SUMMARY

• Over 10 years of experience in the field of Information Technology (IT) with emphasis on Software Quality Assurance and project support.
• My background includes complete working knowledge of the standard Software Testing Methodologies during the Application Development Life Cycle process.
• Furthermore, I have experience in Black Box testing of stand - alone and Client/Server applications using regression, front end, back end, load, stress, performance and functional testing.
• As an added asset, I have hands on experience in agile methodology.
• In-depth Experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing (Manual and Automation using HP Products), Test Plan Formulation, Functionality, GUI, Performance and Regression Testing in Web Based Applications in different environments and different Browsers.
• Extensive experience in Manual Testing for Applications developed in C, C++, Java, PEGA, Visual Basic, HTML, JSP, Servlets, Applets, ASP, AS/400, UNIX, Shell Scripting, DB2 and Oracle.
• Experience in Healthcare Industry.
• Experience working with Auto claims domain.
• Experience in maintaining a team size of 7 members.
• Experience in planning daily activities of the team.
• Writing test cases using requirements and Scenarios.
• Worked in ATDD process in one of the client projects.
• Experience in onsite-offshore model of work.
• Experience in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Testing for Web Services.
• Experience in testing the functionality of Rules Engine.
• Proficient in Black Box Testing and Functional Testing.
• Adept Confidential developing detailed Functional, Integration and System test specs.
• Converting high-level test requirements into reliable, repeatable, and maintainable test cases.
• Proficient in developing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Reports.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Excellent work experience in MS-SQL and Oracle Database.
• Profound insight to determine priorities, schedule work, and meet critical deadlines within budgetary guidelines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Quality Centre 8.x/9.2, RationalFunctionalTester (RFT), ALM 11.5, DOORs, Project Management Framework (PMF), QTP

Agile Project Mgt Tool: Version One

Web service: Soap UI

Bug Reporting tools: Quality Center 8.2, Test Director 8.0, clear quest, BugZilla

Languages: Java, JSP, Java Beans, Servlets, J2EE, ASP, C/C++, EJB

Internet Languages: HTML, DHTML, COM, DCOM, XML, JavaScript, AJAX

Operating Systems: MVS, UNIX, Windows 95/98/2000/ NT/XP

Databases: Oracle10G/9i, SQLServer7.0, MS-Access, Mainframe, DB2

GUI: VisualBasic 5.0, Pega

Protocols: FTP, HTTP, SMTPServers Web logic Servers8.1, Web Sphere5.1, Citrix

Test Strategies: System, SIT, E2E, Regression, UAT, Web service Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr.QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Following Agile/SCRUM Methodology in the Project.
• Providing Story points in Poker Planning.
• Creating testing Tasks for each story.
• Involved in Daily Scrum and in updating the Scrum wall.
• Using Version one Agile Project management Tool to track sprints and tasks.
• Participate in the Product Grooming Sessions with the Product Owner in understanding the P/O’s requirements’ for each Sprint.
• Requirements base lined using DOORs for each sprint.
• Participate in retrospective meetings after completion of every Sprint.
• Mapping the requirements to test cases using ALM 11.5 tool for RTM.
• Testing web services using SoapUI tool.
• Performing regression testing using QTP
• Understood the requirements and participated in breaking the Requirements into Executable User Stories.
• Using Test Harness for executing the test cases involving different sets of Test Data.
• Understood the Market Pricing Concepts like Raw Prices, Adjusted Price Calculation, Rules involved in Calculating the Adjusted Prices, Swaps, Drops, etc
• Testing the Asynchronous Web Application developed on AJAX.
• Extensively used Analytical skills to Understand and test the Decimal to Tick Views of the Raw Pricing Data.
• Involved in Internal Product Grooming sessions where, the actual Demo for the Product owner was Prepared.
• Built and executed simple to complex SQL’s for Testing Data Persistence of Raw Feed, Rules, Product, Preferred Source, Effective Timestamp and EOD Raw prices etc
• Recorded multiple Sessions on the Market Pricing Application using Snagit to test the Auto Refresh of the Raw Prices received from the Preferred Vendor - Reuters, Tradeweb.
• Using Unix Commands to test the Weblogic Log files and executing the Input files using Test Harness.
• Using Unix Autosys commands to start and stop the jobs and clear the cache
• Executing the Test cases in ALM and Documenting the Test Results.
• Created various Defects that came up on the UI, Log files and Database Persistence.
• Retested and Closed the Defects on Approved Timelines.
• Built and Executed the Regression Suite in each Sprint for the Functionality delivered and tested in previous Sprints.
• Submitted weekly Status reports.

Environment: HP Interactive Tools, ALM 11.5, QTP, Snagit, UNIX, DB2, DOORS, Windows, Ms-Office, Rapid SQL, Weblogic, JAVA - AJAX, Version One.

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Test Strategy, Test Plan and Test Approach documents for the Project.
• Managing Team Confidential onsite and planning their daily activities.
• Coordinating with other project teams on Test Data, Scenarios and Script alignment and testing dependencies.
• Participate in Process improvement efforts.
• Tracking Issues, Dependencies and Risks in the project.
• Reviewing the Test Cases and Scenarios written by offshore team.
• Reviewing the requirements and designing for traceability.
• Provide daily and weekly status reports to Leadership Team.
• Provide test execution estimation for the project.
• Attending demos given by Dev Team.
• Tracking Project status in timely manner.
• Assigning the task to team and tracking their work status.
• Preparing Test Case review templates.

Environment: Java, Web Services, Quality Center, ATDD Process.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Sr.QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Agile/SCRUM Model in the Project
• POC for offshore Team.
• Updating SCRUM board on Daily basis.
• Conducted defect triage meetings.
• Performed Production shake out testing.
• Participating in Requirement Grooming sessions.
• Tracking Tasks Status in PMF.
• Providing Story points in Poker Planning.
• Tested persistence of the data in the database.
• Attending demos given by Dev Team.
• Posting questions on WIKI page for clarifications from BA or Developer.
• Reviewing the Test cases which are authored by offshore Team.
• Collecting environment downtime data for all test environments.
• Attending meeting with BA’s for understating user stories.
• Clarifying offshore queries ensuring minimal time loss.
• Daily Handsoff call with offshore team.
• Executing Test Cases and Posting defects whenever required.

Environment: PEGA, Web Services, eZaccess, PMF (Project Management Framework)

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Onsite Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Onsite Point of contact for project process and project deliverables.
• Reviewing Test Cases authored by offshore.
• Authoring test cases for different modules in the project.
• Working on offshore clarifications with BA’s.
• Executing test cases and Posting defects.
• Reviewed test cases with BA’s on regular basis.
• Conducted defect triage meetings.
• Defect reporting using Quality Center and re-testing.
• Tested on Production Environments.
• Participated in Understanding the Business process.
• Developed and executed test cases.
• Performed Test Data Analysis and Verified the Testdata.
• Extensively participated in Developing Test Scenarios for Integration and System Testing.
• Trained the lower level testers in conditioning the Accounts prior execution and also verifying the Test results.
• Performed Data Mapping from the Integration Testcases for the Regression Inputs.
• Generated detailed reports of the bugs, the pass-fail reports and the Test results.
• Co-ordinating with the Developers in timely closing of the Defects.

Environment: .net, C#, MS Silver Light, Mercury Quality Center9.0, QTP.

Confidential

Sr.Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Authoring project artifacts like Test Plans, Test, Traceability Matrix and Test Cases.
• Authoring test case outlines and reviewing the requirements.
• Track, Supervise, Functional Test and Regression Testing of all functional modules in the project.
• Performing ambiguity testing on Requirement specifications.
• Test Data Management which included test data creation, modification and handling issues related to test data.
• Preparing ambiguity report on the Requirement specification with design documents.
• Reviewing and consolidating the test cases and test results of the team.
• Developing Functional test cases as per the requirements of the client.
• Smoke test of Test cases before handover to execution team.
• Preparing Test data as per the requirements of the authored test cases.
• Manual execution of functional test cases and reporting defects.
• Performing Adhoc, Functional, compatibility and Regression testing.
• Interacting with client on the calls twice in the week.
• Updating Test cases and Maintaining Test case Versioning details.
• Working as a SQA/SCM coordinator for the project (Maintaining all the Documents in VSS).
• Performing NERV testing for the Client reported issues.
• Preparing Daily Status Reports & Weekly Status Reports
• Working as a SQA/SCM coordinator for the project (Maintaining all the Documents in VSS).

Environment: Java, J2EE, JUNIT, Oracle 9i, 10G. Mercury Quality Center 9.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, mainframe

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a module leader of 2 modules,
• Review Requirements, Prepare Test Plan, Prepare Test case(s), and Executing the Test Cases.
• Conducting Internal Walkthrough within the Team and External Walkthrough with client through NetMeeting.
• Involved in the Daily & weekly client interaction meetings with the onsite team.
• Bug reporting into Quality Center.
• Interaction with the client on weekly basis.
• Preparing the Quality Assessment report on completion of testing activities.

Environment: Java, J2EE, JUNIT, Main Frames, Mercury Quality Center 9.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, mainframe

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test cases and executed them manually.
• Developed Detailed Test Cases using requirements Document as input.
• Reviewed test cases with business.
• Defects are tracked and assigned to developers.
• Prepared Test execution report for the team.
• Developed Test cases and Executed.
• Reported and documented test Results & Defects.
• Verification and Analysis of Actual vs. Expected Test Results.
• Involved in the Daily & weekly client interaction with the onsite team.
• Bug reporting into Quality Center.
• Interaction with the client on weekly basis.
• Preparing the Quality Assessment report on completion of testing activities.

Environment: Java, J2EE, JUNIT, Main Frames, Bugzilla