SUMMARY

• Over 7+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, ExcelPower 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).