SUMMARY:

• 8 Years and 11 months of diverse experience in the field of Information technology with emphasis on Software Quality Assurance.
• Well Versed in Functional Testing, System, Mainframe Testing and web - based applications.
• Strong hands-on experience in preparing Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Scheduling and Test Estimations.
• Expertise in various software testing projects entailing creation, execution of manual test scripts, defect management using testing tools.
• Reviewing the Test Cases and approving the same.
• Expertise in coordinating the Offshore/Onshore team with respect to QA activities.
• Managing the testing team by delegating tasks to the team and tracking the progress.
• Preparing status reports and reporting them to the required stakeholders.
• Capable of discovering software bugs, reporting bugs, and verifying bug fixes.
• Coordinate in administering and managing the bugs in Defect Tracking Tool.
• Preparing System Test Readiness Report.
• Exposure to Testing tools like HPALM and HP QC.
• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Experience in QA Methodologies, Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Defect Management Life Cycle, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Knowledge of writing simple and complex SQL queries for backend validation.
• Peer reviews, Knowledge transfer sessions and creating materials for the projects worked on.
• Onsite Experience of 28 Months in Client Location(U.S) including Walmart and Confidential Bank.
• Highly detail-focused and solutions driven.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms: Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP, MVS(Z/OS)

Database: DB2, VSAM, ADABAS.

Languages: COBOL, JCL, Natural, Easytrieve and SQL

Test Tools: HP Quality Center, HP ALM, SDSF

Defect Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center and HP ALM

Requirement Management Tool: Caliber

Terminal Emulator: CICS

Database Tools: SQL

MS Office Suite: MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Others: FTP, File-Aid, BMC Remedy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Onsite Senior Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• To plan, monitor, and control of the testing activities and tasks.
• To collaborate with the other stakeholders, devise the test objectives, test strategies and test plans.
• To estimate and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources.
• To plan the effort, select the tools, and ensure of the team.
• To lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suites.
• To ensure proper configuration management of the testware produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis.
• To make sure the test environment is put into place before test execution and managed during test execution.
• To schedule the tests for execution and then monitor, measure, control and report on the test progress, the product quality status and the test results, adapting the test plan and compensate as needed to adjust to evolving conditions.
• During test execution and as the project winds down, write summary reports on test status.
• Interact with functional and technical team on mitigating risk and closing issues.
• Coordinate activities between onsite / offshore testing teams and other teams like development, 3rd party vendors.
• Conduct defect tracking meetings and participate in root cause analysis.

Confidential

Onsite QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading and managing the testing activities at the project level and responsible for the testing related project activities and deliverables.
• Preparing Test Plan / Strategy.
• Responsible for work allocation and tracking - planning and prioritizing testing activities on a daily basis.
• Periodic reporting of the Test Planning and Test Execution progress and review of artifacts.
• Interact with functional and technical team on mitigating risk and closing issues.
• Coordinate activities between onsite / offshore testing teams and other teams like development, 3rd party vendors.
• Conduct defect tracking meetings and participate in root cause analysis.
• UAT support.

Confidential

Onsite QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirement.
• Understanding the Solution design thoroughly.
• Mapping the requirements to the test cases.
• Review static testing of the business requirements and solution design.
• Preparation of test plans and test scenarios.
• Preparing and execution of the test cases.
• Raising defects and ensuring that the observation/bugs are communicated to the design/development team.
• Participate in the defect resolution calls.

Confidential

Mainframe QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirement.
• Understanding the Solution design thoroughly.
• Mapping the requirements to the test cases.
• Review static testing of the business requirements and solution design.
• Preparation of test plans and test scenarios.
• Preparing and execution of the test cases.
• Raising defects and ensuring that the observation/bugs are communicated to the design/development team.
• Participate in the defect resolution calls.

Confidential

Senior Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirement.
• Understanding the Solution design thoroughly.
• Mapping the requirements to the test cases.
• Preparing and execution of the test cases.
• Raising defects and ensuring that the observation/bugs are communicated to the design/development team.