PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Well versed with both Manual and Automation testing
• Experience in Mentoring junior members of the testing team
• Hands on experience with all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle STLC
• Strong QA experience in testing Web-based applications, Portals, stand-alone / desktop applications that are developed on different environments .Net , Java , SharePoint , C Sharp, VB.Net, ASP.NET, MVC framework, TFS , Mainframes and CMS
• Software Quality Assurance professional with over 8 years of hands-on experience in Project Management, Software Testing, Quality Assurance and introducing SQA best practices into the software development life cycle of small to mid-sized companies
• Worked in major Retail Banking , Aviation , Mortgage and Logistics Transportation organizations
• Expertise in Waterfall, Scrum and AGILE methodologies in SDLCs
• Expertise in Functional Testing responsibilities included, Ad-Hoc , Smoke, Sanity Testings , Integration Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing UAT , ORT Operational Readiness Testing , Usability / GUI Testing , Browser Compatibility Testing and Regression Testing
• Proficient experience with various Non-Functional Testings Performance , Load Testing and Stress Testings utilizing Load Runner, VSTS and MS-WAS
• 2 Years hands on experience in web application testing with Open-Source automation tool WATIR in Ruby
• Expertise in using Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio
• Worked on Agile methodology tools Rally ,TFS 2010 for creating scripts, reviewing requirements and reviewing user stories
• Designed and Developed high level Test Strategy and Test Plan documents
• Very good in converting Business requirements into Test Procedures / Test Cases
• Reviewing Requirements , Test Plans , Test Cases and Defects
• Well versed with Test management and Defect tracking tools utilizing QC, ALM , Rally and JIRA
• Strong experience in writing complex SQL Queries extensively for applications in order to validate backend databases
• Perform Test execution , Document test results and Prepare metrics on each test execution cycles
• Experience with various web browser plug-ins / tools such as IE Developer Toolbar
• Experience with industry standard web debugging tools such as Fiddler and Firebug
• Performed project management duties for version control utilizing VSS tool
• Good functional Knowledge on automation tools QTP , Selenium, Microsoft Test Manager and SOAP UI
• Having good analytical, problem solving and leadership skills. Also, strong ability to learn new technologies in short spans and implements independently to increase efficiency, productivity, and profitability

• Strong functional background, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, team player and self-starter helps contribute to timely completion of project deliverables per Quality Producer View

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Professional EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Following Agile Scrum methodology approach for whole software development cycle
• Involving in daily stats meetings and sprint review meetings on every 15 days
• Involved in gathering business requirements, meeting Business customers and users
• Involved in ORT Operational Readiness Testing before go-live of the product
• Designed and developed the Test Plan and Test Cases for Manual testing
• Using ALM Application Life Cycle Management for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests, defect tracking and manage the defects and executing the test cases
• Performed manual test case activities including Integration Testing, Regression Testing and UAT User Acceptance Testing
• Understood each sprint story from TFS and test them in defined span of time during integration testing
• Performed requirements review and make sure any open or incomplete requirements are documented
• Responsible UI / GUI testing for usability as per iRise documents
• Prepared test data for whole cycle
• Defined and Performed smoke tests in ALM
• Performed Test Execution procedures as per Test Plan in ALM
• Performed regression testing on secondary platforms
• Reported defects utilizing TFS 2010
• Documented results and metrics on each test execution cycle in ALM
• Assurance of the achieving deadlines with QA in advance got many appreciations in this regard
• Involved in Sprint Review meetings and giving suggestions from past sprint lessons
• Involved in High-level meetings and used to co-ordinate with various other project members
• Discuss the analysis with the client and present the risks before the release goes in
• Deliverables include : Smoke Tests, Functional Test cases , Regression Tests, Daily Metrics, Test Summary Report , Documentation on Test case Reviews

Environment: Windows 7, Visual Studio .Net 2010, SQL Server 2010, TFS 2010, Visio, iRise, SharePoint, Snag IT, Honeywell Scanners , Datalogic scanner, Caliber , KIOSK Touch screen, JAVA , JTrack , LMS , Oracle , JSP , ALM , Tomcat server

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Followed traditional Waterfall development methodology for System test cycle
• Involved in throughout SDLC of the application
• Involved in gathering business requirements for Remedy, meeting Business customers and users
• Involved in gathering business requirements for Remedy, meeting Business customers and users
• Prepare the Agenda for the meeting and organize the meetings.
• Attend the regular Management calls and discuss the weekly status.
• Send the Status Report Daily, Weekly etc. to the higher Management.
• Successfully tested assigned projects, CR's, system enhancements, and/or process changes
• Review various reports prepared by the team and Frequent status check meetings with the Team.
• Communication by means of Chat / emails with the Management.
• Acted as the single point of contact between Development and Testers for iterations, testing and deployment activities.
• Track and report upon testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines, etc
• Wrote preliminary and contributed to final high level Test Plan
• Involved in define Testing tasks and dependencies in MS Project
• Created test procedures in QC tool for functional testing from Business Requirements
• Created test procedures from User Requirements, Use Cases, and existing system
• Led test execution
• Tracked test execution and defect metrics in QC
• Optimized QA procedures by standardizing and maintaining test processes
• Deliverables include: LoE ,Test Strategy ,Test Plan, Regression Tests, Daily Metrics, Test Summary Report

Environment: Windows 7 , VB.Net , Java Script , Web Logic , Oracle , BMC Remedy 7.1, Quality Center, Toad, SharePoint, Waterfall, CMDB UI, AO, SLM

Confidential

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile Scrum methodology approach for whole software development life cycle
• Involved in daily stats meetings and sprint review meetings on every 15 days
• Involved in gathering business requirements for Greendot web sites, meeting BAs Clients and users
• Involved in writing the Test Plan and Test Cases and Feature files for manual testing
• Involved in UAT, Regression, Integration and end to end testing
• Involved in ORT Operational Readiness Testing before go-live of the each Greendot and Brand sites
• Responsible UI / GUI testing for usability
• Using QC for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests, defect tracking and manage the defects and executing the test cases
• Generate different kind of reports from the JIRA for QA team metrics
• Attend the meetings with developers and business users to work on defects opened
• Reviewing the Test cases of other Team members and participating in weekly status meetings and taking Minutes
• Extensive use of SQL queries to perform Backend Testing of the Application
• Prepared the test cases for Unit testing, Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing
• Tested the IVR applications.
• Resolved the production issues and support tickets.
• Documented System Integration Test Plan for end to end testing
• Created Requirements Traceability
• Defined and set expectations of vendors testing effort
• Created UI test procedure template that was utilized across team for creating test procedures for UI testing
• Designed User Interface UI screens using Snag IT
• Converted test procedures from old system to new system according to the new UI Design
• Performed User Interface testing and Browser compatibility testing
• Defined and coordinated set up of System Integration Test environment
• Updated Test Case Database in Access, including Reports and Metrics
• Detailed repeatable end to end test cases for application, interviewed developers to gain detailed information on complex calculations and backend exception processing in order to validate the back end utilizing SQL Plus
• Deliverables include: Master Test Plan, Trace Matrix, Regression Tests, Daily Metrics, Test Summary Report

Environment: Web Testing , ASP.Net, MVC 2.0, SQL Server 2008 , JIRA , QC , SharePoint , Web Services, JAVA , Rally , IE Dev Tool bar , Snag IT , Fiddler

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led 2 member small scale testing team in offshore
• Involved in Functional Automation utilizing WATIR tool with Ruby scripting
• Was Responsible for RUBY scripts design and development for WATIR tool
• Responsible for Performance testing utilizing Load Runner
• Followed Agile Scrum methodology approach for whole software development life cycle
• Led to completion the testing effort of project utilizing milestone approach to development
• Guided and Mentored Junior Testers of the team
• Performed back up project management duties
• Performed requirements review and refinement
• Responsible UI / GUI testing for usability
• Defined and coordinated set up of System Integration Test environment
• Defined smoke test for Manual suit
• Detailed repeatable end to end test cases for application, interviewed Business team to gain detailed information
• Executed ad hoc ,Functional/Regression testing
• Involved in Browser compatibility testing
• Defects were logged in JIRA defect tracker tool
• Developed and Refactored WATIR scripts using RUBY with QA standards for UI and Regression testing
• Maintained and executed automated test scripts
• Created the Performance Test Plan.
• Created the performance scripts to load all the Test Data.
• a Involved in Planning Load Test scenarios b Created Vuser Scripts for Load simulation. c Refactoring Load Scenarios d Run the Load Tests using Controller e Configure LR Analyzer to Analyze Results
• Created Database Vuser scripts by recording the activity between the client and the server
• Reported Performance Improvement areas as per analyzing the Graphs
• Discuss the analysis with the client and present the risks before the release goes in
• Deliverables includes: Smoke Tests, Regression Tests, Daily Metrics, Test Summary Report , Watir Automated scripts

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Followed traditional Waterfall development methodology for whole software development life cycle
• Responsible for Performance testing with Load Runner 8.1 tool
• Created the performance test scripts using VUGen as per the requirements.
• Involved in refactoring of the Performance scripts and customized them
• Designed scenarios for Performance Testing, Generating scripts and handling Correlation as well as parameterization using Load runner Vugen, executed scenarios using Controller and analyzed the results using Load runner Analyzer.
• Involved in Ad-hoc, Regression and Stress testing's
• Prepared and Executed of regression test cases
• Detected defects and documented them through approved defect reports in Excel spread sheets
• Kept track of them efficiently till they were close
• Coordinated with development team
• Responsible UI / GUI testing for usability
• Performed Stress Testing with bulk call generators utilizing MS-WAS tool
• Wrote test scripts and tweaked out them
• Recorded performance measures and analyzed them with graphs
• Tested Back-end using SQL queries extensively