Summary

• Nearly 7 years of experience in analysis, design, development and deployment of web application for client-server technologies, distributed and object oriented programming in N-tier architecture with Microsoft technologies, following Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
• Over 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance for various Client/Server and Web based applications.
• Well experienced in testing applications in banking and educational domain.
• Strong exposure and Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC methodologies like V-Model and Agile.
• Proficient in Software Testing Lifecycle STLC and extensive experience with QA testing procedures, processes, and standards.
• Experienced in manual testing with the focus on Black Box testing, Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Integration testing, User-acceptance testing, Regression Testing, Exploratory Testing, Load Testing.
• Expertise in Documentation of Use cases, Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and Test Metrics.
• Extensive knowledge in using tools like Rally, Quality Center, Jira, Quick Test Pro and Clear Case.
• Excellent working knowledge in data driven and keyword driven frameworks using various checkpoints, creating shared repository and creating functions.
• Knowledge of mobile testing tool like eggplant.
• Extensive experience in testing Oracle, Visual Basic, Java, J2EE, Linux and UNIX based Web applications/systems. Possess very good knowledge to develop database queries SQL, Oracle to assist in testing effort.
• Expertise in review of Business Functional Specifications, Functional Design Specifications, and detailed Design Specifications.
• Expertise in analyzing Severity of the problem, Defect tracking system and Defects reporting system.
• Thorough understanding of Agile and Scrum testing Methodologies to implement particularly from team perspective and also have knowledge of ATDD.
• Goal oriented, with attention to detail, work well under pressure, with proven ability to meet deadlines. Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Possess excellent communication skills and a self-motivated and efficient team player.

Technical Skills

Windows, Unix, Linux, Ubuntu, Rally, Quality Center, QuickTest Professional, Load Runner, Jira, Bugzilla, Clear Case, Clear Quest, Oracle, SQL Server, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape Navigator, MS-Office, Java, XML, HTML, DHTML, C, C , Java Script, VB Script, SenseTalk and eggPlant.

Professional Experience

Confidential

QA Analyst

Description:

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing requirements and analyzing them.
• Collaborated with Test Lead on creation of test strategy and test plan documents.
• Created Tasks on Rally and estimated testing effort.
• Worked closely with BA's and Developers in resolving production issues.
• Involved in testing Content Builder application which is used by Testing Programs to create content to build assessments.
• Created test cases using MS-Excel and uploaded them in Rally using Ruby and Rally Desktop Tool. Good knowledge of ATDD.
• Assisted in integration testing by publishing tests which is required for Educator Portal and Test Delivery Engine.
• Executed manual test cases and identified regression test cases.
• Participated in defect review meetings and reported the defects using Rally.
• Involved in integration testing, functionality testing, regression testing and user acceptance testing.
• Generated daily defect reports for the team and management.
• Worked closely with BA's to get clarifications on requirements and reviewed the user stories with them and sometimes helped them identify missing requirements.
• Executed complex SQL queries to verify whether the data is stored and retrieved properly.
• Attended daily Standups, Pre-planning and Demo meetings, Retrospective meetings and weekly Team meetings.
• Actively participated in Test case Review meeting with my Team Lead, and BA's.
• Worked on staging and production environment and resolved issues.

Environment:

Liferay Portal, Java 1.6, JQuery, Tomcat Server, Mybatis Database, Postgre SQL, Rally, MS-Office Suite.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing requirements and designs.
• Collaborated with Test Lead on creation of test strategy and test plan documents.
• Involved with Test Lead on estimating testing effort.
• Involved in testing Language, Customer Support and Booking modules.
• Created test cases using MS-Excel and also created Requirements matrix.
• Executed manual test cases and identified regression test cases.
• Automated Test cases using scenario based approach using action segments and functional decomposition methods.
• Created some reusable library functions to support automation architecture and automated the applications using QTP and run the tests using Quality Center Scheduler.
• Used Dictionary and file system objects for data manipulations in QTP.
• Created test scripts using data driven framework using various checkpoints, output values, functions and shared repositories in QTP.
• Created basic test script for testing future releases.
• Participated in defect review meetings and reported the defects using Jira.
• Involved in integration testing, functionality testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing and performance testing.
• Collaborated with Test Lead in creating test completion report for promotion recommendation.
• Performed load and stress testing and analyzed the results and provided performance and usage reports.
• Executed complex SQL queries to verify whether the data is stored data is retrieved properly.
• Verified the version on Android, iPhone, iPad using eggplant.
• Implemented Agile Methodology.

Environment:

WebSphere Portal App Server 6.1, Core Java 1.4, Struts 1.2, Drools 4.0.7, Hibernate 3.0, Oracle 10g, SQL Plus, eggplant, MS-Office Suite, QTP 10, Jira.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements and prepared test plan document.
• Interacted with Developers and Business Analysts for clarifications of missing functionalities.
• Attended daily stand up meetings, presentations and review.
• Set up the test environment and test data as and when required.
• Designed the test cases using Quality Center.
• Executed the test sets using Test Lab in Quality Center.
• Conducted functional and regression testing using QTP based on business transaction scenarios.
• Created some reusable library functions to support automation architecture using screen based approach. Used descriptive programming methods to identify Dynamic objects and automate complex scenarios.
• Performed the GUI, functionality, data driven and regression testing of the web based application.
• Prepared the data driven as well as keyword driven frameworks and executed them.
• Wrote complex SQL queries to ensure that the data is stored properly and all the constraints have been met.
• Used Load Runner for stress and performance testing.
• Reported defects and tracked the defects using Quality Center. Attended bug review and bug resolution meetings.
• Involved in testing with Multicurrency support, Spare Change Program, Escalator Products, Household Promotions and Cheque book ordering modules.

Environment:

Linux, Java, J2EE, DHTML, JUnit, Axis web service, Apache Tomcat, Glass Fish, Quality Center, QTP 10, Load Runner and Oracle 11g.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing all phases of SDLC.
• Involved in analyzing requirements and developing test plans.
• Imported test cases from MS-Excel to Quality Center and created test sets in the test lab in Quality Center.
• Involved in testing with different modules of loan application such as Pending, Book the Loan, Loan Approval, Disperse the Loan and Creating Loan Account.
• Performed integration, functional, regression and performance testing.
• Handled test data management for the automation.
• Created, modified and debugged the data driven framework scripts in QTP.
• Conducted reviews and QTP suite for batch run consisting of more than 1500 automated test scripts.
• Developed base line scripts for testing the future release of the application using QTP.
• Created shared object repository in QTP for each module.
• Performed positive and negative testing of the application for identification of bugs after fixing errors in each subsequent build during the process of development.
• Used ClearQuest for reporting defects and tracking bugs.
• Wrote complex SQL queries to ensure that the data is retrieved and updated properly.
• Performed sanity testing after each build is released.
• Interacted with the developers in resolving technical issues during integration and system testing.
• Used Load Runner for stress and performance testing.

Environment:

Microsoft Share Point, XML, ASP.Net, MS Office Suite, Quality Center, QTP 10, Load Runner and SQL Server.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the development and implementation of Test cases, Test plans, Test data and test scripts according to requirements in the Use Case and Requirement documentation.
• Initially performed manual testing of each unit and then each build.
• Used Test Director to develop and implement the Test cases, which satisfy Verification and Validation.
• Developed and maintained scripts using various checks and verification points using QTP.
• Automated many testing process with the use of extensive Shell Scripting for Install/uninstall Test, Sanity test and Test Scheduling.
• Used user generated functions at various places in the script for Script Enhancement.
• Involved in System testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and Performance Testing and analyzed the results to justify Validation.
• Used Load Runner for stress test and performance tests.
• Used Test Director for defect Management and bug tracking.
• Regularly participated in Test Review meetings.

Environment:

Sun/Solaris, MS-Access, J2EE, Test Director 8.0, QTP, SQL, Java, Load Runner 7.0, Web Sphere.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked in agile environment.
• Setup and maintained test system configuration on client server.
• Involved in writing test strategy and test scripts.
• Performed manual testing and performance testing using Load Runner.
• Set up test plan and test lab in Mercury Quality Center.
• Performed back end testing by executing SQL queries to extract data from the database and check for data integrity.
• Member of the team responsible for designing automated frameworks such as development of Data-driven automated test scripts for functional, regression test verification and also created libraries of user defined functions and reusable actions.
• Trained batch of new comers on basic features of QTP.
• Analyzed running the QTP scripts from Quality Center and triggered the batch run with a scheduler in the quality center.
• Tested the local database oracle using complex SQL queries to ensure that the data is written correctly and all the constraints have been met.
• Create the number of user with using controller.
• Done the enhancement in Load Runner testing such as Checkpoint, parameter and Correlation.
• Participated in daily scrum meeting to discuss the status of the project, involved in the preparation of document and final summary report.

Environment:

Mercury Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, ClearQuest, SQL Plus, Java, J2EE, HTML, Oracle, MS-Office and Windows NT.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing the GSM traffic.
• Involved in collecting traffic reports containing available traffic measurements.
• Evaluated application and recorded the discrepancies.
• Widely Used Visual Basic for graphical user interface.
• Involved in testing the application.
• Actively participated in the review meetings.

Environment:

Windows, C, Visual Basic, Microsoft Access