RESUME OF SUJATHA KOTTU
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SUMMARY
Seven years of Professional experience in Software testing and Quality assurance with Client-Server and Web-based systems
Certified from American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB)
Experienced in Manual and Automation testing using tools HP Quick Test Professional, HP Mercury Quality Center, Test Director, TFS,Test log and Win Runner
Experience in working with Telecom, Banking, Insurance and Health care Domains
Experience in implementation of different Methodologies/Policies, Strategies and Plans in all stages of SDLC
Analyzing System & Functional Specifications, Use Cases, Business requirements, and Business rules to prepare and design Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and execute Test Runs
Extensive experience in Black box, Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Unit, Smoke, User Acceptance, Alpha and Beta testing.
Experience in Quality Assurance life cycle aspects such as developing Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases (Manual/Automation), and Defect reports, developing Test scripts, Traceability Matrix and Test environment
Used Test Foundation Sever to estimate the tasks, write and execute the test cases and tracking the defects.
Experience with Testing EDI Transaction like x12, 834, 837, 277ca,820
Extensive experience in using Testing tools such as Win Runner, QTP(UFT), Test Director/Quality Center
Have good experience in Frontend and Backend testing
Good Knowledge of QA dashboard metric development
Proficiency in Defect Management including Defect creation, Modification, Defect tracking, and Reporting using industry standards tools like Rational Clear Quest, Quality center, and Test Director
Good at debugging and find out the root cause for Manual and Automated Scripts
Very good at writing complex SQL queries. Have experience in writing Joins, Stored Procedures, Functions and to schedule Batch scripts
Expertise with MS office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access)
Experience in software Verification and Validation techniques
Initiated defects and assigned to development team with appropriate priority and severity levels
Performing Regression test using automated testing tool QTP, and Selenium
Participated in daily bug review meetings and resolved issues related to bugs
Excellent communications, interpersonal and writing skills
Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as a team member
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows 7.0/XP/2000, LINUX
Languages: C, C++, HTML, Java, Visual Basic, ASP, SQL, C#, VB Script and Java Script,
T-SQL, PL/SQL, Python, Ruby
Testing Tools: Win Runner 8.2/8.0/7.5/6.2, Selenium Web driver, QTP 9.0/8.2/8.0/6.5
Defect Tracking Tools: Test Director 8.0/7.6/7.5, Mercury Quality Center 9
Web: IIS4, Web logic 4.0 and Web sphere 4.0, SOAPUI
Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
Query Tools: TOAD, Teradata SQL Assistant, Query man 6.0, SQL Developer
Tracking & Version Tools: TFS, SVN, Jira
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital/ALSAC Mar 2015 – Present
QA Analyst
Worked with ALSAC Payment Processing (APP) application
Worked with Fundraising application tool Team Approach
Worked with Constituent Fundraising and Relationship Management tool DMS
Extensively tested web services used for APP application involving transactions to Cyber Gateway and Interactions using SOAP-UI
Actively involved in Integration testing APP for Charge Processing which includes Charge selection, Charge Broker and Charge Retry parts
Tested Charge Broker and tracked defects which is entirely coded in .NET and is multi-threaded
Performed Functionality, Data driven and Load testing using SoapUING, LoadUING
Tested Single Entry UI screens, Batch processing
Written complex SQL queries including JOINS in SQL server and Oracle databases for perform comparison testing and data validation for backend testing
Using SoapUING I’m able to create the constituents, search the constituents, load and edit the transactions and create and get the Interactions.
Using LoadUING performs the load testing for single and multiple transactions with number of vu, wait time executed the scripts and generate the Test metric reports. Analyze the results.OADUI DUI
Used Agile methodology for Alsac Payment Processing
Worked with Altassian Jira requests as part of the Enterprise tracking tool
Participated in Daily stand up meetings, Weekly team meetings, Test Case review meetings and used to update and provide Daily status report to Project Manager/Team Lead
Analyzed Business requirements, High Level Documents and wrote test cases, prepared test data, Executed the test cases and tracked the defects
Involved in meetings with Business to enhance the existing programs and communicated with Business Analysts how the modifications can be efficiently tested
Used SQL Server Agent Job to schedule the SSIS jobs and ran SSISDB to test the parameterized jobs
Environment: HP Quality Center 11, SSMS 2014, Visual Studio 2014, SSIS, TFS, T-SQL, Oracle 10g, PLSQL, SQL Developer, SVN, Ready!API 1.2.2- LoadUING, WSDL, Jira, Sql Server Agent Job, Filezilla, Agile methodology
AT&T, Plano, TX Aug 2013 – Feb 2015
QA Analyst
Worked on different Network Fault Management applications of AT&T like GFP-Uverse, GFP-NTD for Layer1 and Layer2 devices
To check logs on Unix Test Servers pstz0720, pstz0732 for GFP-Uverse to identify the flow of the alarm
To check logs on Unix Test Servers PSTST108, PSTST109 for GFP-NTD
Good knowledge on OSS, BSS concepts
Used SQL Developer to wrote SQL queries to check the alarm status if it is active or not
Experience in writing complex SQL, Oracle PL/SQL queries including calling stored procedures by passing parameters, functions using SQL Developer development tools
Used PRISM to get the HLD (High Level Design Document) AID (Application Interface design Document).
Used web services to subscribed, unsubscribed requests, to create alarms, to create tickets which clears the alarms and closes the tickets for cleared alarms
Created Test Plans, Test Packages and wrote Test cases,Execute the Test cases, and tracked the defects in the TFS
Hands on experience with executing manual and automated tests, along with debugging and root cause analysis
Good Knowledge of QA dash board metric development
Tested different web based application on different browsers like as Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox
Hands on experience in Web technology, XML parsing, using utility tools like SOAP UI, J2EE
Created defects in Defect module and assigned to the developer
Used SCME (Software Configuration Management Environment) tool to create MR(Modification Request) to assign defects to developer
Created all Test Documents like Integrated Test Set document, Test package document and Test Package Review record document and uploaded the documents in to the PRISM
Used REQ pro to generate Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Participated Weekly Team Meetings, Test Case review meetings and to update the daily Status Report to Team Lead
Used Rally for Agile based projects
Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in Vbscript used UFT
Environment: SQL Developer, TFS, Unix, Req Pro, PRISM, Ruby, C#, UFT,and Rally.
KNIPPER, Somerset, NJ Apr 2011 – Aug 2013
QA Analyst
Review the Business Requirement Specifications (BRS) and Use case Document (UCD)
Attended in Review meetings and Peer Reviews
Developed Test Plan and Test Cases
Experience with Testing EDI Transaction like x12, 834, 837, 277ca,820
Created,Executed Test cases for above EDI transactions
EDI Claims Processing and HIX (Health Insurance Exchanges)
Experience with Claims processing system Like Health edge, FACETS, ika Claims, Xcelys, and Tapestry – Health Edge
Perform Agile Methodology in complete testing
Executed smoke test cases for Smoke testing for each build
Quality Center used for Test Management and Defect Management
Developed test scripts to Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in Selenium
Created Test Sets for simultaneously executing selected test cases for regression testing in the Test Lab Module of Quality Center
Created Traceability Matrix between Requirements and Test Cases in Quality Center to conform the Test Coverage
Logged the traced defects and analyzed the defects in Quality Center
Performed Back-End Testing and executed SQL Queries for validation
Environment: HP ALM Quality Center10.0, Selenium, C#, VB, MS SQL Server 2005, IBM Lotus Notes, Visual Studio, HTML, MS-Office, Ruby, Python, Windows XP.
BANK OF AMERICA, Jersey City, NJ June 2009 – Mar 2011
QA Analyst
Involved in Manual Testing of the application
Report status/progress to QA manager and project team
Written Test Cases and Performed Manual Testing like Positive testing, negative Testing
Involved in Black box, Regression, Functional, Integration, System, and UAT testing
Create and maintain well-defined test cases for manual testing and to leverage for automated test scripts
Check the naming standards, data integrity and referential integrity. Prepared the test data for incremental loads and Base loads
Used SQL Queries to verify the data from the Oracle database
Extensively involved in writing SQL queries (Sub queries and Join conditions)
Participated in testing the Business Objects by using the Filter Options and checked whether Data is getting displayed correctly according to the Requirements
Rerun of test cases and Test scripts for Integration testing, Regression testing after fixing bugs in the software
Created, executed and analyzed performance test scripts test scenarios and identified bottlenecks, test results using Performance Monitoring counters and Load Runner’s Analyzer tool
Reported defects using Clear Quest
Environment: Manual testing (Black Box and White Box), Rational Clear Quest, Java, Web logic, Oracle9i, TOAD, Python, Ruby, Sybase and Windows 98/2000/XP/NT.
CITIZENS BANK, Boston, MA Nov 2007 – Jan 2009
Quality Engineer
Involved in developing Test Strategy and Test Plan for their web-based application in compliance with the Business Requirements (BR).
Performed Manual Testing and Automation Testing for the Webbased Application.
Involved in Web Services Testing.
Used SOAP UI, WSDL file to test Web Services.
Conducted BAT following Smoke Testing.
Performed Functionality, Security and Regression Testing.
Involved in authoring scripts for automation testing using QTP for Regression testing and Re Testing.
Involved in extensive configuration settings for Quick Test Pro and Quality Center.
Used Quality Center to document, track, analyze and defects using HPQC.
Performed Back-End Testing and executed SQL Queries for validations.
Environment: HP Quality Center 9.2, HPQTP 9.2, VB Script, SQL Server2000, VB.Net, C#, Visual Studio, SOAP, HTML, Web Services, MS EXCEL, XML and Windows NT/2000, Internet Explorer.
UNITED HEALTH CARE, Columbus, OH Mar 2007 – Oct 2007
Quality Engineer
Review the Business Requirement Specifications (BRS) and Use case Document (UCD).
Participated and Attended in Review meetings and Peer Reviews.
Developed Test Plan and Test Cases.
Used SQL Queries to verify the data from the Oracle database.
Extensively involved in writing SQL queries (Sub queries and Join conditions).
Perform Agile Methodology in complete testing.
Executed smoke test cases for Smoke Testing for each build.
Quality Center used for Test Management and Defect Management.
Involved in authoring scripts for automation testing using QTP for regression testing.
Regression testing was performed for each new build using QTP.
Created Test Sets for simultaneously executing selected test cases for regression testing in the Test Lab Module of Quality Center.
Created Traceability Matrix between Requirements and Test Cases in Quality Center to confirm the Test Coverage.
Education:
Post Graduation Diploma in Management Information Systems and Computer Applications
Degree in Bachelors of Science