OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst where I can provide my strong expertise in Analyzing Business Specifications, Designing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios, Executing Test Cases and Test Scripts and Submitting Bug Reports for both Manual and Automated Testing using HP UFT, QTP, Quality Center, JIRA, BugZilla, LoadRunner, WinRunner, Test Director, PL/SQL, Java Script, VB Script, MS - Word, MS- Excel and other related technologies.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of IT experience as Software QA Analyst/ Engineer in verifying and validating Client-Server/ Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Mobile Applications, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Applications based on Software Development Standards using both Manual and Automated Testing Processes.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and experience in effective QA implementation in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Adept in Agile Methodologies , SCRUM processes for time sensitive projects
• Experience working with business analysts, developers, management and end users in a cross functional Agile Scrum team
• Experience in Analyzing Business Specifications, Creating Test Strategies, Test Plans, Creating and Executing Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Scenarios.
• Good expertise in VB Script and Automation infrastructure development.
• Experience in Documenting Bug Reports and tracking defects using Defect Tracking Tools like Quality Center, JIRA, Test Director and Bugzilla, Smartbear ALM .
• Experience in Manual Testing to create Test cases and raise defects using Quality Center
• Experience in test strategy walk through, quality reviews, and defect triage
• Extensive experience in F unctional, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance Testing, Black Box, White Box, GUI, Back-End, Browser Compatibility and Component Testing on Windows, UNIX and Linux Operating systems.
• Extensive experience in Testing and Maintenance of Enterprise Applications in JAVA, .Net, JavaScript, VB Script, Windows/ Web Services Applications.
• Expertise in RDBMS Concepts and have Strong experience in MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and DB2 databases.
• Experience using TOAD and MySQL Workbench for Developing SQL queries to perform Back-end testing
• Good experience in Web Services testing using SOAP UI, XML. Providing required input data to request XML & get the required data from response XML & use the response data from other request XML using SOAP UI.
• Actively participated in Project Meetings, walk-through, Response Team Sessions and discussed Enhancement and Modifications requests.
• Involved in coordinating with IT and the end user to build test data to enable the software to be quality checked.
• Extensive experience in submitting weekly validation reports to keep up to date information of test cases that are newly created, executed, passed, and failed etc.
• Expertise working with data management team for managing and using the test data from various environments.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team and contribute towards the team goals.
• Strong team player with excellent analytical, problem solving, presentation and documentation skills with ability to co-ordinate activities in fast paced team environment.

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP UFT 11.50, QTP 6.5, 8.0, 9.0, Win Runner 6.5, 7.2, Load Runner

Bug Tracking Systems: Mercury Quality Center, JIRA, Test Director 6.5/7.5, Bugzilla

Languages: Java Script, VB Script, PL/SQL, C, C++, Java, VB

Web Tools & Technologies: Java, JSP, J2EE, EJB, ASP.NET, HTML 4.0, XML, HTML, VBscript, JavaScript, .Net Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5

GUI: Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/ 2005/ 2008/ 2010, Developer 2000, V.B 5.0/6.0, Java AWT, Java applets, TOAD, MySQL Workbench.

Version Controls: Tortise SVN, Team Foundation, Visual Source Safe

MS Office Tools: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/ 2003/ 2008/ 2012, XP, 7, UNIX, AIX, Linux, z/OS(Mainframes)

Application/ Web Servers: Weblogic 10/ 11g/ 12c, Tomcat 5.0/6.0/7.0/8.0, IIS 4.0/ 5.0/ 6.0/ 7.0

Middleware Technologies: Oracle SOA Suite 11g

Database: SQL server 2000/ 2005/ 2008/ 2012, MySQL 5.0/ 5.1/ 5.5, Oracle 8/9.x/10g/11g, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Review of Business Specifications, Designing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios, Prepared and Executed Test Cases and Test Scripts for all Applications and Modules according to BRD, Technical Specification, Functional Design and Use Case documents.
• Performed both Manual and Automated Testing Processes on Functional, Negative, Integration, System, Performance, Regression, Usability and User Acceptance testing ensuring the software performs according to business requirements.
• Followed Agile Development methodology and SCRUM methodology and Participated in daily SCRUM meetings to discuss the status of project.
• Used HP UFT 11.50 for executing the test scripts for automated Functional testing.
• Used Quality Center and JIRA for efficient defect reporting and tracking bugs.
• Used Smart Bear ALM tool for requirements traceability, test sets creation and test results.
• Documented weekly bug and test case status reports to track progress of project.
• Worked on prioritizing defects and effectively communicated the defects to the developers by doing a root cause analysis hence resulting in a fast turnaround time.
• Wrote test scripts using VB Script to automate the testing of web applications.
• Worked closely with the development team and data management team to create a suite of test data for both input files and expected results that fully exercise data validation.
• Interacted with Business Analysts, Developers, Management Team and End Users to get a better understanding of Business Processes and gathered Business Requirements in Cross Functional Agile Scrum team.
• Participated in Defect and General Review meetings with the team members to review the testing status and Defect Summit meetings to triage new defects and to follow up on new fixes, patches and builds.
• Actively participated in Project Meetings, walk-through, Response Team Sessions and discussed Enhancement and Modifications requests.
• Prepared RTM Document to ensure that all the requirements had sufficient coverage for testing and identified the requirements and test cases to be automated.
• Extensively used Database GUI tools like TOAD and MySQL Workbench to create SQL queries for backend testing, comparing and validating data
• Executed SQL Queries including complex queries to verify that the data populated from the Database matches with the front end screens and reports.
• Involved in Web Services Testing using HP UFT tool. Validated request and response XML.
• Added assertions to validate the xml in Web Services SOAP and Rest services.
• Validated WSDL File for web services.
• Performed manual QA testing (QAT), Integration and Regression, End-to-End testing activities for new releases and changes on Windows Platform using Web Browsers like IE and Firefox.
• As a part of Change Management Team participated in the prioritization of the projects and made decisions regarding any changes to the Application according to their impact on the application.

Environment: HP UFT 11.50, Quality Center, JIRA, LoadRunner 11.50, Smartbear ALM, .Net, Java, MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, MySQL Workbench, TOAD, JavaScript, VB Script, MS Excel, IIS, Weblogic, Tortise SVN, Visual Sourcesafe, Windows 7.0/ 2008/ 2012.

Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing the business specifications, Creating Test Strategies, Test Plans, Creating and Executing Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Scenarios.
• Participated in enhancement releases to the applications every quarter and was involved in testing the application enhancements for integration testing, capacity testing and performance testing using manual test cases, win runner and load runner on each stages of the application development phase.
• Used the Agile environment to get the maximum output for the QA efforts.
• Tested multiple web applications that were developed using both Windows and Java technologies to ensure they are working according to business requirements.
• Performed manual QA testing (QAT), Integration and Regression, End-to-End testing activities for new releases on Windows 2003, 2008 and XP with web browsers IE and Firefox.
• Tested various Desktop applications that were developed for internal departments.
• Used JIRA for Defect Reporting and Tracking.
• Categorized and Prioritized bugs based on the severity and interfaced with developers to resolve them.
• Conducted automated testing for entire applications using QTP. Wrote test scripts using VB Script to automate the testing of web applications.
• Called WinRunner Scripts from QTP to create regression test sets.
• Worked with XML web services to test the functions in SOAP and validate the output against the UI and database.
• Used Soap UI tool to located the WSDL file on the internet, create test cases, and execute test cases as well as performing load testing.
• Involved in Data Driven Testing using JDBC Connection and validated services using assertion in SOAP UI.
• Worked with the development team to create a suite of test data for both input files and expected results that fully exercise data validation.
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Different Modules.
• Experience working with Change Management Board (CMB) for any issues created and follows up on a daily status basis.
• Used data tables to parameterize test scenarios for data driven testing in QTP
• Extensively used TOAD for Oracle/ SQL Server and MySQL interface for writing SQL statements for backend testing and comparing and validating data.
• Executed SQL Queries including complex queries to verify that the data populated from the Database matches with the front end screens and reports.
• Reviewed the User Requirements Document, Functional Requirement Documents and Technical Requirement Documents.
• Participated in Defect and General Review meetings with the team members.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Requests.
• Prepared RTM Document to ensure that all the requirements had sufficient coverage for through testing and identified the requirements and test cases to be automated.

Environment: WinRunner 7.6, QTP 8.0/9.0, WinRunner 7.6, JIRA, Java, JSP, Java Script, AJAX, JQuery, XML, SOAP UI, MS Word, MS Excel, Pdfs, Tortise SVN, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Team Foundation Server,, MySQL, Oracle 11g, MS SQL Server 2008, Oracle SOA Suite, Weblogic, Tomcat, IIS, Windows 2003/ 2008/ XP.

QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Extensively testing the Business Rules for different components like Accounts, Activities, Contacts, and Opportunities. Responsible to conduct the manual testing of a GUI front-end of the application and also tested an internal Client-Server application that gives the analysis in reporting format to internal departments.
• Involved in writing of test plans, test cases based on business requirements of the application. Responsible for Black box testing of the application.
• Involved to evaluate a project's contents, provide testing effort estimate, and timely feedback on progress towards completing project on time.
• Developed automated test script using WinRunner for Functional, and regression testing. Created Test cases for every functionality and business rule based on documentation provided and automated them with Win Runner scripts using VB Script.
• Responsible to conduct a wide range of quality-control tests and analyses with full competency to ensure that software meets or exceeds specified standards and end-user requirements
• Experience working with Change Management Board(CMB) for any issues created and follow up on a daily status basis.
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Different Modules.
• Performed GUI interface testing on the client side. Performed integration testing for the system compatibility.
• Performed test data set-up in XML for testing and update test data based on the requirements.
• Tested the flow of data from the source through the ETL process into the target warehouse.
• Testing of application at unit level, module level and system level for quality of the software.

Environment: WinRunner 6.5, Test Director 6.5, HTML, XML, Java Script, QTP 6.5, Java, JSP, Tortise SVN, Weblogic, Tomcat, IIS, UNIX, Linux, Windows 2003/ 2008, Oracle 11g.

QA Engineer

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing of test plans, test cases based on business requirements of the application. Responsible for Black box testing of the application.
• Involved to evaluate a project's contents, provide testing effort estimate, and timely feedback on progress towards completing project on time.
• Developed automated test script using WinRunner for Functional, and regression testing. Created Test cases for every functionality and business rule based on documentation provided and automated them with Win Runner scripts
• Responsible to conduct a wide range of quality-control tests and analyses with full competency to ensure that software meets or exceeds specified standards and end-user requirements
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Different Modules.
• Performed GUI interface testing on the client side. Performed integration testing for the system compatibility.
• Tested the integration of data across various sources in an ETL process.
• Tested the web application for multiple logins and verify unauthorized accesses.
• Managed all test plans, test cases and reported bugs with the help of PVCS Tracker.
• Testing of application at unit level, module level and system level for quality of the software.

Environment: Test Director, Win Runner, Load Runner, HTML, Java Script, Java, ASP.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/ 2008,, Weblogic, Tomcat, IIS, Oracle, SQL Server 2008, Windows 2000/ 2003/ XP.