OBJECTIVE:

Successful Software Test / QA Engineer specializing in Manual and Automation Testing with skill of executing Test Cases/Scripts on web or windows preparing Test Documentation and with full experience of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC seeking a suitable QA position to utilize my skills and experiences.

SUMMARY:

• US Citizen with over Six 6 years of experience in Information Technology QA with experience in performing Manual and Automated Testing of Web / Client Server / Standalone / mobile applications, using HP Quality Center, QuickTest Professional, Load Runner, JIRA, Rationals and other open source testing, management and bug tracking tools.
• Expertise in Software Testing / Quality Assurance with attention to detail and test to break attitude.
• Thorough understanding and involvement in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC
• Excellent knowledge of QA/testing processes, standards, techniques and Development Methodologies Agile, Scrum, XP, Waterfall .
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of individuals subject matter experts, system users, developers, Business Analyst, Business owner, support personnel
• Ability to co-ordinate and work with onsite and off-shore team
• Knowledgeable and experienced testing application developed with web technologies like HTML, Java, Java Script, .NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, J2EE, Visual Basic, VBScript and others.
• Ability to create and execute test plans, Test Scenarios, test cases and test scripts to determine the optimal application performance according to specifications.
• Good understanding of troubleshooting and performance testing of multi-layered application
• Performed GUI, front-end, back-end, database, performance, load and stress testing using test automation tools and techniques.
• Extensive experience in planning, coordinating and performing Functional Testing, Front End and Backend testing, Black box testing, Validation Testing, GUI testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, UAT User Acceptance Testing, System testing and End to End testing.
• Experienced in reviewing technical documents and making recommendations.
• Expert knowledge of Test Driven Development, Data Driven Testing, use cases, batch processing, and modification requests.
• Experienced in Indentifying, Reporting and Tracking defects/Issues using tools/systems.
• Expert in using automated testing tools like HP QuickTest Professional QTP , HP LoadRunner, TestDirector and Quality Center.
• Knowledge in VBScript , expertise skills in automating functional and regression using QTP
• Working experience in RDBMS like Oracle, SQL Server and MS Access.
• Experienced in Data Validation and Data Manipulation by writing SQL queries.
• Thinks outside box, considers all available solutions before making a decision
• Proven data analysis, data verification, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Organized, attention to detail, self motivated, employer dedication and ability to prioritize along critical path, meet projects milestone and deliverable dates.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, communication skills and along with the proven ability to work independently or as a member of a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Software Testing Tools : HP QuickTest Professional, Unified Functional Tester, LoadRunner, . WinRunner, REST
• Defect Tracking Tools : Test Director, Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla, Rational, ALM
• Web Technologies : HTML, HTML5, DHTML, Java, Java Script, Dot Net, IIS, C, C , VBScript, SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic, Ajax, Tomcat, Apache, CSS
• Databases : MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL
• Communications : HTTP, HTPS, TCP/IP, FTP.
• Operating Systems : MS DOS, Windows7/Vista/XP, UNIX, MAC
• Browsers : Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Netscape, AOL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Role: QA Engineer ACA Affordable Care Act

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing and maintaining test plan and test scenarios in all development cycles.
• Conducting various requirement clarification sessions with BA and development teams to better identify and understand business requirement, rules and logic.
• Coordinating with Business Analyst and testing teams to define testing strategy and testing procedures suitable for all phases of testing.
• Creating and updating test cases for functional testing and maintaining all test cases in HP ALM.
• Periodically holding test case review meetings with BA/QA lead for appropriate test coverage and approval.
• Analyzing inefficiency of existing test suites to improve test coverage and to improve effectiveness of existing processes.
• Executing test cases and test suites to establish product's conformance to the defined quality reliability standards.
• Responsible for analyzing existing Regression test suites to identify ideal candidates for automation.
• Using HP UFT and its advanced features to automate project related regression test suites.
• Solely responsible for designing a data driven framework to automate the regression test suite for 'Client Eligibility System'/CES.
• Writing extensive SQL queries using TOAD for UI data validation and database testing.
• Designing complex SQL queries to check the integrity of member data, and to creating mocked up test data for various feature testing.
• Participating in weekly meetings to discuss process and testing improvements with management team.
• Documenting all test results, logged defects, and reporting the results to the management team using HP ALM, and regularly communicating with developers for resolutions of all issues and reported defects.
• Working on Aces rule engine to test the integrity of clinical/business rules and providing reports of rules accuracy by running engine against patient/member data.
• Working with multiple medical programs, including Food stamp, TANF, Transitional MaineCare.
• Working with WinSCP as part of test environment deployment process.
• Running various batch jobs using putty and validating logs for accuracy and correctness of processed batch runs.
• Using Dot project to report and to manage project related tasks and deliverables.
• Identifying various test cases including mission critical, high visibility, heavy throughput cases to design Performance/Load testing TestPlan.
• Using LoadRunner VuGen to develop Performance testing scripts Virtual Scripts and using LR Controller to execute and to monitor the testing.
• Creating various reports using LoadRunner Analysis to report to management and UAT teams.

Confidential

Role: Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the product life-cycle from Planning/designing to production release, following the agile development methodology.
• Developed master test plans with clearly defined Test Approach and Objectives.
• Developed detailed and generic test cases by analyzing user stories, requirements documents, participating in design reviews and collaborating with the Project Managers and developers
• Work with enterprise customers and core development engineers to address product scalability, usability, reliability, functionality, and performance-related issues
• Executed test cases performed complex manual, functional, end to end, GUI, integration, Cross-Browsers / Platforms, User Acceptance and regression testing.
• Control and manage daily test activities, schedules through daily Agile Scrum stand-up meetings.
• Documented software issues and enhancement requests and assists development with concise and detailed steps for duplication of the problems found while performing tests.
• Verified resolved defects, Change Requests and maintained accurate status for Defects and Change Requests entered in each project.
• Assists fellow team members and customers with problem reporting and resolution and maintaining appropriate follow-up communications throughout the resolution process.
• Works with the manager to schedule and prioritize tasks to promote efficient use of time.
• Prepared test data for manual and automated testing.
• Performed and managed defect reporting and tracking using HP Quality Center
• Performed Backend/Database testing by extensively using SQL queries.
• Develop and implement automation strategies, test plans, Test Scripts, standards and processes
• Develop frameworks and collaborate with QA and developers in the development of automated testing scripts for products and applications.
• Involved in automating user interfaces using HP Quick Test Professional QTP
• Developed Automation Scripts using HP QTP.
• Created, enhanced and maintained automated test scripts for various functional and regression using VBScript and SQL queries
• Maintained Data Driven Test suites for subsequent Regression testing.
• Developed Descriptive Programming DP , Custom Functions and maintained Local and Global Object Repository in QTP.
• Performed Load and Performance Testing on the application using HP Load Runner.
• Experienced with LR VuGen, Controller, Load Generator and Analyzer.
• Used Rendezvous point to better control and generate peak load on the server thereby stressing it, and measuring its performance.
• Monitored the system under test for areas of concern. This included, but is not limited to, CPU utilization, memory usage, and network load.
• Developed Test Summary Reports, communicated/worked with the team to fix issues.
• Participated in weekly meeting and discussed modification request with management team.
• Attended periodic meetings, teleconferences and discussions on problem resolution.
• Maintained Test Matrix for the latest test results information.

Confidential

Role: QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used Business Requirement Documents BRD and uses cases to developed Test Plan and Test Cases for Manual Testing.
• Involved in project planning, processes and procedures to improve QA methodology and setup test data.
• Participated and provided input in requirement and technical design review meetings
• Developed, maintained and executed manual test cases for major projects, maintenance, and emergency releases
• Performed Black-box / Functional / behavioral, Smoke, GUI, system, Integration, ad-hoc, security, Regression and Performance Testing on the application.
• Provided test status updates to senior management and cross-functional team.
• Created the strategy document that defines the test environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into different phases of testing in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC
• Used QTP and Quality Center to develop test cases and test scripts for manual testing and automation testing.
• Generated, enhanced and ran automation scripts using QTP for Regression Testing.
• Used JIRA to report issues and bug tracking.
• Developed SQL Queries for data retrieval, manipulation, and backend testing.
• Executed Test Cases and recorded results in a defect tracking tool.
• Generating and analyzing standard and customized reports, graphs, and documentation in Quality Center.
• Validated automated test scripts to Ensure that all test scenarios are completed and operating in all test environments
• Used Load Runner for automating scripts to performed extensive load, stress and performance testing of the application.
• Developed Virtual user scripts using Mercury LoadRunner VuGen for various business processes to check the performance and response time under various load conditions, and performing correlation and data parameterization and sometimes inserting Transactions, Checkpoints into Mercury LoadRunner Web VuGen Script to analyze and monitor the executed statistics.
• Interacted with Developers and Business analyst regarding requirements, test scenarios, and defects.
• Was responsible for weekly status updates showing the progress of the manual and Automation testing effort and open issues to be resolved.
• Prepared test status reports during test execution process.
• Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walkthroughs for team members, and documenting the proceedings.

Confidential

Role: QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Studied Functional Requirement Documents, Work Flows and Design mocks.
• Generated Test Cases and traced them to the relevant use cases / requirements.
• Performed Manual and Functional Testing to test the functionality of the modules.
• Performed functional decomposition of requirements for developing test cases.
• Ensured that testing activities allow applications to meet business requirements and systems goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify existing or potential issues.
• Wrote SQL Queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Used TestDirector/Quality Center as the test repository and used it for executing the test cases and scripts, logging generating various reports and graphs for further analysis.
• Maintained Test Matrix for the latest test results information.
• Created detailed periodic status reports for senior management to keep them posted on the progress of implementation.
• Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Attended periodic meetings, teleconferences and led discussions on problem resolution.
• Participated in the development of User Manuals for customers.
• Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management.