Rashid Akhter
Us Citizen
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PROFILE SUMMARY:
Resourceful and dynamic technical QA professional with 6 plus years of test automation and manual software testing experience in web based and client based applications.
Proficient in designing Test plans, manual test case execution, review and analysis of project requirements.
Experienced in Testing business web applications and complex business applications across technologies.
Experienced with scripting languages, open source test tools and commercial test tool scripting languages.
Extensively experienced in SDLC, QA methodologies, and understanding of computer science principles.
Experienced in creating Test plans for software based on the UI and functionality documentation.
Proficient in Quality Assurance includes full life cycle testing including Smoke, Functional, Regression, User Acceptance, Integration and Database testing.
Experienced in tracking defects using defect management tools HP ALM/Quality Center.
Proficient in using bug tracking tools like HP ALM/Quality Center and for reporting modification requests.
Extensively experienced in using basic SQL Queries to retrieve Data from the Databases.
Experienced in using QTP/UFT for Automating manual test cases for regression testing and for storing.
Good Knowledge in using Checkpoints, Descriptive programming and Data Driven Test Scripts in QTP/UFT.
Proficient in creating and executing Automated Test Scripts in QTP/UFT using Business Process Testing (BPT) concept, and Keyword driven Framework.
Ability to learn new technologies and challenging concepts quickly and implement them.
Strong team player with ability to work productively in a team as well as individually.
Hard working, energetic and self-motivated with excellent communication skills.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Testing Tools
HP ALM, HP UFT/QTP, JIRA, HP Quality Center, SOAP UI, JMeter
Programming Language
.Net, C/C++, C#, Java, VB Script, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL
Data Base
Oracle, SQL Server, MYSQL, DB2
MS Tools
MS Visio, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Office, PowerPoint
Operating System
Windows, Linux/Unix
WORK EXPERIENCE:
UnitedHealth Group, Hartford, CT
QA Analyst
May, 2016 – Present
Responsibilities:
Participate in the Test environment setup and in ensuring that facilities and test tools are in place to successfully perform the required testing efforts.
Participate in the Testing of the software for the financial Content Management System to ensure the highest level of quality including.
Create Test plans and test scripts for new software development.
Prepare test scenarios for each release, written test cases and executed them as part of functional testing.
Derive and develop Requirements, Functional, Regression Test Cases from Use Cases and Test Scenarios.
Perform Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, and Security Testing for Intranet Based web application.
Execute all the test cycles and documented the successful or unsuccessful completion, defects raised and each test condition, in the HP ALM script Repository.
Verify Actual results against expected results investigate discrepancies and report any defects in the HP ALM defect mechanism.
Execute queries in Test databases using SQL queries.
Responsible for designing the automation strategy using driver scripts, test case scripts, and subroutine scripts in UFT.
Create standard, text and bitmap checkpoints using UFT to check for the application to be in the correct state, have the right values, and load the correct images.
Write Test harnesses using UFT by making reusable actions which can be called from other actions.
Perform data driven testing in UFT for both positive and negative data by using parameterized values from the built-in global and local action data tables.
Involve in designing the Test Input Data file for all the test sets available in ALM to run the UFT Script over the check list.
Enhance the UFT scripts by inserting VBScript functions and various checkpoints like standard, image, page, text and database Checkpoints.
Develop automated Test Cases for web services in Soap UI.
Conduct weekly Defect Status meetings with Work stream Test leads to ensure defects are following the Defect Life Cycle.
Report Defect matrices and measurements to all levels of management.
Attend agile meetings for weekly development Iterations, also participated in weekly walkthrough meetings.
Environment: HP ALM, HP UFT, SQL Server, Html, CSS, Java, Oracle, JavaScript, XML,MS Project, MS Excel, MS office, MS Outlook, Windows, Linux, Visual Basic, C#, JIRA, JUnit, Visual Studio.
Pfizer, Morris Plains, NJ
QA Engineer
Jan, 2014 – Apr, 2016
Responsibilities:
Performed complete QA cycles for the projects during all stages of SDLC.
Developed Test Strategy, Test Plan, Traceability Matrices and Test Cases according to business requirements, functional specifications and technical design.
Involved in developing detail Test Plans for different benefit packages according to Business requirements documentation.
Performed Functional, System Integration and Regression testing for various Web applications.
Performed manual testing used in Positive and as well as negative scenarios.
Used HP ALM/Quality Center to track, report, and manage defect throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.
Worked on HP ALM to log defects and track resolution till the closing of defect after retesting.
Executed SQL queries to validate the Data tables.
Wrote QTP/UFT test scripts for its automated testing.
Used QTP/UFT scripts to run smoke test on applications before proceeding to test further.
Worked with QTP/UFT to test the different functionalities in web application using VB scripts.
Developed Data-Driven Automation Framework by using Global and Local spreadsheets in QTP/UFT for testing multiple data.
Automated the manual test cases using QTP/UFT for Regression and Functional Testing.
Involved in Agile Development process for diverse requirements.
Investigated software bugs and reported to the developers.
Provided a weekly project report that includes Test Metrics and status reports.
Participated in meetings with Developers on change requests, Critical Issues and modifications.
Environment: Html, CSS, Java, JavaScript, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Office, Windows, Linux, HP UFT/QTP, HP ALM/Quality Center, SQL Server, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, C, C++, Oracle.
Astoria Bank, New York, NY
Software Tester
Sep, 2011 – Dec, 2013
Responsibilities:
Prepared Test plans for each release, written test cases and executed them as part of functional testing.
Defined and documented Test plans for new/existing systems to projects with large-sized, diverse scope and increased complexity.
Coordinated with the other Testers for resolution of defects and consolidated the status reports on Iteration basis.
Modified Test plans in accordance with changing requirements.
Created Manual and Goal Oriented scenarios.
Performed Data Driven Testing to work our scripts for multiple sets of data.
Used Quality Center to review and analyze the results & utilize its reporting feature to generate detailed defect report.
Developed the scripts for functionality and data testing in Quality Center.
Used PL/SQL to embed complex business logic in stored procedures.
Identified the Test Cases to be automated and performed data driven testing and GUI Check Points using QTP.
Executed QTP scripts for Web Service testing.
Created Standard checkpoints and Synchronization Check Points by using QTP for validations.
Responsible for Testing Web Services requests using SOAPUI.
Participated in regular QA Team meetings and discussions.
Communicated with software developers and involved in fixing various bugs.
Explored software defects and discussed the defects found with developers and designers to determine if they comply with the requirements.
Environment: C#, Visual Studio, JMeter, XML, JavaScript, .Net, Java, Oracle, MS Excel, Quality Center, SQL Server, QTP, Html, CSS, MS Office, PowerPoint, Windows, Linux.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor in Business Administration
References available upon request