PROFILE SUMMARY

QA Analyst/Engineer with over 6 years of experience in Test Strategy, Test Planning and Test Result management. Experienced in applying technical and practical skills to mange and execute processes in an Agile/Scrum environment with dynamically changing requirements.

• Functional Testing, Black Box Testing, Integration Testing, System testing, Regression Testing, Usability Testing, Browser Testing
• Performed data centric backend testing of applications using UNIX and SQL scripts
• Trained and Managed overseas testing team
• Mentored QA team on testing process
• CreatedTraceability Matrixusing Functional Requirements Specifications
• Administered Bugzilla
• Automated testing using WinRunner & Test Director

Hardware: Sun, HCL-HP (SVR42), Mac
OS: UNIX, SUN Solaris, Windows XP, Mac OSX
Database: Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2000, MS Access, MySQL
Software: UNIX Shell, SQL, SQLPLUS, PL/SQL, SharePoint, MySQL Query Browser, Toad,
Mercury WinRunner, Test Director, QTP, PVCS, Bugzilla, Jira, Subversion/Tortoise, Confluence,
Firebug, Fiddler, Amazon S3, Selenium, Push to Test

Confidential, MD - Analyst/Tester April 2010 - Current

Confidential, is a web applications/services helping multiple federal agencies manage the multi-billion dollar federal grant award business process

• Participated in daily Scrum meeting, Scrum of Scrum meetings, Requirements Analysis, Design reviews, and Release meeting
• As a Scrum Master maintained communication between other scrum teams and Project Manager
• Created, Maintained User stories, presented user demo and trained Support team
• Conducted application compatibility testing, 508 compliance testing with various Browsers
• Wrote and recorded scripts for functional and regression testing using Selenium and Push to test
• Performed Functional, GUI, Regression, System Integration, User Acceptance, Configuration and Data Migration testing
• Integrated with other systems using Axis (SOAP) Web Services and JMS messaging

Environment: Java, Oracle, JIRA, Confluence, Hudson, Zephyr, Push to test, Selenium, Cognos, Soap UI

Confidential, VA - QA Engineer November 2006 - November 2009

Anystream and Voxant merged to create Grab Networks. It is a syndication network for publishing video anywhere on the Internet. The system automatically manages, transcodes and tags video assets- turning clips into searchable packets that can be combined with relevant advertising and distributed to any device.

• Defined, implemented, and maintained Test plans for the end-to-end suite service from Video Capture, Video Ingestion, publishing, syndication, distribution to monetization
• Led testers during network migration of a live production multi-tier website and distributed video player system which went live on time and without service interruption
• Wrote and executed test plans for Flash based online streaming video editing tool and custom video player, exception reporting and player reporting
• Coordinated with offshore development and QA team to assure quality and consistency of overall product line, both client-facing and in-house application
• Trained in-house personnel and marketing staff on products and handled technical training of IT staff in India
• Performed all types of testing including functional, navigational, Browser compatibility testing, adhoc testing, usability, database, and regression testing of the entire application.
• Executed Integration test cases to test API, XML message transfer
• Evaluated, recommended, maintained, and administered issue tracking tool bugzilla and managed issues with JIRA
• Provided Functional knowledge expertise for client support team

Environment: Ruby on rails, Ruby, Java, MySql, Flash/Flex, Amazon S3, Firebug, Fiddler, Confluence, Subversion, Jira, Bugzilla

Confidential - QA Analyst August 2006 - September 2006

DHS seeks to provide overall program management and development of structure to manage the efforts related to the reporting on Rice-Chertoff Initiative via an executive dashboard.

• Created Test plan and XML test cases using Functional Requirement Document
• Executed the test cases, updated project plan and provided Management Metrics
• Maintained check lists, issue lists and documented defect tracking

Environment: Windows 2003, C-Sharp, SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Confidential, MD - QA Analyst September 2005 - December 2005

AWARDS By Web is a web based, self-service financial aid solution that guides students through the process of funding their education.

• Updated test plans, prepared test cases and test data for User Acceptance Testing
• Created Traceability Matrix using Functional Requirements Specifications
• Managed bug-fixes, coordinated testing with off shore team for daily builds and weekly releases

Environment: Java, Oracle, SQL, DB2,Visio 2003, Test Log, Bugzilla

Confidential, India - QA Analyst February 2005 - July 2005

The project goal was to merge multiple insurance databases into a single database. This data centric initiative involved unifying functionally similar tables, lying in multiple vendor specific databases. Represented QA on the cross-functional development oversight team Used SQL*PLUS scripts for testing data integrity and consistency and UNIX scripts to execute SQL in batch mode to repeat test procedures

Environment: Java, Pro*C, Oracle, Mantis, QTP, SUN Solaris

Confidential, VA - QA Tester September 2004 - January 2005

Confidential - Developed test plans, and prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for an online Loan Acquisition system (LAS)
Confidential - Worked with Tradesphere Importer Module in Vastera's suite of global trade management software. Created test scripts for data driven tests using WinRunner testing tool to test the web interface and SQL for backend DB tests

Environment: DB2, Test Director, Winrunner, Loadrunner, Java, PVCS, Visio 2000

Confidential, India - Software Tester June 2001 - January 2002

Tested the functionality of Hospital Management Software that provided interconnectivity with various departments of a hospital in addition to managing electronic patient records.

Education:
Masters in Commerce