SUMMARY:

• Software Quality Analyst with 7.9 years of intensive experience with a wide variety of projects and environment.
• Expertise in API testing using core JAVA and JUNIT.
• Expertise in conducting manual testing with a variety of tests such as Functional, Integration, Sanity(smoke),System/End-to-End, unit testing using black box and white box testing approaches.
• Mentor, coordinator and leadership roles in creation and execution of QA and testing processes, test strategies and plans, bug documentation and regression, and bug tracking and analysis.
• Experience of various functional domains such as Telecome-messaging, Ad server, health-care.
• Possesses strong knowledge of QA life cycle and related processes.
• Strong problem solving skills with logical methodology. Self motivated, Strong organizational skills, reliable, able to learn new technical skills quickly.
• Able to work under tight deadlines and rapid changing priorities. Details oriented and ability to multitask.
• Works well with others as well as independently.
• Received Performance award for the excellence in work.

CLIENTS WORKED WITH:

• Doubleclick
• Openwave
• Seven Networks Inc.
• HeartBeat

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Operating Systems: Win2k, Solaris, Windows XP
• Languages Core Java, Pl/SQL
• Tools Junit 3.x and 4.x, Jbuilder 5, Ant, Test Director, Toad
• Databases Oracle 8 I, MS Access,DB2
• Scripting languages Perl 5.0
• Application Servers Jrun 4, tomcat6.x and Web logic 9.0
• Bug Tracking tools PVCS tracker and Test Track pro ,ITS System, Bugzilla, Jeera
• Protocols SMTP, POP, IMAP,SNMP, HTTP
• Email Servers Exchange 2k, Exchange 2k3, Lotus Domino, Mercury IMAP and POP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pune India Jan 2010-May 2010
Team Lead

• Leading the team for Heartbeat customizations.
• Responsible for managing the QA efforts for different customizations Heartbeat CRM application starting with requirement analysis to acceptance testing.
• Developed test strategy for each release using a risk-based approach, coordination method, and mitigation.
• Documenting and review of test plans, test strategy,acceptance test cases, test procedures, and test scripts.
• Demonstrated team building skills while leading and mentoring the QAmembers for QA life cycle and its implementation.
• Conduct parallel testing,, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Manage Defect Triage Meetings, prioritizing and assigning defects; track defect analysis and resolution status; report on resolution progress against key business objectives.
• Handling client communication.

Confidential, Pune, India Dec 2006 - Dec 2008
Sr. SQA Engineer

• Testing the Symantec's infrastructure products as "Shared UI" -Web development tool kit(SDk) and tools in the Web Services Framework (WSF) like VRTSJre, VRTSweb and VRTSScheduler.
• Developedweb test Application using struts 1.1 and tomcat5.0to test and verify the latest version of the web development tool kit i.e. Share UI.
• Participated in requirement analysis, documenting testplans test cases, test procedures, and test scripts and use traceability metrics of test cases.
• Created aJunit Framework and test programs to test the Java APIs for scheduler and WSF registry.
• Client escalations.
• Responsible for all the QA releases during all the phases.

Confidential, Pune India June 2003-Nov 2006
Senior member of technical staff(SMTS)

• Worked across different telecom-messaging Projects like Email Mx by Openwave and Seven Connectors by Seven Networks.
• Server side testing (API testing) using Junit framework and in-house developed tool Syncautotest.
• Performance testing of Seven Network servers as well as the Seven connectors used for connectivity with mobile devices.
• Testing activity across multiple patch releases as well as GA releases.
• Tool maintenance and test scripts development and review.
• Developed, executed and maintained accurate test documentation: test plans, test cases, use cases, automated test programs, status, strategy and summary reports according to specifications.
• Analyzed test results in order to discover and report any defects, bugs, errors, and configuration issues.
• Manual Testing consisting of functional, regression, sanity, negative testing to uncoverdefects.
• Performing functional, smoke, load and duration testing using automation tools like Auto, QAMail.
• Regression of the defects.
• Review of functional specification.
• Responsible for execution and implementation of software process for the project.

Confidential, Pune India Sept 2001-June 2003
Sr. QA engineer

• Majorly worked on JAVAAPI testing /unit testing for Double click infrastructure.
• Developed and implemented the test automation framework using java and Junit 3.0,
• Developed test programs using Core Java as a part of middle layer testing..
• Black box testing of various double click web applications
• Regression testing that involves UI testing and Business logic verification, Smoke testing.
• Defect logging and verification.
• Responsible for execution and implementation of software process for the project.

Education and Certifications

• Post graduation diploma in software engineering and management
• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E)

Accomplishments

• Received Performance Award for the implementing test application - 2009 - Symantec
• Acknowledged for work accomplishments - By VP of Seven Networks Inc - 2006 - Persistent
• Successfully Trained/Managed new QE engineers having non-QE background
• Successfully managed all planned test cycles ensuring no schedule slippages