SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of diverse experience in Quality Assurance having emphasis on Black Box testing, Functional testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Performance testing,Batch Testing, Regression testing of Web based testing in Client/Server and Stand - alone applications.
• Extensive experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Load and Stress Testing.
• Expertise in IBM mainframe environment using COBOL II, MVS, SQL, QMF,CICS, TSO, JCL, ISPF, File Aid, FTP, ADR Librarian and VSAM.
• Thorough knowledge of all phases in SDLC and RUP.
• Expertise in using the following Automated Testing Tools: Win Runner, Silk Test, Load Runner, Quick Test Professional, and Quality Center.
• Expertise in Project Accounting- Billing and Costing, Maximo and COTS.
• Extensive Knowledge in architecture design of Extract, Transform, Load environment using Informatica, Data Stage and Teradata as an ETL Tools.
• Strong experience in working on Windows, UNIX and LINUX environments.
• Expertise in tracking, reporting and managing defects using HPALM/PVCS,JackTrack, Jira,MKS,Bugzilla and P-logger defect tracking tool.
• Experience with HIPAA/X12 transactions (837I, 837P, 837D, 835, 276/277, 270/271, 278).
• Experience in EDI 835, 856, 940, 943, 945, 204, 210, 214 modules.
• Knowledge of v4010A1 HIPAA transactions and the Implementation and v5010 HIPAA transactions and the TR3 Guides.
• Experience with HIPAA/X12 transactions (837I, 837P, 837D, 835, 276/277, 270/271, 278).
• Expertise in Software Configuration Management tools Rational Clear Quest and Rational Clear Case.
• Proficiency in MS Visual SourceSafe and MS office applications like MS Word, MS Excel and
• MS Project.
• Conducted adaptability and risk assessment in various aspects of the application.
• Proficient in creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagrams and Data Models including use case diagrams, activity diagrams/state chart diagrams, collaboration diagrams and deployment diagrams, data flow diagrams(DFD), entity-relationship diagrams and web page mock-ups using Rational Rose and MS Visio. Excellent understanding and implementation of Testing methodologies and strategies.
• Experience in RDBMS like DB2, Oracle/SQL Server/MS Access, Backend Testing of Stored
• Procedures, Triggers using PL/SQL Scripting in TOAD.
• Proficient in testing the application on different browsers and Mainframe applications.
• Experienced in testing the widest array of applications, which are developed in VB, ASP, VB.Net, ASP.Net, Java and J2EE.
• Strong in analyzing business requirements, specifications and development of Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Excellent Documentation Management and Presentation skills in the complete QA Process.
• Good analytical & communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also perform as part of a team.
• Performed QA implementations in Tele-communications, Finance, Banks, HealthCare, Insurance, Mortgage and insurance business systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Silk 5.0.x, Win Runner 5/6/7.0/7.5,Test Director 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.5/8.0, Load Runner 6.0/7.0/7.6/7.8, Rational Team Test7.1/7.5(Rational Robot, Test Manager, Requisite Pro and Clear Quest), HP ALM11, Quick Test Professional 6.0/8.0/9.0/9.2, PVCS, Test Track Pro, BugZilla, MKS Tool Manager,HPALM11/12.MQC 8.0/8.2/9.0/10.

Web Development: HTML, ASP 3.0, VB.Net, ASP.Net, JavaScript, VBScript, Servlets, XML.

Languages: Cobol, JCL,VB 5/6, SQL, Java 1.1/1.2/1.3, C, C++, C#, TSL, TIBCO

Operating Systems: Windows7/ XP/2000/NT/98/95, OS 390, AS 400, UNIX.

Data Modeling Tools Reports &ETL Tools: Datastage7.5.2,Erwin,BusinessObjects6.1,Informatica6.1Teradata8.0,Crystal Reports11/10/9.

IDE: Visual Studio .Net, Visual Interdev 6.0 and Visual Source Safe.

Database: Oracle 7.3/8.x/9.x/10g/11i, Tuxedo, MS SQL2010,DB2 and MS- Access2010,MSOffice2010

App/Web Servers: IIS 5.0/4.0/3.0,Personal Web Server, Apache.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Quality Assurance Analysis and Testing of Information System.
• Tested SQL queries, Stored Procedures and functions in SQL Server.
• Performed White Box and Black Box testing in the system.
• Responsible for System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing and Smoke Testing.
• Created Business Components and Business Process Tests using TFS.
• Verified and Validated XML schema and XSD.
• Performed Manual tests in text format and Tested metadata files.
• Performed Web and Security testing and followed by Agile Methodology.
• Integrated defects and test list management using Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server.
• Created test cases using real world scenarios and perceptions relevant to the end users.
• Executed several UAT test cases before the deployment.
• Performed Browser Based Testing using IE,Chrome and FireFox.
• Involved in understanding product by communicating to developers and management.
• Created traceability matrix to map test cases with requirements.
• Performed UNIX scripting with SQL.
• Verify Actual Results against Expected Results and investigate discrepancies.
• Resolving Change Requests,defects, detection and reporting defects for software applications in a clear and reproducible manner using Jira defect-tracking tool.
• Communication with the developing team and created periodical status reports (Bars, Charts and Graphs) using MTM.
• Involved in Integration as well as System/Product Testing.

Environment: MTM,MSOffice2010,XML,UML,MSWindows 7,SQL Server 2010,MS Project2010,MS Visio2010VS(Team Edition)2010, VS 2010 Team Foundation Server,WebEx,Crystal ReportsXI.

Confidential Philadelphia, PA

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing Test Cases and Test Scenarios in HP Quality Center.
• Reported system assurance testing status to management on defects by application, manages the entry and exit of projects into and out of system assurance test.
• Created EDI 835 Tests, XML files using Java.
• Developed test cases and scripts based on business requirements for the GUI, Functional, User Acceptance, Integration, Performance, Regression, Batch, System testing and End-to-End testing.
• Documented defects and their trailing history in Rational Clear Quest and helped developers identify the modules and code sections to be fixed by executing the related scenarios with different combinations of data and Created UML diagrams.
• Performed UNIX Cron Job Scheduling with DB2 SQL Queries, Stored Procedures and functions.
• Follow-up with the Developers and QA team for maintaining schedules for release, bug fixes and any issues related to the application.
• Performed Integration testing.
• Conducted back-end testing by generating SQL scripts with UNIX environment.
• Validated test results through the UI and through the analysis of various system/ application error logs as well as database queries.
• Rational Clear Quest will be used to manage all testing related defects.
• Performed manual testing of the applications using designated tools in UAT Department.

Environment: Windows 7,UNIX, Rational ClearQuest,HPQC, Java Websphere, Toad8.0,UML, XML,Oracle10i, AS400,SQL,MS Visio 2000,MS Office2010, TIBCO,HPQC10, Crystal Reports 10.

Confidential - Littlerock, AR

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Reported system assurance testing status to management on defects by application, manages the entry and exit of projects into and out of system assurance test.
• Analyzed the Business Requirements Document (BRD), created Test Plans and prepared detailed
• Test Cases and Involved in writing module level test plans in Quality Center.
• Checked the client side and server side verification, tested the functionality of the application.
• Involved in database testing for validations.
• Performed Regression Testing with EDI.
• For interface testing used Opcon with UNIX environment.
• Tested SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Functions.
• Performed Unit testing, regression, black box, functional testing on GUI screens.
• Used VSS for version control of standard configuration management.
• Performed data driven testing of the application using QTP.
• Performed Black Box and White Box testing.
• Performed UNIX scripting with SQL statements.
• Performed Integration testing for the Whole application.
• Performed end-to-end test manually for System testing,Postive,Negative and Web testing.
• Validated test results through the UI and through the analysis of various system/ application error logs as well as database queries.
• Traced the bugs and reported to the developers using the Rational Clear Quest.
• Worked very closely with developers to recreate defects found and also to verify fixes.
• Performed manual testing of the applications using designated tools in UAT Department.

Environment: Windows 7, Web services, HP-UNIX,QTP9.0,Oracle10i, Mercury Quality Center8.2, Toad7.6, MainFrame,CA7,MQ Series,JCL,VSS, SQL,MS Visio 2000,MS Office2000,Crystal Reports 11,VSS,Rational Clear Quest,JCL,COBOL,CICS,DB2.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for test strategy, planning, test engineering and test reporting on strategic projects.
• Responsible for writing test plans, test cases, executing them and reporting bugs.
• Maintained log of test results using Quality Center and interacted with developers to resolve issues.
• Defined critical areas of what to test during system testing and reviewed risk assessment.
• Provided Mainframe using COBOL II, DB2, JCL, SQL and File Aid.
• Converted the business requirements into manual test scripts.
• Checked the client side and server side validations, tested the functionality of the application.
• Performed end-to-end testing manually during system testing with JCL.
• Performed Backend testing with DB2.
• Performed EDI Validations in Client side.
• Conducted integration testing between the customer and administration site to verify dataflow.
• Executed test plans and test cases based on functional and system requirement documents.
• Responsible for writing test cases for unit level, functional, Memory leak Testing and integration testing.
• Traced the bugs and reported to the developers using the MKS.
• Performed UAT test scripts with QTP.
• Performed operating system upgrades. Used script development and test automation to further analyze the product features.

Environment: WindowsXP,Unix,Oracle9.i,SQL,Teradata7.0,MQC8.0,MKS,XML,MSVisio2000,MSOffice2000QTP8.2,Crystal Reports 10, Visual SourceSafe, DB2,SQL,COBOLII,JCL,CA7,TSO.

Confidential, VA

QA Tester/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Used Test Director for test planning, test execution and defect tracking.
• Provided high level test plan and wrote detailed test cases according to the functional requirements and design specifications in accordance to RUP standards and used UML diagrams.
• Provided Mainframe using COBOL II, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, ISPF, SQL and File Aid.
• Authored and executed functional test plans and test cases based on functional and system requirement documents. Used Clear Quest as a test management and defect-tracking tool.
• Performed Black box testing for the Web based application.
• Involved in White Box Testing by focusing on the internal structure of the software.
• Performed Integration Testing to verify how interrelated functions are interacting with each other.
• Conducted sanity testing, Performance, system testing and regression testing.

Environment: Windows 2000,UML, Rational Suite(ReqPro,XDE,ClearCase,ClearQuest),Rational Test Manager, Rational Robot, Rational Rose,RUP,ILOG, MS Visio 2000, MS Office2000, MS Project 2000, and Lotus Notes, DB2,SQL,COBOLII,JCL,CA7,TSO