SUMMARY

• Having 6 years of strong software QA experience and 7+ years of Software development and management experience.
• Proficient in using bug tracking tools such as Test Director 8.0 and Mercury Quality Center 10.0
• Experience in Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing for Testing of client/server, Multi - Tier, Web Based and Mainframe applications.
• Good knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software engineering methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of QA Principals and SEI CMM levels
• Experience in Testing (Positive testing, Negative testing, Integration Testing and System testing)
• Experienced in functionality testing, Black Box testing, White Box testing, system testing, integration, UAT and regression testing.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in creating Manual and Automated scripts for performing functional, regression, integration and system testing using Test Script Language (TSL).
• Extensive experience in building and executing test plans and test cases according to business, functional and user requirement specifications.
• Capability to apply wide technical and practical skills to manage and execute white-box and black-box tests and to evaluate needs for software designing, development, and validations.
• Proven ability to lead large scale testing projects, eliminate successive testing rounds with a thorough approach and create clear concise test plans and documents.
• Strong COBOL structured and interactive programming experience and knowledge
• Extensive Database Design & Management experience and expertise in SQL and PL/SQL.
• Experience in running COBOL batch files, and running Cron jobs and shells scripts using UNIX and Job scheduling tools like Control-M, JCL
• Utilized IMS, COBOL, and TSO linked through a national network
• Successfully completed major Software/Systems Implementations
• Experience in Technical Writing (Manuals/System Specs)
• Outstanding analytical, decision-making, problem solving and management skills with teh ability to organize activities in any dynamic team environment.
• Detailed oriented with strong problem-solving, work ethic, written and oral communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Language: C, C++, Visual Basic 5.0, ASP 3.0, JAVA 2, HTML, DHTMLFORTRON, BASIC, COBOL, Assembler

Operating System: MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 2000, HP-UNIX 11.0

Sun Solaris, OS390.:

Database: Oracle 7.x/8i/9i, MSSQL Server 8.0/2000, UDB DB2 7.5, MS

Access, Teradata:

Oracle/SQL Server tools: Teradata - Advanced Query Tool, INSYNC, FileAide, SQL *

PlusMercury Tools: Test Director 8, Quick Test Professional, Quality Center 9.2

Mainframe: MVS/ESA, COBOL, PL/me, DB2,JCL, VSAM, CICS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead a testing team in teh creation of teh project test plan including risk analysis, test strategy, and test scope.
• Estimated labor hours required for test activities, and provided concise test status reports.
• Develop and maintained Testing Project Plan (MPP) for all teh testing efforts
• Reviewed business requirements and specifications, and other technical documentation to ensure testability and completeness.
• Created and maintained test cases, test scripts with emphasis on modularization.
• Collaborated closely with Development, Program Management, and Support to analyze and resolve issues.
• Used Quality Center 10.0 to execute test plans, track execution against teh plan during testing and manage defects from inception to resolution.
• Provided impact tests analysis on application-function changes due to revisions in requirements and/or user requests.
• Created and maintained teh QA Master Test Plan for all teh projects handled.
• Facilitated teh daily testing status and defect meetings for all teh projects.
• Assigns tasks, monitored and mentored teh test team members, both onshore and off shore.
• Reviewed test scenarios/scripts of all teh QA Analysts in teh team and provided guidance and feedback.
• Responsible for daily status report, to show teh progress of teh assigned project testing effort.
• Use JCL to execute jobs and AQT to query teh database.
• Use SPUFI for data mining and wrote complex nested queries.
• Proficient in EZ-ISPF commands

Environment: s: OS390, Web Sphere application server, MS Word, MS Excel, and Windows2000/ NT 4.0Oracle, TOAD, DB2, MQC 9.2, AS400, PEGA, J2EE, AEDW (teradata), WAS 7.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created project scope estimates and SDLC milestone dates: Utilizing Provider System template to document project scope, effort and milestones.
• Created and maintained Functional Specifications, Detailed Designs documents.
• Reviewed and responded to all project Change Requests, Business clients were made aware of changes to scope and impact estimates completed within two business days, large projects within 5 business days.
• Developed, tested and deployed all necessary programming assignments. Coordinated deployment.
• Automated previously manual, time-consuming processes to drive gains in data tracking/accuracy, workgroup efficiency and profitability.
• Assisted in defining database structure and content, appropriate hardware, program control methods and information flows.
• Converted specifications about business problems into programming instructions. Designed and coded programs, created test transactions and ran tests and revised as necessary
• Monitored operating efficiency of existing application systems. Reviewed, analyzed and modified programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging and installing for a large-scale system. Maintained records to document program development and revisions
• Conducted analysis of organizational need and goals for teh development and implementation of application systems.
• Used established or developed new data processing and procedural techniques, solved unique and complex technical problems. Provided practical methods for implementing, operating, testing and maintaining teh system

Environment: s: OS390, Web Sphere application server, MS Word, MS Excel, and Windows2000/ NT 4.0Oracle, TOAD, DB2, MQC 9.2, AS400, PEGA, J2EE, AEDW (teradata), WAS 7.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Converted specifications about business problems into programming instructions. Designed and coded programs, created test transactions and runs tests, revised as necessary.
• Conducted analysis of organizational needs and goals for teh development and implementation of application systems. Monitored operating efficiency of existing applications
• Reviewed, analyzed, and modified programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging and installing for a large-scale system. Maintained records to document program development and revisions.
• Conducted analysis of organizational needs and goals for teh development and implementation of application systems.