PAYAL SHAH

770-***-****

acpwb4@r.postjobfree.com

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

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