SUMMARY

• QA Analyst/ Software Test Engineer with over Six years of experience in software quality assurance and software testing in, financial and Telecommunication industries.
• Experienced in all aspect of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) Policy,QAPrinciples, Software Test Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Test Methodology, Change Management, Configuration Management, Risk Analysis and GAP analysis
• Seeking to pursue a consulting or permanent position to contribute the value of my diverse technical and professional experience in field of Software Quality Assurance, Software testing, and System Verification and Validation (V&V).
• Solid understanding in QA Methodologies, Test strategy, Test metrics, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and CMMI.
• Strong in Analyzing Business specifications with regards to Test Case Scenarios.
• Expert in software test automation, test tools like Quick Test Pro, Load Runner, Quality Center and PVCS Tracker.
• Extensive knowledge in Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), and expert in writing complex queries using SQL/ PL SQL.
• Extensive knowledge in using Quality Center and PVCS Tracker tool to report bugs/ defects.
• Performed all kinds of testing such as Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Negative Testing, Boundary Testing, Regression Testing, Ad hoc Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing, Sanity Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Volume Testing and Cross Browser Testing.
• Experience in writing and executing Automated Test Scripts, Tracking Defects and interacting with the development team in correcting the defects.
• Experience in preparing Test Plan/Technical specification/ Strategy Documents.
• Conduct internal reviews to measure and assure adherence to established QA standards for software development, and corresponding documentation.
• Ensured the execution of UAT test cases and documentation of test results. Provided UAT testing status information to the quality assurance lead, project manager, and various business stakeholders.
• Excellent knowledge in MSSQLand Oracle databases.
• Involved in writing SQL Queries using Oracle 11G/10G
• Verified and validated testing results by accessing and querying databases using SQL
• Executed SQL Queries using the simple and complicated join.
• Experience in focusing on delivery high quality, reliable results within aggressive deadlines, and meeting technical requirements.
• Experienced in analyzing Business Requirements and Specifications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a good team player. Fast in learning new ideas, processes, concepts and technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Quality Center/Test Director, QTP, Rational Suite, SOAP - UI

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center/Test Director, PVCS Tracker

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, C, Java, J2EE, ASP, C++, Visual Basic.

RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2

GUI Tools: Visual Basic, Toad, SQL Developer, Oracle Express 10/11g

Internet: HTML, DHTML, XML, VBScript, Java Script,PHP

Web Servers: Web Logic, SOA, Web Sphere, Windows 2000 server, IIS and Apache Tomcat

Project Management Tools: PVCS, VSS, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visual Studio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Washington, DC

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plan, Test cases, and Test scripts based on high-level and detailed designs.
• Created and executed Test Cases for some of the modules of the application under test (AUT) using Quality Center.
• Documented the daily defect status using Quality Center.
• Responsible for defect tracking and management metrics, defects are logged and change requests are submitted using Quality Center.
• Participated actively in Functional testing, System testing and Regression testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Performed System, Functional, Regression, UAT and End to End testing to verify the functionality with the new codes introduced for modification and/or enhancement using Quick Test Pro.
• Created user-defined functions, functions libraries and maintained the initialization scripts to set-up the work environment using Quick Test Pro.
• Created automated VB scripts for new functionality using QTP.
• Conducted traceability matrix between Requirements, design, use cases and test cases.
• Participated in the Test Case Peer Review to ensure test cases appropriately translate and map to requirements.
• Regular interaction with developers, business analyst and Logic Unit Workgroup.
• Prepared documentation for all stages according to company standards.
• Performed Manual and Automation Testing and User Interface testing on Android mobile applications on IOS platform.
• Conducted Back-end Testing using Stored Procedures and SQL.
• Tracked and reported defect using Quality Center.
• Implemented Test Case and Test Process with project time frames.
• Participated Weekly meeting and Daily 4.pm defect prioritization meetings.
• Prepared Test summary report after every build Release and submit it to the Mangers.
• Participated in QA team meetings and walkthroughs for weekly QA testing review.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Java, Java script, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla Firefox, Oracle, PL/SQL, SharePoint, MS Project, .net framework,VMware.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Planning, Execution and Analysis of the project and also developed TestPlan, Test Scripts and Test cases
• Analyzed and maintained requirements, and created and updated RequirementsTraceability Matrix(RTM).
• Involved in the creation and execution of manual test cases to facilitate both Positive and Negative Testing.
• Identified the Test Cases to be automated and led the effort for automating the product using Quick Test Pro
• Performed Functional, Integration, System,Regression, and UAT during the various phases of the application.
• Extensive software automation script development using HP Mercury automation tool Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Experience in Object Repository, Object Identification, set the Environment variables, Output value, Recovery scenario, Data Driven Test by using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Developed complex SQL queries to test the database values for data integrity.
• Analyzed user requirements, attended Change Request meetings to document changes and implemented procedures to test changes.
• Involved in business requirements, users requests and Scrum meetings.
• Wrote test cases and test scripts for the functionality testing.
• Performed End-to-End testing manually and got involved in Regression testing.
• Closely worked with developers and System Engineers to nail down the technical problems.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using PVCS tracker.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, MS Office, XML, VB Script, Oracle, UNIX, J2EE, Web Logic.

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared tests related documents including Test Plan, Test procedures, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases.
• Created and executed test plans, test cases including regression test suits to support quarterly, monthly and semi-monthly releases.
• Developed and executed test cases manually in an IBM mainframe environment and verified actual results with expected results.
• Conducted Smoke, System and Functional testing of the applications.
• Identified software errors and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Involved in analysis, design, development and execution of testing modules and phases in the application.
• Organized test plan/test case review meetings and get test plan sign-off from QA Development and Business Analyst groups.
• Developed and executed complex SQL queries to create and modify test data.
• Develop code for functional and regression testing using data driven automation techniques and non-record/playback frameworks.
• Performed Functional, Integration testing and Regression testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Executed Scripts, Reporting and Tracking Bugs in QC/Test Director.
• Performed Database Testing and written SQL Queries for MS SQL Server 2000.
• Worked with SQL and UNIX Shell Scripts to test database integrity.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, Windows, MS SQL Server, Web logic, QTP, QC, Rational Test Manager, Rational Requisite pro, Rational clear Quest.