QA Analyst

Sudheera

QA ANALYST

Phone: 217-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Summary

. Quality Assurance Engineer with 7+ years of experience in Web, database

and desktop applications testing which includes 2+ years of Development

experience.

. Experience in Requirements Analysis & Review, Test Scenarios

Identification, Test case Preparation, Test case Execution, Review of

Test cases and Defect Management.

. Extensive experience in QA Methodologies like Agile, Waterfall and

Iterative Models.

. Proven skills in both Manual Testing and Automation of the test scripts.

. Exposed to Automation Tools like QTP.

. Experience in testing methods like Black box, White Box, Unit Testing,

Integration, Regression, Compatibility, System, Functional, End to End,

User Acceptance.

. Defect tracking tools like HP Quality Center, JIRA, Microsoft Test

Manager and Sharepoint.

. Proficient in SQL Programming for testing database like MS SQL Server and

MS Access.

. Experience using JIRA and SharePoint as a document management tool.

. Expertise on SDLC, Testing Life Cycle and Defect Life Cycle.

. Exposure to .net technologies like ASP.net and languages such as VB.net,

C#.net.

. Experience writing user stories using Gherkin Language.

. Highly motivated with the ability to work effectively in teams as well as

independently.

. Demonstrated excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills while

interacting with business teams.

. Committed to highest levels of professional and personal excellence.

. Expertise to operate comfortably in a multi-task/multi priority

environment.

. Worked with a sense of urgency and attention to detail with ability to

work in a team as well as individually.

Technical Profile

Operating Systems Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, MS-DOS.

Database MS SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle

Applications C, C++, Java, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, C Sharp,

Mainframes

Scripting Languages Java Script, VB Script, Gherkin

Testing Areas Web Testing, Database Testing, Client Server Testing

Testing Tools QTP, Test Director/Quality Center, Rational Quest,

TFS-MTM

Defect Logging Quality Center, Microsoft Test Manager, JIRA,

Tools SharePoint

Methodologies Agile, Waterfall, Iterative

Education Profile

. MBA - Masters in Business Administration from Andhra University, India.

. B.Com - Bachelors of Commerce from Andhra University, India.

Ohio Department of Transportation (Columbus, OH) Oct 2012 - April 2013

QA Analyst

ODOT is the Ohio State's organization responsible for developing and

maintaining all state and federal roadways. ODOT also helps develop Public

Transportation and Aviation Programs.

Environment: Windows Server 2008, MS-Office 2010, Sharepoint 2007, Oracle

10g, MS Visual Studio 2010, ASP.Net

Responsibilities:

. Worked in an Agile Environment.

. Involved in Requirement Gathering Sessions, Domain Walks, Testing

Estimation Sessions.

. Assisted Technical Lead and Business Analyst converting the

requirements into user Story Cards using Gherkin Language, defining

some pre conditions and post conditions, exemptions etc

. Responsible for preparing the Test Strategy.

. Assisted developers in creating detailed application test plans.

. Involved in writing Test Cases and ensured that all the features meet

Organizational Standards and End-User Requirements.

. Attended Test Case Review meetings.

. Responsible for preparing Test Data that is useful for Test Case

Execution.

. Worked with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate

data for testing, and prepare that data for the test cases.

. Involved in Unit, System, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.

. Involved in managing and communicating defect status and updates with

developers.

. Validated that software meets established and reasonable performance

guidelines.

. Created and maintained test documentation in Sharepoint.

. Responsible for providing detailed analysis of test results from a

test execution after logging defects in a defect tracking system.

. Work collaboratively with others to resolve issues and defects.

. Attended QA meetings and updated the Management with QA involvement.

. Responsible for sending Testing Status Report.

American Health Holdings (Columbus, OH) July

2011 - June 2012

QA Analyst

American Health Holdings Inc. is a national, medical management firm which

helps customer maximize their cost savings while ensuring the quality and

appropriateness of care. I worked for Case Management, Maternity Management

and Utilization Management.

Environment: Quality Center10.0, VB.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server 2010, Share

Point.

Responsibilities:

. Worked in an Agile Environment.

. Involved in decomposing the business and technical requirements into

test case scenarios and defining test data requirements.

. Analyzed functional specifications. Developed Scripts after

reviewing the business requirements document, and technical

specifications documents.

. Assisted developers in creating detailed application Test Plans.

. Associated Test cases to requirements in order to ensure that all

the functional requirements have been covered.

. Conducted Unit, Functional, Integration, System, Regression and UAT

testing.

. Used Quality Center to perform Test Management and Test Case

generation.

. Participated in test case review meetings.

. Developed test case scenarios for functional testing of web

applications.

. Wrote and executed queries in SQL and tested the database.

. Analyzed, documented and maintained Test Results and Test Logs.

. Worked closely with developers and other staff members to form a

unified team.

. Extensively used SharePoint to maintain the testing deliverables and

Project Tracking.

. Performed Defect Management using Quality Center.

. Communicated with the developers about the defects and their

resolutions.

. Responsible for providing regular Test Status Reports to the

management.

Hewitt Associates (Chicago, IL)

July 2010 - June 2011

QA Analyst

Hewitt Associates is a global HR Outsourcing and Consulting firm delivering

a complete range of integrated services to help companies manage their

total HR and Employee costs, enhance HR services and improve their

workforces. I have worked for Health Benefits Management and Common

Functionality wings.

Environment : QTP, Microsoft Test Manager 2010, MS Visual Studio, ASP.Net,

Windows NT/2000, SQL Server 2008, JIRA

Responsibilities:

. Responsible for defining Test Plans and Test Specifications for

Functional, Integration and Regression testing.

. Designed and developed new test cases in line with the Test Strategy

and Test Plan.

. Recorded automated test cases using Quick Test Pro, synchronized and

customized the recorded script with GUI, bitmap, database and text

validation checkpoints

. Maintained QTP Test Libraries and Executed Test Scripts.

. Developed Test Cases from the System Design documents for various

business applications using TFS-MTM.

. Documented test results, log problems in Microsoft Test Manager.

. Generated reports using Microsoft TFS to track the testing activities.

. Conducted Functional Testing, Regression testing, Integration

testing to check the system is working according to the requirement

specifications.

. Developed and executed SQL Queries to perform backend database

testing.

. Involved in validating and verifying defects using Quality Center and

clearly articulated defect issues.

. Participated in documenting and analyzing defects and test results.

. Communicated clearly and frequently the status of defects and the

steps to resolution with technical and business teams.

. Worked closely with Developers, Business Analysts, Leads and Business

Users.

. Involved in peer reviews.

. Extensively used JIRA for Project Tracking and Defect Logging.

Pramerica Systems (Letterkenny, Ireland) April

2005 - July 2006

QA Analyst

Pramerica Systems is a subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc., of the US

which serves individual and institutional customers worldwide and includes

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest Life

Insurance Companies in US. I have worked for Illustrations team which has

its own client server applications and web applications.

Environment : Quality Center, ASP.Net, SQL Server 2005, Sharepoint.

Responsibilities:

. Served as core member of QA team in designing and deploying test plans

and test cases based on client requirements and specifications.

. Responsible for preparing Test Strategy.

. Used Quality Center to perform Test Management and Test Case

generation.

. Responsible for writing Test Cases and ensure that they are meeting

the requirement and technical specifications.

. Performed Functional, Integration, System, Regression, White and Black

Box Testing manually.

. Communicated with development team about bugs and critical issues.

. Performed Defect Management using Quality Center.

. Involved in Peer reviews.

Magna InfoTech (Hyderabad, India)

April 1999 - Dec 2002

QA Analyst/Developer

Magna InfoTech is one of India's leading IT staffing solutions companies

offering technology expertise to the customers across Industry. The

projects I have worked are Magna EMR, Babloo, Websites, Ecommerce Projects

and Desktop Applications.

Environment : Visual Studio 2000, SQL Server 2000, ASP.Net, VB.NET, C

Sharp, Test Director, Sharepoint, Javascript, Web Designing Tools

Responsibilities:

. Communicated effectively with business units, IT Development, Project

Management and other support staff.

. Involved in participating in review sessions of business requirements,

technical requirements.

. Involved in designing documents to ensure that software changes are

understood to facilitate Developing and Testing.

. Involved in Designing, Developing, and Deploying .NET applications and

Ecommerce websites, Portals according to Business Standards.

. Created and maintained Web based and Client Server Applications using

ASP.NET, VB.NET, C Sharp and HTML.

. Completed application coding assignments that meet provided technical

specifications and end-user requirements.

. Participated in design process that generates application functional

and technical specifications.

. Involved in documenting application design specifications and

implementation procedures to improve application quality and reuse of

code.

. Involved in Creating web applications, collecting and posting data and

reports from a source of SQL Server Databases.

. Involved in Integration of .NET applications with SQL Server 2000

. Involved in Troubleshooting and resolving database software problems.

. Develop highly scalable and reliable, enterprise-level distributed web

and desktop applications.

. Participated in the system design at an architectural level while also

writing code for the aforementioned system.

. Contributed as an integral part of a small team that will evaluate,

test and implement new technologies

. Involved in writing significant components of .NET code for E-commerce

websites and Client Server Applications.

. Involved in creating Web Pages and writing Javascript code for them.

. Involved in writing Test plans, Test Cases in accordance to the

Technical Design Specifications.

. Involved in Defect Management.

. Develop and execute testing scripts for new application

. Involved in training new comers.

. Used Test Director as defect tracker and documented the results.

. Communicated frequently with IT Development to identify and track

defects; followed-up with defect fixes.

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