SUMMARY:

• 12 years of experience in QA as Test Lead/Sr. QA Analyst in Mainframe (DB2, COBOL, CICS, MVS, JCL and MF utilities), UNIX (including shell scripting) and other technologies( Data warehousing, ETL, Business Objects, People soft etc).
• 10+ years as developer with 6 years in Mainframe (DB2, IMS, COBOL, CICS, MVS, JCL and MF utilities) and 5 years in Unix / Cobol/C.
• Strong SQL experience in various technologies including Teradata, Oracle, DB2, Access etc…
• Experience in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing and Integration Testing using HPQC/ALM (12 years) and exposure to automated testing (QTP / UFT).
• Leading testing teams both on site and offshore in mainframe and other technologies.
• As QA Analyst: - experience in Retail, Human Resource, Attendance scheduling, Financial functionalities in various Platforms.
• Q.A. Experience in SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) in marketing applications.
• Designed and developed business application systems (Inventory Control, Production Incentive System, Online Billing System, Accounting/Balance Sheet System, and Payroll System) in COBOL.
• Experience with test management Tool: HP Quality Center - including report generation functionalities and defect Tracking Tools like Bug Tracker.
• Experience with automated testing tool: HP UFT (Unified Functional Testing).
• Experience in both Manual Testing (10+ years) and Automated Testing using HP Suites.
• Strong experience in testing Unix / shell scripting, Oracle, Web based applications.
• Experience in Back End and Front End Testing.
• Experience in writing Test Scripts and Test Cases using HPQC, MS-Excel and MS-Word
• Developing test strategy/plan, estimation of work effort, coordinating with other team players including Test Manager, Business Analyst, end users and coaching junior staff, guidance in creation of test data.
• Excellent overall Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
• A quick learner and with excellent communication skills with Analytical, Interpersonal, Presentation and Leadership Skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: IBM Mainframe, UNIX

Data Base & Access & Tools: Teradata, DB2/SPUFI/QMF, Eazytrieve, REXX Oracle, MS Access

Reporting tools: Crystal Reports

Programming Languages: COBOL, CICS, C, IMS (DB/DC), JCL, VSAM, HTML, FORTRAN, UNIX shell scripting

Testing Tools: ALM (HPQC), Bug Tracker, UFT (Unified Functional Testing)

Data Warehousing: ETL (Data Stage) & Business Objects (Universe & Reports)

Utilities: File-Aid, MS ProjectWeb Testing SOAPUI, WSDL, XML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Johns Creek, GA

QA Lead, Onsite/Offshore coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of off-shore testers for testing mainframe /Teradata based Omni Channel project (SVI-3) in sales, price change, location etc…
• Lead a team of offshore testers in validating different merchandising reports using Teradata/SQL scripts extensively.
• Lead a team of off-shore testers for testing mainframe /Teradata based Omni Channel project (SVI-1 & SVI-2) - in various streams including Congruency, PACE inbound and outbound systems.
• Lead a team of off-shore testers for testing mainframe based batch systems and programs with user interface in ESS/OTL/Pricing
• Used Crystal reports for reporting purposes for Omni Channel project.
• Work experience in SOA (Service oriented Architecture) in marketing applications for teh past 6 months.
• Analyzed teh Functional Requirements and Design documents and wrote both Functional and Regression Test Scripts
• Created Test Scenarios for teh offshore team to create test cases.
• Extensive use of SQLs to validate data in Teradata / Mainframe / DB2 tables through QMF, SPUFI, Teradata.
• Involved in developing test strategy/plan, estimation of work effort.
• Participated in Daily Status meetings and Defect Review meetings with Developers and QA Management.

ENVIRONMENT: IBM Mainframe,TERADATA, DB2, CICS, JCL, TSO, MS Excel, SQL Assistant, QMF, File-Aid, HPQC

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Lead QA / Senior Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead (4 years)/ Senior test Analyst(4 years) and led a group of testers and coordinated business and technical teams in all aspects of testing from preparing test strategy documents, estimating teh test hours, test plans, through reviewing teh results with team members and test metrics reporting and preparation of final reports.
• Has extensive work experience in testing Mainframe systems - includes writing JCLs, testing batch & online programs including DB2, PROCs, IMS (DB, DC).
• Worked in different environments including Mainframe, UNIX, PeopleSoft, Data warehouse and web environments.
• Worked in different database environments - like DB2, Oracle and has extensive experience in SQL writing and testing using different tools.
• Experienced (more than 7 years) with HP Quality center - and developed/executed large number of functional and system test cases, logged defects and worked on regression testing and resolving.
• Has worked on SOA technology (1 year) as QA Analyst for SYNC project of Ford.
• Has strong work experience in testing systems in UNIX environment - including writing shell scripting and running jobs in autosys.
• Has work experience in all aspects of Data Warehouse testing – ETL (Data Stage) & Business Objects (Universe & Reports) – validating teh results against data warehouse tables & transaction tables using SQL scripts extensively.
• Knowledgeable in different methodologies including waterfall & agile development environments as applicable to Quality Assurance.
• Experienced in preparing test data, coordination for test environments, Test script development in different environments.
• Responsible for PeopleSoft application and batch programs (SQR programs) testing.
• Tested legal case management developed and supplied by third party – and tested teh functionality for accepting of teh package.

Environment: Mainframe, COBOL II, DB2, IMS (DB/DC), JCL, QMF, SPUFI, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SQR programs, Unix, Autosys, Quality centre (Test Director) 9.2

Confidential, Ecourse, MI

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in design, development, maintenance, testing and documentation of various applications (Time & Attendance, Payroll, Human Resource system) developed under various flavors of Mainframe environments ranging from OS/VS COBOL, COBOL II, IMS (DB/DC), DB2, CICS, JCL, OS/390, VSAM, TSO/ISPF addressing critical business areas of Confidential .
• Extensively involved in coding teh COBOL programs using IMS (DB/DC) and DB2.
• Developed Embedded SQL in COBOL-II to access DB2 and IMS database.
• Used EASYTRIEVE for extracting data and creation of data and preparing reports.
• Used TSO/ISPF for teh Creation, Storing, Printing, and Deleting data sets.
• Designed and developed overtime administration project with 8 online screens and number of batch programs (COBOL II/IMS/DB2).
• Responsible for maintenance and enhancements to Time and Attendance system (100+ screens and 300+ BMP programs) (COBOL II/IMS/DB2).
• Created teh test environment and wrote new JCL for testing.
• Prepared required documentation for quality review.

Environment: IBM-Mainframe, MVS / OS390, Easytrieve, COBOL II, DB2, IMS, MVS/XA, SQL, JCL, FTP, TSO/ISPF, QMF, Xpediter, File-Aid, Abend-Aid

Confidential

Sr. Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed business application systems (Inventory Control, Production Incentive System, Online Billing System, Accounting/Balance Sheet System, and Payroll System) in COBOL.
• Developed COST SYSTEM using 'C' language.
• Responsible for writing teh application specifications.
• Evaluated and choose technical products and services to support every aspect of teh business.
• Extensively involved in coding teh COBOL programs in UNIX.
• Extensively used UNIX Shell programming for automating operations.
• Tested teh programs through unit testing and system testing.
• Wrote test plans and test cases for certification and system testing.

Environment: MAGNUM/UNIPOWER-30, UNIX, COBOL, ‘C’