SUMMARY

• Strong understanding of QA Methodology, SDLC, Project development life cycle and QA Processes.
• Strong Experience in development and Implementation of Master Test plan and Test Cases.
• Solid Back End Testing experience by writing and executing SQL Queries, Nested Queries, Joins (Self, Cartesian, Inner, Outer) for Oracle Database.
• Identifying and creating test scenarios, test cases and executing manual test scripts
• Extensive knowledge of the relational data modeling and relational database concepts like tables, Primary and foreign keys, Views and Referential Integrity.
• Strong experience with functional, integration, and regression testing techniques in validating web - based applications and services
• Involved in to convert Business and System requirements into positive and negative test cases
• Experience in change and configuration management and Experience with the overall Integration, and Regression Testing on Web and client server applications.
• Involved in the system testing, Integration Testing and regression testing process.
• Good experienced with SOAPUI Tool and Rest Services using Post Masters.
• Experience on QTP, Selenium, Test Manager, Rational Robot, JUNIT, XDE Tester, Clear Case and Req Pro.
• Experience testing, Created, edited and manipulating the files in UNIX Environment.
• Strong experience in data manipulation using SQL/PLSQL for the retrieval of data, used database triggers to audit the database values
• Understand a relational database schema Confidential a detailed level, including ability to query data using SQL tool
• Strong writing and analytical skills. Ability to communicate technical concepts in a non-technical manner.
• Defect reporting and monitoring the status using HP Quality Center, Clear Quest and Test Director Defect tracking tool.
• Experienced with Client-Server, Web applications and Mainframe, in industries like Retails, Health Care, Insurance, Mortgage, Telecom and Finance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C,C++,Java,J2EE,COBOL,VB,.NET,Perl,C#,XML,XSLT,ShellScript,Test Script, Squish

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/ME/NT/95/98,2003,UNIX,Linux,IBM3270,OS/390,IIS 5.0, IIS 6.0

Databases: SQLServer7.x,MSAccess,Sybase,PL/SQL,MSSQL,MYSQL,Oracle6.x/7.x/10g,Microsoft SQL*Server 2000/2005/2008,dBASE II/III/IV

Web Technologies: HTML,Perl,JavaScript,VBScript,AREXX,XML,ASP,JSP,Servlets, Applets

Server Side Scripting: ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, JSP

Testing Tools: MercuryInteractive(QTP,HPQualityCenter,TestDirector,WinRunnerandLoadRunner), Rationaltoolsuite(RationalTestManager,RationalClearQuest,Junit,JMeter, Rational Robot Clear Case, and XDE),SoapUI,JIRA5.0 /6.2.Cucumber and Microsoft Test Manager.

Tools and Packages: Adobe Acrobat Reader,Microsoft Office Suite, Web Services,Tibco CIM,SQL Navigator

Web Services: Tomcat, MS IIS, SOAP UI and Postmasters

Networking: TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP

Reporting Tools: Confidential Analytics, Crystal Reports, Cognos 7.0/6.6 and Business Object

Case Tools: Rational Rose, UML Methodology

Version Control: Rational Clear Case, MS Visual Source Safe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, John creek, GA

Sr Test Advocate(Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in deployments including managing environment configurations and troubleshooting deployment issues for .Net Applications
• Analyzed business and technical requirements for creating test plan, test schedules, creating detailed test cases/scripts, creating/reviewing test cases and executing functional/system/integration testing.
• Analyzed Software Requirements Specification SRS and Software Design Description SDD documents to develop test strategies.
• Developed a broad understanding of the environment Confidential MST, to apply an understanding of the interoperability of systems, technologies and applications that may have an impact on the QA process
• Involved in test case reviews and gets signoff on test cases from Project Team after updating suggestions
• Involved in reviewing and updating the Test cases for requirements coverage and completeness.
• Working closely with Business Analysts to test the enhanced requirements
• Work closely with Developers, Business Analysts and Project Managers
• Involved in create Defects and Tracked defects using HP Quality Center.
• Involved in testing both client server application and Handheld (MC3190), which are currently used in stores.
• Reviews and utilizes customer business and functional requirements development of test plans and scenarios
• Involved in RFID cycle counts in May’s and BLMs stores using with MC 3190Z handheld devices.
• Involve in Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Configuration testing and UAT Testing
• Worked on creating Zones, Picklists and complete pick lists and orders/reservations using POS Registers.
• Tesing withHyperion Essbase (ASO, BSO, MDX, MaxL, Calc scripts, Performance Tuning, troubleshooting)
• Validated Picklists, open shipments,Not found units reservation detail for Store Productivity Manager
• Involved into Ring the tractions and fulfillments using MCE, BLM Registries
• Performed testing on handheld devices (( Confidential 3190, 3190z and IPod touch) for Confidential patch.
• Provided data to the business analysts during UAT and Validating data on handheld, web & Database
• Involved in testing the B-CONNECTED application (application developed for Bloomingdales customer directory) - Tested the application in both Web and mobile device (IPod) and Confidential 3190
• Extensively worked on validating the application using the web services from SOAP UI.
• Create D2C Orders for MCOM/BCOM UPCs and checking the price status, using the Mainframe (CICS, L320).
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment best practices and build tools i.e., Jenkins and CruiseControl
• Involved in Writing Test plan and Test Cases Using MicrosoftTestManager
• Participate in UAT and attend the hour to hour meeting to include issue triage, prioritization and resolution
• Co-ordinate with Developers in .Net Framework for HH devices
• Involved testing with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Microsoft Test Manager
• In conjunction with R&D, Operations, OPEX, and Sales and Marketing, develop specifications and test methods to meet customer, product and internal quality requirements
• Involved the running batch jobs and reviewing Unix log Batch files and finding the issues using the UNIX
• Executed SQL queries to test the different scenarios in the application.
• Created the Test Summary Report (TSR) to detail the testing eff ort such as Test Case ID, number of Test Cases executed, passed, failed and status of Test Cases.
• Involved validating IAPI log files with SPM functionality in GEMS
• Involved in Task details and communication can be tracked within the JIRA tool.
• Jira is a tool that allows the team to track tasks on a Scrum
• Participated in User acceptance testing (UAT) meetings with business partners.

Environment: VB.NET, C#, HPALM, Confidential 3190,3190z and 3290 Handheld devices, NOKIA LUMIA920 Mobile device, XML, Oracle, HPALM11, JIRA6.2, DCM4.1, Java1.6.0.18 Windows.NET/XP, 2008, Web services, SOAPUI5.x,REST,SQLDeveloper,IBM, DB2,Mainframe (CICS, L320),Agile/Scrum, Jenkins, Cruise Control & Microsoft Test Manager.

Confidential, Dunwoody, GA

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all for segments of the planning, design, and execution of complex testing solutions (i.e., user acceptance testing, system, subsystem or interface testing).
• Participate in client meetings, ensuring that work products and deliverables are of the highest quality.
• Involved in communicate and coordinate planned work with an offshore team
• Participate in internal design review of testing materials; check test environment; execute, track and report on test execution using Quality Center 11 (ALM).
• Create and review test scenarios and test cases for completeness and accuracy, as well as, obtain business and development stakeholder approval and analyze results and communicate status
• Interact regularly with client and Confidential teams to deliver timely, high-quality testing solutions Requirements
• Used SQL developer to verify the data base changes while performing the functional testing
• Involved in testing for I -Bill validation using the GLOBYS system.
• PerformedBackend Testing, by executing the SQL queries.
• Executed the test scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results.
• Using Soap UI to perform API testing for CRM, WCSM, MVNE2, prepaid applications
• Billing was working with large, small, medium subscribers that the reports are as per the paper bills generated by Samson, with new socs added to the product catalog and the charges associated to the newly added socs.
• Used extensively XMLSpy to verify the XML elements and data generated by the I bill application.
• In VASA projects was verifying all the activities of a subscriber life cycle through GUI and SoapUI.
• Developed requiredSQL scriptsfordatabase testingusing SQL and PL/SQL.Extensive experience inDatabase Testing on Oracleand SQL servers.
• Worked closely with middleware, engineering teams and vendors like ( Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential TCM) to ensure API’s are working and configured properly by reviewing XML’s, certifying OBRE’s, querying records in tables, using frontend UI’s or SOAP UI.
• WroteSQL statementsto extract data from the Tables.
• Perform software acceptance testing and perform regression analysis.
• Prepared test status reports during test execution process.
• Executing and Managing SQL Back-End Testing for Data Validation
• Participate in client meetings, ensuring that work products and deliverables are of the highest quality.
• Participate in internal design review of testing materials; check test environment; execute, track and report on test execution and Executing and Managing SQL Back-End Testing for Data Validation
• Develop testing programs that addresses areas such as database impacts, software scenarios
• Involved in testing with applications developed on multiple operating systems and mobile applications
• Interact regularly with client and Confidential teams to deliver timely, high-quality testing solutions Requirements
• Involved in RPX testing (RPX is most recent implementation of PAG’s main backend Services)
• Involved with integration testing. Coordinating testing efforts across multiple teams.
• Involved with writing test cases, creating bug reports, executing and tracking testing assignments and Defect tracking using the HP ALM Quality Center 11.0
• Involved in data validation and cross-system testing using Microsoft Test Manager
• Involved in Integration of new framework with the existing frameworks, leveraging the existing frameworks and assuring reusability of the components/functions
• Working with distributed teams (offshore and offsite) for testing.
• Involved with ACC -Data Import and Export the Data from production to QA environments then provide to Testers using SQL Developer.
• Involved in creating SQL to extract data using SQL Developer
• Involved in Pair with SIMS and MSISDN and send to Eng Team for loading the Data in to CNTDB

Environment: QTP10.0, Selenium Web drivers, SQLDeveloper, MY SQL, Oracle10g, UNIX, putty, SOAPUI, SQL, PL/SQL Server, C#, C++, Perl, Python, HTML, Citrix, CARE, XML, VBScript, Toad8.6.1.0, UNIX, Shell Scripting Quality Center 11.0, JMeter, Java and Microsoft Test Manager.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr QA Analyst/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Attended all phases of project reviews and meetings. (design meetings, business requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, model based analysis and status meetings)
• Analysis of Business Requirements, System Requirements, Functional Requirements and Highly design documents and Application Design Documents
• Involved in present test strategies, test plans and test status to management, business and development partners
• Maintain updated documentation for assigned network devices and share newfound information with the team
• Involved in create and review test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test data
• Involved in Creating Test cases and Executing test cases Using ATF and Other tools with UNIX.
• Involved in testing, Created, edited and manipulating the files in UNIX Environment.
• Strong experience in data manipulation using SQL/PLSQL for the retrieval of data, used database triggers to audit the database values
• Working on UNIX Platform Using UNIX shell scripting, Java Script, Perl, Java, XML.
• Solid Back End Testing experience by writing and executing SQL Queries, Nested Queries, Joins (Self, Cartesian, Inner, Outer) for Oracle Database
• Understanding the systems, their compatibility issues, and interactions with various other components Cisco and Confidential & Confidential Global Network client.
• Involved in Creating complex queries for Teradata testing.
• Identify bugs and suggest suitable work around / Fix’s etc
• Tracking the defects by using testing tools (WebTrax and Quality Center).
• Work closely with the other members of the Development Team and implement test plans, and test the quality of software products.
• Involved in Setup and configured Virtual Machines (VMs) to run QC-BPT and QTP Test Scripts for Functional and Regression Testing against daily Smoke Test, new Builds and Releases
• Strong working experience with applications running on UNIX, Solaris and write and execute basic UNIX commands and scripts
• Involved and Identify the ATF Results on the Web for Simple MRC/SBP Session
• Attended the Status meeting and Co-ordinate with Off-Shore Team
• Attended the Test Cases Reviews meeting and Trained to Jr Testers

Environment: UNIX, SCP and MQ, QTP and Quality Center 10.0, SQL Developer, Teradata, Oracle 10i, TELEGENCE, CARE, Business, Balance Manager, Webx, Journey, Objects 6.5, Java Script, Sun Solaris 5.8, Toad 8.6.1.0, Hyperion ESSBASE8.i.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user requirements and documented test requirements using HP’s Quality Center (powered by Test Director) requirement module
• Created test plans, test cases and testing strategy for the planning and execution of test scripts and analyzing results, Conducted Black Box and White Box Testing.
• Automated Test scenarios for GUI, Functionality, Boundary, Security and Regression Testing using QTP.
• Developed reusable Quick Test Pro VB scripts and customized as per the test requirements
• Updated and managed multiple scripts using Object Shared Repository
• Extensively used Method Wizard to enhance modularity of the scripts
• Extensively used Object Spy to view both the run time object methods and test object methods associated
• Extensively used Quick Test Pro Check points (Object Property, text, table, XML, HTML and database)
• Developed and Executed Test Cases and Test Scripts for Performance, Stress and Load Testing using JMeter
• Developed scripts using Regular expressions to handle dynamic data names
• Monitors implemented system’s performance and reviews data to identify and correct problems or to enhance the application's functions.
• Identified and categorized Monitoring Parameters to verify performance requirements
• Created scenarios for peak load and off-load and measured the performance time for each transaction
• Recommended Performance tuning and Optimization techniques
• Monitored Windows and UNIX servers for Memory leakage, Processor Utilization, I/O Utilization, Page Faults and Network Statistics
• Experience in writing test scripts and using with Test Director
• Performed database testing using SQL queries by using Left, Right Joins and conditional Queries for the test\database used to identify the anonymous users of the application
• Interfacing with Co-workers in preparing for and executing the tests scripts
• Monitored the log files in Unix for errors/warnings and written and executed Unix shell scripts
• Experience of reporting tools and involved in reports testing - Crystal Reports, advanced SQL usage
• The modification requests (MR’s) were reported and tracked by using Mercury’s Quality Center (Mercury’s Test Director)
• Responsible for adding/deleting user’s and modifying their roles in Quality Center using the Admin role
• Reporting progress through daily and weekly Agile Scrum stand-up’s meetings
• Involved in tracking defects and enhancement using Atlassians Jira Agile Development Environment(JADE)
• Responsible for code deployment from Dev into QA and UAT environments
• Participated in interviewing new candidates for the QA positions
• Sign-off on test strategy, test development, and test results prior to implementation into production.

Environment: VB.Net, Quality Center11.0, Test Director, MS Office, TOAD (Toad for Oracle 9.7.2), Jira Agile Development Environment(JADE), UNIX, LINUX, SQLServer Script, Oracle, Visual Studio, Windows XP, Lotus Notes, Crystal Reports, C#,Perl,Java,J2EE,JUnit,SOAP,JMeter,JSP,EJB, VB Script, HTML, XML.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies (RUP)
• Tested the State Welfare, Integrated Eligibility, Child Support Enforcement, Medicare, Medicaid, IV-A, IV-D, Eligibility and Food Stamps applications which are Web and Mainframe (DB2) backend
• Experienced in development of Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Cases, and Test Scenarios
• Analyze the requirements and worked with Repository Design and developed Test Plans.
• Communicate product readiness,level of quality,testing results to managers,developers and other team members
• Develop and review appropriate testing strategies, approaches, plans, scripts, and other technical documentation
• Participated daily defect tracking triage calls, co-ordination with offshore teams in test execution
• Developed Test Plan and Test cases in Rational Test Manager
• Develops test strategies and plans. Oversees the development of and/or develops and maintains test
• Maintained the Defects using Defect Tracking System in Clear Quest
• Used Clear Case for Maintaining different versions control (Configuration Management)
• Wrote Oracle and SQL and Performed Backend Testing, by executing the SQL queries.
• Use of Clear quest for requirements tracking, test case design, management reporting, defect tracking.
• Performed Backend Testing, by executing the SQL queries.
• Involved in Designing Framework and writing the reusable functions for Enterprise application.
• Created Check points and Synchronization points for functional testing using Ration Robot.
• Extensively used descriptive programming in Rational Robot for automating the business process testing
• Developed Test Scripts using Rational Robot for Functionality and Regression Testing.
• Entered and tracked defects in the system using Clear Quest
• Experienced with Automated test methodologies and Automation Frameworks
• Involved in developing and executing automated test scripts using Rational Robot for Regression testing
• Design, implement and maintain the QA Automation framework and test scenarios in Rational Robot.
• Performed system quality assurance testing by executing test plans. Reports, documents, and tracks resolutions for software Defects identified in the testing process
• Experience with techniques of problem identification, root cause analysis, issue documentation, resolution support, and testing.
• Experience of reporting tools and involved in reports testing using, Business Object.
• Performs a variety of technical tasks which includes: conducting routine tasks in conformance with set procedures within the department; conducting regular technical
• Executed the test scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results.
• Develops test strategies and plans. Oversees the development of and/or develops and maintains test data
• Strong project management skills and Excellent verbal and written communication skill
• Experience working closely with Developers, DBAs, System Testers and User Acceptance Testers
• Prepared Test Matrix for measuring and reporting quality of an enterprise application and mentoring and training to Junior QA Staff.

Environment: Rational Test Manger, Clear Quest, Clear Case, Rational Robot, Lotus Notes, MS Office, UNIX, LINUX, SQL Server Script, Oracle, Oracle 9i, Visual Studio, Windows XP, C, C++, C#, Java, J2EE, HTML, XML, Business Object.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. QA Analyst/QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts for Confidential Analytics reports.
• Worked with Repository Design and developed Test Plans using Win runner, Developed Test Plan and Test cases in Quality Center.
• Create test plans to accomplish required testing, Execute test plans
• Improve test models, test data, and test processes based on lessons learned.
• Performed testing Confidential various levels such as Unit testing, system testing, integration testing, performance testing, and regression testing.
• Maintained the Defects using Defect Tracking System in Test Director.
• Wrote Oracle and teradata SQL and Performed Backend Testing, by executing the SQL queries In Tera Data.
• Used various transformations like Source Qualifier, Lookup, Router, Filter, Update, Expression, Aggregator, Sorter, Sequence Generator etc
• Use of Quality Center for requirements tracking, test case design, management reporting, defect tracking.
• Performed Backend Testing, by executing the SQL queries.
• Wrote SQL statements to extract data from the Tables.
• Entered and tracked defects in the system using Quality Center.
• Perform and GUI Regression Automation Testing, debugging issues, and optimizing environments
• Performed software acceptance testing and perform regression analysis.
• Involved in implement initial set up of Mercury Quality Center
• Executed the test scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results.
• Involved FRD, RPD and Web Cat Design documents review meeting
• Involved Report accurate testing, Create test summary reports Continuously
• Performed data warehousing testing
• Participated and reported status in all test related project team meetings

Environment: Quality Center 8.2/9.2, QTP9.0, MS Office, UNIX shell scripting, Confidential Analytics, Informatics Power Center 7.1, Sybase, SQL Server, Teradata SQL Assistant 6.2, Oracle, Data Warehouse, Business Object, C, C++, JAVA, JUnit, JMeter, J2EE, EJB, JSP, HTML, XML,Data Modeling

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding system functional requirements, business rules, and uses cases.
• Maintained requirements in Requisite Pro and requirements are traced to test Cases in Test Manager.
• Involved developing/writing functional, system, integration test scripts based on system requirements
• Conducted Functional, Regression testing Using Rational Robot.
• Involved for developing, writing manual and automated test scripts in Rational Robot and Test Manager.
• Involved for setting up test data in preparation for test script execution
• Involved executing test scripts, identifying areas for correction, and reporting these to development team
• Experienced in testing tools (Rational Clear Quest, Rational Robot, and Rational Test Manger)
• Understand existing data models.
• Created and executed complex SQL queries in order to validate system functionality.
• Experienced working with XML (XSD, XSLT etc.) and creating XML files
• Worked with XML test files based on XML schema.
• Experienced with several System testing phases with web based applications
• To retrieve the data from various Tables and to test the database, wrote SQL Queries.
• Verified the "fixes" for the reported bugs.
• Logged the traced defects in Clear Quest and created Test Metrics to analyze the defects
• Tracked and Reported Defects using Clear Quest
• Validated the mapping and integrity of data populated in the database using SQL queries.
• Regular interaction with developers, business analyst and Logic Unit Workgroup.
• Participated in Enhancements meeting to distinguish between bugs and enhancements.

Environment: WindowsXP, Oracle, Java/J2EE, XML, XSD, XSLT, HTML, SQLNavigator, SQL, MS Office Tools, Rational Requisite pro, MS project, Rational Test Manager, Rational Robot and XDE, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case and Lotus Notes

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Functional test the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Diamond application for Group Health Insurance
• Wrote detailed Test plans, Test Cases based on BRD and SRS in Rational Test Manager
• Created Test Plans, Test Coverage, and Trace-ability Matrices
• Provide System, regression, and UAT estimates and forecasts
• Participate in requirements walkthroughs
• Created and executed Test Cases and Test Scripts
• Report out on the daily testing status
• Involved in creating and verification and testing the EDI Transactions.
• Validated the Claims Data through EDI, Availity based on ANSI 837 claims Implementation Guide.
• Validated HIPPA transactions and maintained HL7 standards
• Involved in Black Box Testing
• Involved in testing the conversion of Member/Subscribers and Financial Claims.
• Tested the loading of Claims data into Diamond.
• Create Automation Strategy and Regression strategy documents
• Perform Production validation for implemented releases.
• Create automated test scripts using Rational XDE and Robot
• Perform production validation for implemented releases
• Conduct UAT and participate in daily testing status meetings
• Involved in Running Scripts in UNIX and Tracking the exection of these Scripts in UNIX
• Applying the SQL scripts to test the database and execution of scripts on the Database
• Perform Risk assessment on project behind and schedule and communicate testing status to project manager, development and users
• Involved in Testing along with Developers and coordinated with Developers to solve the problems encountered in the Application.
• Determine Root Cause for any production Sev1/Sev2 defects
• Involved in Testing Various Claims like 837,835,834,270,271
• Testing status to project managers, development, and users

Environment: Windows, UNIX, Shell Script, Oracle, C++, Java/J2EE, XML, HTML, Perl, SQL Navigator, SQL, Junit, MSOfficeTools, Rational Requisite pro, MS project and VISIO, Rational Test Manager, Rational Robot and XDE, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case, Rational Unified Process (RUP).