Summary:

• Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 2 and half years of intensive experience in designing,building,QAtesting,methodologies,validating,maintaining and trouble-shooting.
• Good hands on experience in writing Test Cases & Test Plans for Functional, automated and manual testing.
• Proficient in Front-end Manual Testing on Client/Server and Web-Based Applications.
• Extensive background in technical instruction.
• Experienced in various aspects of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), documentation and translation of functional specifications into Test cases.
• Extensively involved in working with Quality center.
• Utilize custom and commercially available bug tracking applications to enter bug reports and to monitor their status.
• Experience with Functional, GUI, Regression, Integration, Ad-hoc, compatibility and Performance Testing
• Expertise in creation and execution of test-cases for various types of testing like Functional, integration, regression, Build Verification Testing, User Acceptance Testing and others.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Work well under stress and time pressure
• Enjoy learning new tools and technologies
• Professional career minded

Technical Experience:

Operating System: Windows XP/ 2000,Unix,Linux
Databases: Microsoft Access, SQL, Oracle
Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, XML
Scripting Languages: C/C++,VB Script, Java Script
Testing Tools:Mercury Quality Center,Elementool, Siebel, Win runner, Load runner, Quick Test Pro(QTP)

Professional Experience

Confidential, Mountain View,CA (June’08 – Nov’09)
QA Engineer

It is an online address book and social networking service. It provides automatic updating of contact information. Users and their contacts store their information on Plaxo's servers.
A Plaxo plug-in supports major address books including Outlook/Outlook Express,Mozilla Thunderbird and Mac OS X’s Address Book.

Responsibilities:

• Was involved in heavy Manual Testing on a daily basis and also did Testing according to the New Requirements that were coming up accordingly.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases and performed Test Execution based on the requirements and the various screen information.
• Extensively Performed Backend Testing of the database by using SQL queries to make sure that the database reflects the updates/change, to verify the database Integrity.
• Extensively Performed Backend testing using TOAD.
• Defects are tracked, reviewed, analyzed using Quality Center and follow them through to resolution.
• Performed compatibility testing to test application in multiple browsers.
• Application was updated twice a week, so that all the Test Procedures created as Baseline can be played back to perform Regression Testing.
• Communicating the Testing Status as and when required to Peers and Senior Management to update the status.
• Analyzed page download speed, missing objects (HTTP 404 errors) using HTTP Watch
• Maintained Test Logs, Test Summary reports and participated in defect review meetings.
• Worked closely with developers and other staff members to form a unified team and work on the Troubleshooting Applications and investigated and fixed the requests.
• Defect tracking, assigning defect logs, retesting and closed defects after fix.
• Supported Testing during weekly & monthly releases and production test support in-between projects

Environment:
Windows XP, Quality Center, TOAD,SQL Server

Confidential, Fostercity, CA (Nov’07 – May’08)
QA Tester

EFI is the world leader in digital imaging and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing. EFI is a leader in digital print. Offering value-added combinations of hardware, software and consumables, the company is driving the print industry’s transformation from analog to digital color.

Responsibilities:

• Developed test scripts and test cases for Manual testing of the system.
• Supported Testing during weekly & monthly releases and production test support in-between projects
• Performed Black Box Testing of the applications.
• Involved in gathering and analysis of system requirements for various modules.
• Involved in performing functional, application, integration, system, Regression and performance tests.
• Worked with other Development team members to better understand system functionality in order to improve testing quality.
• Installed the CWS and printer delete utility on all operating system including: Vista 32 bit, Vista 64 bit, Intel Mac, Win XP, Win XP 64 bit, Win 2000.
• Reimaged the computer using reboot disk to different OS.
• Logged the bugs in the Siebel bug tracking system.
• Installed Spanish, French, Italian, and Germany in the servers three ways in Windows XP 32, 64 and Xp-2000, Vista-32, Vista-64 as well as on Mac-10.4...
• Deployed different OSs in different languages using labmanager in VMware. Installed the utilities with DVD. Did an anti-virus test for the DVDs.
• Executed test cases manually to verify actual results against expected results
• Assisted in automating test cases for Regression testing using Command Work Station.

Environment:
QA Tool,CWS,Siebel, MS Excel, Win diff environment, Mac,Vista and Windows.

Confidential, S.San Francisco,CA (April’07 - Sep’07)
QA Tester

Talent6 is one of the best places for models, actors, extras and musicians to connect to Casting Directors and Photographers. It is a web community that gives access to casting calls where users can post their profiles.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and module-specific functionalities to identify test requirements and formulated an effective master test plan.
• Ensured that complete manual end to end testing is done whenever there was any change in requirement documentation.
• Write test cases for designated areas of testing and execute them for functionality and regression testing of new releases.
• Maintained test cases between releases and executed structured tests when new release comes to QA.
• Wrote SQL queries to retrieve the information from the databases to check whether the information has been updated.
• Tested application with different browsers (Internet Explorer 6.0 and above & Firefox 2.0 and above) for Cross Browser functionality.
• Reported software problems of all the severity levels to Mantis bug-tracking system and verify them fixed in new releases.
• Research software defects and make them reproducible
• Enter software defects into bug-tracking system
• Communicate with Project Lead and team members
• Participate in QA team meetings.

Environment:
Quality Center,Windows XP, SQL, Java, JSP, HTML, XML.

Confidential, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India (June’01 – Nov’02)
Technical Instructor.

Responsibilities :

• Delivered training in many disciplines including MS Office, C++, HTML to vocational students
• Developer curricula and training materials for the subjects taught

Software QA, Portnov Computer School, Mountain View, CA
C, Java Programming, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
Java, UNIX, SQL, Visual Basic, APTECH, India
C, C++, HTML, APTECH, India
MS in Chemistry, Andhra University, India
Bachelor of Education, Science, Andhra Pradesh, India

General:

• Availability: Immediately
• References: Will be provided upon request
• Status: work permit to work for any employer (EAD)