SUMMARY

• About 3 years of experience in the technology industry in Software Quality Assurance and software testing with diverse projects, clients and industry.
• Experienced in analysis, design, development and software testing.
• Strong experience and knowledge of manual and automated testing, white - box, black-box testing, system testing, Agile testing, functional testing, regression testing, and load testing. Versatile in a wide range of manual and automated testing tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and documentation skills, Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Diversified experience in Software Quality Assurance and Software Testing with in-depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having thorough understanding of various phases of SDLC such as Requirements gathering, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing.
• Experience in preparing Test plans, Preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), writing Test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts for manual and automated testing environment.
• Performed Manual and Automated Testing on Windows and UNIX platform.
• To perform different Test levels.
• Perform AgileTesting methodology.
• For Executing Scripts manually, involved in preparing data.
• Experience in all Facets of the QA Life Cycle and SDLC, with timely delivery.
• Experience in Black Box, Positive, Negative, Data-driven, Unit, Integration and System.
• Performed Back-End Testing manually and using automated testing tool by executing SQL queries.
• Experienced in Regression and Functional Testing.
• Experienced in reporting bugs using Bug tracking tools such as Hp Quality center.
• Performed Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Usability testing and Security testing of various applications.
• Extensive knowledge of Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix and performing Gap Analysis.
• Have inserted many check points using QTP to test availability of the data in the application.
• Expertise in Performance Testing, Stress Testing and Volume Testing of Client/Server and Web based applications using different tools.
• Used Test Director and HP Quality Center for Bugs reporting and communicating to developers, product support and test team members.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure the correct business logic.
• Ability to quickly understand and interpret business requirements.
• Good Documentation and Process Management skills with an ability to effectively understand the business requirements to develop a quality product.
• Excellent Communication Skills along with verbal and written skills. Exceptional ability to learn new concepts in least time.
• Possess Excellent Professional Skills for working independently and as a team member to deliver the results in the most efficient manner and ensuring a healthy environment among the team members.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: SQL, C/ C++, Java, XML, Visual Basic and SOAP UI

Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, JIRA, Toad, QTP, Load Runner, Rational ClearQuest, Rational Functional Tester, Win Runner, Unix shell scripting, DOORS, Eclipse, JTAF, SOAP UI, REST

Scripting Languages: VB Script, Unix shell scripting, Perl, TSL

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, MS Access

Development Methodologies: Waterfall, V-Model, Spiral- Model, AGILE, SCRUM

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality center, JIRA, Product Studio, Redmine, Rational Clear Quest

Other Core Competencies: Requirement Analysis, test planning, test execution and test results analysis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing test cases and test scripts to verify requirements and design based on defined testing standards.
• Responsible for defect identification, documentation, communication and tracking in accordance to related procedures in the available tools.
• Performed Scalability, Performance and Load testing using Load Runner creating Virtual User Scripts, Defining User Behavior, Running Load Test Scenario and Monitoring the Performance, Analyzing Result
• Coordinated and Collaborated with QA team, Architects, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Leads, and Developers to ensure that the Quality Assurance deliverables and approach are comprehensive and meet required objectives.
• Ensured Test traceability from high level requirements to lower level requirements to test cases.
• Identified and executed positive and negative test cases and test scenarios and the data sets required to support them.
• Analyzed requirement documents and used it to come up with a suitable test plan.
• Developed automation test scripts for performing regression testing on the application using QTP.
• Tested the interface between database and the application
• Verified the application’s functionality on different configuration with QTP
• Handled dynamic Objects using regular expression in QTP
• Maintained various versions of Test Script.
• Performed Sanity and Smoke testing
• Perform AgileTesting methodology.
• Back End Testing using Database Check Point in QTP
• Used Load Runner for Performance, Stress, and Load Testing

Environment: QTP, UFT, Load Runner, MS-SQL server, Windows 2000

Confidential, Kent,WA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked with SMEs to understand business requirements and prioritized Test cases based on customer needs and Business Requirements.
• Prepared Test Plans using Enterprise Quality Center.
• Analyzed change requests and created/updated test cases for maximum test coverage
• Coordinate testing effort, test deliverables, status reporting, defect escalation to management and development team
• Produced Requirements Traceability Matrixes to test cases using Quality Center.
• Logged and tracked defects in QC and JIRA.
• Participate in the technical review of test automation project deliverables
• Developed and executed test cases with different test sets for different objectives based on the business/functional requirements.
• Facilitating test case reviews with the development and business team.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the regression suite for projects for regression of new releases.
• Performed various types of testing, such as Functional, Negative, Regression and User Acceptance Testing, AgileTesting methodology.
• Executed functional tests on Web Based UI Application with various test data
• Performed User Acceptance testing for different payment system.
• Performed integration testing during different testing phases.
• Queried Oracle Database using SQL to validate Business Process and Conducted through backend testing
• Used Quality Center to identify, logging, reporting and prioritizing defects.
• Reviewed extensive SQL Queries with complex multi-table joins and nested queries.
• Documented defects in Enterprise Quality Center and helped developers identify the modules and code sections to be fixed.
• Produced Requirements Traceability Matrixes for test case traceability.
• Work with development, QA, and Automation engineers to research, design, and develop complex test automation units.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wrote SQL queries in SQL Server and Oracle databases to perform Backend Testing
• Drafted test strategies, test plan and test cases based on functional specification
• Executed test cases manually and verified actual results against expected results.
• Performed manual testing at initial stages followed by automated testing
• Performed Backend testing using complex SQL queries manually by Unix Shell Scripting
• Validated some of the reports, using complex SQL queries, generated during the process
• Performed negative and positive testing manually, along with functionality testing
• Interacted with developers and the Business on a regular basis for enhancing the requirements.
• Recorded requirements artifacts, types, attributes and Traceability criteria in the Requirements Management Plan document and categorized requirements using the FURPS model Functional, Usability, Reliability, Performance, Supportability
• Was involved in User Acceptance Testing and interfaced with automation team to ensure the automated scripts comply with system test requirements.
• Performed data integration testing on the application
• Involved in writing scripts for the load tests as per the requirements
• Documented and reported defects within established process and tracking systems using Mercury Quality center.