OBJECTIVE:
I am looking for a Sr. QA Analyst or QA Lead position in southern California. I have 8+ years of experience in software application testing and involved in improving the quality of the products. I have 3 years of experience as a QA Lead and successful in meeting the project deadlines. I am experienced in manual and automated testing of windows and web applications under client - server architecture. I have experience in HP Mercury testing tools- Quick Test Professional and Load Runner. Experience working under Agile - Scrum software development methodology. Currently I am learning Selenium.

SUMMARY:

• Expertise in manual and automated testing of Windows and Web applications under Client-Server architecture.
• Expertise on Functional, Regression, Integration, Database testing and UAT.
• Wrote extensive test cases and executed on multiple platforms.
• Experience in writing QA Estimates and Test Plans during the development cycle.
• 8+ years of experience in deploying QA environments on windows platforms.
• 8+ years of experience in SQL using SQL Server and Oracle.
• 6+ years of experience in generating and executing regression scripts in QTP.
• 4+ years of experience in generating and executing scripts for various scenarios in Load Runner.
• 3+ years of experience in testing the webservices.
• 2+ years of experience in generating and executing the functional scripts in Win Runner.
• 1+ years of experience in using Test Director for reporting bugs.
• Good understanding of the Software development life cycle and testing cycle.
• Have excellent debugging and communication skills to communicate cause and reproduction of failures.
• Experience in using various Bug tracking tools.
• Experience in IIS, Jrun and glassfish configuration management.
• Experience in using Microsoft Visual Source Safe and PVCS for Version Control.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: Windows 7, Red Hat Linux, UNIX, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98 and Mac OS X
Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional, Load Runner, Test Director, Win
Runner, Watir.
Languages: C, C++, Java
GUI/Tools: Java, .Net, VisualBasic, XML Spy
RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server
Scripting Language: ASP, Java Script, HTML, JSP
Web Servers: IIS, Jrun4, Glassfish

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project: FAMIS Suite

Confidential, is a recognized leader in real estate and facilities management software with over 400 customers including more than 100 top universities and colleges, 20 percent of the Fortune 500. Accruent\'s FAMIS solutions for higher education have been implemented by many of the largest public and private universities in North America to optimize space management, manage maintenance activities and enable indirect cost recovery.

• Wrote Test Cases based on the PRD's developed by the product team.
• Involved in the QA review of the PRD's, Product Requirement Documents.
• Responsible for extensive GUI, functionality and integration testing.
• Extensive integration testing was done between the Oracle forms and Java applications.
• Automated the regression testing effort by generating and executing scripts in Quick Test Professional.
• Working on writing automation scripts on a framework built using Watir.
• Used LoadRunner to verify the load and performance of the application that can be handled and reported the same to the management.
• Extensive database testing was done by executing SQL query commands in SQL Plus and SQL Developer.
• Trained new QA members.
• Involved in daily scrum meetings with the QA, developers and product team.
• Responsible for deploying the Java builds on windows and linux platforms.
• Compiled the Oracle forms on windows and Linux platforms.
• Reported bugs in bug tracking tool, Test track.

S/W Environment: Oracle application server - 10gr1, 10gr2, 11gr2; Oracle Database server - 10gr1, 10gr2, 11gr1 and 11gr2; JSF, Web Services, Quick Test Professional, LoadRunner, Watir, PVCS, Test Track, Unix, Linux.

Project: CV's Product Suite

Commerce Velocity specializes in providing web-based solutions to the financial industry especially the mortgage and credit industry. Its product suite includes web-portals for loan submission and approval, a decision engine which allows automation of entire underwriting/pricing and workflow processes through configurable rules/guidelines and a loan workbench that allows for consistent internal processes and risk mitigation.

• Wrote detailed Test Plans and Test Cases based on the requirements documents and Change Requests produced by the product planning team.
• Led the onsite QA team and coordinated the testing effort done by the offshore QA team.
• Involved in defining the QA, communication and other reporting processes between onsite and offshore teams.
• Involved in the QA review of the requirements document / change requests.
• Trained new QA team members.
• Assigned work to the individuals based on their expertise and able to get the work done on time.
• Responsible for extensive GUI, functionality and workflow testing.
• Verified all the rules and guidelines that are used in generating the data.
• Extensive Integration testing has been done through XML Spy.
• Involved in creating test input database for test cases which included creating business guidelines for testing the decision engine. Decision engine testing required detailed knowledge of the mortgage processes.
• Automated the regression testing effort by generating and executing scripts in Quick Test Professional.
• Demonstrated to the management the advantages of using a performance testing tool.
• Extensive database testing was done by executing SQL query commands from the Query Analyzer.
• Helped various client support teams on the new product features and functionality.
• Involved in daily status meeting with the QA, developers and product support team.
• Deployed the builds on a regular basis.
• Reported bugs in bug tracking tool, Mantis.
• Involved in preparing QA status reports on a weekly basis.

S/W Environment: VB.Net, JavaScript, HTML, SQL Server 2000, XML, XML Spy, Web Services, Quick Test Professional, Load Runner, ACT, Visual Source Safe, Mantis - Bug Tracking Tool.

Software Test Engineer (Mar '02 - Nov '04)
Confidential, Mountain view, CA
Project: STARS

Standardized Testing and Reporting System (STARS) is a student assessment data-disaggregating tool. Student's assessment results from state tests like SAT9, CST, SABE, CAHSEE, CELDT and local benchmarks are uploaded into the system and can then produce various reports, charts and longitudinal analyses. This supports the need for school districts to track the performance of all students by demographic groups as is mandated by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law.

• Identified test requirements from functional specifications.
• Prepared test plan documentation including test cases.
• Leaded and coordinated the QA effort with offshore QA team.
• Executed general regression tests upon fixed releases of the application.
• Used Load Runner for caching the application.
• Generated scripts for various scenarios and executed them under various loads in Load Runner to test the performance of the application and figure out network or CPU delays.
• Worked on IIS in creating virtual directories and security settings.
• Uploaded the student data and assessment data using DTS packages
• Conducted patch build and full builds on a weekly basis on QA server, Staging and Production server.
• Generated and executed scripts in Win runner to test the build scripts.
• Tested for the web accessibility features.
• Tested the application with Internet Explorer and Netscape browsers.
• Responsible for reporting, researching and debugging problems found as a result of testing.
• Responsible for maintaining and deploying the builds at different servers.
• Maintained the various builds in Microsoft Visual Source Safe.
• Worked closely with the software development team to quickly resolve defects.

S/W Environment: Jsdk1.4, Jakarta ant 1.5, VB.Net, Visual Source Safe6.0, ASP, Java Script, HTML, XML, XSL, Load Runner, Win Runner, Astra Quick Test, Alcea fast bug track, SQL Server 2000, Ms Access, Jrun4, IIS, Windows 95/98/2k/XP, Mac OS X, Remote Desktop Sharing, Symantec PC Anywhere, Timbuktu, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator.

EDUCATION

• Masters in Computer Applications
• Bachelors in Commerce

CERTIFICATIONS
Professional courses in Software Technology and Management, NIIT, INDIA
Duration: 18 months