SUMMARY

• Over 6 plus years of professional experience in Manual and Automated Testing using tools and technologies like Microsoft Test Manager, Test Director, Clear Quest, Quality Center, Quick Test Professional
• Good experience in preparing test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts.
• Experienced in Validation Testing both manually and automated comparing actual results from expected results.
• Experience in QA methodology and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience using Microsoft Test Manager, Quality Center, Clear Quest and Test Director to formulate Test Plans and Reporting bugs.
• Strong experience in Analyzing Business Spec, Designing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Procedures.
• Experience in testing Client/Server and Web Based applications.
• Experience in Web based Testing including GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing and Black Box Testing.
• Very Strong SQL skills to perform backend testing.
• Experience in performing Functional Testing, Regression Testing and Performance Testing.
• Experience in testing database applications of RDBMS in ORACLE, SQL Server and MS Access
• Interacted with Developers and Business to report and explain Defects.
• Experienced in various quality assurance methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile development methodology.
• Strong problem solving skills, extremely reliable, self starter, quick learner and able to work independently as well as a team member.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Microsoft Test Manager, Test Director/Quality Center7.x/9.0, Quick Test Professional9.0/8.0, Load Runner, ClearQuest.

Languages: C, C++, .NET, Java, J2EE, HTML, XML

Scripting: VB Script

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XPRDBMS Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access

Others: MS Word, MS Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Business and IT Development and analyzed Business and Functional requirements.
• Analyzed Business / Functional Requirements and identified test case scenarios for Manual and Automated testing.
• Participated in creating over all Test Plan for the project with Business Sponsor, IT Development and QA team.
• Actively involved in setting up Test Environment, Testing Tools, Test Procedures and defect reporting requirements and deliverables.
• Developed Test Cases for Functional, Regression Testing, System and Integration testing, Black Box Testing.
• Executed all above mentioned test cases in Microsoft Test Manager and reports for defect tracking.
• UsedAgileMethodology throughout the process of testing in various environments and phases of the application development.
• Created and executed SQL Queries to ensure data related requirements works as per business rules.
• Interact with users and document any changes in business requirements.
• Tracking and reporting defects
• Performed regression testing for every modification in the application and new builds manually.
• Performed smoke testing for checking functionality of application is working or not.
• Worked on multiple projects and managed to release testing deliverables on time.
• Actively participated in change requirement meeting and reviewed change request documents.
• Worked as UAT Tester.
• Extensively coordinated with IT Development, QA (Offshore) and managed Production Support.

Environment: Quality center, Team Track, Windows XP Professional, MS Project, Internet Explorer.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Have involved in test plan, executed the plan and performed functional, regression tests.
• Investigated software bugs and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Preparation and Execution of Test Plans Involved in testing the entire application across the various platforms.
• Involved in White Box, Black Box, Functionality, User Acceptance Testing.
• Generation of Data for execution of Test cases.
• Tracked bugs using Compuware Quality Center and performed regression testing of the entire application once the bugs are fixed.
• Exported test cases from excel to Mercury Quality Center using the MS Excel Add in.
• Generated reportsinMercury Quality Centerby using the Document Generator functionality.
• Responsible for analysis, reports and defect tracking while doing manual testing.
• Test Lab Module of Mercury Quality Center to run the test cases.
• Generate test records, Modify scripts to do regression test.
• Wrote test plans for functional testing. Performed functional and regression testing of the interface.
• Developed and submitted viable test plans to test accuracy of data conversion.
• Developed SQL scripts and stored procedures using PL/SQL.
• Actively attend meetings with fellow testers and other groups to evaluate the progress and Performance of the application.
• Executed Test Scripts Manually whenever the new build comes up.
• Created data driven script to be used with various data / test cases for positive and negative testing of the application
• Used Test Director for defect Tracking and defect reporting

Environment: Test Director, Java, j2EE, JDBC, EJB, Jsp, Struts, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, UML, Web logic 8.1, Oracle

Confidential, Lebanon, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, system requirement specifications and responsible for documenting functional requirements.
• Involved in developing detailed test strategy, test plan, test cases and test scripts for manual testing.
• Set up the test environment, defining detailed Test Requirements, converting them into Test Cases and collected Test Metrics for analyzing the Testing Effort.
• Coordinated and worked along with the development and business teams.
• Controlled testing projects at every step of the quality cycle from test planning through execution of defect management.
• Involved as part of automation team using QTP, developed test scripts.
• Develop, maintain and conduct smoke test cases for QA environments.
• Worked with development teams to investigate, prioritize and resolve software bugs / defects based on the testing results.
• After successful release of projects, developed automation scripts using QTP and integrated the script with master script.
• Provided clear concise feedback to Development team on recurring errors both on an individual and team basis with aim of long - term reduction of defects found in final release.
• Involved with cross-functional Team and Users.
• Did regression, functional, integration, smoke, system, UAT testing on main application
• Developing and maintaining test scripts, analyzing bugs and interacting with development team members in fixing the defects.
• Responsible for writing simple to complex SQL queries to verify the data in database.
• Responsible for analysis, reports and defect tracking.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Results Documents for manual and automation testing.
• Actively attend meetings with fellow testers and other groups to evaluate the progress and Performance of the application.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, Java, j2EE, JDBC, EJB, Struts, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, UML, Oracle, Unix, Citrix.

Confidential

QA TESTER

Responsibilities:

• Did task planning for each iteration, for the team
• Prepared test cases and test scripts for functional testing
• Involved in test cases execution and debugging.
• Attending daily Stand-up and Weekly team meetings with Team to discuss the Testing status and issues.
• Ensuring the Build is acceptable for testing by verifying the associated documentation and
• Checklists from the Development team.
• Executed the scripts with various test data and reported the defects.
• Detecting bugs and Classifying them based on the severity.
• Functionality testing, Regression testing, System testing
• Interaction with onsite team to get project requirements
• Developing Build on the machines (applications)
• Actively Participated in retrospective meetings
• Detecting bugs and updating the functionality in the Wiki page.

Environment: Manual testing, Java, Servlets, JSP, XML, XSL, OMS, ASAP, BEA Weblogic, Oracle, Toad