SUMMARY:

• More than 14 years of experience as a QA Analyst/Test Lead/Project Test Manager/Project test Coordinator that includes formulation of testing methodologies, plans, strategies, designing and execution of high level, low - level test cases, test scenarios.
• Managing test environments and leading a team along with strong exposure to onsite-offshore-near shore coordination.
• Strong Expertise in Manual Testing, System Integration Testing, Backend Testing and automation of web based and client-server applications on Windows and UNIX operating system in J2EE and Dot Net Environment. Strong exposure on working under agile environment where the requirements keep changing at a fast pace.
• Hands on experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in leading a team and interacting with the onsite team and work on off shore- onsite model.
• Exposure to different phases such as configuration, installation, deployment and release.
• Hands on experience with HP tools such as Quality Center, Test director, load runner, Selenium, JMeter and QTP.
• Functional responsibilities included performing GUI Testing, System testing, Database testing, Usability testing, Security testing, Interface testing and Regression Testing on various client server and web based applications.
• Strong Experience in writing Complex SQL, T-SQL queries using TOAD, SQL Server 2005, for Back-end testing.
• Strong knowledge of various aspects of wealth management, financial industry & capital markets such as derivatives, trades, equities, position, Hedge fund, Fix, SWIFT, MT 300, portfolio.
• Exposure to ETL testing using informatica including importing and exporting data from a SQL server database
• Good understanding of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methodology, which allows different applications to exchange data with one another as they participate in business processes .
• Experience with programming languages like JAVA, HTML, VB and SQL, PL\SQL.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: ALM, Test Director 8.x/7.x, Quality Center, Load Runner, QTP, TOAD, Rational Clear case, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Robot, SOAP UI, SOAP Sonar

Testing Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, waterfall, hybrid

Bug Tracking Tool: Test Director 8.x, PVCS, Magic, Bugzilla, Test Track, Net

Languages: Java, J2EE, SGML, Visual Basic, Python and XML

Operating Systems/Environments: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, DOS, UNIX, SAS

Database: MS Access, Oracle 9i/8i, ORMS, ORDF, SQL Server 2000, DB2

Web development: HTML, Front Page, CVS, MS Visual Source SafeSoftware Packages: MS-Office, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Excel, and Vision

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Project Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Acting as a project test coordinator for multiple initiatives such as G& G, Credit Coding, RRP, SBA and Negative Rates in the wholesale international technology group.
• Managing team members and workload along with providing the quality check/review of team member’s work.
• Imparting Strategy, direction & approach for ensuring standards and processes are in place.
• Ensuring that ALM being used across the enterprise level by imparting training to new, seniors and other resources including business team members.
• Creating Master Test Strategies, Master Test Plans and other Key Artifacts on the release/initiative level.
• Coordinating with the business and other teams in conjunction with the test data needs.
• Representing the QA group in the key project related meetings that comprises of Analysts, Dev leads, managers and other key folks.
• Managing the interaction and coordination with multiple interface partners across various teams.
• Discussing and improvising upon the Testing methodologies by reviewing and implementing the changes across various teams.
• Managing the ALM from the initiative/project level in terms of requirement tracing, test planning, test execution along with defect management.
• Hosting multiple defect triage calls during the execution window.
• Working on interface test summary document and tracker for reporting the participation along with progress for various interface partners.

Environment: s/Apps/Tools: AFS Mainframe, GL, CreditView, Loan IQ, EZR FLO, ART, RELMSAFS-Oracle, WCIS, iHUB, WDM, WCDIR, BBG, FRED, CRISP, ADAPTIV, Tradworks, Brickyard, BI and many more.

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Project Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a Project Test Manager/Lead Coordinator for multiple ecommerce projects such as Disaster Recovery and various e commerce releases.
• Worked on various methodologies such as waterfall, hybrid, and agile related projects and acted as a Scrum master for daily stand ups to review progress, tasks pending, pediments and other issues/roadblocks.
• Developed requirements for standard test management reports as per the needs.
• Involved in daily meetings with the release managements and other project teams to plan for the different releases across e-commerce platform.
• Documented end to end scenarios for the sanity testing along with coordinating the test data needs for the testing teams with the help of DCS (data management) team.
• Acted as a SME for lowes.com, lowes Android app, lowes iOS app, web services, Adobe CQ and mobile web to guide the testing team.
• Managed all the activities pertaining to the Test management, Test Planning and execution. via ALM, excel and Sharepoint.
• Used and trained the testing teams for testing related tools such as ALM, Jira, confluence, AQUA data studio, Fiddler, Putty, Micro strategy and Red gate.
• Coordinated with multiple e commerce teams at onshore along with the offshore testing team to ensure project stays on track.
• Supported the SIT testing and UAT testing for the business users.
• Documented all the testing process/results for each cycle of testing including regression to ensure all teams follows the standard process and guidelines.
• Hosted multiple SIT and UAT defect triage calls as per the needs.
• Provided the daily status reports in multiple formats to the senior management during the testing execution window.
• Created and maintained the testing dashboard for multiple testing cycles and releases along with frequent interaction with the PMO team to convey the overall health of the initiative/project from the testing perspective.

Confidential

Project Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Collected and managed all incident reports/metrics and documentation from testers.
• Coordinated and managed the offshore, near shore and onsite testing teams.
• Interacted with the business users and SME’s to review the scrubbed/unscrubbed test data used for testing
• Performed testing whenever needs arised using mainframe simulators such as IBM 3270 and other tools.
• Lead daily status meeting with project management of defects and issues found.
• Worked closely with the Release Test Management team to ensure release timelines stays on track.
• Monitor the daily test execution of scripts that were completed by the off-shore, near shore and onsite testers
• Managed Test execution along with the defects and reported to development team through current defect tracking tool (i.e. Quality Center)
• Executed the UAT test scripts along with the end business users.

Confidential

Test Lead/Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the User Stories for creating the acceptance criteria
• Working in Agile environment having close interaction with scrum master
• Involved in the testing of the web services using tools such as SOAP UI.
• Tested industry standard such as ICD 9 and 10
• Ensure that all appropriate Peer Reviews and QA Reviews are completed for Test Plan and Scripts.
• Coordinate with the offshore testing team for effective delivery of the project.
• Support UAT testing with the Users, Operations and BA teams by debugging environmental issues, functional and data issues, defect tracking, and finally obtaining official UAT sign-offs.
• Participate in Project level SIT and UAT defects calls and host weekly Defect status call with internal testing and development team.

Environment: QC, QTP, Rally, Agile, User Stories, Bamboo, Mule, code runner, Web services, XMl, XSLT, Sql server, Selenium, HPS, Colibrium, Epic, Sales Force, Unix, WinScp, Putty

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Test Coordinator/Business System Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked in FX Technology group on multiple projects such as Wachovia-Wells- Conversion/Merger Releases, Maintenance Release for Back Office, front office and Billing Applications and Manage teams of 3-4 QA Analyst on different projects/applications.
• Queried the different databases and used the file comparison methods for verify the interface trade processing.
• Perform Various tasks for Misys product Opics Plus 3.0 such as:
• Responsible for validating Pseudo 950 file which is generated as part of Opics BSYS process
• Created test cases for Trade Blotter (TRDB), QMON and FX inquiry (FXIQ)
• Responsible to train users on setting up customer static data, patches received from Vendor
• Responsible to track cases reported to Vendor (Misys) and inform user on upcoming releases
• Automated test cases using QTP & Selenium for FX Trade interface, Trade processing and payment queue
• Responsible for End to End testing for Foreign Exchange trades from different trade interfaces and settlement systems.
• Observing and Monitoring RCON, BSYS & OSYS Jobs
• Actively participated in Business requirement, Design documents and Use Case review meetings, to analyze testing scope, test sequence, dependencies, risks, definitions and assumptions.
• Involved in automating different screens such as FXTE, FXPR, CUST of the trading application OPICS using QTP and Selenium.
• Maintain the various automation scripts using the VB Scripts for incurring various changes in the application.
• Provide detailed estimates based on the Business Requirements Document to recruit and train resources in order to complete the project in the expected time.
• Created Requirement Traceability Matrix and mapped with Business and Test scenarios, Use Cases, Requirement, Functional Specification and design document.
• Involved in the testing of the web services using tools such as SOAP UI.
• Created, maintained and executed detailed test cases and test procedures for conducting functionality and regression testing based on the business specifications.
• Support UAT testing with the Users, Operations and BA teams by debugging environmental issues, functional and data issues, defect tracking, and finally obtaining official UAT sign-offs.
• Performed the load testing on trading application “Opics Plus” at different load condition when the many user are interfacing the trade
• Participate in Project level SIT and UAT defects calls and host weekly Defect status call with internal testing and development team.
• Created test data requirements and partnered with data team to load required data in the Test, Environment for production fixes, regression, integration and system testing.
• Coordinated the team successfully in efficient testing across various environments such as SIT,UAT,QA as well as in resolving day-to-day testing queries and managed the defect tracking process to include bug identification, tracking and reporting.

Environment: s/Apps/Tools: DB2, SQL, CICS, QTP, QC, Windows XP Pro, IBM Mainframe Z/OS, TSO/ISPF, AOW (App taker on the Web), Rational Clear Quest, Test Manager, Rational Requisite Pro, Soap UI, Selenium ( Open Source) Anthill, ETL, Agile, Shell Script, JMX, UNIX, AQUA Studio, Data Mining, VMware, FIX, SWIFT, MT300, Mainframe

Applications: Buffet, Calypso, Opics plus (Misys), JMX Plus, IBH, Static Rates, XBO, GPS, Midas plus, London AQUA, Trade Feeds, Fidelity RM, FXOL, Payment Manager, Payment Broker, Wachovia Connection, ACH, XACH, CEO-GPS. Accounts Payable (AP), Advanced Loan System (ALS), Automated Teller (AT), Branch Automation (BA),Customer Service Management (SM), systematics

Confidential, CHARLOTTE, NC

On-Shore Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with application development & test environments team to ensure environments are ready for each phase of testing - also a part of the overall Release Test Management team along with the review with project team and business leaders the test plan emphasizing test requirements.
• Develop testing schedule using WBS (work breakdown structure) and ensure that testers are assigned Including Identifying the regression scripts and end-to-end scenarios
• Ensure that all appropriate Peer Reviews and QA Reviews are completed for Test Plan and Scripts.
• Lead all discussions in meetings that involve testing, test planning, and test escalation (to include agendas, presentations, and recaps/minutes) - when part of an integrated release, actively engage in Release Testing Workgroup taking ownership of follow ups specific to the initiatives.
• Maintain & coordinate the testing environments using VMWare where application owners, development, and QA teams can deploy, capture, and share multi-tier application environments Including the Coordinating all communication and escalation of testing activities with upstream & downstream applications to ensure that data flows correctly.
• Collect all incident reports/metrics and documentation from testers.
• Lead daily status meeting with project management of defects and issues found.
• Work with already established structures/ forums when part of Release Test Management effort.
• Use Proc SQl in sql server 2008 to perform queries, join tables.
• Used shell scripts in UNIX for executing the test script
• Monitor execution of scripts by off-shore testers
• Report defects and issues to development through current defect tracking tool (i.e. Quality Center)
• Executed the UAT test scripts along with the end business users.
• Involved in backend testing using SQL server 2005/ TOAD for data validation.

Environment: /Applications: QC 9.2, QTP, AXE, HP BPT, SAS, MS Visio, MS Excel, Power Point, Clarity, MS Project, Java, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10G,Vmware, SQL Server 2008, IBM 3270, VMware vCenter Lab Manager, SAS, Teradata, Fidelity RM, Toad, Sharepoint, Siebel, CRM, UNIX, Informatica, ETL, OBIEE, UNIX, Win SCP

Confidential, Ipswich, MA

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirements by going through the Technical specifications and wire frames.
• Involved in the clarification for the requirement with the SME’s and the stakeholder.
• Participated in review meetings and took the initiative to meet the QA testing targets.
• Developed the test requirements, test plans, test strategy and test cases for the IMS and CSI systems as per the approved business requirements.
• Participated in risk management to help determine best use of development and testing resources.
• Extensively performed manual testing, requirements verification testing, recovery, functional and user acceptance testing (UAT) on the web-based application.
• Created test scripts from the test plan and identified test scenarios and test harnesses.
• Involved in setting up the test environment.
• Exposure to the installation and deploying the application.
• Performed Smoke testing of the application from end-to end for testing different functionality and database mapping issues.
• Involved in system integration testing of the application
• Interacted with the development team and the business team in resolving the critical issues.
• Involved in creating defect reports using Test director and sending them to the developers across various internal teams.
• Documented and communicated test results across various teams.
• Created Traceability Matrices to verify all functions are performing as documentation required.
• Participated in daily status meetings to report any bugs, issues and risks.
• Involved in the preparation and Execution of the Functional test cases and Regression test cases.
• Creation of black-box test cases/test scripts using test case preparation techniques for the BookStream and CSI.
• Peer review is done for the prepared test cases in order to maintain the quality of the process.
• Used Complex SQL queries using TOAD/SQL server management studio for Back-end testing.
• Involved in complete bug life cycle for testing the defects.
• Prepared a Test Suite of Sanity, Smoke, Regression, Module, Integration, System and Ad-Hoc testing.
• Prepared End-to-End scenarios for selecting the test cases for automation.
• Used Bug tracking tools such as Fast bug track and NET CRM for tracking, testing and closure of the bug.
• Worked under agile environment where requirement keeps changing at a fast pace.

Environment: Java, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10G, SQL Server 2000, Java Script, Apache tomcat, XML, Soap UI, SOAP sonar, Weblogic, SOA, SOAP Sonar, Web inject, Atalasoft imaging server, Teragram server, Bugzilla, AABBY OCR server, Fast Bug Track, JIRA, Test Director 8.0, QTP 9.2, Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, Rational Robot, Net CRM, Test-O-Matic, Mozilla Firefox, I.E.

Confidential, New York City, New York

Sr. QA/QC Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Trained on US Regulations such as 21 CFR Parts such as 11, 312 and 812, HL7, HIPPA and worked under regulatory environments.
• Developed the test requirements, test plans and test cases as per the approved business requirements.
• Involved in Manual testing and Automation testing of the clinical trials, electronic data capture product called RAVE
• Involved in testing for system and field edit checks, which are created in RAVE for Validation.
• Involved in the preparation and Execution of the Functional test cases and Regression test cases along with the testing of the customized Crystal reports for various clients including Coordinating with the UAT team to help them in testing the application.
• Tested the Outputs resulted from the SAS analysis along with using SQL queries using TOAD for Back-end testing which includes testing the eCRFs functionality in RAVE.

Environment: Java, DB2, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2000,Quality Center, SAS, QTP, Load runner, Test Director, Win NT, Crystal Reports, BI

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Q.A Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirements by going through the technical specifications and wireframes and involved in the clarification for the requirement with the BA’s, SME’s and the stakeholder by conducting JAD session.
• Coordinate the testing efforts using off-shore-on-site model along with managing the SIT & UAT testing efforts including the allocation of resources to different modules to speed up the process of execution for the various modules of the application such as Claims, Authorization and referrals, Order ID cards and Benefits along with execution the test cases using Quality Centre and Test Director Tool.
• Developed the test requirements, test plans, test strategy, test cases & status report for the FLEXX and CARE systems as per the approved business requirements for the NASCO and FEP.
• Used Complex SQL queries using TOAD/SQL server management studio for Back-end testing.
• Managed the Effort estimation and Effort tracking sheets to enhance the productivity and resource utilization for the future release
• Performed GUI testing by inserting various Check Points in QTP along with maintenance of VB Scripts due to changes in the functionality of the application.
• Involved in Data Driven Testing by parameterizing the data set using QTP.

Environment: Java J2EE, DB2, SOA, MVC Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2000,Tibco, EPIC, Epiphany CRM Tool, IBM Mainframes, BEA Weblogic,IDC, Test Director, HL7, VSS, CHR, CDA, HIPPA, HISA, EDI 837, Trizetto, Facets, Load Runner 7.8, QC, QTP