SUMMARY:

• Software QA tester and a Business System Analyst with 6 years of experience as a QA/Selenium Engineer/QA Analyst and Business Analyst involved Confidential all levels of software testing, successful contribution in Quality Management, Project Management and Process Improvement
• Expertise in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Defect Life cycle with major responsibilities in all the phases.
• Well versed in various sorts of testing like Manual Testing, Automation Testing, Web based testing and application Testing
• Hands on experience in implementing Waterfall, Scrum, Agile and Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology
• Developed Test scenarios, Test cases, Test Data, Test reports, Test Matrices and Process documentation
• Extensive experience in Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, GUI testing, Back - end testing,, black box testing, white box testing, system testing, security testing, DB testing, browser compatibility testing, cross browser compatibility testing, Performance Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Diverse knowledge in dealing with various open source tools like Selenium and strong Knowledge with creating Selenium automation framework
• Developed automation scripts using Selenium and QTP using Java and VB programming languages
• Sound knowledge of test management tool HP Quality Center, HP Application Lifecycle Management
• Performed & Supported User Acceptance Test
• Experience in Database Testing using SQL Queries
• Experience working with projects that utilized web technologies like XML, HTML, REST, JavaScript, VB script and high-level languages in selenium C# and Java
• Worked Extensively on JUnit, Test NG framework for Unit Testing, Maven for Project building tool, Jenkins/Hudson for Continuous Integration (CICD)
• Excellent skills in overall Defect Management/Problem Solving including tracking bugs, reporting using Quality Center, Jira and Bugzilla
• Proficient in all phases of requirement gathering that includes BRD, FRD, WBS, System Requirement Specification (SRS) and SDLC, Waterfall, Agile, and Iterative models
• Experienced in communicating directly with stakeholder, SME's and end users for requirements gathering using elicitation techniques like One on One interview, JAD sessions, questionnaires, surveys and brainstorming
• Experienced in developing Business flow diagrams like Use Case diagrams, Data flow diagrams, Process diagrams, Sequence diagrams, State Chart diagrams, Visual Design, and Class diagrams
• Expertise in Business Modelling tools using MS Visio/Enterprise Architect/Rational Rose
• Experienced with managing and delivering per service level agreements, participation production support, deployment process, user training and documentation
• Excellent team player and analytical thinker, Multi tasker, Problem solver

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Testing Tools & Skills: HP Quality Center, ALM, QTP,Maven, Selenium IDE, WebDriver, TestNG, Jenkins, GIT, Cucumber, JUnit, JMeter, Soap UI, Test Plan creation, Test Case Design, Test data preparation, Test execution, Defect management, Test reporting, Test Manager, Test Automation script writing, Black Box and White Box testing, GUI and API Testing

Business Tools and skills: SDLC, Agile, Scrum,UML,MS office, Share Point, MS Visio, Change Management/Requirement, Use case Modeling, JAD Sessions, Project Scheduling, Risk Analysis

Programming Languages: J2EE, .NET, ASP.NET, C#, Web Services, HTML, XML

Scripting Languages: Java Script, VB Script

Defect Tracking Tools: Bugzilla, JIRA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington DC

Business Analyst and Tester

• Understood business / technical requirements and overall business objectives of applications
• Developed and executed overall test strategies and plans that will validate applications, supported stated requirements and meet quality assurance goals
• Actively Planned and executed all phases of defined test cycles including system, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing
• Build, maintained and executed detailed test plans, scenarios, test data and associated scripts
• Worked with automation frameworks to define, build and maintain changes to test data and scripts
• Developed automation scripts by utilizing various tools like Selenium in C# and Java
• Tracked and reported defects or other issues found during the Software Development Life Cycle and work with software developers to resolve defects and issues
• Tested applications by using advanced statistical analysis methods
• Effectively communicated defects in a written format, providing clear and concise information necessary to reproduce and explain the problem
• Worked collaboratively with the software development team members to plan and execute test processes that align with software development and business timelines
• Actively participate in project team meetings to offer insight on application issues discovered and present solutions to resolve, meet requirements and ensure desired quality
• Experience in automating testing using Java and other automated testing tools
• Experience in executing manual and automated testing of browser-based applications and web services
• Extensive experience with SQL querying
• Extensive experience in all phases of testing cycles and processes including but not limited to development of test strategies, cases, data, scripts and associated test execution tools
• Experienced working with with Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Knowledge in Continuous Integration and Continuous build
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills across technical and non-technical team members.
• Strong analytical and test discovery skills, with the ability to quickly learn complex technical systems

Environment: Selenium, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, X-path, Windows, SQL, Jira, Jmeter, Agile Scrum, Asset Management, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Quality Center, Test-NG, Junit,GIT, Jenkins

Confidential, MA

QA Automation Tester

• Actively participated and Interacted with product management teams in reviewing and analyzing of software requirements and Test Strategy Implementation
• Involved in testing various business rules User/Customer Functionality, Change Process, Configuration Management planning, Legacy Data Requirements, and Access Permissions Requirements
• Performed Manual and Automation testing using QTP and Selenium
• Created automation framework and test scripts in QTP and Selenium Web-Driver for Multiple platforms and browser testing
• Developed automation test cases, executed these test scripts and logged defects in JIRA
• Designed, developed and implemented Page Object Model Pattern based Data Driven automation testing framework utilizing Java, Test-NG and Selenium Web-Driver
• Used SVN repository for efficient remote team working, also stored the framework and all the developed test cases
• Configured Selenium Web Driver, Test-NG, Maven tool and created Selenium automation scripts in java using Test-NG prior to next quarter release
• Reviewed database test cases according to assigned Requirements to validate reports by retrieving data with complex SQL queries from SQL Server
• Used automated scripts and performed functionality testing during the various phases of the application development using QTP and Selenium
• Performed Integration and Regression testing to check compatibility of new functionality with the existing functionalities of the application using QTP and Selenium.
• Reported defects in JIRA to developer and discussed about the issues in weekly meetings
• Prepared user documentation with screenshots for UAT (User Acceptance testing).

Environment: QTP, Selenium Web driver/IDE, Eclipse, JMeter, Jira, Java, JavaScript, VB script HTML, CSS, X-path, Windows, SQL Server, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Quality Center, Test-NG, Junit, Fire bug, Fire Path, Maven, Git, Jenkins

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

• Experience in Reviewing the Business Requirement Documents and the Functional Specifications
• Involved in writing Test Plans by going through the design and functional specifications
• Reviewed the Designs and specifications and created Test cases based on the content
• Participated and coordinated in Test Case Walkthroughs
• Performed both Manual and Automated Testing of the web application
• Involved in preparing the Test data for interpreting the Positive/Negative/Regression results based on the design requirements
• Reviewed the test sets and verified if they covered all aspects of the application functionality
• Generated automated test scripts using QTP, based on system requirements for the web-based application and added checkpoints on the new builds
• Created automated test scripts by using QTP for data verification and validations
• Involved in Automation Testing, setting the simulators and running Automation Scripts by using QTP and worked on automation tools
• Developed automation from scratch for Windows and Web applications with automated tools such as QTP using VB script programming language
• Successfully designed, developed and implemented a completed functional and regression test for the entire system
• Used Quality Center as a Test management and defect-tracking tool
• Interacted with Business users for UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and tested the possibilities of system failure with UAT
• Involved in attending meetings with the business users and reviewing the developed scripts to ensure that they were in accordance to the business user’s expectations

Environment: Agile methodology, UAT testing, QTP, VB script, HTML JIRA, Bugzilla, ALM, Quality center, SQL

Confidential, NY

Business System Analyst

• Reviewed and analyzed the objectives and scope of the project to better understand the system and business rules and Interacted with system users, clients and managers, software development team and the QA team to gather requirements using techniques like JAD sessions, Interviews, Document Analysis
• Conducted one on one interview with managers, Heads of Education Department and collaborated with the end users to define and understand their requirements
• Acted as a Functional analyst by gathering information through interviews with employees and managers, and studying the procedures and systems on child education development services and also ensured that systems meet specifications, wrote user manuals and other documentation, and train existing users on new capabilities
• Designed Use Cases, Data Flow diagrams, ER diagrams, Work Flow diagrams for better understanding the flow of the data and information within the system
• Intergraded with project lead in conducting SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning Meeting, Daily Standups, Sprint Review Meeting, Sprint Retrospective Meeting and Grooming Sessions)
• Helped to prioritize user stories using Moscow and Planning Poker techniques
• Developed UI- mockup screens, produced wireframes, storyboards and prototype to demonstrate the project stakeholders, business users and to give them insights of the TO-BE system
• Worked with MS SQL to eliminate data redundancies and data duplications.
• Expertise in tracing requirements throughout the development process and verifying their adherence to Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) using HP ALM tool
• Facilitated version control of various artifacts using SharePoint
• Assisted the Project Manager in setting realistic project expectations, in evaluating the impact of changes

Environment: Waterfall, Gap Analysis, SQL, SharePoint, MS office tools, MS Visio

Confidential, VA

Business Analyst

• Created User Requirement Document, Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) Assisted the PM on various projects throughout the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) including Project Charter, Project Plan and Resource allocation.
• Prepared and analyzed AS IS and TO BE in the existing architecture and performed Gap Analysis.
• Created workflow scenarios, designed new process flows and documented the Business Process and various Business Scenarios and activities of the business from the conceptual to procedural level using Documentum.
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) to strategize the implementation of RUP effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Worked as an Interface between the Users and the different teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the Business and IT Processes.
• Followed a structured approach to organize Requirements into logical groupings of essential Business Processes, Business Rules, and Information needs that ensures any Critical Requirements are not missed.
• Followed the UML based methods using Microsoft Visio to create Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Chart Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Collaboration Diagrams
• Prepared Logical Data Models that contains set of Entity Relationship Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams and supporting documents and descriptions of the Relationships between the data elements to analyze and document the Business Data Requirements
• Worked extensively with the QA team for designing Test Plan and Test Cases for the User Acceptance Testing
• Collaborated and Participated in projects analytical support in order to Design, Development and Implement the Project.

Environment: Agile, MS office tools, MS Visio, Share point, SQL