OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position as Software QA Analyst Engineer/ Scrum Master in the competitive information technology industry, to utilize my skills and abilities that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative, and flexible.

SUMMARY:

• Senior software QA tester with full software development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing, test estimations and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes.
• Qualification include seven years of QA software testing experience and two years of software development and user - acceptance testing experience.
• Business production strategist plan and manage projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Excellent communicator leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.
• Expert in Agile (SCRUM, LEAN and KANBAN Software Development) and waterfall project methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.
• Involved in preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Defect Report, and Weekly Status Reports.
• Experience in Data Analysis, Data Cleansing,Data Validation and Verification, Data Conversion, and Data Migrations.
• Experience in handling OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 Service provisioning application.
• Proficiency in Defect management, including Defect creation, modification, tracking, and reporting using Industry standard Tools like Quality Center, Clear Quest.
• Extensively used Informatica Workflow Manager to run the workflows.
• Experience in 24X7 production support, test executions, determine and resolving root causes.
• Backed by strong credentials including an Information Technology Degree,JNCIA,Oracle Fundamentals,AIX certification, agile methodologies and monitoring tools and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.

TECHNOLOGIES SKILLS SUMMARY:

HP Quality Center, HP QuickTest Professional, HP Unified Functional Testing,Agile Scrum Methodologies SoapUI,QTP,Java, XML, Solaris,Eclipse,TOAD, Oracle,Informix,SCME/SVN, AVOS-Informatica Workflow,Rally Dev.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Scrum Master/QA Lead

Confidential, Middletown, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key member of software development team as the lead QA tester on development projects.
• Supervise a ten member software QA testing team in developing and implementing quality-assurance and quality-control methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards, and customer specifications.
• Agile Scrum Master for the projects using Agile methodology throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues.
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)
• Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams
• Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality
• Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, and prioritize resolution of defects as evidenced by the on-time delivery of various major initiatives.
• Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours
• Managed the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment
• Coordinate and manage code releases and shared APIs with other IT groups
• Communicated with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues.
• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress in Rally Dev
• Created and executed software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes. Led QA testing that:
• No revenue loss on projects with on time production release of LPP application by identifying software defects.
• Identified the root cause of intermittent interoperability glitch in control software.
• Executed software development efforts with test-driven development (TDD) process, which brought QA testing in on the front-end of the development cycle for gains in code quality, software functionality and programmer productivity.
• Delivered thorough QA testing reports using Rally Dev that determined product quality and release readiness.
• Maintained and generated RTM (Requirement traceability matrix).
• Designed and implemented automated testing suits via SoapUI for API testing and QTP for regression suits.
• Documented software defects using HP Quality Center/Application Lifecycle Management system report defects during any test phase cycle.
• Defects initially reported in Rally-dev but worked and tracked in Quality Center for version control. Experienced in Confidential & Confidential IT Unified Process and PRISM
• Used AGILE-LEAN/KANBAN Methods to focus on production defects and reduce the waste.
• Root cause analysis for the post deployment production defects and record solutions to prevent such defects in upcoming releases.
• Followed change management process for all changes that impact schedule, cost and effort through MRRB Modification request review board meetings
• Led 5% fallout TTOR(Ticket to Order Ratio) program for AVPN and MIS Confidential & Confidential services
• Extensively used Oracle database to test the Data Validity and Integrity for Data Updates, Deletes & Inserts.
• Extensively used Informatica Workflow Manager to run the workflows/mappings and monitored the session logs in Informatica Workflow Monitor.

QA Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Confidential & Confidential System Engineers to explain the current detailed problem and baseline the System requirements.
• Created Test execution plan for System Testing, Joint System Testing, Regression and End to End system testing.
• Regular monitoring, tracking and reporting of test run-rates by using IBM Test Process method.
• Setting up of CISCO/JUNIPER routers and switches for testing team by working with Confidential & Confidential network lab team.
• Periodically updated skill level matrix of all the test team members and propose an optimal training plan.
• Conducted trainings, mentored test team members on scope of upcoming features.
• Measuring various Service level agreement metrics and taking corrective action plan by conducting Look ahead meetings (LAM) after each release.

Application Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Confidential & Confidential System Engineers to explain the current detailed problem and baseline the System requirements.
• Prepared design document using SRD.
• Code and Unit Test the project feature in Java/Apache Tomcat Server.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project test team and the customer. Provide day-to-day Project status to the customer.
• Participated in review meetings.
• Sending daily status reports to PM and clients.