OBJECTIVE: Senior Quality Assurance Analyst seeks a position with

advancement opportunities that will utilize acquired skills to contribute

to organizational development

APPLIED SKILLS:

. Over 9 years of direct experience in software programs, manual and

automated testing, and reporting tools

. Extensive experience in software test design, testing and quality

assurance practices in a structured, full cycle development and

validation environment

. Comprehensive hands-on experience in analyzing requirements and

specifications to create test plan, test cases, test strategy, test

scenarios and test data for testing applications

. Strong understanding of all stages of Software Development Life Cycle,

Software Development methodologies, Configuration Management

practices, Release cycles, CMMI processes and ISO 9001:2000

. Adept in writing and executing manual as well as automated test

scripts for Windows, Web/Ecommerce, C, C++, Unix and Java applications

. Extensively involved in Back end Database testing using Oracle and MS

SQL to create complex SQL Joins and Functions

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Attention to

details

. Extensive hands-on experience in various forms of testing: Functional,

Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance, Exploratory, Performance, Load,

Back end and Regression testing

. Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite, Business objects-BI, DOORS/ERS

and Unix

. Ability to work closely with developers in reproducing and isolating

problems and coordinate with them in communicating test results and

resolve defects

. Excellent analytical, interpersonal, problem solving skills and

experience attained through testing, requirements analysis, supporting

software applications as well as direct involvement with programmers,

business analysts and management

. Effective team player who is proficient at time management and

multitasking and able to successfully manage multiple projects

simultaneously while delivering objectives on time

. Ability to successfully lead a team of 10-12 people

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Engineering

BMS College of Engineering

Bangalore, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: Mercury's Quick Test Pro, WinRunner, LoadRunner,

Quality Center, TestDirector, and IBM's Rational RequisitePro,

Rational Robot, TestManager, ClearQuest

Languages: C, C++, SQL, VBScript, UNIX, XML

Databases: Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server

Configuration Management and tracking tools: PVCS tracker, Microsoft

Visual Studio Team System, Rational ClearQuest

Operating Systems: Windows 2007, Vista, XP, MS-DOS, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Quality Assurance Team Lead Sept 2008 - Present

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst Mar 2006 - Sept 2008

American Cadastre, LLC, Herndon VA

AmCad is a technology service and solution provider for state and local

government agencies. It partners with government in the development and

implementation of automating technologies - especially in the automation of

public records. It is a record management company which provides integrated

solutions for land records management, court records management, and other

solutions for government.

. Successfully designed, developed and implemented effective QA

strategies and processes to improve the quality of applications for

all AmCad projects

. Responsible for writing and implementing test plans, test approach,

acceptance criteria, test cases and combined test cases into test

scenarios based on requirements

. Direct hands-on experience in Functional, Integration, Regression,

User Acceptance, Back-end testing and validating all AmCad

applications

. Created, reviewed, refined and maintained a comprehensive Regression

test suite

. Worked closely with software development team in development process,

defect resolution, release notes and to ensure timely delivery of

products

. Defined, managed and developed QA activities required to support,

evaluate, control and document all quality assurance functions

throughout the production cycle

. Ensured the quality of test plans, test cases, and bug reporting with

regular reviews

. Responsible for communicating test progress, test results and

delivering weekly status report to Management

Products:

AiCMS is a .NET-based Smart Client application, person and event centric

case management solution. It is a modular application that automates the

court processes and enhances data collection.

AiJMS complements the Case Management System. It provides end-to-end

business process support for both large and small jails for all

incarceration stages by automating the operations of correctional and jail

facilities.

AiLIS automates the function of public records offices. It automates the

recording, filing and maintenance of land, vital and court records for

cities and counties and provides flexibility to be customized.

AiCS is project oriented software which provides end users with a complete

imaging and indexing solution.

. Involved in all stages of SDLC starting from the requirement analysis

to the post production regression testing

. Wrote Test Plan, Test Strategies, Test cases and Test scripts after

analyzing documentation and technical specification to determine its

intended functionality

. Performed Functional, Integration, System, and Regression testing of

all applications

. Performed extensive Database testing by writing complex SQL Queries to

test different scenarios in all applications

. Attended meetings to discuss testing schedules, concerns and receive

management updates

. Actively involved in writing & troubleshooting test scripts in QTP 9.1

for AZiCMS core functionalities

. Proficient in creating QTP scripts using parameterizations,

synchronization point, adding objects to repository, multiple and

reusable actions

. Created Object Model Reference to customize QTP and involved in QTP

architecture of modular test tree for automating testing processes and

creating of reusable scripts

. Implemented library of functions using Descriptive programming

. Used Shared Object Repository and Automatic Recovery Capability to

enable the test run to continue after an exception event occurs

. Created Database checkpoints to check specific data values and also to

ensure required data is in the database before testing ; Used Output

values to store the data in a data table

. Created Test scripts and UAT test cases and coordinated with the UAT

Team and Project manager during User Acceptance testing

. Actively involved in leading and mentoring the QA team to write the

test cases, implementing the testing process and also training Court

Specialists, CSMs in the application

Environment

ASP.net, VB.net, C#.net, Agile/Scrum methodology, SQL Server 2005/2008,

Oracle, Unix, Windows platform, Quick Test Pro 9.1, Quality Center 9.0,

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Systems

Quality Assurance Engineer

California Insurance Group, Monterey CA Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

CAPCOM is an application capable of creating and managing Insurance

policies and claims in a client server environment. The new system is

capable of handling insurance policies of various business lines like

Personal property & liability, Personal automobile, Business owners and

Farm property & liability.

. Analyzed requirement specifications and single handedly implemented

and executed Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts for Personal

Property and Personal Automobile modules

. Identified test data based on specifications (example. user

interface/friendliness criteria, environment, database response,

volume constraints, security criteria) of the product

. Developed automated test scripts using VBScript for Functional &

Regression testing of the applications using Quick Test Pro

. Performed Data Driven Tests to validate the same scenario with

different test data using QTP

. Performed backend testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by

writing and executing SQL queries on Oracle database using TOAD

. Extensively used HP Quality Center for Test planning, Bug tracking and

Reporting

. Involved in Functional and Integration testing of Policies, Claims and

Financial modules

. Participated in bug and design reviews and worked closely with QA

Manager to assist with the implementation of QA policies and

procedures

. Involved in Load/Stress testing and experience with LoadRunner, VUGen,

Controller and Analyzer

. Responsible for complete testing and certifying Farm Property and

Liability modules to support the various types of farming and Ranch

operations

Environment

Visual Basic, ASP.net, Windows XP/2005/2000, Oracle, QTP 8.2, Quality

Center and LoadRunner

QC Tester

Inspire Insurance Solutions, Columbia SC Oct 2002 - Nov 2003

Windows into Property and Casualty is developed and customized to suit the

requirements of various Insurers who sell P&C policies. It is designed to

be fully flexible in accommodating any additions, modifications, expansions

and customization with minimal change in the core.

. Utilized Rational RequisitePro for tracking requirements during the

entire test process

. Wrote test cases and conducted manual testing using Rational

TestManager

. Created test scripts using Rational Robot and performed build-

acceptance, functional, integration and regression testing on new

builds of the software

. Developed and executed the SQL statement to verify data consistency

. Reported defects using Rational ClearQuest

. Interacted with Developers, Business Analysts and QA team members in

different defect raising situations

Environment

Visual Basic, Widows 2000, SQL server, Oracle, Toad, Rational Robot,

Rational ClearQuest, Rational RequisitePro and Rational TestManager

Software Tester

Internet Systems Pvt Ltd, Bangalore India Apr 2000 - Aug 2002

MSS (Member Services Solution) is a comprehensive suite of Member Services

applications that help Associations and Profession Groups support their

members with reliable, responsive and complete information available. It

has both rich client and web based interfaces. The client server

application is robust and capable of handling day-to-day activities like

renewals, invoicing, revenue recognition, and accounting system.

Banker for Windows is developed as a General Branch Automation System which

will suit the requirements of various Banking segments like Commercial, Co-

operative etc. It is a Client-server application to fulfill the needs of

the Banking like teller facilities for Current account, Savings account,

Fixed Deposits and Safe Deposit locker maintenance, general ledger account

maintenance and nightly processes.

. Wrote Test cases based on requirement and functional specifications

. Developed and maintained test documentation as required, including

test strategies, test cases and a Traceability Matrix that maps the

test cases to the actual requirements

. Implemented and Executed Test plans and Test cases for the core

modules such as Membership, Committee, Meeting, Order entry and

Subscriptions

. Conducted System and Regression Testing using WinRunner and identified

Application errors

. Used TestDirector for Defect reporting and tracking

. Prepared and executed SQL Queries for back-end testing

Environment

Visual Basic, Oracle, Visual C++, Windows, WinRunner, TestDirector

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