Background Summary

• Over 9 Plus years of extensive experience in diversified fields of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), specializing in Quality Assurance Process and Methodologies.
• Excellent experience in testing Client/server and Web applications.
• Extensive experience in MANUAL and AUTOMATED testing using automation testing tools, Test Management Tools (Mercury Quality Centre, Test Director, Clear Quest) and Functional testing tools ( Quick Test Professional , Win Runner ).
• Experience in Migrating and upgrading from any version of Test Director to Test Director or Quality Centre.
• Extensively used Quality centre/Test Director for Requirement management and created traceability metrics among requirements.
• Strong experience in Banking, Financial, Telecom, Insurance, Mortgage and Hospitality domains.
• Excellent knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC) and Defect Management Life Cycle .
• Able to apply broad technical and functional expertise to organize and implement White-box and Black-box test efforts and to analyze requirements for software design, development and validation.
• Expertise in developing Software Test Plans , Test Case Design and Test Scripts based on User Requirements Specification (URS) and System Requirements documents.
• Represent QA in all phases of product development including requirement, design, construction, testing, implementation, code reviews and support.
• Active role in Requirements review, Functional document review, testing review and key resource for UAT phase and production roll-out.
• Excellent knowledge of Methodologies like CMM and RUP.
• Experience with Scrum/ Agile Software Methodologies.
• Expertise in all stages of life cycle including Unit, Integration, System and Acceptance testing.
• Skilled in using Configuration Management tools Clear Case and Project Planning tool, Microsoft Project Plan.
• Extensive experience in Database Testing with SQL Server, Oracle and DB2.
• Familiar with Agilefant.
• Designing Automation Test Architecture and automating test scripts using Mercury automation tools like Win Runner and QTP for the Regression and Functional testing.
• Strong skills in Object Oriented programming, Client/Server environment, web technologies and Relational Databases.
• Working knowledge of various concepts and technologies like VB Script, SQL, and Oracle, JUnit, JMeter.
• Used Test Director/ Quality Centre for tracking and reporting bugs. Expertise in Defect logging mechanisms and tool configuration.
• Ability to focus and prioritise under pressure.
• Dedicated to working on own initiative and as part of a team, as well as maintaining high quality standards

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bug Tracking Tools: Mercury Quality Center x.x, Test Director, Rational Clear Quest2002

Workflow Tools: MS-Visio2000, MS-project2000, MS-Excel, MS-Word

SQA Tools: Quick Test Pro (QTP) x.x, WinRunner7.x, LoadRunner x.x ,Rational test suit

Languages: J2EE (Java 2.0, EJB 2.0, JSP 1.x, Servlets, JDBC), JavaScript, XML,VBScript, TSL, VB6.0, HTML, X Query,

Databases: Oracle x.x, SQL Server 7.0/6.5, SQL Server 2000, MS Access,

Web &Application Servers: Apache’s Tomcat, MS-IIS (4.0/5.0) BEA Web Logic, IBM’s WebSphear (3.4/4.0), Oracle Portal Server 9.0.4

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows (2000, NT), Linux (Red Hat, use7.x)

Telephony Systems: IQ/MAX, IQ/MX, EASE 2.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential , Mclean, VA

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential conducts business in the U.S. secondary mortgage market – meaning we do not originate loans – and works with a national network of mortgage lending customers. We have three business lines: a Single Family Credit Guarantee business for home loans; a multifamily business for apartment financing; and an investment portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Determined test strategies based on requirements, developed test plans, and test cases and executed test scripts.
• Involved in selling system with MISMO.
• Involved with Create Loan, import Loan, Loan pipe line, Quick loan, Aggregator pipe line, settlement and calculations.
• Involved with regression testing of PMA, OIM and TPA.
• Involved with Data flow between the modules.
• Performed smoke test and basic functionality tests manually.
• Involved in data validation and database testing and integration testing.
• Involved in user acceptance testing
• Conducted back-end testing by integrating the SQL statements and data structure
• Managed all types of testes and change requests including defects, enhancements, issues and documentation changes using Quality Centres flexible workflow process.
• Trader p references like number, name displays and pagination for fixed, floating areas, priority of the lines for different messages from system centre.
• Created and maintained automated test suites and Regression test suites using QTP and Quality Centre.
• Involved in design specifications reviews and technical documentation reviews.
• Involved in prioritise defects according to customer needs and with requirements.
• Created automated test scripts to test critical unit, integration, and end-end critical business Scenarios using QTP.
• Created various checkpoints for Checking Objects, Checking pages, Checking Text, Checking Tables. Performed Data driven tests.
• Involved creating user id for regression suites.
• Run the regression suites for PMA, TPA and OIM suites and selling.
• Created regular expressions to increase flexibility and adaptability of the tests.
• Bug reporting generation and defect tracking using Quality Centre.

Environment: QTP 10.0,Quality center, Load Runner, Visual Basic 6.0, J2EE, VSS 6.0,JavaScript, ASP, VBScript, HTML, Oracle, Oracle financials, DB2, MS SQL Server 2000,SQL, XML, C#, Windows xp/2000, Unix. Linux.

Confidential , Tempe AZ

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed baseline test cases for Manual and automation.
• Performed Front-end Integration Testing with back end ORACLE Database by writing SQL Queries
• Performed smoke test and basic functionality tests manually.
• Prepared pre-conditioned data for testing the application.
• Conducted Data-Driven Testing using QTP.
• Involved in FX Trading Group.
• Involved in creating test automation frame work.
• Experience with testing of mobile applications with MAX 1000.
• Conducted back-end testing by integrating the SQL statements.
• Performed backend testing using SQL queries .
• Involved in manual and automated testing of applications on Windows and UNIX environment.
• Created and executed SQL queries to fetch data from an ORACLE database server to validate and compare expected results with those actually obtained.
• Involved in validating new price plan implementation and all charges relating to changes.
• Validated new price plans in multiline activations.
• Involved the off store and on site coordination.
• Involved with use of share point 2007.
• Experience with testing Crystal Reports.
• Tested Web service with soap UI
• Interacted with developers to report and track bugs using Quality Centre.
• Manual Testing was done to perform functional testing on the User interface.
• Responsible for weekly status, Updated showing the Progress of the manual testing effort.

Environment: QTP9.2, Mercury Quality Centre 9.2,Load Runner, CBRM, Visual Basic 6.0, J2EE, VSS 6.0,JavaScript, VB Script, Ruby XML, MS SQL Server 2005,T-SQL, DB2, Windows p/2000,HTML, Oracle Financials, Oracle App Server Portal 9.0.4,Unix, soap UI.

Confidential , Fairfield, CT

Role : QA Analyst

Description: Confidential is a leading provider of mission-critical communications solutions to global enterprises. With more than 30 years of expertise, Confidential provides its systems and services to the world’s largest financial services firms, as well as to public safety; government; power, energy and utility; and transportation organizations. Confidential offers its customers a suite of products and enhanced services that includes advanced Voice over IP technology and integrated network and management services to over 40 countries

Responsibilities:

• Determined test strategies based on requirements, developed test plans, and test cases and executed test scripts.
• Performed smoke test and basic functionality tests manually.
• Involved in data validation and database testing and integration testing.
• Involved in user acceptance testing
• Involved in testing of FX Trading Group.
• Involved the testing of mobile applications with max 1000.
• Conducted back-end testing by integrating the SQL statements and data structure
• Managed all types of testes and change requests including defects, enhancements, issues and documentation changes using Quality Centres flexible workflow process.
• Trader p references like number, name displays and pagination for fixed, floating areas, priority of the lines for different messages from system centre.
• Created and maintained automated test suites and Regression test suites using QTP and Quality Centre.
• Involved in design specifications reviews and technical documentation reviews.
• Involved in prioritize defects according to customer needs and with requirements.
• Created automated test scripts to test critical unit, integration, and end-end critical business Scenarios using QTP.
• Involved the on site and off shore coordination.
• Created various checkpoints for Checking Objects, Checking pages, Checking Text, Checking Tables. Performed Data driven tests.
• Developed Start-up scripts by using Reusable Actions and Copy Actions and did the regression testing for each release of the application.
• Used database checkpoints to verify whether our application is getting the same data from the database.
• Created regular expressions to increase flexibility and adaptability of the tests.
• Bug reporting generation and defect tracking using Quality Centre.

Environment: QTP 9.2,Quality center, Load Runner, Visual Basic 6.0, J2EE, VSS 6.0,JavaScript, ASP, VBScript, HTML, Oracle, Oracle financials, DB2, MS SQL Server 2000,SQL, XML, C#, Windows xp/2000, Unix. Linux.

Confidential , Nashville, TN

Role : QA Analyst

Description: Confidential , the nation's leading vacation property management company, provides a one-stop resource in North America's premier resort destinations. Confidential is the largest marketer and Management Company of vacation condominiums and home rentals in the U.S. and Canada vacation rental properties with a combined real estate. Confidential is owned and operated by Gaylord Entertainment Co. one of the largest and fastest growing companies in the hospitality and entertainment industries

Responsibilities:

• Developed baseline test cases for automation.
• Performed Front-end Integration Testing with back end ORACLE Database by writing SQL Queries
• Performed smoke test and basic functionality tests manually.
• Prepared pre-conditioned data for testing the application.
• Conducted automated testes for regression testing, Load testing and Steers testing using automation script on the enterprises application with load runner.
• Involved in testing of FX Trading Group.
• Conducted Data-Driven Testing using QTP.
• Conducted back-end testing by integrating the SQL statements.
• Performed backend testing using SQL queries
• Involved in manual and automated testing of applications on Windows and UNIX environment.
• Created and executed SQL queries to fetch data from an ORACLE database server to validate and compare expected results with those actually obtained.
• Interacted with developers to report and track bugs using Quality Centre.
• Manual Testing was done to perform functional testing on the User interface.
• Responsible for weekly status, Updated showing the Progress of the manual testing effort.

Environment: QTP 8.0, Mercury Quality centre 8.0,Load Runner, Visual Basic 6.0, J2EE, VSS 6.0,JavaScript, VBScript, Ajax, XML, MS SQL Server 2000,SQL, DB2, Windows xp/2000,HTML,

Oracle Financials, Oracle App Server Portal 9.0.4, UNIX.

Confidential , Phoenix, AZ

Role : QA Engineer

Description: Confidential offers online banking and mortgage services to its customers in AZ. As an outsourced project responsible for clear specifications comparison, requirements matrixes for online banking, personnel banking, and online bill pay modules

Responsibilities:

• Developed and edited end to end manual test cases.
• Tested the functionality of the application manually to test the business process.
• Functionality testing is performed manually.
• Involved in writing Test Scripts for the main application functionality such as validation, business workflow.
• Used Test Director for defect reporting and tracking.
• Involved in Functionality and Regression Testing.
• Created requirements and generated traceability matrices to ensure that all the requirements are covered by the test cases
• Attended business meetings and co-ordinated with developers and business analysts.
• Worked with System Test Review Team and Developers to resolve system test issues and re-test
• Enhanced Testing Scripts to increase the performance of the application.

Environment: QTP 6.5, Load runner, Test director, SQL, Oracle 9.i, SQL Server, Cisco, DB2

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Role : QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing the test cases as per technical specification and requirement document
• Defect tracking and reporting.
• Generated baseline scripts and used them to create and modify test cases for improvement of efficiency of testing and use RUP Methodology
• Worked on Insurance Auto and Home Claims
• Tested Database integrity by executing SQL statements
• Created Test Cases and Test Scripts using Win Runner.
• Performed execution of test cases manually to verify the expected results
• Performing Functionality testing which involves verification of results with the data available.

Environment: Win Runner, Clear Quest 1.1, Visual Basic 6.0, SQL Server 7.0, Crystal Reports windows 2000.