SUMMARY:

• Around Five years of experience in Software Testing with Knowledge of all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and STLC.
• Extensively experienced in writing Test automation strategy and Test Plans.
• Good Knowledge in Software Testing and test automation for desktop and web.
• Proficient in working as a software tester, preferably with B2B web applications.
• Experienced in testing Mainframe, Web based and middleware integrated applications.
• Experienced in authoring Test plans, Test cases, Bug tracking charts and Graphs in support of performance of several types of application testing, such as system, functional, unit, integration and acceptance.
• Proficient in the area of Requirements analysis, Documentation of Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Bug Tracking, and Execution of projects using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Expertise in defect management and defect reporting using various defect tracking using HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Experienced in checking the data integrity using SQL Queries.
• Proficient in writing SQL queries and executing procedures to perform back end testing for the expected results.
• Extensively experienced in maintaining test scripts with Quick Test Professional (QTP)/UFT.
• Experienced in creating, enhancing and maintaining high - end test scripts for various functional and regression using QTP/UFT and VBScript.
• Used VB Script to develop Automation frameworks, check the system behavior with multiple values of data for regression testing and enhance the scripts for Reusability and Modularity.
• Strong working knowledge of MS- Outlook, MS-Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Windows and UNIX.
• Strong organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Experienced in preparing the status report for the upper management on Daily/weekly basis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

TESTING TOOLS: HP Quick Test Professional, Soap UI, HP UFT, XML Spy

ETL TOOLS: Informatica

DATABASES: Oracle, MS SQL Server

DEFECT TRACKING TOOLS: HP Quality Center, JIRA, HP ALM

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE: Life Sciences, Telecom, Airlines

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows, Linux, UNIX

MICROSOFT TOOLS: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio

LANGUAGES: C#, .Net, PHP, C/C++, SQL, PL/SQL,VB Script, Java

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Formulated Plan outlining steps required to Test Solution and submitted Plan to user for approval.
• Developed test plans, tested resource requirements and overall scheduling of testing activity.
• Developed Automated Tests for Test Cases and integrated automations into Test suites.
• Performed regression testing with each maintenance release in assigned area.
• Deployed and tested software updates in the QA site.
• Led effort to implement new QA team and apply best practices and procedures.
• Executed complete manual testing using HP ALM and marked Test Cases with test status.
• Created Test Plans, Test cases and executed test cases in HP ALM.
• Assigned risk level to all test cases in HP ALM and created risk assessment for scope and limitation.
• Used SQL to retrieve data that needed to be used in test execution.
• Developed and executed test suites and operations scenarios to find and report defects using HP ALM, Created and filed various office documentation using MS Office applications.
• Performed back-end testing using SQL queries.
• Performed Black Box Testing of the entire application using UFT; automated manual test scripts using UFT for regression testing.
• Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted GUI, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using HP UFT.
• Performed Regression testing, Black-box testing and System testing for Java applications by creating VB scripts in UFT.
• Developed user defined functions using VB Scripting in UFT for testing database and validating the conditions.
• Created batch test scripts by calling another internal or external actions using UFT.
• Created Architecture design and Framework for automation suite, which involves Data, library and Core classes in UFT.
• Prepared the data for initial setup and user acceptance testing.
• Worked Peer reviews for test cases and Test results prepared by other team members.
• Executed Manual/Automated Test Scripts to cover End-to-End Business Scenarios.
• Performed Team management and other day-to-day activities.

Environment: CSS, SQL Server, MS Office, Windows, SOAP UI, UNIX, VB Script, XML, HP ALM, HP UFT, Java, J2EE, Java Script, MS Excel, T-SQL, PL/SQL, MS Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created and executed Test plans prior to the release of numerous internal software systems.
• Assisted in the Identification and Design of Automated Processes to increase Testing efficiency and reliability.
• Designed and documented Test Plans, Test Cases, Scripts and procedures.
• Involved in all phases of QA Life cycle, including Test Design, Development, and Implementation of the entire QA process.
• Developed and documented application Test plans based on software requirements and technical specifications.
• Executed scripts and wrote test cases to test the applications usability using HP Quality Center.
• Used HP Quality Center for defect reporting and tracking.
• Imported Test cases from excel sheets to the HP Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries to check data integrity.
• Performed functional, system, and regression testing using QTP.
• Developed Data driven Framework using QTP automated Script to execute the Batch Testing upon certain Interval.
• Wrote VB Script, developed Custom Functions, Dictionary Objects, used Descriptive Programming by QTP automation tool and executed test scripts.
• Modified the Automated QTP Scripts for regular release screen changes and to support regular functional changes.
• Parameterized QTP scripts for use with varied, controlled test input values (runtime-generated, user-defined, or from data sources).
• Actively participated in test case automation using a structured, keyword driven framework with QTP.
• Provided statistical reports on QA testing and defects resolution progress on a weekly basis to stakeholders and management.
• Facilitated End to End and UAT testing along with defects status turn over meetings.
• Facilitated UAT testing sessions with client end users, business process owners and SMEs.
• Identified training requirements and forward it to the project manager to schedule workshops.
• Monitored performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• Planned out daily activities with client counterpart to achieve goals set by management.
• Planed, arranged and facilitated meetings, workshops and relations with client staff during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities.

Environment: Web Services, HP Quality Center, QTP, VBScript, Java, Windows, UNIX, MS Excel, MS Office, MS project, .Net, PHP, C, C++, CSS, JMeter, Java Script, MS SQL Server.

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created strategic plans for overall Test design and tailor documentation for specific Test teams and knowledge levels.
• Produced metrics for projects as required by QA Management.
• Involved in QA Methodology in multiple SDLC methods.
• Created and maintained existing functional test suites, as well as work with other QA members and Development staff.
• Tracked and reported on software defects, enhancement requests, and release statuses.
• Involved in analyzing requirements, writing test cases, test execution, reporting and tracking defects in Quality Center.
• Performed Manual Testing of web-based and client-server enterprise applications using Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL Queries for Database Testing.
• Used Quick Test Professional (QTP) to perform automation functional and regression Test.
• Performed Sanity testing for each new build of the application using QTP.
• Interacted with Development Teams (offshore), Business Team and Project Management in explaining the business and Functional requirements.
• Reported software defects and worked with business analysts and developers to resolve technical/functional issues.
• Designed custom views for management as well as SMEs to track Design and Change management in the projects.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Java, Java Script, Windows, HTML, MS Visio, Agile, JUnit, MS Excel, TOAD, Oracle, SQL Server, C, C++, C#, MS Office, UNIX.