SUMMARY

• Over 14 years of experience in quality assurance testing in web based applications and Client/Server applications using manual and automated testing.
• Strong experience working with Agile/Scrum, Waterfall software development method and processes
• Expertise in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, UAT, Enterprise Compliance Risk Assessment methodology and Performance Testing.
• Expertise in back - end testing and writing complex SQL queries.
• Proficient in database, black box and white box testing.
• Expertise in writing test documentation like test plan, test cases, test scenarios, compiling and analyzing test results.
• Acquired excellent skills in manual testing along with skills in automation testing using Selenium 2.0 WebDriver, Selenium-RC, Win Runner, QTP, Test Director, VeriFIX and Quality Center.
• Developed and maintained high-quality Data-driven, Hybrid modular test scripts in QTP
• Extensive use of VeriFIX to perform both functional and performance testing with FIX messages
• Data Driven, Keyword Driven, and Hybrid Frameworks with JUnit/TestNG
• Hands on expertise in Data ware housing concepts and tools. Involved in the ETL processes where in the organizations were using Datastage, Informatica, Abinitio and Autosys tools.
• Experience working with various trades cash, Repo, SWAPS, derivatives, Options, Futures various business products.
• Experienced in testing Trading applications and used different FIX message types like Administration and Application messages.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts, VBScript for testing purposes.
• Experience in Financial industries and Trading systems.
• Tested release functionality by placing orders using front end applicationsOMS (Order Management System)
• Experience with defect management tools like Test Director, QC and Rational Clear Quest.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Perl, shell Script, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic, Java, VBScript, JavaScript, Python 2.7, TSL

RDBMS: Oracle 8i/9i/10g, SQL Server 8/12, DB2, Sybase

Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX (HP, Sun Solaris), MS-DOS

Automated Test Tools: Quality CenterALM(11)/10/ 9.2,QTP, Selenium 2.0 WebDriver, Selenium-RC, Java, JUnit, TestNG, Win Runner, Test Director, MS Visio

ETL/BI Tools: Informatica, Datastage Abinitio, Toad, Autosys, VeriFIX 5.0

Software: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Share Point Portal Server, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Access, Share Point, Knowledgebase, STAT, IBM Lotus Notes.

Others: Web Logic, Tomcat, JSP, Servlet, Agile (XP), XML, Quest Foglight 5.x, FIX Protocol 4.0-4.2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York

Sr. QA

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts for SIT and support for UAT tests.
• Created Test Cases and developed Tractability Matrix and Test Coverage reports.
• Interacted with developers, Business & Management Teams and End Users.
• Participated in regular project status meetings related to testing.

Environment: Sybase, SQL Server Unix Shell scripting, Perl, QTP10, Quality Center ALM (11), JIRA, SQL Server Reporting Services, Java

Confidential, New York

Sr. QA

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts for SIT and support for UAT tests.
• Testing to verify all alert messages from RDM Relevance Poll into MQ. Alert Direct will consume messages for trading account related changes.
• Created Test Cases and developed Tractability Matrix and Test Coverage reports.
• Managed and conducted System testing, Integration testing and Functional testing.
• Confirm the Trading Account is Active and has Omgeo Alert Access Code and Acronym
• Check Trading Account product type in RDM (sector classification E=Equity, F=Fixed Income, X=Equity& Fixed Income)
• Automatically create & update SSI as listed below for respective account types
• Tracked the defects using Quality Center ALM and generated defect summary reports.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts for testing purposes.
• Extensive use of VeriFIX to perform both functional and performance testing with FIX messages
• Product creation and product related activities were performed using theOMS (Order Management System)
• Processed the erred files through EMS (Error Management System)
• Interacted with developers, Business & Management Teams and End Users.
• Participated in regular project status meetings related to testing.

Environment: Oracle 10g/11g, Sybase, SQL Server Unix Shell scripting, Perl, QTP10, Quality Center ALM (11), J2EE, JIRA, Java, Groovy, OMGEO, Autosys 4.0, VeriFIX 5.0, SQL Server Reporting Services, T-rex, Python 2.7, Selenium 2.0 WebDriver

Confidential, New Jersey

Sr. QA /DB Support

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts for SIT and support for UAT tests.
• Testing admin and application FIX messages like heartbeat, logon, logout, resend request, reject, sequence, pre-trade, trade and post-trade messages.
• Created Test Cases and developed Tractability Matrix and Test Coverage reports.
• Managed and conducted System testing, Integration testing and Functional testing.
• Created Automated Script in QTP to perform Automated Testing. Created Descriptive Programming Approach in QTP.
• Used the Designer to develop processes for extracting, cleansing, transforming, integrating and loading data into data warehouse database.
• Tracked the defects using Quality Center ALM and generated defect summary reports.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts for testing purposes.
• Interacted with developers, Business & Management Teams and End Users.
• Participated in regular project status meetings related to testing.

Environment: Oracle 10g/11g, Sybase, SQL Server Unix Shell scripting, Perl, QTP10,Quality Center ALM(11), J2EE, JIRA, Java, Groovy, Python 2.7, Autosys 4.0, SQL Server Reporting Services

Confidential, New Jersey

Sr. QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test plans, Test scenarios and Test cases from business, technical and functional requirement.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Backend, Frontend testing, System Integration and FE2E test.
• Smoke Test support and validation of each code delivery to QA and higher environments.
• Metrics and Dashboard reporting to project and QA stakeholders
• Review BRD and specifications
• Conduct Test Case Review and obtain approval from Project Stakeholders (PM, BA, Dev)
• Conduct defect triage meetings to go over outstanding issues with corresponding Dev and BA team members in order to resolve bugs in a timely manner using QC(ALM).
• Tested release functionality by placing orders using front end applicationsOMS (Order Management System)
• Set priority and target dates for all defects.
• Create Parameterized and Data Driven test in QTP also create Check Points to check particular value during Test.

Environment: Oracle, Sybase, UNIX 5.8, Perl, Quality CenterALM(11), QTP9.5, J2EE, TCM, JIRA, IBM Rational Functional Tester, and TCM-Cortex Automation tool, Selenium 2.0 WebDriver

Confidential, New York

Sr. QA

Responsibilities:

• Lead multi-persons QA team for the data migration and consolidation project to perform FE2E test.
• Coordinate, prioritize, and track test activities and tasks for the project.
• Prepare and maintain required testing documentation, including Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases, and requirement traceability matrix.
• Manage overall full life cycle testing during each of the releases, and implement of the quality product successfully.
• Interact with business users in gathering information for business requirements and rules.
• Expertise in using FIX Protocol API. Testing admin and application FIX messages like heartbeat, logon, logout, resend request, reject, sequence, pre-trade, trade and post-trade messages.
• Extensive use of VeriFIX to perform both functional and performance testing with FIX messages
• Execute Quality Checkpoints pertaining to testing readiness for Integration System Test, User Acceptance Test, and Performance Test.
• Carry out testing tasks, and prepared status reports as projects require.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts for testing purposes.
• Raise potential issues to the appropriate parties and interacted with all levels of staff for resolving issues.

Environment: Sybase, DB2, DBArtisan, UNIX 5.8, Perl, Quality Center10, QTP, J2EE, VeriFIX 5.0, TCM and JIRA

Confidential, New York

QA Lead / Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead the QA activities from both offshore and onsite.
• Developed Test plans, Test scenarios and Test cases from business, technical and functional requirement.
• Create specifications for test data/test environment.
• Performed Functional, Regression, White box testing System Integration and FE2E test.
• Tested the data mining from the back end and wrote simple & complex SQL quarries in Oracle and Sybase to ensure data integrity, validity and scalability.
• Involved in requirements analysis and preparing Traceability Matrix.
• Use Fix Protocol to understand various message types. Read and understand the FIX log file and to interpret format and different tag combinations.
• Prepared Release documents and review checklist
• Prepared Weekly status report
• Defect management using Mercury Quality Center.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts, VBScript for testing purposes.
• Create Parameterized and Data Driven test in QTP also create Check Points to check particular value during Test.
• Created Automated Script in QTP to perform Automated Testing. Created Descriptive Programming Approach in QTP.
• Participated in daily status calls.
• Participated in all meetings held during the project, and actively co-ordinates with developers and business team.

Environment: Oracle 9i/10g, Sybase, Toad, DBArtisan, UNIX 5.8, QC9.0, J2EE, Java Server Pages (JSP), JDBC, Ultra Edit, SCM Clear Case, Quality Center9.2, QTP, Clear Quest, FIX 4.x

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plan and test strategy document for the MSI project
• Coordinated with Business groups in validating business requirements and test case review and setup entire testing strategy for System, Integration and Regression testing using Test Director.
• Performed manual and automated testing using Win runner

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed functional-technical specs and traceability matrix documents to develop test cases and test scenarios for the application
• Executed Test Cases in various testing phases - functional, integration and end-to-end and communicated resolution for issues in daily status meetings
• Created Parameterized and Data Driven test using Win Runner.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts for testing purposes.