Jitendra rana

Sr.QA Analyst

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SUMMARY:

About 9+ years of Software Testing experience, with expertise in Manual and Automated Testing.

Have experience in testing Web-based applications, Client-server applications, Webservices and Mobile Applications.

Have used tools like HP ALM (Quality Center), SOAP UI, Selenium and Quick Test Professional (QTP) and have extensively used SQL for testing databases and creating test data.

Experienced in Black-box as well as Gray-box testing.

Analyzed and reviewed various documents like Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Use Case Document, Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), User Stories, WSSD, QTP Automation Framework, etc.

Created Test Plans, Test Design Document, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, etc.

Performed various kinds of testings like Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Back-end / Database Testing, User Interface (UI) Testing, Cross-Browser Testing, Load Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Logged Defects and tracked them to closure.

Used HP ALM/Quality Center for writing test cases, executing tests, logging and tracking defects.

Used SQL for Backend Testing and for creating Test Data.

Coded in VBScript for automating tests using Quick Test Pro (QTP). Familiar with different kinds of automation frameworks and with various QTP / VBScript features like Object Repository, Object Identification, Object Spy, Checkpoints, Descriptive Programming, Smart Identification, Recovery Scenario Manager, Customized Objects, Virtual Objects, Regular Expressions, etc.

Used SOAP UI for testing Webservice APIs / SOA. Used various inbuilt test steps (like Test Request, Data Source, Data Source Loop, Data Gen, Property Transfer, Conditional GoTo, etc to carry out Functional and Data-Driven Testing), Assertions and validated WSDL’s using SOAP UI.

Experience in testing RESTful as well as SOAP based webservices.

Used UNIX commands for viewing errors in error log files, restarting the server, modifying files, etc.

Worked in different domains like Retail (Ecommerce as well as POS), Finance/Banking, Insurance and Telecom.

Experience in doing Deployments to Prodution and QA environments using tools like Rundeck, Nexus and Buildforge.

Experience preparing Release Notes and doing Production Smoke Test.

Experience using Source Control tools like Subversion (Tortoise SVN).

Good understanding of various concepts like Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), n-tier Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Worked with different SDLC methodologies, like Waterfall, Agile and RUP (Rational Unified Process).

Experience working on onshore / offshore models and with mentoring and supervising other testers.

Good team player with excellent interpersonal skills, but can work independently as well.

Extensive experience with different modules of Quality center.

Ability to create various types of reports and graphs on daily and weekly basis from Quality Center such as Test Execution Status, Test Execution Summary, Defect Status by Severity, Defect Injection Rate etc.

Effective Time Management Skills and consistent ability to meet client deadline.

Assisted the Project Manager in planning Coordinating, and Monitoring project level of performance and activities to ensure project completion.

Excellent analytical, problem solving, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Good team player with excellent communication skills and ability to lead, manage and work independently in a time sensitive environment.

Participated in Walkthroughs and Inspections.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools

Quality Center(QC), Quick Test Pro(QTP), Load Runner, Win Runner, Selenium, JIRA, SoapUI, TOAD, Test Director, Rational Test Suite, MS Visual Studio, Jmeter

Databases

Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, DB2, MySQL

Languages

SQL, PL/SQL, JAVA, C#

Web Technologies

HTML, XML,.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, J2EE, SOAP, Web Services

Project Methodologies

Waterfall, V Model, Agile, Scrum, Iterative, RUP, RAD, TDD

Operating Systems

Windows XP /2000/98/95, Macintosh, Linux, UNIX

Microsoft Tools

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, SharePoint

Browsers Tested

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google chrome, and Safari

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

IBM, Dallas, TX Oct14-till date Sr.QA Lead

Description: International Business Machines Corporation (commonly referred to as IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middle ware and software, and offers infrastructure infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

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Responsibilities:

Managing jobs, batch processing and job scheduling Helped team and lead the team.

Responsible for installation, configuration, support and troubleshooting existing systems in AIX 4.3.3/5L,Sun Solaris 2.7/7/8/2.9 operating environment.

Responsible for the operation, maintenance and integrity of a distributed, networked UNIX based environment.

IBM RS/6000 and LPAR support and administration. IBM RS/6000 SP System Software Maintenance AIX System Dump Generation and sending System Dump to AIX System Support Center.

Active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck.

Upgraded an AIX server, added another hard-drive to the AIX Server and used the logical volume manager (LVM) to create a volume group, which was then partitioned into logical volumes

Implemented, installed and supported high availability (HA) cluster on IBM p Series (p690) platform (HACMP for AIX)

Managing jobs, batch processing and job scheduling Helped team to execute scripts in various browsers like Chrome, Fire Fox and Internet Explorer.

Created prioritized test script suites to execute as part of nightly build.

Working as part of Scrum team to ensure the test case scripting as part of Sprint work regression.

Performed necessary requirements inspection, design inspection, Test plan and case creation, Test environment / data setup, testing and reporting during various phases of the Testing life cycle.

Created traceability matrix and mapped requirements to Test Cases.

Executed test cases manually to verify the expected results worked with technical designers and architects to understand

the requirements for a test environment setup.

Created scripts for Regression, Security, GUI, Integration and Database testing.

Interacted with Developers and management to identify and resolve technical issues.

Maintaining network inventory, data backup and documentation for all hardware &software

Environments: AIX 5L,Solaris 8.0,GUI, Windows 2000,HACMP Clusters, IBM HTTP server, Tomcat Server, DB2, Oracle 8i, Veritis Volume Manager, and Shell scripts.

Regulus Group, Rochelle Park, NJ Jan13-Jul14 Sr.QA Analyst

Description: Regulus Group, LLC is a small business, We provide system engineering, program management, and air traffic support for multiple Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Defense programs. Regulus Group has grown from one employee to over 70 employees, gradually building not only an outstanding talent base, but also the technical expertise that has enabled us to become a leading integrator of surveillance systems and services for the FAA, resulting in our first direct contract in 2004.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Installation, Configuration, Support and Troubleshooting existing systems in operating system upgrades.

Update to latest available maintenance levels, installed fixes and APAR’s. Planning, installation and configuration of DB2 patch fixes and upgrades.

Perform quality and database requirements analysis.

Configuration, creation and maintenance of quality and DB2 databases and instances.

Planning, Installation and configuration of DBA database and related software.

Expertise in implementation, analysis, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN / WAN network systems

Strong experience in installation, configuration, troubleshooting, security, backup, recovery and upgrades in multiple applications

Strong experience in installation, configuration &troubleshooting based Hardware knowledge.

Strong experience Domain based Security.

Strong experience all MS Security and Data Center OS installation and documentation

Strong experience and very good knowledge about Intel/Wintel experience Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) for the automation and ran the ETL Test scripts for Regression Testing.

Written UNIX scripts commands which involves data validation.

Responsible for testing ETL process based on Data Mapping Specification Document by writing complex SQL Queries.

Compared and validated Reports Generation with Query Outputs using SQL Scripts and Cognos.

Performed quality assurance reviews throughout System Development Life Cycle.

Performing the manual testing on the main features of the product.

Involved in Regression, Functional, Integration and System Testing.

Performing the Smoke testing of the build and verifying the fixed defects.

Used Quality Center (QC) to track and report system defects.

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, Quick Test Pro (QTP) 10.0, Automation Testing, Informatica 9.x, Cognos 10.x, Unix, Autosys 11.x, Manual Testing, DB2 and Sql developer.

First UnionBank, RochellePark,NJ June11-Dec12 Sr.QA Analyst

Description: First Union Corporation was a bank holding company providing commercial and retail banking services in eleven states in the eastern U.S. First Union also provided various other financial services, including mortgage banking, credit card, investment banking (First Union Securities), investment advisory, home equity lending, asset-based lending, leasing, insurance, international and securities brokerage services and private equity (First Union Capital Partners), through other subsidiaries.

Responsibilities:

Analyzed Business Requirements document and Functional Design document.

Involved in analysis and reviews of Software Requirement Specifications (SRS).

Writing and execution of Test scenarios, Participation in Peer Reviews and preparation of Test data.

Written Test Cases from business and functional requirements and performed Manual Testing like Positive Testing and Negative Testing.

Performed UI Testing, Web service testing, Functional testing, Regression testing and System testing on the various phases of the application.

Creating Test Scripts for Web services testing using Soap UI.

Responsible for preparing the test data for Web Service Testing.

Executed SQL queries using DDL, DML commands to compare the expected results with database.

Performed manual back end testing by writing SQL queries and validating against Web Service Response using TOAD and SOAP UI.

Mapping Test Cases to the Functional and business requirements creating a traceability matrix.

Involved in writing functions test scripts using Quality Center (QC) for manual testing.

Database Validations in Oracle and Conducted Back-end testing using SQL query analyzer to validate the data in the back-end Database.

Perform Multiple Browser/ OS Compatibility testing for project Application.

Reporting and Tracking the defects using Quality Center (QC).

Interacted with Developers for defect analysis and investigating the software faults.

Environment : Oracle 9i/10g, Quality Center 9.0, Automation and SOAP UI testing, Manual Testing, C++, J2EE, JAVA, Web services, XML, XSD, WSDL, Windows XP, MS Office, TOAD, Java.

Citizens Bank, RI Sep10-Feb11 Sr.QA Tester

Description: This application is designed for the customers of both banks to manage their finances through Online Banking (example: view transactions, pay bills and transfer money from wherever the customer wants, online bill pay, etc). This application provides four category selections: 1. Online Services Home 2. Online Banking 3.Online Bill Pay 4. Online Brokerage. Each of the modules stated above gives different facilities to the customers of the bank after proper login information is provided.

Responsibilities:

Designed and Documented Test Procedures and Test Cases for user acceptance, functional and integration testing.

Identified and segmented the application into various “zones” to check partial functionality of the application and search for errors and/or performance improvement.

Identified test data based on specifications (example. user interface, compatibility with browsers/environment, database response, security, network criteria) of the product.

Developed and executed automation test scripts using VB Script

Parameterized the scripts to avoid code redundancy and avoid hard coding of frequently changing values.

Used the script to add the Web UI Objects (Controls) and Validation Code (assertion methods) to verify the dynamic output values and validate the test results.

Performed database testing using SQL DML commands to test the state of data in the DB after front end operations using SQL queries and Stored Procedures in SQL Server 2008.

Extensively created Data Driven Test scripts to read data from text files for data validity testing. Checked for data boundaries/limits, incorrect input of data.

Got experience in web services testing with XML and SOAP-UI for information exchange across applications for the functionalities like Login Credentials validations etc.

Automated performance test scripts and verified the response time under different load conditions using Load Runner.

Parameterized and Correlated the Virtual User Script and simulated the real user environment.

Analyzed the reports and graphs in Load Runner controller to understand and remove bottlenecks.

Environment: QTP,, Load Runner, PVCS Tracker, Java, ASP, .NET, UNIX, Oracle, Windows NT/2000, SQL Server 2008.

Hewlett Packard, Houston, TX Aug09-Feb10 Sr.QA Analyst

Description: Hewlett Packard (HP) is one of the global leading multinational firms which provide hardware, software and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. This is an EDW (Enterprise Data warehouse) Project mainly focuses on integrating data from various systems. The data from various systems is fed and integrated in EDW which is used for reporting and analytic purpose using Cognos Suite.

Responsibilities:

Analyzed business requirements, data mapping requirement specifications, and responsible for documenting functional and supplementary requirements in Quality Center (QC).

Involved in reviewing Data mapping specifications document to create and execute detailed system test plans. The data mapping specifications document specifies what data will be Extracted, Transformed and Loaded into the Data Warehouse.

Involved in writing detailed Test Cases using QC for Functional and Integration Testing.

Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) to perform automation testing to check the basic functionality of the modules.

Planned, designed and executed test cases based on requirement specifications document and developed manual test cases for Positive, Negative and Functional testing.

Involved in setting up the test environment in QA by making the required data available for validating the ETL Processes. Data validations are performed for the data that moves from source to staging, staging to data warehouse.

Extensive Back End testing using complex queries (SQL) and multiple sets of data.

Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) for the automation and ran the ETL Test scripts for Regression Testing.

Written UNIX scripts commands which involves data validation.

Responsible for testing ETL process based on Data Mapping Specification Document by writing complex SQL Queries.

Compared and validated Reports Generation with Query Outputs using SQL Scripts and Cognos.

Performed quality assurance reviews throughout System Development Life Cycle.

Performing the manual testing on the main features of the product.

Involved in Regression, Functional, Integration and System Testing.

Performing the Smoke testing of the build and verifying the fixed defects.

Used Quality Center (QC) to track and report system defects.

Participated in defect review meetings with the team members and improve data quality.

Scheduled Review meetings to discuss Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Results.

Environment : Quality Center 10.0, Quick Test Pro (QTP) 10.0, Automation Testing, Informatica 9.x, Cognos 10.x, Unix, Autosys 11.x, DB2, Toad 9.7.2 and Sql developer.

MSAGroup - Keene, NH May08-Mar09 Test Engineer

Description: MSA Group is one of the leading Property&Casualty insurance companies, which provide various insurance products for personal and commercial lines of business to the customers through independent network of insurance agents.

Responsibilities:

Participated in project planning sessions and business/development meetings to understand user requirements for various interfaces.

Analyzed detailed Business Requirements, created the Test Plans and converted them into Test Scenarios accordingly.

Worked proactively with members of an Agile team to find and fix defects in our product architecture.

Documented test requirements, generated test scenarios and developed test cases based on business requirements using Test Director.

Executed scripts using QTP for testing the functionality of the application in Regression Testing.

Used Test Director for defect tracking and reporting (logged defects, change requests, recorded defect details, assigned severity and reported defect status).

Tested the source and target databases and ETL process.

Involved in Web Services Testing using SoapUI.

Executed SQL queries to the database to check successful transaction and to create particular test cases.

Wrote SQL, PL/SQL queries/procedures to access data and crosscheck the results against DataWarehouse.

Involved in testing the backend database retrieved the data from the tables using SQL.

Used TOAD for writing SQL queries for validating, retrieving and comparing the data.

Involved in preparation of daily Status Report, Defect Report, Test Summary Report.

Involved in preparing deliverable documents such as RTM, Test Plan Document, Test Cases/Scripts, Defect Reports, and Test Metrics.

Environment: JAVA, SQL, Test Manager, HP Quick Test Professional(QTP), Oracle Database 10g, DB2, SQL Server 2008, Windows XP, UNIX, SOAPUI, Agile, HTML 5, XML

CoStar Group, DC Jul07– Apr08 Automation Tester

Description: CoStar Group is the primary provider of websites for commercial real estate information, analytics and marketing services. Through LoopNet, the Company operates the most heavily trafficked commercial real estate marketplace online with more than 7 million registered members. CoStar operates websites that have approximately 10 million unique monthly visitors in aggregate.

Responsibilities:

Involved in the development of iterative and detailed project management plans and schedules using Agile methodology.

Facilitated collection of functional requirements from system users and preparation of business requirement documents using Rational Requisite Pro.

Created manual Test Scripts/ TestCases in Rational Test Manager based on Business Requirements and Use Case Specifications.

Performed and co-coordinated the Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing using Rational Test Suite.

Defined and performed the test strategies and associated scripts for the verification and validation of all defined Business Requirements and associated functionality.

Performed an End-to-End Web Services testing and XML using the SoapUI tool.

Performed the GUI Testing manually as well as using Selenium to verify that the results appeared correctly and in the appropriate fields.

Executed the testing based on the Test Plans and the Test Cases prepared using Selenium IDE.

Executed and automated all functional Test Scripts and test procedures using Selenium IDE based on the Use Case Scenarios

Performed testing using different browsers like IE, Firefox and Safari.

Analyzed and documented test results on each phase, logged and tracked defects in Rational ClearQuest, and coordinated with the development team for defect analysis and defect resolve.

Involved in submitting and assigning Defect Reports to developers and used resource Excel spread sheets to list problems for different modules.

Interacted with project manager to provide estimates for different phases in the testing and also interacted with the client team to convey the progress.

Environment: Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Test Manager, Rational Test Suite, SOAPUI, Rational ClearQuest, HTML 5, XML, JAVA, SQL, Oracle Database 10g

GXS – Global Exchange Service, Tampa, FL Jun06-May07 QA Analyst/Tester

Description: GXS is a leading global provider of B2B e-commerce solutions that simplify and enhance business process Grid Project, seamless migration of the 65,000 clients presently supported on IBM’s Information Exchange [IE] as a major component. A section of this migration process revolved around developing user-friendly and interactive front-end screens to provide client web access called as Information Exchange Front End [IEFE]. In order to automate and quicken the various steps of the actual migration process, another module called Move the Intelligence [MTI] was simultaneously involved in the development of to use web tools

Responsibilities:

Involved in preparing Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, Test Cases and Test Data using SRS Document.

Modified Test Scripts to enhance the performance of the IEFE application.

Performed Black Box testing for functionality and structural flow of the application.

Responsible for converting manual Test Cases into Automation Scripts in QTP.

Involved in Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing and User Acceptance testing at module and system level for quality of IEFE.

Actively participated in all the agile process meetings.

Performed back-end testing using SQL Queries. Used SQL Developer for writing and testing the SQL Queries.

Participated in walk throughs and Defect reporting meetings.

Responsible for providing weekly status reports, showing the progress of the testing effort and open issues to be resolved.

Environment: Windows NT, ASP.NET, web Methods IS, Trading Networks, Oracle, QTP and Quality Center

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