SUMMARY

• 6+years of experience in IT Industry with exposure in Software Quality Assurance and Application Testing.
• Experienced in Preparing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Data, and Test Scenarios.
• Exposure to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Well versed with V Model, Agile and Scrum models.
• Experienced in documenting and Implementing Structured QA Methodologies.
• Well experienced in Test Cases Preparation, Execution, Traceability matrix, Bug analysis and Reporting.
• Experienced in defect management tools like HP ALM/Quality Center, JIRA.
• Good working knowledge in Structured Query Language (SQL), Joins to read data from database and manipulate data.
• Experienced in Developing Test Scripts using UFT/QTP to perform smoke, functional and regression testing.
• Experienced in Executing single script multiple numbers of times using different user using Advance Data driven test in UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in Creating Checkpoints and Synchronization points in the application to deal with problems in UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in developing and executing QTP Framework for automation.
• Experienced in Black Box, Grey Box testing with a complete QA Life cycle - through Development, Analysis, testing, Defect logging, and verification of fixed bugs.
• Experienced in Ad-Hoc Testing, Smoke Testing, Functional, Regression, Integration and User Acceptance Testing.
• Possess high technical aptitude and high level of analytical ability.
• Good Leadership and team building qualities with excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, interpersonal and presentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: UNIX/Linux, Windows

Automation Tools: UFT/QTP

Defect Tracking Tools: HP ALM/Quality Center, JIRA

Data Base: SQL Server, Oracle

Version Control Tools: Clear Quest, Share Point

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chevy Chase, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Specification Document (FSD) and Design Document Specifications (DDS).
• Analyzed requirements and involved in developing test plans, test cases and test schedules based on high-level and detailed designs.
• Prepared Effort Estimation, Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios.
• Prepared test data for End-to-End Scenario.
• Uploaded requirements, test cases & conducted manual tests in HP ALM.
• Logged and tracked defects using HP ALM.
• Used SQL queries to cross check the front end data with back end data.
• Performed full Regression Testing of different modules using UFT.
• Developed Test Scripts using UFT to perform smoke, functional and regression testing.
• Executed single script multiple numbers of times using different user using Advance Data driven test in UFT.
• Created Checkpoints and Synchronization points in the application to deal with problems in UFT.
• Performed the maintenance of function and scripts files in UFT for every build and release.
• Prepared Monthly Metrics, Weekly Status Reports.
• Conducted triage calls between Dev, QA and Business and prioritized defects to get fixed in next build.
• Supported offshore teams with Functional requirements, clarifications and change request procedures.
• Participated in review meetings and took the initiative to meet the QA testing targets.

Environment: HP ALM, UFT, Java/J2EE, SQL Server, UNIX, Share Point, Manual & Automation

Confidential, Richmond, VA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in requirement review meetings, analyzed requirements, developed test plan, test cases, Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Analyzed system requirements and developed detailed test plan for testing.
• Designed test scenarios and written test scripts.
• Involved in setting up the Test Environment & creation of Test Data.
• Defect management, Reporting and tracking were done using Quality Center.
• Performed all types of manual testing and Test Scripts were generated using Quality Center.
• Analyzed failed test results and submitted defects based on test results through Quality Center and maintained complete Defect Life Cycle.
• Performed back end testing by writing and running SQL queries on database.
• Created Automation test scripts using QTP for regression and functional testing.
• Enhanced Test Scripts using various utilities provided in QuickTest Pro like checkpoints, parameterization.
• Inserted Checkpoints to check for broken links in QTP.
• Performed Functional, Integration, System Testing.
• Interacted with the Testing and Development team to resolve and to follow up on development issues.
• Performed various types of testing like Smoke testing, Functional, Regression, System, Integration and User Acceptance testing.
• Co-ordinated with the Project Managers and Development team for resolution of any outstanding issues.
• Participated in Daily onsite - offshore calls.
• Maintained Traceability matrix and Test Matrix.

Environment: Windows, MS Office, UNIX/Linux, VBScript, QTP, Quality Center

Confidential, Arlington, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing Business Requirements and Use Cases.
• Developed test plans, test cases.
• Actively participated in the QA process through requirements/design analysis and the development of test strategies and test plans for internal and external products.
• Participated in project design reviews to ensure requirements are met and Interacted with all levels of stuff.
• Involved in preparing Requirement Traceability Matrix to decide how many test cases can be designed based on the requirement.
• Used Quality Center for specifying test requirements, planning tests, running tests and tracking defects.
• Developed Test Scenarios for each cycle in Quality Center based on system functionality.
• Wrote and ran SQL queries on database to conduct back end testing.
• Involved in creating Test Plan and Test Scripts using QTP automation tool.
• Created user defined functions to test the specific test cases for windows applications using QTP.
• Test approaches included client/server, white-box, black-box, positive/negative, and relational database testing.
• Each test case is automated after it is manually tested based on business process of the application.
• Test types included functional, integration, regression, and UAT.
• Conducted walkthrough meeting with team members to review the test strategy.
• Worked closely with developers to isolate and resolve issues.
• Followed quality procedures and test standards, executed manual and automated tests for multiple software builds within scheduled releases.
• Prepare issues status report based on the QA team foundations, and involved in the bug scrub meetings.
• Developed and maintained test scripts to test the data integrity and the referential integrity.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, Java, XML, Windows, Oracle, Linux/UNIX.