PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Experience with Waterfall, V-Model and Agile process
• Good knowledge in web servers, application servers, relational database technologies and network components
• Expertise in Problem Solving and Defect Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools like Bugzilla and JIRA
• Worked in SCRUM and Agile methodology of project development
• Hands on experience with Java based, .Net based Web Applications, and client-server applications.
• Good Knowledge in ETL process and Data warehouses
• Comfortable working with UNIX, Unix Commands and Vi Editor.
• Experienced in using SQL for querying Databases
• Experienced in using HP Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting the modification requests
• Experienced in analyzing system and application failures and bugs
• Knowledge on Mainframe testing
• Experienced in developing test plans, test cases
• Experienced in structuring test requirements, test methodologies, test planning, test case design, test procedures, test scenarios, and test scripts in black box testing.
• Experienced in reviewing and understanding business and testing requirements.
• Excellent working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle SDLC and Software Testing Life Cycle STLC with emphasis on Testing and requirement gathering phases
• Experienced in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experienced in working closely with users and business analysts, project managers, developers to understand requirements, business processes for testing and attending walkthroughs
• An energetic, team-oriented, and process-focused professional with excellent communication skills in Software Quality Assurance field.
• Over 6 years of experience in Manual Testing and Automated Testing of Client/Server and Web-Based applications.
• Experience in developing and executing queries for SQL server and Oracle databases for back end testing.
• Experienced in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix RTM to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements
• Extensive knowledge in gathering and understanding BRDs Business Requirements Document , FRDs Functional Requirements Document , SRS System Requirement Specifications and Use cases

Computer Technical Skills

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business, Functional Requirements and Streamlined the Testing Activities
• Developed Test Plans, Test Scenarios, and Detailed Test Cases based on the Use Case Documents, Business Requirements, and Functional Specifications.
• Working closely with Business Analysts on ambiguities in the FRDs.
• Responsible for writing the Test Cases and Test Scenarios based on the Functional Requirements and Use Case documents and documenting them in HP Quality Center Excel.
• Extensively involved in Manual/Functional Testing of the Applications
• Executed test scripts, test cases, and scenarios that will determine optimal system performance according to specifications.
• Handled Defect life cycle process independently and handled issues by interacting closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Performance Testers, end users and other members of the Team.
• Performed all phases of End-to-End testing which includes Functional, Regression, GUI, System and Smoke testing of the application and its interfaces
• Performed data integrity and data validation by writing SQL queries in Oracle Database.
• Tested various menus, options and utilities and Executed VB Scripts developed in QTP.
• Defect detection, reporting and tracking was done using HP Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center for generating Requirements, Test Sets, and Test Plan
• Exported Test Requirements and Test Cases from Microsoft Excel and MS Word to Quality Center.
• Assisted in developing Requirement Traceability Matrix RTM .

Environment: Windows OS, Oracle, , VB, SQL, TOAD, RTM, QTP, Req. pro, MS Office, Quality Center, Agile, UNIX, Agile

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in planning, designing, developing and deploying testing strategies for Web based and Client server Applications.
• Well-versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC , Software Testing Life Cycle STLC and Bug Life Cycle
• Writing, Reviewing Executing test cases for Functional, Integration, System, GUI, and UAT testing.
• Working with defect tracking tools Quality Center.
• Had good experience on testing web services using Soap UI.
• Extensively involved in writing execution of SQL statements for backend testing.
• Utilized HP Quality Center QC to log defects and manage changes in requirements.
• Participated on requirements analyzing, preparing the Test plan and estimate testing effort.
• Hands on Experience on Test cases, Automated Tests and Test Data and good exposure in reviews of various Testing Documents.
• Having sound knowledge of running regression test using automation tool

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, SQL, J2EE, JAVA, VBScript, Windows OS, Load Runner, SOAP UI

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering Requirements specifications and requirements from development personnel and business prior to System Testing.
• Participated in developing test plans, test cases and test Scenarios to cover overall quality assurance testing
• Wrote Test cases for manual testing
• Wrote Test analysis report.
• Performed backend testing and used SQL queries to extract data from the Oracle database and check out for DML anomalies.
• Performed Data driven testing to test financial data in Oracle database.
• Conducted Black Box testing including System Testing, Functionality Testing, User Acceptance Testing
• Used Load Runner for Performance Stress testing and analyzed the response times of the business transactions under load.
• Responsible for keeping up with test schedule and updating weekly status to manager.
• Create reports and track defects using QC

Environment: Java, XML, Load Runner, Unix, Windows OS, Microsoft Office Share Point, Microsoft virtual PC 2007, QTP, VBScript, Quality Center, Oracle

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created new test cases using requirement specifications and use cases, in consultation with business analysts
• Helped prepare various sections of the test plan document
• Tested the application functionalities
• Performed different test procedures for each development release: smoke testing, black box testing, regression testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Reported tracked defects worked with developers to resolve problems
• Helped prepare Requirements Traceability Matrix RTM
• Worked in an Agile environment
• Worked with Quality Center components: test plan, test lab and defects
• Exposure to Property And Casualty Insurance process

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, VB Script, XML, MS .NET, Java, Oracle, UNIX

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing test plans by understanding the User Requirements and business logic to enable manual testing of application
• Discussed and worked with business analyst team to gather detail functionality.
• Performed manual testing considering the base line of developed test plan and test cases Functional, System and Integration testing of the application
• Updated status to the QA Manager
• An executed test case developed by self or peers.
• Compared and analyzed actual to expected results and reported all deviations for resolution.
• Performed various Functional testing, Integration, System and UAT testing
• Used QC to document the test data for all the manual tests
• Identified defects and logged and tracked all new and existing ones

Environment: QC, QTP, MS Office, XML, SQL, Internet Explorer, Visio, UNIX and Windows OS