SUMMARY:

• Around 9 years of Quality Assurance experience in planning, coordinating and testing of Web - based applications and Backend Database testing.
• Proficient in manual testing of applications. Expertise in using HP ALM (Application Lifecycle Management), Quality Center and Jira.
• Have excellent understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, QA methodologies and role of QA Analyst.
• Extensive experience in executing Black Box, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, System, Integration, Backend, User Acceptance (UAT), Exploratory and Ad-Hoc Testing.
• Involved in the compatibility and responsive testing on various browsers and Mobile testing.
• Experience in Analysis of Software Requirement Specifications and documented process documents like Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test summary reports.
• Experience with QA Methodology and QA Strategies to ensure the Quality Assurance.
• Formulating Test Plans and Test Cases based on the User Requirements Specification (URS) and Functional Requirements document for the functionality, security, performance, configuration and usability testing.
• Expertise in complete defect life cycle and defect tracking using Defect tracking Tools.
• Have Expertise in database analyzing and testing using SQL Queries.
• Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to work either independently or in a team or as a Team Lead.
• Good interaction with BA’s, developers, managers and team members in coordinating job tasks.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication skills and interpersonal skills and consistently being organized for producing high quality tasks.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Core JAVA

Scripting Languages: HTML

DBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Server,Teradata13.1, SQL Developer, OBIEE

Operating Systems: Windows/ 95/98/2k, Windows 8

Tools: ALM 12.5, Jira, QTP9.2,QualityCenter8.2/9.0/10,Bugzilla, MTM

Bug Tracking & Test Management Tools: Quality Center 9.0, MTM, ALM 12.5, JIRA

Data Warehousing Tools: Informatica 8.1/9.1,Datastage 8.0.1

Reporting Tools: Cognos 10.1.1, Microstrategy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Iselin, NJ

QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participated in analysis of Business requirements, functional requirements and other technical design documents.
• Conducted daily calls with BA, Dev team and the testing team to get better understanding on the requirements and to reduce the gaps.
• Worked on the Test Plan document for each of the projects and had review sessions with the Business team, Project management and development teams and get the approvals.
• Lead the team in executing the SIT, UAT, Regression and Ad hoc testing.
• Participated in the UAT testing and provided the test data to the team.
• Reviewed the test cases written by the team and provided feedback.
• Created the test sets in ALM to upload the test cases for execution.
• Attended daily scrum calls and standup calls and provided the QA status and get the Dev updates.
• Lead the defect triage calls to go over the defects, resolution status and target dates updates for the defects in ALM.
• Worked on Agile and Waterfall projects.
• Worked closely with BA’s and Dev partners for successfully delivering the projects.
• Worked on Domain change, Name and Logo projects for Public sites as part of the Confidential redesign effort. ( Confidential -Cref.org changed to Confidential .org and Confidential -CREF changed to Confidential )
• Worked on various MOD projects. MOD (MarkIt on demand) is a leading provider of financial information services to Confidential . It provides investment details on Public and Secure sites.
• Involved in various new Fund Launch and Custom Portfolio projects on Public and Secure sites as part of MOD projects.
• Worked on the Custom Demo project that involves various types of testing. The primary mission will be to ensure that our demo preparation and delivery for client-facing endeavors is flawless.
• Worked on various projects on CAS. As part of this worked on the creating the workflows in mainframes system and creating the customer authorizations on the CAS UI and making sure the data is available on CAS database.
• Involved in the scrum team to go through the planning the sprints and provided the story points while grooming the stories.
• Involved in Compatibility testing of various browsers. Worked on Sauce labs to check if the applications are working fine on various browsers.
• Involved in Mobile testing. Worked on Mobile labs to test the responsiveness of the application on various IOS and Android devices.
• Updating the team by providing the daily and weekly status reports with the Projects statistics, QA execution status, defect summary and Project dashboard (# of test cases, Execution % and Completion %) to highlight if the project is on track or off track and the mitigation plan if off track.
• Prepared the Test Summary report for each of the projects. Scheduled review calls to get the document reviewed and get the approvals.
• Worked closely with all the teams to successfully complete the project deliverables on time.

Environment:: ALM, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mainframes, SQL Developer, RTC (Rational Team Concert), JIRA, OBIEE, Mobile labs, Sauce labs.

Confidential, Harrisburg, PA

QA Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Participated in analysis of functional requirements and other technical design documents.
• Participated in SIT, Regression and Ad hoc testing.
• Created test cases for end to end testing.
• Designed test cases for different benefit screens and created test data for each of the benefit screen based on the eligibility criteria of each of the benefit.
• Executed test cases for Eligibility system, Batches and Interfaces, according to the requirements document. Test Cases involved both the positive and negative for each benefit.
• Used MTM (Microsoft test manager) for defect tracking and Test Management purpose.
• Worked on requirement traceability matrix to map the requirements and test cases using TFS (team foundation server).
• Participated in the walkthroughs for the clarifications with the business track leads.
• Worked with the developers to get the defects fixed.
• Created the test cases to check the application for various benefit screens.
• Create the test data to validate the screens on the application to check for functionality.
• Verified the reports data after the execution of the batches.
• Created defect reports and test summary reports from Microsoft Test Manager
• Performed testing to check the application screens to verify based on the benefits.
• Automation using QTP.
• Regression testing is done after the bug fixes of the initial errors submitted with the same environment

Environment:: Java, Oracle, QTP, MTM (Microsoft Test Manager), MS Office, Mainframe

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participated in analysis of User requirements, functional requirements and other technical design documents.
• Participated in the walkthroughs and clarification sessions with the Business and Technical teams.
• the team members to know the application’s functionality.
• Worked on the test cases related to the HR data that we get from different countries to generate the reports based on the business needs.
• Reviewed the Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Involved in the creation and execution of Cognos test cases for GDW (Global Data Warehouse) using the Technical design document.
• Participated actively in all phases of SDLC including document reviews and project status meetings.
• Involved in writing the System test Report and worked on to get the traceability of requirements in the RTM for different releases.
• Performed Integration testing and UAT testing to make sure the reports generated the valid results.
• Performed Functional testing to test the Cognos Reports and test the Semantic layer views to check if the SLV’s are working as expected by writing the test scripts that have the queries to check count and data.
• Implemented Regression testing after every new build.
• Involved in executing the RI scripts (Referential Integrity) after every data load to check the integrity of the data is maintained.
• Involved in the System Integration Testing of GDI Hub and GDW.
• Analyze the specification document and coordinate with the Project Manager and Team Members.
• Participated in weekly status meetings, coordinated with the developers to resolve the defects and close them in given time frame.
• Involved in writing the Teradata queries for Workday Integration testing using SQL Assistant tool.
• Involved in creation of comprehensive test plans for bug fixes, enhancements, and new applications with appropriate test coverage to ensure quality.
• Worked in the agile environment that helps to assess the direction throughout the development lifecycle and can develop software at the same time they’re gathering requirements.
• Prioritized the bugs and keeping track of them through HP Quality center.
• Documenting and validating identified software defects using HP Quality center.
• Regression testing after the bug fixes of the initial errors submitted with the same environment.

Environment:: Teradata 13.1 SQL Assistant, Oracle SQL Developer, Cognos 10.1.1, Quality Center10, Windows 7, Informatica 9.1

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Participated in analysis of Business requirements, functional requirements and other development documents.
• Designing the Test Plan based on the requirement document and got the approval from project team.
• Reviewed the Test Scenario and Test Cases internally and shared to BA and Dev team for their feedback on the coverage.
• Involved in testing of Datastage jobs in Data warehouse Environment.
• Involved in the creation and execution of manual test cases using specification document.
• Participated actively in all phases of SDLC including document reviews and project status meetings.
• Performed Unit testing, Integration testing and generated various Test Cases.
• Performed Black Box testing, Sanity testing, and Functional testing, Positive testing, and Negative testing.
• Implemented Rigorous Regression testing after every new build.
• the team members to know the application’s functionality.
• Analyze the specification document and coordinate with the Project Manager and Team Members.
• Participated in weekly status meeting, coordinated with the developers and testers to resolve the defects and close them in given time frame.
• Involved in creation of comprehensive test plans for bug fixes, enhancements, and new applications with appropriate test coverage to ensure quality.
• Prioritized the bugs and keeping track of them through quality center..
• Documenting and validating identified software defects.
• Regression testing is done after the bug fixes of the initial errors submitted with the same environment.

Environment:: IBM DataStage8.0.1, Oracle 10g, Flat files, Control M, Micro strategy, Quality Center10, Windows XP, UNIX.

Confidential, BURLINGTON, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identified the business requirements.
• Reviewed the Test Plan, Test Scenario and Test Cases.
• Worked on Test Scripts and Test Cases for steps to complete processing a shipment from arrival to shipping.
• Tested various loading procedures and unloading procedures.
• Performed Adhoc Testing and Regression Testing.
• Participated in weekly status meeting, Coordinated with the developers and testers to resolve the defects and close them.
• Executed Automated and Manual Test Cases from Quality Center.
• Created Defects in Quality Center.
• Enabled email feature, which sends defects directly to the developer when it is opened.
• Participated actively in all phases of testing life cycle including document reviews and project status meetings.
• Performed Unit testing, Integration testing and generated various Test Cases.

Environment:: QuickTestProfessional, QualityCenter8.2/9.0,VB,VBScript, Windows XP, Oracle 9i, SQL, UNIX, MS Excel

Confidential, HARRISBURG, PA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identified the business requirements.
• Reviewed the Test Plan, Test Scenario and Test Cases.
• Prepared and executed test cases manually for different eligibility criteria.
• Worked on test cases based on eligibility the enrollment process to child care services.
• Performed smoke testing, Integration testing and generated various Test Cases.
• Performed Black Box testing, Sanity testing, Functional testing, Positive testing, and Negative testing.
• Performed System Testing and Regression Testing.
• Participated in weekly status meeting, coordinated with the developers and testers to resolve the defects and close them.
• Executed Test Cases from Quality Center.
• Created Defects in Quality Center and prioritized and keeping track of them.
• Documented and Reported defects using Quality Center Verified fixes and closed bugs during regression testing.

Environment:: Windows XP, Quality Center 8.2, .Net, MS Excel