SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

*+ years of experience testing web based software applications. Proficient in software development life cycle including test strategy preparation, test plan development, test case creation, test execution and defect tracking. Tested web applications in both waterfall and agile development processes. Analyzed business requirements, software requirement specifications to create test plan and test cases for manual testing. Experience in different types of testing. Created detailed QA documentation including QA reports and participated in the project status meetings. Understanding of Quality Assurance life cycle and software development life cycle. Also quick in adapting to changes and learning new tools and technologies.

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems

Windows

Bug Tracking Tools

Bugzilla, HP Quality Center

Languages

SQL, XML, HTML

Database

MS SQL Server 2005

Documentation/Management /Collaboration

Axure RP, MS Office with good knowledge in Excel formula, Quality Center, SharePoint.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

JCPenney Apr 2013 – Apr 2015

Plano, TX

Quality Assurance Analyst

Performed manual testing on point of sale applications, web based applications.

Worked in the Agile development environment with frequently changing requirements and features.

Reviewed product requirement documents, functional specifications and involved in developing test strategy, test plan and test case documents.

Interacted with Business Analysts and software developers for defect reviews and participated in QA meetings.

Performed functional, system and regression testing.

Also worked with the business users to perform the UAT testing.

Responsible for database testing using SQL queries in MS SQL Server for projects involving the RFID devices.

Prepared all the necessary documentation as per the project requirements.

Autotask Inc May 2010 – Mar 2013 Albany, NY

Quality Assurance Analyst/Coordinator

Analyzed the Business Requirements, Functional Specification, and Use Cases to identify the Test Objectives for all the reporting projects in the Reports module of the Autotask ERP product.

Prepared high level test scenarios.

Created and reviewed Test cases for System Integration and

Acceptance test.

Performed Regression and Smoke test using the automated test scripts using QC.

Maintained Test Cases and Test Results in the Quality Center (v10.0) and mapped the test results and defects to the Requirements/ Use cases.

Raised and prioritized the defects, retested the defects. The defect tracking was performed through Quality Center/Autotask product.

Prepare Test Results Report/Test Coverage matrix.

Provided weekly status report to QA manager/team lead.

Represented the defect to the Defect Management Team, Business, and Project Managers and Development Management team.

Communicated regularly with the Development team and the Business Analysts during the different phases of the project.

Responsible to build the necessary test approach and estimate scope of effort for module.

Experience in Test data creation and management.

Worked closely with the China team on many projects and coordinated the testing activities with the team.

Target Corporation Aug 2008 – Mar 2010

Minnesota, MN

Project Coordinator

Creating and managing project plans using Clarity Workbench.

Communicating regularly with project manager, project leads and other team members regarding the project progress.

Interfacing with multiple internal groups like the WMS core project team and the Target India team to coordinate and drive tasks for projects.

Responsible for generating variety of status reports like the project snapshot report and the project portfolio report on a weekly/bi-weekly/monthly basis.

Creating and maintaining the project documentation like Risk plan, Issue log and the decision log.

Conduct PQA and work product inspections

Accountable for cost management/tracking at the project level (IE: Budget Reconciliation)

Responsible for evaluation and summarization of the RFI evaluation responses during the Pre-Scoping phase of the project.

Responsible for maintaining the SharePoint site for the WMS project.

Certified Training / Education:

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications

Gulbarga University Karnataka, India

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Project Management Institute (PMI), USA

References available on request

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