SOFTWARE QA TESTER

Expert in Automated Testing Prior DBA Experience Prior Oracle Primavera Projects and Scheduling Management Experience 8 Year Record of Proven Results

• I am a reliable, enthusiastic and well organized IT professional, with a positive attitude to new technologies and a good knowledge of quality procedures. My proficiency in Information Systems as well as Projects and Portfolio Management coupled with my 8 years on QA and Database administration experience make me well equipped to handle your Software/QA Tester position from a hands-on approach. I am a good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills gained from dealing with clients tactfully and diplomatically. I also have a keen awareness of effective time and task management. Consequently, I desire an opportunity in your environment, to use my technical skills to ensure superior software and application quality, while enhancing professional growth and development
• Software QA tester with full system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes fueling swift corrective actions, significant cost savings and fault-free audits.
• Qualifications include seven years of QA software testing experience and user-acceptance testing experience and two years of Oracle DBA experience as well as one year Enterprises and Projects scheduling and Management.
• Backed by strong credentials including a Post graduate Diploma in Projects Appraisal and Management, degree in Business Administration, Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Implementation Specialist Certification, Oracle Certified Associate certification, Information System and Management certificate advanced command of various testing suites, agile methodologies and monitoring tool, and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.

SKILLS SUMMARY

• SQA Testing Regression Negative Testing Testing Automation
• Methodologies UI Compatibility Testing Defect/Bug Tracking
• Writing Test Plans Writing Test Cases Data Interface Migration
• Test Strategies Performance/Load/ QA QC Standards
• Coverages Stress Testing Scripting Documentation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA TESTER

Serve as a Confidential liaison that works directly with e-commerce business managers that develop rules and business requirements for application development implementing quality-assurance and quality-control methodologies to ensure compliance with Confidential standards and customer specifications.

Results:

• Transitioned software development efforts to a test-driven development process, that extensively test all applications such as Claims Explorer, Client Toolkits,which brought QA testing in on the front-end of the development cycle for gains in code quality and software functionality.
• Identified the root cause of intermittent interoperability glitches in the preproduction and production environment by ensuring that they are fixed before deployment, leading to a no-fault audit finding.
• Pinpointed previously undiscovered defects entered into HP QC and ensure they are reopened, retested and that appropriate resolutions occurred.
• Developed Standard Operation Procedures for requirement gathering, tech spec creation, and prevented the loss of thousands of dollars to unwarranted budgets by using MS project to track entire Software development Life Cycle.
• Created and executed automated software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes. Conducted QA testing that:
• Conducted formal and informal product design reviews throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues. Communicated effectively with software design team, quickly gaining their respect and becoming a valued go-to team member on challenging test cases.

Confidential

Lead QA Tester, Promoted to serve as a lead Confidential, overseeing quality-assurance testing, and a three team member for client software and systems development projects. Performed smoke testing, functional testing, system testing, regression testing, and portability testing. Provided client developer teams with detailed reports on quality metrics, identified bugs/flaws and recommended fixes.

Results:

• Designed and implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.
• Documented software defects using bug tracking system and reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to software developers.
• Delivered thorough QA testing reports that determined product quality and release readiness.
• Extensive querying of database aggregates within the Data warehouse Oracle 11g built with data from PeopleSoft with over 45 million records to ensure data integrity and proper reporting to the end user via DB Visualizer and SQL Developer.
• Reported data anomalies, application bugs and defects using Quality Center and Bugzilla
• Queried the Oracle Database using SQL Developer and DB Visualizer to obtain accurate request responses.
• Documented test results using Epirix e-manager and entered incidents using Bugzilla and Jira

Confidential

Database Administrator/QA Tester

Initially employed as a Junior DBA but subsequently took on a QA tester role to assist with user-acceptance testing and defect tracking for new software releases.

Results:

• Execution of test cases, submission of bugs found during execution and consulting closely with developers to resolve problems.
• Functional, regression and integration testing were performed on applications in a Client-Server environment run in both Windows and UNIX environments.
• Thorough demonstration and understanding of Enterprise Manager while carrying out performance and regression testing on several Oracle Financial applications on Oracle 8-10g databases after migrations were done from other platforms.
• Implemented the use of Oracle Recovery Manager RMAN to backup databases, and scheduled nightly backups
• Performed import and export as needed and exports on each database bulk load into the database using SQL Loader.
• Scheduled jobs using Oracle tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager, DBMS JOBS and SCHEDULER.
• Queried databases using SQL AND LINUX commands in a red hat environment.
• Tuned SQL queries and database performance for OLTP and DSS applications within various environments using oracle tools such as SQL Advisor, Segment Advisor, Optimizer.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

• HP Quality Center QC , HP QuickTest Professional QTP , HP WinRunner, HP LoadRunner, Agile, Java, C , VBScript, SQL, .Net, XML, Windows, Linux, Unix Shell Scripting, , Bugzilla, Empirix e-Test suite now Oracle Application Test Suite , Jira, TestDirector, ClearQuest.
• OS Environments: MS-Dos, Windows Server 2003 2008, Vista, Mac, Linux, UNIX
• OS Application: Oracle 10g 11g, SAP, MS Office Suites 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 .