6 Years of experience in IT industry with various phases of testing across applications in divergent domains.

• Strong expertise in Software testing the different applications like Sales, finance, Retail etc.
• Experience working with Test Management tools like Quality Center and Test Director.
• Good exposure to different Software Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies.
• Experience in testing the application in Finance, Sales and mortgages domain.
• Experience in understanding Requirements handed over by the Business Analyst and work along with the Development team.
• Expertise in preparing test plans, test cases, test case execution, and reporting.
• Proficient in Sanitary, Integration, System, User and Alpha Testing.
• Skilled in generating automated test scripts using QTP. Generated a repository of reusable functions to cut down scripting time.
• Hands on experience in using framework for QTP Automation Scripts.
• Good in Maintaining of Test Scripts, Requirements & management of test suites using Quality Center Tool. Prepared the Test Execution reports using the Quality Center.
• Experience in preparing Test Approach /Strategy and estimation of work along with team lead.
• Excellent Work Experience in Windows NT, 95, 2000, UNIX platforms.
• Experience using various Defect Tracking Tools such as Bugzilla, ClearQuest and Quality Center for defect management throughout the product life cycle
• Independent, self-motivated, flexible to handle changing priorities in fast pace environment. Excellent Team player, strong communication and interpersonal skills, which enabled to interact with Managers, Business Analysts and Developers.
• Strong in performing backend testing to validate data using SQL queries.
• Good understanding of XML, Use Case Diagrams and Content Management Tools (TeamSite), Software Configuration Management tools (ClearCase and Visual Source Safe).

Tools & Utilities

QTP, Winrunner, Quality Center, puTTY, WinSCP, TOAD, Bugzilla, LoadRunner, JMeter

Languages

XML, Visual Basic 6.0, HTML, VB Script, TSL Scripts, C, PERL, Java

Web Related

HTML, DHTML, Web Services

Databases

SQL Server2000, Oracle 10g, MySQL

Operating Systems

Windows, UNIX/LINUX

Reporting Tools

Quality Center, MS Excel, Rational SODA

Packages

MS Office, MS Project

• Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A), Sri Krishnadevaraya University

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT Jan'10-current
QA Analyst

Confidential, offers a variety of health care benefit options—plans, programs and personal support for its members. It includes medical benefits, dental benefits, vision care, pharmacy plans and coverage for behavioral health treatments. The project involves testing of various projects implemented across releases that involve data extraction, transformation and loading into Entire data warehouse from various business applications.

Responsibilities

• Reviewed Business requirements with Business Analysts in JAD Sessions to understand requirements.
• Analyzed the transaction workflows, review the change requests to develop Test data and test cases.
• Developing test processes and approaches according to standards.
• Assisted team documenting functional and regression test plans, test cases with expected results based on the business functional requirements.
• Conducted Test plan reviews with cross-functional teams.
• Data received from sources is transformed and loaded into database using Data Stage
• Exposure to functionality of various components in Data Stage
• Conducted testing on Oracle database of size around 10 TB with tables carrying huge volume of data
• Tracked the progress of the test team through weekly status reports.
• Coordinated and managed testing activities as per the AGILE methodology followed by project team members.
• Coordinated the test activities with Quality Assurance team.
• Follow up with developers on issues that were causing problems in testing in QA environment.
• Prepared Test estimation and Test metrics documents using MS Excel.
• Tracked the test cases and defects using Quality Center.
• Presented weekly/daily status reports & Test Metrics using Quality Center.
• Prepared Load Test plan and Analyzed the performance test results.
• Analyzed the reports and graphs generated by Load Runner to check the bottlenecks in the performance.
• Reported bugs into an automated bug management system and performing regression tests after the bugs were fixed.

Environment: Oracle, UNIX, Data Stage, Windows NT/ 2000, HP Quality Center, TOAD, IBM DB2 Command Center, Oracle SQL

Automation Test Engineer

Confidential, is a leading provider of fleet and corporate charge cards. The project involved the implementation of Siebel CRM and conversion of the current database to Siebel Oracle Database, Oracle ODS and Oracle Data warehouse

Responsibilities

• Developed Test Plan, Test Cases for complete end-to-end system testing.
• Created manual test cases and test suites for different modules in Siebel Sales application.
• Automated regression test suite and performed smoke test using Quick Test Professional.
• Recorded and ran the automation scripts using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Customized Scripts to incorporate GUI Check points, Data Driven testing using Data Tables, Output Values.
• Created Virtual Objects and mapped to the existing Siebel standard objects.
• Implemented Regular expressions and parameterized checkpoint properties.
• Handled unexpected errors at time of playback using Recovery Scenario wizards.
• Created manual test cases and test suites for different modules in Siebel application.
• Executed SQL queries for Back-end testing.
• Tested the conversion data into Siebel OLTP by running SQL scripts
• Status updates and reporting as agreed and reporting of test results and identified defects.
• Maintained Defects, Test Scripts, Requirements & management of test suites using Quality Center Tool.
• Managed and coordinated offshore team and was responsible for Delivery of the test scripts.
• Verified reports that were all custom in-house build out of the warehouse.
• Implemented testing activities as per AUP (Agile software methodology) followed by project team.

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, Unix Scripting, VB Script, Oracle SQL, Siebel testing, UNIX, JAVA

Confidential, New York, NY Apr'07-May'08
Automation Test Analyst

Confidential, is one of the largest originators of residential mortgage loans and a leading provider of home-equity-secured loans and manufactured housing finance. HSBC Home Finance project is an initiative to develop and implement a new Loan Origination System and to replace the Legacy Systems. Provided business/system analysis and support for major in-house mortgage loan servicing system.

Responsibilities

• Coordinated business analysts for translating requirements to test cases.
• Execution of Test Case manually to verify actual results against expected results.
• Tested the application manually for a few modules for the functionality of the application.
• Automated test scripts for the GUI, Functional, Data Driven and Regression testing using Quick Test Pro and also developed test harness.
• Identified the high-risk points and the priorities of the application.
• Defined the test criteria and project schedules during project meetings and walkthroughs.
• Documented detail test cases, expected results and traced the test cases to the requirements using Mercury Quality Center (MQC).
• Performed Build Verification Testing, Positive and Negative data testing and Boundary testing.
• Performed Manual testing on different Modules of the Application by executing the Test Cases. Conducted Functional, Regression and Integration Testing.
• Performed regression testing using Quick Test Professional.
• Performed testing activities testing activities as per AUP (Agile software methodology)
• Attended review meetings and made sure the testing is done based on the QA master plan and the deadlines are met.
• Executed SQL queries for validating the data in database.
• Documented the modification requests and defects and their trailing history using Mantis.

Environment: IE, Java/J2EE, Oracle, XML, Quality Center, Unix/Linux, Scrum, Unix Scripting, Mantis, Quick Test Pro, and SQL.

Confidential, Pasadena, CA Jul'06-Mar'07
QA Tester

The project was web application ensuring the registered customer to have online access to their accounts. This saves the customer time and they can have access to their accounts at their convenience. When the customer logs on to the website, he/she can view the account details, make transfers, enroll in bill pay, add Payees, and view any messages from Customer Service. The account holder also has the ability to change his/her profile, address and any personal information. The website also has a customer service message center where the customer can report any problem they are having with their accounts.

Responsibilities

• Reviewed and Analyzed Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) and Business Requirement Document (BRD) and setup meetings to clarify discrepancies.
• Prepared Test Cases and prioritized them as per critical functionality that is affecting the project deliverable.
• Executed the Test Cases and evaluated their Pass or Fail criteria.
• Tracked failed Test Cases and reported Bugs in Mercury Test Director.
• Maintained and Updated Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Environment through Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Performed System, Functional, Regression and Integration testing.
• Integrated Winrunner with Test Director and documented the test results.
• Executed SQL queries for back end testing for the verification of results retrieved with the expectations.
• Interacted with the developers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues.
• Submitted Test Status Reports about Test Coverage and Defect Summary to Project Management Team on weekly basis.
• Analyzed change requests attended change request meetings to document changes, track changes, prioritize changes, and manage changes and implemented procedures to test impact of changes.
• Identified requirement discrepancies and updated them to Business Analyst (BA).
• Participated in Walk Through, Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and Report Meetings periodically.

Environment: Windows XP, UNIX Shell Script, SQL, Winrunner, .Net, ASP, TCL Scripts, Test Director, TSL Scripts, SQL Server, MS Office Suite

Confidential, Hyderabad, AP, India Jun'05-Feb'06
QA Tester

Global Placement Consultancy, as its name suggests is a web based tool to help companies to recruit the individuals according to their requirements. In traditional way of recruitment system, all the companies or firms fill their vacancies through a series of steps. They are: advertising in paper or television media, conducting written examinations, calling for walk-in interviews, group discussions and selecting from them. This is a time consuming, laborious and an expensive process. In order to overcome the above allegations we are introducing a smart way of recruitment process through this GPC. Here, the first two steps in traditional way of recruitment system i.e., advertising and conducting written examination are computerized.

This Application has mainly two modules. One module is for end users and the other is for Web Master/ Administrator. The End User Module allows an user to register in the site, post his/her resume, search for jobs, mail to the employer, take a test in any of the provided areas.

Responsibilities

• Prepared Test Cases and prioritized them as per critical functionality that is affecting the project deliverable.
• Executed the Test Cases and evaluated their Pass or Fail criteria.
• Tracked failed Test Cases and reported Bugs in Mercury Test Director.
• Maintained and Updated Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Environment through Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Performed System, Functional, Regression and Integration testing.
• Integrated Winrunner with Test Director and documented the test results.
• Executed SQL queries for back end testing for the verification of results retrieved with the expectations.
• Interacted with the developers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues.

Environment: ASP, VB Script, IIS, MS ACCESS 2003