Objective : SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER.

<br /> <br /> SUMMARY:<br /> 5+ years of solid experience testing web based software applications<br /> Proficient in software development life cycle including test strategy preparation, test plan development, test case creation, test execution and bug tracking.<br /> Tested web applications in Waterfall and Agile development processes. <br /> Analyzed business requirements, software requirement specifications to create test plan and test case for manual and automated testing.<br /> Experienced in different types of testing, for example black box testing, white box testing, functional, GUI testing, system, regression, integration, UAT and performance testing. <br /> Understanding of Quality Assurance Life Cycle and Software Development Life Cycle <br /> Areas of Expertise: test development, scheduling and execution, test automation, test project management, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).<br /> Created detailed QA documentation including QA reports, actively participated in SQA and project status meetings. <br /> Developed and maintained automated test scripts<br /> Lead testing effort with business analysts, customers, engineering and offshore QA Testers.<br /> Enjoy learning new tools and technologies<br /> <br /> TECHNICAL SKILLS:<br /> <br /> Operating Systems : Windows, Linux<br /> Bug Tracking Tools : Jira, Bugzilla <br /> Test Automation Tools : HP QTP, SilkTest, Selenium IDE/RC/Core, Watir<br /> Languages : HTML, XML, JavaScript, Java, VB Script, SQL <br /> Databases : Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL <br /> Network Protocols : TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, VPN, FTP, LDAP<br /> Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari <br /> <br /> EXPERIENCE<br /> <br /> 05/08 - Present, Software QA Tester, Agile Systems, Santa Clara, CA<br /> <br /> Perform manual and Selenium testing of a web based application<br /> Work in the <a href="http://www.sqainterview.com/2008/10/what-is-agiletesting.html">Agile</a> development environment with frequently changing requirements and features set <br /> Review product requirement documents, functional specifications, and involved in developing test strategy, test plan and test case documents.<br /> Interacted with Business Analysts and Software Developers for bug reviews and participated in QA meetings.<br /> Proactively came up with innovative methods to improve software quality, test coverage, efficiency and regression coverage <br /> Environment: Windows, Linux, MS SQL, Java, <a href="http://www.seleniumguide.com/" target="_blank">Selenium</a>, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Ajax <br /> <br /> 02/05-05/08, QA Lead Tester, Symantec, Cupertino, CA<br /> <br /> Tested web based system for Symantec customers.<br />

Interacted with Business Analysts and Developers in requirements analysis, design reviews, testing and documentation for application developed in Agile environment. <br /> Actively Participated in Scrum meetings, reviews and developed test scenarios.<br /> Reviewed functional specification documents, design documents, requirements traceability matrix and involved in developing test plan document.<br /> Increased productivity by initiating use of automation testing using SilkTest<br /> Responsible for Database testing using SQL queries in MS SQL Server.<br /> Prepared the traceability matrices to fill the gap between the requirements and the test cases covered. <br /> Environment: Windows, Linux, Jira, SQL, SilkTest, HTML, XML, JavaScript<br /> <br /> 02/04-12/04, QA Engineer, Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA <br /> <br /> Tested Bank Loan Information web based application used to request and approve mortgage loan requests<br /> Led smoke testing, functional, integration, system, user interface testing of the Bank Loan Information web based application. <br /> Tracked defects using Jira and generated defect summary reports.<br /> Created traceability matrix between requirements and test cases.<br /> Environment: Windows, Linux, Bugzilla, <a href="http://www.sqainterviews.com/2010/05/sql-interview-questions-for-qatesters.html" target="_blank">SQL</a><br /> <br /> EDUCATION<br /> MS Engineering<br /> <br /> QA TRAINING<br /> 2009 White box testing Java and Selenium<br /> 2008 Selenium IDE training<br /> 2006 Borland Silktest training<br />