SUMMARY

• 9.8 years of overall experience 1.4 years onsite (USA) experience in Software Quality Assurance & Testing as QA/Lead working wif onsite and offshore teams in Investment Bank, Anti - virus Product Testing domain wif and thorough understanding of STLC and SDLC.
• Expertise in Tri Party Repo, Global Collateral Management, Portfolio Optimization, Trade Life Cycle, Trade Settlement, Depositary Receipts, Corporate Actions, Forex Settlement, Investment banking, Broker Dealer Service, Swaps, Fixed Income Securities and Credit Risk, Swift Messaging.
• Performed manual testing including Black Box and White box testing.
• Performed functional validation of SWIFT Messaging (MT 54x, MT10x, MT20x) using Mainframe CICS and execute automation scripts.
• Develop automates scripts for Global credit line monitoring screens using Selenium.
• Strong exposure in Functional, UAT, System Integration, Sanity, Regression, Security, Performance, Back out, Data Migration, Implementation support and in Automation Testing tool Selenium.
• Experienced in using HP Quality Center (ALM) as a complete test management tool starting from Requirement creation to Dashboard generation.
• Used IBM Clear Quest, JIRA and HP Quality Center (ALM) as defect tracking tools.
• Proficient in Business Requirements Analysis, Release Management and validating and determining gaps in functional specifications.
• Expertise in deriving QA Estimation and Maintenance of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure coverage of requirements.
• Experienced in defining Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Estimates, Acceptance Test Cases, Verifying and Validating Web/Windows applications and Documentation of documenting complex test and business scenarios based on standards for Software Development and TEMPeffective QA implementation in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and generation of Test Metrics such as Root Cause Analysis and Orthogonal Array.
• Extensively involved in status reporting, metrics collections, risk impact assessment and mitigation plans
• Excellent troubleshooting abilities using log verification in UNIX
• Expertise in querying and testing RDBMS such as Oracle, MSSQL and Sybase for data integrity
• Good expertise in creating estimation methods such as Dependency Structure Matrix and getting Impact Analysis reports from Dev Team
• Exceptional leadership skills in terms of task allocation, monitoring test progress, running defect status meetings and escalating at the right time.
• Well versed in Estimation and Drafting of Test Cases and execution of Test scripts in HP Quality Center ALM (in V-Model, Waterfall and Agile (Scrum and Sprint Planning) testing methodologies)
• Experience in V-Model, Waterfall and Agile (Scrum and Sprint Planning) testing methodologies
• Expertise in HP PPM, MS SharePoint, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Access, Rational ClearQuest, CVS, Visual Studio.
• Proficient in managing Bug Life Cycle, Defect tracking, responsible for test deliverables, status reporting to management, issue escalations
• Experienced in leading a 10-15-member team.
• Exceptional Client interaction skills, Task Allocation and Resource Management skills
• Experienced in communicating wif Business units and external testing teams for gathering test data and test execution
• Expertise in handling Audit for projects and in the preparation of Test process documents.
• Experience in leading offshore Teams across different locations.
• Excellent communication, presentation and written skills, self-starter, quick learner, team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: V-Model, Waterfall, SDLC, Iterative, Agile Unified Process

Language Proficiency: SQL, UNIX

Operating Systems: Win 95/98/XP/2000, 7, 8, UNIX

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 10.0, 11.0 and 12.0, JIRA, Clear Quest, Selenium, CICS Mainframe CICS

Testing Tools: HP PPM, Lotus Notes, Rapid SQL, Clear case, MS Access, Microsoft Sharepoint, QTP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - New York

Project Leader QA

Environment: Java, HP Quality Center, ALM, Clear Quest, Rapid SQL, UNIX, V MODEL Methodology, Lotus Notes, HP PPM, Windows, Mainframe CICS

Responsibilities:

• Run automation scripts for the Mainframe CICS functional validations.
• Validate Swift Messages MT 540 - MT 548, MT 527, MT 558, MT 569 using Mainframe CICS.
• Simulation of client instructions from ICO to Repoedge and Accessedge via MSGRTR, GTM BMC and GSP using CICS Mainframe.
• Validation of settlement instruction MT 544 to MT 547 from clients to the BDS proprietary tool MERVA, ICO, GTM, MSGRTR, GSP, BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge and validate the functionality of Swift messages using CICS mainframe.
• Developing new forms on the proprietary tool MERVA wif new codes for Business Users in Mainframe CICS.
• Work wif Global Business Team to provide knowledge transfer on new changes on proprietary tool MERVA, MSGRTR, GTM, GSP, BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge.
• Validate Trade Settlement and Payment methods in integrated test environment and validated the ACK and NAK messages.
• Develop and update the Selenium automated scripts based on the requirement changes for Credit line monitoring screens.
• Validate End to End Validation of trade life cycle in domestic markets for (DTC, FED etc.) and global depositories (Euroclear etc.), CREST and GSP markets.
• Validation of the trade settlement forboth DVP and RVP (new trade settlement and trade wif end date as today).
• Used Repoedge to validate the Backend - tool for the bank's trade, securities (including. fixed income securities) details stored and settled.
• Validate the trade settlement in Accessedge - Front end tool for all trades.
• Validation in GCM Plus (Global Collateral Management) - Tool to initiate/modify and cancel the trades. (Bulk load).
• Validation in Swift Message Driver in Unix - tool to created trades.
• MERVA (Message Enabling & Routing Various Applications) - Mainframe tool to create trades using fixed income securities domestic and global.
• GTM (Global Transaction Management) - Mainframe tool to map the account for the trading.
• GSP (Global Security Processing) - Mainframe tool for Global trade settlement system
• IMMS (International Money Management System) - Mainframe tool for Cash transactions
• MQ Series (Message Queue)
• BMC (BDS Message Capture) - used vi editor to load trades in MQ's and validated the processing of fixed income, equity trades etc.
• Validated the trade lifecycle and monitor the credit line of each client (Morgan, Goldman etc.) before and after trade settlement to reduce the bank’s exposure on auto cash.
• Simulation of client instructions from ICO to Repoedge and Accessedge via MSGRTR, GTM BMC and GSP.
• Validation of settlement instruction MT 544 to MT 547 from clients to the BDS proprietary tool MERVA, ICO, GTM, MSGRTR, GSP, BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge.
• Developing new forms on the proprietary tool MERVA wif new codes for Business Users.
• Work wif Global Business Team to provide knowledge transfer on new changes on proprietary tool MERVA, MSGRTR, GTM, GSP, BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge.
• Understanding Business Requirements and providing test estimates.
• Creating, updating and reviewing test plan, test strategy, test cases, test scenarios, test data and functional test matrix.
• Conduct review meetings wif Business operation team and Development team and provide sign off of the documentations.
• Defining End to End Testing Approach and Test Strategy.
• Approve Build Notices, Change requests and Release Notes using ClearQuest and HP Quality Center ALM and Support the Release and Deployment process.
• Conduct weekly meetings, create Defect tracking report, Testing Progress charts and Scorecard reports providing bird’s eye view to define project health for higher management.
• Coordinate UAT efforts between Management, Operations, Development and BUC group
• Involved in Risk Management (Identifying and mitigating the risks associated wif testing).
• Maintaining stable test and production environment, creating test cycle, executing tests, defect tracking and analyzing test results for the projects.
• Understanding project design and implementation by conducting the code change meeting wif dev and testing team and facilitate the QA team to understand the impacts on BAU workflows.
• Performing Functional, UAT, System Integration, Sanity, Regression (Selenium), Performance, Back out testing and Database testing.
• Created SQL queries (DDL and DML statements) to perform database validations
• Generating defect status report using Quality Center and running the defect status meeting wif QA, Development and Business team.
• Generating testing status reports and charts using HP Quality Center ALM and distributing to all project stakeholders.
• Verify Unix logs and xml files for trade processing
• Optimized the usage of HP Quality Center ALM by using Requirements to Dashboard modules.
• Mentoring, coordinating and assigning tasks to the offshore team
• Designing and planning for performance load testing and tracking test metrics for the same.
• Verifying the testing process is followed throughout the testing phase and maintaining supervisory policies and procedures for the product.
• Provided complete QA support for UAT, Client testing and Production support.
• Preparing for third-party party Audits.
• Providing test sign off and Implementation support.
• Demonstrating about the application and supporting BNYM clients like Morgan Stanley, Barclays, JP Morgan Chase and other clients.

Confidential, New York

Project Leader QA

Responsibilities:

• To Conduct User Acceptance testing in customer’s environment by using my expertise in the Bank’s Proprietary tools and applications.
• Work along wif Business Operations people to create test plan and test cases for User acceptance Testing.
• Provide knowledge transfer on proprietary tools MERVA, GTM, GSP, ICO, MSGRTR, BMC, Repoedge, GCM Plus and Accessedge.
• Developing tools for the client instruction simulation form MERVA and ICO wif new format codes on MT 540 to MT 548 client and market confirmation instructions.
• Developing tool in GCM plus and Swift message driver for new pending instructions of MT 540 to MT 543 client instructions.
• Validation on Repoedge table and configuration updates wif respect to the market confirmation instructions.
• Developing scripts for load testing on the proprietary tool Repoedge, Swift Message Driver and GCM Plus.
• Validation of new connectivity between Merva, MSGRTR to Repoedge and Accessedge proprietary tools.
• Validation on the new MQSeries on each proprietary tool MERVA, MSGRTR, GTM, GSP, BMC and Repoedge.
• Validation on the new MQSeries on each proprietary tool ICO, GTM, GSP, BMC and Repoedge.
• Validation of trade creation in Accessedge wif respect to the client instructions wif the new codes in proprietary tool MERVA, MSGRTR, GTM, GSP, BMC and Repoedge.
• Validation of client instructions wif the new format changes wif respective to the GTM and Repoedge new workflow.
• Simulation of client instructions from MERVA to Repoedge and Accessedge via MSGRTR, GTM BMC and GSP.
• Simulation of client instructions from ICO to Repoedge and Accessedge via MSGRTR, GTM BMC and GSP.
• Validation of settlement instruction MT 544 to MT 547 from clients to the BDS proprietary tool MERVA, ICO, GTM, MSGRTR, GSP, BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge.
• Developing new forms on the proprietary tool MERVA wif new codes for Business Users.
• Work wif Global Business Team to provide knowledge transfer on new changes on proprietary tool MERVA, MSGRTR, GTM, GSP, BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge.
• Participate in Project & Process Review Meetings, Project Status Meetings.
• Development of Test plan and Test cases wif the given requirements.
• Maintaining Requirement Traceability Matrix for the Projects during the Testing Phase
• Validation of the application to provide test results before proceeding wif functional testing.
• Provide Project Status Report to Team leaders, Onsite Project Managers.
• Raising Defects found during SIN Execution in Clear Quest and tracking them to closure.
• To work wif business user in the peer review process of test deliverable to ensure complete test coverage.
• Work wif UAT team in Brussels by providing demo of the proposed system thereby facilitating UAT sign off.
• Provide signoff on SIN executions and support production implementations.

Confidential, New Jersey

Project Leader QA

Responsibilities:

• To Conduct User Acceptance testing in customer’s environment by using my expertise in the Bank’s Proprietary tools and applications.
• Work along wif Business Operations people to create test plan and test cases for User acceptance Testing.
• Developing tools for the client instruction simulation form Repo Edge wif new format codes on MT 569 instructions.
• Developing scripts in GCM plus for new MT 569 instructions.
• Validation on new MT569 instructions for BNYM format in mainframe CICS applications.
• Validation on Repoedge table and configuration updates wif respect to the market confirmation instructions and new depositories.
• Developing scripts for load testing on the proprietary tool Repoedge and GCM Plus.
• Work wif Global Business Team to provide knowledge transfer on new changes on proprietary tool BMC, Repoedge and Accessedge.
• Participate in Project & Process Review Meetings, Project Status Meetings.
• Development of Test plan and Test cases wif the given requirements.
• Maintaining Requirement Traceability Matrix for the Projects during the Testing Phase
• Validation of the application to provide test results before proceeding wif functional testing.
• Provide Project Status Report to Team leaders, Onsite Project Managers.
• Raising Defects found during SIN Execution in Quality Center and tracking them to closure.
• To work wif business user in the peer review process of test deliverable to ensure complete test coverage.
• Work wif UAT team in Brussels by providing demo of the proposed system thereby facilitating UAT sign off.
• Provide signoff on SIN executions and support production implementations.