ALI SAEED

14465 Village Dr Woodbridge, VA 22191

Phone: (703) 656-6178 E-Mail: alisaeed092@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

6 + years of experience as a Software Automation Developer/Analyst in Information

Technology with extensive experience in performing Software Quality Assurance and
Software testing of web based and client Server applications.
Experienced in working with development team to ensure QA testing requirements are
appropriately identified and included in the requirements.
Extensively experienced in Software testing including creation of Test Plan and Test cases,
execution of Tests, Defect tracking and Reporting.
Experienced in creating Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of
requirements.
Experienced in using Quality Center to communicate and coordinate software bug fixes,
change requests, and supports high level of communication among the testers, developers
and managers.
Experienced in creating detailed bug reports, pass-fail reports and comparison charts using
Quality Center.
Experienced in developing/executing queries for SQL server and Oracle databases for Back
End testing.
Experienced in developing, trouble shooting and customizing Manual as well as Automation
scripts using Quick Test Professional.
Proficient in Functional, Regression and System testing of various Enterprise Services and
Systems using QTP.
Extensively experienced for user-defined and pre-defined check points for Images, Text Area
and UI functionalities using QTP.
Experienced in developing User Defined functions using VB Script to support the automated
scripts.
Experienced in developing Descriptive programming for Data driven Testing using QTP.
Expertise in developing of Automation framework and updating the automation suites for
new functionality using QTP.
Proficient in maintaining Test Logs, Test Summary reports and participating in defect
review/status meetings.
Experienced in working/coordinating QA efforts with offshore resources.
Ability to work methodically in a fast-paced, deadline driven environments.
Excellent Team Member, Mentor with good communication and interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, George Mason University Fairfax, VA

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing tools HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional(QTP), Test Director

RDBMS Oracle , SQL Server, Db2

Languages/Scripting C/C++, XML, HTML, Shell Scripting, T-SQL, PL/SQ

Servers Apache, IIS,IBM Web Sphere, Tomcat

Operating Systems Windows, Macintosh, Solaris , UNIX

Microsoft Tools MS Office

Defect Tracking Tool Quality Center, TestDirector and Clear Quest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Department of Labor, Washington, DC

Dec 11 to Present
Test Automation Developer

Responsibilities:

Communicated with Client/Manager for automation test requirements.

Designed and documented Test plans and Use case specifications.

Analyzed the requirements / changed requirements and prepared / updated the

understanding document and forwarded the same to the Client.

Ran the manual test cases from Quality Center and Generated test reports using Quality
Center.

Analyzed and imported test data from spreadsheets into Quality Center using Excel.

Designed and developed schedule runs for regression and maintenance purpose by using
QTP.

Identified Testing Scenarios to Automate; created Business and Generic functions/scripts

using VBScript.

Prepared and Executed Test Script, Complex Functions, Parameterized the data, and used
Windows scripting and handlers at scripting part of un-identified objects by QTP.

Identified and developed Reusable functions using QTP.

Reviewed team developed scripts to meet the Companys scripting standards.

 Extensively implemented user-defined and pre-defined check points for Images, Text Area
and UI functionalities.

Created User friendly GUIs, Business and Generic reusable functions in VBscript using File
system object, Outlook, Excel, database, Internet. Application, mercury clipboard, etc.
objects and AOM according to the requirements.

Defined New and Existing Hybrid, Data-driven Framework and approached for new
automation test requirements using QTP.

Good in Resource management and Automation Architecture designing for maximum

coverage of requirement.

Reviewed Manual and Automation Process & Approach as per the framework standards
defined.

Extensively used Error objects and recovery scenarios to handle unexpected events that
occur during a test run.

Prepared Defect Analysis Report for every release.

Used Issue tracker to manage the bugs and work flow listings.

Reviewed and ensured deliverables completed with quality on time.

Environment: Windows , UNIX, Oracle , SQL Server, PL/SQL, Java, jQuery, Visual Basic ,XML,
Informatica, QTP, HTML, UML, MS Visio, MS Project, Windows , HP Quality Center.

Office Depot, Boca Raton, FL

Oct 09 to Nov 11
Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed Test cases based on the requirements gathered during the Analysis phase of the
SDLC.

Created Scenarios and performed scenario based testing. Designed, updated and
reviewed Test Cases.

Involved in Functional, System, Integration, Regression and User Acceptance testing.

Created test data, executed test cases & test interfaces.

Performed End-End Testing manually before automated Testing.

Logged and tracked defects in Quality Center that include business impact and track
testing progress.
 Reported bugs, communicated notifications to the developers using defect tracking tool
Quality Center.

Generated detailed bug reports, pass-fail reports and comparison charts using Quality
Center.

Extensively used SQL Queries for data validation.

Created Test Scripts for automated testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP).

Performed Functional, Regression, System and User Interface Testing using Quick Test Pro
(QTP).

Developed User Defined functions to support the automated scripts.

Used the Data driven Testing using QTP.

Modified and maintained Test cases and QTP scripts due to changes in the application
screen(s) and flow.

Worked on testing status, reporting to the higher management and retesting the fixes.

Worked with developers and project managers to prioritize and resolve issues during testing
phase.

Provided training to the team members in Automation project and Manual Testing Process.

Adhered to the quality guidelines by off-shore TM.

Environment: HP Quality Center, J2EE, XML, Java, SOAP, Windows, QTP, SQL Server, MS-
Office, Oracle, Sybase translator, UNIX.

Chase, Columbus, OH
April 07 to Sep 09
Software Tester

Responsibilities:

Involved in analyzing Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test Cases, User Guides, Defect Management,
Metrics, Release Report, Review and Status Reports.

Reviewed and provided feedbacks on each version of Business and Technical Requirements
Specifications.

Documented the Test Cases using MS-Excel.

Coordinated with Project Team for test data, setting up test environment, backend interfaces
and test data maintenance.

Assisted QA Team in designing Test Scenarios and Test Cases.

 Conducted Black Box, Grey Box, Functional, GUI, Regression, System and UAT testing
manually.

Involved in the testing of the UI Interface and cross browser testing.

Used Test Director for maintaining requirements, creating test cases, test scripts and
executing test scripts.

Used Test Director for defect tracking.

Validated the data in the database by ruing SQL queries.

Wrote some complex PL/SQL queries for testing Back end data base tables.

Tested the functionality in various subsystems like Claims Adjudication and pricing, Finance,
Member management and managed care using QTP.

Automated the manual test cases using QTP for Regression and Functional Testing.

Involved in defect validation and regression testing using QTP.

Analyzed Test Results and created Test Matrix.

Maintained Test Logs, Test Summary reports and participated in defect review/status
meetings.

Proactive interaction with the client for the resolution of issues related to test cases.

Environment: TestDirector, QTP, Oracle, SQL Server, MS-Office, Windows, Html, XML UNIX.

Reference

Will provide on request