SUMMARY

• 6+ years of experience in the field of Quality Assurance and Software Testing.
• Proficient in analyzing Stories, BRD, and FRS and writing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases.
• Experienced with structuring the Test plans on multiple projects and technology platforms, estimating schedules, resources and dependencies.
• Experienced in implementing Agile Software Development, Scrum, V Model, RAD, Rational and Incremental Test development methodologies.
• Proficient in wide variety of testing environments: Regression, System, Functional, Compatibility, Reliability, Usability, Scalability, Integration, UAT and related Test methodologies.
• Experienced in creating Test Data, analyzing Defects using HP ALM/Quality Center and interacting with development team to resolve issues.
• Ability to identify technical problems and write clear and detailed Defect Reports in HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Experienced in writing Functions, Views and Database Triggers using SQL and PL/SQL.
• Ability to develop Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts manually and using automation tools like Quick Test Professional/Unified Functional Testing.
• Highly proficient in writing dynamic scripts using QTP/UFT and VBScript for automation.
• Ability to identify the test cases to be automated and perform data driven testing and GUI Check Points using QTP/UFT.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high - pressure environment.
• Ability to define, to implement, and to execute testing processes within the test team.
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between.
• Ability to identify, recommend and implement mitigation strategies to keep project work on track.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP ALM, HP UFT, JIRA, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL

Programming Language: VB Script, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

Working environment: JavaScript, HTML, XML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test Cases, User Guides, Defect Management, Metrics, Release Report, Review and Status Reports.
• Analyzed Stories, BRD, and FRS to write Test Plans.
• Involved in peer reviews of the team’s Test plans and cases.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability matrix, Test data, Test strategy, Test Coverage Matrix and Test reports.
• Worked with development teams to investigate and correct Software bugs and deficiencies based on testing results.
• Updated and maintained HP ALM for all the defects found during functional and regression testing.
• Used HP ALM for doing follow up the bug life cycle.
• Wrote Functions, Views and Database Triggers using SQL and PL/SQL.
• Developed Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts manually and used automation tool like Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Performed Manual and Automated testing for the Test cases using UFT.
• Developed dynamic scripts using UFT and VBScript for automation.
• Identified the Test cases to be automated and performed data driven testing and GUI Check Points using UFT.
• Created Database Checkpoint by using UFT to make sure information entered in database without any errors.
• Participated in the User Acceptance Testing, involved in various meetings and discussed enhancement and modification request issues.
• Created weekly status updates showing the progress of the testing automation effort and open issues to be resolved.
• Participated in daily scrum team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of testing.
• Interacted with developers to resolve any defects/issues.

Environment: HP ALM, UFT, SQL Server, Html, CSS, Java, Oracle, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, Windows, Linux.

Confidential, Boston, MA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements, organized and supervised formal reviews of development documentation (requirements and design documents, system test plans).
• Developed Test plans and Test strategy documents.
• Identified of problems, risk rating, problem reporting and referral to appropriate person or team.
• Recorded thedeviations found during the development cycle and communicated to the client counterparts.
• Worked in wide variety of Testing environments: Regression, System, Functional, Compatibility, Reliability etc.
• Detected the defects using HP Quality Center.
• Assigned the defects to the developers as per their Severity and impacted on application by providing the proper description in the Quality Center.
• Executed various types of SQL queries using different types of Query tools like SQL PLUS and SQL Programmer.
• Used QTP Regular Expressions for checking web pages, images, texts, and tables.
• Developed VB scripting and Java scripting for effective automation framework in QTP.
• Designed reusable and maintainable Keyword drive/hybrid framework for function automation suite using QTP.
• Performed Manual testing (Smoke testing, System testing, Regression testing and UA testing) for QTP.
• Provided Test planning and execution status reports.
• Involved in participating in review meetings, analyzing the application and allocating the resources.
• Identified areas for improving efficiency, shortening of test cycles, and automation of Test scripts.
• Enhanced, enforced and adapted Automation processes to improve the overall delivery of solutions.

Environment: HP Quality Center, SQL Server, QTP, Html, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Java, Oracle, Windows, Linux.

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed Test plan to assist overall Test assignment, Test cases and Test scripts.
• Prepared Traceability matrix and planned Test schedule.
• Was responsible for analyzing Manual Test cases.
• Maintained traceability matrix to trace the requirements and corresponded development through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Performed Functional testing, User Acceptance Testing and System Testing.
• Executed Test plan for defect tracking in Quality Center.
• Constructed Test setup & Test mapping and exported them into Quality Center.
• Used SQL developer to perform Backend testing.
• Managed offshore resources to develop and run aQTP script of all Test cases.
• Developed Test plan, Test suites and Test cases for QTP.
• Created GUI files using QTP scripts.
• Used Modular framework with QTP descriptive programming concept.
• Executed hands-on manual (functional, system, regression, UAT) testing to ensure application quality.
• Understood business requirements through BRDs, user stories and walkthrough.
• Focused on building a robust data quality and testing approach for the master and transaction data.

Environment: SQL Server, Oracle, Html, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Windows, Linux, QTP, Quality Center, AJAX.