SUMMARY:

• Intensive SQL skills (SQL tools include PL/SQL, Toad, Hyperion, AS400), extensive use of XML and Web Services(including Soapscope, Maui Driver, etc.), report testing, automated test script creation(using WinRunner/QTP and in - house tools, some Python using XML), extensive test document and test case creation, Quality Center
• Clearquest, Jira, RM Track, Linux.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Middleboro, MA

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for test strategies, test plans, test scripts, meetings, end user documentation and with Manhattan customized supply chain software for this successful Fortune 500 company. End-to-end Testing is part of the project life cycle - interacting successfully with end users, business partners, colleagues, developers, project managers and managers.
• Use of SQL to analyze the data comprehensively, through the entering of Purchase Orders through many steps and systems to the final invoicing and tracking of the purchased items, from vendors, to warehouses and stores. AS400 platform, RM Track used for defect tracking.

Confidential

Voice Automation QA Engineer

• Working extensively on a large complex project for main client, Samsung, which involves voice recognition, speech flows and phone screen design, long and complex test cases. Tested in English, French and German; Jira used for defect tracking.

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led testing of an extremely complex (approximately) 20 million dollar Credit Risk Data consolidation project. Tested 12 sources of data, and historical data from prior banks, in order to create a comprehensive database to be used by analysts using the SAS analytics tool, which will greatly increase the company’s ability to make risk decisions. Tested via SQL,
• Hyperion, wrote two test plans, tracked numerous aspects of the testing process. Came in late, came up to speed extremely quickly to contribute to completion.

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tested complex Maintenance Items, quickly coming up to speed in order to test them successfully. working closely with the business and developers, writing complex test cases.
• Applications tested include DART and TOPS. Helped write scripts in BOLT (in-house automation tool), testing applications used include Quality Center, ClearQuest. Wrote a test plan for a 529 Omnibus project, participated in design meetings. Allocated 100% on 3 Cost Basis projects.

Confidential

Senior SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed many Production installs and Production tests, efficiently and successfully. Came up to speed immediately and became a main contributor of data research for the development group, backend testing, performing around 500 test cases per test cycle, documented results, resolved test issues.

Confidential

Senior SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating test plan document, backend and frontend test cases/document, importing to Quality Center, and executing test cases, using SQL, XML, and the new front end.
• Interacted with the business group closely, on my own discovered more functionality that needed to be added and addressed to prevent financial risk to Fidelity.
• Was called on to help set up complex corporate actions for several groups, including Performance testing groups.
• Coordinated meetings for the QA teams, including off-shore teams, followed up on all discussion items, interacting closely with the developers, the project manager, and the business groups, and test environment manager, edited project and technical documents.

Confidential, Boston, MA

S enior SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for FX, pricing, compliance, and Fixed Income modules of the transaction Software.
• Designed, developed and executed manual test cases, including back end data validation utilizing SQL queries.
• Modified automated test cases using SilkTest.
• Designed test cases for FX Performance enhancement phase of GTS, participating heavily in the organization, and execution of the Test portion of this project.

Confidential

Senior SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Testing product: Global Plus(SunGard), a multi currency portfolio accounting system that utilizes real time trade date reporting, stores information at the account and portfolio levels, and contains information such as investment strategies, preferred brokers, fees, investment processing, income distribution and cash management.
• Lead UAT QA on project for the client Deutsche Bank: Successfully designed and wrote test plans, designed and executed tests, and documented test results for Global Plus and interfaces with it, in this case, the NSCC. Responsible for testing all phases of mutual fund open order file movement out from State Street, through the fund company(worked with Confidential, the test partner), to the NSCC and back to State Street. Also performed test setup for the SIT phase.
• Lead QA on project for the client Deutsche Bank: Successfully designed and wrote test plan for a Global Plus end-to-end test, at the end of a 3-month long phase of software development. Responsible for: testing all accounting information at the account and portfolio levels; investment strategies, preferred brokers, fees, investment processing, income distribution, cash management, and nightly processes in one test.

Confidential, Boston, MA

SQA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed functional regression tests.
• Coded automated scripts for smoke, functional and data driven tests, using WinRunner.
• Executed automated and manual tests.
• Used SQA Robot to regression test the Bluesky application, Fidelity File, which would be used internally by Fidelity to track all aspects of sales of its mutual funds in the fifty states of the U.S. and Puerto Rico (Compliance).
• Also performed manual testing of this application and in the few months I was working on it, found many crucial defects (bugs) which helped verify that the application was unstable in a basic way. The application was canceled on 2/18/98(Compliance).
• Performed Year 2000 testing on FARG: Fund Analysis and Research Group (in the Common Data group in the Technology division of FMRCo) Web applications, which are geared for use by Fund Managers. Many Year 2000 date coding problems were efficiently found using a tool called Tracer2000, fixed and subsequently tested thoroughly. Also did the same for the INTELLECT application, tailored for use by Abby Johnson and others. Planned theYear2000 Desktop Project which is taking place at present. In this project MS Access, SQL queries, and UNIX were used profusely (Common Data). Worked from many Requirement Specification documents.

Confidential, Boston, MA

SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Tested FirstCall Advantage 5.0 Client, an electronic search tool that delivers original research documents direct from prominent brokerage firms to institutional investors around the world. Wrote major bugs, including elusive data discrepancy bugs which propelled the improvement of the product for Beta. Also tested the Web version of this product.
• After 2 months, assigned to an additional project of major importance to the company due to competitor product recently becoming available; called IEG, internal EPS, PE, PE/G calculation software, which is used by virtually every electronic search product at Thomson. Tested intricate aggregate calculations of several market indexes: industries, sectors, and universe calculations, using SQL.
• ·Also put on a CEO geared Web product, First Call Insight, that was under time pressure, and significantly contributed to the speed increase in its delivery.

Confidential, Boston, MA

SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for running Visual Test automated test scripts and setting up data for these scripts with Excel spreadsheets, in order to test PAS, Portfolio Advisory Services.
• Responsible for testing the investment process which included the printing of letters sent to PAS clients. PAS moved to a paperless environment, the process registered investment advisors use to manage multiple asset class funds and portfolios for Fidelity clients with minimum investments of $200,000.
• The product successfully went into production on time and on budget, and was received enthusiastically by the investment advisors who use it.

Confidential - Boston, MA

SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develops, delivers and manages investment portfolio management systems.
• Responsible for testing multi - currency investment portfolio management software, On-Site, a freestanding, in-house, fourth generation, client-server software product.
• Took on large project, European Staged Events Transactions, within weeks of starting at Shaw and did efficient comprehensive testing successfully, in compressed timeframe.