SUMMARY

• Over Seven years of experience as a QA Analyst with focus on testing of Web based Client/Server Applications
• Proficient in using both Manual and Automated testing tools such as HP Quick Test Professional and HP Quality Center/ ALM Application Lifecycle Management Tool
• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Waterfall Methodology and Agile Methodology.
• Strong expertise in performing different types of testing like Functional, Integration, End to end, Regression, User Acceptance, GUI, Performance Testing and Pre - Production Validation Testing, Cross-Browser Testing.
• Experience in writing test scenarios and test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts based on business and functional requirements and documenting all phases of QA process.
• Strong hands on experience with all levels of testing including Smoke testing, Integrated System testing, Regression testing and User Acceptance testing (UAT).
• Documented test cases using Quality Center.
• Excellent knowledge of VB Script for developing test script and Functional libraries.
• Extensively used SOAPUI to validate SOAP/WSDL and web services.
• Worked on Groovy script to customize test in SOAPUI.
• Strong understanding of relational database and build SQL queries to validate data
• Extensive use of Defect tracking tool HP Quality Center and IBM Rational Clear quest
• Organized, detail-oriented and have the ability to work well in a time sensitive environment.
• Excellent team member with problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills and have the ability to adapt quickly to new environments and technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Win 2000/7/NT/XP/Vista/7/8, UNIX, Linux, MS-DOS

Browsers: IE7/9, Mozilla Firefox 3/3.5/4.0, Safari 2.0,Google Chrome

Languages: VBScript, Groovy script, Java

Databases: Oracle 10g/11g, MS SQL Server 2008

Web Servers: Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat

Web Services: WSDL, XML, XSD, Soap Requests/Responses

Testing Tools: Quality Center 9.2/9.5/10.0/11.0/ ALM, Clear Quest 8.0, Jira, QTP, SOAPUI 3.0/3.5/4.0

Others Tools: MS SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Software Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed and created Test Plan, Test cases, Reviewed and resolve Ambiguities
• Followed standard QA Methodology, maintained and documented standards, imported test cases created using MS Excel
• Performed Manual testing and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix in Quality Center to ensure overall coverage of Test cases.
• Responsible for updating and maintaining Clear Quest for all the defects found during the functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle
• Executed regression testing for every modification in the application & new builds
• Worked Closely with Developers for prompt resolution of blocker issues
• Performed BEV testing using MS Browse tool
• Extensive knowledge performing Functional testing on Mobile devices and Tablet (iOS, Android)
• Assist with test data requests
• Used Groovy Script to connect Database
• Validated SOAP responses by using assertions like XPath match, schema compliance, contains, SOAP fault etc.
• Generated reports using SOAPUI
• Executed SQL queries like joins to fetch data from an SQL Server database server
• Attended meetings to update status and worked closely with QA manager

Environment: Windows 7, Web Services, SQL Server 2008, SQL, J2EE, XML, UNIX, Oracle 11g, Quality Center 11.0, ALM, SOAPUI, Groovy, Clear Quest, MS SQL Server Management Studio

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created test cases for various interfaces based on Business Requirement Documents and System Specification documents
• Created and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix in Quality Center to ensure maximum test coverage
• Analyzed functional specification and created test cases and test plans as per user requirement in Quality Center
• Responsible for updating and maintaining Quality Center for all the defects found during the functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle
• Create, maintain, and execute test cases in HP Quality Center (HP ALM).
• Responsible for Manual and Automation Testing of Web Application and Web Services. Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, Cross Browser and UAT testing by executing test cases maintained in Quality Center.
• Created and Enhanced test scripts using key driven methodology
• Saved Functions and Sub procedures in Library files and used them wherever needed
• Handled dynamic objects usingDescriptive programming
• Extensively worked on handling the application response for Positive and Negative set of data through data driven testing.
• Designed and executed functional, data driven and basic load test cases for web services testing in SOAP UI.
• Created and executed SQL queries like joins to fetch data from an SQL Server database server tovalidate and compare expected results with those actually obtained
• Attended meetings to update status and worked closely with QA manager

Environment: Windows 7, Web Services, SQL Server 2008, SQL, J2EE, XML, UNIX, Oracle 11g, Quality Center 11.0, ALM, SOAPUI, Groovy, MS SQL Server Management Studio

Confidential, Seattle, WA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plans and test cases within an Agile Methodology after carefully analyzing FRD and BRD
• Translated requirement specifications and design documents into detailed test cases in Clear Quest.
• Performed testing of XML requests and responses of all the Web Services of “Sell on Confidential ” module by using SOAPUI and Used Groovy Script for providing customized assertions
• Used SOAPUI extensively for data-driven testing of web services by making JDBC connection and also made use of Data Sink to store web service responses in Excel sheet and Database
• Performed Regression Testing of web services by using Test Runner in SOAPUI for creating bat file and running in an unattended mode using Task Scheduler
• Used Descriptive programming in handling multiple objects with similar properties.
• Handled exceptions using Recovery Scenario manager
• Developed test scripts using QTP to perform Smoke, Functional and Regression testing
• Created checkpoints and synchronization points in the application to deal with timing problems.
• Handled Dynamic Objects using Descriptive programming in QTP.
• Performed Functional testing, Data driven testing, regression testing by creating automated scripts in QTP.
• Performed Database/Back-end testing by using SQL query
• Inserted synchronization points using Wait Property statement to solve any timing and window location problems that arrive during test execution
• Used SQL queries to perform backend testing by validating the data displayed in the GUI against the data in the data base
• Involved in defect tracking using a separate defect tracking tool Clear Quest
• Used LINUX/UNIX to check error log file.

Environment: SOAPUI, Clear Quest, Windows XP, Oracle 11i, MS SQL server 2008

Confidential, Warren, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing the Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Document (FRD)
• Assisted to create test plans, test scenarios, test cases as well as documentation
• Involved in Functional, Integration and Regression Testing of the application
• Performed the compatibility test on different web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari on different operating systems
• Extensively used Quality Center for defect logging, tracking and reporting
• Used SQL queries to perform the back end testing on database
• Created and customized automation framework in QTP with different strategies Keyword and Data Driven techniques.
• Designed and executed test cases and reported various defects by using Quality Center as a test management tool. Created requirements coverage analysis reports/graphs by mapping the test cases with the requirements.
• Used functional and action driven approach for designing VBScripts in QTP. Implemented features of QTP like checkpoints for validation, recovery scenario manager to handle different events during test execution.
• Performed intense data driven testing by writing VBScripts. Extensively used Object Spy to write descriptive programming code to handle dynamic objects during test execution.
• Designed and executed functional, data driven and basic load test cases for web services testing in SOAP UI
• Validated SOAP responses by using assertions like XPath match, schema compliance, contains, SOAP fault etc.
• Interacted with various members of the team to discuss and resolve defects, bugs and their priorities

Environment: Windows XP, Oracle 11i, UNIX, SOAP UI, QTP, Quality Center, Oracle 8i, Windows 2000/XP

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Requirements Analysis meeting and worked on Test Plan document
• Wrote Manual Test Cases for POS based on Functional and Business Requirements
• Executed Manual Test Cases for Functional Testing and Logged defects for the failed Test Cases
• Written SQL Query for Database
• Performed Monkey Testing and Ad-hoc testing of given Website
• Actively participated to setup the test environment for the application(s) needs to be deployed on test environment
• Actively Participate in GO-No GO Meetings
• Prioritized and reported defects using Quality Center, to present documents and reports in weekly team meetings

Environment: Quality Center, MS Word, SQL Server 2000, 3-tier, HTML, Waterfall Model.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed written test cases and performed Manual Testing like Positive Testing and Negative Testing
• Mapped all the Requirements with the Test Cases usingRequirement traceabilitymatrix
• Performed Black Box Testing, UAT Testing for Regression Testing
• Performed data driven testing using excel file
• Performed the application compatibility in the Versions of Netscape, Mozilla fire fox and Internet Explorer browsers.
• Involved in testing all back end processes using SQL. Executed SQL queries to verify the data in the database
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using Test Director.

Environment: Java, HTML, XML, Windows XP, Oracle 11i, Test Director, BUGZILLA, SQL, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Fire fox.