Professional Summary:

• Over ten years of diversified experience as Quality Assurance Analyst /Software Quality Management.
• Experienced PMI- ACP Certified QA Lead with implementation of agile methods and processes.
• Experience includes Requirement Analysis, Manual Testing and Automation and quality assurance of various.
• Experience using the automated tools, Mercury's Quick Test Pro Now UFT , Apploader, Load Runner, HTTP Watch, Test Complete and VSTS.
• I am a self-starter with the ability to establish goals, identify objectives, prioritize tasks, delegate responsibility, supervise team and mentor employees.
• Specific Expertise:
• Experience in planning, designing, developing and deploying testing strategies for large-scale client/server and web-based systems.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC , Testing Methodologies and Techniques.
• Thorough understanding of Software Quality Assurance methodologies with expertise in white box, black box and performance testing.
• Proficiency in manual, automation and performance testing of client/server and web based applications.
• Expertise in creating test plans, test Cases, test scripts based on requirements, design, and use cases for integration, functional, regression and performance testing.
• Experience in planning, scripting and implementing scenarios for multi-platform, n-tier applications in order to test for load, stress, scalability and volume tolerance.
• Highly proficient in working with manual testing as well as automated testing tools like Mercury Interactive Test Suite Load Runner, Quick Test Pro UFT , Test Complete and VSTS.
• Sound experience in backend testing by writing SQL queries in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases.
• Extensively experience in implementing agile methodologies. Working with Product owner on artifacts such as Product Backlog, Spring Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down.
• Strong experience in developing Test Plans, use cases and Test cases using requirements and design documents while specifying Testing Overview, Approach, Strategy, Scope, Roles and Contributions.
• Experienced in best practices, automated tools, and defect tracking procedures.
• Implementing Continuous Integration in agile projects. Combining and automating tool like UDeploy, TFS, Quality Center, UFT and Load Runner with build process to provide rapid feedback for development team and stakeholders.

Technical Skills:

Professional Experience

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Assist project managers in implementing projects throughout various stages of execution, which include testing approach and strategy, test plans, evaluations, reports, and other related project documentation that covers the software development life cycle SDLC .
• Conducted sprint planning meeting for detail estimation of development and QA time for upcoming sprint.
• Hosted daily Scrum Stand up meeting to get/give the update of work done.
• Validate that all the test cases coverage for sprints, with traceability to each sprint backlog items and associated product backlog item.
• Lead the performance testing efforts for all Inovalon's applications to ensure that the systems and support processes achieve service levels.
• Responsible for parameterization and correlation in Vuser Script by capturing the dynamic values using auto correlation and manual correlation for web application and troubleshooting the existing Vugen scripts.
• Identify performance Bottlenecks for database and applications server and verified the resolution.
• Monitored database for sessions, connection pool and memory issues using spotlight and Idera.
• Created a Quality Sign Off process Production Readiness submission process for each release to production to maintain the integrity of Inovalon's applications.
• Worked closely with the release management and CCB team to make Go- NoGo decision.
• Conducted Test case inspection and Defect Triage with IT and Business stakeholders.
• Designed and ensured overall integrity of the testing strategy. Work with appropriate business and technology leads to determine the acceptable range for test results and performance.
• Maintained the Defect Reporting System, generate the Daily defect reports. Created bug tracking report using JIRA and TFS Team Foundation Sever 2010 .
• Involved in design, develop and implement test plans, scripts, and tools using the detailed business requirements document provided by the business analysts.
• Work with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate data for testing, and prepare that data for the test cases. Assist application developers and technical support staff in identifying and resolving problems.
• Facilitate resolution and communication of cross-application/organization architectural issues and decisions.
• Perform the Regression test in QA, Smoke Test on UAT, Deployment Verification Test on UAT environments. Also conducted QA sign off smoke test on production environment..
• Responsible for Functional, Backend, Interface, System, Performance, Integration and Regression testing of various Inovalon's applications.
• Used QuickTest Pro QTP to perform functional and regression test.
• Created data-driven framework for in QTP Now UFT .
• Involved in creating and maintaining shared object repository function library for various functional and regression test using QuickTest Professional.
• Created a TFS sync process for login the defects reported by automated testing in Quality Center to TFS.

Environment Tools: Windows 2008 server, Windows 7, Dot Net, SQL, JIRA, TFS, Load runner, QTP, Quality Center.

Confidential

QA Lead Engineer

• Project planning, scheduling and prioritization including setting up of Gantt chart to analyze the progress of multiple projects based on deadlines.
• Plan and analyze test and work effort needed in the projects and set up project work matrix and time lines.
• Work with Functional Team Manager to gather and analyze user/business requirements and Project Architecture Documents and develop performance test strategy and performance test plan.
• Create test cases with the involvement of development team and by analyzing the Sequence Diagrams and work flows.
• Create test scripts based on the performance requirement.
• Conducted POC with different performance testing tools to identify the tools that meet the performance requirement.
• Conducted several round of performance tests to identify the hardware requirement and profiling.
• Set up multiple load test scenario based on the test strategy in VSTS.
• Carry out performance, stress and load testing in VSTS and Apploader.
• Identify bottlenecks in the system by analyzing various graphs generated in VSTS test agent.
• Interact with developers, infrastructure and system teams in isolating bottlenecks and problem resolution.
• Publish performance test results and analysis reports.
• Logged in defects in JIRA on a weekly basis and constantly interacted with the various teams to find solutions for the defects.
• Involved in the task force team for addressing the functional issues faced during UAT.
• Conducted walkthrough regarding the performance testing approach for the stakeholders.
• Report to the respective Project Managers and Associate Director for the team on a daily as well as weekly basis to set up goals and to inform them about the progress of the performance test effort.
• Write SQL queries to check data integrity and create stored procedures and triggers.
• Extensively worked with QTP to convert manual scripts to automated scripts.
• Developed QTP function library to manage the automation scripts and frame works.
• Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted Standard, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using Quick Test Pro QTP .
• Involved in managing tests and their resources which includes actions, function libraries, object repositories, recovery scenarios, data table files, and environments variables.

Environment Tools: Windows 2003 server, Windows XP, Dot Net, SQL, JIRA, MS office Project 2003, QTP, VSTS, Apploader,Traffic Shaper.

Confidential

Senior QA Tester

• Worked closely with Development team to discuss the design and testing aspects of the applications to design the Test plans.
• Reviewed Business Requirement documents BRD and High Level Design HLD documents to prepare Test cases.
• Documented Manual Test cases, Test procedures and Reports.
• Conducted the Smoke testing to check the High level functionality of the application for every new build version to determine the stability.
• Executed functional automation scripts for regression internal smoke test using QTP.
• Reported effectively for the entire task assigned communicated to required team member to work against the better development of Project.
• Performed the data driven tests using QTP.
• Extensively worked with QTP to convert manual scripts to automated scripts.
• Analyzed QTP Test scripts, Introduced Check Points, added Parameter Values to Data table, Created Output Values and subsequently execute Test Scripts.
• Developed QTP function library to manage the automation scripts and frame works.
• Customize QTP scripts using programming logic.
• Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted Standard, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using Quick Test Pro QTP .
• Created the regular expression, and output values in the application.
• Conducted the batch testing configuring the FTP settings and specified data load to determine the daily, monthly batch execution window.
• Used back-end database SQL queries to perform data testing.
• Involved in testing the third party interfaces communication with the AUT, to determine the response for the request.
• Organized defect triage meeting explain and prioritize the issues to business and development teams for the issues raised during the UAT.
• Participated in walkthrough and Review meetings.
• Wrote SQL queries to validate input data submitted through GUI with the actual data in the Database.

Environment Tools: Windows 2003 server, Windows XP, SQL, JIRA, MS office Project 2003, QTP.

Confidential

QA Engineer

• Create test cases with the involvement of development team and by analyzing the Sequence Diagrams and work flows.
• Create test scripts based on the test cases in Rational Test Manager.
• Reported detailed application problem reports, defect tracking and verifying corrections using Rational Clear Quest.
• Maintaining the Requirements traceability Matrix that provides the assurance of test coverage all relevant requirements have been addressed and provides the traceability between requirements and tests that verify that the requirement has been met.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings, Track bug report, and postfix analysis.
• Performing GAP analysis with the SME's and identifies the number of Components required to address the Business Process Tests End to End .
• Conducted the Smoke testing to check the High level functionality of the application.
• Involved in Interface testing to validate the data communication of the external agencies with the application.
• Used back-end database Oracle queries to perform data testing.

Environment Tools: Windows 2003 server, Windows XP, Oracle, Toad, MS office Project 2003, QTP, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Test Manager.

Confidential

QA Engineer

• Involved in the walkthrough of the application in understanding the product/domain.
• Prepared and Uploaded Test Cases and Test Plans in Test Director.
• Played an important role in estimating testing timelines.
• Involved in preparation of System Test Plan and testing specification documents to streamline the testing process.
• Reviewing test documents such as FRS, Test cases etc
• Discussed and reviewed the test document with the requirement team in case of functional changes.
• Created and shared the detail status report with the team lead and management.
• Conducting/ attending various review team meetings.
• Conduct Team meetings with development team and requirement team to understand the functionality of the application and for clarifications.
• Involved in Regression testing, Functional testing, Smoke testing and User Acceptance testing.

Environment Tools: Test Director, Oracle, Java, WinNT/ 98, and UNIX, XML Altova.

Confidential

Facilities Management Dept.

IT Support Intern

• Maintained records of drawings and files of Polytechnic University buildings.
• Created a database for drawings files required documents using SQL SERVER 2000.
• Created views, indexes and relations using SQL Enterprise Manager.
• Involved in validation of drawing in ARCHIBUS architectural drawing and design tools.
• Purchasing in charge of accessories and Installation parts.
• Communicated with vendors and service shops concerning supply needs and problems.
• Answered questions by users concerning their access of resources on the network and operation of software programs.
• Monitored infrastructure and helped keep IT structure up-to-date.
• Maintained backups of files, security, and rights.