Permanent Resident with Public Trust Clearance and 7 Years' Experience in Modern Software Quality Assurance for Public U.S. Government sectors

Looking for QA Analyst /Tester position

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• More than nine years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• First-hand experience in all phases of testing, including analysis of requirements and specification, performing functional, integration, system and acceptance testing, generating test execution results and test summary results, and distribution of product into the field.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, design, and execute test plans and test cases.
• Experience with Agile Software Development Methodology.
• Experience the IRS ELC lifecycle.
• Solid understanding System Development Life Cycle SDLC .
• Excellent analytical and testing skills.
• Able to identify problems, analyze test results, investigate their causes and suggest remedies to enhance software product quality.
• Extensive exposure to SEI CMMI and ISO 9001 process standards.
• Consistently deliver results on time, with proven track record for testing large and medium scale systems deployed in multiple environments.
• Permanent Resident with active MBI at the Department of Treasury, IRS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• TESTING SOFTWARE: HP/Mercury Quality Center, 9I/10.g/11 g Oracle BI Publisher, JIRA, Bugzilla, Serena Business Mashup, JAWS, Bobby, IBM Rational Clear Quest, IBM Rational Test Manager, SOAPUI
• SOFTWARE: PVCS, Toad, Seagate Crystal Reports, MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Visio , Microsoft Query Analyzer, Adobe Acrobat
• DATABASES: Oracle 9I/10g/11g, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, MS Access 2000
• HARDWARE OS: IBM-compatibles, Macintosh, Windows XP/NT/9x/200x, MacOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA/Software Test Analyst

• Created test related work products test cases/scripts, test datasets, etc. from written requirements per IT testing standards and procedures.
• Managed testing requirements, create, duplicate, and execute test cases/scripts, identify and document testing problems, and report testing status.
• Analyzed appropriate documentation Requirements, User Cases to extract project requirements.
• Performed back-end testing using SOAPUI.
• Analyzed XML transactions in a .NET dynamic web environment.
• Verification of test artifacts and test cases.
• Analyzed application, system and security errors.
• Attended Peer Review and Scrum meetings
• Participated and Peer Review requirements
• Worked in a development environment where the Agile software methodology was utilized.
• Followed IRS ELC lifecycle

Environment: Windows, IBM Rational Clear Quest and Clear Case, SOAPUI, Pegasus.

Confidential

QA/Software Test Analyst

• Worked in a team of 25 people.
• Analyzed, reviewed, developed requirements and specification documents to ensure that the system met all the business requirements of the Knowledge Management Repository KMR application.
• Worked closely with the Requirements Analysts/Business Analysts and developers, to ensure proper implementation and testing of program and specifications
• Developed test cases and test scenarios from written requirements and user cases.
• Conducted functional, system, regression, integration, and performance testing in accordance with client standards and processes.
• Performed basic security testing of the system and UAT.
• Tested for different levels of user authentication.
• Logged defects in SharePoint and worked proactively with the project manager, business analyst and developers to resolve issues that inhibited testing.
• Demonstrated experience in Rational tools testing and defect management : Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case.
• Wrote SQL queries to retrieve and update test data.
• Used MS Office Publisher to create web page mockups.
• Documented requirements and procedures that meet or exceed SEI CMMI Level 3 standards.
• Captured and documented artifacts.
• Attended Peer Review and Scrum meetings.
• Involved and responsible for creating daily and weekly status reports regarding the progress of testing process.
• Worked in a development environment where the Agile software methodology was utilized.
• Contributed to the completion of all projects on time.

Environment: J2EE, Java, Windows XP, Oracle 11g, Oracle BI Publisher, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Clear Quest and Clear Case, ReqPro, IBM Rational Test Manager, SharePoint, MS Office Publisher, JBoss, JAWS, Bobby.

Confidential

QA/Software Test /Analyst

• Assisted the development team to understand insurance rules and carrier guidelines during the analysis and development phase of the project. Provided business expertise during the software design process.
• Designed test plans and test cases for functional, integration, system and user acceptance test.
• Carried out development and integration test of products and verified that the business requirements are fulfilled, maintained test results and other documentation as necessary.
• Analyzed application, system and security errors. Escalated issues to developers and verified fixes.
• Primarily responsible for functional, system, regression, integration and user acceptance testing.
• Generated weekly status reports to the team manager and participated in weekly status meeting with team members, team managers, business analysts and technical team.
• Created new test cases, test plans, scenarios and performed maintenance on the company's current test suite.
• Tested the company's web services, database, and payment reporting systems.
• Analyzed XML transactions in a .NET dynamic web environment.
• Participated in weekly as well as project specific meetings with different departments and project stakeholders to coordinate the project activities.
• Aggregated test requirements between outside vendors and internal teams.
• Worked closely with development and project management teams to detect and ensure quick fix of software defects.
• Follow ELC lifecycle.
• Worked in a development environment where the Agile software methodology was utilized.

Environment: J2EE, Java, HTML, Windows XP, Oracle 10g, Oracle BI Publisher, Oracle SQL Developer, Toad, Quality Center 9.2, QTP, Seagate Crystal Reports, JIRA

Confidential

QA/Software Test/Analyst

• Participated in development and maintenance of various projects in an object oriented programming environment.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing of the database, used SQL as well as a white box testing of the stored procedures.
• Performed integration testing.
• Participated in walk-through of requirements, use cases, specifications and database design, and executed test scripts verifying actual results against expected results, and reported defects into bug tracking system.
• Tested applications in preparation for departmental software releases.
• Prepared accurate and concise reports of problems found.
• Automated common team tasks, trace changes and supported parallel development.
• Improved application quality and productivity, safe code reuse and protected development groups against lost changes, overwrite and content errors.
• Controlled user access and tracked through all stages of development with a complete audit trail.
• Follow ELC lifecycle.
• Worked in a development environment where the Waterfall software methodology was utilized.

Environment: Windows XP, J2EE, Oracle 9I, JAVA, Quality Center 9.2, Bugzilla, Serena Business Mashup, PVCS.

Confidential

QA Tester /Analyst

• Prepared test cases from written requirements.
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional test as documented in the test plan.
• Executed test cases to verify the expected results.
• Performed functional, regression, integration and system testing.
• Used Quality Center to plan tests, manage test assets, create and run manual and external scripts, to check GUI and functional features of the system.
• Interacted with developers, business analysts and discussed technical problems and reported bugs.
• Evaluated, modified and enhanced the existing quality methods and processes.
• Performed SCT Software Compatibility Testing to check the functionality of the application in different environments.
• Conducted GUI testing and functionality testing at initial level of testing.
• Participated in various meetings to discuss enhancement and modifications of applications, following client requests and in various strategic sessions and discussions.
• Wrote, edited, and revised a variety of technical documents.

Environment: Windows NT, Oracle 9I, Oracle SQL Developer, Test Director