SUMMARY:

• 6+ years of experience in manual testing with understanding of automation and load testing
• Experience leading 3 - member test team
• Extensive experience in back-end-testing and front-end-testing
• Understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and software testing life cycle (STLC)
• Motivated, self-starter, quick learner, and a team player

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: HTML, XML, SQL, JAVA

Testing Tools: Quality Center, JIRA, LoadRunner, SoapUI, VersionOne, ClearQuest, Proof Accessibility Tools (Section 508): WAVE, WAT, JAWS

Database: Access, MS SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Oracle

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, UNIX/Linux, IBM Mainframe, Mac OS

Multimedia Software: Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, DreamWeaver, Flash

Other Applications: Microsoft Office, SharePoint, ClearCase

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Test Lead

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Responsibilities:

• Leading the three member test team for xTract application for successful delivery
• Participating in transitioning the xTract application from Watefall to Agile methodology (2 week sprints)
• Responsible for handling overall testing for xTract application
• Creating test strategy, test plan, test cases, test data and other test artifacts
• Creating backlogs for future enhancements
• Suggesting the Product Owner for additional acceptance test
• Executing smoke, exploratory, progression, UAT and regression functional test
• Performing section 508 testing using Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT), Web Accessibility Evaluation (WAVE), and JAWS tool
• Peer reviewing unit test with Development team
• Demonstrating the product to Product owners for sprints
• Creating test data in support of UAT and any other requirements for UAT
• Performing the UAT demo to stakeholders and end users
• During waterfall, maintained test cases in Quality center and raised defects in ClearQuest
• During Agile, used VersionOne and JIRA for backlogs, Acceptance Test, Defects, and overall communication within the team
• Participating in daily scrum, grooming, sprint review, retrospective, and sprint planning meetings
• Training new test team members
• Creating automation test script in Proof
• Creating performance test scenarios for automation test

Software Testing Specialist

Confidential, Columbia, MD

Responsibilities:

• Attending the Requirement meetings with the client and multiple contractors
• Reviewing the Business Requirement Document (BRD)
• Resolving discrepancies between user requirement document and system specification with Requirement Analysts
• Creating and peer reviewing Regression Test Plan, Functional Test Plan, End-to-End Test Plan, and UAT Test Plan for each release
• Creating and peer reviewing Release Readiness Report and Test Summary Report for each release
• Creating Level of Efforts (LOEs) for testing for each release
• Providing high level scenarios for the Functional and End-to-End testing for Change Requests (CRs)
• Creating and peer reviewing test scripts based on BRD, Functional Requirement Document (FRD), and Interface Control Document (ICD)
• Creating design steps to thoroughly test the application
• Maintaining the test cases in Quality Center and executing the test steps
• Performing both front end testing, using a web browser as well as back end testing in DB2 database
• Logging defects in Quality Center for each failed test step
• Attending defect management meetings with the Development team and prioritizing defects for resolution in coordination with the Development team
• Retesting defects after the code fix and tracking the defects to closure in Quality Center
• Preparing the evidence documents for each test script for the Client
• Creating test data using SQL in the DB2 database
• Writing extensive SQL queries to verify data is being correctly stored
• Creating test files and submitting the files for processing via Mainframe Host-On-Demand (HOD)
• Creating and transferring XML files via EFT using the TIBCO Managed File Transfer (MFT) web-based tool
• Reviewing and validating the XML files in the mid-tier and in the backend DB2 database
• Using UNIX to verify file status, and creating and updating test files using Vi text editor
• Researching multiple issues daily using Unix and DB2, and providing resolution to the client
• Providing UAT testing support to the client including creating data and defect triage
• Participating in the weekly team meeting and discussing about the status of the project with the higher management
• Creating weekly reports for accomplished tasks over the week and sending it to the Lead and Manager

QA Consultant

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Preparing and presenting test approach, test plan, and test tools to be used for functional test to client
• Participating in the daily defect meetings with developers and other test team members
• Writing test scripts (over 3000 test conditions) and importing them to HP Quality Center
• Preparing functional test suites using SoapUI
• Creating and maintaining test cases in HP Quality Center
• Creating SOAP request files using XML Spy and importing to SoapUI
• Building data driven SoapUI test scripts and creating assertions to validate the output
• Writing extensive SQL queries to verify each XML element in the database (2500+ data elements)
• Creating reports for business rules from the database using various SQL queries
• Executing test scripts using SoapUI and validating data using SQL on Oracle Database
• Creating defects for failed test steps in Quality Center and discussing it with the developer
• Retesting defects and tracking them to closure in Quality Center
• Participating in daily/weekly status meetings and providing status for System Test to stakeholders
• Supporting UAT test activities by providing technical expertise and subject matter expertise

Web Designer/Tester

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Testing websites to verify they meet customer’s requirements before delivery
• Creating test scripts in Excel to test complex websites
• Executing test cases and updating results and sharing it with the developers daily
• Logging defects using Excel and tracking them to completion
• Retesting failed test cases and updating test results accordingly
• Creating graphics for customer website using PhotoShop
• Acting as a liaison between the client and offshore resources