QA Engineer

KAPIL N. SUTHAR

*******@*******.***

Princeton, NJ 08540

SUMMARY

• More than fourteen years of professional experience including five years of software quality assurance, validation, design and development.

• Experience in planning, designing, developing and deploying testing strategies for and client/server systems and web applications.

• Strong ability in writing test Plans, test Cases, test procedures and test scripts.

• Implemented Test Director for test planning, test case development, test case execution and test results analysis.

• Extensively worked in regression testing and functional testing.

• Involved in system testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), black box and grey box testing and data driven testing.

• Experience in backend testing using SQL statements.

• Experience in SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) from user requirements to implementation.

• Good team player and also have ability to work independently in time sensitive environment.

• Motivated self-starter with exceptional team building, leadership, project management and excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• Advanced System Administration Skills including installing servers on different platforms, configuring Network.

• Certified in Microsoft System Engineering and Cisco Network Administration

Technical Expertise

Hardware: IBM and compatibles, Compaq, HP, Toshiba, Dell, 3Com, Hubs, Switches, Routers

Systems: Windows 2008 and 2003 Servers, Windows NT 4.0 & 3.51, Microsoft windows7, Vista, XP, Linux, Unix

Web Technologies: HTML, JSP, ASP, XML, Java, .NET, Internet Information Server

Databases: MS SQL 2000, 2005, 2008, Oracle 10g, MS Access

Protocols: TCP/IP, NetBeui, IPX/SPX, and DLC, SNMP

Software: MS IIS, MS Office Products and Outlook, MS Project, MS Outlook 2007, Visio, VMware ESX Server 3.5, HP Quality Center,Putty

EXPERIENCE:

Commvault Systems, Oceanport, NJ June 07 – Nov 09

System Test Engineer

• Involved in testing the Client Server applications of Data Management Suite on different Microsoft Operating Systems.

• Reviewed product requirements, design document and specifications and writing test cases accordingly using HP Quality Center (Mercury Test Director).

• Setup Windows Servers with Network Configuration in Active Directory environment and some basic system administration for setting up multi user test environment.

• Involved in integration, installation, acceptance, functionality and regression testing and end to end testing including stress testing.

• Involved in coordination with developers, other technical team, and management to review of the Project plan and getting approval on test scope and test cases.

• Installed, configured, maintained VMWare ESX Server and configured virtual machines within VMWare Host Server for team members thru out testing cycles.

• Validated data by Writing and executing SQL queries for backend testing.

• Worked closely with Customer support engineering and development team to reproduce the customer issue found in the field and resolve the issue as early as possible along with staging customer database using in house tools.

• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to track requirements, defects and test results during the QA Testing Phase and documenting procedures.

• Delivered complete, concise test deliverables at the end of the testing cycle.

Environment: XML,.Net Framework 3.5, Microsoft Windows Server OS, MS SQL server 2005 with Reporting Services, SQL 2008, Visual Studio, HP Quality Center 9.2, VMware, Microsoft Visual Studio, MS Outlook, MS Internet Information Server, Java script, Java, JRE 1.6, Windows Active Directory, Unix and Linux.

Ensemble Workforce Solutions based at Aug 06 – March 07

Telcordia Technologies Inc., Piscataway, NJ

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

• Review product requirements and specifications to identify ambiguities and omissions; make suggestions to improve requirements and ensure testability.

• Develop system test plans for assigned features of Java and Non Java based application.

• Work with software developers and system engineers to review and improve test plans and code design.

• Created maintained and executed test cases and identify software defects in the defect tracking system.

• Involved in GUI, acceptance, regression and functionality testing including ad hoc testing and load testing.

• Documented test results, track software revisions, and re-test software load as needed to verify resolution of issues.

Environment: UNIX, Java and Non Java based application, Oracle 10g Database System, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP with Active Directory, Ontrac Bug tracking tool, Silk Automation Tool, Microsoft Outlook

Elephant Group, South Plainfield, NJ Apr 06 – Aug 06

Network Administration and Junior DBA

• Troubleshoot and resolved network connectivity issues for enterprise and business applications

• Designed, tested and managed disk/tape Back ups and Recovery strategies.

• Assisted in company projects with infrastructure components as required by management.

• Documented all the procedures and solutions.

Spherion Technical Services based at Jan05 – Mar 06

Bristol Myers & Squibb, Skillman, NJ

Validation Analyst

• Lead and coordinated small to large-scale software validation projects in accordance with company SOPs.

• Followed Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) of the company in documenting Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Procedure using Business and Functional requirements document of the system.

• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to track requirements during the QA Testing Phase.

• Strictly followed Technical Writing Procedures while formulating and executing of IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and performed formal execution of Test Scripts.

• Designed, wrote, and executed test plans and test scripts.

• Tested the functionality, verified the flow and logged bugs found on the product before and after the product release.

• Performed complete unit, integration, regression, functionality and user acceptance testing.

• Managed change control documentation including defect reports, risk analysis, and system change requests.

• Wrote and executed SQL statements, queries and stored procedures for data verification and grey box/backend testing.

Environment: SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory, Novell NDS, Group/Domain Policy, UNIX, Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office.

Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ Aug 00 – Dec 04

Quality Assurance Engineer

• Prepared test plans and review all the major deliverables by following the strict quality procedures.

• Conducted manual, functional and GUI testing included both client-server and Network components including Cisco routers, switches using different protocols such as TCP/IP and other routing protocols.

• Create, maintain and execute test cases and identify software defects in the defect tracking system.

• Tested the functionality, verified the flow and logged bugs found on the product before and after the product release.

• Documented test results, track software revisions, and re-test software load as needed to verify resolution of issues.

• Applied different testing methodologies like positive testing, negative testing, error testing, regression testing and stress testing.

• Writing and executing SQL statements, queries and stored procedures for data verification.

Environment: UNIX, Oracle, SQL Server, SNMP, Cisco.

Training Courses: System and Integration Testing, Web-GUI Testing

Applied Concepts Inc. based at Jan 97 - July 00

Lucent Digital Video & AT&T, Bridgewater, NJ

Network Engineer/Team Lead

PC Help Services, Clark, NJ based at Dialogic Corp. June 95 - Dec 96

Network Support Technician

Fountain Technology Inc., Somerset, NJ Jan 94 - June 95

Hardware/Software Technical Support Engineer Team Leads

EDUCATION:

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ January 1995

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Certification: Microsoft Certified System Engineer 2000

Cisco Certified Network Associate 2001

Training: Quality Center, Load Runner, QTP, Data Warehouse tools including Informatica, Cognos (BI Tool).

STATUS: US CITIZEN

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