Quality Assurance Manager Resume New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Goal oriented self - driven QA Manager with more than 7 years of hands-on manual testing experience in fast-paced development environment
Good understanding of the SDLC and the role and responsibilities of QA team within
Ability to establish and evolve formal QA processes
Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze requirements, understand technical documents and implementation as well as ability to identify gaps and risks
Highly skilled in developing and executing test cases, scripts, plans and procedures, logging and tracking the defects using HP ALM and Jira, retesting the fixes and tracking the defects to closure
Experienced in using SQL queries for backend testing and data verification.
Competent in Functional, Integration, Regression, System and End-To-End testing and developing Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to track requirements during the QA Testing Phase
Knowledgeable in FIX Protocol, Electronic Trading, Financial Products and Capital markets

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platforms: Windows, Unix/Linux

Domains Finance: Capital markets, Wealth Management, FX

Architecture: Client/Server, Multi-tier/Web based application

Languages: Python, JAVA, C+, SQL, ASP, HTML.

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall.

Testing Tools: Zephyr for Jira, HP Quality Center, JMeter, Selenium.

Database Tools: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

Handled diverse team of Quality Assurance engineers to ensure quality releases under aggressive schedules.
Established, implemented and improved QA test procedures, processes and quality standards in accordance with overall development and product releases.
Was responsible for the daily activities of the team assigned to various and multiple projects; Monitored successful completion of the quality initiatives at every step of the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC
Enhanced QA methodology for test and defect management and tools supporting processes
Continuously streamlined and improved testing life cycle to ensure test planning, execution and reporting were effective and coordinated.
Wrote and updated customer facing user manual with notes on software’s new features during every major release
Tracked customer facing issues in customer support tracking tool

Confidential, New York, NY

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

Reviewed requirements specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback and to ensure that the requirements stated are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable
Tested the Trade Capturing, Processing, Confirmation/Matching, Settlement & Notification functionalities
Executed test cases on matching between orders (hit/lift) and quotes (bid/offer)
Participated in full software testing life cycle (STLC), performing Functional, GUI, Regression and Integration tests on new software enhancements and modifications
Estimated, prioritized, planned, and coordinated testing activities.
Created and executed detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases using Agile Methodology
Coordinated with testing team, development team, and business analysts to mitigate risks and meet release deadlines
Prepared and logged thoughtful and concise descriptions of software bugs to be replicated by developers
Ran SQL queries for data validation and defect resolution
Used Quality Center for Defect Tracking. Followed up with Dev team for Open and Reopen Issues

Confidential, New York, NY

Quality Assurance Tester

Responsibilities:

Successfully created detailed Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
Implemented Functional, Integration, and Regression testing on the application under Agile Methodology.
Performed Backend Testing to ensure that data matched with the recorded data in GUI.
Reported defects in Quality Center, worked closely with Business Analysts and Developers to resolve the problems.
Developed SQL queries and generated Audit reports based on business requirements.