QA Engineer with SQL Skills

Solid understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, and testing tools.Experience in developing test plan, assessing risk, filing appropriate defects.Management and execution of test scenarios and test cases and, where possible, develop and execute automated test scripts to verify software functionality and adherence to business requirements.Ability to create test plans and test cases by analyzing requirements, setting up test environments, understanding and executing test scripts with little supervision.Proficiency in database testing, read/write/execute SQL queries to validate inserts, updates & extracts from a SQL Server/Oracle database. Compare the UI with the backend data and uncover issue.Proven experience with web services / API testing (REST and SOAPUI)Perform various types of testing, including Performance, Load, Regression, Integration and Functional.Identify test data, execute the test cases, and report defects. Good experience with various defect tracking tools (JIRA, Bugzilla etc)Take a proactive role in researching and implementing more effective test practices.Estimate, track and analyze defect metrics associated with testing activities and help identify problem areas in the application.Provide timely updates and elevate critical risks to project and management teams.Good verbal and written communication skills for collaborative team environment and technical documentationStrong analytical and troubleshooting/debugging skills to resolve technical and business issues.Manage multiple projects and priorities in a highly dynamic, fast paced work environment.Working experience in HealthCare industry is highly desirable.Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS or similar required (minimum).Between 8-10 years' QA experience, including 5 or more years of manual testing.Experience with RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL) and database query writing/execution.Experience testing standalone, web, backend systems and/or mobile applications.Expertise in testing methodologies, test plans and test case development.Strong experience testing software at API level using SOAP UI, PostMan, REST Client etcWell versed with defect reporting process.Experience writing and maintaining test cases and related documentation.Good to have experience in automation tools like selenium web driver or similar tools.