SUMMARY:

• Over SIX years of experience as a QA Expert in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Maintenance.
• Proficient in analyzing Stories, BRD, and FRS and writing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases.
• Experienced with structuring the Automation Testing plans on multiple projects and technology platforms, estimating schedules, resources and dependencies.
• Experienced in implementing Agile Software Development, Scrum, V Model, RAD, Rational and Incremental Test development methodologies.
• Proficient in wide variety of testing environments: Regression, System, Functional, Compatibility, Reliability, Usability, Scalability, Integration, UAT and related Test methodologies.
• Strongly skilled in HP ALM/Quality Center for diverse requirements.
• Experienced in Automation built processes using HP ALM/Quality Center for Integration in multiple platforms and programming languages.
• Extensively skilled in writing PL/SQL and SQL statements in databases to validate data.
• Expert in QTP/UFT to handle custom objects.
• Experienced in execution and evaluation of Manual Test Scripts in QTP/UFT.
• Skilled in building UFT/QTP from scratch to work in Data Driven Automation Framework.
• Expert at reviewing Test Cases to reflect changes made to the Test Plan using QTP/UFT for new functionality.
• Proficient in delivering the status reports like testing status, defect - tracking status, and weekly status reports.
• Ability to prioritize tasks well and excellent verbal, written and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a team as well as individually.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP ALM, HP Quality Center, Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Quick Test Pro (QTP), JIRA, Selenium

Testing Methodologies: Functionality Testing, Validation, Traceability, Regression Testing, Positive & Negative Testing, UI, Capability Testing, Back-End & Front-End Testing, Automation, Bug Tracking, Smoke Testing, System Testing, Stress Testing, Load Testing, Reliability Testing, Feature Testing, Acceptance Testing

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2

Programming Language: HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, VBScript, JavaScript, Java, .Net, C, C++, MATLAB

Operating Systems: Windows, OS X, Unix, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test Cases, User Guides, Defect Management, Metrics, Release Report, Review and Status Reports.
• Analyzed Stories, BRD, and FRS to write Test Plans.
• Involved in peer reviews of the team’s Test plans and cases.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability matrix, Test data, Test strategy, Test Coverage Matrix and Test reports.
• Involved in structuring the Automation Testing plans on multiple projects and technology platforms, estimating schedules, resources and dependencies.
• Worked with development teams to investigate and corrected Software bugs and deficiencies based on testing results.
• Defined, managed and reviewed the Test Scenarios using HP ALM.
• Worked with HP ALM to trace the requirements that met user specification.
• Provided risk-based evaluations using HP ALM of overall QA deployment.
• Executed SQL Queries to work in relational databases to perform testing in a large database.
• Developed Test scripts for Data driven testing using parameterization in UFT.
• Performed automated Test scripts in UFT and enhanced the scripts.
• Ensured specific elements were thoroughly tested per the Test Plan in UFT.
• Worked in Keyword Driven Automation Framework with UFT.
• Revised current Test Cases by using UFT tool.
• Participated in QA team meeting and bug tracking meetings.
• Used to keep tracking of minutes of meeting and updating the Story Board and Use case document with the requirements and the business rules.
• Involved in validating the Business Rules for the different modules.
• Delivered the status reports like testing status, defect-tracking status, and weekly status reports.
• Participated in Defect Review Board meetings to verify and review various defects logged against the application.

Environment: JIRA, Java Script, VB Script, PHP, Windows, Java, SQL, HTML, XML, UNIX, C/C++, MS Office, HP ALM, HP UFT, MS Excel.

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements, organized and supervised formal reviews of development documentation (requirements and design documents, system Test plans).
• Developed Test plans and Test strategy documents.
• Identified of problems, risk rating, problem reporting and referral to appropriate person or team.
• Recorded the deviations found during the development cycle and communicated to the client counterparts.
• Worked in wide variety of Testing environments: Regression, System, Functional, Compatibility, Reliability etc.
• Prepared Test Cases using Quality Center for all the ongoing product development.
• Made Documents of Test Plan Requirements along with importation into Quality Center.
• Developed and executed formal SQL queries to ensure the integration of database with software applications.
• Performed configuration of QTP tools.
• Identified Test approaches for various testing methods like Regression and Usability testing using QTP.
• Conducted Data Driven tests in QTP by parameterization.
• Interacted with developers and business analysts to resolve the defects.
• Attended daily meetings and weekly meetings with manager and team.
• Attend defects review status meeting with Business analysts.
• Involved in communicating with team lead and manager to resolve the issues in testing.
• Attend walkthrough and reviewed meetings.

Environment: C/C++, C#, QTP, HP Quality Center, JIRA, Java, Java Script, Oracle, SQL Server, VB Script, MS Office, Windows.

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed Test plan to assist overall Test assignment, Test cases and Test scripts.
• Prepared Traceability matrix and planned Test schedule.
• Responsible for analyzing Manual Test cases.
• Maintained traceability matrix to trace the requirements and corresponded development through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Performed Functional testing, User Acceptance Testing and System Testing.
• Involved in writing Functional, GUI, Integration Test Cases in excel sheet and exported them into Quality center.
• Used Quality Center for Bug/defect tracking.
• Created and maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix using Quality Center.
• Wrote complex SQL queries in SQL developer to validate work and data flows.
• Tested Web services using QTP by testing XML requests.
• Worked with Objects using QTP by scripting in VB script.
• Executed Test scripts to perform Regression, Acceptance Testing using QTP.
• Involved in setting up Checkpoints using QTP.
• Made customized objects using object identification in QTP.
• Involved in Attending the Daily scrum meeting.
• Involved in communicating with Business analysts, tech leads and Scrum Master to clarify the User stories.
• Prepared executive Test summary report.
• Involved in Review and Walkthrough meetings.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, MS Office, MS Excel, C#, HTML, Java, Oracle, Windows, Java Script, VB Script, Web Services, UNIX.