SUMMARY:

• An Aspiring QA Lead/QA Analyst with 8 years of overwhelming experience in testing the most robust applications in Banking and Telecom Domains and having a proven track record of delivering the projects with quality
• 5.9 Years of Banking Domain Experience. Worked as a QA Lead/QA Analyst on Credit cards and Consumer Loans Origination and Servicing applications
• 2.3 Years of Telecom Domain Experience. Worked as a QA tester on building customer portal to place orders for telecom products
• 3.9 Years of client Facing Experience.
• Expert in preparing & providing the following Test deliverables: Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Scripts, Test Data, Test Trace - ability Matrix, Test Results/reports, Defect Report & Test summary report
• Working experience on end to end testing activities like requirement analysis, gap analysis, test data preparation, test designing, test execution, defect management, traceability matrix & test closure reports.
• Working Knowledge on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Water Fall model and Agile Methodology. Used Agile Scrum Methodology.
• Performed Integration Testing, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Proficient in using SQL queries to query databases for ETL Testing.
• Proficient in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Database Testing, ETL Testing, Web Services Testing Using SOAP UI, Inspecting XMLs, Mainframe Testing and End to End Testing.
• Experience in understanding Web Services, XML, HTML, Style Sheets, ASP, JSP, .Net, Wicket Framework, JavaScript, Java applications, Application Servers, Database Servers and Web Servers.
• Has good understanding on SOAP and RESTFUL web services
• Expert in using of IBM RTC, HP ALM or Quality Center (QC) .
• Worked on creating and running Automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver, HP QTP or HP UFT
• Experienced in mobile Application testing using Perfecto Mobile cloud, Android and IPhone devices
• Expertise in leading on-shore, off-shore and Near shore Teams
• Articulate, with excellent analytical skills and a successful track record interfacing with Information Technology developers and the user community to develop test plans and scripts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Lead

• Prepared QA Estimations, Test Plan and Test Strategy
• Analysed Business Requirements (BRD), System Requirements (SRS),System Design Requirements(SDS) and Mapping files
• Coordinated with System Analysts, Development Team and then captured the impacts in Test Plan and Test Strategy
• Reviewed Test Plan and Test Strategy with Project team
• Created High level and detailed level test cases and then produce Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and review Test cases with Project team
• Submitted data mining request to load sanitized production data into test regions for Existing functionalities and then condition the data manually for new functionality
• Involved in System Integration testing(SIT), Business Acceptance testing (BAT),Production Acceptance Testing (PAT)
• Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing, VSAM File validation using File Aid, Mainframe Reports validation in CMOD or View Test
• Vendor coordination
• Used HP QC /HP ALM to manage Requirements, Test cases, Execution Results and Defects
• Pulled Traceability Reports and Execution Status Reports from HP QC/HP ALM
• Involved in Defect Management: Defect Creation, Defects Review, Defect Retesting and Defect Closing
• Generated Testing metrics and Status reports and send Reports to project Stakeholders.

Software/Hardware: Microsoft SharePoint, HP ALM, Attachment Extra, File Aid, IBM content Manager On demand V 8.5

Confidential

QA Lead/QA Analyst

• Prepared QA Estimations, QA Staffing Plan, Test Plan and Test Strategy
• Analysed Business Requirements, System Requirements, Page Specifications and User Interface Mock-ups
• Coordinated with Development teams and then prepared the Impact Analysis
• Used Salesforce tool to manage Testing Deliverables
• Got an Opportunity to work with Offshore and near shore teams
• Created High Level and Detail scenarios and then walked through scenarios with Project Team
• Created test data for Execution.
• Involved in Integration testing, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Performed Functional Testing (Manual/Automation),Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Smoke testing
• Created and Executed automation Scripts using HP UFT/QTP, Selenium Web driver
• Performed Web Services testing using SOAP UI and Inspected XMLS. Tested SOAP Based Web Services and RESTFUL services
• Analysed system architecture, mapping documents & Transformation logic to create test cases for ETL Testing.
• Performed ETL Testing. Used SQL to query data from Application databases and Reporting Database.
• Performed Mobile device testing using Physical IOS and Android devices and Perfecto mobile Cloud
• Coordinated with Performance Testing (Stress/Load tests),Security testing and Accessibility Testing teams
• Performed Out of box testing to simulate possible Exception scenarios from new components
• Created and executed test cases to verify all Compliance/Regulatory rules functioning as Expected
• Performed Document validation on tool purchased from EMC corporation
• Performed backend Validations on Main frame systems: FDR and Fidelity (CIF,IM,ST,AM/ALS,FM/FMS)
• Performed cross browser testing on Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome
• Performed GUI Testing on Web Pages
• Performed Batch Testing
• Used UNIX/ Linux commands in Putty to bounce servers and monitor logs
• Used HP QC /HP ALM to manage Requirements, Test cases, Execution Results and Defects
• Pulled Traceability Reports and Execution Status Reports from HP QC/HP ALM
• Involved in Defect Management: Defect Creation, Defects Review, Defect Retesting and Defect Closing
• Generated Testing metrics and Status reports and send Reports to project Stakeholders.

Software/Hardware: IBM RTC, Microsoft SharePoint, HP ALM, StarTeam, HP UFT, Telnet3270- IBM Personal Communications, SOAP UI, Perfecto Mobile, Selenium Web driver, IBM DB2 and MS SQL

Confidential

QA Test Analyst

• Analysed Business Requirements, System Requirements, Page Specifications and User Interface Mock-ups
• Created High Level and Detailed level Test cases
• Performed Functional Testing, Mainframe testing and Regression Testing
• Performed database validation using SQL.
• Used Hummingbird Emulator to perform validations on IBM DB2,VSAM,JCL,CICS
• Ran JCL Batch Jobs
• Triggered CICS Transactions
• Used UNIX/ Linux commands in Putty to bounce JVMs and monitor logs
• Used HP QC to manage Requirements, Test cases and Execution Results
• Performed Automation Testing using HP QTP tool
• Defect Management: Defect Creation, Defect Retesting and Defect Closing
• Used UNIX/ Linux commands in Putty to install latest builds and bounce servers.
• Onsite Coordination and Status Reporting

Software/Hardware: Putty, Humming Bird, Dimensions, IBM Requisite Pro, PL/SQL developer,Caliber

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall

Requirements Management: Microsoft SharePoint, IBM RTC, Requisite Pro, Caliber, SDS,RSM

Test Case Management: HP ALM, HP Quality Centre(QC)

Automation Testing: HP QTP,HP UFT, Selenium Web Driver

Web Service Testing: SOAP UI

Database Testing: PL/SQL Developer, SQL Developer, My SQL, IBM DB2

Mainframe Emulators: Humming Bird, Telnet3270- IBM Personal Communications, Attachment Extra

Mainframe Tools: TSO, File Aid,ViewTest

Defect Management: Star Team,IBM RTC,HP ALM, Dimensions

Environment: Management: Putty

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Programming Languages: SQL, IBM DB2, JCL, CICS, VB Scripting, Coré Java, UNIX

CRM Applications: Salesforce

Mobile Testing Tools: Perfecto Mobile, Android and IPhone Devices

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome & Safari

Web services: SOAP and RESTFUL

Customer Reports Validation: IBM content Manager On demand V 8.5