SUMMARY

• 6+ years of experience in software industry, involved in Business and Functional requirement analysis, test requirement analysis, setting up test environment, QA processes and procedures.
• Expert knowledge in domains like Telecommunications, B2B applications.
• Experience in automating test plans using Quick Test Professional (QTP)
• Programming Experience using VB Script.
• Experience in defining test automation frameworks (data driven / keyword driven)
• Extensive working experience with defect tracking tools like Test Director, Rational Team Concert and Rational Clear Quest
• Expertise in various testing types: Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Black - box testing, UAT, GUI testing, Back-end testing and different stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience using test management tools like HP Quality Center, and MS Test Manager
• Experience using the V-model methodologies to deliver projects
• Experience in Agile Methodology (SCRUM)
• Extensively involved in preparation/execution Test Scenarios and Test Cases, and Test Documentation.
• Excellent understanding of industry standard testing methodologies, processes and procedures for improving quality.
• Functional Requirement and Use case document review and prepare Test cases based on FRS/SRS/UC documents
• Extensively involved in Web/Internet testing and Product based applications testing.
• Experience in SQL queries for back-end testing
• Experience in backend testing on databases such as Oracle, SQL Server.
• Customer-focused mindset with proven track record of meeting and exceeding goals and expectations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, motivated, energetic team player with demonstrated proficiency for learning new tools and business environment with excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Able to manage changing responsibilities and part of the team which delivered time critical projects on schedule.
• Having very good Customer Service and Customer Management skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Defect Tracking Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Team Concert, Quality Center, Jira

Test automation Tools: Quick Test Professional 9.5/10 (QTP)

Database: Oracle 8i, MS-SQL 2005, MS-Access, SQL, TOAD

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP/2003/2008 Server, Red Hat Linux

Scripting Languages: Unix/Linux Shell scripting, command line activities

Workstation Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, PuTTy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Quality Engineering Consultant (Manual)

Responsibilities:

• Marketing and engineering specs review and attend meetings
• Test Plan creation and modifications according to management reviews
• Lab requirements specification preparation
• Test cases preparation, internal/external review and updates
• Status template updates with detailed stats
• Test Platform preparation with customer specific requirements
• Test execution in given time frame
• Test execution on different desktop operating systems like Windows XP, 7, Vista for the application compatibility testing
• Installing the server components in virtualized environment.
• Defect raising tracking using quality center
• Test report preparation for each pass.

Environment: Windows 2003 SP2, SQL Server 2005, Windows XP/7/Vista, Java Swings, tomcat, Quality Center, VMware.

Confidential, Fairfield, CT

Quality Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in implementing long-term functional test strategies
• Functional test plan preparation for the entire test efforts
• Attended KT Sessions conducted by project management team.
• Analyzed the existing test case documents for each existed module in the Old server
• Utilized existing documentation as base documentation for the functional test plan preparation
• Attended regular use case review meetings to understand the scope of functional testing
• Involved in regular review meetings within the manual testing team
• Worked on deployment process during system migration.
• Identified regression test cases after every manual run and created test scripts for the test cases
• Troubleshooting script related issues
• Created shared object repository that contains information of all the application objects
• Test reports automation from the QTP to generate detailed pass/fail status of each executed test case
• Followed incremental automation approach for each delivered module
• Daily/Weekly test status reports to the management on automation test status
• Defect Tracking using Rational Clear Quest
• Involved in Project Planning meetings.

Environment: Sun Solaris, Linux, My-SQL5.0, Rational Clear Quest, MS-Excel, QTP

Confidential, Fairfield, CT

Quality Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Agile Test Methodology for the Quality Engineering
• Involved in requirement analysis meetings
• Involved in Use Case review meetings
• Prepared test cases for the functionality defined in the Use Case document
• Involved in daily standup meetings for the requirement discussions with the customer
• Attended training on the existing software functionality
• Implemented test automation using the Functional test automation tool QTP
• Created automation test scripts after every sprint execution for the future regression test purposes
• Compared actual & expected results using QTP 9.5 by creating multiple checkpoints like GUI, text, bitmap & database
• Conducted review meeting with scrum master and the team for the created scripts
• Created smoke test suite in QTP for build acceptance testing
• Worked closely with developers to explain the issues and understand the functionality
• Raised issues in Clear Quest as and when the issues are found in the provided code
• Involved Defect review meetings to explain the severity of the issues.
• Managed defects in clear quest in timely manner
• Involved in database testing to validate the table insertions are appropriate for user actions
• Involved in incremental integration testing.
• Prepared presentation for the comparison of existing software with new developed software
• Described functional limitations and advantages of the new software
• Prepared test report with the detailed information of execution, issues, known issues, and files location
• Prepared User Acceptance test plan and review meetings with customers
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing at client places like Citi, DB and JPMC bank sites.

Environment: Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows 2000, J2EE, Servlets, Internet Explorer, Apache Tomcat, Rational Clear Quest, QTP

Confidential, Fairfield, CT

Manual Testing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in high level discussions to understand the business needs in functional aspects
• Involved in Use case review meetings
• Prepared Functional test plan using MRD, ERD and FS as base documents
• Involved in preparing integration test cases
• Involved in test case execution for each delivered module in given time schedule
• Prepared Traceability Matrix for the functional test coverage
• Raised functional concerns during the test case execution
• Involved in regular status meetings to discuss on the issues and progress of test execution
• Involved in Defect Review meetings
• Used Rational Clear Quest for defect tracking
• Functional test results analysis and reporting issues to the management
• Issues escalated/managed through the tracking tool Clear Quest
• Created environment to access MAX stations from a SQUISH automation tool

Environment: High-end telephones developed by IPC, Red Hat Linux, C++, QT, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, Vista Java Swings, and Apache Tomcat, Rational Clear Quest.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Quality Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided estimations for testing efforts
• Participated in requirements review meetings and identifying the tickets between requirements
• Participating in client communication meetings
• Involved in discussions with business analysts to set up input data and test environment
• Created end to end and integration test cases for every service request, which could impact the flow
• Used Quick test pro data table to parameterize the tests
• Created Check points and Synchronization points for functional testing using Quick Test Pro
• Interacting with developers and business analyst regarding requirements, test scenarios, and defects
• Execute the integration test cases and system test cases.
• Involved in daily stand-up meetings to discuss on the progress of assigned tasks and defects status
• Identification of defects in the application under test, creating and tracking defects in JIRA, rational team concert.
• Creating and maintaining test reports during test case execution for the detailed regular/weekly status.

Environment: JDK1.3, J2EE, XML, JSP, Manual Testing, Rational Team Concert, JIRA

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Quality Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Attended product training to get familiar with Bill payment operations
• Analysis of the changes, enhancement and production issues
• Involved in the Design and Planning of test execution using pre-defined test cases
• Partly involved in developing Operational Qualification (OQ) Plan to ensure application functionality (for customer needs)
• Created test scripts in QTP using the object driven framework that’s been already defined in the company executed automated test scripts using QTP
• Executed compatibility and functional test scripts and prepared summary reports
• Issues found during Functional testing raised in HP Quality Center 9.0.
• Involved end to end issue certificate and generate notice and Identifying critical business transactions for the application
• Log the defects in Quality Center and tracking the all defects, which the team logged.
• Weekly status reports preparation

Environment: Java, DB2, Apache Tomcat, HP Quality Center, QTP