Quality Assurance

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Mohsin Ali

Career Objective

Seeking a responsible position as a QA tester and work with the latest technologies and various techniques to develop

best test strategies towards the growth and development of the company

Educational Qualifications

Achieved Master's Degree in Computer Science

University of Peshawar, Pakistan in the year 2002

Professional Summary

• 2 years of diversified experience in Analysis, Quality Assurance and Software testing.

• Diverse experience with various testing methods such as Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System

Testing, Database Testing and End to End Testing.

• Experience with complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Experience in testing both types of application Web-based application and Client Server application.

• Well versed with testing methodologies such as Agile-SCRUM and Waterfall.

• Experience in SQL queries for backend database testing on T/SQL and PL/SQL for Oracle server.

• Maintains defect reports and updates reports following regression testing.

• Understands the functional design of software products/suites being tested and their underlying technologies

to facilitate creating test cases, diagnosing system issues and ensuring that tests are accurately address to

required business functionality. Clarifies ambiguous areas with technical teams.

• Good consulting skills; can effectively interact with client during on-site meetings and project team

teleconferences.

• Ability to work cooperatively as a part of a professional team that may be distributed across geographies and

time zones.

• Ability to complete assigned responsibilities independently in a given timeframe with minimal managerial

and technical support.

Technical Skill set

Manual Testing Tools: HP tool Quality Center.

Automation Tools: Quick Test Pro (QTP)

Test Methodologies: Black box testing, System testing, database testing and Ad-hoc testing.

Languages: SQL, MYSQL, VBScript, VB and C

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, ASP.

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and UNIX.

RDBMS/DBMS: SQL Server, MS-Access and Oracle

SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall Method and Agile-Scrum

Documentation Tools: Microsoft Office (Excel/Word)

Professional History

02/2013–04/2014 Sally Beauty Company Denton, TX, USA

Junior QA Tester

Tested web-based retail application (POS), Sally Beauty is in process of changing all of their Store Procedures into

SSIS Packages. The main module is “PRICING”. From the front end which is develop in .NET, we will verify the

price which comes through SSIS Packages, were tested in QA environment to compare the prices from legacy POS and

new POS

Responsibilities:

• Design test plan, test cases for functional, regression and end to end testing of front end functionality and

backend testing on SQL Server.

• Coordinate with Business and Development teams to resolve defects through defect triage meetings

• Compare pricing from legacy database and new database using heavy T-SQL queries

• Logging and tracking defects utilizing Quality Center 10.0

• Provide testing status reports as well as perform review of product specifications

• Responsible for analyzing and solving test issues by coordinating with project manager and development

team

• Perform the tasks of participating in developing test plan and test scope

• Assigned responsibilities of performing risk analysis and preparing testing estimates

Environment:

SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio (BIDS), SQL Prompt (Red Gate), Quality Center, C#, .Net, Microsoft

Office

02/2012– 12/2012 Apple Insurance New York, USA

QA Trainee

Apple Insurance is a private insurance company which is specialized in auto, home, health, life, commercial and group

insurance. The Bright VIEW application allows customers to login into the website and view claims, loss control,

medical management, claim losses, verify payouts and manage their insurance information.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed requirements and specifications documents to develop and execute Test Plans and Test Cases.

• Participated in meetings with BA and Developers to understand the scope of testing.

• Created Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for assigned modules.

• Created and Executed Test Cases manually as well as verify the actual results based on expected results.

• Documented and reported all found defects in Quality Center 9.2

• Provided validation of data through SQL queries.

Environment:

Quality Center 9.2, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Query Analyzer, SQL .NET, Windows XP, Visio

References

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