SUMMARY:

• Over 8years’ experience in Information Technology as Software Quality Analyst. I have diverse experience in Automation Testing, Manual Testing, and in depth understanding of all phases of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Extensive experience in automation Testing Tools like Win Runner, Quick Test Pro (QTP) Data Driven for regression and functional testing, Silk Test, Test Partner, Load Runner, and Quality Center. I am a highly motivated team player with excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experienced in Agile environment with the ability to multi - task and perform testing on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Good understanding and hands on experience with web technologies like HTML, CSS, XPATH, XML, JavaScript, SOAP, WSDL and SAAS
• Always driven to work in challenging and cross-platform environment.
• Highly proficient in interacting with cross-functional teams to understand the business goal and the scope of the project.
• Extensively executed UNIX shell scripts and SQL queries to verify the database table column changes. Experience in Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Backend testing and Performance Testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Expertise in writing manual test cases, automation test scripts for various modules of the applications. Expertise in bug tracking tools like Quality Center, ALM,Test Director, Jira and Clear Case.Created test plans to keep track of the testing efforts. Expert in understanding Development Methodologies like Agile, RUP, and Waterfall.
• Experience with ETL Testing - Extract - Transfer - Load, Data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with QA Methodology including defect tracking and management. Interacted closely with the development team and the higher management to meet the deadlines of Project milestones.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and able to work under tight deadlines and capable of effectively handling multiple ongoing projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools:  Quick Test Professional, Win Runner, Load Runner, HP Performance Center,Quality Center (ALM), SOAP UI, Test Director

Web Technologies:  C++, Java Script,VBScript, HTML, XML, ABAP/4, Visual Basic 6, TSL

Databases:  Oracle 8i, 9i & 10g, SQL Server 7.0, MS Access

Operating Systems:  UNIX, HTTP, Windows (NT, 2000, XP)

Applications:  MS Office Suite, MS Visio,TOAD, Eclipse, TFS, SQL server management studio, Visual Studio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Raleigh NC 

Sr.QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

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• Conducted walk through meetings with team leads, analyst and developers in discussing the requirements and to test environment to be setup and writing test cases.
• Performed  Ad-hoc testing, smoke testing, Sanity Testing,  Functional testing, Integration testing, Block Box, End to End, Navigational and Regression tests Back end validation Testing, End to End Testing.
• Executed and guided ETL QA Team involved in System Integration testing with multiple data sources and Interfaces.
• Developed and reviewed Test plan and Test coverage for large scale data projects.
• Walkthrough the test deliverables to all the project stakeholders.
• Conducted work sessions with the integration teams to resolve the issues for quick turnaround.
• Presented the status to clients on daily and weekly basis.
• Lead the defect triage meetings with the project team including all the vendors and all other integration partners.
• Prepared and managed estimates and deliverables.
• Reviewed supplier deliverables and provided feedback and direction.
• Assessed risk to schedule, cost or quality on project and testing engagement.
• Prepared and managed project testing schedule.
• Prepared and facilitated implementation of SIT and UAT test plans.
• Managed prioritized defects and coordinated with relevant team on issues.

Confidential,Huntersville,NC

Sr.QA Analyst

• Analyzed Functional Requirement Documents and Use Case to create Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Documented the manual test cases using ALM.
• Did content management testing on browsers and platforms for site visitors use
• Tested screen resolutions, color settings, navigation and links
• Tested the ads, page templates, content and images
• Performed backend testing to validate database contents by writing and executing SQL Queries.
• Involved in Functional, Regression and Integration Testing.
• Performed Web Services testing and Validated XML request/response data using SOAPUI.
• Created Test Sets to do Functional and Data Driven Testing on the Web Services.
• Inserted Assertions on the Test Cases to validate the XML SOAP response.
• Conducted Load testing using SOAPUI tool.
• Generated reports using SOAPUI.
• Presented regular progress reports, defect reports and the test execution reports.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using ALM.

Confidential,Charlotte,NC 

Sr. QA Analyst

• Managing the onsite and off-shore based Manual and Automation test teams to coordinate all testing activities for all assigned applications
• Preparing Test plan, Test Strategy, Timeline Reports and Weekly Status Reports
• Review the Requirements, Test scenarios with Business Analysts, Users, Dev team, SME's and QA to get approval.
• Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project
• Track and prepare the report of testing activities like testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines etc.
• Conducting Daily stand up calls for the project status and Defect triage for the review of defects in Quality Center.
• Executed Test cases in Quality Center / ALM - Test Lab.
• Prepare and present presentations to senior management on the value of automated testing.
• Document, implement, monitor, and enforce all processes for testing as per standards defined by the organization.
• Verifying and Validating the Insurance premiums, Functionalities, reports and PDF illustrations as per the Requirements against the Application Quote Tools.
• ETL Testing process - Validated source and target database to validate the report.
• Follow up with standard Test Methodology such as Iterative, AGILE and software testing life cycle (STLC) to perform different types of testing for the projects.
• Conduct walk- through for Requirements, Test plan, Test strategy, test cases, analyzing various testing documents and process of testing life cycle.
• Define the "Test Engagement Process" for new application launch and maintenance releases.
• Working closely with the application development and design and testing team to resolve technical issues and interacted with them to ensure overall quality of the software.
• Gathering information, process improvements and working as Teams for the overall achievements of the quality product.

Confidential,Roseland,NJ

Sr QA Analyst

• Analyzed Functional Requirement Documents and Use Case to create Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Documented the manual test cases using ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)/Quality Center.
• Tested extensively ESO - BigMachines software (ERP vendor package) with Sales Force integration
• Performed backend testing to validate database by writing SQL Queries
• Performed Back end testing by writing SQL statements like Join, Inner Joins, Outer joins and Self Joins used TOAD and SQL Developer
• Performed Backend/SQL Test for Insert, Update, and Functions.
• Tested pricing rules and the underlying constraint rules based on the business specifications
• Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walk throughs with team members.
• Did Regression testing how new application functional changes integrate with existing application
• Worked closely with Development team to explain new issues and tested the bug fixes.

Confidential, PA 

Sr. QA Analyst

• Led testing on multiple projects, managed up to 6 QA Engineers
• Analyzed Functional Requirement Documents and Use Case to create Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Documented the manual test cases using Quality Center.
• Performed backend testing to validate database contents by writing and executing SQL Queries.
• Created and executed the SQL queries to test for the data validations in the reports and other business functionality such as required fields, data formats, and data integrities. 
• Involved in Functional, Regression and Integration Testing.
• Performed Web Services testing and Validated XML request/response data using SOAPUI.
• Created Test Sets to do Functional and Data Driven Testing on the Web Services.
• Used Groovy Script to connect Database.
• Inserted Assertions on the Test Cases to validate the XML SOAP response.
• Conducted Load testing using SOAPUI tool.
• Generated reports using SOAPUI.
• Tracked and coordinated the defects using JIRA tool with the business and developers
• Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walkthroughs with team members.
• Did Regression testing how new application functional changes integrate with existing application
• Worked closely with Development team to explain new issues and tested the bug fixes.
• Handled the challenging job to co-ordinate between different teams located in different geographical locations.

Confidential,Deerfield,IL 

QA Engineer

• Reviewed the functional and business requirements and create design documents and use cases based on the understanding.
• Prepared test plan, test strategy, design and develop test cases, test scripts
• Perform functional, regression, security testing of BM-CPQ product implementation.
• Performed Agile/Scrum TDD methodology in test practices
• Executed SQL statements to extract data from the Tables
• Tested pricing rules and the underlying constraint rules based on the business specifications.
• Involved in training new resources about Confidential interface
• Verified the selling Approval flow in order to make sure all approval transition is been triggering accordingly.
• Tracked the defects using a BrighTest tool.
• Responsible for executing test scripts and Reporting Defects to Development team.
• Did Regression testing how new application functional changes integrate with existing application
• Successfully completed BM yellow belt certification test and BM- Implementation framework certification.

Confidential,NC

QA Engineer

• Developed test cases for Functional, Regression using QTP and Stress testing by analyzing the specifications from functional requirement document
• Conducted Load and Performance testing on the database server during the development process using LoadRunner
• Executed SQL statements to extract data from the Tables
• Performed manual and automated testing for the Web based application
• Tracked Bugs using Quality Center and communicated errors with developers.
• Created Test Matrices to keep track of the Test Cases performed.
• Involved in Functional and Integration level testing
• Performed as an important team member in defect review team with a primary objective to communicate defects properly and completely, with all the necessary information that developer needs to understand the defect without any confusion