QA Analyst
(Dallas)
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madhu.nalamothu@gmail.com
Posting Date: 2006-01-20, 10:51 AM EST
Posting id:
1545
Pavan Anam
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
· About Seven(7) years of IT experience in Programming / QA, involved in generating test plan, test design, test development and implementation of test procedures for client server and Web based applications.
· Possess extensive knowledge of CMM levels of SEI, SDLC, RUP quality assurance testing methodology.
· Experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle and Quality Assurance Methodologies.
· Experience in analyzing Business Requirements, Functional and Technical Specifications.
· Expertise in designing and developing strategic Test Plans, Test Cases and Test scripts for both manual and automated tests.
· Extensively involved in White-Box, Black Box and Full Life Cycle Testing.
· Expertise in Quality Assurance, Manual and Automation testing Client / Server & Web applications.
· Strong understanding of QA Principles, QA Process, Use Cases, and Software Development Life Cycle.
· Perform Smoke, Integration, Functionality, Performance, Load, Regression, and System Tests.
· Experienced in using QuickTest Professional, WinRunner, LoadRunner and Test Director for web and client server applications.
· Demonstrated experience in tracking bugs using Test Director and Clear Quest.
· Experience in Oracle, Sybase, MS-Access databases and UNIX, Windows operating systems.
· Specialized in writing Complex QUERIES, SQL Syntax, Sub QUERIES & Joins and testing them.
· Experience in using TOAD for querying Oracle databases and Clear Case for Version Control.
· Involved in maintaining the test environment and test data while migrating the data to the production.
· Excellent verbal/written communication skills and strong analytical abilities.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
TESTING TOOLS : Mercury Interactive QuickTestPro 6.5/8.0.1, Win Runner 4.0/5.0/6.0/7.0/7.5,
Test Director 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.6/8.0, and Load Runner 6.5/7.5
LANGUAGES : SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++, TSL (Test Script Language).
WEB TECHNOLOGIES : JAVA, JSP, HTML, XML, XSLT, ASP, and VBScript.
UTILITIES / PAKAGES : MS Office (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point, MS-Access), CVS System,
Rational ClearQuest, MS project, and TOAD
OPERATING SYSTEMS : Windows XP Professional, Windows NT, Windows 95/98/ME,UNIX.
DATABASES : SQL Server, Oracle8i/9i, Sybase and MS Access.
EDUCATION:
Bachelors in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from Andhra University,India.
EXPERIENCE:
Client: Cerner Corparation, Kansas city , MO June 2004 - Dec 2005
Quality Assurance Analyst
Cerner Millennium is Cerner's fifth generation of Architecture, the industry's most comprehensive set of applications designed to manage health and automate processes across the continuum of care. Cerner Millennium is designed to meet the needs of progressive health organizations today and into the next millennium with an enterprise-wide, lifetime electronic medical record at the core of its architecture, and a robust decision support capability integrated into the enterprise-wide messaging system. Cerner Millennium applications are object-oriented client/server solutions that distribute maximum computing power to each user, run on open industry-standard platforms, and feature a comprehensive, person-centric relational database.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed Cerner Millennium System documents to identify the requirements.
· Created Test Cases in Test Director for Middleware, RadNet, FirstNet, and GenLab etc.,
· Performed Build Verification, Functionality, System, and Regression tests.
· Involved in Test Environment and Test Ware preparations.
· Performed White-Box and Black-Box tests.
· Produced timely Testing Metrics and Summary Reports for project management and the quality assurance manager throughout testing life cycle for use in gauging testing status and identifying any course corrections needed to ensure adequate coverage and quality.
· Involved in Daily Status Meetings and weekly Team Meetings.
· Maintained the Problem Log and tracked the defects using the Test director.
· Used CVS system for Version Control.
· Involved in performing the Smoke Test for new Release by setting up the technical environment and creating module list of components contained in the Release.
· Developed Automation Tools Architecture as a reference document for Automation team.
· Developed, Enhanced, and Maintained automated testing scripts with Quick Test Pro for Regression, Integration, and system Testing.
· Created Intelligent Scripts those are capable of controlling the flow of automation based on external conditions.
· Used Parameterization for using various data to test the application.
· Enhanced scripts by putting standard, bitmap, and database checkpoints using Quick Test Pro.
· Participated in automation scripts Walkthroughs.
· Expertise in Mercury Quality Center 8.0 (Test Director 8.0) for Scheduling the Test Scripts.
· Used TOAD for querying Oracle databases.
· Involved in creating and executing Database Scenarios for validating data by running SQL queries to perform Database Testing.
· Obtained and installed software releases.
· Worked closely with Developers in resolving the issues and understanding the functionality.
Environment: Java2, J2EE, Servlets, Weblogic Server 7.1, Oracle 9i, AIX 5.3,Open VMS 8.0,
Putty, Quick Test Pro 6.5/8.0.1, Test Director 7.6/8.0, CVS System, MS Project 2003
Client: BROADCOM® Corporation , CA July 2003 - May 2004
QA Tester
Engineering Change Notification: Web based intranet application to automate existing "Engineering Change Processing" system. It has three basic functions namely, create ECN, approve ECN by various managers, controllers and send notification mails for the approved ECN.
Parts Search: Web intranet application to search and find specifications and availability for components and boards present in inventory. Used in manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed ECN and Parts Search System documents to identify the requirements.
· Created Test Cases and Test Scripts in Test Director for Change Notification and Nofication Procedure, and Reports.
· Involved in regression testing of web-based application written in ASP. Wrote test cases for each valid transaction and reported bugs.
· Performed Automation Test Script Analysis, Design, Development, and Execution for this Web application.
· Developed Automation Test Scripts with WinRunner.
· Enhanced the scripts as per our requirements and performed Regression Testing.
· Used Synchronization to overcome the timing issues.
· Documented and Track the defects, Run multiple scripts, schedule the tests through Test Director.
· Checked the broken links in the application and conducted cross browser testing.
· Manually performed back-end testing by writing SQL queries.
· Developed User-Acceptance Test scripts and assisted users in conducting UAT.
· Responsible for updating and maintaining the Test Director for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle.
· Actively participated in daily bug triage meetings and interacted with developers diplomatically to ensure high quality of the two applications under test.
Environment: XML, C++, ASP, SQL Server 2000,Windows 2003 server, IIS, Win Runner 7.5, Putty,
Test Director 7.5.
Client: Johnson and Johnson , NJ Oct 2002 - June 2003
QA Tester
Kitty Hawk Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) has defined XML standard for Clinical Data Interchange by name Operational Data Model (ODM). ODM basically deals with transfer of data between a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and a Sponsor (usually Pharmaceutical Company). Project Kittyhawk serves as at Data transport layer between disparate systems in and out of Johnson and Johnson and their own In-house Database.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed System documents to identify the requirements.
· Created and executed various test deliverables like test cases, test plans and test metrics.
· Utilized Test Director for tracking requirements and communicating them to the team during the test process and translated the information to test cases and test procedures.
· Documented test cases and conducted manual testing using Test Director.
· Involved in Integration Testing, System Testing, Soak Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
· Utilized Test Director to communicate with the health system personnel, developers and team members.
· Defects were logged and change requests were submitted using defects module of Test Director.
· Worked closely with Software Developers to isolate, track, and troubleshoot defects.
· Attended reviews and walkthroughs to better understand the documents required.
Environment: Windows 2000, VB, Java, JDBC, XML, XSL, Java API for XML Processing(JAXP),
TestDirector 7.0.
Client: BotTechnology.com, Florida June 2001 - Sep 2002
Programer / QA Tester
TrademarkBots application enables ‘Intellectual Property’ attorneys to monitor the visible and invisible web for trademark misuse and provides value added services for market intelligence for brand development. This application is also capable of launching periodic searches of trademark phrases at pre-configured time intervals and emails the results to the attorneys registered with the site.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed System documents to identify the requirements.
· Designing web application
· Implementing ASP pages and COM components
· Technical support during implementation
· Testing integration and deployment of TrademarkBots at Trademarkbots.com website.
· Performed Build Verification, Functionality, System, and Regression tests.
· Involved in Test Environment and Test Ware preparations.
· Documented test cases and conducted manual testing using Test Director.
· Defects were logged and change requests were submitted using defects module of Test Director.
· Worked closely with Software Developers to isolate, track, and troubleshoot defects.
Environment: Windows 2000,MS SQL Server 7.0,ASP 3.0,COM using ATL 3.0, XML, SOAP, HTML,
Javascript and Rational Clear Quest, Test Director 7.0
Client: Indegene, India Sep 2000 - May 2001
Software Engineer
Indegene Content Management System(ICMS) is a generalized content management system for any organization. The system reads data from a word document (which is in a predefined format) and generates an XML file. The data will be used to generate web friendly HTML pages.
Responsibilities:
· Involved in Designing and implementation of the application
· Implemented the XML & XSLT compatibility to the system.
· Implemented RTF format reader in VB
Environment: Windows NT server, HTML, JavaScript, VB 6.0,XML, XSLT
Client: Zeenext.com Portal, India May 1999 – August 2000
Software Engineer
Zeenext.com, Horizontal portal offering value information and various services like news, mail, chat and message boards.
Responsibilities:
· Implemented XML based message boards
· Mail tracking system in VB 6.0
· ASP coding
· HTML template design & JavaScript validations
Environment: Windows NT server, MS SQL Server 7.0, HTML, JavaScript, VB 6.0,ASP 2.0, IIS 4.0
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