SUMMARY

• Over Five years of experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies
• Expertise in writing and executing test plans, test cases and test scenarios for function, system, integration and user acceptance testing.
• Hands on experience in working on Agile, V - model and Waterfall model development environment.
• Experience with database, UI, and data processing and testing applications
• Experienced in analyzing software test results and documenting results in formal test reports.
• Experienced in manual testing as well as automated testing using HP Quick Test Pro, Quality Center and Rational suites.
• Expert in Functionality, Regression, Black box, Back-end, Integration, User Acceptance (UAT), Load, Stress and Performance Testing.
• Strong experience in Backend testing (database testing) using SQL queries.
• Specialized in analyzing the functional specifications and writing details test plan, test strategy, test cases, test scenarios.
• Involved in developing and maintaining Test Matrix and Requirements Traceability Matrix and performing Gap Analysis.
• Strong experience in Database/Backend testing using SQL queries and good understanding of Rational database Management System (Oracle, SQL Server)
• Excellent communication, documentation and team work skills and ability to learn quickly and implement new tools and technologies
• Highly motivated, detailed oriented and dedicated Team Member with excellent Communication, Presentation, Technical, with the ability to work under time constraints.
• Highly motivated, Self-starter able to work independently and collaboratively with in a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Testing Tools: HP Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, PVCS Tracker, Requisite Pro, Rational Test Manager, and Clear Quest.

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista

Databases: MS Access, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server

Browser: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Fire Fox

CM: Star Team, VSS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Developed test plan and test cases using user requirements document and use cases
• Participated in peer reviews of software requirements, designs and test procedures
• Maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) between Requirements and Test Cases
• Manually performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, System, User Acceptance (UAT) Testing
• Designed, developed, executed, and maintained test cases in HP Quality Center.
• Extensively used JIRA issue tracker for tracking recently opened issues as well as JIRA Archives for any closed issues.
• Developed and maintained automated test scripts to support regression testing using HP Quick Test Pro (QTP)
• Extensively involved in developing data driven Test using Quick Test Professional
• Designed, developed and performed back end testing for data validation using SQL Queries for Oracle, and MS SQL database
• Work closely with Test Lead during the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) by ensuring full test coverage of the assigned test cases
• Worked closely with Requirement analysts, developer, database administrators, and configuration management teams
• Led small projects of 2-3 test engineers managing and delegating project tasks

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Senior QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created Test plan, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts and Test Cases corresponding to the test requirements in order to maximize verification coverage of system variables.
• Interacted with Development, Requirement, CM, and QA Teams to ensure overall quality of the software.
• Used HP Quality Center to ensure efficient documentation of QA activities.
• Analyzed and reviewed the software requirements, functional specifications and design documents.
• Attended design review conference meetings with on-site team.
• Conducted System, Integration, Functional, Ad hoc, Smoke and Regression Testing.
• Tested the modules on the application by Manual Testing and data validation using SQL queries.
• Used Defect Tracking tool HP Quality Center to report bugs found in different testing stages.
• Executed Test Procedures and documented Test Results.
• Developed automated scripts using Quick Test Pro for Functionality and Regression testing.
• Validated the backend integrity and reports accuracy.
• Developed test plan and supporting test cases and scripts, using Quality Center.
• Developed Test Execution Matrices during the test cycle.
• Communicated with developers and QA Team members to resolve issues.

Confidential, New York

Systems Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in project analysis, design and implementation.
• Analyzed the Business Requirement specifications.
• Performed different types Manual Testing to check the flow of the application
• Conducted database testing, passing SQL queries to the Oracle.
• Participated in QA team meetings and walkthroughs for weekly QA testing review.
• Identified defects and interacted with developers to resolve the issues.
• Created the Test Cases as per Business requirements and Use Cases
• Verified functionality of software during all stages of the development lifecycle
• Provided testing Estimates and resource plans based on Functional and Technical specifications
• Prioritized defects and logged them in PVCS Tracker and coordinated their resolution with the development team
• Created User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Test Cases for production testing
• Analyzed and document test results, including re-testing of all previous failures