PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Eight Years of robust QA Analyst & Business Analyst experience. Highly expertise entire SDLC which includes requirement gathering, analysis, Quality Assurance & Testing. Achieve QA objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews, preparing and completing action plans, identifying and resolving problems, and determining coordinating system improvements. Ensures delivery against goals and objectives, meeting commitments and overall quality assurance. Experience with documentation and training schedules with a strong knowledge of each phase of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Experienced in using Waterfall, and Agile methodologies in diverse business domains of Healthcare, BFSI and Content Management & E - Commerce Domains.
• Proficient in gathering and converting User Requirements into Business Requirements and Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and expert in using Modeling tools such as Rational Rose and Microsoft Visio for requirements modeling.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication, and documentation skills along with good process management skills to gather requirements.
• Committed, Dedicated & Self- motivated, proven leadership capabilities and time management skills. Proven track record of adding significant value while following a structured project management methodology.
• Maintains Regression Suite to simplify and streamline Regression testing of future releases
• Mapping business requirements, Measuring Risk & translating these requirements into functional specifications and detailed test plans to ensure maximum efficiency in various operations.
• Creating data for associated project by using an in-house developed tool, customized data to cover the positive as well as negative scenarios.
• Performed Pre User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before application is being accepted to go for the actual UAT by actual end users.
• Coordinated well with QA, Dev and business team for the defect review, evaluation and acceptance.
• Performed Impact Analysis for the change requirements and created initial Impact Analysis Document (IAD) for other teams to refer.
• Experience in creating technical documents like Test Case templates, Effort Estimation, Traceability Matrix, Metrics, Defect Report and Test Summary Report
• Expertise in Functional, Regression, Performance, System, Integration and UAT testing for GUI, Functional and Backend processes
• Experience in Application Server IIS (Deployment)
• Expertise in testing one or more environments for mainframe, distributed or open systems based Applications.
• Project planning and project management experience involving onsite/offshore team working in different time zones.
• Experience with Test Automation tool like HP-QTP
• Expertise in Test Management tools and Defect Tracking tools like ALM, Quality Center, Team
• Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).
• Experience in managing test assets using HP ALM as Site Admin
• Experience in utilizing source control and version control systems.
• Flair to adapt to new technologies, self-starter, good communication and interpersonal skills
• Manage offshore testing team by closely monitoring the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same to QA Reporting Manager.
• Spearheaded project planning sessions with managers, business analysts, Development and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed QA solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Methodology Std. V: Model, TMap Next, Risk Based & Agile (XP/Sprint) Automation Testing Regression script execution & maintenance using HP QTP.

Domain BFSI, Healthcare, E: commerce & Content Management

Process CMMi V1.3, ISO9001: 2009 & PCI.

Testing Tools: HP s Quality Center/HP ALM, Rational CQTM, TFS & MTM

Software Technologies: Agile Test, SQL/DB Testing & Mobile App/Site Testing

Protocols: SOAP, Http & Https

HP Quality Center/ALM: Developing Test Plan, Creating/Executing Automation/Manual Tests, Designing Test Steps, Importing QTP Tests, Creating Test Sets, Analyzing Test Results, Designing Custom Reports.

VSTS: TFS

Create Manual / Automation: Test Cases, Execute Test Cases from Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), Defect Tracking.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jersey City, New Jersey

Sr. QA Analyst/Module Lead

Environment: Informatica 9.5, Business Objects 4.1, Qlik View Dash boards, IBM DB2, Tidal, Unix, Putty, HP ALM 11.00, SQL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Functional Requirement Specifications and System Requirement Specifications.
• Coordinated with Business Analyst ETL Specification Document walkthrough with offshore team.
• Preparation of test scenarios based on mapping documents.
• Developing test plan, test cases, test data based on functional and non-functional requirements (i.e. Interfaces) to test the graphs.
• Developed Complex SQL queries to verify report data with the source and target system
• Working with Fact and Dimension tables and Surrogate keys and version numbers for test validation
• Executing Data validation, Data merging, Data cleansing and Data aggregation based test cases.
• Validated the Summary and detail reports with drill down options
• Identifying report defects and subsequently validating the fix, repeating the process until done.
• Perform Sanity Testing, Data Driven Testing & Ad-hoc Testing when required. (As on demand/as on required).
• Perform system testing to ensure the validity of the Report requirements and mitigation of risks prior to formal acceptance.
• Performed Interface and Integration (SIT) Testing
• Assisted business users to execute UAT test scenarios and test data as part of JVT (Joint Validation Testing)
• Perform Defect Management using HP Quality center for logging, tracking & resolving the defects
• Monitor Testing Activities within the team and report regular progress to the Test Manager.
• Generating Testing Activities reports like team wise Reports, individual and phase wise completion reports from HP ALM.
• Closely worked with development team for coordination and thus ensures successful, high quality releases.

Environment: DB2 v 9.7, TOAD 5.1 for DB2, Informatica Powercenter 9.1, UNIX AIX 6.1, UDB 9.7, Informatica TIDAL, SQL, HP ALM 11.0,Business Objects & IBM Mainframes

QC Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understand the user request and requirements
• Setting up roles and permissions for QC users
• Trouble shooting is one of the core activities on encountered issues of macros, uploading or downloading and during creating and updating project info in ALM.
• Customizing and configuring project as per project requirement
• Creating Defects Metrics, Test Execution Report, Performance Report etc.
• Customizing dashboard/reporting module
• Compatibility Verification & Confirmation of Patch upgrade implementation
• Importing documents onto ALM like Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab & Defect tab
• Exporting Reports from ALM like Defects Metrics, Test Execution Report, Performance Report etc., using Macros.
• Creating and Assigning Domains, Projects, Users & User Roles as per project requirement
• Updating/Modifying Domains, Projects, Users & User Roles as per project requirement
• Unlocking, locked Users of particular projects.
• Prompt response on demand across the Bank requirement and need.
• Verifying and confirming performance of ‘Configuration Management’, ‘Service Design Management’

Confidential, Reston, VA

Sr. QA Analyst & BA

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirements and functional spec.
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Involved in the requirement and design analysis and interacting with Business analysts
• Manage offshore testing team by closely monitoring the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same to QA Reporting Manager.
• Spearheaded project planning sessions with managers, business analysts, Development and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed QA solutions.
• Creating data for associated project by using an in-house developed tool, customized data to cover the positive as well as negative scenarios.
• Involved in documenting the work flow for the projects and schedule meetings with QA Heads as part of QA deliverables to the Client.
• Participating in requirements and agile sprint planning meetings to gather and review project requirements.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing and Regression Testing (Manual & Automation) on stage and pre-prod environments.
• Reporting defects and Tracking using Bugzilla and Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Providing project wise status to all stake holders in daily scrums and weekly status reports to QA Managers.
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing and the conducting walkthrough on knowledge for offshore team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem Report, Test closure reports and other QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: Microsoft .NET, Share Point, Windows 7, SQL Server 2008, TFS, Bugzilla, Web services, XML, Windows 7, and BizTalk server 2010.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. QA Analyst/Onsite Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the BRD document for test requirements.
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Involved in the requirement and design analysis and interacting with Business analysts
• Manage offshore testing team by closely monitoring the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same to QA Reporting Manager.
• Spearheaded project planning sessions with managers, business analysts, Development and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed QA solutions.
• Creating data for associated project by using an in-house developed tool, customized data to cover the positive as well as negative scenarios.
• Involved in documenting the work flow for the projects and schedule meetings with QA Heads as part of QA deliverables to the Client.
• Participating in requirements and agile sprint planning meetings to gather and review project requirements.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing and Regression Testing (Manual & Automation) on stage and pre-prod environments.
• Reporting defects and Tracking using HP QC/ALM and Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Providing project wise status to all stake holders in daily scrums and weekly status reports to QA Managers.
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing and the conducting walkthrough on knowledge for offshore team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem Report, Test closure reports and other QA Metrics Reports

Environment: Microsoft .NET framework 2.0, IIS 6.0, Share Point, Windows XP, MS SQL-2008, HP QC/ALM, VSS, PC-Deo / RAdmin / Dameware & Clientele

Confidential

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, walkthrough the requirement spec with functional team.
• Test planning and strategy preparation
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Deployment and Performing SMOKE Testing, Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using TFS.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing and Regression Testing.
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports
• Closely monitor the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Functional team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem report, corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare and publish test closure reports and QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: SQL Server 2008, SharePoint 2010,.net 3.5, c# 3.0, TFS 2008, asp.net, Ajax, Selenium & Web driver 2.28.

Confidential

Sr. QA Analyst/Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, walkthrough the requirement spec with functional team and QA Team
• Test planning and strategy preparation
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Develop and automate End-to-End scenarios (Regression & Smoke testing)
• Involved in stabilizing the Automated Functional Scripts, developed using QTP, to handle various data load, validation, retrieval and re-usability scenarios.
• Used VB Script for developing the automation scripts
• Identify Reusable Components and Create Functions & Procedures for building the Generic/Functional Library files.
• Develop and Implement Shared Repository Concept across the modules.
• Maintain the Automation Test Scripts to meet the release deliverables and Project Requirements
• Develop Master Setup Scripts
• Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using HP QC 9.1.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing, Regression Testing & UAT Support
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Closely monitor the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same.
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Functional team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem report, corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare and publish test closure reports and QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: HP-QTP, HP - QC, spring, JSF, JBOSS, Oracle10g, Windows-XP, CVS, Citrix Server

Confidential

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data requirements
• Perform SMOKE Test
• Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using IBM Rational CQTM.
• Perform Functional Testing, SIT, Regression Testing & UAT Support
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Functional team (SMEs).

Environment: IBM SOA Suites, Rational Tools (RMT/CQTM/FPT/RFT), Selenium (SMOKE Test), Functional and CIT, SIT and UAT Support