Sql Server Engineer

-*Software QA JYOTHI BYSANI

408-***-**** (Res)

408-***-**** (Mobile)

************@*****.***

JOB OBJECTIVE:

SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

SUMMARY

• Over 4 years of solid black box software testing and mobile testing experience

with focus on Quality Assurance

• Well versed in Waterfall and Agile software development models

• Working knowledge of software development life cycle, its stages, and SQA

Methodology

• Plan for testing – write test plans, test matrices, test cases, other related test

documentation

• Analyze business and requirements, product requirements, technical specification

in order to identify inconsistencies, ambiguities, contradictory and incomplete

requirements

• Expert knowledge of Usability and GUI standards for WEB based applications

• Develop test automation projects using ultimate test automation tools

• Formal training in manual and automated black box software testing

• Utilize bug tracking database applications for entering and processing bug reports

• Report software defects in easy to reproduce manner

• Strong communication and presentation skills, self starter and quick learner

• Enjoy learning new tools and technologies

• US Permanent Resident. Green card holder.

Qualifications Summary:

MS Office Package: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Power Point

Programming: HTML, XML, Visual Basic, C, SQL Server 2000, Visual Basic Script

Software testing: Functional, System, Integration, Data Validation, UserAcceptance,

Perfomance,Stress,and Load testing.

Test Automation: QuickTest Pro(QTP),Selenium IDE.

Bug Tracking systems: Mercury Test Director, Quality Center,

Mantis,Elementool,Bugzilla

Operating Systems: Windows Vista/XP/NT/2000/2003,Unix.

Browser Compatability: Networking, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape,Safari

Social Skills:

Ability to work in team, working with other people, in positions where communication is

important and situations where teamwork is essential. Independent, Initiative, Multi-

tasking, Cooperative, Flexible, Organized, Problem solving skills.

Professional Experience:

Mobile QA Engineer:

Yahoo Inc, Sunnyvale, CA 10/08 – 10/10

• Tested Yahoo Mobile application in different devices such as I phone

3G,3GS,IPhone4,Blackberry,Android,Nokia,Motorola,Verizon.

• Developed test cases, test plans and test scenarios and updated the result for every

build into Test Manager and insuring that all information is correct.

• Executed existing regression tests, performed ad-hoc testing and functional testing

• Provided smog testing,regression testing(superficial testing of major

functionalities) for all the new weekly builds

• Utilized bugzilla as a bug-tracking application. Verified bug fixes in new releases.

• Developed test cases for testing the boundary conditions, valid/invalid input, and

double-bite characters in test manager.

• Provided browser (Safari, Fire Fox) and Operating System (Vista/XP)

compatibility testing

• Communicated with developers and QA Team members to identify and resolve

issues

• Involved running the selNG automation using Maven for every build.

• Worked with Maven to setup the environment variables.

• Worked with Subversion control(SVN) and Concurrent Version System(CVS)to

check out the code from the repositories.

• Analyzing Functional requirement specifications and design documents to define

system test strategy.

• Involved in the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Attended the QA meetings to fix the bugs and to know the functionality and flow

the application

Environment - SQL Server 2005, XML, MS SQL 2000, MS Office,Unix,Windows XP.

Tools: Selenium IDE,Maven, Tortoise SVN, Tortoise CVS

Software QA Consultant

NewSclae Inc, Sanmateo, CA 09/06 – 09/08

• Tested New Scale web-based service catalog (service request center) application,

which gives users functionality such as Creating Service Catalogs, Service

Portfolio Management, Service Strategy Design, and Creating Documents &

Presentations.

• Executed existing regression tests, performed ad-hoc testing and functional testing

• Provided smog testing (superficial testing of major functionalities) for all the new

weekly builds

• Created test data such as services, dictionaries, forms, categories, organizational

units, service offerings and utilized that data for testing Service Request Center

• Utilized Quality Center as a bug-tracking application. Verified bug fixes in new

releases.

• Developed test cases for testing the boundary conditions, valid/invalid input, and

double-bite characters

• Executed all the structured and ad hoc tests in two environments: Oracle Server,

and MS SQL Server

• Provided browser (MSIE, Fire Fox) and Operating System (Vista/XP)

compatibility testing

• Communicated with developers and QA Team members to identify and resolve

issues

• Participated in the company and QA Team meetings

Environment - SQL Server 2005, XML, MS SQL 2000, MS Application services, VB,

Coldfusion,Java

Software QA Consultant

IQ-Labs/LASTH

San Mateo, CA 06/05- 07/06

Responsibilities:

• Tested on-line community application developed for models, actors, musicians

and other aspiring, talented people who want to join the entertainment world

• Testing was done at all stages of development life cycle (Agile model with one

week cycle)

• Wrote detailed test cases for designated areas and executed them against new

builds

• Test overall functionality as well as many designated areas such as Casting Calls,

Casting Calls Description, Testimonials, Search, Account Management, etc.

• Provided many types of testing including functional, regression, release

acceptance, performance, navigation, forms, security, GUI, usability, etc.

• Utilized WEB Application GUI standards created by US Department of Health

and Human Services

• Communicated effectively with Europe based development team and California-

based QA and Technical Support teams

• Perform compatibility test on Micro Soft Internet Explorer (MSIE) and Fire fox

browsers running under Windows XP

• Submitted numerous bug reports of various severity levels via Mantis Bug

Tracking Software

• Perform functional testing for new features

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

2004 Training in QTP, Portnov Computer School, Mountain View, CA

2003 Certificate in Software QA, Portnov Computer School, Mountain View, CA

2003 Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, Nagarjuna University, India

2003-2004 Visual Basic & C Programming, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA2002-2003

2002-2003 Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications, BDPS Institute in India

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