SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance Testing of Web - based, Mobile Devices and Client-Server applications.
• Expert level of experience in using the automated testing tools HP Quality Center and QTP.
• Proficient in manual testing of Web-based applications, Web Services (SOAP and REST) and XML data validation
• Experience in White Box, Black Box, Unit, Functional, Integration, Back End and System Level and Stress Testing for many type of applications including web and client server applications.
• Experience in Functional Testing, System Testing, Configuration Testing, Regression Testing, Black-Box Testing, and Performance Testing.
• Collaborates closely with relevant teams to continually improve QA process and product quality.
• Proficient in Bug Tracking and Reporting using bug tracking tools like JIRA, HP Quality Center ALM Edition and BugZilla.
• Used SharePoint 2010 for files/folder management as well as User Story management and documentation purposes.
• Custom software test development, test case and user script preparation, and results reporting.
• In Depth Knowledge of SQL queries using Oracle 11g, IBM DB2 and SQL Server 2008 databases.
• Strong experience in Web Service validation using SOAPUI and XML Formatter Utilities.
• Experience with HTML, XML data validation and Microsoft Products.
• Excellent team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to gain customer confidence through subject matter expertise that includesthe ability to discuss solution strengths, weaknesses, and possible out-of-the box alternatives where necessary to meet customer business needs.
• Strong problem solving skills and analytical ability.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Query Analyzer, Quick Test Pro, TOAD for Oracle, Microsoft SharePoint, Quality Center 11 ALM, SOAP UI, XML Formatter, Eclipse, Groovy, JIRA, BugZilla, JUNIT, Jmeter

Database: Oracle 11g, MS-SQL Server 2008, MS-Access, IBM DB2

Languages: HTML, XML, Java, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL, XML/XSL, JavaScript, VBScript, and ASP.NET

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows NT/2K/XP, MVS and UNIX, AS/400

Others: SQL Plus, Edit Plus, Ultra Edit, Jenkins, SVN Version Control (Tortoise)

Microsoft tools: MS Office 2003, 2007, 2010(Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), MS Visio, MS Project and MS FrontPage, SharePoint 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, El Segundo CA

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Agile development environment, analyzed the user stories (Requirements) and attended daily standup meetings and Sprints.
• Involved in developing Test Plan, wrote Test cases, and executed the automated and manual test cases.
• Actively involved in Functional, Regression, Smoke, UAT and Integration Testing in Agile methodology
• Attended sprint plan meetings every two to four weeks to review the user stories.
• Detected Defects, Communicated to the developers using Bug Reporting Tool and Tracked the Defects using Quality Center 11 ALM.
• Performed web service testing using SOAPUI and XMLFormatter utilities.
• Developed RTM to validate the requirements with test cases in JAD environment
• Interacted with off shore team to resolve defects and functional issues of the application using JIRA.
• Using QTP conducted Regression Testing followed by the System Testing and Negative testing.
• Responsible for application code deployment using Jenkins.
• Performed mobile and device testing of Mobile and Tablet devices using actual devices and emulator programs.
• Extensively used Quality Center for test case development, test bed preparation and execution.
• Uploaded Business requirements, test scenarios, test cases and defects to Quality Center.
• Developed and executed SQL joins to validate the results in Web Services and Front end with Database.
• Worked on SharePoint 2010 for folder/files management and user story management.
• Responsible for application code check-in using SVN version control
• Participated in RTM - Test case’s Walkthroughs and defect report meetings periodically

Environment: Oracle 11g, PL/SQL, SVN, Jenkins, SharePoint 2010, SOAPUI, JIRA, Java, J2EE, Quality Center 11 ALM, QTP, Java and HTML, XML, Microsoft Excel, XML Formatter, Microsoft word, Windows

Confidential, Richardson TX

Sr. Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for documenting test cases in HP Quality Center 10 as per business requirements for each release.
• Investigated software bugs and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues using JIRA
• Executed test cases using different testing techniques: positive testing, negative testing and stress testing.
• Gathered test requirements by coordinating with design and development teams and managing them using SharePoint 2008.
• Participated in review/progress meetings to monitor the progress of the testing process.
• Performed backend testing by extensively using SQL queries to verify the integrity of the Oracle database.
• Participated in weekly meetings with the management team and walkthroughs.
• Involved in XML data validation using XML Formatter
• Regularly followed up with development team to discuss discrepancies identified during testing.
• Used JIRA for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Responsible for performance test case execution using Jmeter.
• Performed execution of test cases manually to verify the expected results.
• Met with the developers and technical content writers on a regularly update test documents.
• Developed and executed test scenarios for user acceptance testing.

Environment: Java, JIRA, Jmeter, Oracle 10g, UNIX, Java, J2EE, Javascript, SQL, SharePoint 2008, Quality Center 10, XML

Confidential, New York City, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed automated test scripts for the functionality testing using QTP.
• Worked on different functionalities like create Project, Protocol, Country, Site and Subjects.
• Developed ecommerce GUI using Java and tested it using QTP.
• Performed white box testing using Java and created test scripts using QTP. Created test cases while white box testing using SQL queries in Oracle and SQL Server SQL.
• Prepared Test Plans, Test Cases and Test specifications for the Functional and Business requirement, validations & executed these test cases and documented the test results.
• Developed QTP scripts and enhanced those scripts using descriptive programming, function libraries (.vbs) files using VbScript according to the functionality.
• Written Sorting function library (.vbs) file using VbScript to test the sorting functionality on some of the screens.
• Worked on Site Visit Monitoring reports and checked the functionality of generate the notification alerts using Jmeter
• Worked with SharePoint to manage files and folders and user documentation.
• Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using QTP and Java
• Performed cross browser functional testing using QTP.
• Tested compatibility of application for dynamic and static content under various cross browsers using HTML IDs, XML data validation and XPath
• Performed Regression testing for new builds and every modification in the application using Quality Center 9.
• Validated the process that uploads the data from Oracle to SQL Server database
• Performed Back-end testing using SQL queries.
• Executed the test scripts in SOAP UI using SOA architecture.
• Reviewed, developed and executed automatic test scripts using QTP to perform regression testing.
• Used Quality Center for executing thetestcase for Verify data integrity and data conversion accounts moved from one system to another system.
• Preparedtestplans, scripts fortestingIVR routing system to activate Customers call.
• Used Quality Center and BugZilla for bug-reporting, tracking, and generating.
• Used GUI checkpoints to check the attributes of the application across several builds and versions. Used bitmap, database, text, etc., checkpoints whiletestingthe application.
• Used Quality Center to Create and execute various scenarios, generated graphs, overlaid graphs for comparison, analyzed the results and found bottlenecks.
• Quality Center to execute thetestplan, track execution against the plan duringtesting, and manage defects from inception to resolution.
• Verified the functionality and the user access permission for the Responsibility matrix.
• Experience in testing in Unix and redhat environment.
• Experience using SOAP UI and validating XML Scripts.
• Created scripts for Admin modules, Library modules, Validation and Functional.

Environment: SQL, Quick Test Pro 9.2(QTP), XML, SharePoint, SOAP UI, BugZilla, Quality Center 9.0, Linux, Unix, Oracle 10g, Windows XP

Confidential, Irvine, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement review and Gap Analysis Using QC
• Preparation of Test scenario’s and Use cases Using QC.
• Test cycles creations for multiple releases.
• Manual Test cases creation and execution in QC.
• Performed manual testing of the application for GUI and functional validation.
• Prioritizing test cases for Automation.
• Build Automation Framework using QTP.
• Created Output values, VB scripts, recoding, enhancing, and debugging the test case using Quick Test Professional to verify application functional behavior.
• Automation of the product using QTP.
• Created the Automation Test Plan and extensively used QTP for creating scripts for functional and regression testing of various features of the application.
• Used Synchronization, Call function, Parameterization, Checkpoints, Regular Expressions to enhance test affectivity also created reusable actions.
• Performed automation testing using QTP and parameterized the scripts to execute multiple sets of data.
• Performed Integration testing to validate the integrity of data between different modules of the application.
• Developing and executed SQL queries for backend testing.
• Automation Scripts Creating, executing and analyzing the results.
• Integrating Automation scripts with daily builds.
• Reporting defects using JIRA.
• Automation Scripts and Test data Maintenance with application changes.
• Executing the Test Scripts on different environments and reported results using SharePoint.
• Prepared Test Status Reports about Automation Test Coverage and Defect Summary.
• Identifying the high-risk points and the priorities of the application.
• Attended reviews and design meetings to understand the application.
• Communicated with the Business Team for requirement issues and their resolution.

Environment: Java J2EE, SQL SERVER 2008, SharePoint, Oracle 7, IIS 7, Apache, J boss, Web logic, Web Sphere, Windows 2000/2003/XP/7,Linux