Summary:

Over 7 years of Proven Expertise in all phases of Testing life cycle ,Including Requirement gathering, Project planning , Scheduling, Testing, Defect tracking, Risk analysis, Management and Reporting. Highly Expertise in Quality center, Quick Test Pro and Manual- Testing .

• Excellent understanding of Software Development life Cycle (SDLC) - Analyzing Requirements ,Developing Test plans and Test cases, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Execution of Test Cases, Defect management, Reporting and tracking.
• Hands-on experience in Black box Testing, Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing, Usability Testing, Browser Compatibility Testing, Security Testing, and Regression Testing.
• Proficient in writing and Executing Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios for both Manual and Automated Testing.
• Excellent knowledge in using Quality Center.
• Good Experience in testing of Web Based ,Client Server applications .
• Worked in different Testing methodologies like Agile, Iterative, Waterfall Models.
• Automate the Regression Test Cases and develop regression Test Suite using Quick Test Pro(QTP).
• Good Knowledge in QTP Record / Playback and saving the VB Scripts for Regression.
• Proficiency in Validating and Retrieving data using Structured Query Language (SQL) from Relational Databases like Oracle and MS SQL Server.
• Report and Document issues discovered in testing, help developers to reproduce defects and follow up for resolution, Enter and update Bugs in Defect Tracking system and accurate Management Reporting on Defects and Test status.

Technical Skills:

• Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional 10.0, Quality Center 10.0 .
• Scripting Languages: Java Script, VB Script and SQL Scripting.
• Operating Systems: Windows XP, Win2K, WinNT.
• Languages: VB Script, Java Script, XML, HTML.
• RDMS/DBMS: MS SQL Server, Ms Access, Oracle.

Professional Experience:

Confidential, Austin TX. Jan ‘10 to Till date
QA Analyst:
Project : Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS)
TIERS is an integral part of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)’s effort to modernize its Eligibility system. TIERS has issued $900 millions in benefit to Texans and will serve as the technological foundation for a more integrated health and human services system. TIERS is welfare, web-based system that Integrates the application process for more than 80 Health and Human Service programs. TIERS will link to 24 State Agencies to enhance data collection and save time.
Environment : Windows XP , Java, HP Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0, Rational Clear case, Oracle 10g, Unix.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in BRD (Business Requirement Document) and CRD (Change Request Design Document)Reviews Meetings with Business Analyst and participated in Walkthrough meetings.
• Helped in writing Test Plan and Test Strategy , Wrote High Level Scenarios and Manual Test Cases in Quality center with the help of BRD (Business Requirement Document).
• Mapping all the Requirements to specific Test set and Test cases in Quality Center and Involved in designing and maintaining Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Performed different types of testing–Smoke Test for Every build, Functional testing, System Integration Testing , Black box Testing , Usability Testing, Browser compatibility TestingandRegression testing.
• Responsible for the identification and creation of Test Data and verified the Results against Expected results.
• Creating and Executing Test Cases for Integrated Projects of TIERS and SSP web portal.
• Executed Test Cases, Analyzed Defects, Log the Defects in Quality center and Helping the Developer to Reproduce the Defects and participated in doing Risk evaluations.
• Actively involved in Automation Test Framework development, and tested in different environments and different Regression Cycles and maintain the Test Data in Excel sheets.
• Worked in QTP Record / Playback, Enhance the Automation VB Scripts for Regression .
• Involved in Backend verification and retrieve of data in different Integration Environments using SQL commands.
• Identifying, documenting and Reporting all issues/defects discovered during Test case Development from identification to completion and execution following Quality Assurance Metrics and policies .

Confidential, Austin TX. Mar ‘09 - Dec ’09
QA Analyst:
CMM is a Web Application used to determine credit exposure of Market Participants to the ERCOT markets and continually monitor their ability to meet the credit standards, Counter-Party Maintenance, Financial Statement Reviews ,Credit Rating, Credit Score, Credit Limits, Collateral Management, Calculate Current & Future Credit Exposure Calc ,Calculate Average Daily Prices, Integration to Nodal Systems and Credit Reporting.
Environment : Windows XP, Java, MS SQL Server, QTP 9.2, Quality Center 9.0, Visual Source Safe.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements Test plans and Test cases using Quality Center.
• Wrote Test Cases as per Functional Specifications and developed test strategy and test execution plan for Agile method of CMM Web application.
• Involved in updating Test cases in Quality Center when changing requirements dynamically.
• Involved in development, maintenance and execution of manual functional and Integration Test Cases to facilitate Functional, Integration, Regression and User acceptance testing.
• Analyzed the business specs, functional specs using Test Plan and Test cases.
• Reviewed the Test cases and ensure proper Test Coverage.
• Create integration Test Scripts , end to end Scenarios Using Requirement documentation.
• Log software defects into the defect tracking system, and work with the development team and other members of the QA team to reduce software defects.
• Develop, organize, maintain and execute automated Scripts within QTPframework.
• Performed database testing using SQL queries.
• Attended Defect Assessment meetings periodically and Reported Defects in Defect Documentation.

Confidential, KENILWORTH, NJ, USA. Oct’ 08- Mar ‘09
QA Tester

The Inform Web application allows the site staff to enroll study participants, schedule visits, enter and track data and respond queries for different protocols/studies. Inform application facilitates the clinical trials and electronic data capture. It is fully compliant with 21 CFR 11 requirements too.
Environment : Windows2000, .Net, QTP 9.2, Quality Center 9.0, MS SQL Server, Unix, VSS.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing system test plans and test scripts based on the Document requirements and design documents.
• Investigated software bugs and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Generated test data and verified the results against expected results.
• Worked in QTP Record / Playback, Enhance the Automation Scripts for Regression.
• Used Data Tables in QTP to execute Data Driven testing Through SQL Scripting.
• Developing the Automation Regression Test scripts using QTP to check the functionality.
• Performed database testing using SQL queries.
• Used Quality Center for Requirement planning, running test cases using test lab and tracking defects with QA Team
• Participated in walkthrough with client and the development team, attended Defect reporting meetings periodically.

Confidential, Chennai, India May ’06 - Sep ‘07
Manual Tester
Confidential offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and affiliates in the areas of investment banking, life and non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management.
Environment : Windows2k, Java, Test Director 8.2, Oracle 8, Unix.

Responsibilities:

• Create high-level QA automation Test plans, Test Procedures and Test cases based on software requirement specification (SRS) of the inform WEB application project using Test director 8.0.
• Executing Test procedures and documenting results using Test director.
• Building automation scripts repository with in Test director and reporting mechanism around it to report execution status and statistics of the inform web application.
• Developed Test Matrix for different scenarios.
• Execute SQL queries to retrieve data.
• Log software defects into the defect tracking system, and work with the development team and other members of the QA team to reduce software defects.

Confidential, Chennai, India June’02–Aug’04
Software Tester
The module helps the user to search and get some information about various facilities and Services available in Chennai Metropolitan City. The main page consists of fifteen Categories namely Emergency, Help lines, Essentials, Teen Junction, Computers, Only Women, Household Needs etc .The user can search for information he wants by selecting appropriate links displayed under the main category. The user is also been given the option to see the information about the area of his choice.
Environment : Windows NT, .Net, XML, Test Director 8.0, SQL , Dos.

Responsibilities:

• Used Test Director for Requirement planning, running test cases using test lab and tracking defects with QA Team and Participated in walkthrough with client and the development team, attended Defect reporting meetings periodically.
• Responsible for developing system Test plans and Test scripts based on the Document requirements and design documents.
• Developed Test Cases using for Functionality and Black box Testing.
• Investigated software bugs and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Generated test data and verified the results against expected results .Performed database testing using SQL queries.