifications and developed Test Plans, Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Performed Manual Testing for usability and compatibility of the custom Web application.
• Performed End to end testing for Regression, Integration and database testing manually.
• Worked with Use cases and requirements to write the test plan and test cases.
• Manually executed test cases and reported results to development teams.
• Performed manual GUI test for Data entry screen in the Application.
• Experienced with HP ALM/ HP Quality Center Administration (Domain creation, Project Creation, User Creation, maintain user authentication, Allocation of projects to users).
• Expertise on assigning the Test Cases to the Test Sets in HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Experienced with assigning the Requirements to the Test Cases in HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Identified the Test Cases to be automated and generated the automated scripts using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Performed data driven testing and Regression testing using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Inserted synchronization points to solve timing problem between test and application.
• Experience to eliminate redundant pop up messages to cut down script run times using recovery scenarios in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Accessed data from Oracle database using SQL scripts.
• Validated reports developed using Crystal Reports.
• Performed defect tracking for the bugs in the application that included documentation, tracking and re-validating defects that helped developers to track the problem and resolve the technical issues.
• Involved in Preparing test plans and prepared the test cases and test scripts.
• Responsible for creating and executing test cases for System, Integration, Regression and End-to-End, User acceptance testing of the Application.
• Executed the tests manually to verify the application functionality.
• Used Quality Center for error (defects) reporting and communicating between developers, product support and test team members.
• Extensively used HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) for creating automated scripts for GUI, Functional and Regression test of AUT.
• Conducted System testing to ensure the system functions will meet the business needs and establishment of preliminary work instructions.
• Verified and closed bug reports once they are resolved.

Environment: Windows XP, UNIX, IIS, Oracle, TOAD, MS SQL, JIRA, MS Visual Studio .NET, MS Word, Excel, and Outlook, HTML, XML, JavaScript

Confidential, Charlotte,North Carolina

Software Tester

• Analyzed and defined clients' needs and requirements for the software, defined the quality assurance objectives.
• Created and executed Test Plans, Test cases for the project performance, functional, regression, verification, acceptance, GUI and usability tests.
• Developed Automated Test Scripts to perform Functional Testing.
• Enhanced the recorded scripts to resolve synchronization. Enhanced recorded test scripts using Checkpoints, Synchronization, parameterization.
• Strong Experience Atlassian tool administration knowledge on JIRA and Confluence.
• Strong Experience JIRA Administrator with experience customizing JIRA projects with various schemas, complex workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes required and users while working in a JIRA environment.
• Strong Ability to construct custom dashboards using various filter types in JIRA.
• Experience Work with JIRA filters, reporting, dashboards, workflows, fields, and JIRA administration.
• Strong Ability to write custom JQL (Jira Query Language).
• Strong Ability to construct Confluence pages and integrate JIRA projects with Confluence pages.
• Strong Experience in performing Atlassian installations, migrations, and plugin installation.
• Experience Engage with end-users to capture and document functional and operational requirements.
• Implemented procedures for making QA and development more efficient.
• Worked on SQL and PL/SQL and performed backend validations.
• Performed backend testing on Oracle, executed various DDL and DML statement.
• Reported software anomalies and defects using ClearQuest Bug Tracking system.
• Replicated the problem and created replication log.
• Updated the SR (Service Request) database.
• Updated the SR tracking system using Rational ClearQuest.
• Entered requirements in Rational RequisitePro.
• Closed the SR and created Patch promotion.
• Created the test data and scheduled the test execution.

Environment: JAVA, C++, C#, SQL Server 2003/2005, Quick Test Pro (QTP), ClearQuesr, RequisitePro, TestManager, Windows.