Professional Summary:

• Over 7+ years’ experience as a QA Analyst in manual, functional, mobile, database and compatibility testing of Client Server, Web applications and Windows applications developed in .net and Java technology.
• Strong functional background in Real Estate, Banking, Healthcare, Accounting and E-commerce Domains.
• Well exposed to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) consisting business needs requirement analysis, development, test and maintenance.
• Involved in Software Testing and Documentation, Analysis of the Business Requirements and the Software Requirements Specification.
• Proficient in writing and executing Test Cases, Bug Reporting and Tracking Defects.
• Expose to different software methodologies like Agile and waterfall and adaptive to work on any one of them.
• Extensive experience and knowledge on various steps involved in testing life cycle.
• Proficient in analyzing system & functional specifications, use cases, business requirements, business rules to prepare test schedules.
• Well conversant in performing Black box and white box testing on both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of preparing Traceability matrix where requirements were mapped with test cases.
• Experience in participating User acceptance Testing (UAT) and reporting the issues to the management team.
• Proficient in Cross-Browser testing of applications on Internet explorer, Safari, Fire fox and Google chrome.
• Well versed with Manual Testing, Mobile testing, Database Testing (SQL), Automation testing, Regression testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Black box testing, System testing, Exhaustive testing, Stress testing, Compatibility, Usability testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to co-ordinate with team to get efficient results and also capable to adopt and learn new tools, techniques and approaches.

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems

UNIX, Windows XP/NT/2000/98/95

Databases

Dbase, MS Access, Sybase, Oracle 7.x/8.x/9.x/10g, SQL Server 6.5/7.0

Front-End GUI

Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, Developer 2000, MS FrontPage, Power Builder.

Web Technologies

JDBC, EJB, Servlets, MTS, RMI, JSP, Web Logic, Web Sphere, IIS and JWS

Defect Tracking Tools

Test Director 6.0/7.0, Test Manager, Scarab, PVCS tracker and Rational Clear Quest. Clear Quest

Hardware

IBM PC,Dell and Sun

Testing Tools

Test Manager, HP/Mercury Interactive Tools (Quality Center, Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro),

Bug Tracking System

TFS (Team foundation Server), Test Manager, JIRA.

Reporting Tools

Business Objects, Informatica, Crystal Reports

Browsers

Internet Explorer, AOL, Firefox, Google chrome

Microsoft Tools

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point and MS Outlook.

Source Control Tool

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

Professional Experience

Confidential,NYC Dec 2011 - Present
QA Tester

Responsibilities-

• Analyzing the Requirement Specifications and development, Peer review and Execution of Test Cases.
• Defect reporting and tracking by using Test Manager.
• Performed Backend testing by creating and executing SQL queries
• Performed Positive and Negative testing on the application
• Understanding execution of manual and automated test cases.
• Making recommendations about bug priority and severity.
• Automated all functional test cases using Coded User Interface Testing (CUIT).
• Analyzed user requirements, attended Change Request meetings to document changes and implemented procedures to test changes.
• Interacting with Analysts and Developers for the Bug Fixes and Problem resolution.
• Performed Mobile testing On Blackberry and Android Simulator.
• Performed Manual, Mobile, Regression, Integration, System, Database, Exhaustive, Compatibility and User Acceptance testing.

Environment: Microsoft Test Manager 2010, Visual Studio 2010 , SQL Server Management Studio,TFS (team foundation server)

Confidential,PA Sep2010- Nov2011
QA Tester

Responsibilities-

• Analyzing the Requirement Specifications and development of Test Cases.
• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix to relate High Level requirements to Test cases.
• Involved in Black Box testing, using different testing strategies.
• Involved in Test Case Preparation and Test Case Execution Manually.
• Determining the Entry and Exit Criteria for different phases in testing cycle of the system.
• Understanding execution of manual and automated test cases.
• Making recommendations about bug priority and severity.
• And also writing Test Case Outlines (TCO’s), manual testing of applications to determine their compatibility with the Operating System.
• Preparation of defect report and logging the defects product studio.
• Interacting with Analysts and Developers for the Bug Fixes and Problem resolution.

Environment: HP Quality Center, Java/J2ee, JSP, IBM Web sphere, HTML, UNIX, IE, Oracle.

Confidential,Concord , CA Nov2009 – Sep2010
QA Tester

Responsibilities –

• Analyzed the System specifications, Business requirements for full understanding of the business.
• Developed a detailed Test Plan for System Testing Based on SRD and BRD.
• Automated functional and regression scripts using Test Manager.
• Documenting the test results and changes.
• Performed Functional, Regression, User Acceptance.

Environment: Test Manager, HTTP, HTML, and XML, SQL Server, Product Studio.

Confidential,San Ramon, CA
Data Quality Analyst / DQ Tester Jan2009- Nov2009

Responsibilities -

• Reviewed Technical documents like BR and Prepare Test Cases.
• Open defects and follow up with development team and resolve the issues.
• Work directly with managers and development team in an Agile environment.
• Attend everyday meetings and update status and resolve the issues immediately.
• Write test cases in QC .Test Plan and execute in Test Lab.
• Log defects in QC to keep track of the issues.
• Created Test Plan and Test Lab in QC and upload Test cases.
• Issued defects and worked with different teams to resolve.

Environment: Quality Center 9.2, Excel, SQL, PL/SQL, Teradata SQL Assistant.

Net cradle, India Feb2007 – Dec2008
Project : THR (Tar heel-Rewards)
Confidential,USA.

Responsibility –

• Writing Test Cases in manually based on the Functional Specifications.
• Involved in all the quality assurance phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Involved in functionality testing and regression testing.
• Used Load Runner for stress and performance testing.
• Developed automated test scripts for automation testing using QC.
• Coordinating with the Development team for defect analysis.
• Functionality testing to make sure that application works according to functional specification.
• Issue reporting, tracking and preparing review report using QC.
• Performed Positive and Negative testing.

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Environment: QC, Java/J2ee, JSP, Apache Tomcat, HTML, UNIX, IE, Oracle.

Confidential,India April2006-Jan2007 QA Tester
Project Name: Billing and Accounting System

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Analysis of Requirement document.
• Prepared Test case and Test plan and involved in Test plan execution and in the identification of performance issues.
• Responsible for System Testing, Regression Testing and Acceptance Testing.
• Investigated Software defects and interacted with Analysts to resolve technical issues.

Environment: QC, Java/J2ee, HTML, Windows XP, UNIX, IE, Oracle.

Education
B. Tech.

Certification
Brain bench certified in Quality Assurance.