Saraswathy Narayanamoorthy ********@**********.***
Mobile: +1-302-***-****
SUMMARY
7+ years of IT experience in software testing (Automated and Manual) in the application areas of Web/Application Server, Client /Server and SIEBEL (CRM & SFA) Technology, with a wide domain knowledge in the Telecom, Energy & Utilities, Health care and Banking industry
Expert in developing test documents - Test Plan, Test Scripts, Test Matrix; reviewing test plans and scripts using Mercury Quality Center
Proficient in bug / defect tracking using Mercury Quality Center
Expertise in using Quick Test Professional (QTP) for regression and functional testing
Involved in Windows application testing, Web application testing and Siebel testing
Proficient in establishing QA procedures and Preparing Test Plans based on the project requirements
Skilled in GUI testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing, Oss/Bss Testing
Proficient in backend testing using Oracle & SQL on Windows
Excellent knowledge in all aspects of QA and development tasks in Windows, UNIX and web applications
Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with expertise in business and functional requirements, document writing, data analysis and project management to final product development
Extensively experienced in Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Business Acceptance Testing
Leadership Skills, Team Management, ISO standards, Quality Management, planning, software process improvement and working closely with client personnel
Excellent communication skills, versatile team lead and team player
EDUCATION
Diploma in Computer Science in SSI Technology - Chennai, India
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics - Meenakshi College for Women - Chennai, India - 2005
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating System Windows XP, MAC, UNIX
Programming Languages C, C++
Reporting Tools Crystal Reports 8.5 and MS-Access
Web HTML, JSP, VBScripts
Testing Tools Test Director, Quality Center 8.0, Microsoft Project Plan, Mercury Quality Center 8.2 (QTP)
Testing Environment Siebel CRM, Siebel SFA , Web Application, Appworx
Other Utilities WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT
Sr. QA Analyst
Cbeyond Communications – Atlanta, GA Sep 2008 - Feb 2011
Cbeyond is the voice and broadband Internet provider built exclusively to serve small businesses. Cbeyond works exclusively with the growing entrepreneurial class of customers. Using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and a 100% Cisco network, Cbeyond delivers to small business customers (an entrepreneurial class of customer with 4-200 employees - generally using 4-48 phone lines) an integrated package of high quality local and long distance telephony services, high-speed, Internet-based applications for about the same price that small businesses typically pay for local and long distance phone service alone
Responsibilities:
Analyze requirements for Siebel CRM, SFA and Cbeyond Online applications by working with Business Analysis team and develop comprehensive test specifications
Test Case Preparation and Test Execution for Java based web application and Siebel application using Mercury Quality Center
Executed and created using XML .
Led 10 member team – for automated testing and manual testing
Develop Test plans for Script Creation and Execution
Develop test scripts for Siebel and web application and test execution using Mercury QTP
Review the test cases, test scripts and the execution reports
Maintain scripts for new builds
Generate test results and identify new features
Maintain all process related documents and status reports
Develop Execution Summary Report, DPP Report
Identify and report bugs in the application
System testing, Regression testing for Oss/Bss System
QA Analyst
PNM Resources – Irving, TX Jun 2007 – Aug 2008
PNM Resources is an energy holding company. Through its utilities - PNM and TNMP - and energy subsidiary - First Choice Power, PNM Resources serves electricity to 859,000 homes and businesses in NM and TX. In order to adequately support the enterprise over this period of time, PNMR proposed to upgrade the underlying technology stack for the systems. This upgrade will bring the individual components up to the most recent supported version, and will establish a consistent technology stack across all the application systems
Responsibilities:
Conducted discussions with Business Analysts and Configuration SMEs to create Manual Test Cases/Scenarios, Test Steps, Actual and Expected Results
Involved in Test Case Preparation and Execution using Mercury Quality Center
Involved in Peer Review for the test cases written for integration and functional testing as per the scenarios created
Tested the application using SQL Quries.
Used Quality Center extensively to execute the test plan, track execution against the plan during testing and manage defects from inception to resolution
Involved in the Weekly Defect Status Meetings along with QA team and Development team.
Continuously streamlining and improving the testing life cycle to ensure test planning, execution, and reporting are effective and coordinated
Maintained the bug status for every release for management review
Generated Test results and identifying new features
Decided on the strategy and methodology for Manual testing
Identified various scenarios for functional and integration testing
Effort analysis for manual testing
QA Lead
MetLife - New York City, NY Nov 2006 - May 2007
MetLife Inc. through its subsidiaries and affiliates is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to individual and institutional customers. MetLife provides Auto insurance, Life insurance, Disability insurance, Health insurance etc. It serves approximately 10 million individual households, organizations with 33 million employees and members. It also has international insurance operations in 13 countries. This project was to test their quotes application
Responsibilities:
Analyzed Business, Functional requirements and use case specification documents for different clients
Test plan, Test cases are prepared for different requirements
Developed Test Scripts based on the test cases written for the web application
Tested the whole application Manual and by using Automation tools
Used QTP for functional and regression testing of the application.
Updated / Added test cases as required depending on the change of the specification
Executed and modified test cases to suite different version of the application
Reported the activities to Project Manager and developers. Written test cases, testing them manually and automating test plans and scripts for regression testing using QTP.
Created documents for other tester’s use.
Tested the database tables for data integrity using SQL Queries
Involved in functional testing of the whole application
Attended weekly meetings on project status to report and get updates on the defects
QA Developer
Apollo Health Street Limited – Chennai, India May 2005 – Oct 2006
Worked on Healthcare Information Resource Planning System (HIREPS) developed by GE Medical Systems; HIREPS is R/3 tier architecture product, consists of Application Server, Database Server & Client System. This package provides the complete integration of all Hospital Services. This project involved different modules such as Reception, Registration, Admissions, OP & IP Billing, Dietary, House Keeping, Admin, MIS Reports, Wards & Emergency, Operation Theatre, Labs, and Cardiology & Radiology
Responsibilities:
Involved in Requirement collections, analysis, and documentation.
Involved in Manual Testing & Regression Testing
Testing the modules at site observing the user specific requirements.
Assisted in implementing a standard System Development Life Cycle for the project.
Involved in testing life cycle for recording bugs, writing the test cases and instituted Test Plan design.
Involved in meetings at various level with Business Users
Development of test cases based on the product specification
Testing done manually
Performed in Functional, System and Integration testing
Conducted Regression testing based on the bugs submitted in earlier build
Reported bugs and Follow up with the development team for bug resolution
Used Test Director for Bug reporting and Tracking
QA Developer
ISmart International Ltd – Chennai, India Mar 2004 – Apr 2005
ISmart International Ltd. is a group company of Zoom Enterprises which is a multinational company diversified in areas of infrastructure, Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, Telecom and ITES/BPO. This project dealt with development and deployment of the Central accounting system for one of the largest bank card providers in India allowing card members to view their credit card account information, make payments using their bank account, access other card member services including the ability to send secure messages to an ISmart Customer Service representative
Responsibilities:
Involved in requirement gathering and developed documentation for testing team
Developed Test cases in Test Director
Worked with development team in getting the database dump from various departments
Performed data test using data from flat files and analyzed the status
Participated in weekly meeting to report bugs / defects to development teams
Interaction with Onsite Manager regarding status of the Project and sending Daily Status reports.
Documented test cases, test results, test procedure and reported to QA manager
Tracked test results and defects in Test Director