SUMMARY:

• Overall Eight years of IT experience on various levels of Quality Assurance with expertise in Financial Background for Client/Server and Web based applications on Windows and UNIX.
• Strong hands on experience with testing tools like Win Runner, Quick Test Pro, Rational Suite, Load Runner, and MQC/Test Director.
• Expertise in developing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for Automated, as well as, Manual testing for various applications to ensure proper business compliance.
• Expertise in working in environments built using Visual Basic, C++, Java and .net.
• Extensive experience in Software Testing and Documentation, analysis of the Business Requirements and the Software Requirements Specifications.
• Strong hands on experience in preparing and executing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Reports for automated testing.
• Extensive experience in Mercury Products (Win Runner, Quick Test Pro, Performance Center, Load Runner, Quality Center/Test Director) and Rational Suite.
• Expert in developing Scripts for Regression testing.
• Proficient in various types of testing like, load, performance, stress, volume, integration, unit and functionality.
• Expert in back end testing, data reconciliation, data correction & data massaging, data base testing on different backend - MSSQL, SYBASE, ORACLE.
• Expert in Software Quality Analysis, Testing, Business Analysis, Project Coordination and holding defect Triage meetings between Developments, QA & Business.
• Expert in reporting, effort estimations, and timely escalations of issues, documentation & communicating results to senior management.
• Expert in handing situations under Onshore-Offshore model.
• Expert in working under Agile as well as traditional methodologies.

SKILL:

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, C++, C, VB5.0/6.0, XML, HTML, UML, Pascal Java 1.2, Java Servlets, JDBC

Databases & utilities: MS SQL Server 6.5, SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000Oracle 7.3/8.0 Forms4.5, Reports 2.5, MS Access 97/2000

Operating Systems: NT4.0, Windows 2000, UNIX, DOS

Web Servers: Tomcat, Apache, IIS

Testing Tools: Enterprise Quality Center, Quick Test Pro,WinRunner,TestManager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Experience in preparing project effort estimations & budgeting.
• Excellent Communicator, Team Player and Ability to lead a team.
• Ability to multi-task, work under tight deadlines.
• Ability in Client Communications & Co-ordination for product delivery and demos.
• Ability in Preparing Project Management Metrics and presenting it to the senior management.
• Responsible for Planning and Scheduling tasks.
• Allocate Time, Effort and Resources for the project and Prepare Time and Effort estimation.
• Reviewing Daily Status Report, Weekly Status and drawing metrics to report to senior management.
• Able to handle escalations and cross team communications necessary for smooth flow of the project.
• Review the Test Design Metrics, Test Execution Metrics.
• Participated in peer-reviews of User Story review meetings
• Involved in various phases of manual testing in Agile methodology and designed comprehensive test documentation to support the testing of the application.
• Performed Smoke, functional, System, GUI, Regression, Positive, Negative and Integration testing for several iterations
• Worked extensively with Quality Center to integrated environment and managed the entire test process.
• Supported and created documentation for UAT testing and interacted with the real-time users to ensure user friendliness of the application.
• Trained Product owners on the AUT.
• Developed test scripts through test procedures and test cases
• Attended change request meetings with users and planned the testing for the enhancements to the system
• Performed regression testing to certify the application’s functional consistency.
• Written extensive SQL queries for back-end testing.
• Compared testing of core system with existing application to verify the business functionality
• Attended meetings and walkthroughs and reported testing status to the Test Manager on a Daily basis.
• Reported the Defects using Quality Center and coordinated with the developers to make sure they are fixed and re-tested.
• Trained and mentored the off shore team.
• Followed appropriate System Development Life Cycle procedures. Worked with business users to establish appropriate measures for mitigating risk of production changes.
• Planed and tracked project tasks. Reported on project status and projections.
• Prepared acceptance test plans for new development, maintenance and enhancement efforts, including in-house development and vendor development, to ensure that project objectives have been met, and that new software functions according to specifications.
• Maintained the system regression test facility for testing of new releases of in-house and vendor software, and assists in planning/scheduling of environment use.
• Played active role in all the phases of the SDLC and well versed with the Agile methodology and extensive experience in Test Driven Development.
• Fully conversant with the complete life cycle of software development and involved in all phases like analysis, specifications, design, development, testing and maintenance of Financial, Insurance and HealthCare applications using Client Server Architecture & web based technologies.
• Highly experienced in testing the User Interface and backend modules of the applications in both web based and client server technologies which includes Data base validations, execution and verification of batch routines and integration of third party applications.
• Highly experienced in Functional, Black Box, Integration, System, Security, End-to-End, Smoke, Web, Stress, User Acceptance (UAT), O/S Compatibility, Browser Compatibility and Regression Testing.
• Well versed with the all the Testing documentation and fully conversant with Business Requirements, Test Plans, Comprehensive Test Cases, Execution and documentation of Test Results, Defect Reporting and Tracking using HP Mercury Quality Center.
• Ability to understand & analyze business processes & workflows with the objective of providing recommendations for the best use of technology to improve QA Process.
• Worked independently as well as a group member and successfully held responsible roles in the projects.
• Coordinated the test efforts of both on-site and off-shore teams and reported directly to the QA Manager.

Environment: HP Quality Center 10.0, SQL server 2000, 2005, 2008 MSSQL SQL plus, Oracle client 7.3.4, SUSE Linux.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Owned QA for Money Transfer, Market Data and Confidential Pathway. These applications were consumed by over 10,000 end clients.
• Experience in preparing project effort estimations & budgeting.
• Excellent Communicator, Team Player and Ability to lead a team.
• Ability to multi-task, work under tight deadlines.
• Ability in Client Communications & Co-ordination for product delivery and demos.
• Ability in Preparing Project Management Metrics and presenting it to the senior management.
• Responsible for Planning and Scheduling tasks.
• Allocate Time, Effort and Resources for the project and Prepare Time and Effort estimation.
• Reviewing Daily Status Report, Weekly Status and drawing metrics to report to senior management.
• Able to handle escalations and cross team communications necessary for smooth flow of the project.
• Review the Test Design Metrics, Test Execution Metrics.
• Reached a quality of 97% .Ensuring process meets all criteria for successful testing and launch of test strategies, test plans, environments, timeline, and methodology.
• Coordinating with Vendors and multiple LOBS’ to ensure all System and UAT testing components are tied together (e.g. end to end testing, regression testing, and negative testing) before full sign-off and implementation.
• Worked on gathering the requirements from business and put together a BRD, FSD document for QC knowledge transfer/sharing
• Performed defect management using HP Mercury Quality Center 9.2
• SME on financial, brokerage and trading applications.
• Tested on both client server and web based applications.
• Created Master Test Plan. Built and executed test cases to validate user requirements and exercise all system functions
• Created project users and created project fields using Quality Center
• Created test plan and detailed test cases using Quality Center
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Defined test sets and scheduled test runs using Quality Center
• Used Quality Center for defect management- adding defect, tracing changes and sending defect e-mail messages.
• Tracked changes made to the requirements, tests and defects using Quality Center
• Analyzed testing process by creating reports and graphs
• Coordinated with team in defect validation and assisted development team in recreating defects.
• Involved in recording and closing bugs throughout the test life cycle.
• Maintained Test Matrix for latest test results information.
• Developed QA Test Plan from technical specifications and requirements for this project which deals mainly with two areas i.e. presentation tool, integrated genesis selling tool.
• Carried out Regression testing by coding automated test scripts using Win Runner.
• Facilitated meetings between Business and Test team to get Test Plan approvals, resolve issues etc.
• Guided a team of three testers for completing the testing phase of the projects.
• Created Test Cases and Test Scripts for different application modules
• Executed test cases manually to check GUI and Functional features of the AUT, compared and analyzed actual with expected results and reported all deviations to the appropriate individual(s) for resolution using Quality Center

Environment: HP Mercury Quality Center 9.2, MSSQL SQL plus, UnixUtils 2001.11.11 , Microsoft Project, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, MS Office, Oracle client 7.3.4, DBArtisan 7.0.1, Sybase 12.5, DB2 Admin Client 8.1, SUSE Linux, Java2 RTE 1.4.2.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test cases, Test scenarios and Test Plan
• Communicating with onsite team and Business users on a regular basis for Requirement clarifications and scope for each cross impacted applications
• Preparation of Test data, Traceability Matrix and Test estimations.
• Test execution and Defect management through HP EQC
• Organizing the Defect Review meetings during execution
• Preparation and circulating Daily status report with AD/PD teams
• Executing SQL queries for functional related data
• Environment: Adobe Flex, XML, Java, Struts, UNIX, Weblogic 8.1
• Tools: HP EQC, DB Tester

Environment: HP Mercury Quality Center 9.2, MSSQL SQL plus, UnixUtils 2001.11.11 , Microsoft Project, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, MS Office, Oracle client 7.3.4, DBArtisan 7.0.1, Sybase 12.5, DB2 Admin Client 8.1, SUSE Linux, Java2 RTE 1.4.2.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test cases, Test scenarios and Test Plan
• Communicating with onsite team and Business users on a regular basis for Requirement clarifications and scope for each cross impacted applications
• Preparation of Test data, Traceability Matrix and Test estimations.
• Test execution and Defect management through HP EQC
• Organizing the Defect Review meetings during execution
• Preparation and circulating Daily status report with AD/PD teams

Environment: HP Mercury Quality Center 9.2, MSSQL SQL plus, UnixUtils 2001.11.11 , Microsoft Project, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, MS Office, Oracle client 7.3.4, DBArtisan 7.0.1, Sybase 12.5, DB2 Admin Client 8.1, SUSE Linux, Java2 RTE 1.4.2.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test cases, Test scenarios and Test Plan
• Communicating with onsite team and Business users on a regular basis for Requirement clarifications and scope for each cross impacted applications
• Preparation of Test data, Traceability Matrix and Test estimations.
• Test execution and Defect management through HP EQC
• Organizing the Defect Review meetings during execution
• Preparation and circulating Daily status report with AD/PD teams
• Send Requests through the SOAP tool & verify the Responses with the SOAP tool with the Application AD team & the particular client

Environment: HP Mercury Quality Center 9.2, SOAP - UI, MSSQL SQL plus, UnixUtils 2001.11.11 , Microsoft Project, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, MS Office, Oracle client 7.3.4, DBArtisan 7.0.1, Sybase 12.5, DB2 Admin Client 8.1, SUSE Linux, Java2 RTE 1.4.2.

Confidential, PA

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and system specifications, formulated test strategy including test cases and test scripts.
• Conducted daily Scrum meetings, Agile project planning and status sessions.
• Participated in walkthroughs for the evaluation of the test plans with development teams.
• Created and coordinated different in-house data tool and SQL queries to map test cases for execution
• Interacted closely with the business leads and project manager to provide testing estimates as part of the project plan.
• Wrote and maintained Test Plans and Test Cases for Acceptance, Functional and Regression Testing.
• Actively participated in the pre-testing process that included review of the plan specification and design documents available in PVCS Version Manager
• Worked with other Development team members to better understand system functionality in order to improve testing quality.
• Developed Automation scripts using QuickTest Pro and Quality Center for systems testing and functionality testing
• Used SQL Programmer, SQL Developer to extract data from the Oracle backend for validating the data and developed SQL queries and Stored Procedures
• Wrote complex queries with multiple tables and sub-queries to verify and validate back-end application resultant data.
• Executed the Test Cases, documented Test Results in test execution documents and prepared the problem log for all the bugs found using PVCS Tracker and Team Track
• Tested ongoing client data feed for data discrepancies using OGF validation rule and analyzed data using data tools such as DMA, Access, and Excel.
• Contributed mapping business critical data from old to the new system and follow up data elevation to production region.
• Performed unit testing, white box, black box testing by writing and executing SQL and PL/SQL scripts on regular basis.
• Applied strong organizational, time-management and planning skills based on the roles of each tester to deliver the release on time/budget despite aggressive timelines
• Trained end users on new application(s) in regards to QA testing procedures and data layout for the new system

Environment: QTP, HP Quality Center, PVCS Tracker, DB2, Oracle, MS Access, Cognos, Crystal Report, MS Excel, SQL, PL/SQL, Unix, Perl, SQL*Loader, Command Center

Confidential, PA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participation in Business requirements review meetings and identification of key scenarios for functionality testing
• Writing Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Matrix documents analyzing the Use Cases and updating the Traceability Matrix to check the coverage analysis.
• Responsible for manually testing the entire application for GUI, Functionality, Business Logic and Use case adherence.
• Defect Reporting, Tracking and interacting with the development team and the real-time users to implement the entire Test Management process.
• Writing Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Testing Scenarios, using Quick Test Professional for Regression testing, implementing the required checkpoints and updating them from time to time.
• Tested the application for browser and operating system compatibility and also accessibility on mobile devices.
• Tested the applications end-to-end features and actively involved in verifying the database for accuracy updates and validation of business logic.
• Created the required test data meeting all business requirements and tested the application’s user interface as well as the backend modules.
• Used SQL for extracting the required data related to testing, test dataset creation and verification.
• Peer review meetings, defect triage, requirement reviews, & updating the senior management with testing status were some additional responsibilities.
• Worked with on-site and off-shore resources and supported UAT testing.

Environment: Web Services, Java2.0, JSP, JavaScript, UNIX, Oracle, SQL, Windows NT / XP / Vista, QTP, Quality Center v10.0

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the main modules like payroll, staff information and scheduled plan.
• Involved in developing of various reports using developed internal audit system for ISO purpose.
• Documented the system in the form of user specifications and design specs.
• Tested the application for Reports and their accuracy. Implemented it at the various user sites and supported the application.
• Involved in Physical and Logical databases design for new application.
• As an Application Developer, designed the GUI and involved in developing and implementation of the application using Visual Basic ADO-DB Record Set, designed VB Forms using the Forms.
• Created Reports in Visual Basic using Data Environment and Data Reporting
• Extensively worked on PL/SQL programming to develop database triggers, stored procedures to populate tables into one of the Oracle databases

Environment: Windows 2000, Visual Basic 6.0, Oracle 8i PL/SQL