OBJECTIVE

• To lead the team in an optimistic and, utmost diligence being highly professional in an extremely competitive environment. Goal is to thrive to achieve success to my career while being ethical, hardworking and get the things done efficiently and effectively in timely manner.

SUMMARY

• Managed team with critical deadlines and meeting the goals in efficient manner as a team player.
• Strategic planning to ensure the team achieve the targets
• Managed the Offshore team to meet the deliverables for every release in a timely manner.Actively participated in Roadmap discussions and conducted the Sprint events as a Scrum master
• Collaborated with team in documentation and communicating with ideas and propositions for Test Plans, Test Cases, Test scripts, Scenarios and Test Reports to appropriate parties.
• Expertise in Manual Testing and Automated Testing of Client/Server and Web - Based n-tier applications using Eclipse, Selenium & Rational Manual Tester
• Worked on extensive system testing & Integration test of stand-alone, web based & Client-Server
• Continuously striving for Well-Rounded Decision-Making Process

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: - C++, VC++, Java.

Middleware: - IBM MQSeries, SNA -LU, CORBA, Connect Direct NDM, FAL, MEP.

Databases: - Oracle, SQL Server.

Operating systems: - UNIX, Windows (3.x, 95, NT, 2000, XP).

Testing Tools: - Selenium, Web Driver, Test Director, QTP

Development Tools: - Visual Studio 6 (VC++), EJB, XML.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Lead & Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in managing the team and meeting the deadlines with quality and timely manner
• Experienced in Managing the day to day Status calls
• Managing the timely deliverables for the new Projects
• Managing the offshore team for regression for the timely deliverables
• Managing and hands on to get the planned Iteration and Releases
• Planning the Sprints, Sprint Roadmap and Capacity Planning & Mission Planning.
• Requirement planning with extensive knowledge and quick learner of the functional areas.
• Drives Execution of Strategic Plans & Monitors Results, Identifies & Resolves Conflict Effectively
• Strong skills in performing Unit Testing, Integration testing, Acceptance testing, Regression testing, and System testing and Database testing.
• Excellent understanding of QA methodologies, testing procedures.
• Agile Scrum Methodology for all the sprint s and Iteration Planning
• Managing people for completion of the deliverables

Automation QA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Have an extensive Knowledge with MMIS flow and Functional Areas like Provider, Security, Claims, TPL, Financial and Contact Management.
• Analysis for the End to End Flow for the various Functional Components
• Execution and maintenance of the Automation Scripts
• Planning for the Automation for every release
• Doing an extensive analysis of the Gap between the scripts and the functionality
• Conducting smoke test and managing it, and maintenance of the scripts.
• Monitoring & Running of the Job as per the request.
• Have a broad knowledge of Testing concepts, practices and procedures. Specializes in Healthcare business systems and process flows, including Claims, Provider, TPL, Correspondence, Reports and Medical Records systems, etc. and very competent to work on complex assignments and perform a full range of system analysis activities. Works under deadlines and capable of handling heavy workloads, operating with only general supervision. I have provided occasional functional guidance to less experienced staff, providing functional and technical expertise to formulate the procedures to solve problems using information systems. Prepares detailed specifications and functional design, against which computer programs can be tested, defects entered and documented. Assignments were in technical and business functional areas
• Have been working with the company for more than 9 years having professional experience in Rational Manual Testing and Automation testing using Eclipse
• Comprehensive knowledge of software testing, methodologies, standards, and terminology
• Sound knowledge of Software Testing, Quality Assurance, web service technologies and tools
• In-depth knowledge of Quality Control Testing, HP Quality Center, and defect management application system
• Excellent communication skills and can work under pressure meeting deadlines
• Created Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, generated Test Reports after reviewing the business requirements and technical specifications and presented the QA Status report along with Defect Status reports in the weekly meetings.
• Writing test cases, creating test scenarios, or participating in testing activities for new functionality in a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS)

Automation lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Have a broad knowledge of Testing concepts, practices and procedures. Specializes in Healthcare business systems and process flows, including Claims, Provider, TPL, Correspondence, Reports and Medical Records systems, etc. and very competent to work on complex assignments and perform a full range of system analysis activities. Works under deadlines and capable of handling heavy workloads, operating with only general supervision. I have provided occasional functional guidance to less experienced staff, providing functional and technical expertise to formulate the procedures to solve problems using information systems. Prepares detailed specifications and functional design, against which computer programs can be tested, defects entered and documented. Assignments were in technical and business functional areas
• Have been working with the company for more than 9 years having professional experience in Rational Manual Testing and Automation testing using Eclipse
• Comprehensive knowledge of software testing, methodologies, standards, and terminology
• Sound knowledge of Software Testing, Quality Assurance, web service technologies and tools
• In-depth knowledge of Quality Control Testing, HP Quality Center, and defect management application system
• Excellent communication skills and can work under pressure meeting deadlines
• Created Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, generated Test Reports after reviewing the business requirements and technical specifications and presented the QA Status report along with Defect Status reports in the weekly meetings.
• Writing test cases, creating test scenarios, or participating in testing activities for new functionality in a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS)

System Consulting Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and managed the Scripts
• Testing functional specifications
• Performed defect analysis
• Conducted training and presentations Operation group in functional areas for the core product.
• Analysis of requirements Participated actively for the QA analysis and testing
• Creating Test Cases
• DSD updates in refweb
• Defect management

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and executed Test cases and Scripts which were developed after reviewing the business requirements and technical specifications.
• Created Test Plans, Test Cases, Test scripts, Scenario, generated Test Reports and presented the QA Status report along with Defect Status reports in the weekly meetings.
• Worked with developers, CM team members, and analysts to resolve issues resulting from testing.
• Documented problems in Defect Change Requests (DCR) and retested once the DCR’s were fixed.
• Reported the bugs (defects) using Test Director and Performed Screen Navigation Test to ensure that the links are established as per the documentation provided
• Conducted external walkthroughs of test team deliverables with customer representatives (Requirements Analysts and End Users).
• Extensively worked on Transact-SQL for creating queries, views, stored procedures and triggers.
• Optimized the SQL queries, created indexes on key columns wherever needed.
• Performed System testing, Black box testing, data validation testing and involved in white box testing.

Environment: SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i, TestDirector7.2, VB.Net/ASP.Net, HTML, T-SQL, Unix and Windows 2000 Server.