OBJECT: seeking a position of Quality assurance /Tester .where my effective knowledge of QA will apply to ability to perform to given responsibility task effectively and efficiently in team player and individually.

SUMMARY Five years of experience in Quality Assurance testing of web based and software application

• Good understanding of Quality Assurance Methodologies.
• Proficient in software development life cycle (SDLC) .Tested application s in water fall and agile development process. Including test cases using test plans and functional specifications.
• Analyzed business requirements specification, experienced in various types of testing for example, black box testing ,white box testing ,functional testing ,system, regression, performance testing.
• Excellent skills in both manual testing using Mercury Interactive Tools such as Test Director, Quick Test Professional (QTP) and Quality Center.
• Extensive experience using Test Director as the Test Management tool
• Profound experience in detecting, logging, reporting and tracking the bugs present in Application under Test (AUT).
• Excellent working knowledge of Automation tools HP Mercury Quick Test Pro, Win Runner and Load Runner
• Expertise in creating Manual Test scripts for Functional and GUI testing using SQL queries on different databases like My SQL Server and Microsoft Access
• Detail oriented with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Positive, quality-oriented and reliable team player with capability to work independently under minimal supervision
• Strong work ethics, excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent time management skills with ability to multitask and prioritize tasks as needed

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software Testing Tools: Rational Quality manager, Rational Functional Tester, QTP, HP Quality Center
Programming Languages: SQL
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, DOS
Application Package: MS Office 2003, MS office 2007
Databases: Oracle, My SQL, MS Access
Web Technologies: HTML, JavaScript
Browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Professional Experience

Confidential Charlotte NC Feb ’11 –June’11
QA Analyst

• Went through the entire project and read whole SDLC including Requirements, Analysis/Design, and Development and fully understood the concept of SDLC methodology
• Participated in various meetings with business and development teams to ensure project feasibility
• Reviewed Business Requirement Document and Design Specification Documents
• Formalized test strategy and prepared test plan to define the scope of testing, test approach, test environments, types of testing, test milestones, etc.
• Conducted walkthroughs with testing team to communicate strategy stated in Test Plan
• Developed and executed Test Cases for Functional Testing and Backend Testing
• Performed test cases throughout the Integration and Regression environment
• Involved in the test case walkthrough, assessment meeting
• Performed Backend Testing by retrieving the data from SQL server database using SQL Queries
• Used Mercury Quality Center to write, review and execute test cases, log defects, prepare bug reports and prepared the requirement traceability matrix
• Performed Test Data Automation and Data driven test using Win Runner
• Created and Configured the GUI maps in for the standard and custom objects.
• Created virtual user for the system to check the performance of the system using Load Runner
• Extensively used Quick Test Pro (Version 11) to carry out Functional, Integration, End-to-end and Regression Testing
• Reported bugs and problems, testing completed via prepared test plan. Hold several meetings with software developers and technical content writers to update the test documents
• Coordinated test environment set up and maintenance through various release
• Environment: Mercury Tool (Version 9.0), STB, Windows

Confidential Apr’10 - Dec ‘10
QA Analyst

• Reviewed business requirements design documents and prepared test plan for assigned project
• Worked according to the activities laid down in each phase of Software development life cycle and coordinated the environment setup for the testing
• Participated in various business meetings along with the business team to gather system requirements
• Analyzed the system requirements to prepare a detailed Test Plan that included the scope, approach and objective of the testing
• Prepared test data for Positive and Negative test scenarios as documented in the test plan using MS access database
• Documented the requirements and Test Cases using Quality Center
• Performed Smoke Testing to ensure the system stability before going for automation testing
• Used Mercury Quality Center to write, review and execute test cases, log defects, prepare bug reports and prepared the requirement traceability matrix
• Conducted walkthroughs with development team and end-users to communicate the testing strategy and to analyze the associated risks
• Collected statistics and graphs after running the tests and analyzed the results and reported performance bottlenecks as necessary
• Identified critical performance results such as throughput, hits per sec, time and network delay
• Organized meetings with development and testing team to communicate transaction response the summary of test results
• Used Quality Center for Defect Tracking and Reporting
• Environment: Quality Center, Windows, MS Access, Rational Tool, Internet Explorer

Confidential CO Oct ’07– Feb’09
QA Analyst

• Involved in testing system functionalities
• Analyzed requirement documents, broke down the requirements into different modules and documented the details in TestDirector’s Requirement Module
• Created Test Plan and Test Cases for different test types such as Black Box Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Compatibility and UAT Testing
• Created and executed Automation Test Scripts for Functional and Regression Testing using Win Runner
• Authored and updated Test Cases based on use cases and design documents
• Prepared Test Summary Reports
• Used Test Director for bug tracking, reporting and analysis
• Environment: Window, Internet explorer, Excel

Confidential CA Jan ’07-Dec’08
QA Tester

• Examined business requirements and use cases to understand the functionality of the project
• As a QA tester, I created Test Plan and Test Cases based on requirements and specifications using Mercury Test Director
• Involved in the team for analyzing user environment and setting up the same environment for testing
• Executed some test cases manually to verify the actual results against expected results.
• Identified test cases to be automated and created test script in for Functional, GUI and Regression Testing.
• Administered defect tracking and monitored change management using Mercury Quality Center.
• Worked accordingly in each phase of Software development life cycle and coordinated the environment setup for Testing.
• Environment: Mercury Test Director, Windows 2000/XP, JAVA

Confidential, Long Island, NY Nov ’05 -Sep ‘06
QA Engineer

• Analyzed requirement documents, broke down the requirements into different modules and documented the details in Test Director’s Requirement Module
• Created Test Plan and Test Cases for different test types such as Black Box Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Compatibility and UAT Testing
• Created and executed Automation Test Scripts for Functional and Regression Testing using Win Runner
• Performed Test Data Automation and Data driven test using Win Runner
• Enhanced the created test script using both recording and programming features. While recording test, various checkpoints like Standard, Text, Bitmap, Table and Database, were inserted to check the behavior of the application
• Authored and updated Test Cases based on use cases and design documents Prepared Test Summary Reports
• Tested functionality, navigation, alignments, and broken links within the firewall and outside the firewall
• Used Test Director for bug tracking, reporting and analysis
• Environment: Test Director, Java, Oracle, SQL, Excel, and Windows