PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

June 2010 to October 2012 – Sr. Test Engineer- Confidential, Fremont, CA 
Project: Confidential

• Responsible for Functional Manual and Automated testing QA, Web Performance, and Portal testing that included developed and executed automated functional Test scripts for regression test suites using QTP and Manual Functional Test scripts for integration testing, system testing. Recorded test execution results in Quality Center. Reported defects in Quality Center.
• Created Test Scripts using Quick Test Pro, Load Runner and Mercury Test Director. Documented all test defects within Test Director, re-tested resolved defects and closed defects. Documented all test results within Test Director.
• Validated updates to various SQL tables. Used SQL 2000 to mine test data for web performance testing.
• Responsible for training junior employees and all functional testing staff in functional automation and the SDLC process.
• Tested web-based applications on multiple browsers & researched software defects and made them reproducible.
• Ensured full traceability between test case and requirements.
• Maintained reusable functionalities and constants in VB Files.
• Active Interactions with users, team leads, DBAs and technical managers to fully understand the requirement.
• Interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Executed Test scripts in QA Methodologies, Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC), and Defect Management Life cycle and software development Life cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Used Quality Centre for the planning and execution of manual testing, along with some defect tracking.
• Conducted smoke testing, Functional testing and Regression testing.
• Responsible for weekly status meetings showing current progress and future testing efforts.
• Created and executed the Test plan, Test Cases and Test Steps for all the modules and stored in QC.
• Created Test Plan, Performance Test Plan and User Acceptance Plan in an Agile Methodology.
• Executed and enhanced the sub section modules of content management to meet client needs.
• Involved in reviewing requirement analysis and Functional design documents.
• Involved in creation of library functions, Check points, Data Validations and Automation Frame work.
• Involved in all phases of the Iterative approach of the SDLC from Inception to Trans
• Documentation of test reports and defect reports.
• Executions of Sanity build for each Case.
• Generated the test Scripts for Functional, Keyword Driven and Regression Testing using QTP.
• Detected defects and communicated to the developers using Bug reporting tools-tracking all defects.
• Provide a complete documentation of the entire process involved for future references.

June 2007 to February 2008 – Sr. Test Engineer- Confidential 
Project: Confidential

• Led client interactions in order to articulate requirements and design of quality assurance process.
• Coordinated with Project management team to forecast QA efforts and schedule test phases to ensure on-time delivery of projects.
• Created test plans, test scenarios, test cases in Quality Center as per requirements.
• Designed test scripts in Quick Test Professional (QTP) for automated functional tests.
• Performed Positive Testing, Negative Testing, Black Box Testing.
• Performed extensive functional testing, integration testing, and regression testing. Used QTP to test the GUI functionality and regression testing. Performed load test using Load Runner for evaluating reliability of the application under heavy user load.
• Tested the test cases manually on various verification points on GUI Objects like Windows, Menus, Dialogs, Bit Maps and Navigation, Database.
• Created and ran scripts for doing data driven testing, to enter a variety of data into the application to represent different test scenarios a single script by using the QTP. Created and ran scripts for doing data driven testing using QTP to allow testing multiple test scenarios using different data on a single script.
• Executed performance testing on LoadRunner 9.5, which involved monitoring resources on different Load Generators to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Prepared the defect reports and interacted with developers for debugging.
• Conducted Regression testing on various builds of the application and reported the defects to the developers for the bug fixing.
• Analyzed the Expected verses Actual results using Quality Center and QTP.

Project: Confidential

• Extensively interacted with client and conducted exhaustive study of functional specification to determine testing requirements and strategies.
• Developed and executed set of test cases covering functional testing, sanity testing and integration testing.
• Accurately identified and communicated bugs and systems enhancements to development team. Maintained and communicated the defect and Test tractability logs using Quality Center.
• Developed and executed automated functional test scripts for regression test suites using QTP and manual functional test scripts for integration testing, system testing. Recorded test execution results in Quality Center. Report defects in Quality Center.
• Analyzed test results and reported the findings to the clients, and provided recommendation for performance improvements as needed.
• Received high remarks on test quality and coverage from the client team managers and leaders.
• Maintained defect /risk logs and provided timely updates to Project management on high concern points that can impact testing and release schedules.

October 2006 to April 2007- Associate QA Engineer- Confidential
Project: Confidential

• Developed and executed automated functional test scripts for regression test suites using Autopal and manual test cases with positive & negative functional Test Scenarios based on Functional requirements, Technical & Interface specifications for end to end testing.
• Created Test Data to exercise the Test Cases and Test Scenarios.
• Documented & maintained Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Validated the Input and Output text files are matching the file Layouts and ensured the quality on the output files.
• Verified end-to-end functionality on Windows, Mac, and Unix/Linux Workstations.
• Performed screen navigational testing and Application integration testing.
• Presented test findings to the team and actively provided valuable insights and suggestions to improve quality awareness among staff and clients.
• Validated the UI per the requirements, performed extensive testing at several functional, security, cross-browser, and data integrity and database level.

July 2004 to September 2006- Test Engineer- Confidential 
Project: Confidential

• Responsible for analysis of Business Requirements for creating test cases and test scenarios.
• Developed and executed test cases for system, integration and UAT testing.
• Documented and maintained Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Performed GUI Testing to validate the Input and Output text files are matching the file Layouts and ensured the data quality on the output files.
• Ensured the end-to-end process is working with all necessary actions by setting up the jobs with different schedules.
• Executed positive and negative System integration testing of online transactions to manually regress web browser performance integrity.
• Performed SOA-Functional testing, Regression testing, Simulation and validation for web service integration.

Project: Confidential

• Involved in Black box testing, DB-backend testing, Functional, Integration, System and Regression testing using QTP.
• Developed Test Cases, Test Procedures, Test Codes/ Test harness in VB, Test scripts to generate Test Data.
• Developed test cases for stored procedures to check the o/p for all possible conditions specially boundary conditions.
• Consolidated the bugs as per severity, responsible for Defect Verification and Reporting.

Project: Confidential

• Created test cases in Test Director derived from requirement specifications and use cases.
• Performed Positive Testing, Negative Testing, and Black Box Testing.
• Performed extensive testing of application’s functional testing, integration testing, and regression testing.
• Tested the test cases manually on various verification points on GUI Objects like Windows, Menus, Dialogs, Bit Maps and Navigation, Database.
• Prepared the defect reports and interacted with developers for debugging.
• Conducted Regression testing on various builds of the application and reported the defects to the developers for he bug fixing.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

Training:

• Training attended on Review Process, Load Runner, QTP, Quality Center, Win Runner, and Test Director.
• Workshop attended on Test process, QA process, Configuration management and Risk management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows Vista/XP/NT/2000, UNIX, DOS
Automation Tools: Quick Test Pro (QTP), Win Runner & also aware with Rational Robot
Load Testing Tools: Load Runner 8.5, 9.0, 9.5, Web Load, Omniture
Test Management Tools: Quality Center 9.0, Test Director 8.0
Languages: TSL, C, C++, VB 6.0. VB.Net, ASP.NET, PERL
Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center 9.0, Test Director 8.0, Bugzilla, PVCS, JIRA, Test Track Pro 6.1
RDBMS: Oracle (SQL PLUS, PL/SQL), MS SQL Server, MS-Access
Office Tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Version Control: Visual Source Safe, PVCS Version Manager, Clear Case, Clear Quest
Web Technology: HTML, XML, Java, J2EE, VBScripts and JavaScript

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Led the Quality Assurance efforts for an entire project test phase at Quintegra Solutions.
• Provided technical presentations and test reports to Project management on progress of test phase with active suggestions and valuable insights on preventive measures to reduce customer complaints.
• Mentored and trained team on Quality maintenance by efficiently reproducing customer issue and effective Quality control documentation.