QA Analyst

Davinder S. Sanghera

Sr.QA Tester

Professional Summary:

• QA Analyst/Tester with 7 years experience in Manual Software Testing & Automation Testing of client/server and Web applications for various clients.

• Strong testing experience in: Functional Testing, Performance Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing, Database Testing and Compatibility Testing.

• Proficient in analyzing system & functional specifications, use cases, business requirements, business rules to prepare test schedules.

• Strong skills in implementing the testing process life cycle, test requirements, design test cases, test data, test plans and execute test runs.

• Experience in UNIX Shell Scripting.

• Experience in documenting & preparing Use Cases, System Test Scenarios & Test Scripts.

• Strong skills in implementing the testing process life cycle, test requirements, design test cases, test data, test plans and execute test runs.

• Responsible for identifying users who will participate in testing. Developed and coordinated the development of test scripts, test cases and test data. Gathering test results and provide testing feedback to the project manager

• Experience with SQL Oracle and SQL Databases.

• Experience in providing consultation and Support in different types of testing that include system testing, integration testing, functional testing, User Acceptance testing (UAT), Black Box Testing, manual and regression testing with automated testing tools.

• Extensive Experience with Mercury Interactive (HP) Tools (Quick Test Pro, Quality Center) using both Black Box and White box testing techniques.

• Experience in using Clear Case for documentation, Clear Quest as the defect reporting and tracking tool.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and knowledge of good documentation practices which proven to co-ordinate with team to get efficient results and also Capable to adopt and learn new tools, techniques and approaches.

Education:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

Achieved Post Graduate diploma in Computer Applications from Guru Nanak Dev University India in 2004.

• Bachelor Of Science

Achieved Bachelor Degree with program in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry from Guru Nanak Dev University India in 2002.

Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA Oct 2009 - Dec 2010

QA / Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and understanding the BRD of the application to develop the System Test Scenarios and System Test scripts

• Involved in Modifications or Rework to existing test cases whenever there is a change or enhancement in functionality of the application.

• Coordinated with Business, Developers to drill down business requirements, customization and testing requirements.

• Closely Monitored requirements, Functional specifications and updated the Scenarios and Scripts as per the changes.

• Performed Regression Testing, Positive Testing and Negative Testing for the projects involved.

• Finding and Reporting the Product related defects through Quality Center.

• Involved in all phases and stages of Software testing life cycle including end-to-end system testing and business requirements analysis.

• Experienced in defining Testing Methodologies, Test Environment

• Extensively used Mercury Quality Center in writing, uploading and executing Test Scripts. Also for Defect Tracking of the bugs for re-test and close operations

• Supported end users for UAT Testing

• Attended Status meetings & Updated the management with Daily & Weekly Status report of all the Testing activities.

Environment: QTP 9.0, Quality Center 9.0, Windows XP, Oracle 9i, MS Excel, MS Word.

Bank of America, Charlotte, NC Feb 2006 – Oct 2009

QA / Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Manual Testing to check the compatibility of Bank of America Applications with Merilynch Network Connections.

• Involved in preparation and execution of Test Scripts using QTP.

• Manually tested the application functionality and developed Automation test scripts to perform functional and regression testing and prepared automation test scripts, Methods and functions in QTP.

• Prepared Test Cases in Quality Center based on Use-Cases and Requirements, and executed test scripts to verify actual results against expected results.

• Written Test Cases and Performed GUI, Functionality, System, Integration, Regression, UAT, Black Box testing.

• Analyzed Software and Business Requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system from both technical and business perspectives.

• Automated test cases, for data driven tests and linked test scripts using QTP to perform Regression testing of different application versions.

• Executed regression tests at each new build in QTP.

• Involved in peer Reviews and Team Walkthroughs for the project as per Test methodology.

• Executing, Reporting and Tracking the defects using Quality Center.

• Inserted Synchronization points in the script using QTP.

• Performed Data Driven Testing using QTP for testing the application for multiple data

• Interacted with developers and Users to resolve critical and major bugs.

• Created and maintained regression test suite to check the progress of the testing process by performing identical tests before and after fixing defects.

• Involved in the preparation of Test Plan as per business requirement

Environment: QTP10.0, QualityCenter10.0, J2EE, Firefox, Windows XP, Oracle 9i &10g, XML, MS-office

MetLife Insurance, Portland, OR Oct’2004 – Jan’ 2006

QA / Software Tester

Project: Dupont Long term Care Insurance

Description of Dupont Long term Care:

QA Tester involved in testing the web application for MetLife. MetLife is one of the leading insurance companies. Worked on project named Dupont Long term Care

Dupont Long term Care application is the Internet and Intranet application, which is used by the field agent’s of the company and the customers who want to fill the application Online. In this project there were different modules, namely Utbattelle and Dupont. It mainly deals with the health insurance. This project mainly deals with providing Health care Insurance plans for different age group people depending upon the state they live.

Responsibilities:

• Converted business and functional requirements into test cases and performed Manual Testing like Positive Testing and Negative Testing.

• Mapping Test Cases to the Functional and business requirements creating a trace matrix.

• Involved in writing test scripts and functions in Test Script Language using QTP for automated testing.

• Conducted Back-end testing using SQL query analyzer to validate the data in the back-end Database.

• QTP was used to automate Regression testing after each enhancement of the application.

• Performed GUI, integration and system testing.

• Interacted with Developers for defect analysis and investigating the software faults.

Environment: Windows 98 / NT, MS Project, MS Office, TOAD, Oracle8, QTP, Java, HTML, XML, Test director

24/7 Recruitment Services, Amristar, Punjab, India - Feb’ 2002 - Sep’ 2003

Warehouse Record Clerk

Responsible for keeping records of all incoming and outgoing shipments. Responsible for warehouse inventory and check each shipment against shipping invoices or bills of landing.

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