CORE SKILLS SUMMARY

Over 8 years of progressive experience in the field of Software quality assurance and testing with a wide variety of projects and environments. Extensive experience in execution of Performance Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, System Testing, Black Box Testing, White Box Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing and related test methodologies. Good experience in Testing web applications, client-server, network, database, 3-tier and related projects on Windows, Mainframes and UNIX operating systems. Mentor, coordinator and leadership roles in creation and execution of QA testing processes, Test strategies, Test plans, Bug documentation and Change management.

EXPERTISE

• Proficient in Quality Assurance Manual and automated of E-commerce, Web based Internet and Intranet and Client-Server Applications.
• Extensive problem solving capabilities with extensive interaction with end customers and in-depth technical system design skills.
• Experience in execution of Functional Testing, Regression Testing, , System Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing and related test methodologies.
• Expert in using performance test tools like QTP, JMeter, RESTClient, WebScarab, FireBug, GreaseMonkey and Temper Data.
• Working with Java, C .NET ,Javascript, JQuery JSF JSP, AJAX, SharePoint, PHP, Joomla, C, C and HTML, CSS technology and also with relational databases such as SQL, PL/SQL, RDBMS and ORACLE.
• Expert in using reporting tools like JIRA, Mantis, Snagit and Camtasia.
• Working with Project Management Team Foundation Server, SharePoint, Microsoft Project and source code version control SVN environment.
• Mentor, coordinator and leadership roles in creation and execution of Software implementation
• Extensively worked in Scrum environment with active involvement in daily meetings.
• Test applications in Agile and Waterfall development process.
• Expert in developing various test plans and test cases from user stories.
• Actively participated in Scrum meetings, reviews and developed test scenarios.
• Proficient with testing techniques in Java and J2EE environments.
• Back-end Testing of Oracle, SQL server. Good knowledge of QA methodologies and process.
• Build and maintain SQL scripts and indexes.
• Wrote many complex SQL queries for data analysis,extract, transform and load including auto backup restore .
• Track defects using Quality Center and generate defect summary reports.
• Interact with business analysts and software developers for bug reviews and participated in QA meetings.
• Created traceability matrices to fill the gap between requirements and test cases.
• Assisted Scrum team in preparing the Sprint backlog.
• Experience in testing and validation of data in the Mainframes Environment
• Demonstrated abilities with scripting languages, setting up testing environments, creating test suites, and working with databases

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Experience working in the following industries: Web-based e-commerce systems, Credit reporting, Property insurance, Casualty Insurance, Auto Insurance, Life Insurance, Payroll, Banking, electronic communications, telecommunication, microfinance, education and healthcare

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Test Tools: QTP, Win Runner, Load Runner, Jmeter, RestClient, Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager, Silk Tester, SOAP UI
• Bug Reporting: Quality Center, Test Director 8.0, Clear Quest, QA Director and Defect Tracker Engineer
• Scripting Languages: TSL, SQA Basic, VBScript, Java script
• OS: MS-DOS, Unix, Linux, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT/7/8
• Languages: C, C , VC , C , Java, ASP.Net,PHP, Joomla, SharePoint, SQL and PL/SQL
• Web Technologies: Servlets, EJB, ASP, COM, DCOM, JDBC, RMI
• Web Language: HTML, XML
• RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MS Access
• Application servers: Web Logic, Web Sphere, Visual SVN, Tomcat
• Network: TELNET, FTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Others: Crystal Reports, Capstone Decision manager , MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Front page, MS Outlook.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Role: QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with development and Product owners to understand product features.
• Extensively do testing in system test and integrated test environments
• Design, develop and execute test cases that validate product features
• Extensively use SOAP UI tool for testing web services
• Extensively use Tibco Test Harness tool to send transactions and simulate the external applications
• Expertise in XML and Web service testing
• Develop Complex SQL queries to retrieve data for validation purposes based on the test cases.
• Extensively configured and used simulator tools for submitting the messages in system test environment where the back end connectivity is unavailable.
• Extensively used BUGTRACKER tool for bug tracking, issue tracking.
• Actively participating in enhancement meetings focused at making the application more reliable and also responsible for submitting daily report status.
• Responsible for testing the Real time and near Real time transactions from POS
• Extensively use the TIBCO applications when validating the data flow between multiple systems
• Extensively used Unix commands to verify Tibco middleware application logs
• Extensively coordinated with Development team, Testing team, Business Team and management team in multi phased environment.
• Extensively tested all Sales reports developed in Crystal reporting tool with Oracle as Backed database
• Responsible for Coordinating with Off shore resources.

Environment: Oracle SQL Developer, Soap UI, TIBCO BW BE Services, TIBCO Designer, TIBCO Test Harness, TIBCO MDM,TIBCO CLE, Bug tracker, Snagit, Beyond Compare, Oracle, Altova XML SPY, Unix, MS OFFICE, Crystal Reports

Confidential

Role: QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering the Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Design Specifications document and the Use Case document.
• Created the Detailed Test Estimates and Test Effort for the Project
• Responsible for creating the Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure the requirements are matched to the Test cases for complete Test Coverage of the application
• Had multiple brain storming sessions with business team to understand the business logic's
• Conducted the Weekly status meetings with the QA Team and other teams
• Responsible for conducting the Test plan and Test case review and signed off on Test plan and Test cases after completion.
• Extensively written Complex SQL queries as part of back end testing to extract data from various tables to compare the actual results from the application.
• Responsible for creating the Risk Analysis document
• Responsible for preparing the system analysis document
• Created Test plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for the MICSES project.
• Involved in the change management process and responsible for addressing the changes required while testing the application to the QA team to ensure adequate testing is performed
• Automated Test scripts using Rational Robot and enhanced them according to the requirements.
• Involved in both Manual and Automated testing for Functional, Regression, Integration, System and Back-end Testing
• Involved in Performance Test using Load Runner and QC to make sure every utility is functioning according to the pre-defined requirements.
• Analyzed test results for performance test, load test, produced various graphs and documents.

Environment: Oracle, Windows, UNIX, Java, Oracle SQL Developer, Soap UI

Tools: Quality Center, MS Office, Load Runner and Rational Robot

Confidential

Role: Sr. Software Engineer

Overview

Diversified group of manufacturing and service providing companies, active in textiles, chemicals, real estate, food products, ceramics and information. Woven and knitted fabrics for the apparel industry, from cotton, polyester and blends.

Responsibilities:

• Collect client's requirements and analyze the requirements to produce a solution.
• Software Documentation including User Requirements Specification, Use Case Analysis, and Software Design Document using MS Visio, MS SQL and MS Word.
• Develop Application using SharePoint, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, JIRA, MS SQL, MySQL, MS Access and SVN.
• Prepare Test Case Plan and execute Test Run in Desktop, Mobile and Web based applications using QTP, Emulator and Jmeter.
• Report bug/issue and prepare document as per requirement using JIRA, Snagit Camtasia.
• Software Validation including System Installation Qualification, System Operational Qualification, and System Performance Qualification.
• Develop IT Policy including SOP for Software Development, Data Backup Policy, Security Policy, and Password Management Policy.
• Ensure quality and performance of the service being delivered by Engineers.
• Conduct software's user training including user manuals, training materials, and training plan.
• Involve in recruiting/training/guiding of new Engineers.

Lead QA QC Team.

• Environment: ASP. Net, Java, Java Script, , HTML,CSS, SharePoint, MS SQL, MySQL, MS Access, Linux
• Tools: QTP, Load Runner, Jmeter
• Lakjaya, Colombo Jan 2009 Jan 2010

Role: Software Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and engineering user requirements.
• Work with development team in C , ASP.Net, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, RDBMS environment.
• Solve problems and extensive interaction with customers and in-depth technical system design.
• Prepare Test Case Plan and execute Test Run.
• Prepare document for projects.
• Lead Teams and mentoring team members.

Environment: C , MS SQL, ASP.Net, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, RDBMS, Window XP 7

Tools: Load Runner, Camtasia JIRA, MS Visio, MS Project.

Confidential

Role: Test Engineer SQA

Responsibilities:

• Created detailed Test Scenarios and Test cases according to the business/functional requirements
• Gathering the Business Requirements, Design and functional Specifications, which involve series of meetings with developers and Business System Analysts BSA .
• Stored Test requirements in Rational Requisite Pro.
• Performed extensive Database Testing by writing complex SQL Queries in TOAD to test the different scenarios in the application.
• Worked closely with Test Data specialist and Test Environment Specialist.
• Signed off the Test Entrance Criteria before to the start of testing.
• Performed Smoke Testing to make sure all the Test Channels and Test Environment is working as desired.
• Created, maintained, and updated Regression suites for continuous builds.
• Enhanced test scripts with GUI, Functional, Database, Verification points and functions.
• Created User defined functions to test the particular requirements.
• Performed Integration testing to make sure interaction between systems and subsystems.
• Functional, System, Boundary, Integration and End-to-End tests were performed during different phases of testing.
• Performed Performance testing using Rational Robot.
• Performed manual testing in critical areas of AUT
• Logged defects in defect tracking database with proper severity levels
• Maintaining, Monitoring, and documented the behavior of the application in different phases of Testing.
• Responsible for providing Status Reports and Final Report of Testing to the QA Manager and signed off Test Exit Criteria

Environment: Java, HTML, Applets, Servlets UNIX, Oracle and Windows NT and MKS, Source Integrity

Tools: Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager, Rational Clear Quest and Rational Requisite Pro.

Confidential

Role: QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• QTP was used to generate automated test scripts for functionality and GUI testing and modified the script using TSL Test Script Language .
• Involved in preparation of Test plans, Created test cases and responsible for executing the Test Scripts.
• Responsible for designing, developing test plans use cases and executing test scripts.
• Performed functional, Regression, User Acceptance Testing and system testing.
• Interacted with Business users and Technical team in providing clear solutions to requirements.
• Used Test Director for preparing the test plans and manual test scripts.
• Test execution-using Test Director.
• Worked with developers using Test Director to fix the defects.
• Performed Manual, Win Runner testing and defect tracking and resolution of applications and solutions.
• Developed XML test files based on XML schema.
• Tested the Web Services SOAP , both Request and Response Messages.
• Conducted Load/Performance testing.
• Bugs were reported to Developers using Test Director and after rectification from Developers regression testing was performed.
• Good experience in performing back end/ database testing using complex SQL queries for data analysis and extraction
• Developed detailed test plans from use cases detailed specifications etc. develop test cases for Functional and User Acceptance testing.
• Script enhancements and Data Driven Testing were implemented with Win Runner.
• Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL queries and UNIX shell scripts.
• Attended Code Review meetings.

Environment: J2EE, Java Script, Web Sphere, MQ series, XML, SOAP, HTML, Oracle, Windows NT/00, SQL, PL/SQL, AIX, UNIX

Tools: QTP,Jmeter, SOAP, Rational Test Manager, Rational Clear Quest and Rational Requisite Pro.