PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of experience in the IT industry in Quality Control and Assurance using Web, Cloud Client/Server and Data Warehouse applications with strong business understanding knowledge of Financial, Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, Insurance & Healthcare, Inventory management and Complex Public Sector projects.
• Coordinate, Manage and Lead the testing efforts between Onsite and Offsite teams.
• Proficient in managing cross functional teams.
• In - depth knowledge in Program/Project resource estimation, test time lines and resource utilization for multiple projects.
• Evaluated business requirements and software prerequisites and limitations in generating conceptual and routine test plans.
• Proficient in Black box, White box, Security, Integration, Functional, Non-Functional and Cloud testing.
• Involved in the entire software development Process - monitoring and improving the QA process, and making sure that any agreed-upon standards and procedures are followed, and also
• Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also perform as part of a team.
• Articulate, develop, test, implement and train various testing methodologies to team members.
• Extensive knowledge and hands experience on SOA based distributed systems.
• Extensively involved in UAT/SIT testing with Business users.
• Provided and successfully implemented individual and end to end scenarios to Business users.
• Extensive knowledge in EDI 834(Enrollment) and 837(Claims Processing).
• Performed Security and Privacy protection assessment and Assurance plan (SPPAAP) and Risk Analysis for NIST SP R4 and IRS 1075.
• Extensive knowledge in identifying security vulnerabilities in web applications using IBM AppScan and Mozilla add-ons like Tamper Data, XSS Me, and SQL inject me.
• Working with three tier Web and Client server/Cloud based application developers and end users to design test cases for functional and non-functional requirements and system integration.
• Involved in design and having good knowledge in System wide architecture related to software and Hardware implementations.
• Worked extensively with databases to write complex queries involving aggregates, Joins and Functions.
• Worked in various facets of software development lifecycle ( SDLC) like analysis, development and testing.
• Experience in Modular framework development for Automation using QTP and Selenium.
• Easily adaptable to any new Technologies and Business environment.
• Experience in implementation testing methodologies and automation tools in projects.
• Software Testing and Documentation, Analysis of the Business Requirements and the Software Requirements Specifications.
• Worked in CMM, ISO 9001 and Six Sigma Best Practices.
• Performed Performance /Load test using Load Runner/Jmeter, Monitor/analyze server performance in various virtual users load.
• Evaluate valid standards-based design which maximizes cross-browser compatibility without compromising style.
• Hands on experience in installing, configuring, and maintenance of Windows and Linux operating systems using VMWARE.
• Worked in SDLC Methodologies like Agile (Scrum), Iterative and Waterfall, RUP and V-Model.
• Expertise in Analysis of Problem Severity, Defect tracking system and Defects reporting system.
• Excellent Communication, Interpersonal, and Organizational skills, proven facilitation, mentoring, and influencing skills.
• Superior analytical and problem solving and ability to multi-task and self- starter.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/NT/2008/7, UNIX, Linux

Testing Area: Performance, Automation, Vulnerability, Accessibility, Security, Cloud, GUI, Functional, Integration, white box, Black box techniques and Manual testing

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional, Load Runner, IBM Suite, SOAP, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Web Driver, Jmeter, Load UI, ALM, Bugzilla, JIRA

Accessibility: IBM Policy Tester, JAWS, Deque world space, Bobby, Firebug, WAVE

Cross Browser: Compatibility IE 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0,11.0 Firefox, Safari and Chrome

Vulnerability& Network: IBM Appscan, XSS me, Tamper Data, SQL inject me, Access Me, Nessus SC

Languages: Visual Studio.NET, Visual Basic 6.0, JAVA, J2EE, C, C++, Cold Fusion, Python

Monitoring Tools: Site Scope 11.X, BSM, HP Diagnostics 9.X,App Dynamics

Internet Programming: ASP, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, PHP

Databases: MS Access, ORACLE 10G/9i/7.x/8.i, SQL Server 7.0/2000/2005 , IBM DB2, Sybase, HP 3000

Version Control: Visual Source Safe, CVS, SVN, Source forge

Servers: Web sphere, Web Logic, IIS, Apache Tomcat

EDI Tools: Mercator, GXS AI, Trade Guide, EDISIM and EDIFECS 7

Other Tools: MS office suite, Jasper Reports, Fiddler, TOAD, JMS Hermes, Beyond Compare2, PL SQL Developer, Oracle SQL Developer, Altova XML Spy, Winscp 4, SSH Tectia, Reflection X,Putty, Cognos and AWS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MA

Deliverable QA Program Lead/ Performance Lead

Responsibilities:

• Manage and lead the COMETS HD functional/non-functional and technical validation effort including mentoring of a 6-8 person test team.
• Plan, Manage and deliver QA deliverables and audit the Quality control process from time to time for related deliverables.
• Manage /Lead client automation activities and oversee vendor automation effort for COMETS application.
• Participated in Client/Vendor collaboration sessions to assure traceability and improve testability conditions for the test team.
• Manage /Lead and report client Non-Functional test activities which includes Web, Cloud and Oracle batch performance, Security, Network Scans, Longevity, Stress, Failover and Load balancing testing.
• Expertize in managing and leading the test efforts for DC (Data Change) and DB (Data Base) work requests.
• Strong hands-on experience in writing performance Scripts, creating real world Scenarios, Analysis and Reporting.
• Commendable experience in identifying Performance bottle necks.
• Deep knowledge and hands-on in design and implement the performance and automation test environments based on client requirements.
• Ability to recommend fixes by interpreting and analyzing system logs, Heap dump, AWR and Performance test reports.
• Experience with Rational software development lifecycle (SDLC) tool sets Requirements Composer, Team Concert, and Quality Manager.
• Interpreted technical system documentation and documented validation approach in Test Plan.
• Extensively worked on Proactive Risk identification and problem prevention.
• Experience with HTTP browser client side tools such as FIDDLER.
• In-depth knowledge in Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) user based security testing.
• Performed Security and Privacy protection assessment and Assurance plan (SPPAAP) and Risk Analysis for NIST SP R4 and IRS 1075.
• Reported and presented status reports on project progress which includes defect trend analysis, test execution progress.
• Assisted in defining corrective action strategies for areas of weakness in QA validation approach.
• Cross train/mentor QA/Vendor Team members to increase skillsets, effectiveness and productivity of overall team.
• Extensively worked on technical test plans, analyze, interpret technical test results, maintain and archive technical test assets.
• Strong analytical, communication and documentation skills.
• Provided a weekly project report that includes Test Metrics and status reports.
• Strong experience in software development life cycle methodologies.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with JAVA front end and ORACLE back end validation.
• Broad knowledge of technical testing approaches and techniques including Performance, Regression Test Automation, Extraction, transformation and load testing, Vulnerability and security testing, Disaster recovery.
• Vast experience with RATIONAL software development lifecycle (SDLC) tool sets.
• Experience with creating validation summary reports for both technical and layperson audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact effectively with architects, developers, business users /analysts and project managers.
• Demonstrated flexibility to meet timelines generally associated with technical test schedules (Including off hours ).

Environment: IBM Jazz Suite(RTC, RQM,RRC) 8.X, Oracle Applications 11.X,Java, SOAPUI 6.5, XML,IBM Tivoli, PEGA, Amazon Web services, Load Runner 12.X, Site Scope 11.X,IBm Process Center, HP Diagnostics 9.X, Nessus Security Center 9.X, IBM Appscan(Static &Dynamic) 9.X,Cognos 9.X and Office 2016.

Confidential, MA

QA Program Lead / Strategist

Environment: Quality Centre 9.2/11(ALM), Oracle Applications 11.5.10, Oracle 9i, EDI-834, Java, SOAPUI, XML, Windows XP, EDIFECS 7, Teradata 13, Office 2007.

Confidential, NY

QA Lead /Coordinator

Environment: QTP 9.5, Quality Centre 9.2/11, Oracle Applications 11.5.10, Oracle 9i, .Net, Cold fusion, EDI, Java, SOAPUI, XML, Business Objects, OATS 11, TOAD 9.5, Windows Server 2003/2000/XP, Excel, Load Runner 9.5 and 11.0.

Confidential, NJ

Senior Validation Engineer

Environment: QTP 9.1, Quality Centre 9.0, Oracle 9i, 11i, GL, AP, AR, Web logic 9.2, Java, XML, Performance Center, Business Objects, TOAD, Solaris 8, Windows 2000/XP, Excel, Load Runner 8.1.

Confidential, PA

QA Lead/ Senior QA Analyst

Environment: QTP 9.1, Quality Centre 9.0, Oracle 9i, Oracle Applications 11.5.9, GL, AP, AR, Siebel, MQ Series, DB2, Mainframe, CICS, .net, C#, XML, Performance Center, Quality Center, Business Objects, TOAD, Solaris 8, Windows 2000/XP, Excel, Forms 6i and Reports 6i .

Confidential, NJ

QA Lead

Environment: QTP 8.0/6.5,SAP R/3, Web sphere, Oracle 9i, DB2, SOAP UI, DB2, CICS, .net, C#, XML, Performance Center, Quality Center, EDI-Mercator, TOAD, Windows 2000, Excel, Load Runner 8.0,Unix and Windows Environment .