PAYAL SHAH
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Professional Summary
Acquired 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance includes Manual &
Automation testing in Finance, Retail& Insurance Domain. Strong analytical
and communication skills combined with hard work and diligence. I am very
motivated, peoples person and quick learner
. Good experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) like
Waterfall, Agile/Scrum etc. and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
. Possess good amount of experience in Analysis, Manual and Automation
testing in Windows and UNIX environments.
. Experience with various testing methodologies like; Regression testing,
Useracceptance testing,(UAT), Functional Testing, System Testing, load,
Stress, Exploratory, Browser compatibility, Cross browser Testing,
Database Testing,Data driven Testing, positive - negative and Interface
Testing & Validations to ensure the Quality Assurance Control.
. Practical experience with Mercury Quality Center / HP ALM to develop Test
plan, test cases, executing test cases in Test lab, and creating and
tracking defects in Defects module.
. Possess good knowledge in Data Validation & back-end testing by executing
SQL queries and joins using Toad data point.
. Onsite experience involving client meetings and offshore coordination.
. Actively Participated in Defect review Meetings.
. Experience with WebServices using SoapUI Pro tool, Validating request and
response in XML and RESTFUL WebService calls.
. Good Domain knowledge in Financial, Retail and Insurance.
. Good knowledge with Automation Testing Tools using HP -Unified Functional
Testing/Quick Test Professional (QTP) by using different types of Check
points, Output values, Function procedure, Function library, breakeven
point for debugging, parameterization.
. Experience in testing Desktop, Web-based, Client-Server and Data
Warehouse applications on different environments.
. Good experience with UNIX / Linux commands, Putty Tool,FTP Tools like
Filezilla etc.
. Experience with HP UFT to develop automation scripts in VB SCript.
. Experience with HP Loadrunner - VirtualUserGenerator, Controller and
Analysis tools for performance testing
. Experience with ETL Testing, Data warehousing concepts, Familiarity with
Mapping documents, OLAP, OLTP, database schemas, Star schema, snow flake
schema, data marts, dimension tables, galaxy, fact table.
. Knowledge of SAP Testing &Mobile App testing.
Technical Skills
Testing tools Mercury Quality Center10.0/9.X,
HP-QTP/UFT11.50, HP-Load Runner, Virtual user
generator, Controller, Analysis, Toad data
point v.3.4, SAP Logon 730
Database SQL Server, Oracle 11g
Operating System Windows, Unix, Linux, Android, iOS
Tools Filezilla, Putty
Languages SQL, VB, XML
Web Services Soap UI pro v.5.1.2
Software Package Microsoft Office 2003/2007 (word, Excel,
PowerPoint)
Browsers Internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google
Chrome, Safari
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Client Integrated Software Solutions. Atlanta, GA
Aug'14 - Present
QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
. Gathered business requirements, system functional specifications and
analyzed the documents from both technical and business perspectives.
. Identified all the functional objects to be tested in the application.
. Tested Web Application using Soap UI Pro tool for validation and response
in XML.
. Tested the entire functionality of online mortgage application process by
using Automation tool HP- UFT by implementing different check points like
Standard check point, Hidden check points like image and page also
Accessibility check point & Database check point.
. For retrieve purpose we used output value like standard & text in HP-
UFT.
. Checked the daily submitted mortgage application data is saved in the
database as well as transferred to mortgage processing data store in the
system.
. Also performed Datadriven testing by writing VB script in HP- UFT/QTP to
ensure data validated is correct or not.
. Effectively communicated with team members, Project Manager & Team Lead
during the project.
. Reporting all defects logged and test results to team Lead daily and
weekly basis.
Environment:Mercury Quality Center 10.0, VB Script, HTML, SQL Server, .NET
4.5.1, UNIX.
Shoppers' Stop
Oct'11 - Dec'13
QA Engineer
Stoppers' Stop is designed and developed to enable customers to apply for
membership card online through the website. It provides easy access for
application fill - up procedures and ensures the security of customer
information. The application submitted by customers are submitted through
GUI and downloaded to Oracle database. The downloaded applications can be
viewed using Card Services System Front end for the credit evaluators to
view, process and finalize the applications.
Responsibilities:
. Prepared test cases by analyzing functional requirement specification
document.
. Involved in testing compatibility of software under various Internet
Browsers.
. Performed Functional and Regression testing using Automation tool : HP-
UFT/QTP
. Used different types of Check points and output values for GUI testing as
well as for online applications.
. We had performed GUI testing by using Object repository as well as shared
object repository option and Parameterization option also.
. Identified software defects and interacted with developers to resolve
them and provided full support to the Test team using the QC.
. Analyzed and imported test data from spreadsheets into Quality Center
using Excel.
. Created test cases, executed and recorded results of test cases using
Quality Center& HP- UFT as the tools.
. Created and filed various office documentation using MS Office
applications.
. Performed GUI, Functionality and Backend Testing.
Environment:MS Excel, Manual testing, Web testing, Windows 7/8, SQL Server,
Mercury Quality Center 10.0,Data validation, HP-UFT/QTP.
Security Finance Risk System (SFRS)
Jan'10 - Sept'11
Role: QA Analyst
Security Finance Risk System was built for in-house to provide Front
Office, Middle Office and Global Market Risk Management System a vision
into security finance exposure. Middle Office (Risk) and Credit Risk Team
are responsible for measuring, reporting and monitoring daily risk
associated with Security Finance Transactions.
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed and Reviewed the Business requirement document and Use Case
Document and performed black box testing.
. Actively involved in writing test cases, test scenarios and test matrix
(traceability matrix).
. Knowledge in Site administration Using QC, Creation of projects and
users; Back up and maintenance; and sharing and securing reports.
. Wrote test cases based on the requirements and conducted Smoke,
Regression, Functional, System, User Acceptance and Browser Compatibility
Testing.
. Involved in Regression testing on each build during the various phases of
the application.
. Used Quality Center for requirement analysis, scheduling and generating
test cases.
. Wrote Test Cases using MS Excel, executed test cases and record the
actual results from testing, to compare with expected results.
. Created Test Metrics on a daily basis comprising of the number of Test
Scripts Passed, Failed, and Not Complete.
. Performed run and maintain data driven automated testing scripts for QTP.
. Reported defects using JIRA and also verified fixes and closed bugs
during regression testing.
. SQL Queries for backend testing to check the data integrity and data
consistency.
Environment: Front End.Net 4, C#, Back End SQL Server, Methodology: Agile,
Tool: QTP, Defect Tracking Tool: JIRA, QC
Credit Derivatives Management System
Apr'09 - Dec'09
QA Automation Tester
This application is an integrated business solution for credit derivatives
that effectively addresses the strategy and day to day challenges faced by
the traders. It is an intranet application and this application involves
configuring, entering and processing credit derivative trades as per
client's requirement. These transactions and security descriptions are
manually entered by the traders into this application.
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed the requirements based on Business Requirement Document and Test
Plan.
. Developed the test cases using MS Excel for the modules and the products
involved. Later Team Lead will pull the information into QC.
. Involved in Functionality Testing, End-to-End testing, and Exhaustive
Testing for the accuracy of the data displayed.
. 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.
. Performed Smoke testing to make sure that the main functionality of the
application is as per the requirements specified.
. Used JIRA to log, monitor and update defects found during
testing,Interacted with developers for bug issues, participated in QA
team meetings and defect report meetings.
. Testing the Backend andprovide data validation in SQL Server database
using SQL queries.
. Executed the test cases manually and executed the scripts using QTP.
. Involved in Daily & Weekly walk through and inspection meetings to verify
the status of testing.
Environment: Front End: . Net 3.5, C#, Java Script, Back End SQL Server,
Methodology Agile, Tools HP Quality Center, QTP, MS Excel and JIRA.
AXA Insurance. Apr'08 -
Mar'09
QA Test Analyst
Embassy is the name of administrative system developed for AXA Insurance
internal use. The front end was developed using VB and used SQL as
relational database management system (RDBMS).The project required the
understanding of the application and the documentations such as functional
specifications and technical specifications.
Responsibilities:
. Helped in preparation of test plansand Test casesin accordance with the
business requirementsand getting signoff from the Test Manager for the
same.
. Attending Bi-weekly status meeting to discuss about the workload,
performance improvement and issues.
. Executed positive and negative scenarios
. Used SQL queries to perform the back-end testing on Oracle
. Conducted regression testing after every new build
. Responsible in tracking and reporting defects using HP QC and was also
responsible for communicating the status to the development team
Environment:Windows Vista, Oracle 11g, XML, SQL, HP-QC
Philips Healthcare.
Oct'07 - Mar'08
JR.QA Tester
Responsibilities:
As a QA, my responsibilities included the following:
. Analysis of functional requirement and business requirement documents.
. Performed Daily Smoke Test Manually on different browsers (eg: Firefox,
Safari and IE) and reporting the reports to the team.
. Maintaining and executing automation scriptsand executing test cases in
QC and reporting defects if any.
. Created Mappings for the Requirements in Test Lab from iteration to
Iteration.
. Responsible for performing the Functional,Regression testing using
automation tool QTP and UAT Testing.
Environment:Windows Vista, Java, QTP, Quality Center.
GlobeopFinancial Service (I) Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, India
May'06 - Sept'07
Financial Associate
. Back office financial Reconciliation between Client and Broker statements
& communicate on daily basis.
Education
M.B.A. TIMSR, Mumbai, India.
May - 2006
TIMSR, Mumbai, India.
B.com (Graduate) Mar-2002