OBJECTIVE

Over 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Software Testing of Client/Server/ Web based applications, with both manual and automation experience looking for a suitable Software Test Analyst/Engineer position.

EXPERIENCE SUMMERY

• Highly skilled in creating and executing test cases, test scripts from Requirements documents, Functional specification/Detail Design Documents and General Design Documents.
• Full knowledge of SDLC and STLC from Verification to Validation.
• Experienced working in Agile and Waterfall environments.
• Strong Manual testing skills including writing test cases and logging/tracking defects.
• Extensive experience with Advertising/ Financial / Health Care applications on windows and web application.
• Expert in analyzing requirement specifications and outlining appropriate approach for testing.
• Experienced in Smoke Testing, Black Box Testing, Functional Testing, UI Testing, Database Testing, Integration Testing, and security Testing, Regression Testing, Browser Compatibility, Load, Performance Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficient in using automated testing tools like QTP, Load Runner, and Quality Center.
• Experience in working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Expert at performing Database/Back-end Testing and data manipulation using SQL.
• Hands on experience in writing and executing automated Test Scripts, Tracking Defects and interacting with the development team in correcting the defects.
• Specialist in using Quality Center and JIRA for global test management, bug tracking and reporting.
• Hardworking, Dedicated, Flexible and versatile to adapt any new environment and work on any project.
• Excellent communication and inter personnel skills and ability to quickly learn new technology.
• Self-motivated, responsible and a self starter
• Have 'can-do' and 'test to break' attitude and great attention to details.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, written verbal communication skills and along with the proven ability to work independently or as a member of a team

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Position: QA Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Involve in Manual and Automation Testing of the application.
• Analyzing business requirements, functional specification, and the required documents for testing.
• Actively participating in all phases of SDLC verification to Validation and QA life Cycle.
• Developing test plan/strategy, Test Summary Report in accordance with business/system requirements.
• Creating Test cases, Test Procedures, Test Scripts and created input data values for both positive and negative testing.
• Manually executing test cases and reporting results to development teams.
• Performing Black box testing, functional testing, UI testing, integration, end-to-end testing, Regression Testing, cross browser testing, and performing build acceptance smoke testing after each build and Conducting User Acceptance testing.
• Writing SQL queries and statements for Back-End/database Testing.
• Using Quality Center for storing requirements/test cases, executing test cases, defect reporting, and tracking.
• Using JIRA for maintenance release bug tracking and reporting.
• Investigating and properly handling production issues which were reported by end-users.
• Created automation test scripts using QTP tool and performed interface, functionality, and regression testing on new builds of the software
• Creating automation test scripts using QTP tool to perform regression and functional testing on new builds and every modification in the application.
• Enhancing Test Scripts using regular expression, checkpoints, synchronization points, verification logic, conditional statements and doing script level error handling.
• Performing Data Driven test using test data from excel files.
• Conducting performance and stress testing using LoadRunner.
• Involve in Performance Testing to simulate a process, which allows more than 1000 user login at the same time and observed the behavior of the system by using LoadRunner.
• Interacting with Developers and Business analyst regarding requirements, test scenarios, defects and maintenance or major releases. Also validating bugs and getting them fixed.
• Developing and implementing quality related processes, systems and methods for QA Team.
• Assisting developers with white box testing and creating test data.
• Involve in defining Test Scope, Gap Analysis, risk, dependency and constraints.
• Participating in weekly meeting and discussed modification request with management team.
• Participated in sprint planning meeting, daily scrum meeting, and demos
• Sending daily status report, bug report to the team and getting status from developers.

Environment: QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, JIRA, LoadRunner, Oracle, PHP, Apache, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML DHTML, SSL, Toad, NS, Web Sphere, XML, TCP/IP, SNMP

Confidential

Position: Software QA Analyst

Key Responsibilities:

• Based on Software Development Life Cycle SDLC designed and implemented Software test plans, Test design specifications and Test cases.
• Managed the requirements using Requirements management tool Quality Center.
• Performed Smoke, Integration, Functional, Performance, Regression, and Backend testing.
• Extensively used Quality Center for designing and executing test cases and logging the defects.
• Reported issues into the bug reporting system and follow up with the development team until it gets resolved using Quality Center.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Integration and End to End testing using QTP.
• Performed web testing using Quick Test Pro for checking page contents, broken links, web objects, frames and tables.
• Parameterized the scripts to run the scripts using varying form data.
• Created User Define Function in VB Script and accessed them through Function Library.
• Performed Data Validation and Data Integration for Back End Testing using SQL Queries manually.
• Loaded test data into databases and query execution.
• Managed the execution and communication of testing metrics.
• Conducted metric collection and analysis.
• Worked with the developer to ensure that the testing issues are solved immediately.
• Involved and responsible for creating weekly status reports regarding the progress of testing process.
• Prepared/presented progress reports and attended all meetings as required.

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Java, C , HTML, XML, VB Script, Oracle, VB and Windows.

Confidential

Position: Software Test Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewed design/functional specifications and develop detailed test plans.
• Created test cases for functional, integration, regression, and User acceptance UAT testing
• Developed and executed test scripts for functional, regression, performance and system tests using manual and automated methods.
• Performed various kinds of testing such as Integration testing, Smoke testing, Functional testing, System testing, Ad hoc testing, Backend testing and Regression testing.
• Created and executed Test Cases for some of the modules of the application under test AUT using Quality Center.
• Documented the daily defect status using Quality Center.
• Responsible for defect tracking and management metrics, defects are logged and change requests are submitted using Quality Center.
• Participated actively in Functional testing, System testing and Regression testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Performed System, Functional, Regression, UAT and End to End testing to verify the functionality with the new codes introduced for modification and/or enhancement using Quick Test Pro.
• Created user-defined functions, functions libraries and maintained the initialization scripts to set-up the work environment using Quick Test Pro.
• Utilized TEAM TRACK tool to store requirements and track defects.
• Expert in writing SQL queries to retrieve data from different databases and Performed data verification and validation.
• Provided daily system testing status report to management.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance methodologies, standards and best practices.
• Attended weekly status meeting and actively participated in the team discussion.

Environment: HP Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, PVCS Tracker, Windows, Oracle, SQL, TOAD, SQL Server, XML, VB Script, J2EE

Confidential

Position: QA Tester

Key Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for writing test cases, documenting bugs, and communicating with Development to get them fixed.
• Researched and analyzed the software requirements, workflows and designs to define detailed test suites, test cases, test data and procedures.
• Created test cases from approved requirement and design documents and traced them to the relevant use cases.
• Reported and entered defects and issues in Clear Quest.
• Performed Manual and Functional testing to test the functionality of the application and modules.
• Validated test to check boundary conditions and error messages.
• Performed functional, GUI, regression testing, User Acceptance testing, and End-to-End testing.
• Developed SQL queries to perform backend testing of the database.
• Performed regression testing using QTP, an automated test tool throughout all the phases of testing.
• Created progress reports to ensure appropriate test coverage and results.
• Created bug reports and test summary report and shared it with QA Manager and team
• Responsible for documenting work for quick references Guide utilizing MS WORD.

Environment: Windows, UNIX, Clear Quest, QTP, ASP, MySQL, SQLyog, VBScript, SQL, IE/FF