Sr. QA Engineer Resume New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

QA Engineer with 5 plus years’ experience in automated and manual testing of trading and financial applications. Accomplished in building productive relationships at all levels of the organization and leading cross - functional teams worldwide. Strong knowledge of SDLC, Capital Markets, Equity and Interest Rate Derivatives, Wealth Management, E-Trading, MIFID II, FIX and SWIFT messages, Front Office, Middle Office and Back Office processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Architecture: Client Server, Multi-tier/Web based application

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Waterfall

Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux

Languages: JAVA, C++, C#, .NET, Python, VBScript, Bash, XML, HTML

Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Maven, TestNG, HP ALM

Databases: SQL Server, IBM Informix, Oracle

Systems/Platforms: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters (FXall), Misys

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

Evaluated application features and prepared test plans, test scenarios, test cases for Functional, Regression, End to End, System Testing under Agile Methodology;
Partnered with cross-functional teams to coordinate development/testing processes;
Based on the analysis of business processes and requirement documents developed testing strategy for functional and automation testing;
Tested STP process and Confirmation/Matching platforms (Bloomberg, Misys, FXall) for message exchanges and reference data;
Tested trading system’s Valuation (trade and portfolio level) and Payment processing (MT103, MT103 Serial, MT202, and 202COV) functionalities;
Validated regulatory reports by verifying all trades are displayed under proper trading desks (Market Making/Risk Mitigating);
Developed and executed automated scripts in Selenium WebDriver and TestNG;
Analyzed and verified Fix messages received from Fix gateways;
Validated changes required by the SWIFT Standards Release 2017 for MT300-305;
Performed ETL testing (mapping and data validation);
Led teams in global locations (New York, London, and Hong Kong) to execute test scenarios and coordinate releases;
Tracked defects using JIRA and maintained the requirements traceability matrix;
Performed root causes analysis of production issues to resolve them promptly;
Ran UNIX commands to analyze logs and SQL queries to fetch data;
Participated in daily scrum meetings to discuss the status of the project.

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analyzed complex systems requirements and design documents and ensured that programs function according to requirements and established guidelines;
Developed comprehensive set of use cases and test scenarios;
Prepared scripts inserting checkpoints and using Parameterization in UFT;
Maintained requirements traceability matrix;
Performed End to End Testing involving Trades input, confirmations exchange, and settling trades with counterparties;
Performed comprehensive analysis of bug issues and worked with developers to resolve issues promptly;
Used HP ALM to organize and manage all phases of the software testing process;
Worked closely with global team of junior analysts in all areas of SDLC.

Confidential, Mount Laurel, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analyzed business and system requirements and developed detailed test scenarios, cases, and scripts to ensure application quality;
Attended product definition/design meetings, functional and technical walkthroughs;
Performed GUI, Functional, System, Back-end, Integration, and Regression Testing;
Participated in defect triage with reports detailing all bugs found in each test activities;
Closely worked with PMO, Development and Business to remediate defects;
Mapped test cases to requirements using HP ALM;
Wrote SQL queries to provide backend data consistency;
Provided Test Analysis Report (TAR) to management.