Objective:
Six years of experience in software quality assurance (QA) and software testing; specialized in Manual and Automated Testing of client-server, desktop and web-based. Hands on experience in System Analysis, QA Processes, Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and software Test Methodologies. Extensive experience in creating and executing of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios, Test data, Test log, Test Summary Report and bug documentation. Seeking a consulting or permanent position in the field of software quality assurance and testing.
Summary:

• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall model, Agile Model, V-Model and QA Test methodologies.
• Specialized in System testing, Integration testing, Functional testing, Back-end testing, Performance testing, Stress testing, Sanity testing, and Regression Testing of web-based, client-server, desktop and multi-tier application
• Expertise in developing Test Plan, Test Scripts, Test Cases and procedures Requirement Traceability Matrix(RTM) and Test Analysis Repot(TAR)
• Experience in Automation testing using HP-Mercury Quality Center, Test Director, and Quick Test Professional.
• Experienced in manual testing as well as automated.
• Enjoy working collaboratively with testers, developers and other team members in testing complex projects and in the overall enhancement of software product quality.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also perform as a part of a team.
• Experience in Database/Backend including SQL Server, and Oracle
• Good in planning, organizing, scheduling, executing and reviewing system software testing.
• Excellent organizational presentation skills, ability to manage and adapt to change in work priorities as requested and multi-task within projects.
• Motivated self-starter with exceptional team building and interpersonal skills
• Experience and the ability to lead a team to perform duties in the most efficient and timely manner
• Proven ability to take initiative, work independently and collaboratively, execute process change.

Self-starter with a positive attitude, willingness to learn new concepts and accept challenges.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership experience with internal/external customer/client.

Languages

Visual Basic, SQL

RDBMS

Oracle, MS Access, MS SQL Server, DB2.

Operating System

UNIX, Microsoft Windows

Automation Tools

QuickTest Professional, Quality Center and TestDirector

Version Control Tools

MS Visual Source Safe

Defect Tacking Tools

Quality Center, TestDirector, JIRA

Application software

MS Office

Confidential,VA Feb 10-Present
QA Test Analyst
Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Product/Business Analysts and Managers to understand the product requirements and use cases in order to deliver high quality software on schedule for production releases.
• Create and execute detailed test procedures, test scenarios, test scripts and schedules based on requirements and design documents.
• Reported and tracked problems with reproducible test cases, and worked with development team in resolving problem reports.
• Assists with requirements traceability information and tracks requirements status throughout the project
• Participates in technical reviews and inspections to verify `intent of change" is carried out through the entire project.
• Create parameterization tests by importing data from excel files and worked with data tables in QTP.
• Maintain the HP Quality center, add new users and creates new projects.
• Execute automated test scripts, analyzed the results and reported bugs in Quality center.
• Create Data Driven Tests to validate the same scenario with different test data
• Design efficient and effective manual testing procedures. Conducts software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments as directed by the project lead or manager.
• Documents test procedures to ensure compliance with standards.
• Gather the test cases which are common for every release and which can be executed for multiple sets of data for the purpose of regression testing by using QTP.
• Modify and Executed automated and manual test scripts for different modules using QTP.
• Insert verification checkpoints, synchronization points, and parameterized data using QTP.
• Use reusable actions with utilizing the flexible functionalities in Quick Test professional.
• Develop the automated test scripts using QTP in QC and successfully run them from QC for regression testing.
• Write SQL Query to extract data from various database tables for data validation and data integrity.
• Debug the problem to determine root cause analysis and provide development team sufficient detail to understand, replicate and resolve the issue.
• Develop requirement tractability matrix with test cases to confirm that all the requirements are going to be testes for the compliance.
• Communicated with Application Developers, Project Manager and other Team Members on Application testing status on an on going basis when necessary.
• Used Quality Center to organize and manage all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, executing tests, and tracking defects.
• Responsible for migrating the test cases from excel spreadsheets to the Quality center’s repository.

Environment: Windows, UNIX, J2EE, VB Script, Oracle, TOAD, QuickTest Pro, and Quality Center, MS Office, Windows.

Confidential,VA Aug 08- Feb 10
Software Test Analyst
Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering and analyzing the System Requirement Specification (SRS), Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) and Flow Chart diagram.
• Conducted review meetings of test plan, test design, test readiness and test completion.
• Responsible for planning activities, creating test plan and standard templates.
• Analyzed specification and assisted team to create test data, test cases, and test scripts for functional, interface and system testing.
• Responsible for providing direction and guidance to team members and monitor team status.
• Maintained the scheduling of test execution and assigning daily tasks to the Test Engineers.
• Performed backend testing for verifying the Data Transactions and Database Integrity
• Automated the functionality testing of the application using Quick Test Professional (QTP)
• Extensively developed, enhanced, and executed QTP VB script for automated functional and regression testing of the applications.
• Involved in writing SQL queries for Backend Testing and to verify the database updates, inserts and deletions etc., of the records, and validate them.
• Involved in testing front-end functionality of the application and validated that in the Backend.
• Responsible for interviewing new employee, building team and train team members.
• Identifying and logging defects if a test fails analyze the root cause of the problem for efficient investigation by the development team and log accordingly.
• Reporting and verifying the bugs in Quality Center
• Conduct weekly status meetings to discuss the testing progress and weekly activities.
• Worked with the Project Director, Project Manager, Development Architect and DB Architect to discuss any Release Information.
• Performed Backend Regression testing by writing SQL statements to review the returned data.
• Developed Inbound File receiving scenarios, and created mock-up data.
• Worked closely with developers and functional leads in troubleshooting activities to identify business logic and coding errors.
• Coordinated with developers, project managers and system analyst to resolve various issues related to defects, re-analyzing certain functionalities and providing creative feedbacks.

Environment: Windows, UNIX, VB Script, Oracle TOAD, QTP

Confidential,MD May 05 – Aug 08
Software Test Engineer
Responsibilities:

• Generated Test cases and traced them to the relevant Functional Requirement Document (FRD).
• Participate and Review Business Requirements and Design Specifications and provide technical and usability feedback.
• Developed detailed Testing Strategy for the entire application and developed various test cases using TestDirector
• Participated time to time in regression testing after each build.
• Developed Automated Functional & Regression Test scripts using Quick Test Professional. Enhanced scripts using parameterization and synchronization to support data driven testing.
• Test scripts were synchronized and Bitmaps inserted for greater accuracy of testing.
• Initiate, coordinate and implement the system testing Process.
• Performed Regression testing during various phases of development.
• Performed all phases of end-to-end testing which includes Acceptance testing, Functionality testing, and Smoke testing of the Application, its interfaces and Client-Server Utilities
• Wrote complex SQL queries to perform the backend testing against Oracle database.
• Conducted analysis of the defects identified and provided the development group with details to recreate the problem
• Wrote and Executed SQL Queries during Backend testing.
• Tracked and reported the bugs using TestDirector
• Worked with Users and Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and test data.
• Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Used TestDirector for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Interact with development team for new functionality and review defects.
• Attended review meetings and walkthroughs to discuss the status of the project.

Environment: Mercury TestDirector, Oracle, SQL Plus

Bachelor of Arts