Summary:

• Certified SQL Specialist Overall 7 years of Software quality assurance and testing experience with a wide variety of projects on multiple platforms and in multiple environments. Strong knowledge of SDLC, QA methodology, testing concepts and test metrics. Experienced in both Manual and Automation testing of Client Server Web-Based Applications.
• Experienced in performing various types of testing which includes Integration, Functional, Black Box, End-To-End, Performance, User Acceptance, Regression and Database Testing.
• Expertise in using Bug Tracking tools - Bugzilla, HP Quality Center/ALM and IBM Rational Quality Manager.
• Experienced in automation testing using HP and Rational test tools IBM Rational Functional Tester RFT , HP Quick Test Pro QTP and also have very good knowledge in Selenium.
• Experienced in programming while doing automation testing of Client Server and Web-Based applications.
• Experienced in back-end testing by writing SQL Queries, generating reports to ensure data integrity and validate business rules.
• Experienced in using UNIX Linux environment.
• Good understanding of Agile Methodology and Water Fall, Iterative software development models.
• Experienced in using Rational Team Concert RTC for Agile Planning and Task tracking.
• Experienced in working with off shore teams Russia, India Philippines.
• Strong in analyzing testing requirements and developing Test Scripts, Test Cases and executing them. Experienced in writing, maintaining and executing test plans, test procedures, test results and generating software defect reports.
• Experienced in defining test scope and test schedules, communicating issues and status to project management. Knowledge in analysis of Defect severity, Defect priority and use of Defect tracking and reporting systems.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, functional and technical documentation skills, analytical skills, quality conscious, self-motivated and quick learning skills.
• Excellent Organization skills and with the ability to prioritize tasks. Self-Starter able to work independently or as a team member.

Technical Skills:

Professional Experience

Confidential

Sr. QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing detailed test plans and test cases for a variety of release types small modifications to large projects, low-risk to high-impact system modifications on the MDS system ensuring that business and technical requirements are being met.
• Ensured that all requirements are testable and covered in test cases. Ensured that all issues are communicated and test risks are managed.
• Executed test plans, documented defects, and reported results to Testing Coordinator.
• Supported Project Managers in executing and coordinating testing across multiple platforms and systems to assure critical applications are delivered with no critical defects.
• Captured and maintained Quality Assurance documentation for compliance requirements.
• Worked with MDS development, management, and technical staff to continuously improve quality assurance testing methodologies, systems, processes, and standards and to suggest strategies for improving the efficiency and output quality of each phase of software development life cycle.
• Experienced in working with multi- regional teams.
• Used HP Quality Center/ALM to create test cases, store test cases and run the test sets.
• Created and Scheduled the jobs using the job Scheduling tool Control-M.
• Used Putty to interact with Unix servers.
• Performed Back-end testing using SQL queries to validate the data in the back-end. Wrote SQL queries to fetch and verify the data. Used RapidSQL to interact with Sybase Database. .
• Developed automation scripts in QTP using VBScript.
• Actively participated in project team meetings as required. Communicated project/work status and issues to QA lead.

Environment: UNIX, Putty, Sybase, Rapid Sql, SQL, HP Quality Center/ALM, QTP, C , Java, Perl,

Confidential

Sr. QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plan document using the Business and Functional specification documents outlining the strategy of testing, detailing the testing components of the project, listing the entrance and exit criteria from different phases of testing, and detailing the risks and the dependencies that are associated with the QA testing for the project. Took the Test Plan document through the peer QA and project management reviews, and obtain signoffs from the stakeholders on the project.
• Developed detailed Test Cases based on the Functional and the Technical Specification documents. Wrote the detailed test cases clearly and show the steps necessary to execute the tests, and the expected results associated with each step. Appropriately named and placed step numbers for each step in the test case and provided accurate details for clear execution of the test cases.
• Executed the written and approved test cases into the test environment and enter the test results with Pass or Fail criteria. Communicated with the development team on any issues that arise from the execution. Reported the status of the testing to the QA Manager, and opened any defects associated with any tests that have failed using Bugzilla.
• Screenshots were captured for both positive and negative testing using Hypersnap.
• Worked with QA and Development staff to report, verify and close the defects and resolved any issues that arise during testing. Participated in defect triage, prioritization and review meetings on a daily basis. Ensured that the reported defects in Bugzilla get fixed by the development team and get retested in the test environment. Updated the status of the bugs by either closing or rejecting the bugs appropriately. Ensured that the defects are properly retested and marked in Bugzilla with appropriate statuses and comments.
• Did testing on multiple browsers to verify the functionality of the application. Utilized IE and Firefox add-ons and toolbars for inspecting HTTP traffic and web page elements.
• Developed and executed automation scripts using Rational Functional Tester RFT for the regression testing purposes. Created Data Driven Tests. Followed the automation methodology and ensured that all scripts are written clearly and enough comments have been placed in the code for other members of the team to understand the code.
• Did Accessibility Testing using Rational Policy Tester JAWS.
• Executed complex SQL queries to perform back-end testing for data validation.
• Participated in ASCA Review process with Business Operations team involved in providing the documents for review.
• Responsible for mentoring QA and served as a lead on projects as needed.
• Worked with Off-shore team as part of the project.

Environment: Rational Functional Tester 8.3 , Rational Policy Tester 8.5, JAWS 14.0, Bugzilla, Hypersnap, Winscp, Putty, CVS, Oracle, SQL Developer, SQL, Jenkins, HTML, CSS, Java Script, Java, J2EE, XML, Windows, UNIX.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Agile Methodology. Attended Daily Scrums. Discussed about work items table items. Involved in sprint planning sessions provided estimation for tasks in RTC Rational Team Concert . Participated in sprint reviews with stakeholders. Gave Presentations in Sprint reviews.
• Worked on Integration of RTC Rational Team Concert , RQM Rational Quality Manager RFT Rational Functional Tester .
• Created work items in RTC Rational Team Concert using JAZZ.
• Involved in writing the test plan test cases using RQM Rational Quality Manager .
• Raised defects using RQM Rational Quality Manager associated the defects with work items.
• Did smoke test end to end validation process of Oracle > DSS Data Synchronization Service > Hbase.
• Did smoke test end to end validation process of GAME->FLUME->HDFS->Map Reduce-> HBase.
• Contributed documents to IBM QA Wiki.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Big insights, HBase, Flume, HDFS, Map Reduce, Zoo Keeper, Java, Eclipse, Linux, Windows, Jenkins, Maven, Oracle, RTC, RQM, RFT, Toad, Putty, WinSCP, Hypersnap.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all the quality assurance phases of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC .
• Interacted with the QA manager for the regular update of the project. Worked with Business Analysts regularly for developing test cases from the Business Requirements.
• Assisted in preparing Test Plan and Prepared Test Cases using Business requirements document and Functional requirements document of the system.
• Used Quality Center to create test cases, store test cases and run the test sets.
• Developed automated test scripts for functionality/web testing of the application using QTP. Used QTP to validate links, objects, images and text on Web pages. Enhanced and modified QTP scripts using VB Script.
• Performed Positive Negative Testing. Performed GUI testing on various screens in the web application. Performed regression test after each and every code drop.
• Prioritized and reported defects using Quality Center, to present documents and reports in team meetings. Preparing, executing and maintaining Test Scripts using QTP and Quality Center.
• Performed Back-end testing using SQL queries to validate the data in the back-end. Wrote SQL queries to fetch and verify the data.
• Performed Regression and End-to-End testing after bug fixes and modifications.
• Actively participated in project team meetings as required. Communicated project/work status and issues to QA lead. Extensively involved in Peer Reviews and reviewed Test Scripts and Test Cases. Tracked defects using Defect Manager of Quality Center and generated defect reports.
• Performed functional, Integration, regression testing and viewing, analyzing results, risk assessment and defect tracking, defect reporting and documentation.

Environment: Quality Center, Windows, QTP, VBScript, DB2, SQL, SOAPUI, HTML, CSS, Java, J2EE, XML.

Confidential

ETL Tester

Responsibilities:

• Prioritized and reported defects using Quality Center, to present documents and reports in weekly team meetings. Performed Regression and End-to-End testing after bug fixes and modifications.
• Performed Field-by-Field data verification to check the consistency of source and target data.
• Performed Validation for various calculations. Checked for missing data, negatives and consistency.
• Performed Data integrity between the various source tables and relationships.
• Performed Record Count Verification against source and target as an initial check.
• Written SQL queries to fetch and verify the data from Source and Target.
• Used Toad to interact with Databases. Used putty to interact with the Unix Servers.
• Tested the ETL process and executed Teradata SQL for ETL process.
• Developed detailed Test Cases according to design specifications and functional requirements of the application. Modified and updated Test Cases for new functionality requirements and executed against application.
• Attended meetings with assigned application teams to get details on Application overview, Business requirements and Functional Requirements.
• Collaborated with Project Manager and QA Lead to monitor and communicate status of showstopper and high severity defects.

Environment: Quality Center, UNIX, Windows, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, Teradata, Informatica Power Center, Microstrategy, Erwin, XML, TOAD, UNIX Shell Script.