Career Objective:
Seeking a position in a challenging environment of Software Quality Assurance and Testing where I can utilize my skills, project management and quality practices. To perform Software testing using latest structured quality control techniques including test automation.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

• 5+ years of diverse experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance.
• Efficient in implementing QA Process, established standards, procedures, and methodologies.
• Strong Knowledge on the phases of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Identify the Test Requirements based on User Requirements and Program Specifications.
• Experienced in preparing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Cases and Test Data.
• Ability to identify tasks which require manual and automate test cases
• Expert in Data Conversion, Batch, integration, regression, functional & UAT tests.
• Experience in the areas of GUI, Functional, Integration, System, Front-end, Regression & Web Services testing for Client Server and web applications.
• Expertise in Risk Analysis, preparation of RTM & Prioritize Test case.
• Strong experience in interacting with business analysts and developers to analyze the user requirements, functional specifications and system specifications.
• Proactively studied various kinds of testing concepts and templates from various sources and effectively implemented them across the organization.
• Professional experience in designing test cases and test scripts for Windows, Java and UNIX environments.
• Experienced in distributed testing, multi-user testing and database testing.
• Strong skills in Batch & back-end testing using SQL queries on SQL Server 2000 and Oracle.
• Expertise in analysis of Problem severity, Defect tracking and Defects reporting system.
• Ability to work independent or as a team member, excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a cross-functional environment.
• Excellent problem solving and multitasking. Quick learner and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:

Java, C, C++.

Middleware

EJB, RMI, CORBA and COM/DCOM.

Web Development Tools

XML, HTML, Ajax, Java Script, VB Script, ASP, JSP and Java Servlets, PHP.

Web Servers / Application Servers

IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Tomcat, and IIS.

Testing tools

WinRunner, LoadRunner, TestDirector, ManualTesting,J2ee Mercury Diagnostics, QTP, Bugzilla

Reporting tools

Crystal reports, Reports 2.5, SQR

Operating Systems

Windows NT, Windows 2000 Server, Solaris, HP Unix, Linux and Citrix.

Data Access Languages

SQL and PL/SQL.

Database Servers

ORACLE, SQL Server, Sybase and DB2, ETL.

GUI / Tools

SWING, Jbuilder, Eclipse, WSAD

Other Technologies

J2EE, JMS, JNDI, Java Mail, Web Services, Struts.

Client: Confidential QA Analyst
Red bank, NJ Sep’10 – Mar’11

The scope of the Data Purge project is to ensure system performance and decrease data storage cost by eliminating old data as a clean up process and implement continuous clean up on a scheduled basis.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Defining, and Analyzing the Testing Requirements based on the Application Functionality.
• Gathered test data requirements for data conditioning from Business Units to test total application functionality.
• Conducted Test Plan walkthroughs and wrote test scripts for manual testing.
• Created test scenarios for System testing and Regression testing.
• Prepared Test Plans, Test Cases for both positive and negative scenarios and mapped the same to requirements in Quality Center.
• Executed test scripts and analyzed the test results.
• Used Quality Center for defect tracking.
• Developed Automation Scripts using QTP to perform Regression Testing.
• Tested in AI, Polstar, Eservice and Esales applications for three companies of Palisades, New England and High Point.
• Involved coordinating with Offshore People. Assigning tasks, helping them in understanding the requirements and Providing Everyday Status report to the Manager.
• Developed the Policies for New Business, Endorsements and Renewals.
• Applied Payments in FAB Using Wire Transfer for all companies.
• Tested overall application for three companies in Automobile, Homeowners and Dwelling fire.
• Created Policies for all companies, bind and sell those Policies and verify everything is working fine.
• Worked on Insurance Modules pertaining to Commercial and Personal lines.
• Involved in testing the Property and Casualty Insurance pertaining to Small Business, Large Business.
• Involved in Database Testing Using SQL to pull data from database and check whether it matches with GUI.
• Worked on Electronic Bill Payment applications when select the Electronic Bill Payment as the Payment type in the Pay Plan.

Environment: Quality Center 10, Java, QTP 10, SQL Server 2008, Windows XP.

Client: Confidential QA Analyst 
Broadway, NY Feb’ 09 – Aug’10

The Major purpose for the use of Workspace Builder is so that clients can have access to all their documentation on this application, instead of going through to the Intralinks website. It acts as a mini application where all the information is stored. Clients can see all their documentation on this application as they can see it in core.

We have different modules in this Workspace Builder like Download Wizard, IL courier etc.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, system requirement specifications and responsible for documenting functional requirements.
• Involved in developing detailed test strategy, test plan, test cases and test scripts for manual testing.
• Set up the test environment, defining detailed Test Requirements, converting them into Test Cases and collected Test Metrics for analyzing the Testing Effort.
• Coordinated and worked along with the development and business teams. Controlled testing projects at every step of the quality cycle from test planning through execution of defect management.
• Involved as part of automation team using QTP, developed test scripts.
• Develop, maintain and conduct smoke test cases for QA environments.
• Worked with development teams to investigate, prioritize and resolve software bugs / defects based on the testing results.
• After successful release of projects, developed automation scripts using QTP and integrated the script with master script.
• Did regression, functional, integration, smoke, system, UAT testing on main application, prototypes created by Flex, Ajax.
• Developing and maintaining test scripts, analyzing bugs and interacting with development team members in fixing the defects.
• Tested in VM Ware Desktop Environment.
• Responsible for writing simple to complex SQL queries to verify the data in database.
• Responsible for analysis, reports and defect tracking.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Results Documents for manual and automation testing.
• Actively attend meetings with fellow testers and other groups to evaluate the progress and Performance of the application.
• Conducted cross browser testing to check the compatibility of the AUT with different Browser\'s (IE, Netscape, Mozilla)
• Tested the Workspace Builder in the Citrix and Vista Environments.

Environment: Cygwin, QTP 10, JIRA, Java, j2EE, JDBC, EJB, Jsp, Struts, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, UML, Oracle, Unix, Citrix.

Client: Confidential QA Engineer 
Broadway, NY Feb’ 07- Jan’ 08

Confidential is one of the largest Companies. The company, which has operations throughout the United States, and Canada, also provides retail deposit, consumer loans, and credit card. Working as a QA analyst on the following products: commodities, loan, trading, Stock, mutual fund, option, fixed income, bond and Real Estate Portfolio Management. Extensively working with real time trading application where clients can go to and place a trade order.

Responsibilities: 

• Creating the detailed test plans, test cases and executing it.
• Developing test plan and test cases.
• Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
• Manually testing functionality of trading, mutual fund, option and bond web based application.
• Comparing clients live site with development sites.
• Testing text, navigation bar, links, and design.
• Testing cross browser functionality of browser as well such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Safari and Fire fox
• Testing cross browser functionality in Macintosh
• Performing Black Box, Regression, Functional, smoke and System Testing.
• Driving the implementation of automated regression tests
• Performing and monitoring of live applications & assisting in first line application support
• Caching & mentoring of less-experienced testers
• Clearly and accurately report and assign bugs using bug-tracking tool.
• Manage testing efforts for multiple locations
• Work closely with business analyst and developers
• Follow system development life cycle (SDLC) process
• Doing Regression testing using automated tool QTP.

Environment: Quality Center 10, MS Excel, Windows NT, Java script, Asp, VB script and XML

Client: Confidential QA Engineer 
Quincy, MA May’05 – Dec’ 06

Confidential is a customer focused regional group of five property and casualty insurance carriers providing personal and commercial insurance products throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. e-suite- New Business is advanced feature for the Insurance types of Automobile, Workers Comp, Business Owners, Umbrella, Dwelling Fire and Home Owners with electronic bill payment facility used for agents and vendors. Workers’ compensation coverage in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to help companies ensure the safety of their most valuable asset:

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Defining, and Analyzing the Testing Requirements based on the Application Functionality.
• Gathered test data requirements for data conditioning from Business Units to test total application functionality.
• Conducted Test Plan walkthroughs and wrote test scripts for manual testing.
• Created test scenarios for System testing and Regression testing.
• Performed Cross browser testing.
• Prepared Test Plans, Test Cases for both positive and negative scenarios and mapped the same to requirements in Quality Center.
• Preparing and running of Automated Test Scripts Using the Quality Center.
• Executed test scripts and analyzed the test results.
• Used Team Track tool for defect tracking.
• Tested Automobile, Homeowners, Dwelling Fire and Workers Compensation applications finally checking the accord (pdf) applications.
• Worked on Insurance Modules pertaining to Commercial and Personal lines.
• Involved in testing the Property and Casualty Insurance pertaining to Small Business, Large Business.
• Worked on Electronic Bill Payment applications when select the Electronic Bill Payment as the Payment type in the Pay Plan.
• Worked on Interface testing such as MSB, Aplus and iHub.
• Experience on EBIS e-commerce tool.

Environment: Quality center 9.0, Team Track, Windows XP Professional, MS Project, Internet Explorer.

• Executed Test Scripts Manually whenever the new build comes up.
• Created data driven script to be used with various data / test cases for positive and negative testing of the application
• Used Test Director for defect Tracking and defect reporting

Environment: Test Director, Java, j2EE, JDBC, EJB, Jsp, Struts, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, UML, Weblogic 8.1, Oracle