Senior Quality Engineer

• More than 8years of diverse experience in the field of IT with major emphasis on QualityAssurance and SoftwareTesting.
• Experience in developing test plans, test cases, executed test cases and created/executed automation test scripts and test reports.
• Firm knowledge of different phases of Software Development, Software Testing and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & Software Testing life Cycle (STLC) including agile methodology.
• Develop and execute manual & automated test scripts for functional, GUI, integration, regression, system, stress, Performance, Recovery, Security, Alpha and beta testing.
• Experience in executing detailed Test Plans, Procedures, Test Strategies and generating/executing Test Scripts and Test Cases to meet business specifications.
• Maintaining Trace-abilitymatrix for requirements and builds according to business specifications.
• Experience in working extensively with simple as well as complex SQL queries for back end testing using different types of joins.
• Developed Test Automation of various Client/Server and Web based applications using WinRunner, QuickTestPro8.0, JMETER, Gomez and Selenium.
• Worked with different bug tracking and reporting tools including Test Director, Mercury Quality Center, Issue Manager, Dev. Track, Mantis, Project Monitoring System and Bugzilla.
• Worked with Test Management tool Test Director 8.2, Quality Center and Twiki.
• Customized Vuser script for Parameterization, Correlation Query, Transaction point, Rendezvous point and set up the run time settings.
• Involved in preparation of technical documentation and presentation of test results.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and debugging skills, excellent communication and organizational skills, both oral and written.
• Detail-oriented problem solver, quick learner, can work as an individual as well as a flexible team player.
• Excellent skills in communication & collaboration, interest & ability to learn new technologies in short time.
• Knowledge of Version Controls like Team Foundation Server, SVN, Visual Source Safe & Harvest.
• Awareness of ISO 9000 standards and CMMI.
• Worked for Clients like Option One, Sterling Testing System, GE, Optum and Patni Computer System & Trulia Real Estate Search.

CERTIFICATION

• ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level (CTFL)

EDUCATION

• B Tech in Computer Science

TECHNICAL SKILL
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT
Testing Tool: Win runner, QTP, Selenium, QC, TD, JMETER, Load runner
Languages: C, VB 6.0, Java
ScriptingLanguages: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript & VB Script
Database: MS SQL Server 2000
Defect Management Tool: Issue Manger, Dev. Track, Mantis, PMS & Bugzilla
Version Control System: Visual Source Safe & Harvest
EXPERIENCE

Client: Confidential, Bear, DE 11/2011 to till date
Position: QA Analyst

Spearheadprovides publishing and data management services Publishers, Universities, Financial institutions, non-profit organizations and several professional institutions. Also With the mobile revolution Spearhead was once again entrusted by its customers to develop solutions for mobile platforms.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Involved in Understanding & Analyzing client business requirements & expectation.
• Analyze Functional Requirement document to create the test plan & test case d document.
• Design, Developed, Documented & Maintained detail test plan & test cases in using TFS.
• Performed Functional Testing for Web & Smart Phone which includes the testing of control, storage media handling options and other operational aspects. Functionality Testing for the mobile application is black box testing and assures that the application functions per the business specification.
• Involved in Usability testing is used to verify mobile interface, navigation and intuitiveness of the application, as well as consistency and soberness of color schemas.
• Performed Compatibility testing assuresthe application works as intended with the selected device,operating system, screen size and display.
• Involved in Data base testing to check data integrity and errors while editing, deleting and modifying the forms and all other DB related functionality.
• Presented regular progress report, defect report and test execution report.
• Performed Retesting & Regression testing after defect fixes.
• Presented daily and weekly status report updates to Test Managers

Environment: Asp.Net, Windows 2008, SQL Server, iOS SDK, Android SDK,TFS, Visual Studio 2010, TFS

Client: Confidential, USA 07/2007 to 05/2009
Position: Sr. Quality Engineer
Domain: Search Engine
Trulia is a real estate search engine that helps you find homes for sale and provides real estate information through their Search Results Page at the local level to help you make better decisions in the process. Trulia is also a tool for real estate professionals to market their listings, view real estate data and promote their services. If you are a broker or agent, Trulia got a Real Estate Professionals section just for you. Trulia have a Heat Maps to help you understand how listing prices and sales prices have changed over the year.
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Worked as a "Test Lead" with responsibilities to handle a small team of 3 Test Engineer.
• Analyzed Business Requirement and Design Specifications to develop Testing Approach.
• Involved in designing test strategies, test harnesses, test plans and performed inspection of the test scripts.
• Involved in preparation of Manual and Automation Test Plan.
• Preparing, Executing and reviewing Test Plans and Test cases.
• Performed various tests such as positive, negative to check business functionality manually.
• Involved in Automation Testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Sanity Testing & Performance Testing.
• Developed Testdatamatrix for test cases.
• Involved in Performance testing using Gomez.
• Logging Defect using defect tracking tool Bugzilla and after that assigned defect to the owner of the module individually to each defect.
• PreparedTest Scripts using Selenium.
• Manage the test scripts in testopia.
• Review of test cases and test results prepared by the team member.
• Extensively involved in System testing, Regression testing, User Acceptance Testing.
• Coordination within the team and assigning the task to the team member.
• Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases and send it to the client.
• Used Functionality Expertise in the preparation QA artifacts for the completeness of SDLC process
• Prepared Release Test Report when ever release goes.
• Coordinated with the client in weekly conference call for TestingPlan,Test Case & Test Plan Requirement Issue Resolution,and Status of the current & pending tasks and Testing Related Query.

Environment: Windows Xp, Manual Testing, Functional Testing Tool: Selenium, Performance Testing Tool: Gomez, Software Development Tool: Eclipse, Build Tool: Ant, Test Management Tool: Twiki, Defect Tracking Tool: Bugzilla & Test Case Management Extension: Testopia

Confidential, Mumbai, India 9/2006 to 07/2007
Test Lead QA & Testing
Project: Life of Well Information System
Client: Confidential, USA
Domain: Industrial Automation
LOWIS is a Web based, enterprise-wide, well management software suite designed to help improve the bottom line for any oil and gas production operation. By reducing lifting costs, optimizing workflows, and managing the financial risk associated with the evaluation of new technologies, LOWIS can help companies better achieve their financial goals and objectives.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with teams of developers and users throughout the entire development life cycle, to identify and manage requirements, execute, track, and report on functional and integration test cases generation and execution of assigned modules.
• Prepared Functional, System, Regressionand Sanity TestCases following requirement Specificationdocument and performed Review of Test cases for the same.
• Developed Test PlanDocument following Project Plan and Business Requirement document.
• Manually performedblack box techniques including smoke testing,functional/end-to-endtesting,GUI testingto validate system features on different builds.
• Coordinating with the team and assigning the task to team members.
• Coordinated with the client in weekly conference call for Planning,Test Case & Test Plan Requirement Issue Resolution,and Status of the current & pending tasks and Testing Related Query.
• Preparation of Weekly Status Report which provides details of planned/actual/pending tasks and also forecast same for the next week.
• Performed Defect Reporting and Tracking using defect tracking tool Dev Track (Internal Defect Tracking tool)

Environment: Manual testing, C++, Windows NT, Windows 2000, BFile & SQL Server 2000 and defect tracking tool Dev Track.

Confidential,. Mumbai, India 09/2005 to 09/2006
Sr. Test Engineer
Project: Deal Maker
Client: Confidential, California, USA
Domain: Mortgage

Deal Maker is a decision engine system and allows you to play what if scenario\'s on any lead. Using borrower information (1003) and customer goals; such as get best rate, cash out, debt consolidation, rate reduction, and low closing costs, Deal Maker system will generate \'BEST-FIT\' proposals with rates on Option One loan programs. Multiple scenarios can be saved and used to determine the \'best-fit\' proposed product to be presented to the borrower printed, emailed or faxed. This system will be primarily used by retail channel Loan Officers but may be expanded to consumer use via the Internet.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, scope of the project and specification for the full understanding of the project.
• Involved in communicating with Business Analysts and Project Managers to better understand behavior of applications/projects
• Involved in handling a small team of 2 Test Engineer.
• Built high level Business scenarios and detailed designs Tests for Deal Maker.
• Developed test plans, test cases, test schedules and test harnesses based on high-level and detailed designs.
• Created and executed the test cases for various scenarios and alternate flow of events.
• Participated actively in system, integration, performance and regression testing for every new build released.
• Extensively performed manual testing, requirements verification testing, recovery, functional and user acceptance testing (UAT) on the web-based application.
• Communicated inconsistencies between in the RTMs, system specifications, requirements and test results to the development, analyst teams.
• Managed the overall testing effort, including coordination of testing personnel and test lab resources.
• Performed Automation Testing for Deal Maker.
• Enhanced scripts using QTP 8.0 for any changes or modifications in the requirements.
• Executed the Test scripts through Test Director.
• Coordination within the team and assigning the task to the team member.
• Coordination with onsite team for Planning,Test Case & Test Plan Requirement Issue Resolution, Status of the current & pending tasks and Testing Related Query.
• Involved in Defect Logging and Tracking using defect tracking tool Issue Manager.
• Involved in Conducting Interviews.
• Completed testing and documentation as per assigned schedule with weekly status reports provided to QA Manager and Designed status reports by using Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables and Graphs.

Environment: ManualTesting, Automation Tool QTP 8.0, Test Director 8.2 and Defect Tracking Tool Issue Manager, Java, MS SQL Server 2000

Project: NGT Reference.
Client: Confidential, New York
Domain: HR
The objective of the Next Generation Tracker project is to perform the analysis, design, construction and design of a web-based application. In particular, the project covers full-life cycle development of Sterling\'s background checking order fulfillment processes, using a Business Process Management product.
The customer for this project is Sterling Testing Systems, Inc (Sterling/STS). Sterling is a company providing individual background checking services all over the USA. By utilizing the most technologically advanced web-based system, Sterling Testing Systems is committed to providing the most accurate and fastest turnaround times and the finest customer service in their industry. This project is the first of several similar projects that will be executed for Sterling. In this project, the scope extends to building the application for the Reference department of Sterling. Subsequent projects will build similar applications for Criminal, DMV, Drug and other departments. A parallel project is ongoing for automated fulfillment of certain requests for DMV and criminal information of applicants. This is named the MIP project, and is ongoing at TCGIvega Mumbai.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparation of Manual and Automation Test Plan.
• Involved in Review of Use Cases Prepared by the Business Team.
• Preparing, Executing and reviewing Test Plans and Test cases.
• Performed various tests such as positive, negative to check business functionality manually.
• Executed tests in the test lab in HP Quality center (QC) and logged the defect in Issue Manager
• Monitored bug status using Issue Manager to close the bugs/cases as and when fixed.
• Automating Functional and Regression Test Cases using QTP and running them with Quality Center
• Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases
• Involved in daily Scrum meetings
• Responsible in providing regular test reports to the management.
• Implemented Key word driven Test Automation architectures using QTP, VB Script for specific modules for functional and regression testing
• Involved in administration of Object Repository Manager and Shared Object Repository for developed QTP Scripts
• Recorded user action on GUI using QTP and performed regression testing on builds.
• Developed Regression test plan and automated the test cases identified as a part of regression testing as well as developed automated VB regression scripts
• Conducted GUI and functionality testing using QTP.
• Used Mercury Quality Center for updating the status of all the Test Cases & Test Scripts that are executed during testing process.
• Developed test cases and scripts for Functionality, Security, and GUI Testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Preparing Test Reports and keep track of defects using the bug tracking system (Issue Manager).
• Performed Performance testing using JMETER.
• Coordinate with Onsite team member for planning and testing related query.
• Involved in Conducting Interviews for Testing Team.
• Sent Weekly Status report to client which contains planned, pending and actual task for next week.

Environment: Manual Testing, QTP 8.0, MS SQL Server, QTP 8.0, Quality Center, JMETER and Defect Tracking Tool Issue Manager, Windows NT.

Confidential, Mumbai, India 04/2004 to 9/2005
Sr. Software Engineer
Project: Strategic Accounting Management (SAM 2.0) (GEFS, USA)
Client: Confidential, USA
Domain: Accounting
Strategic Accounting Management(SAM) is a hybrid, Web based application that uses both Java and VB/HTML components in presenting an integrated view of purchasing card, T & E, Fleet, and Global credit card transaction data. Its infrastructure also includes access to multiple database, FTP sites, and external connections to third-party service providers. The software, its data, internal and external transmissions and other functionality are all protected by the highest level of security appropriate to financial applications of this sort.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed the Business Requirements document and technical specifications.
• Developed Test Strategy and Test Plans to ensure that test cases reflect user needs for the functional, GUI, Performance, capacity and reliability requirements.
• Involved in Preparing of Functional and Regression Test Cases.
• Performed Review of Unit Test Cases prepared by the development team.
• Involved in Self Review and Peer to Peer Review of Functional and Regression test cases.
• Involved in Performing Regression testing using Automation Tool QA Run.
• Prepared Automation test Scripts using automation tool QA Run.
• Extensively used SQL to verify the integrity and consistency of the data in the database to perform Backend Testing.
• Logged the defects using defect tracking tool Mantis.
• Coordination with Onside Coordinator for testing related query ,

Environment: Manual Testing, QA Run, MS SQL Server, Visual Basic, Java, Windows 2000 & Mantis.

Confidential,Bangalore, India 12/2001 to 03/2004
Test Engineer
Project: Confidential, Content Management Tool
Client: McLaren, USA
The system deals with a robust enterprise wide mission critical payroll application designed for medium to large business and industries. It is a product that is being developed to keep track of all employees who comes under one company where branches situated at different locations, where the Employee Details, Salary Details and provides all the deductions. All the Allowances and Deductions are calculated based on the Parameter, which is selected by the client. The product also has an effective Reporting System that gives a clear presentation of Reports like Pay slip Generation, Employee Details, Attendance Register, Leave Encashment, Monthly and Yearly Salary Statements.
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Involved in Both Manual & Automation Testing
• Created and automated test plan strategies, test scenarios, test procedures as well as documentation.
• Prepared Functional and Regression Test Cases following Business Requirement Specification.
• Invloved in Execution of Functional, Smoke and IntegrationTest CasesManually.
• Assisted to Create test scripts using Winrunner from the test plans and identified test scenarios and test harnesses.
• Involved in the system, integration and regression testing of the application.
• Used Test Director to execute the test cases, track execution against the plan during testing and manage defects from inception to resolution.
• Logged the defects and tracked using defect tracking tool Bugzilla.

Environment: Manual Testing, Win runner 7.0, Test Director JSP, Servlet, Oracle 8i, Windows NT