Engineer Quality Assurance

Maheswari Madhanan

**** ******** *** ******: 630-***-****

Naperville, IL 60564 Email:

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

SUMMARY:

. Over 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance.

. Great knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC),Testing life

cycle, Defect life cycle and Total Quality Management (TQM).

. Extensively worked with Web applications and Client/Server

applications and experience in Testing of Middleware Software

Applications.

. Strong skills in Security, Back-End testing using SQL queries to

ensure data integrity and to validate business rules.

. Expertise including - analysis, system software testing, documentation

of test strategies, developing test cases, test automation, and defect

tracking.

. Sound knowledge and experience in various testing types like

Functional, GUI, Regression, Parallel, Negative, Load, Stress, System

and User Acceptance Testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Methodologies Waterfall, Agile

Testing Tools Win Runner 8.6, Quick Test pro 9.2

Defect Tracking Tools Quality Center, Test Director,

Clear Quest

Database Oracle9i, DB2, MS-SQL Server, MySQL

Languages C, C++, Java

Operating Systems Windows NT/XP/Vista/7, UNIX,

MAC 10.4/10.5

Professional Experience:

QA Engineer

Harris Bank, Buffalo Grove.

Mar 2010 - Present

. Participating in User Acceptance Level Testing of the Online Banking

Application

. Responsible for developing test scenarios for the application as per

the business requirements.

. Performing a major role in developing and executing the test

cases/test scripts for the application.

. Performing data validation tests to ensure the integrity of the

application

. Managing and reporting Defects using Clear Quest

. Communicating issues effectively and report to different managerial

level.

. Involved in documenting and validating the test results, managing

metrics and coordinating on site/off shore teams.

QA Engineer

Nandorf Inc, Chicago.

Sep 2009 - Feb 2010

Responsibilities:

. Participated in requirements review and technical design discussions

of Nandorf application which maintains and reports daily data of all

activities including sales, billing, customer/employee details and

payroll.

. Responsible for developing and establishing QA standards for the

project

. Performed a major role in writing the design specifications and

requirements for the application.

. Analyze business and project requirements and develop appropriate test

scenarios.

. Created and execute test plans and scripts that will determine optimal

application performance according to specifications.

. Log and follow up on defects and enhancements in the issue tracking

system.

. Performed queries to extract data for verification and validation.

. Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant

information to the QA team and development team.

. Tested any new feature to ensure integration into application that

meets functional requirements, system compliance, and technical

specifications.

. Analyzed formal test results in order to discover and report any

defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues, and interoperability

flaws. Carried out Backend Testing to test database robustness and

integrity using various SQL queries.

. Tested the extraction and loading of the data from different systems

into the target database using SQL scripts.

QA Engineer

Wright Express Inc., South Portland, ME

Nov 2004 to Jan 2006

Responsibilities:

. Designed and developed test cases and test plans for WEX online

application.

. Manual testing WEX online application, which is vehicle fleet service

application for U.S Commercial and government fleet industry.

. Unit, Integration, Regression level testing on Web Service layer

running on Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP), Tomcat

Axis.

. Managed Onshore and Offshore team by assigning task and monitored the

process.

QA Engineer

Think soft Global Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India

Jan 2000 to Mar 2002

Responsibilities:

. Developed Test plans, executed test cases, reported and tracked

defects for CSP, Client Service Platform, and an application to

strengthen the quality of the service to the clients of the Private

Banking Group (PBG) using Test Director.

. Actively participated in test plan reviews and provided inputs for

test cases/test conditions.

. Executing the Unit, Integration, Regression and Recovery Test Scripts.

. Worked with the development team to troubleshoot and resolve all high

priority defects.

. Actively helped other teams in testing and in Data Conditioning.

. Managed Onshore and Offshore team by assigning task and monitored the

process.

. Capturing test scripts for the Regression of Phase I using Winrunner

7.0.

. Execution of automated test scripts using Winrunner 7.01 and Test

Director 7.2.

. Regression, Production Fix of CSP Phase III A (IST )

. Prepared high-level Test conditions, Test cases, Test Scenario for

testing the new functionality

. Updating Test Scripts based on identified conditions and scenarios and

executing them.

. Recorded the defects into the defect log and monitoring the defects

with respect to the defect category, defect description using Test

director.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communications)

Calicut University, Kerala, India

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