Muhammad Ahmed

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LAUREL, MD acqmhr@r.postjobfree.com

To secure a position where QA Testing is the full focus of my tasks. I have 6+ years of manual QA testing experience. I am very detailed oriented and looking for a position where I can utilize my skills and exploring new Test frameworks using automated test tools for web and Mobile Web testing.

The main focus of my testing has been with enterprise applications in a client or server environment. My testing skills

Encompass taking over QA testing after software development and performing full-scope testing (including test script

generation) with use of SQL queries to find test data and to confirm test results, and to ensure proper implementation into

the Production environment.

Summary

• Over 6 years of experience in IT as a Software Tester and QA Analyst with extensive experience in performing Manual testing as well as Automation testing.

• Involved in entire STLC and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – Requirement, Design and Analysis, Development, Testing, Deployment and Support phase.

• In-depth knowledge of software QA methodologies and Strategies - Agile / Scrum based releases

• Strong knowledge of Black box testing (Static and dynamic).

• Experience in creating Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements.

• Expertise in conducting and participating different Types of Testing - Integration, System, Functional, GUI, Regression, Performance, Load, Sanity, Smoke and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Strong in analyzing and understanding Business specifications, testing requirements and Developing detailed Test plans, Test cases, Test scripts, Test Scenarios and Traceability Matrix.

• Experience in developing, trouble shooting and customizing Manual as well as Automation scripts using Quick Test Professional (QTP).

• Experience with version control, configuration management and change control procedures.

• Extensive knowledge about testing Cloud based applications.

• Expert in writing SQL (Structured Query Language) Queries.

• Experience with software engineering standards like CMM (Capability Maturity Model).

• Good knowledge of programming in C, C#.

• Expertise in Bug Tracking system and Process using JIRA Tracker, Quality Center, and Test director

• Dynamic and assertive team player with a strong inclination to improve and optimize process development and implementation.

• Possess excellent analytical skills with good communication and self-organizing skills, assertive and a committed team player.

Specialties: Extensive experience in performing Manual testing as well as Automation testing.

Extensive experience is doing Performance/Load testing t using Apache Jmeter / Paseeler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Product Tester -- Web and Mobile

Real Integrated Technology

http://rit-mobile..com/

October 2013 – Present

Tools Used : JIRA 6, SQL SERVER, Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool for Performance and Load Testing

Tested New Dashboard including all interfaces such as Inspection Report engine and integration with FilesAnyWhere / DropBox and Box API interfaces.

Application is hosted on Cloud – Worked with Azzure dashboard to configure DB and test virtual machines and monitor performance.

Performed extensive Ipad App testing using TestFlight

Created Use Case for All Report Interfaces and executed the test cases on each Sprint release.

Used JIRA to track and report defect and assigned defects to individual Developers.

Involved in Test Case Preparation and Test Case Execution Manually.

Analyzed application to find out which part can be automated and which can be manually tested.

Created Test Cases and scenarios for Regression, Integration as well as Back –end and System

testing.

Provided detailed bug reports of all issues including steps to reproduce in English, screen shots and logs

Verified correct calculations are being used in all modules of Commercial Site Inspector

Executed cross browser and mobile device testing – Web Service testing.

Extensively performed manual testing process to ensure the quality of the software.

Facilitated and coordinated creation of test requirements, plans, and manual test scripts by functional users and technical leads

Wrote SQL verification scripts to test the result of deployment for correct business logic.

Conducted System, Functional, Regression Testing and interacted with developers to resolve issues.

Used Quick Test Professional for automating manual test cases for regression testing and for

Performed Performance testing and reporting for both windows based and web based

application using Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool

Designed Performance test scenarios ran stress tests, analyzed the results.

Conducted load and reliability testing on Website’s workflows to identify and report

performance bottlenecks using Web Application Stress Tool.

Performed User Acceptance Testing on behalf of End Users at client’s environment

QA Tester /Business Analyst/ Penetration Tester

Informa USA

http://www.informa.com

April 2009 – September 2013 (4 years 6 months)

Environment: jMeter Load and Performance testing, SQL Server 2012, SOAPUI, HTML, JIRA 5

Involved in extensive End to End Functional, regression and integration testing of New and old Features of Medtrack application.

Involved in FusionMap integration Testing as the license was renewed and application was upgraded.

Involved in End to end testing of the application as new UI (CSS/html) was implemented.

Data was loaded in the database by dozens of authors which was then loaded to various databases. Performed validation checks of data using SQL to confirm the data belongs to the correct Product Categories.

Used SOAPUI for Web Services Testing of various functions of the application.

Attended meetings for new Product features and wrote Business Requirements.

Checked application logs when there was an exception on the staging site to report an error.

Identified areas for improving efficiency, shortening of test cycles, and automation of test scripts.

Participated in unit and regression test for every release.

Attended project and requirement meetings and verification of test scripts

Regression Tested different modules of the application from User Input to SQL backend validation.

Documented, reported and managed defects found during testing in JIRA 6.

Performed end-to-end testing of web apps integrated with web services

Prepared time estimates, communicate resource requirements and provide timely progress reports to the program and project managers.

Provided presentations on testing deliverables, milestones and report on quality discrepancies.

Certified readiness of product for User Acceptance.

Executed test scripts, analyzed results and logged defects in JIRA

Conducted regression testing for the subsequent versions of the application using QTP.

Performed manual OWASP web application penetration testing.

Conducted Load testing to generate the load on the server using JMeter.

Facilitated quality assurance objectives for assigned projects.

Developed manual test scripts to support functional and non-functional testing.

Identified and developed reports on risks as they are found.

Identified problems and recommend corrective actions.

Functional Test Engineer/Business Analyst/ Message Broker Tester

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

http://www.rivevrsidepublishing.com

July 2006 – April 2009 (3 year 2 months)

Environment: Quick Test Pro, JIRA 5.0, Visual Studio Editor, Windows XP, HTML, SQL,

Worked with Super Users and Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and test data.

Worked with the QA Manager in developing Responsibility Matrices for the Team Members

periodically.

Performed functional decomposition of requirements for developing test cases.

Generated test cases and traced them to the relevant used cases.

Used JIRA as the test repository and used it for executing the test cases and scripts and

logging and generating various reports and graphs for further analysis.

Used JIRA for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team

to verify bug fixes and update bug status.

Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database

testing for the Application.

Wrote and recorded VB scripts for automating the testing procedure using Quick Test Pro.

Performed Integration testing to test the functionality of the modules using QTP.

Data Mapping between different Data Source.

Performed testing on Message broker where messages were read by the broker and processed. Wrote series of test to implement XML messages that were tested by the broker and dumped into error tables.

Maintained Test Matrix for the latest test results information.

Created detailed periodic status reports for senior management to keep them posted on the

progress of implementation.

Attended periodic meetings, teleconferences and led discussions on problem resolution.

Participated in the development of User Manuals for customers.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Quality Center, JIRA 6.0, Test Planning, User Acceptance Testing, STLC, Regression Testing, Test Automation with HP QTP, Software Quality, Manual Testing, Requirements Analysis, Integration, Business Requirements Gathering, Quality Assurance, WinRunner, Scrum, JMeter Performance Testing, Paessler Load Testing, Waterfall, Business Analysis, Bug Tracking, JIRA 6, Black Box Testing, SQL, Oracle, LoadRunner, Analysis Defect Tracking, Test Cases, System Testing, Procedures,Third Parties, Microsoft SQL Server, Eclipse, Selenium Web Driver, Visual Studio 2012

EDUCATION

Adactln-- Sydney --Certificate in Manual & Automated Testing --2014

University of Wollongong, Australia – Masters in Public Health – December 2011

Punjab Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan – MBBS - May 2006

US EMPLOYMENT STATUS

I am a US Green card Holder (A Permanent Resident)

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