Test Cases Manager

Kulsoom Shahid

Woodbridge, VA *****

Phone: 703-***-**** E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Career objective:

Aiming to secure a position of a Software Tester and work in a fast-paced long term project.

Summary:

2 years plus of Manual and Automated Testing Experience in Agile Scrum Software development teams.

Experienced QA professional, proficient in formulating QA methodology and QA processes.

Experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Analysis, Design, Development and Testing.

Experienced working in Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.

Expertise in creating Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts based on Business requirements, Functional Specifications and Technical/Solution design documents.

Experienced with supporting Test Cycles, Compiling Test Status Reports, participating Defect Status meetings, Project Status meetings, Peer Reviews and interacting with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Operations Teams and Engineers.

Substantial Expertise in Web Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Black Box Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Database testing.

Strong SQL, developing database queries for Backend Testing and Data integrity.

Extensive Database testing experience for Data Migration projects.

Experience with Tools including HP Quality Center, JIRA, Version One, Rational Quality Manager (RQM) and Rational Team Concert (RTC).

Experienced in writing QTP Test Scripts using Descriptive Programming and enhanced the scripts using Parameterization, Synchronization, Regular Expressions, Check Points and VB Script.

Experienced in performing GUI, Functional, Regression, and Data-driven testing using QTP.

Involved in creating Test Strategies for UI testing on multiple browsers, localization, and 508 testing using JAWS.

Provided feedback and analysis on new functionalities during walkthrough and design meetings.

Initiated to be part of Independent verification and validation team. Verify functionality and business flow as per requirements.

Tested SAAS application in a multi – tenant environments.

Solid experience with continuous Integration testing of multiple applications.

Experience working in a CMMI level 3 company.

Ability to prioritize tasks well and work on multiple test projects at the same time.

Possess excellent professional skills for working independently and as a team member and to consistently deliver results before deadlines.

Self-starter with strong work ethic and skills in time management, client relationship and ability to adapt and learn new things quickly.

Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision-making, presentation, and communication skills.

Excellent rapport with developers, testers in all the projects and worked in close collaboration with team members to ensure enhancement of software quality

Technical Skills:

Test Tools

HP QTP, ALM, Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla, Version One, ClearQuest, Rational Suite - RQM, RTC, Testlink, SoapUI, SQL Developer, Toad

Software

MS Office, SVN, Snagit

Languages

SQL, PL/SQL, VB.Net, HTML, Java, Java Servlets, JSP, JavaScript, J2EE, XML

Databases

Oracle, SQL Server

Professional Experience:

GSS Group, Springfield, VA

Mar 2016 – Present

Agile QA Tester

Responsibilities:

Reviewed and analyzed System Requirements Specification (SRS), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) and Software Design Document (SDD)

Develop Test Plans, Test Cases, Traceability Matrix, and Test Analysis Report (TAR).

Proficient in Black Box, Functionality, Positive, Negative, Integration, System, Stress, Regression and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Performed Security Testing for unauthorized access of the application with Positive and Negative testing.

Involved in writing SQL queries for Backend Testing and to verify the database updates, inserts and deletions etc., of the records, and validate them.

Extensive Backend Testing to Test Data Validity and Data Integrity.

Analyzed Manual Test Cases with QA Team for most important & high priority Requirements for conversion to Automated Test Scripts using HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)

Worked extensively on Quick Test Professional creating automated scripts and modifying scripts in expert mode.

Worked on designing and executing Manual test cases.

Ensured traceability between Requirements and Test Cases.

Used Quality Center for maintaining the Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution, Defect management, and Bug Reporting

Comprehensive understanding of Quality Center, that supports the entire defect life cycle from initial problem detection through fixing the defect and verifying the fix.

Categorizing bugs based on severity and interfacing with developers to resolve them.

Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and interacted with client/ end-users to support UAT sessions.

Worked with the QA Manager in developing Responsibility Matrices for the Team Members periodically.

Experienced with supporting Test Cycles, Compiling Test Status Reports, participating Defect Status meetings, Project Status meetings, Peer Reviews and interacting with Project Managers, Operations Teams and Engineers

E*Trade Bank, Arlington, VA

Aug 2015 – Mar 2016

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analyzed user/business requirements and developed various Test procedures, Test Matrices, Test cases and Test Scripts.

Created Test Cases using Quality Center which would cover all the functional specifications in detail.

Develop and executing test plans, test procedures, and test cases based on requirements and analysis and design documents in accordance with accepted testing methodologies.

Test functionality and regression testing for each release and version of application for functional readiness, usability and data integrity.

Performed back-end testing by extensively using SQL commands to verify data and test Reports.

Participated in Inspection and walkthroughs.

Actively Participated in reviewing Business Requirements, Functional and Technical design

documents.

Conducted GUI, Functional, System, Regression, Sanity, Smoke, Positive and Negative, and Backend testing manually.

Performed data validation test using SQL commands.

Worked with SQL scripts for Database testing and for checking the output of various reports.

Used TOAD to test queries, view and edit data, process DDL commands.

Attended daily defect status meetings and weekly team status meetings for reporting testing status and shared ideas for improved testing efforts.

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Punjab University

References available upon request

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