OBJECTIVE:

To work in an organization as Quality Control specialist, which gives me an opportunity to prove myself and provide me a learning atmosphere where, I can learn, Upgrade and grow professionally.

CAREER PROFILE:

• Total 15+ years of IT/QA experience in Functional testing.
• Have9+ yearsof domain expertise inCards & Payments, Banking & FinanceATM /POS/MasterCard simulators.
• Expertise in Problem - solving, Team Management and implementation of software testing projects.
• Successfully managed projectson various technical platforms in Banking, Financial Services (Card & Payments) Domain.
• UsingMainframe systemto pull the batch reports and access DB2 database.
• Access the Batch Report for all the financial/reversal/adjustment/chargeback and many more.
• DB2 Subsystem: Access the AMS table to mapping the PAN Number.
• Stand in Monitoring System:Stand-In processing occurs when a transaction cannot reach the Issuer system for some reason.This usually occurs when this Issuer is signed-out for maintenance.
• Global Clearing Management System (GCMS): GCMS is system to process the transaction for clearing side.
• Expertise in Functional Testing and different testing types - Sanity/Smoke, Regression, Integration, Usability, Compatibility, Installation and Database testing of applications.
• Coordinate and organize regression testing suites to complete all testing in within timeframe.
• Validation and Transaction monitoring statistics through splunk.
• Having an experience of Agile development methodology - Rally tool.
• Good understanding of MasterCard’s payment processing systems with ISO 8583 formats.
• Hands onexpof Database testing for financial app and web App.
• Having expertise inMHETDGtool for creating IPM file for Payment Clearing Testing.
• Having expertise inAlloytool forAuthorisationRequest for PaymentAuthorisationTesting.
• Having expertise in MHE/SMARTData tool for Setting Card Rules/ Controls.
• T3-Switch system: T3 is web Payment testing tool simulator to initiate the transaction.
• Well-versed with SDLC, Waterfall, Agile-Scrum methodologies.
• Hands onexpof Database testing for Financial app and web App.- Data validations, Validating DB constraints, Data Integrity, Query based testing using DDL, DML, Joins
• Experience in Web service testing usingJMetertool.
• Expertise in handling all phases of Software Test Life Cycle- Test Planning, Test Design.
• Hands onexpof maintaining Test Plan, Business Flow Diagrams and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Involvements in Project kick off meetings, JAD Sessions,inter team discussions and client’s interactions.
• Expertise in analyzing the system requirements from SRS, Use Case, FRD, BRD and existing applications
• Expertise in designing business test scenarios, test cases (Functional, ITF, MTF, UAT), Test Data for validating the financial applications and/or other web-based applications.
• Execute test cases, log defects and re-test defects.
• Involvement in peer reviews of the test scenarios, test cases and test data prepared by team members.
• Coordinating with BA, Development team and PM for Defect Analysis on Test Result
• Involvement in Defect analysis, Defect categorization.
• Team handling and management, task distribution and allocation among QA team.
• Creating and submitting various Project andDefect metricsreport to client on weekly and monthly basis.
• Conduct defect Review meeting and status report to Manager.
• Understanding ofTest Metrics.
• Worked on technologies likeJMeterfor POSTMAN API Testing.
• Provide Financial service Messages throughSWIFT Alliance(Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)
• Create Test Planning & Resource Allocation
• Project Management
• Work on ad-hoc/exception requests, transactional monitoring, and client reporting.
• Technical Delivery / Release Management
• Test & Software Development Process Improvement
• Leadership & People Management (onshore)
• Candidate Interviews, Hiring and on boarding process
• Training Plans for on boarding Resources
• Guide and mentor the teams on technical aspects.
• Preparation of Integration Plan document and submit document for client approval.
• Identify the root cause of the issues and providing a permanent solution.
• Work with the client in proposing solutions for the overall stability of the applications
• Exposed system automation and performance testing.
• Able to guide and mentor the teams on technical aspects.
• Coordinate with onsite and offshore team during, testing and manage day to day activities.
• Coordinate with client and vendors in case of production issues.
• Prepare documents for test design processes and post implementation documents

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Card/Payment Environment Languages: COBOL 85TAL, C++, JAVA, TACL,Enscribe, Pathway,CpTAL, JAVA, SCOBOL.

Database: Oracle 10G, Toad

Tools: ALM 11.0,Tandem (HP Non-Stop server),Guardian NSK, Non-Stop Pathway, NS SQL,Enscribe, DDL, Enform, Inspect,Spoolcom, Peruse, Batch Com, VHS and TACL,Tandem MDS Development Switch, MHE (Member Host Emulator),IBM Mainframe, T3-Switch web Emulator, TMSCOM, REG NICS, Alloy Tool

Server: HP Nonstop Blade Server,TDG tool (Creating IPM file)

O/s: HP Nonstop Blade Server

Operating Systems: Windows 7/XP/ Linux- Ubuntu, 10 Enterprise

Languages: ASP.net

Databases: Oracle 10G, Toad, SQL server 2008

Case Tools: JMeter2.4 API Testing Tool, Postman API web tool, SWIFT Net

Web Related: WebLogic, WebSphere, HTML, XML

Tools: & Utilities: Quality Center 9.0, ALM 11.0, MS-office, Mantis (1.3.1), Jira, SVN 1.3, Putty Client. Test Link, Bugzilla

Test Mgt. Tool: Quick Test Professional (QTP) 9.2

Version Control Tools: GIT, MS Visual Source Safe 6.0, Sub-Version (Tortoise SVN) 1.3

Agile Project Tool: Rally- Agile project management tool

Domain Knowledge: Card & Payment, Banking Investment Banking and Automobile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
• Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.
• Create or maintain databases of known test defects.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
• Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.
• Requirements Gathering and Analysis
• Work with the Business Analysts to prepare functional test strategy & specification during the project requirements stage. Perform, Integration Testing.
• Guide and mentor the teams on technical aspects.
• Retest the entire bug after Fixed that may arise in Testing and production.
• Deployment of the enhanced modules.
• Work on reviews of Technical Deliverables during the project verification phase and Quality Control phase.
• Preparation of Integration Plan document and submit document for client approval. Implement client revisions and comments.
• Perform Regression testing on the deliverables.
• Identify the root cause of the issues and providing a permanent solution.
• Work with the client in proposing solutions for the overall stability of the applications.
• Exposed system automation and performance testing.
• Able to guide and mentor the teams on technical aspects.
• Coordinate with onsite and offshore team during, testing and manage day to day activities.
• Coordinate with client and vendors in case of production issues.
• Prepare documents for test design processes and post implementation documents.

Confidential

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
• Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.
• Create or maintain databases of known test defects.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
• Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.
• Requirements Gathering and Analysis
• Work with the Business Analysts to prepare functional test strategy & specification during the project requirements stage. Perform, Integration Testing.
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
• Retest the entire bug after Fixed that may arise in Testing and production.
• Deployment of the enhanced modules.
• Work on reviews of Technical Deliverables during the project verification phase and Quality Control phase.
• Preparation of Integration Plan document and submit document for client approval. Implement client revisions and comments.
• Perform Regression testing on the deliverables.
• Identify the root cause of the issues and providing a permanent solution.
• Work with the client in proposing solutions for the overall stability of the applications.
• Exposed system automation and performance testing.
• Able to guide and mentor the teams on technical aspects.
• Coordinate with onsite and offshore team during, testing and manage day to day activities
• Coordinate with client and vendors in case of production issues.
• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Prepare documents for test design processes and post implementation documents.

Confidential .

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design test scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Test system modifications to prepare for implementation as per release schedules defined for MasterCard.
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
• Follow Quality Control processes in the department. Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
• Ensure adequate test coverage in Unit Testing, System Testing/Integration Testing and Performance Testing.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
• Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance to mitigate risks.
• Co-ordinate with client side and manage day to day activities.
• Experience inInControlPlatform and architectural implementation nature and expansion scope.
• Able to guide and mentor the teams on technical aspects
• Develop test programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
• Well-versed with SDLC, Waterfall, Agile-Scrum practices and acquainted with CMMI standards.
• Deep knowledge on Web Services and REST-like services - XML over HTTP, SOAP (WSDL) & REST (Rest Kit)
• Exposed system automation and performance testing
• Experience with SQL, PL/SQL, Unix Platform, Shell Scripting, Fusion tools.
• Performing Clearing Testing via TDG tool for creating IPM file.
• Coordinating with Development team for Defect Analysis and communication test result.
• Organize the status meetings and send the Status Report (Daily, Weekly etc.) to the Client
• Manage the Jira (defect tracking) database for all testing phases (update, follow-up and escalate overdue issues).
• Deploy theInControlcomponent and Web application on testing server.
• Coordinating with onsite team member to deliver the quality product.

Confidential

Sr. Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Understanding.
• Member of UAT Team.
• Regression testing of application in multiple cycles to test the functionality.
• Defect Reporting and Validation using bug tracking tool Quality Center (9.0).
• Created/UpdatingTest cases according to the FS and URD
• Execution of Test cases.
• Coordinating with Development team for Defect Analysis and Communication test result.
• Working on Financial service Messages throughSWIFTAlliance.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Understanding.
• Member of UAT Team.
• Regression testing of application in multiple cycles to test the functionality.
• Defect Reporting and Validation using bug tracking tool Quality Center (9.0).
• Created/UpdatingTest cases according to the FS and URD
• Execution of Test cases.
• Coordinating with Development team for Defect Analysis and Communication test result.
• Working on Financial service Messages throughSWIFTAlliance

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Understanding.
• Regression testing of application in multiple cycles to test the functionality.
• Database testing to validate the multiple functional scenarios
• Creating of different types of test cases (System, Integration and UAT).
• Defect Reporting and Validation using web-based bug tracking tool Mantis (1.3.1).
• Manage central Repository for QC activities/artifacts using SVN.
• Created Test coverage Matrix according to the SRS and Use Case.
• Deployed the web base application on testing server.
• Status Reporting.
• Involvement in peer reviews of the test cases and test data prepared by team members.
• Team handling and management, task distribution and allocation among QA team

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Requirements understanding.
• Regression testing of application in multiple cycles to test the functionality.
• Database testing to validate the multiple functional scenarios
• Creating of different types of test cases (System, Integration and UAT).
• Defect Reporting and Validation using web-based bug tracking tool Mantis (1.3.1).
• Manage central Repository for QC activities/artifacts using SVN.
• Created Test coverage Matrix according to the SRS and Use Case.
• Deployed the web base application on testing server.
• Status Reporting.
• Involvement in peer reviews of the test cases and test data prepared by team members.
• Team handling and management, task distribution and allocation among QA team.

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Requirement understanding.
• Regression testing of application in multiple cycles to test the functionality.
• Database testing to validate the multiple functional scenarios
• Creating different types of test cases (System, Integration and UAT).
• Defect Reporting and Validation using web-based bug tracking tool Mantis (1.3.1).
• Manage central Repository for QC activities/artifacts using SVN.
• Created test coverage matrix according to the SRS and Use Case.
• Deploy the web base application on testing server.
• Status Reporting.

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Understanding.
• Regression testing of application in multiple cycles to test the functionality.
• Database testing to validate the multiple functional scenarios
• Creating of different types of test cases (System, Integration and UAT).
• Defect Reporting and Validation using web-based bug tracking tool Mantis (1.3.1).
• Manage central Repository for QC activities/artifacts using SVN.
• Created Test coverage Matrix according to the SRS and Use Case.
• Deployed the web and window base application on testing server.
• Status Reporting.