SUMMARY:

• 9+ years of experience in Software Testing.
• 3+ years of Manual Testing experience.
• Extensively experienced in creating and designing Test Strategy Documents, Test Plan, Test schedules, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scenarios.
• Experienced with training and mentoring team members with product knowledge and business processes.
• Proficient in creating QA Test Process, QA Workflow Diagrams, analysis and design, Test Analysis Report, Defect Analysis and Prioritization.
• Experienced in all SDLC models like Water Fall, Agile, and V - model.
• Experienced in developing, trouble shooting and customizing Manual test case using HP ALM 12.5/Quality Center.
• Experienced in reporting the bugs, e-mail notifications to the developers using the HP ALM 12.5/Quality Center.
• Proficient in database validation and writing SQL queries.
• Extensively experienced with QA automation tools such as QTP/UFT 12.5.
• Experienced with automated test scenarios/ test cases using testing tools like QTP/UFT 12.5.
• Experienced in writing test automation scripts using QTP/UFT 12.5.
• Experienced in Planning, Analyzing and Executing the UI Automation and Regression Test Scenarios using QTP/UFT 12.5.
• Experienced in developing Descriptive programming in QTP/UFT 12.5 using VB Script for functional regression testing.
• Experienced in generating QTP/UFT 12.5 master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects.
• Experienced in developing Automation Framework like Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid Framework in QTP/UFT 12.5.
• Expertise in conducting and participating User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Experienced in working both of UNIX & Linux environment to analyze log file & to monitor process.
• Excellent communication, problem solving skills, coordination, documentation, project planning and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work on multiple high visibility projects in parallel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Manual Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed manual test scripts and execute manual testing on both web front end and back end systems.
• Worked with developers to resolve problems with software and provide analysis to enhance the applications and architecture
• Writes functional test cases by referring functional specifications
• Performs manual functional testing by executing test cases
• Collaborates with developers and subject matter experts to establish the appropriate test patterns
• Proactively communicates and collaborates with development team about defects identified in code.
• Supports quality assurance lead or manager to identify risks and develops mitigation strategies.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Manual Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed manual test scripts and execute manual testing on both web front end and back end systems.
• Performed test validations at various levels including database validation, logging validation, and user interface validation.
• Documented and reported the results of testing activities.
• Acted as a testing leader on an agile team to design, develop, enhance, debug, and implement software.
• Troubleshooted production problems related to software applications.
• Analyzed user needs, develop user stories and write test cases and test scenarios based on the acceptance criteria defined for the user story.
• Worked with developers to resolve problems with software and provide analysis to enhance the applications and architecture.
• Provided interactive debugging of the web-based user interface application.
• Coordinated with other team leads on the results of testing activities to provide consistency across the portfolio.
• Conducted trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.

Environment: JIRA, SQL, Windows, JAVA, VBScript, Oracle.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Manual Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed all aspects of the application requirements to ensure that they were in-force and running effectively and efficiently in the application.
• Develop test cases and Test strategy for the project.
• Implemented SDLC, which included Requirements, Specifications, Design, Analysis and Testing.
• Examined XML document for effective file list communication.
• Verified successful submission of data from scheduler to the end-user.
• Developed accurate testing estimates with strong defect management experience.
• Analyzed the user stories of the project.
• Designed test cases with respect description and objectives in user stories.
• Performed End-to-End testing manually.
• Performed User Acceptance testing manually.
• Resolved more Complex problems detected in Testing.
• Used HP ALM 12.5 to prepare Test cases, procedures and Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Worked with development members on bug reproduction and fixes; and updated management on testing results, activities and planning using ALM 12.5.
• Performed Database Validations using SQL Queries.
• Managed and tracked test execution and defect resolution.
• Worked directly with Business Analyst Team of the client to understand the business requirements.
• Acted as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process.
• Analyzed software requirements to ensure clarity and testability and provide feedback and items for clarification.

Environment: ALM 12.5, Charles River Development, AutoSys, MS SharePoint, Hermes 9.3, XML, DB2, Oracle, HTML, SQL, XML, Windows.

Confidential, Fort Meade, MD

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed all aspects of the application requirements to ensure that they were in-force and running effectively and efficiently in the application.
• Developed the Test plan, Test cases and Test strategy for the project.
• Implemented SDLC, which included Requirements, Specifications, Design, Analysis and Testing.
• Developed accurate testing estimates with strong defect management experience.
• Analyzed the requirements of the project.
• Designed test cases with respect to the requirements of the test plan.
• Performed End-to-End testing manually.
• Resolved more Complex problems detected in Testing.
• Used HP ALM 12.5 to prepare Test cases, procedures and Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Worked with development members on bug reproduction and fixes; and updated management on testing results, activities and planning using ALM 12.5.
• Performed Database Validations using SQL Queries.
• Generated VBScripts to automate the tests using UFT 12.5.
• Used Descriptive programming to reduce time maintaining object repositories with UFT 12.5.
• Conducted data Driven tests in UFT 12.5 by parameterization.
• Defined user defined parameters to execute various functions in UFT 12.5.
• Involved in developing Automation Framework using UFT 12.5.
• Managed and tracked test execution and defect resolution.
• Worked directly with Business Analyst Team of the client to understand the business requirements.
• Acted as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process.
• Analyzed software requirements to ensure clarity and testability and provide feedback and items for clarification.

Environment: ALM 12.5, UFT 12.5, Java, J2EE, Java Script, VBScript, AJAX, DB2, Oracle, HTML, SQL, XML, Windows.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test plans, test cases, test conditions, test designs, test templates and test reports.
• Involved in gathered specifications and requirements from development personnel prior to testing.
• Involved in creation of Test Scripts for Automated Testing.
• Reviewed Manual Testing methods and developed and executed Automated scripts for retail sales module
• Involved in manual testing was done to perform functional testing on the User interface.
• Provided technical support for HP Quality Center Testing tools including software upgrades, problem troubleshooting and resolution.
• Used Quality Center to organize and manage all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, executing tests, and tracking defects.
• Tested with SQL Query and Stored Procedures for data validation purposes.
• Created and executed SQL queries to fetch data from an ORACLE database server to validate and compare expected results with those actually obtained.
• Developed automated test scripts for functional testing using QTP.
• Created basic script using QTP by recording user actions.
• Performed Functionality Testing and Integration testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Inserted verification checkpoints, synchronization points, and parameterized data using QTP.
• Performed Integration Testing of the application.
• Responsible for weekly status to show the Progress of the automation testing effort.
• Developed various reports by using Crystal Reports tool.
• Tested data warehouse reports with data models.

Environment: HP Quality Center, HP QTP, Windows, UNIX, Java, J2EE, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Office.

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Used software tools for test case management, test automation, and defect tracking management.
• Identified, analyzed and solved technical problems with minimal support from test and development team.
• Worked with testing methodologies including functional testing, user interface testing, and regression testing using black box testing methodologies.
• Created and maintained test matrices, test plans and testing status reports to validate and verify that all products and system changes conform to established system standards and business requirements.
• Involved in preparation of Requirement Traceability Metrics (RTM), Software Metrics, Defect Report, Weekly Status Reports and SQA Report using Quality Center.
• Provided appropriate reporting and metrics utilizing Quality Center.
• Performed Back-end Testing using Basic SQL Queries.
• Wrote cases to test application manually in Quality Center and automated using QTP.
• Executed regression Test Cases using QTP.
• Used various features of QTP including checkpoints, parameters, Output values, regular expressions, reporting and mechanism.
• Involved in user acceptance testing.
• Documented and reported system defects to the project team.
• Reported defects and verified defect fixes.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Java, J2EE, Java Script, MS Office, VB Script, Oracle, Windows, UNIX.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro, SOAP UI, ALM 12.5, UFT 12.5, JIRAProgramming Language HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++, C#, Java, VB Script, JavaScript

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

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