SUMMARY:

• 8+ Years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance & testing in various industries such as Banking, Financial, Insurance and Retirement (life and annuity) Services.
• Proficient in using the defect - tracking tools such as HP QC/ALM, Team Foundation Server (TFS) and JIRA
• Experienced in developing Test Plans, Test Cases based upon the business requirements.
• Adept at using both Manual and Automated Testing tools to troubleshoot systems, Integration, User Acceptance, Positive and Negative, GUI and Functionality, Regression Testing
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Retirement planning experience included managing 401K and 403B plans for huge client groups represented by big companies.
• Experience in working with Agile as well as traditional SDLC cycles.
• Experience in Functional, Data-driven, Unit, Integration, System, Front-End and Back-End Testing.
• Experience in end to end development of Agile Scrum projects
• Experience in working with the databases such as SQL Server, MS Access and Oracle and wrote SQL queries for Backend Testing
• Used Quality Center for Bugs reporting and communicating to developers, product support and test team members.
• Expertise in Oracle table data manipulation using SQL queries and UNIX commands/UNIX scripts.
• Participated in design Walkthroughs and Inspection meetings to review Test scripts and results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional (QTP), Win Runner. TFS, MTM, HP QC/ALM, Qualify

SDLC: Waterfall, Agile, Spiral, RUP.

Defect Tracking Tools: Rational Clear Quest, HP QC/ALM, Test Director, Bugzilla, JIRAOperating Systems: UNIX, Windows

RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, TOAD

MS Office Suite: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Notepad, Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Weehawken, NJ

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements and Functional Specifications and developed Test Plan detailed Test Scenarios, Test Strategies and Test cases.
• Coordinated with the Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers and Test Team and analyzed requirements needed for successful Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Executed and managed test cases and reported bugs in HP ALM.
• Formulate methods to perform Positive and Negative testing against requirements.
• Responsible for validation of Target data in Data Warehouse and Data Marts which are Transformed and Loaded
• Hands on experience in collecting several metrics and come up with corrective measure to be presented to senior management.
• Good knowledge of Financial Products like Derivatives, Equities and Fixed Income.
• Hands on work experience working with offsite team model; coordinate my own efforts with team members in the off- site team.
• Performed backend testing for data validation using SQL Queries.
• Documented Defects found during test on the HP ALM 11.51 and communicated recorded problems to the responsible development personnel
• Worked hand-in-hand with development team to perform unit testing for functionality using the test cases from HP ALM.
• Extensively utilized Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab and Defects Modules of HP ALM 11.51 during STLC.
• Worked with business users, business analysts and SMEs to understand different critical business processes.
• Involved in the discussions of Defect Tracking Process and Updated Work Progress in Excel Sheets.
• Performing regression testing after soft freeze
• Deliverable documents creation like WSR and DSR for management
• Confidential app testing with mobile stimulator as well all as multiple devices for android and ISO.
• Neo Platform Testing with all cross browsers for sanity testing.

Environment: TOAD, PL/SQL, JIRA, HP ALM 11.51, Agile, Ms Office,, MS SQL Server 2012, Oracle 10g, Mobile Stimulator

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

Sr. QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Cases, Test Scenarios in TFS/Qualify ensured traceability to Business Use Cases and according to application.
• Using agile methodology to come up with test scenarios and test cases
• Analyzed system specifications and business requirements and helped create the detailed Test Plan.
• Creating of traceability matrix to keep track of changes in requirement and their impact on testing efforts
• Used MTM/Qualify for create and maintain test cases, execution, track test results and defect management.
• Preparing and executing test cases for functional, integration, UAT and regression testing
• Testing application, documenting results and reporting bugs found during testing
• Create and execute end to end/Process Life Cycle Test scripts in coordination with Process Team
• Involved in end to end integration testing
• Using TFS and JIRA for Test case management, and Defect Management purposes.
• Developed test cases and test scripts in Qualify.
• Extensively used SQL statements to query the Toad (Oracle) Data Validation and Data Integrity.
• Performing end-to-end testing (Integration testing), UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and regression testing and Validate test results
• Performed backend testing for data validation using SQL Queries.
• Adding all DQ stories and sub tasks in JIRA as sprint level
• Used Test Lab module of Microsoft Test manager to perform test execution activities by creating various test sets.
• Wrote complex SQL queries for database validation
• Daily head of to offshore, Prioritize works and get from them deliverable data
• Reporting testing status to QA team and raising issues and concerns that may impact schedule
• Created and maintained detailed test cases to perform various types of testing in Test Plan module of Microsoft Test manager/Qualify.
• Fine tuning specific processes to meet the needs of individual projects while adhering to Enterprise quality objectives

Environment: JIRA, TFS, MTM, Windows, Qualify 4088, AGILE, Visual Studio, MS Office, MS SQL Server 2012, Oracle 10g, Ultra edit, TOAD 12.6 .

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Cases, Test Scenarios in TFS ensured traceability to Business Use Cases and according to application.
• Using agile methodology to come up with test scenarios and test cases
• Testing of Retirement Plan (401K & 403B)
• Analyzed system specifications and business requirements and helped create the detailed Test Plan.
• Creating of traceability matrix to keep track of changes in requirement and their impact on testing efforts
• Used Team Foundation Server/Test Manager for create and maintain test cases, execution, track test results and defect management.
• Preparing and executing test cases for functional, integration, UAT and regression testing
• Testing application, documenting results and reporting bugs found during testing
• Worked hand-in-hand with development team to perform unit testing for functionality using the test cases from TFS and recorded the results in Agile.
• Analyzed the Business, functional and System Requirement Documents and participated in all phases of SDLC/ STLC cycle.
• Create and execute end to end/Process Life Cycle Test scripts in coordination with Process Team
• Involved in end to end integration testing
• Worked on projects such as Retirement Plan Services, Income Plus and other reporting projects to create process flow diagrams depicting the touch points
• Documented Defects found during test on the Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and communicated recorded problems to the responsible development personnel.
• Using TFS for Test case management, and Defect Management purposes.
• Developed test cases and test scripts in Test Manager.
• Extensively used SQL statements to query the Oracle and DB2 Database for Data Validation and Data Integrity.
• Involved in Black Box testing, Regression testing and also performed performance testing.
• Performing end-to-end testing, integration testing, UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and regression testing and Validate test results
• Contributed in project management for Risk based systems for various Equities & Fixed Income divisions across all asset classes
• Defect tracking tool HP ALM
• Performed backend testing for data validation using SQL Queries.
• Uncovered multiple issues related to the data population in the backend database using QTP.
• Involved in creating output values using QTP.
• Created and executed automated (Coded UI) scripts in Visual Studio and in TFS Test Manager
• Used Test Lab module of Microsoft Test manager to perform test execution activities by creating various test sets.
• Automated test scenarios for GUI, Functionality and performed data driven testing on the application inserting different data in excel sheet using QTP.
• Logged, Tracked and Generated Bug status reports using Team Foundation Server.
• Wrote complex SQL queries for database validation
• Reporting testing status to QA team and raising issues and concerns that may impact schedule
• Created and maintained detailed test cases to perform various types of testing in Test Plan module of Microsoft Test manager.
• Fine tuning specific processes to meet the needs of individual projects while adhering to Enterprise quality objectives

Environment: HP ALM 11, Windows, .Net, AGILE, Visual Studio, MS-Office, QTP, MS SQL Server, Agile, TFS,Etc.

Confidential, Greenwood Village, CO

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed Functional, System, Security, and Regression & User Interface testing of software applications.
• Interacted with the Business Users and BA to determine and review BRDs, SRSs, and FRDs.
• Performed system testing to check the functionality of the application according to the user requirements.
• Created Detailed Test Plan, Test Approach, Test Matrix, Test Strategy documents based on the information gathered through business requirements and design/application walkthroughs.
• Created system testing strategy, user acceptance test strategy, and system test plan requirement traceability matrix, test case writing,
• Perform backend testing using SQL queries to test the data integrity of the application.
• Actively participated in all phases of SDLC and QA life Cycle
• Created and maintained detailed test cases to perform various types of testing in Test Plan module of Quality Center.
• Used Test Lab module of Quality Center to perform test execution activities by creating various test sets.
• Created and executed test plans and scripts to verify software functionality and adherence to business requirements.
• Documented and reported defects within established process and tracking systems using Quality Center.
• Manually test each and every module of the application and verify against expected results.
• Performed Sanity and Smoke Testing of the application manually after each build.
• Performed Functional, GUI, Security, Positive and Negative Testing.
• Reviewed extensive SQL Queries with complex multi-table joins and nested queries.
• Involved in the discussions of Defect Tracking Process and Updated Work Progress in Excel Sheets.
• Wrote and maintained test documents; converting documents to soft version maintained by the customer.
• Carried out GUI, Functionality, Integration and Regression testing using Quality Center.
• Performed rigorous manual testing such Functional Testing, Smoke testing, Unit testing, Integration testing, UAT Testing, Backend Testing, Regression Testing, End to end Testing and System Testing
• Performed Data Driven Testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Worked with business users, business analysts and SMEs to understand different critical business processes.
• Facilitated defect mgmt meetings and test execution status meetings.
• Identified, analyzed, and documented defects, errors, and inconsistencies in the application using Quality Center.
• Wrote and executed SQL queries to validate test results.
• Created and Maintained Test Matrix and Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Extensively utilized Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab and Defects Modules of Quality Center during STLC.
• Coordinated with the developers on Defects Status on a regular basis.
• Participate in various meeting and discussed Enhancement and Modification request.

Environment: Windows, SQL, Server, HP QC, SOAP UI, SOA, XML, SQL, QTP, Web logic, UNIX, Oracle, Etc

Confidential, Springfield, MA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, system requirements, data mapping requirement specifications, and responsible for documenting functional requirements and supplementary requirements in Quality Center
• Analyzed system requirements developed detailed Test Plan and test cases.
• Performed negative and positive testing manually.
• Identified, analyzed, and documented defects, errors, and inconsistencies in the application using MS Excel.
• Imported test cases from MS Excel, MS Word to Mercury Quality Center.
• Used both Jira and Ms Excel for Defect management and tracking of the issues and enhancement for the applications.
• Generated the test execution report in Mercury Quality Center to be reviewed by the QA Manager and development team.
• Coordinated with the developers on Defects Status on a regular basis.
• Worked closely with development team to resolve various issues.
• Experienced in backend testing by executing SQL queries.
• Manually tested the web application to ensure the flow of the application functionality
• Tested applications and documented results and bugs including documentation of information useful in the debugging process.
• Involved in Defect Tracking and preparing Bug Reporting in Quality Center.
• Participated in release meetings.

Environment: MS SQL Server, Quality Center, HTML, Globus, MS Office, MS Outlook, SQL, Agile, QTP, Etc