OBJECTIVE
I am seeking a position as an IT Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer within a dynamic organization.

• With 5 years of professional experience with Quality Assurance processes and Test methodologies, Standards and Black Box techniques.
• Ability to perform Black Box methods in web based and client-server applications.
• Working experience in testing process like developing test plans for frequent released builds in iterative environment, preparing requirement traceability matrices, design test specifications based on use cases ,develop test cases under different test conditions using equivalence classes and boundary techniques, prepare test data based on business requirement are followed in order to guarantee the quality of the delivery,
• Experience in test methodologies like Exploratory, Ad-hoc, Smoke test, Functional, Regression, System Integration and User Acceptance.
• Knowledge in Performance and security testing.
• Experience in testing ASP.net, J2EE-based and BEA Web logic servers.
• Basic and Advanced knowledge of Mercury Interactive Win Runner, QTP and Load runner tools to design ,develop, implement and maintain test scripts in Record/Play, Modular Coding and Library frameworks.
• Used HP branded Quality center test management tool to optimize application quality.
• Experience in Quality Center (QC) management process from requirement gathering through Planning, scheduling, running tests, defect/ issue tracking and management.
• Strong hands on experience in HP test management tool Quality Center / Test Director.
• Identified, reporting and tracking issues in a bug tracking system like Jira, Bugzilla, Clear Quest, test Director.
• Working knowledge in SQL queries.
• Good Understanding of SDLC water fall methodologies, incremental, spiral methodologies and agile methodologies.
• Knowledge in Unix based applications (AIX, Sun,HP)
• Experience working with business and functional people to establish and maintain a consistent test methodology and to resolve any issues during the testing process.
• Knowledge in Rational Unified Process (RUP), SCRUM
• Ability to complete tasking with minimum supervision.
• Strong technical aptitude and demonstrated technical and analytical skills, including the ability to understand detailed technical information

Technical Skills;
Operating System:Windows 95/98/2000/XP, MS-DOS, UNIX AIX, Sun, HP, Mac
Languages:VB Script, SQL, C, HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, Ajax
Testing Tools: Quick test Pro (QTP), Win Runner, Quality Center, Load Runner
Database:SQL Server 2000, DB2, MySQL 5.0, Oracle 9i, 10g, MS Access
Defect Trackers:Test Director, Quality Center, Bugzilla, Fog Bugz.
Browser:Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox
Others:MSOffice suite, Crystal Report, MS Outlook, MS Visio

Education:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications
• Associate Degree in Computer Science

Cofidential,Foothill Ranch, CA (April ‘11 Present)
QA Engineer
Project: E Commerce Web Applications (Maintenance Support)

• Oakley ecommerce application is a online accessory store for buying Sunglasses, custom sunglasses, merchandise products, prescription eyewear, apparel and footwear. It has various applications developed for different regions like USA, Canada, Australia, UK and Japan. As a QA Engineer, verified all the tickets assigned by Business on all websites as well as involved in Maintenance support in Scrum environment.
• Analyzed Functional specs and Business requirements and verified in Development environment through putty
• Did Smoke testing for all the regions in different environments like QA, Staging and Production.
• Did Compatibility testing for all web sites for different regions.
• Verified business promos for weekly releases.
• Involved in Scrum meetings with the other team members.
• Involved in business requirements, user requests and bug status meetings.
• Performed End-to-End testing for all region web sites.
• Designed and developed the Test plan, Test cases for the applications and executed them
• Participated in discussions with Developers and Business Analysts.
• Performed System testing, Integration testing, functional testing, and Exploratory testing
• Developed Test cases.
• Involved in backend testing by using SQL.
• Participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Environment: Windows, MySql, PHP, Target Process, Java Script, HTML, CSS, Ajax, Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9, Firefox 2/3, Safari 2/3, and Mac

Cofidential, CA(June ‘10- April ‘11)
QA Engineer
Project: E Commerce Web Applications

• Hot Topic is a retail accessory store which is in different malls .It has various eCommerce applications with three different websites called, Hot topic shock hound and torrid. As a QA Engineer working on all three websites to test various web Applications.
• Analyzed functional specifications and business requirements.
• Involved in Meetings with the users in the requirements phase.
• Involved in business requirements, user requests and bug status meetings.
• Performed End-to-End testing.
• Designed and developed the Test plan, Test Scripts for the applications and executed them
• Participated in discussions with Developers and Business Analyst.
• Performed System testing, Integration testing, functional testing, and Exploratory testing
• Developed Test cases.
• Involved in backend testing by using SQL.
• Participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Executed Sql Scripts
• Responsible for updating and maintaining Bug Tracking Tool BugZilla, for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle for the 100% requirements coverage.

Environment: BugZilla, Agile Methodologies, UNIX (Sun Solaris), Windows 2000/NT Java, J2EE, Java Script, Oracle 10G, Oracle 6i Netscape and Internet Explorer IE 7, Fire fox

QA Developer
Client:Cofidential,Santa Monica CA
Position:QA Analyst
Project:Shopping Cart Application
Duration: Mar ‘09 May ‘10

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Traceability Matrix document to map the test cases to the requirements.
• Tested 3 urls on multiple release cycles of the product involving smoke, functional, regression and integration testing on different browsers.
• Involved in creating test plans and test cases for static, my account and shopping cart web applications.
• Tested all urls in both windows and Mac environment using different browser versions.
• Logged in subversion and notified the changes made in PHP code and prepared test plans.
• Performed data driven testing on multiple accounts set, login, and multiple products checkout functions usingQTP.
• Created and maintained test cases in Excel sheet.
• Performed manual testing on the entire application. Conducted positive and negative testing. Designing test cases according to the functional specifications.
• Tested the end-to-end process on all product web pages.
• Reported and tracked bugs using bugzilla and sent screen shots of the bugs to development.
• Maintained a strong working relationship with teammates, developers, and management staff.

Environment: Windows, Oracle 9i, PHP, Subversion, Java Script, HTML, CSS, Ajax, Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox 2/3, Safari 2/3, and Mac
Testing Tools: Manual Testing and Quick Test Professional

Cofidential,
Project Name: AAA Mobile GPS Application
Client: Cofidential, Aliso Viejo CA
Role: Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Duration: May ‘08 Jan’09
Methodology: Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed all the requirements specifications required for the purpose of writing test cases.
• Involved in testing the GUI for AAA mobile application.
• Evaluated, analyzed and test cases derived from the functional specification and functionality of web based application.
• Created and enhanced process and procedures to utilize shared testing assets and reusable components.
• Created and Executed Automated Test Scripts / Test Procedures using QTP based on the Use Case Scenarios.
• Loaded the builds in the phones using Brew Apploader, BitPim, and EFS Explorer.
• Performed manual testing of the application and identified defects which are stored in Bugzilla and reported to the developers across multiple projects.
• Prepared the documents for NSTL submission.
• Documented alternative solutions and work-around as required.
• Participated in bug triage meetings with developers to validate the severity of the bug and responsible for tracking of the testing life cycle using.
• Worked closely with developers and product team to resolve the issues and understand requirements and worked closely with ops team.
• Performed cross browser testing with different operating systems.
• Tracking log files in production if any errors in production.
• Demonstrated and trained junior tester. And updating status to QA manager.
• Performed backend testing using the SQL query to fetch from the database.

Environment: J2me, Brew, Oracle 9i, XML Log viewer, Windows XP, Perforce, Microsoft Office
Test Environment: Black Box Manual Testing, Bugzilla.

Cofidential,
Project Name: Notification Engine (Vendor System Batch Process)
Client: Cofidential,CA
Role: Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Duration: July ‘06 Mar ‘08

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the Business Requirement Document, Functional Specification documents to prepare Test Cases based on the Test Plans and Use Cases.
• Involved in tested the GUI for batch process.
• Prepared traceability matrix based on the use cases.
• Performed Black box testing, Functional testing and Regression testing.
• Keeping track of the Hardware Configuration, Operating System, Tools Used, Testing types & Results on different software versions
• Performed End-to-End testing manually and was associated with User Acceptance Testing
• Prepared test cases to test the backend Database by retrieving the data form the tables using SQL
• Coordinated with Business Analysts and Team Members on application testing status on an on going basis.
• Responsible for writing test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Involved in the creation of compiled modules (libraries) for system and user sessions and called them from test scripts
• Performed tests on multiple platforms and environments, which includes system testing, Functional testing.
• Analyzed user Requirements, prepared test strategies and Test Scenarios.
• Executed test Scenarios and verified actual results against expected results.
• Developed automated scripts for Client Server Application using QTP
• Extensively involved in using Quality Center to report bugs.
• Used the Quick Test Pro to parameterize the test scripts to perform testing for multiple sets of data
• Conducted Regression Testing and interacted with developers to resolve the issues.

Environment: Java, Oracle 9i, UNIX (Solaris 2.8), XML Log viewer, XML, Windows XP,
Testing Tools: QTP, Quality Center.