SUMMARY

• 9 years of strong working experience in Software Development and Software Quality Assurance with sound knowledge of Manual and Automated Testing.
• Experience in Confidential Mainframe environment.
• Strong SQA experience and experience in all phases of SDLC.
• Requirement gathering and documentation skills.
• Experience on preparing Test Plan, Test Case, Test Reports and Test scenarios.
• Test automation skills and experience with HP/Mercury products.
• Experience with functionality and performance testing of client server and browser based applications in multiplatform environment.
• Excellent SQL skills and good experience with Relational databases and backend testing .
• Experience in Black box testing processes for data - driven and user interactive web based applications.
• Proficient in reporting defects into the defect tracking system and results to the assigned project.
• Participated in meetings with developers, project manager, and other team members, while they discussed on how to ensure problem solutions and user satisfaction.
• Possess extensive experience in analyzing the Business Requirement Documents, Functional specifications and Technical Specifications.
• Expertise in all quality related documentation (Test planning, Test cases, Test scripts, Test data and Status Reports).
• Ability to quickly master new concepts, strong aptitude towards learning new technologies and sharing ideas.
• Team player with good organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows, z/OS, Confidential 4690, iSeries, UNIX

Languages: C/C++, Visual Basic, VB.Net, SQL, VBScript, JAVA, Cobol, Jcl

Database & Tools: ORACLE, MS-Access, SQL Server, TOAD, DB2

Testing Tools: Mercury Quality Center(QC)11.0, Test Director, Quick Test Professional( QTP)10.0, LoadRunner, ClearQuest

Internet Technologies: ASP.Net, HTML, DHTML, XML, HTTP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Phoenix, Arizona

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Workflow execution of credit verification, Legal checks and Personal details verification using the existing system.
• Web page testing for banking specific needs such as managing contents, business processes and informed decision making.
• Generate monthly/weekly/daily reports as a regulatory submission and documented stored Procedures and triggers to improve daily operations and improve business operation and user efficiencies.
• Created and maintained testing artifacts (test data, test plans, test cases, defect reports, etc.) for client products
• Executed test cases to verify the expected results.
• Analyzed and helped in modifying the Use Cases and created the test cases based on them.
• Execution of the test scenarios and scripts and review of product functionality.
• Performed Integration Testing, System Testing, and Regression Testing.
• Provided QA management with test case coverage reports and defect metrics to indicate status of testing efforts.
• Reported defects and worked with business and technical teams to manage defects until resolved
• Involved in test execution, Bug Reporting and bug logging in bug tracker.
• Involved in developing Entry & Exit criteria and defined pass and fail standards.
• Performed Positive & Negative Testing
• Worked on Mercury's Quality Center(QC)10.0, LoadRunner to map requirements to test cases, create test sets and carried out test runs manually as well as using automated test scripts.
• Participated in weekly meeting with the management team and walkthroughs

Environment: Quality Center(QC)10.0, Quick Test Professional (QTP)11.0 VBScript, SDLC, JAVA, LoadRunner, MS SQL Server 6.5, Internet Explorer,Safari,Firefox,Chrome

Confidential -California

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Business/Development meetings to understand user requirements.
• Analyzing thoroughly the product requirements for new functionalities.
• Responsible for running automated test script
• Prepared test cases, test plans..
• Responsible for Functional testing, integration, load, Regression, performance testing on modifications and enhancements prior to production release.
• Responsible for conducting manual testing and end-user testing.
• Created Test cases to test various aspects of application.
• Reports project test metrics to include items as time allocated, problems found, and enhancements requested as a result of new functionality, and defect status.
• Participated in daily Walk Through and Defect report meetings.
• Analyzed test results, identified issues and reported it to the developers and project manager.
• Created Process and Procedures for Defect Tracking with Clear Quest.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong organizational skills.

Environment: Quality Center(QC)11.0, Quick Test Professional (QTP)10.0, Agile/Scrum, VBScript, JAVA, LoadRunner, ClearQuest, Confidential Rational robot

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements, use cases, data flow charts
• Coordinated with development team, SME and developed test cases and test data for functionality testing
• Tracked the requirement changes and ensured proper test coverage
• Reviewed the test cases and generated test data to simulate various business critical scenarios
• Utilized Quality Center to manage the test cases and test execution
• Utilized QTP (VBScript) to automate the UI test scenarios
• Participated and conducted walkthroughs, attended meetings and JAD sessions, and signoff sessions
• Executed test scenario to validate the price management, POS transactions (functions as sales, returns, exchanges), inventory management functionalities
• Generated test data to simulate various store operations and validate the replenishment features
• Verified the business logics, interfaces to multiple support systems including legacy applications running on mainframe
• Conducted backend tests to validate the functional implementation of business logics
• Executed SQL queries to verify the data quality and integrity
• Worked with Data Tables in QTP. Imported data from external source to data tables.
• Verified the ad hoc reporting features
• Followed managers' direction regarding project priorities, milestones and initiatives communication and test methodology Agile.
• Categorized the requirements and test cases and used Test Director to manage them
• Tracked the defects in TD and created custom reports on tests status
• Performed regression tests on application builds and analyzed the test results
• Gathered the test results and formulated test status reports

Environment: Quality Center(QC)11.0, Quick Test Professional(QTP)10.0,VB Script, JAVA, z/OS, Windows, Agile/Scrum, VB.Net, ASP.Net, COBOL/DB2, File-AID, MS SQL, XML, HTML, Win Runner, VSS

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the systems
• Resolve the service tickets
• Performed daily scheduled tasks.
• Job Scheduler.

Environment: DB2 Database with COBOL & JCL as Programming Language and asnd CICS as front end user.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in a Life-time Service Support Project of a client in USA
• Continuous Analysis of data, preparation of analysis document and devising unit test plan
• Based on Client need enhancement of existing program functionalities through analysis of data
• Unit testing of developed modules

Environment: DB2 Database with COBOL & JCL as Programming Languages