SUMMARY:

Over Seven years(7) of experience in the field of Software Quality Control and Testing with emphasis on Manual Testing, Automation Testing, Web Testing that includes Functional, Regression Testing of web-based and standalone applications using automated tools such as QTP, LoadRunner, Quality Center and Test Director.

• Expertise in developing Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Participation in Design reviews with the Development Team.
• Excellent knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Strong skills in performing Manual Testing, Functional testing using QTP and Load testing using LoadRunner.
• Performed different types of Testing like Black Box, Smoke, Integration, System, Cross Browser, Compatibility, UAT, Ad-Hoc, Regression testing. Load testing and Performance Testing.
• Hands on experience on EDI transactions(270/271, 276/277,278,837/835)
• Hands on experience on SQL scripts.
• Expertise in Data Driven Testing using QTP.
• Regression Testing using automated tool Quick Test Professional.
• Performance Testing using LoadRunner.
• Expertise using Test Director/Quality Center for generating reports in each phase of testing.
• Good at Onshore/Offshore Working Model.
• Strong team player and ability to work independently.
• Self-starter and ability to learn new things in a quick span of time.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

Technical Skills:

QA Testing tools: Mercury Tools- Test Director 8.0, Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0, LoadRunner 9.0, SOAP UI.
Web Applications: HTML, XML, ASP, ASP.NET, J2EE, JavaScript, VB Script, Shell/Perl Script, PL/SQL, C, C++, COBOL
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows NT/2000, Windows’95/98, UNIX, DOS
Databases: Oracle, DB2, MS-SQL Server 2005, ODBC, MS Access.
Languages: PL/SQL, C, UNIX, HTML, XML.
GUI Tools: Visual Basic 6.0, .NET, TOAD, Visual Studio.Net
Packages: MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access), MS FrontPage
Servers: BEA Web logic, IBM Web Sphere, Tuxedo, Apache

Technical Experience

Confidential,NJ Feb ’09–Current
QA Lead

Alere provides healthcare support by providing individuals with the tools and services that enable judgments to be made at home, under medical supervision, their health either improves or the progression of an existing chronic problem is delayed. Successful home management results in fewer urgent medical interactions and a reduction in hospital visits.

Responsibilities:

• Developed Manual test cases by decomposing use cases for specific functional requirements.
• Made recommendations for manual and automated testing of varied functionality.
• Interacted with Business teams and Developers to understand business requirements and bug fixes.
• Performed Regression testing to daily builds both manually and running automated scripts using QTP 10.0.
• Performed Cross browser testing across different browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.
• Worked with Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and test data.
• Maintained bug lists for critical issues using Quality Center 10.0.
• Worked as a lead for onsite and offshore team.
• Distributing work to the offshore team and get the status from them at the end of each day and report back to the QA Manager.
• Participated in status meetings to report issues. Communicated with developers through all phases of testing to prioritize bug resolution.
• Performed Integration testing to verify the data interface between various application modules.
• Performed System and Regression testing for new releases.
• Worked with developers to reproduce errors and resolve software anomalies.
• Provided application support based on issues reported through Helpdesk Tickets.
• Retesting the issues once fixed and updating the Helpdesk tickets.
• Coordinated communication between various teams to insure consistency and accuracy across test plans, user manuals and training materials.

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0, SQL Server 2003, MS Office Suite, Windows XP, HTML, SQL, ASP.NET, Windows NT.

Confidential,NJ Feb\'05-Jan’2009
QA Tester

The United HealthCare Online (B2C) service uses the latest in internet technology to significantly reduce the time your office spends checking patient eligibility, claim status and submitting claims for reimbursement. Instead of making numerous phone calls to customer service, you can check and submit everything at once right from your desktop computer. Business to Business (B2B) Provider Centric application supports real time and batch HIPAA transactions likes 270/271 Eligibility, 276/277 Claims, 278 Authorizations/Referrals, 837/845 Claim Submission/Acknowledgements.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing system requirements and developing a test plan for the project based on SDLC.
• Writing and executing Test cases and Test Scripts after reviewing the business requirement document and technical specifications.
• Developed and maintained automated test scripts.
• Conducted Regression Testing before and after the code conversion using QTP and manually.
• Performed Black box testing, Integration testing, System testing, data validation testing, end-to-end testing of the application and involved in white box testing.
• Tested different real time transactions through Web services, VPN,SSL and MQ
• Tested different batch transactions through FTP.
• Interacted with Business Analysts, Developers and QA team members in different defect raising situations.
• Reporting the bugs using Test Director.
• Performed Screen Navigation Test to ensure that the links are established as per the documentation provided.
• Presentation of the QA Status report and the Defect Status reports in the weekly meeting.

Environment: QTP 6.5, Test Director 8.0, SOAP UI, JSP, HTML, SQL, UNIX and Windows NT.

Confidential,VA Sept’ 04--Jan\' 05
QA Analyst

GOALign provides a clearly defined process for aligning individual goals and Personal Best principles with key business objectives to ensure that all employees focused on what\'s important. The process helps employees set clear goals, effectively measure their work against business unit objectives and top AOL priorities, and receive rewards and recognition based on their contributions to the business.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Software Requirement Specification Document and documented in requirements module of Test Director.
• Core responsibility involved extensive Manual and Automated testing of the application under test.
• Created Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Specification Document for the application under test (AUT).
• Generated scripts programmatically to automate regression testing.
• Inserted checkpoints to capture and verify properties such as Number of links, HTML content, Page load time, Number of images, Image Source, Broken links.
• Conducted Daily Defect Status and progress meetings with the help of QA Metrics.
• Provided the management with reports and schedules as necessary and participated in Walkthroughs and Team Meetings.

Environment: Test Director, UNIX, Windows NT, Web Logic, SQL, PL/SQL

MS in Electronics and Electrical Engineering