EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• 7+years of experience with software test lifecycle with extensive knowledge of QA.
• Equipped with in depth domain knowledge Banking, Retail and corporate payment system
• Hands on experience in Software testing methodologies including Agile, waterfall.
• Experienced with model based, Risk based testing methodologies.
• Experienced of Requirements analysis, writing Specifications, Test Plan, and Test cases.
• Adept at transforming business requirements into functional requirements and creating the test plan, test strategy.
• Experienced with Risk Analysis and mitigation plan
• Experienced in facilitating sessions, conducting walkthroughs, surveys, and questionnaires and brainstorming sessions with end - users, clients, stakeholders and cross application team.
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of test cases.
• Well expertise in Excel Marco scripting to automate the mainframe CICS/ TSO screen.
• Exceptional problem solving and sound decision making capabilities, recognized by alternative solutions, confident and accurate decision-making coupled with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to merge technical language and business language
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Domain Knowledge: Core Banking

Testing Methodologies: STLC, Waterfall, AgileTesting ToolsMercury Quality Center

Defect Tracking Tools: Clear Quest and DTS

Language: COBOL, JCL, SQLAutomation Tool VBB Excel Marco

Technology / Tools: Mainframe CICS/ TSO, JCLEducation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Test Lead

Confidential, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead in the Confidential for various modules
• Understanding the business requirement and provide the solution
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Input to test plan and test strategy
• Identification, assessment, and prioritization ofrisks
• Tracking of testing status, reviewing the defects.
• Responsible for completion of END to END testing
• Conducting team meeting to discuss progress, defect and road blocks
• Query resolution from team/cross team
• Review of testing artifacts and results
• Creation of testing sing off report
• Sing off of testing documents

Technology / Tools: Mainframe CICS/ TSO, JCL, Mercury Quality Center, DTS, Excel Macro

Test Lead

Confidential, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Test Lead in the Confidential
• Understanding the business requirement and provide the solution
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Responsible to organize training for new resource on board
• Worked with external interface ( Visa and Master) to send/ receive Test data
• Creation of teat bed and sanitized data
• Involved in Test Plan
• Responsible for completion of Smoke testing, functional and regression testing.
• Preparation of Lesson Learned document
• Sing off of testing documents

Technology / Tools: CICS, Mercury Quality Center, DTS and Clear Quest and Excel Macro

Test Lead

Confidential, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead in the Confidential for various modules
• Supporting PFAM lead to create various reports across application
• Understanding the business requirement and provide the solution
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Identification, assessment, and prioritization ofrisks
• Worked on Risk Based testing to optimized the required effort
• Reporting and effort forecasting to Confidential manager
• Worked with various analysis graphs and generated reports.
• Developed various reports and metrics to measure and track testing effort

Technology / Tools: CICS, Mercury Quality Center, DTS and Clear Quest and Excel Macro

Test Lead

Confidential, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead in the Confidential for various modules
• Understanding the business requirement and provide the solution
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Input to test plan and test strategy
• Identification, assessment, and prioritization ofrisks
• Tracking of testing status, reviewing the defects.
• Responsible for completion of END to END testing
• Conducting team meeting to discuss progress, defect and road blocks
• Query resolution from team/cross team
• Review of testing artifacts and results
• Creation of testing sing off report
• Sing off of testing documents

Technology / Tools: CICS, Mercury Quality Center, DTS and Clear Quest and Excel Macro

Test Lead

Confidential, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead in the Confidential for various modules
• Analyzing the Hogan Modules ( DDA, CIS/PKG,CAMS and RPM )
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Input to test plan and test strategy
• Identification, assessment, and prioritization ofrisks
• Tracking of testing status, reviewing the defects.
• Responsible for completion of END to END testing
• Conducting team meeting to discuss progress, defect and road blocks
• Query resolution from team/cross team
• Review of testing artifacts and results
• Creation of testing sing off report
• Sing off of testing documents

Technology / Tools: CICS, Mercury Quality Center, DTS and Clear Quest and Excel Macro

Test Lead

Confidential, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead in the Confidential for various modules
• Analyzing the requirement and the scope
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Input to test plan and test strategy
• Identification, assessment, and prioritization ofrisks
• Tracking of testing status, reviewing the defects.
• Responsible for completion of END to END testing
• Conducting team meeting to discuss progress, defect and road blocks
• Query resolution from team/cross team
• Review of testing artifacts and results
• Creation of testing sing off report
• Sing off of testing documents

Technology / Tools: CICS, Mercury Quality Center, DTS and Clear Quest and Excel Macro

Test Lead

Confidential, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead in the Confidential for various modules
• Analyzing the requirement and the scope
• Effort estimation and resources allocation for testing
• Input to test plan and test strategy
• Identification, assessment, and prioritization ofrisks
• Tracking of testing status, reviewing the defects.
• Responsible for completion of END to END testing
• Conducting team meeting to discuss progress, defect and road blocks
• Query resolution from team/cross team
• Review of testing artifacts and results
• Creation of testing sing off report
• Sing off of testing documents

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• • Worked as a Test Engineer in the Confidential
• • Involved in Test case creation and writing in QC, functional and regression Testing.
• • Preparing test data for execution
• • Execution of test cases, capturing the artifacts and summarizing these artifacts as baseline forcoming releases.
• • Involved in preparation of KSD (Knowledge sharing document) and Lesson Learned documentafter each release.
• • Worked on Quality center (Test management tool) and Clear Quest (Defect tracking tool).
• • Involved in Cross Training, Peer Review, Peer Conversation
• • Involved in preparing all Quality Process documents and Status reports for the Confidential .

Technology / Tools: CICS, Mercury Quality Center, DTS and Clear Quest and Excel Macro