Objective

• Over 7 years of Quality Assurance experience with a solid understanding of the software development process, well organized, proactive, process and result oriented professional seeking an opportunity with a leading organization as a Software QA Analyst/ Automation Test Engineer.

SUMMARY

• Solid understanding of Software Development Life cycle and testing processes.
• Experienced in HP ALM 12.2/HP Quality Center (QC11.5), HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.52) / Quick Test Pro (QTP) 11.5, Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) 2013.
• Experienced with HP ALM/ HP Quality Center Administration (Domain creation, Project Creation, User Creation, maintain user authentication, Allocation of projects to users).
• Expert in writing and executing Test Plan, Test cases, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts.
• Experienced in gathering and documenting business requirements from client.
• Experienced in performing Functional, Sanity, Integration, System, User Acceptance, 508 Compliance testing.
• Proficient in using different databases including Oracle 10g/9i/8i, SQL Server, Informix, DB2 and MS Access.
• Experienced in using test management and bug reporting tools including HP ALM 12.2.
• Involved in testing task estimations, review checklists preparation.
• Developed automation test scripts using UFT for creating standard, text, and bitmap, page, and database checkpoints.
• Experienced in automation framework development.
• Tracked defects, prepared defect matrices, defect summary report and followed issues to completion.
• Pro - active, attention to detail, strong analytical skills.
• Prepared Requirement traceability matrix, Test data requirements, Test strategy, Test reports.
• Involved in establishing QA process and reviewing processes.
• Actively participated in all phases of the testing cycle including reviews and project status meetings..
• Skilled in adapting to rapidly changing work environments, Employer dedication.Excel at testing from a customer’s mind set.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and be self-managed.
• Possess excellent communication and documentation skills, good team player, and ability to work in multitasked environment.
• Involved in all stages of software development life cycle in multiple projects of different company that I previously worked with and have deeper understanding of the development processes such as Waterfall, Iterative, Agile methodology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP ALM12.2/HP Quality Center (QC11.5), HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2) / Quick Test Pro(QTP) 11.5, Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) 2013Bug Reporting Tools: HP ALM 12.2/HP Quality Center (QC11.5), Bugzilla, JIRA

Programming: VB Script.

Databases: MS Access, Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server 2005, DB2, Oracle, Teradata

Operating Systems: Windows XP/7, UNIX

Web Applications: ASP, HTML/DHTML, Java, Java Script and VB Script. FrontPage

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Software Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and reviewed Quality Control strategy and test plan.
• Created and reviewed test cases based on the objective of HP ALM 12.2 strategy
• Analyzed the requirements and designed detailed test cases.
• Used HP ALM/Quality Center for test management and defect reports.
• Used HP ALM 12.2 for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests.
• Analyzed and defined client's needs and requirements for the software, defined the quality assurance objectives.
• Automate Application Report Validation Process Using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Create UFT Function Library with different types of Functions to validate data type and format in Application report.
• Make Connection with Teradata Database using ODBC Connection Function and Passing SQL Query to Retrieve Data from Database and save in specific path.
• Convert Application Report Validation Testing From manual sampling testing to complete Automation testing.
• Inserted synchronization points to solve timing problem between test and application.
• Used extensive SQL queries from the front end using database checkpoints in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) to perform backend database testing.
• Parameterized the fixed values in checkpoint statements, created data tables for the parameters and wrote functions for the parameters to read new data from the table upon each iteration - Performed Data-driven testing.
• Accessed data from Oracle database using SQL scripts.
• Analyzed Test results to meet the end user needs.

Environment: HP ALM 12.2, Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.52), Windows, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Tera Data, MS Word, Excel and Outlook, OBIEE(Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition), WPD(Wholesale Profitability Dashboard), Finance and Analytics Dashboard.

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and reviewed Quality Control strategy and test plan.
• .Worked with application development and product development teams to produce and implement all testing artifacts includingTest Strategy, Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Data, Test Execution Resultsand Defects.
• Setup the testing environment and involved in both Manual and Automation testing.
• Implemented Black box, Navigation, Functional, User interface, Security, Data driven, Configuration, System, Regression, User acceptance testing.
• Created queries and stored procedures using SQL.
• Created the environment for automation testing and designing the strategy for complete test coverage.
• Developed automation scripts in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2) to automate smoke and regression testing.
• If issues were identified with any project, bugs were entered in the project bug reporting system and a decision was made to determine whether the project should proceed to production deployment.
• Managed the testing process, schedule batch tests, log and track defects using Quality Center.
• Co-coordinated with System Analysts, Development & Test Teams to review Test Plans, Test Cases, and requirement standards & resolve issues including User Acceptance Testing.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Integration and End-to-end testing using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2).
• Developed and executed various VB scripts, loading and unloading GUI map files, created GUI Check points, Data Base check points
• Implementing Data Driven Test and Synchronizations and automated web application using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2).
• Optimized HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2) scripts for Regression testing of the application with various data sources and data types.
• Expert in Working different kind of Automation Frameworks (Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid Frame works)
• Inserted synchronization points to solve timing problem between test and application.
• Experience to eliminate redundant pop up messages to cut down script run times using recovery scenarios in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2).
• Performed End-to-End Systems Regression Test, Readiness Review, and test results analysis.
• Provided the project management with test metrics, reports and status on a regular basis..
• Actively participated in the team meeting with the developer and business analyst.

Environment: Windows, XP/7, UNIX, IIS, IE, Oracle, C, C++, DOORS, HP ALM 12.2 / HP Quality Center (QC11.5), HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT 12.2) / Quick Test Pro (QTP) 11.5, Visual Source, Visio, Citrix, Dashboard, Scorecard, Site Scope.

Confidential, New York, NY

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed systems design specifications and developed Test Plans, Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Designed Test Scripts for Functional testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Developed Test Scenarios to cover all the business requirements Performed end to end testing for Regression, Integration and database testing.
• Extensively involved in writing, executing and analyzing UAT, Database Checkpoints, and Data Driven Test Scripts for all the projects using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Worked with Use cases and requirements to write the test plan and test cases.
• Accessed data from Oracle database using SQL scripts.
• Validated reports developed using Crystal Reports.
• Performed defect tracking for the bugs in the application that included documentation, tracking and re-validating defects that helped developers to track the problem and resolve the technical issues.
• Involved in Preparing test plans and prepared the test cases and test scripts.
• Responsible for creating and executing test cases for System, Integration, Regression and End-to-End, User acceptance testing of the Application.
• Executed the tests manually to verify the application functionality.
• Used Team Foundation Server (TFS) for error (defects) reporting and communicating between developers, product support and test team members.
• Conducted System testing to ensure the system functions will meet the business needs and establishment of preliminary work instructions.
• Verified and closed bug reports once they are resolved.

Environment: Quick Test Pro (QTP) 11.0, Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), 2013, Windows XP, Unix, IIS, Oracle, TOAD, MS SQL, JIRA, MS Visual Studio .NET, MS Word, Excel, and Outlook, Tibco, HTML, XML, JavaScript

Confidential, Baskin Ridge, NJ

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and defined client's needs and requirements for the software, defined the quality assurance objectives.
• Created and executed Test Plans, Test cases for the project performance, functional, regression, verification, acceptance, GUI and usability tests.
• Developed Automated Test Scripts to perform Functional Testing.
• Enhanced the recorded scripts to resolve synchronization. Enhanced recorded test scripts using Checkpoints, Synchronization, parameterization by using Quick Test Pro (QTP) 11.0.
• Created automation scripts in HP Quick test Pro (QTP 11.0) to automate smoke and regression testing.
• Designed Test Scripts for Functional testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Extensively involved in writing, executing and analyzing UAT, Database Checkpoints, and Data Driven Test Scripts for all the projects using Quick Test Professional (QTP) 11.0
• Implemented procedures for making QA and development more efficient.
• Worked on SQL and PL/SQL and performed backend validations.
• Performed backend testing on Oracle, executed various DDL and DML statement.
• Reported software anomalies and defects using HP Quality Center (QC11.0) Bug Tracking System.
• Replicated the problem and created replication log.
• Updated the SR (Service Request) database.
• Updated the SR tracking system using HP Quality Center (QC11.0).
• Entered requirements in HP Quality Center (QC11.0).
• Produced reports and documentation for all testing efforts, results, activities, data, logging, and tracking.
• Created the test data and scheduled the test execution.

Environment: ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2008, HP Quality Center (QC11.0),Quick Test Pro (QTP) 11.0, Windows.