OBJECTIVE:

• Over 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance with expertise in manual and Automation testing seeking a challenging career as aQuality Assurance Analyst/Tester in Client Server and Web technologies.

SUMMARY:

• Excellent understanding of entire Software Development Life Cycle and Testing Processes, Techniques and Strategies
• Expertise in analyzing Business requirement specification and System Requirements specification, and involving in designing, developing and executing Test Strategies, Test Plans and Test Cases and also have excellent documentation skills.
• Expert in performing Manual as well as automated testing.
• Developed automated test scripts from manual test cases for regression testing based on the requirement documents usingSelenium web driver.
• Experience in writing, inserting verification points and executing test cases using automation tools likeQuick Test Professional, Selenium Web driver with Python / Java.
• Developed Data driven, Keyword Derived and Hybrid Frameworks from the scratch usingSelenium Web driverwithPython/orJava.
• Developed Hybrid framework usingQTPusingScript.
• Responsible for coordinating and Managing the Testing Team by allocating day to day tasks and educates them on their responsibilities for the purpose of achieving on - time and quality deliverables.
• Expert in delivering the status reports like Testing status, Defect-tracking status, and Weekly status reports to theQuality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla
• Expertise in reporting the bugs using bug-tracking tools likeQuality Center, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11.5
• ExperienceinCMMI level 3software development environment.
• Expert in writing the Test scripts usingVB script.
• Involved in thoroughCompatibility Testingof the site on different browsers
• Experiencein developing andexecuting SQL queriesin an Oracle environment to confirm database operations performed by software applications using Oracle 9g, 10g, 11g.
• Strong Experience in performing different types of testing likeBlack box,Sanity,Smoke,Functional,Integration,Regression.
• ExperiencewithPlanning, Implementing,and Testing mission critical informationsystems employing Web Services and built on Internet architecture principles.
• Possessstrong listening, verbal, attention to detail, andwritten communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, MS DOS, Windows XP, Windows Server 2005/2008

Testing Tools: Selenium Web driver, Selenium RC, Selenium IDE,Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11.5 Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 11.5, HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla, LoadUI.

Languages: Python, Java, Visual Basic, PL/SQL, HTML

Database: MSSQL Server 2003/2005,Oracle11g,10g,9i,MS Access

Other tools: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, MS Works,MS Visio, MS Project, andOutlook

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York City, NY

Software Test Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed software specifications and technical service description documents.
• Identified the Business requirements and involved in Manual and Automated testing of the front - end application.
• Actively participated in QA team meetings and walkthroughs for weekly QA testing review meeting.
• UsedSelenium Web driverfor automating many of the test cases for Regression Suite.
• Utilized knowledge ofJavaandPythonto create automation scripts.
• Created a keyword driven framework to automate the process of creating new redirector usingSelenium Web DriverusingPythonandJava.
• Design, develop and maintain test automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver.
• Involved in the development of test procedures for various stages like Integration,System,Functional,Positive,Negative,Cross platform,Recovery, as well asPerformance,Stress, Load/ Volume and User Acceptance Testing.
• Defined the test Engagement Process for new application launch and maintenance releases.
• Prepared Test Planthat provides a detailed list of conditions under which the system will be tested.
• Tested the application compatibility with IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera browsers.
• Prepared various documents likeTest Scenarios,Test Analysis Report,Defect ReportandUser Manualwere created using MS Word and MS Excel.
• Written data in XML format fordriven testto handle the scenario requiring multiple sets of data.
• Developed automated test scripts using QTP for GUI,Functionality regressiontesting.
• Created automated test scripts and performed Functionality testing in the multiple phases of the application and analyzed the results usingQuick Test Professional.
• Created Application specific and generic functions to reduce redundant code using VBScriptfor QTP automation Testing.
• Enhanced the scripts inQTPby applyingcheckpoints,parameterizations, synchronization point,data driventests andcreating modulartests.
• Developed and executed various VBScripts using QTP for Regression Testing of the applications.
• Performed web testing usingUnified Functional Testing (UFT)forchecking page contents,broken links,web objects,frames and tables.
• Parameterizedvarious links in the application for functional/Integration Testing.
• Performed Data Validation and Data Integration for Back End Testing usingSQL Queries and PL/SQL statements.
• Executed Manual and Automated test cases and verified results with expected results.
• Analyzed the discrepancies,severity, tracking systemand reporting through Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Reported defects to the team lead and helped the developer to resolve the technical issues.
• Performed Load testing, Performance testing and Stress testing usingLoadUI.
• Setupload/performance testingenvironment usingLoadUI.
• Designed Performance test scripts usingLoadUI, ranStress test,analyzed the results.
• Responsible for creating the System Performance Graph from the results of the incremental (user load) stress tests to determine thescalabilityof the system, response time at the desired throughput and the system break point (knee of the curve).

Environment: Selenium Web driver, Selenium RC, Python, Java, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11.5, Unified Functional Testing ( UFT ),QTP, LoadUI, Quality Center, Windows NT, UNIX, IIS, Oracle, Visual Basic, HTML, DHTML, VB Script, Java Script.

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the Developers on a daily basis to discuss the Requirement Specifications.
• Reviewed and analyzed theSystem Requirement Specs(SRS) anddesign documents.
• Involved in writing thetest plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Performed walkthroughs of the application efficiencies and proposing changes to improve effectiveness in utilization and accuracy.
• Involved inManual Testingof the application usingQuality Center& established the baseline scripts for future automation.
• PerformedTest Cases ManagementandDefect TrackingusingQuality Center.
• Developed automated scripts usingQTP,parameterized the test scripts,created database checkpointsandbitmap checkpoints.
• Performed Regression testing after modifying the changes for each Build usingQTP.
• Created VB Scriptrandom function for dynamically generated unique ID for test parameterization.
• Developed VB script looping statement and conditional statement in automated scriptsfor better test enhancement.
• CreatedUser Defined Functionsto enhance the maintainability of scripts.
• CreatedShared Object repositoryandData driven testing Framework.
• Handled unexpected errorsusing inbuilt exception handling.
• Responsible for Test Automation usingSelenium RC.
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing usingSelenium.
• Developed Driver Script using VB Script to run multiple automated scripts concurrently.
• Identified, prioritized & designedTest Scenariosby grouping the test cases for Batch testing.
• Identified and documented the defects usingQuality Centerto ensure applications functionality and stability.
• Performedregression testingby executing the baseline scripts identifying software errors and interacting with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Created VuGen scripts using Virtual User Generator for Load, and Stress test
• Configured Run Time setting, Parameterized and Performed Manual correlation for optimizing scripts reusability.
• Created Controller scenario and executed Load test to verify application expected load handling capacity.
• Analyzed load test result and identified bottleneck and reported to product management team.

Environment: Selenium IDE, Selenium RC,Windows application server, HP Unix server, VBScript, Oracle, J2EE, JMS, EJB, Web Services, VB6, VB.NET, ASP.Net,Quality Center, Quick Test Professional.

Confidential, Morris Plains, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created ManualTest Casesfor validating the Functionality.
• CreatedTest Scenario s and executing to test Business Rules.
• Interacted with the Project Manager for the Requirements.
• Reviewed documentation generated through CurrentSDLCprocess and based on review.
• Created test plan templates which were to be used as best practices format for business units.
• DesignedTest Documentsand recorded test results to use them during regression testing after each build.
• Actively participated in reviews with the test leads and test manager.
• Responsible for preparing, reviewing and executing the test cases.
• Performed regression and retesting.
• Maintained the repository of manual and automated test scripts usingQuality Center.
• Performed ManualGUI function testingfirst and then automated the tests withQTP.
• Worked closely with developers toLOG, Trackand follow through on all software bugs and providing more information about bugs and help them in fixing the bugs.
• Was involved in GUI testing and tested GUI standards of this application.
• Extensively used MS - Office for documenting test cases, test procedures and creating user guides.
• Verified data integrity and consistency usingSQL Queries.
• Documented the Test results and Defect reports.
• Used Test Director as defect tracking system to report the bugs and keep track the created bugs throughout its life cycle and providing the defect report.

Environment: Quality Center,QTP,Java, Web Services, Oracle, MS XL, MS Word, Windows.