SUMMARY

• Over7+years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Manual Testing and Automated Software Testing.
• Creation of test plan, test strategy, test cases and generating test scripts using Automation Tools.
• Good experience of testing applications in different phases of SDLC method.
• Experience in system analysis, design, Quality Assurance, and automation testing.
• Experience in different types of testing that include Integration testing, Functional testing, User Acceptance testing (UAT),Black Box Testing, Stress/Load Testing, Manual and Regression testing with automated testing tools.
• Experience in Writing Test plans, Test cases & Requirement analysis.
• Strong in developing Test plans, Test cases, Test data, Defect Tracking & Reporting, Ability to perform under deadlines, good individual and team player.
• Testing using Automation Testing Tools - QTP, Expertise in Descriptive programming and VB scripting in QTP
• One year of experience in working with large database systems such as Oracle, SQLServer 2005/2008.
• Experience in developing scripts using SQL.
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge in working with UNIX Operating system and having good knowledge on Commands.
• Highly Experienced in Defect management, including Defect creation, modification, tracking, reporting using industry standard Tools.
• Expertise in Problem solving and Bug Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools.
• Possesses excellent skills in Bug Reporting using Test Director.
• Proficient in Manual, automated and Performance testing on Client/Server and Web applications.
• Expertise in analyzing business requirements and extensive knowledge in gathering and understanding Use cases.
• Exposed to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and experienced in working with methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Win Runner, Load Runner, QTP 8.0, 8.2, 9.0 & 9.1, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case.

TCM Tools: Test Director 7.0, QualityCenter.

Defect Tracking Tools: Rational Clear Quest, PVCS Tracker, Track Record, Web Tracker

SCM Tools: Visual Source Safe, PVCS, WinCvs, Rational Clear Case

Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Databases: Oracle 9i/8i/7.3, MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, MS Access, MS -Word, Excel, Power Point

Database Tools: MS Access, SQL Server 2000/2005, MS Project, MS Visio

Web Development: HTML, DHTML, XML, .NET, C#,JavaScript, VBScript

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York City, NY

Sr. Quality Analyst/Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering, analysis and study of existing systems.
• Prepared Test Data, Test Case Tracking Matrix, QA Testing Strategy, Reviewed Functional Specifications, QA Testing Strategy, Help Files, Requirement Scope and Scenarios documents. Attended daily, weekly, monthly Status.
• Worked with users and the development team on system requirements. Generated detailed reports of the Bugs, Pass-Fail report and Comparison Chart using Track Record.
• Developed QA estimates based on approved requirements. Assisted Business Analysts and others in creating functional designs as needed.
• Created test plans, test data and conducted unit testing for all programming assignments to ensure programs are working correctly prior to release.
• Identified Test Cases fit best candidacy for automation.
• Developed test cases and test scripts to automate the testing process using QTP.
• Wrote SQL scripts to verify database updates, inserts and deletes. Created test data and managed the test Scripts using QTP based on the project requirements.
• Divided various functional areas of the application into various Risk Levels for effective testing of the application, also risk leveled all the test cases accordingly.
• Managed individual test cycles, reported bugs and worked with analysts and developers to resolve problems.
• Performed functional testing, Regression testing, adhoc& smoke testing
• Involved in testing conversion database in using TOAD for Create, Insert, Update and Delete Records connecting to SQL Server.
• Excellence in creating change request Form, Test Readiness Review Document and Defect Status Report.
• Involved in the complete QA Lifecycle activities like Pre-testing phase, acceptance testing phase and testing phase.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000/NT Server, Microsoft SQL Server 8.0, MS Office, VB Manual Testing, Track Record and QTP

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated and initiated team meetings on a regular basis and involved in active discussion in order to improve the testing quality by better strategies and testing approach.
• Performed system and integration testing, supported QA testing. Review of functional specification and Business Requirements.
• Used checkpoints to check the attributes of the application across several builds and versions. Also used bitmap, text, etc., checkpoints while testing the application.
• Created data driven tests that randomized the test data, for testing the AUT with real life test conditions.
• Generated daily and weekly Test Execution results, Quality Canter Defect metrics, custom reports and graphs and presenting to manager for distribution to greater audience.
• Involved in GUI windows web functional testing using QTP.
• Created reports to present the testing results.
• Involved in creation and maintenance of test matrix and traceability.
• Developing a detailed test plan and writing test cases to cover all the requirements.
• Implemented SDLC and followed the standardized process in the application.
• Manually test each and every module of the application and verify against expected results.
• Modified previously existing test cases that were driven by manual testing.
• Conducted result analysis and interacted with developers to resolve bugs.
• Involved in designing and analyzing of test scope strategies with other test analyst.
• Gathered test data and created test plan for all kinds of loads up to maximum of 500 virtual users.

Environment: Windows 2000 Professional, .NET, SQL, Quality Center, MS Office, Manual Testing and QTP.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with users and the development team on system requirements.
• Generated detailed reports of the Bugs, Pass-Fail report and Comparison Chart using Track Record.
• Assisted Business Analysts and others in creating functional designs as needed.
• Created test plans, test data and conducted unit testing for all programming assignments to ensure programs are working correctly prior to release.
• Executed SQL License scripts and SQL scripts in SQL query analyzer. Loaded QA’s (patches) manually.
• Involved in installation and upgrade timing testing. Prepared Test Data, Test Case Tracking Matrix, QA Testing Strategy.
• Developed test cases and test scripts to automate the testing process using QTP. Wrote SQL scripts to verify database updates, inserts and deletes.
• Created test data and managed the test Scripts using QTP based on the project requirements.
• Performed both Front-End and Backend to Ensure that data transfer has taken place successfully from Frontend to Backend Successfully
• Conducted Functionality and Regression testing during various phases of the project.
• Created SQL queries and Tested Backend extensively to see the data flow.
• Writing and Reviewing test cases, test scripts, UAT and QA summary reports.

Environment: Windows 2000/NT Server, Oracle 9i, MS Office, Java, JSP, EJB,Weblogic, Manual Testing, Track Record and QTP

Confidential, Irvine, CA

QA/Tester

Responsibilities:

• Participated in user session during Requirements Analysis phase.
• Developed Test Plan and Test Scripts.
• Actively involved in Walkthroughs.
• Used QTP for Creating Compiled Modules and made scripts modular and reusable.
• Involved in writing/modifying VB functions for automating the Scripts in QTP.
• Performed Negative Testing, to make sure Validations are done properly before submitting order details to the Web Server.
• Used Mercury Quality center for defect reporting and tracking.
• Involved in the development of Test cases to automate the Testing process using QTP.
• Performed benchmark testing, Load testing and performance testing using Mercury Load Runner.
• Analyzed the reports in the Load Runner for Performance Testing to determine the response times at web server, application server and database server level.
• Also analyzed the PU usage time for particular number of Virtual Users
• Performed Manual testing, Regression testing, sanity, adhoc& smoke testing.
• Involved in testing conversion database in TOAD using SQL for Create, Insert, Update and Delete Records.
• Done Regression Testing to make sure that new Functionality is not impacting existing functionality in the system.
• Performed Back-End Testing using SQL Queries, PL/SQL Procedures.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing by providing test data for users and by testing UAT defects in test environment before, the new code gets moved to UAT environment.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000/NT Server, Microsoft SQL Server 8.0/2000, MS Office, VB, Manual Testing, Track Record and QTP

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed system requirements specifications, Test cases, and Test data, for testing the functionality using Test Director.
• Extensive knowledge in SDLC / STLC.
• Participated and Initiated Team meetings on a regular basis and involved in active discussion in order to improve the testing quality by better strategies and testing approach
• Managed individual test cycles, reported bugs and worked with analysts and developers to resolve problems.
• Involved in the development of test plan and test strategy; performed functional and structural analysis for the same.
• Involved in writing and executing test cases based on the requirements.
• Performed End-to-End testing of full functionality
• Experienced in using Test Director as a defect tracking tool.
• Involved in Component Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing.
• Involved in testing the database (backend Testing) using SQL statements
• Prepared a knowledge base about the project which really helped in preparing strong knowledge base on the project
• Close interaction with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and navigational flow.
• Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of testing.

Environment: Web Based application, ASP, VB, Oracle, Windows 2000 and Windows-XP Professional, Manual Testing, Test Director 7.0

Confidential

Test Analyst - SAP

Responsibilities:

• Active participation in workshops and presentations Guided application to validated business processes and solutions with end User
• Developed specifications for formulas, requirements, user exits and reports to enable business processes not supported by standard SAP functionality.
• Created Test cases and carried out unit testing and integration testing. Worked on creating test scenarios and test scripts.
• Involved in testing and fixing of test results; re-configuration in pricing area.
• Participated in testing of various reports
• Involved in testing the Configurations in Customer & Material Master Data, Account Groups for Customers, Partner Functions and Partner Determination Procedure for Customer Master.
• Material Listings and Exclusions for various customer groups, item categories, and copy control of sale document types to billing and delivery documents.
• Handled Testing of Route determination, Shipping points and Packing.
• Tested New Pricing Procedure with associated Condition types, Access Sequences and Condition tables as required by the business for service order types.
• Reviewing the Test cases and providing feedback to the QA team. Writing Test Cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).