SUMMARY:

• Over 15+ years of experience in Quality Assurance / Software Testing field
• Extensive knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle, Software Quality Assurance processes, requirements traceability, software engineering, testing methodologies, End - to-End testing in different environments
• Experienced with MS Technology, Client / Server, front and back-end Web Based applications
• Strong knowledge of iterative development lifecycle based on the Rational Unified Process and Agile Development practices, Capability Maturity Model, Agile and Waterfall Methodologies.
• A detail oriented, highly motivated professional with excellent analytical skills who has been driving design and implementation of test strategies including development of test automation, test data and test scenarios as well as overall defect management and resolution
• Intensive experience with Host to Host file transmission testing using Fizila, Web Services using Soap UI, Batch testing with Control-M, Restful Web Services /Layer 7 API related interfaces
• Experience testing applications written in programming languages: .Net, Java, C, C#, C++, SQL, VB, HTML, XML, MDX, AML
• Experience leading teams, including virtual teams at offshore locations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tools: HP Quality Center 11.2, Control - M, WINSCP, FileZilla, SoapUI, Mainframe EDS & TSYS Processor, IBA Tools - Test Manager, Rational Requisite Pro, Clear Quest, JIRA, DBVizualiser, SQL Developer, QTP, MapInfo, ArcView, ArcGIS, FME, Arc Info, Extract Viewer, Atlas

Databases: Oracle 8-9i; 10-11g, MS SQL 6.5, MS Access 7.0, CORBA, Informix 7.2-9.2

Networks: TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP & HTTPS protocols, LAN, WAN, DNS

Operating systems: Windows, Mac OS, HP & SUN Solaris Unix, MS-DOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

API QA Lead

Confidential

• Reviewed all documentation provided be the Technology team which consisted of the Business Product Specifications, Requirements Document, Technical specifications and Database Design for the New Token Vault and Token Engine
• Worked with the Technology Production Assurance team in assuring complete testing coverage utilizing the above documentation.
• Completed GAP Analysis from the Production Assurance team and create High Level Test Scenarios for them.
• Worked with business users, system analysts, designers and programmers to create and analyze various required project documents describing the Restful Web Services/Layer 7 API related interfaces
• Created Test Scenarios and Test Strategy based Use Cases / test cases and leveraged Soap UI /Postman tools to execute those test cases to prove API functionality meets business requirements
• Created and executed Web Services / Layer 7 API Test Cases for User Acceptance Testing Phase utilizing Soap UI /Postman with .xml and JSON file formats.
• During testing created documents and set up different testing tools for all teams across the project.
• Involved in Hydra/PULSE Debit/Credit Transaction processing testing, Merchant / Issuer / Acquirer Log verification, and supporting the clients from both an operational and technical perspective on business and system problems identified during Transaction processing testing
• UAT Defect Management

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential,Chicago

Technologies: IBM Test Center Tools, Master Database and Web Based Applications

• Contributed to and monitored test planning, test preparation and scripting, and test execution according to defined best practices, standards and procedures.
• Interfaced regularly with peers and management regarding test related topics including the coordination of test related initiatives with QA Test Leads, Project Managers, Development Managers, and other QA Core team members.
• Participated in all phases of the IT Project Delivery Framework, including review of complex business and functional requirements.
• Monitored and adhered to established test standards and procedures.
• Provided QA consultation services to support users of related test processes
• Assessed risk to quality service based upon results of verification and validation.
• Participated in test estimation
• Participated in both internal and external process improvement projects
• Managed day-to-day activities of onshore/offshore SQA Test Analysts.
• Run Control-M in daily basis
• Set up Test Data for Functional Testing using Mainframe EDS & TSYS Processors
• SME in Host to Host file transmission, Web Services and Batch testing
• Created Keys and Certificates with PuttyGen for Web Services and Aggregators to use by Soap UI
• Used Soup UI to test Web Services for the following:
• Inquire Account, Search and Update Employee, validate Payment to check Bank Account, One-Time Payment and Payment History
• To create new order, modify order, deactivate order and inquire order
• Maintained document template libraries and internal project documentation.
• Organized and/or facilitated team member training sessions.
• Led daily status report between onshore/offshore
• Led daily defect call within all projects, triaged defects
• Loaded data trough Control-M on a daily basis
• Prepared test harness files for Visa and Master Card
• Ran sanity test biweekly by using QTP after each deployment
• Assisted application developers and technical support staff in identifying and resolving problems
• Coordinated system and documentation testing with the appropriate technical groups and Release Management
• Performed the tests in both the QA and contingency/backup environments

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Confidential,Chicago

• Leveraged my hands-on skills in test automation framework (based on Control-M) to achieve a repeatable mechanism to create complex test- database schemas in Oracle. Researched and implemented mechanism to efficiently load Large Databases by using CMCopy
• Leveraged my deep Analytical background to Create Test Plan & Test Matrix for the Bezier Splines project - writing challenging cases to test complex math algorithms used for computational graphics
• Responsible for End-to-End ADAS testing modules, Automation framework (PL/SQL, KSH, SQL) testing using Control-M
• Composed and run test cases in HP Quality Centre
• Participated in a high-visibility ADAS Agile project.

Confidential

• Led planning and execution process on teams (on-shore/off-shore) to test products, defect resolution and production implementation processes.
• Developed action plans to track, follow-up and resolve issues in a multi-cultural work setting with extensive time differences
• Created and implemented Test Strategies and Plans, estimates for the project size and work load to achieve high quality testing within tight time frames.
• Analyzed, reviewed software requirements and design documents to ensure correct test conditions of Confidential data and appropriate test coverage.
• Decomposed requirements for testability and providing feedback to the requirement gathering process Interacted with Customers/Users to support software acceptance process and acts as a liaison between development and user community
• Worked with configuration management, release management and technical writing to ensure the product’s release to internal and external teams
• Participated in root cause analysis of reported opportunities for defect prevention and cost reduction, investigated and reported problems
• Wrote and executed Test plans for Bison software during each iteration using Agile methodology (SUN Solaris, nEdit & Visualization tools, Oracle, SQL and Java), reporting test results (Clear Quest)
• Interacted with the Bison Software development team, Users and Technical Operations on-shore/off-shore team (Chicago, Kosice and Mumbai)

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential,Chicago

• Plus Suite (InfoPro - Intelligent Plus projects) is a multitier client-server reporting and analysis tool that combines ad-hoc access to IRI data and provides users with the capability to meet their critical analytic and reporting needs within the familiar environments of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

Verification Test Engineer

Confidential

• The Preside Network Services Platform (Preside NSP) is to provide an effective solution that will allow the end-user to easily navigate around networks to find relevant network resources, determine the current operation status of these network resources, quickly access applications on the network resources.
• Verification Prime for Installation Process Network Service Platform 1.0