SUMMARY

• Around 9+ years of Software Testing & Quality Assurance in IT spanned with extensive experience in web based applications, Mainframe and Database testing across Healthcare, Investment banking and Retail and Hi - Tech Domain.
• Gained immense QA experience working with Fortune 100 companies such as Google, Humana Health care & USAA Insurance
• Extensive experience in Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing life cycle (STLC) Agile-scrum Model, waterfall, User Acceptance and Automation testing concepts.
• Expertise in Black box testing, Functional, System, Integration, Accessibility, Regression, compatibility, end-to-end testing, GUI, UAT, Database, Smoke/Sanity, Ad-hoc/Self exploratory, Usability, Automation testing using UFT and Selenium.
• Specialized in Requirement analysis, Requirement traceability matrix, Documenting teh Test strategy and test plans, Test Reports, Test Cases and Test execution against teh requirements.
• Expertise in Defect Management, which involves Defect triaging, root cause analysis and Defect Trend analysis and Defect metrics reporting.
• Implemented Business process testing, Shift left and Risk based Testing approach in my projects.
• Experience in testing Web Applications (Java, .Net based applications), mainframe application, Web services & Database testing for various client domains like Investments, Healthcare, and Retail using Client-Server applications.
• Expertise in ETL testing, SQL queries for data base testing.
• Expertise in Supply chain management and EDI testing concepts.
• Expertise in all Healthcare systems like HL7 standards, PBMS data summary
• Good exposure in development and management of detailed project plans to include, resources, tasks, requirements, milestones, and review points and SCRUM iteration model. Has strong work ethics, taking ownership of all duties and responsibilities.
• Excellent Analytical skills coupled with great communication and Interpersonal skills through being a committed Team Player.
• Managed testing teams comprising of test engineers, Senior test engineers, business analysts at Humana for critical projects handling end to end delivery
• An out of teh box thinker in creating business-critical scenarios for testing to minimize risk and increased efficiency in testing
• Provide broad based strengths and accomplishments in:
• Quality AssuranceTest Cases design & Exec
• Test/Team ManagementRelease Coordination
• Test EstimationsQA Dashboards
• Test Strategy and Test PlanningDefect Tracking & Triage
• Test Data Preparation and Mgmt.Testing Metrics
• Waterfall/Agile SDLCOnshore/Offshore Model
• Team mentoringTeam Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP Quality Centre (QC), HP-QTP,HP Load Runner, Eggplant, TOAD, SoapUIDefect Tracking Tool Mantis, Bugzilla, Squids, & Buganizer, Borland StarTeam, SCI Ticketing System

Management Tools: Source Forge, Rational Team concert (RTC), Version one and MTM,RALLY

OS: Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mac OSProgramming XMLSQL, UNIX, LINUX

Source tracking: Visual SourceSafe, MS Share PointMethodologies Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid

MS / CA Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA -Lead

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Roles and responsibilities:

• Currently working on a Confidential Project at Google products.
• Responsibilities include Requirement analysis, Test case creation,Test Scripts creation,Handling teh Test data management, Creation of Traceability matrix for business and system requirements.
• Worked on Test execution (SIT and UAT ) and defect management. Worked on End to end testing task until teh projects goes to production implementation.
• Worked on test automation strategy and coordinating with teh Scrum teams and DevOps groups to implement and execute teh automation plan
• Conducted Defect triage calls and prioritize teh defects, involved in Root cause analysis of all defects.
• Worked on web applications(cross browsers) and Mobile (IOS and android), accessibility testing, includes testing if ADA standards, WCAG 2.0 experience.
• Worked on Supply chain management domain with ETL testing for some of teh projects.
• Created test data for all teh functional and business requirements.
• Using JIRA for Requirement traceability matrix to verify all teh requirements are covered. Used Buganizer for maintaining teh documents and defect tracking .
• Taken ownership for all teh tasks starts from Test planning through Test execution to Test Closure.
• Taken care of Projects Test metrics creation and submitted on timely basis.
• Participate in weekly and monthly status reporting meetings on current products to Google senior management executives

QA Lead

Confidential, Test Lead

Roles and responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on teh Test Planning, Test Strategy and Test Execution Effort for Functional, Integration, System, Regression and End-to-End Workflow testing with teh Business and Technical team.
• Followed HIPAA standards and HL7 standards in teh projects.
• Expertise in HL7 and HIPAA standards, HIT transactions like PBC32,PBMS, CCDA, CCD,ADT MRC32 and HEDIS and CM.
• Used various quality control analysis like Manual, Functionality Testing, Smoke testing, System testing, Database Testing, Integration, User Acceptance Test (UAT), Performance, and Regression Testing, Web services Testing using Soap UI tool
• Attending teh Sprint stories (Agile methodology) walk through to know about teh client requirements and technical requirements.
• Interacting with development team to maintain mutual understanding of basic functionality of teh system.
• Involved in Data management of all HIT transactions.Used automation tools like QTP to extract teh test data from teh systems for various transactions.
• Executed and managed UAT (User Acceptance) testing for implemented solutions.
• Validatedall file outputs and processing performance
• Worked with technical teams to optimize and automate testing and reporting processes
• Worked with teh provider technical resources to complete teh mapping between teh provider EMR information sent to CDSM and teh data requirements of teh overall program
• Complete teh assigned steps of implementing both CCDs and Flat files (Configure Ensemble, Unit Test, Peer Review, Promotion to production, production checkout and manually process files in production)
• Defined record layouts, mapping and supporting HEDIS documentation to transform provider files to custom and standard layouts used for supplemental data processing
• Confirming teh plans and schedules reflect teh necessary activities and durations to achieve teh defined requirements and objectives following available standards & guideline
• Tracked and report teh defects in HP Quality Center/ALM and worked with development team to fix issues.
• Preparing weekly status reports and release reports and circulate it across teh Scrum masters, cross work stream test leads and IT stakeholders
• Run SQL queries to Test teh backend functionalities for all vendor system and provider portal, HIT
• Reviewing test scripts prepared by teh team for adherence to teh requirements.
• Involved and reviewed teh execution of test scripts by team members and raising defects in SQUIDS (test cases and defects tracking tool) in SCRUM Iterations.
• Owning Test data driven responsibilities for Development, CIT and SIT team and connecting to various service teams to get teh proper data at right time
• Provide support for daily production control testing activities, execute on-demand and daily batch jobs
• Communicate and provide inputs to IT and business groups to resolve priority issue identified from production control testing.
• Involved in Defect Retesting and Defect reporting to Management.
• Managing teh 5-member offshore team and coordinating teh team to cascade any project risks to Humana stakeholders.
• Managed teh SCRUM process for my project using teh version Tool and allocated teh efforts to my Offshore testers.
• Assess and communicate risk associated to testing.
• Involved in Daily Project Stand up.
• Accountable for timely and quality test deliverables throughout teh project life cycle

QA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Played Test Lead role for cost basis program.
• Extensively worked on Requirement analysis, Test Plan/Strategy, System Testing, Functional Testing, Test Reporting and Onsite/Offshore model
• Executed Functional UAT and Regression testing, Web, DB,Mobile (IPAD, IOS) testing activities for vendor system interface with USAA.
• Expertise in Trading processing in Equity, Options and MF, Fixed income. Has working knowledge in interface applications with SCI, Fiserv,Fidelity.
• Involved in Defect Retesting and Defect Reporting
• Analysis of PROD defects and prioritizes for a monthly release.
• Collaboration within and outside Test Team to achieve desired end result.
• Co-ordination with development team and onsite team.
• Assess and communicate risk associated to testing.
• Participation in Daily Status call and vendor management call.
• Co-ordination with development team for Environment issues.
• Involved in Daily project status tracking.
• Accountable for timely and quality test deliverables throughout teh project life cycle.
• Owner of all vendor management (SCIVANTAGE ) calls to analyses and assign teh defects to right POC and mitigation towards teh issues.
• Accountable for timely and quality test deliverables throughout teh project life cycle.

Confidential

Senior QA engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing Business Requirements / Features and preparing teh High Level Scenarios in Mercury Quality Center.
• Coordinating with teh Onsite team for teh offshore team clarification.
• Doing peer review of all Detailed Level Test cases written by teh team members to get good quality scenarios for client review.
• Ensuring dat teh delivered test artifacts confirms to teh customer requirements and agreed quality standards.
• Maintaining all testing artifacts with latest updates
• Conducted Test Scenario walkthrough with Onsite / Offshore development team and with Business.
• Test Scenario Execution and test results validation using Dot Com, Brokerage GUI Screen Validations and Phase 3.
• Defect Logging / Tracking in teh Star Team.
• Performed Defect Retesting and Regression Testing on a regular basis.
• Attending daily Defect Meeting and Onsite / Offshore Handoff Meeting.
• Maintaining Testing Workbook by providing inputs like System Test Entry-Exit Criteria, ST Readiness, Test Executions Plan and Release / Production Validation Plan
• Co-ordination with development team for environment issues.
• Trained teh new resources and fresher’s in teh domain level and teh project level application information.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Retail based projects like Caratlane and Rosetta stone clients.
• Expertise in Retail and supply chain management domain.
• Worked on ETL testing and mainframe testing for some of teh projects.
• Analyzing teh Technical and business requirements.
• Created functional and system test cases.
• Prepared Traceability matrix to ensure teh test coverage
• Involved in Test execution and defect reporting.
• Interacted with client and development team for daily status meeting
• Involved with regression testing.
• Automated teh test scripts using teh egg plant tool.
• Project status tracking in Sourgeforge