SUMMARY:

• Over Seven (7) years of extensive hands on experience as a Software Test Engineer .
• Experienced with full system development lifecycle, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes.
• As well as IT support, test automation development and reporting across multiple platforms in client - server and web based applications.
• A advanced command of various testing suites and agile methodologies.
• Experienced in various domain like Insurance, Mortgage Loan Origination and Healthcare.
• Seeking for a position as a QA Software Tester/QA Analyst /Functional Tester to utilize my expertise and knowledge.
• Extensive experienced in QA Testing of Web Applications, Client Server and Database.
• Experienced in working with clients for gathering requirements and analysis on ambiguities found.
• Proficient in Writing Test Plans & Test Scenarios/Test Cases and documentation of test results.
• Experienced in writing automation test scripts, designing test procedures and manual test cases.
• Familiar with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Spiral Model and Business Process Testing (BPT) methodology.
• Expert in implementing the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for the testing life cycle to follow the standards involved in the process of the application.
• Proficient in Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Integration Testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing, Database Testing, User acceptance testing (UAT) for Web based and Client-Server applications.
• Strong software skills, good experience with VB Scripting, C++, Object Oriented Programming, C#, ASP.Net and Core Java.
• Experienced in developing test scripts for manual and automation testing those using HP Application Lifecycle Management ( ALM)/Quality Center (QC), Test Director and Unified Functional Testing (UFT)/Quick test professional (QTP).
• Extensive work experience and expertise in Black Box testing.
• Expertise in Bug Reporting, Tracking and Documentation using ALM/QC/Test Director/JIRA.
• Experienced in developing Test cases from Business Requirements in ALM/QC/JIRA.
• Experienced in performing Backend testing by writing and executing SQL queries.
• Expert in using QTP/UFT for front-end, functionality, integration, security, system, data driven and regression testing.
• Experienced in enhancing the QTP/UFT scripts by inserting VB Script functions and Checkpoints, creating custom functions, descriptive programming, dictionary objects using VB Scripts.
• Highly analytical in developing the methods and measures to meet requirements and solve any issues that arise during the project.
• Possesses excellent communication, documentation and organization skills with the ability to adapt to a new environment & meet stringent deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: ALM / QC, UFT-12/QTP, Rational Suite, SOAP-UI, JIRA, Informatica.

Bug Tracking Tools: ALM/QC/Test Director, PVCS Tracker

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, C#, Java, ASP .Net, C++, Visual Basic.

RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access.

GUI Tools: Visual Basic, Toad, SQL Developer, Oracle Express 10/11g, SQL Server 2014, PVCS, Perfecto Mobile

Internet: HTML, DHTML, XML, VBScript, Java Script

Browsers: Netscape, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari

Web Servers: Web Logic, SOA, Windows 2000 server and Apache Tomcat

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

Sr. Software Test Engineer

• Reviewed the Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Specification (FRS), Stories and design documents.
• Analyzed Modification Requests (MR) and Enhancement Requests (ER) to create new & modify existing Test Artifacts - Requirements, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Test Plan.
• Involved in creating Test Plans for projects per business & technical specifications with the feedback from QA Lead and Project Manager.
• Wrote & Enhanced Test Cases and Test Scripts to meet new functional requirements as per the new business requirements on modules & business process.
• Worked with Product Managers, Analysts, and End-users to define & document Test Acceptance Criteria in Test Plan, Tests within HP ALM and in MS Outlook.
• Provided the customer and development team support on Client-Server and Web-Based applications to include: requirements documentation, testing, issues tracking, implementation support, and customer help support.
• Performed Manual Testing to verify software functionality & business process meet business requirements and recorded all execution steps in HP ALM.
• Participated in Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing and System testing, UAT testing and Backend testing.
• Developed and executed various VB Scripts using HP UFT for automated test of individual functionality and Regression test of the application.
• Performed Database Testing validating data purse from Web transactions & business rules by writing SQL queries using SQL Developer
• Following Agile methodology for more efficient and quick results.
• Attended Daily Standup meeting, Sprint planning meeting, Story tasking meeting, Story Estimation meeting, Sprint review and Retrospective meeting.
• Gathered QA tasks and follow up from Daily Standup Meeting and by working with Scrum Master & Project Manager in planning, executing, monitoring & controlling test activities
• Reporting and verifying the Defects and Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using HP ALM.
• Prepared Test Summary Report after every build Release and submit it to the Mangers.
• Developed requirement traceability matrix (RTM) to trace requirements during the validation phase.
• Worked as On Call QA to troubleshoot any critical tickets.
• Performed smoke testing after every release and produce maintenance.
• Performed mobile testing for the websites on IOS, Android and windows phone platform using real devices, Browser stack .
• Worked on Unix server with respect to check log reports using Unix commands.
• Conducted to test documents in web applications and data transfer of web functionality services using SOAP UI.

Environment: VB Script, C++, Microsoft Project, Microsoft office, MozillaFirefox, SQL,Developer, Agile, HP ALM, HP UFT, .NET, HTML, XML.

Confidential,Rockville,MD

QA Analyst

• Gathered requirements with Customers and business analysts, to make sure the testing covers all different scenarios of testing.
• Involved in creating Test plans, for different components within the project.
• Created Test runs, Test cases, Process Flow diagrams from the functional documents.
• Created RTM, ensured the Test Planning, Testing Strategy, Test cases, Flows are capturing and covering all the Functional/Non-Functional requirements.
• Worked with the development team in creating environment and loading and migrating data.
• Performed various kinds of testing, such as Exploratory, Smoke, Regression, Integration, System, Backend validation, End to End and UAT.
• Used HP QC for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution and Requirement Mapping with Test Cases.
• Created Test Cases and scenarios for Defect tracking and reporting using HP QC.
• Logged new bugs; tracked and updated the status of previously filed bugs. Prioritized and retested the bugs in HP QC; Participated in the daily bug meeting.
• Performed Back-end data base testing using SQL quires.
• Created Regression suite for various test scenarios. Tested and executed the suite whenever a code was changed using HP QTP.
• Created several Test scripts using HP QTP to create Data Driven Tests, Batch tests and performed Exception handling.
• Generated HP QTP master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects. Introduced synchronization functions, Wait functions in the scripts.
• Developed Descriptive Programming and Maintained Local and Global Object Repository in HP QTP.
• Worked as liaison between users and development team by answering questions around usage, functionality and requirements.

Environment: Java, .net, SQL server, HP QC, HP QTP, Windows and Oracle, html, CSS.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

QA / Functional Tester

• Participated in implementation and upgrade of the client/server and web based applications.
• Performed GUI, Ad-hoc, Functional, Regression, System, UAT, Interface, Back end and Integration Testing.
• Designed test steps, generated test templates, created requirement coverage and imported test cases in HP QC.
• Reported defects using HP QC to the development team and followed up for the defects.
• Prepared test data and test results for data driven method; executed action based scripts from HP QC.
• Used TOAD on regular basis to write SQL queries to verify and validate data movement in database and to check the database integrity.
• Extensively worked with Informatica PowerCenter tools including Designer, Workflow Manager and Workflow Monitor of schedule session of data migration, source to the target databases.
• Developed Automation Scripts using HP QTP for functionality and regression testing.
• Wrote utility functions to build external library using descriptive programming in HP QTP environment.
• Parameterized the script by entering different sets of data using HP QTP.
• Prepared User Manual for the test automation suite and enhanced the scripts for next releases.
• Performed trouble-shooting tasks of various problems during design & development phase of automation scripts.
• Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of testing.
• Communicated defects encountered during Regression Test and followed-up with developers until all issues were resolved.
• Worked closely with programmers to ensure proper implementation of tests, provided feedback, and documented test results.
• Documented the results of testing using the projects defect tracking system and provides input to the Software Test Report for each release.
• Developed Review Criteria for Data Conversion and performed the review accordingly.
• Knowledge of working on protocols other than WEB (HTTP/HTML).
• Wrote basic commands in Unix to start/stop services, copying and reading log files.
• Uncovered defects and followed-up with development team and customers.

Environment: HP QC, HP QTP, Windows, Unix, Java, Java Script, TOAD, Oracle, Informatica .