SUMMARY

• Over 5 years of working experience in the field of Information Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance analyst
• Thorough understanding of complete Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Defect Testing Cycle.
• Firm knowledge of different phases of Software Development, Software Testing and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile Methodology and Waterfall.
• Diverse work experience on Unit Testing, Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Integration Testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing, Performance Testing, Database Testing, User acceptance testing (UAT), Compatibility Testing and Product Assurance Testing for Web based and Client/Server applications.
• Proficient with tools like Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose, MS - Visio, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access and Enterprise Architect.
• Proficient in Test Estimation Methodologies, Test Planning, Writing and Executing Test Cases and Manual Testing.
• Experience on Backend testing to write the SQL queries using Oracle, SQL Server and executing the queries using TOAD tool.
• Hands on experience in data manipulation, defining components and in writing SQL queries.
• Participated in JAD/JAR sessions to develop an architectural solution that the application meets the business requirements.
• Participated in Business and data modeling by understanding the needs of the business users and documenting the Business Use Cases and System Use Cases.
• Experience with testing performance of Web application, using tools like web sphere, ILOG, SOA environment.
• Drafted test strategies and test plans to verify accuracy of the functionality, security, fault-tolerance, performance and successful system integration.
• Compiled Data Dictionary and System Glossary for often-used terminologies to facilitate developers and users in understanding the common vocabulary of the system.
• Proficient in writing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for both Manual and Automated Testing.
• Good experience on Backend Testing to write the SQL queries using Oracle and SQL Server.
• Extensive work with various Rational tools like Requisite Pro- Requirement in gathering/maintenance, Use Case document maintenance, Clear Case- version control and Clear Quest/Quality center for bug tracking, Rational Rose for Use case diagrams, Sequence diagrams and activity diagrams.
• Expertise in analyzing User Requirements, Functional and Technical Specifications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Process/Modeling Tool: HP Quality Center, QTP 9.0/9.5/10, Rational Unified Process(RUP), Agile, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS WordLanguages Basic SQL, HTML, MS Access

Database Tools: SQL Server 2008/2005/2000 , Oracle 9i, MS Access

Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Testing both inbound and out bound and XML files and prepare analysis document with various results.
• Responsible for working with the State to review and modify process flows to increase productivity and effectively utilize QNXT features not provided by the legacy systems.
• Wrote test plans and tested individual transactions for Medicare / Medicaid transactions (837I, 837P, 835 and 834).
• Developed regression test scenarios based on mapping specifications and compliance guidelines of the EDI System.
• Participated in Automated regression and Non-Functional test plans.
• Assisted informational needs in mapping of Test Cases.
• Maintained Test Matrix with the test results obtained.
• Analyzed inbound X12 HIPAA files and execute Trading partner testing and integration.
• As a point person need to train and guide the testing team during test script preparation.
• Involved in identifying the base testing efforts on a prioritized feature schedule.
• Addition of a new provider, Attaching Pay to/PCP affiliations to a provider. Modifying Org Policy for an employer and fee tables i.e. making changes in fee amount, effective and terminate fields etc.
• Troubleshoot any problems found within QNXT when testing the SQL database while validating against the business rules.
• Assisted business in developing requirements and test cases for submitting Trizetto Product Enhancement Requests.
• Assisted informational needs in mapping of Test Cases.
• Performed GUI testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Ad -hoc testing, Negative testing, End to End testing, Load testing, User Acceptance testing on multiple projects
• Wrote Test Scenarios, Test cases in excel sheet and imported them to Quality Center.
• Logged defects in Quality Center, re-tested defects, analyzed defect with Users and Developers.
• Involved in writing the positive and negative test cases.
• Working closely with User group and Developers.
• Used SQL Plus to query the oracle database.
• Reviewed Performance/Stress testing results done by analyzing Task distribution diagram, Transaction Profile and User profile, creating virtual users and analyzing different reports.

Environment: UNIX ES7000, HTML, SQL, XML, MS Office, Windows Server 2000, BizTalk, MMI, MITA, Rational Clear Case, MS Powerpoint, MS-SharePoint, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access, QNXT Connect, Quality Center 9.0, Quick Test Pro 9.0.

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Manual Tester

Responsibilities:

• Manage requirements using RequisitePro.
• Analyzed the business requirements and wrote a Test Strategy and Test Plan.
• Involved in the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by following Rational Unified process (RUP).
• Analyzed Functional specifications and requirement documents to categorize the units in Testing.
• Created test Cases as per the business requirements and executed them.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases in Test Manager.
• Involved in writing and implementation of the various test cases and test scripts.
• Conducted data pool tests with Robot.
• Generated automated scripts using Robot
• Performed database integrity check using SQL and Unix Shell Scripts.
• Interacted with developers, Business & Management Teams and End Users.
• Interacted with programmers to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Participated in Walkthrough and defect report meetings periodically.
• Developed SQL queries to extract data from the source tables.
• Version control and configuration management was done using ClearCase
• Extensively worked on ClearQuest for bug reporting/tracking.
• Involved in bug review meetings.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Oracle 8.0, PL/SQL, TOAD, XML, Visual Source Safe, Weblogic, UNIX Shell Scripts, Windows 2000, Rational Suite 2003 (RequisitePro, Test Manager, Robot, ClearQuest, ClearCase)

Confidential, Melville, NY

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plan and overall Test Strategy for the program.
• Developed Test Cases and Test Scripts for System and UAT Testing.
• Manually Tested all applications End-End.
• Participated in Business Analysis, Requirement Analysis and Data Analysis.
• Reviewed and analyzed end user issues and problems, working with all stakeholders to resolve the issue with configure team.
• Tested the Interfaces and management reports.
• Reviewed and analyzed the Configuration Business requirements.
• Developed Test Strategies and Test Plans for system configuration changes based on business requirements.
• Developed and maintained functional and regression test scripts using QTP.
• Designed Object model programming in QTP.
• Developed Descriptive programming in QTP.
• Responsible for Automation testing using VB Script language with QTP tool for conducting
• Regression testing. Also identified re-usable scripts for sake of building the test automation framework.
• Tested the User interfaces for the web application.
• Validated the data by using SQL extensively.
• Developed Test Summary Reports and participated in GO / NO-GO meetings.
• Coordinated with Business, Project Managers and Developers
• Assisted project activities as per Project Lifecycle methodology.

Environment: SQL Server 2008/2005, Windows, AS400, QTP 10.0, ASP.net, Siebel, WCF, VB scripting, MS Excel, C#.