Summary:

• Over 6 years of experience in both functional and automation Testing in Web based and Client/Server applications using manual and automated procedures.
• Experienced in implementing Testing methodologies, designing Test Plans and Test Cases, verifying and validating Data for several Web based applications and documentation based on standards for Software Development and effective QA implementation in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle
• Knowledge in Software Development methodologies using V-Modle, Waterfall methodology, Scrum (Agile) and Rational Unified Process (RUP).
• Experienced in Checking compatibility testing on various web-browsers like Internet explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox.
• Involved in IPAD compatibility testing and Mobile Application testing (Iphone, Android).
• Adept at using both manual and automated testing tools to troubleshoot systems, integration, user acceptance, positive and negative, functionality, and regression testing.
• Experienced in testing requirements developed and reviewed scripts for positive and negative test scenarios, conducted baseline testing, and generated reports.
• Strong understanding knowledge of Software Quality Assurance methodologies including develop, execute, and maintain Test Plans, regression tests and bug reports.
• Specialized in analyzing the user requirement , documenting test plans, executing test cases both manually and by using Mercury Testing Tools (QTP,Quality Center, Test Director) and Rational Tools (Requisite Pro, Test Manager, Clear Quest).
• Worked with CRM team.
• Well versed with Manual and Automated Testing methodologies and principles.
• Experience in QA Testing in distributed Unix/Windows Environment and Oracle databases as back end, Performed end-to-end testing.
• Experience with SQL in writing Queries for data testing.
• Involved in performance/load testing
• Expertise in design and implementation of Automation Test Framework using QTP.
• Hands-on experience in creating function libraries using VB Scripting.
• Proficient in all cycles of STLC from test planning to defect tracking and managing defect lifecycle.
• Experienced in Design and Execution of Test criteria, Scenarios, and Scripts from requirements.
• Responsible for creating manual test scripts to include Functional Test, Regression Test, UAT, Data Migration Test and Study Configuration Test.
• Extensive working experience in System Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, UAT, Database Testing, Performance Testing, Stress Testing, Load Testing, and White Box Testing.
• Testing Experience on different languages including VB 6.0/5.0, ASP 3.0, Visual Studio .NET, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, VB Script, Java Script, XML, Java, J2EE, EJB, JSP, SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++ and HTML/DHTML.
• Having good interpersonal communication skills and proven track record of academic and professional achievements.
• Experienced in testing under various operating system platforms (Windows, Unix, Mac).
• Good Interaction with developers, managers and team members.

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Win VISTA/Win 7, MS Dos, UNIX
Languages: VB, C, C++, SQL
Testing Tools: QTP 9x,10 ,Quality Center 9x
Bug Reporting : Mercury Quality Central 9.0, JIRA and Test Director 8.0a
Databases: Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g
Web Design: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP
App Servers: Familiarity with BEA Web logic, IBM Web sphere
Work Flow Tools : MS-Excel

Professional Experience:

Confidential,IL Feb 2012 – Till Date
Sr. QA Engineer.
Confidential,has developed an ecommerce application named e-books2go. This ecommerce application provides solutions to independent authors and publishers to convert printed books to Digital format. After converting the books to digital format, the books are published in online stores such as Amazon.com, i-bookstores, Barnes & Noble, Sony and others. Revenues coming from the sales of digital books will be distributed to Authors and Publishers after retaining the commissions and royalties. This ecommerce portal ebooks2go.net provides mainly three types of products: e-books, enhanced e-books and e-book apps. Ebooks2go also has an online retail store, ebooks2go.com, where the eBooks are available for purchase. Ebook Reader is an application designed especially for IPAD, IPhone and Android Devices, this projects purpose is to facilitate all the features of E-books2go.com onto the mobile devices.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Involved in Development and Execution of Test Plans, Test Cases & Test Scripts by reviewing the business requirements document, and technical specifications document for JAVA environment.
• Documented Test cases corresponding to business rules and other operating conditions.
• Prepare status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using the QC and JIRA.
• Monitored status using QC (HP ALM) and JIRA to close the bugs/cases as and when fixed.
• Analyzed all the bugs in QC (HP ALM) and JIRA reported by the users during the UAT.
• Involved in web-browser compatibility testing on Safari, Internet explorer, Chrome and Firefox.
• Involved in Mobile Application testing of Ebook Reader application on iPad, iPhone and Android for compatibility and functional testing.
• Performed Integration Testing, Functionality testing, System Testing, Regression Testing.
• Involved in the manual functional testing of web pages.
• Prepare Automation Scenarios and Test cases.
• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT), Documented procedures and guiding the users in verifying various transactions on the System.
• Responsible in providing regular test reports to the management.
• Made extensive use of MS Office tools to create and maintain documents such as test plans, test execution and test results documents.
• Tested the backend database using SQL queries.
• Worked with UNIX Shell Scripts.
• Worked on the build management and Release management for the product release.
• Involved in testing under various operating system platforms (Windows, Unix and Mac).
• Contributing to the team to convert the business logic into IT understandable logic to get the coding completed.

Environment: Jira, Java, J2EE, MS Visio, Oracle, HTML, Web Logic, SQL Server, UNIX.

Confidential,IL Aug 2011 - Feb 2012
QA Analyst/Tester.

• Confidential,is a leading integrated retailer with over 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada.Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, fitness equipment and automotive repair and maintenance. It is the nation\'s largest provider of home services, with more than 11 million service calls made annually. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, with a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands\' End, the Kardashian Kollection, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as Sofia by Sofia Vergara and The Country Living Home Collection.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business analysis and requirements gathering for the Dynamic Pricing Portal and Pricing Hub Projects, CSO (Customer Specific Offer) Testing.
• Involved in testing the code deployed to the Point Of sale and Coordinated with the Ecommerce Team.
• Involved in Development and Execution of Test Plans, Test Cases & Test Scripts by reviewing the business requirements document, and technical specifications document for JAVA environment.
• Documented Test cases corresponding to business rules and other operating conditions.
• Performed back-end verification using SQL and verified data transfer from the application to the database.
• Performed Integration Testing, Functionality testing, System Testing, Regression Testing for JAVA applications.
• Prepare status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.
• Analyzed the application for Automation Framework Implementation.
• Created and executed test cases and reported defect using JIRA.
• Performed load/performance testing for crawls in dynamic pricing project
• Developed automated test scripts to test the functionality of the applications and scenarios for the regression testing using QC (HP ALM) and QTP.
• Hands-on experience in creating Functions, Test Data and Environment variables.
• Participated in team Meetings to discuss the issues during the various stages of testing.
• Onsite point of contact to assist offshore team.
• Prepare Automation Scenarios and Test cases.
• Involved in verifying the competitors prices/data on the website.
• Minimally performed Web-Service testing as well.
• Validating the Archive process to purge the data that meet the defined business rules.
• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT), Documented procedures and guiding the users in verifying various transactions on the System.
• Responsible in providing regular test reports to the management.
• Made extensive use of MS Office tools to create and maintain documents such as test plans, test execution and test results documents.
• Worked with Unix Shell Scripts.
• Worked on the build management and Release management for the product release.

Environment: QTP, JIRA, Java, C#, XML, Web-Service, Windows XP SP-2, Mysql, DB2, Visual Studio 2003/Visual Studio 2005.

Confidential,Hartford, CT Sep 2010 – Aug 2011
Quality Analyst/Tester

Confidential,has a history of developing innovative programs to facilitate a better, more positive health care experience for everyone - customers, employees, physicians and employers. The field agents use this application to enter the data of prospective customers. The application calculates the amount of insurance required in premium, cash value and benefit amount for the whole year. This project has different modules such as technology impact, patient safety, pharmacy, EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer, Care coordination etc where I was involved in QA Testing. This system permits the registered members to get details of the long term care insurance schemes and benefits. Integrated ecommerce, financial services make health care simpler, more accessible and more affordable.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business analysis and requirements gathering for developing detailed Test Plan for System Testing based on SRD and BRD.
• Involved in Development and Execution of Test Plans, Test Cases & Test Scripts by reviewing the business requirements document, and technical specifications document.
• Worked in liaison with the Legal and Privacy and Security teams to ascertain that the product developed would conform to the prevailing Privacy and Security rules.
• Documented Test cases corresponding to business rules and other operating conditions.
• Minimally performed Web-Service testing as well using RESTful web services.
• Performed back-end verification using SQL and verified data transfer from the application to the database.
• Performed Integration Testing, Functionality testing, System Testing, Regression Testing of the Java/J2EE applications.
• Created and executed test cases and reported defect using Quality Center (HP ALM) and JIRA.
• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT), Documented procedures and guiding the users in verifying various transactions on the System.
• Participated in team Meetings to discuss the issues during the various stages of testing.
• Onsite point of contact to assist offshore team.
• Prepare status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.

Environment: QC, JIRA, Java, J2EE, XML, JSON, Web-Service, Windows XP, SQL, ORACLE, MS-Office, IBM Websphere server.

Confidential,IL Jan 2009 - Sep 2010
QA Analyst.

Confidential, handles most of the IT related work (including billing software and maintenance) for Sprint/Nextel/AT&T Network (Telecom) in the U.S. The new enhanced Mobile billing version on the Sprint application was introduced which included additional security for payment gateway. Role and Responsibilities:

• Involved in Manual and Automated Testing of the all modules.
• Conducted Black Box Testing (Functional Testing and Regression Testing) using Quality Cotrol.
• Mobile application testing for enhanced billing app on iPhone and Android devices.
• Involved in Setting up the Data for Integration and End-to-End Testing.
• Involved in Preparing the Status Reports every week, which includes Revision History, test case status, metrics, QA Issues and Defects.
• Worked with CRM team to help provide screen shots and its information (especially billing app) after performing testing so they could use it for marketing purpose.
• Interacted with developers on defects status on a daily basis.
• Used Quality Center as the main defect tracking tool.
• Involved in Preparing the Test Strategy Document, Test Cases and Test Cases Execution for all modules.
• Involved in moving all the Test Cases for all modules and Reporting from Microsoft Excel in to Quality Center.
• Porting of Requirements, Test Conditions, importing the automation scripts, execution of scripts, analysis of results and graphs, bugs /issues tracking and management done through Quality Center.
• Performed Integration Testing, Functionality testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing for JAVA application.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, Unix, Java, ASP, HTML, XML, Web-Sphere server.

Confidential,INDIA.
QA Analyst /Software engineer Jul 2006 - Dec 2008

Responsibilities Include:

• Involved in portions of SDLC for various modules in the application.
• Hands on testing in manual and automated testing components.
• Involved in reporting defects using tools like JIRA, Test Director.
• Involved in writing test cases to check for proper functionality of the applications.
• Involved in performing regression testing along with the regular testing per usecase.
• Minimally involved in gathering requirements from the client.
• Involved in performing UAT, System Testing, performance testing and load testing as well.
• Hands on experience using automated tools like QTP and Quality Center.
• Involved in software upgradation on computer Systems.