SUMMARY

• 6 years of experience in Manual and Automation methods of Software Quality Assurance Testing in several domains such as Finance, Banking, Insurance and Healthcare.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from project definition through post - deployment stages.
• Experience in Manual Testing and in writing Test cases and Testing Life Cycle and creation of Test Data.
• Proficient with the complete Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) that included applying various Testing Methodologies and resolving issues through Bug Lifecycle.
• Areas of expertise include Test Case Design, Test Planning, Test Tool Usage, Test Case Execution, Defect management, Develop and implement QA standards, Use Case Documentation.
• Extensive experience in using Test Management and automation tools such as HP Quality Center, Quick Test Professional (QTP). Hands on experience on Load Runner and Test Director.
• Expertise in Agile/Scrum implementation Management and Waterfall Methodology.
• Adept at developing QTP VB Scripts for Automation Testing.
• Strong experience in Backend Testing, Oracle and SQL environments that includes writing and SQL queries.
• Self-starter, energetic, highly motivated team player with excellent problem-solving skill. Capable to quickly learn new technology and adapt to a new environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP Quick Test Pro/ QTP framework, Load Runner

Bug Tracking Tool: HP Quality Center, Test Director

Programming Language: Java, SQL, PL/SQL

Scripting language: VB script, Java script

Tools: TOAD, MS Excel. PowerPoint, MS Office Suite

Operating System: Window7/XP/98/95, UNIX, MS DOS, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Cases for Functional, Integration, System and Regression Testing.
• Performed Smoke, Integration, End to End, System Testing Regression Testing.
• Participated in Creating and Execution of Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Worked on GAP Analysis for Identifying the Missing Scenarios
• Written and maintain automated testing scripts using QTP under Hybrid Framework.
• Identified the test scenarios for the Regression testing.
• Generated traceability matrix to track requirements and associated test cases.
• Worked in Agile methodologies such as SCRUM
• Performed data validation testing writing SQL Queries
• Identified the test data requirements for testing and created the test data for multiple phases of testing.
• Responsible for creating Traceability Matrix report and Test Completion Progress and defects Report in Quality Center
• Identified the test scenarios to be automated and involved in writing automated test scripts using Quality Test Pro.

Environment: JAVA, SQL/PLSQL, Eclipse, Oracle TOAD, AJAX, Quick Test Pro 10, Load Runner 9.1, Mercury Quality Center 10, Oracle 11g, UNIX, Windows.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Software QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review Business Requirement Document (BRD) and the Functional Specification Document (FSD) to analyze technical/business specifications for designing and formulating of Test Plan, Test Case, and Test Scripts and execute those scripts to ensure the developed functionality performs as specified
• Divide tests into multiple actions to design more modular and efficient tests
• Use QTP Checkpoints and Regular Expressions for checking web pages, images, texts, and tables
• Develop Descriptive Programming and maintained Local and Global Object Repository in QTP
• Extensively use Quality Center for scheduling test and defect tracking
• Develop Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and Test Reports
• Report defects using Quality Center and interacted with the development team to resolve any defects/issues
• Manage Requirements, Test Plans, and Test Cases using Quality Center
• Perform Positive and Negative Testing using Data driven tests
• Develop SQL queries for QA testing and report / data validation
• Perform Integration, Regression, UAT and Database testing
• Perform cross browser testing using Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer
• Prepare status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases
• Responsible for updating and maintaining Quality Center for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle
• Prepare QA Sign off Document based on the Test Plan approved by Project Manager, Developers and QA Manager
• Work closely with the QA Manager and QA Lead to discuss/decide major activities, scopes and milestones in the QA life cycle
• Create test user accounts for pre-production testing
• Organize weekly Project status and Task Review meetings

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Oracle, XML, Linux

Confidential, Brea, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interact with business Analysts and end users to gather the Business Requirement Document (BRD) and the Functional Requirement Document (FRD)
• Analyze system specifications, design and develop test plans and test cases to ensure the developed functionality performs as specified
• Prepare the traceability matrices to fill the gap between the requirements and the test cases covered
• Create Test Strategy for estimating the time required for testing the entry and exit criteria for each test
• Perform Smoke test cases for the end to end test process of the successful and failure path.
• Create test data input sheets and dummy customer accounts for testing purposes and analyze test records for accuracy
• Involve in all phases of the testing done in Assurance like smoke testing of the builds, Functional, Database, User Acceptance, Integration testing and Regression testing once the deployment is done in the production
• Perform parameterization of the automated test scripts in QTP to check how the application performs against multiple sets of data.
• Test the application’s behavior when presented with positive and negative sets of data by using the Data Table in QTP to perform data driven testing
• Define UI checkpoints to check frames, complex tables, text boxes, buttons, radio buttons, lists, combo boxes, hypertext links, image links and images
• Write and execute SQL queries including joins using TOAD to perform manual back-end database testing for verifying data integrity
• Responsible for collecting and analyzing the test metrics and then submitting the reports, which kept track of the status and progress of the testing effort
• Set up the environment for UAT, and provide assistance to the end users as required
• Procure signoffs from the end users after successful completion of UAT

Environment: Mercury Quick Test Pro 9.2, Quality Center 9.0, SQL Server, Windows XP

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from Business Analysts and end-users to understand the operational flow to create effective test scenarios
• Interact with developers to understand the functionalities of the interfaces and UI forms
• Identify test requirements and work flow scenarios by studying and analyzing functional and technical specification documents and create test plans, test cases, test scripts, test strategies
• Work closely with functional architects and developers to isolate and troubleshoot defects and monitor the progress until they are resolved
• Assist the test lead in creating and maintaining the QA Test Plan and Traceability Matrix
• Perform End-To-End testing to ensure a smooth deployment of new functionalists
• Perform Regression testing using Quick Test Professional (QTP) with special emphasis on appropriate error handling in order to ensure that the new code had no adverse effect on the current system
• Obtain stakeholder approvals on UAT verification and production validation
• Use HP Quality Center for test scripts creation, execution, test coverage and defect tracking
• Participate in document reviews, inspections and peer reviews
• Involve in meetings with QA Testing team to plan and implement testing efforts
• Develop Status reports, Test Execution presentations
• Handle a project resource in quality assurance department and supervise their work and provide training as needed.

Environment: Quality center 10,Java,IDE,RC, JUnit, Windows,UNIX, SQL, Bromine,Jmeter.