CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a full time position as a Senior QA Analyst/ QA Lead, where my unique combination of skills, strong background in IT and an ability of being an excellent team member would be of mutual benefit

SUMMARY:

• Solid experience in the field of Software and Quality Assurance.
• Utilization of Automated Test Tool Test Director for Test cases and Traceability Matrix.
• Good working knowledge on WinRunner and LoadRunner.
• Good knowledge of Network Connectivity (FTP, TCP/IP, TELNET, SMS).
• Proven skills in preparation, document and execution of Software General Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases for Business Requirements and Rules.
• Good working knowledge of UNIX environment.
• Performed Load Tests with various virtual users like Web (HTTP/HTML) Database etc.
• Conducted Back-end testing in Oracle database using SQL queries for data verifications.
• Installed and set up the test environment for every installation.
• SQL queries to verify and check Front-end data with back-end database.
• Good knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including CMM level.
• Excellent Communication skills and solid Interpersonal skills.
• Adept in creating Activity and Process diagrams on Rational Rose and Visio.
• Self-starter, detail oriented, highly motivated individual and an excellent team player.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science, Computer Science

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Parsippany, NJ Oct 2009 – Present Senior QA Analyst (Consulting)
Responsibility:

• Supervised team of 10 QA engineers and 2 student interns
• Directed multiple test application projects, primarily related to INTTRA’s I-ACT, I-Desktop and I-Link products
• Managed schedules, database access, and resources in order to ensure budget compliance
• Participated in custom EDI development projects, promoting and upholding quality standards throughout SDLC
• Coordinated the gathering of business requirements with Global Ops, Inside Sales, and Integration Project Managers
• Reviewed Business Requirements Documents (BRD) for OS.com website (Ocean Schedules and White Labels) prepared by BA’s
• Analyzed Business Requirements and created Workflow diagrams
• Developed and implemented business test scenarios and test data

Technological skills: EDI, MS Visio, MS Office 2007, Oracle, .NET, Mercury Quality Center, SSH Client.

Confidential,Montvale, NJ Jan 2008 – Oct 2009
Quality Assurance Analyst (Consulting)
Employee of Consulting company: Millennium Consultants, Inc.
Responsibility:
Includes testing and managing tax audit tools such as AACT (Activity Audit and Customization tool) and KAT (Knowledge Authoring tool) which is being used to customize eAudit application of KPMG Inc. eAudit is a web based client/server application. This application is used by KPMG Inc. to approve or disapprove any business engagement with potential clients. The risk of the potential engagement is evaluated based on Questionnaire and the scores associated with the workflow.

AACT and KAT:

• Used ClearQuest to keep track of defects.
• Prepared system test plan, system test cases and the executed those test cases.
• Executed test scripts to verify that the software is operational and meets requirements and design specifications.
• Actively involved with developers, business analysts and business users to determine test requirements and translate these requirements into test plans.
• Created a matrix for test cases based on pass/fail executed during the testing phase
• Documented positive and negative test cases.
• Wrote SQL queries to verify data with the Front-end and Back-end database.
• Involved in Functional, Unit and System testing to ensure all aspects of the system are functionally correct. Analyzed the test results and generated reports on status of defects repair progress.
• Performed Functional and Regression testing on different platforms with different operating systems and Browser versions.
• Performed manual checks for links, scripts, images and proper layout.

eAudIT:

• Developed test procedures, test plans and test cases according to business requirements.
• Did manual testing, regression testing, GUI, and functional testing of some screens.
• Actively involved in various phases of the testing cycle such as System, Functional, Regression, Integration, and End-To-End Testing.
• Actively participated in weekly meeting focused on resolving technical anomalies in the testing process.
• Executed SQL queries on the Database in order to view the successful SQM records.
• Did Backend testing of application to check whether data was going on proper and designated database tables.
• Performed functional, system and integration testing.
• Prepared test cases for periodic update and Autoconnect features of the product.
• Involved in the preparation of test matrix.
• Used ClearQuest for defect reporting.
• Maintained detailed logs of test activities in Mercury Test Director
• Prepared Test Summary Report.

Technological skills: .NET, SQL Server, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, ClearQuest, Groove, HP Mercury tools (Quality Center Suite, QTP and LoadRunner), Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Siebel testing methods and concepts

Confidential,Futures Backoffice, Jersey city, NJ June 2007 – Jan 2008
Capp Summer intern (Internship)
Responsibility:

• Executed test cases developed for testing the functionality of the product.
• Did manual testing and automation testing using QTP.
• Created test plans and test sets for each release.
• Worked with the 1.4.2, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8 and 1.4.9 releases of KX.
• Worked with IPReach devices. Worked with the development and testing of IPR3.6 which has a common code base with KSX devices.
• Tested the remote access using RRC and MPC.
• Tested the serial ports on different products.
• Used Quality center for updating the test runs.
• Worked with the sales team on the Field change requests.
• Worked with different kinds of CIM’s and testing their KVM functionality against different targets.
• Participated in Bug review meetings.
• Generated Automated scripts for regression testing to ensure that core functionality did not change for the new builds.
• Additionally took up the responsibility as a Backup QC admin.
• Create backups everyday for the QC server.
• Duties also include creating projects and granting access to the projects. Creating users and assigning them to specific projects.
• Executed SQL queries on the Sql server database to retrieve data from different projects.

Technological skills: QTP, Quality Center, Load runner, Java, UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 2000, WIN XP, Solaris, IBM, Eventum, SQL Server, SQL

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Newark, NJ Jan 2007 - Dec 2007
Research Assistant as a QA Analyst (Master’s Project)
Responsibility:

• Assisted Dr Perl and Dr Geller with following research: Theory and Applications of Object oriented databases, Artificial intelligence including semantics of object oriented databases, medical vocabularies and terminologies, knowledge representation and web mining.
• Supervised all lab assistants, guiding them with student project development
• Provided one-to-one guidance with Java programming instruction techniques
• Developed GUI for NAT (Neighbourhood Auditing Tool) in Java Swing
• Presented structured learning labs where students could ask questions regarding Java Programming construct and syntax.

Technological skills: Java, JDBC, Protege and Oracle

Confidential,Mobile Game June 2005 – May 2006
Reliance InfoComm, KoparKhairne, New Mumbai
Junior Software Developer (Bachelor’s Project)
Responsibilities:
During the senior year of my Undergraduate degree, my group developed a Java based game for Reliance InfoComm. Built for cell phones based on CDMA Technology which requires Reliance application platform. This game uses combination of English and Mathematical knowledge. This experience has been instrumental in honing my leadership skills.

Technological skills: J2ME, RAP(Reliance application platform)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Programming Languages: : C, C++, Java 2, Visual Basic 6.0,Visual Studio .NET (ASP.NET), J2ME
Web Technologies : Servlet 2.3, JSP 2.0, Flash
Enterprise APIs : JDBC, Hibernate, Rational Rose
Scripting Language : AJAX, PHP, Perl, Java Script , VB script
Markup Languages : CSS, XML, HTML
Web Servers : IIS, Tomcat
Databases : Oracle 8, MS Access, MySQL, Sybase, MS SQL server
Platforms : Windows 98/NT/ 2000/XP, Unix, Linux
Network Technologies : TCP/UCP/IP