SUMMARY:

Having more than *+ years of experience in testing of client-server and web based applications in Windows.

Experienced in SDLC models like Waterfall model, Iterative model and Agile methodologies

Extensive experience in Manual Testing.

Experience setting up testing teams for new initiatives including Testing Center of Excellence

Experience base-lining test strategies, creating reporting formats, and traceability matrix and test scenarios.

Worked with test management, functional testing, regression testing, automation testing, security testing and performance testing using automation tools

Planned, monitored and reported testing activities

Diverse experience in creating different testing matrices and dashboards f or project needs

Expertise in system testing, Smoke Testing, negative testing, Functional, Regression (manual), Automation, Criteria based Quality Check point, SIT(system Integration testing),

Web Services testing, automation testing and utility testing.

Setting the Business Priority for the defects.

Extensive experience in Quality Center, HP ALM

Expertise in using the HP Quality Center for test case management and defect tracking

Expertise in Quality Assessment, Risk Management and Test Process Improvement.

Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts, very co-operative team player, fluent communicational skills, interpersonal skills, innovative and self-motivated.

Experienced in analyzing Business Requirements and Specifications.

Extensively used SQL to query backend DB tables for Data Validation and Verification.

Extensive experience in LINUX and UNIX platforms while performing backend testing.

EDUCATION:

M.S.C(Information Technology), Sikkim Manipal University Of Health,Medical And Technological Sciences

SKILLS:

Software: PL/SQL, VB, Oracle 8i/9i, HTML

Operating System: Windows XP/2000, Vista, UNIX.

Testing Tools: QTP, QC 10.0 & Win Runner.

Middleware: MQ Series / Web Sphere MQ.

Defect Tracking Tool: Quality Center, HP-ALM

SDLC Methods: Agile, Waterfall

Professional Experience:

State Farm Insurance -Bloomington, IL

QA Analyst October 2015 to July 2017

State Farm is the leading auto-insurance company in America and has several other companies in its group like State Farm Life Insurance, Fire & Casualty Company, General Insurance companies and others. Involved in performing quality assurance activities for Bank Deposit Application project used for both Internet and Intranet. Electronic application to Agent for non-internet delivery channels of deposit application. Internet Bank Deposit Application for deposit products offered by State Farm Bank to increase functionality for the customer and gain internal flexibility and efficiencies to respond to customer needs.

Responsibilities:

Prepared Test plans and Test specifications based on Functional Requirement Specifications and System Design Specifications.

Extensively involved in manual testing of the Application.

Developed automated test scripts to test the functionality of the applications and scenarios for the regression testing using QTP.

Conducted walkthrough meetings with team members to review the test strategy.

Involved in preparation of Uses Cases and Traceability Matrix.

Developed Test cases based on the technical specifications and business requirements.

Used HP Quality Center to feed the requirements

Followed up with the development team to check with the development status of the project and made changes appropriately to the requirements.

Used HP Quality Center to move the test cases to test lab from test plan.

Used HP Quality Center for defect management

Prepared User acceptance Testing and Release Notes documents

Prepared and Maintained documents like Test Strategy, Risk Assessment, and Test Report.

Performed Integration Testing for the entire System after unit testing by executing the complete flow of the application system

Performed positive and negative testing of the application for identification of bugs after fixing of errors in each subsequent build during the process of development.

Wrote complex SQL statements with different kinds of join conditions

Executed SQL queries on back-end data base (oracle) for Data Validation

Wrote validation scripts to check the data entered by the user.

Environment: Java, VB Script, SQL, ORACLE, QTP, Quality Center, MS Office, Windows XP, HTML, XML, Agile methodology, SOAP UI.

ORBITZ, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst April 2014 to September 2015

Orbitz is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Travel port Corporation and part of Travel port Travel Distribution Services division. Orbitz is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers a wide selection of low airfares, as well as deals on lodging, car rentals; the website was created to address consumer's need for an unbiased, comprehensive display of fares and rates in a single location.

Responsibilities:

Involved in testing the DP (dynamic packaging) for both the application (Orbitz.com and Cheaptickets.com)

Implemented different strategies for each project depending on the functionality and the volume of the project

Coordinated extensively with Business Analyst, Testers, Developers and Business Users to understand the Business and Functional Requirements for multiple applications

Responsible for testing status reports and traceability metrics

Prepared test plan and test cases for the individual projects within the application.

Extensively used the Quality Center for writing and executing the test cases for various projects of the application

Hands on experience using SOAP UI

Performed Negative testing for the application for all the projects

Performed Black box testing, Functional testing, End-to-End testing, System testing, and User Acceptance testing

Experienced with UML, Scrum, Agile, CMM Methodologies and implemented QALC phase in the project

Co-ordinated with the offshore team on a twice weekly basis through conference calls and daily through emails

Used bug tracking and bug logging tool Bugzilla for logging and reporting bugs.

Also did regression testing after the bugs were fixed.

Interacted with the developers and business analyst for every build cycle for the status reports

Performed testing in the pre-production environment before release into the production environment

Environment: HP Quality Center, SOAP UI, Xml, Rational Clear Quest, MS Office tools, Excel, MS word, SDLC.

People's United Bank -Bridgeport, CT

QA Analyst February 2012 to March 2014

Peoples bank is nationally recognized bank where I have worked as QA Analyst in testing the Credit Application System (CAS) business application is designed to create and fulfill the facilities requested by small business banking customers. The system will originate and fulfill the credit application which will be reviewed by the bank at different levels from origination to fulfillment and to process the customer request. Branch users originate a credit application in the branch system which will be evaluated in the Credit Center by the Credit Administrator. After evaluation, the application is fulfilled by the Branch user and routed to CAS Fulfillment Officer for funding.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for analyzing and understanding the requirements

Actively involved in creation of detailed test plans test cases and test scenarios for different application modules according to functional requirements and business specifications.

Created scripts in VB for automation testing in QTP

Extensively used SQL queries to check storage and accuracy of data in database table

Handled dynamic objects of the application using regular expression of QTP.

Conducted System Testing, GUI Testing and Cross Browser compatibility testing during the releases and interacted with the developers to resolve any technical issues.

As a member of the Scrum team participated in daily standup meetings, project status meetings as well as retrospective meetings and reviews.

Develop and automate Web Service testing using Soap UI frameworks

Experienced in data analysis using SQL, PL/SQL and many other queries based applications

Effective Defect Identification, tracking and reporting using HP Quality Center

Coordinated defect review calls with the development team and properly handle the issue resolution

Developed and reviewed QTP scripts and generated reports.

Took part in status and review meetings

Took part in Test Closure Activities and in providing the Test Closure Document to the stakeholders.

Environment: Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, VBS, Bugzilla, Agile, Word, Excel, Soap UI, SQL, JIRA, Developer.

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