FORAM ACHARYA

US Citizen

adb5of@r.postjobfree.com

609-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over 6 + years of experience in Software Testing and working logically to create Test Plans for software programs, and consistently carrying out test plans.

Proficient with Defect Management Tracking System, Quality Assurance, following Test Standards, Guidelines and Procedures.

Experienced in using both manual and automated testing tools.

Good knowledge in writing Test Scenarios,Test Cases (Functional and Integration test cases), reviewing test cases and estimating test cases execution.

Experienced with projects through SDLC (software development life cycle) : Waterfall, AGILE SCRUM methodologie and STLC (software testing life cycle).

Thorough knowledge of Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Smoke, End to End Testing, Regression Testing of both Web based and Client/Server applications.

Experienced in monitoring and tracking defects/risks and managing through resolution using JIRA.

Expertise in working with HP ALM /Quality Center.

Experienced in creating and developing test plan, test cases, test data and executing test cases to produce bugs or defects, and reports on resolved bugs using HP ALM/Quality Center.

Experienced in testing backend by using SQL Queries.

Experienced on Automation Testing Tools like QTP/UFT.

Good Knowledge in the Functional and Regression testing of Web applications using QTP/UFT.

Good knowledge in Analysis of Bug Severity, Bug Tracking system and Bug Reporting.

Also I have the primarilly knowledge of mobile application testing.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and highly dedicated to produce professional work with highest quality and creativity.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, quick learner and ability for adapting to new skills.

EDUCATION:

High School plus some college (college graduation not completed).

TECHNOLOGY & TESTING PROFICIENCIES:

LANGUAGE: XML, HTML, PL/SQL, C, C++, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, VB Script

MS TOOLS: MS Word, PowerPoint, MS Outlook. MS Excel, MS Visio

DATABASE: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2

TESTING TOOLS: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro, SOAP UI, HP ALM, HP UFT, JIRA

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows, Unix/Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

REFERENCES: Upon request

AmeriHealth, Washington DC

QA Expert – manual tester

Oct’ 2017 – Present

Roles and Responsibilities:

Analyzed Systems Requirements, wrote test cases and reviewed test cases.

Designed and executed Test Plans, Test Designs, Test Cases, and Test Scripts files.

Performed Re-testing and closed bugs when they were resolved.

Performed all types of, functional, smoke, sanity testing,

Used HP ALM for maintaining the Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution, Defect management, Bug Reporting.

Used HP ALM to track, report, and manage defect throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.

Worked on HP ALM to log defects and track resolution till the closing of defect after retesting.

Work with SQL queries for backend testing to extract data from.

Documented the project sign off and other project closure activities.

Responsible for testing the site in all the windows operating systems including the Windows in order to check the compatibility of the site.

Hardware/Software:

JIRA, HTML, XML, C++, UFT, HP ALM, Java, Oracle, SQL Server, VB Script, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows, UNIX.

Valley National Bank, New Jersey, NJ

QA Consultant

Jan’ 2015 – Sep’ 2017

Roles and Responsibilities:

Introduced, developed, documented, and periodically updated the QA Test Plan, processes, procedures manual and objectives.

Provided technical guidance when needed to other members of Quality Assurance, Software Engineering, Product Management and Product support.

Analyzed business requirements, functional requirements, use cases and provided feedback for clear understanding of each requirement.

Reviewed Project Artifacts, analyzed Requirements, and designed the Test Plan.

Prepared Test Plans, Test Methodology and Test Case, Test Scripts as per Functional and Business requirement

Created Defects, Story Bugs, Tasks, Objectives, Spike in JIRA Software.

Wrote Test Plan, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts as per functional, Business requirements using HP ALM.

Defected were track, review, analyze and compare using HP ALM.

Managed the testing process using HP ALM to manage the requirements and test cases and had a clear traceability between them.

Used HP ALM for defect reporting and tracking and prioritizing defects and enhancement requests after base lining the requirements.

Worked with SQL Queries to query the database to test the back end process of the application.

Used SQL queries to verify the integrity of the database.

Identified the database tables for defining the queries and defined datasets for report generation.

Worked on testing status, reporting to the higher management and retesting the fixes.

Conducted weekly status meeting with Team members, managers, Business Analysts & Technical Team.

Participated in Project review meetings and generated Weekly Status Reports.

Hardware/Software:

HP ALM, HP JIRA, PowerPoint,, Windows, Java, SQL, HTML, XML, C#, MS Word, MS Excel, UNIX.

Altice(CableVision), Bethpage, NY

Software Tester

Sep’ 2012 – Dec’ 2014

Roles and Responsibilities:

Developed detailed Test cases, Entrance and Exit criteria for the application being tested and ensured that standards for documentation were followed.

Involved in Automation Scripts Execution, development, debugging, reviews, analyzing results and reporting defects.

Analyzed various Documents and Use Cases to prepare the detailed Test Plan.

Created and maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix and Test Matrix.

Performed Regression, System, GUI, Smoke, Functional, and User Acceptance Testing.

Generated the defect reports using Quality Center/ALM.

Wrote Test Cases for functionality, system and integration testing, and tested the application manually and using Quality Center/ALM.

Skilled of SQL and Relational Databases.

Used QTP/UFT test scripts to invoke automated execution and analyze test results.

Participated in weekly status meetings.

Created Test Status report and Test Completion Report for feature testing.

Hardware/Software:

QTP/UFT, Quality Center/ALM, HTML, XML, C#, .NET, Java, Oracle, Windows, Java Script, VB Script, Web Services, MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Word, UNIX.

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