SUMMARY

• Senior IT Professional with over Nine years experience in the IT Industry, having extensive expertise in development, testing and installation of software applications in the areas of WEB & Client/Server, Mainframe and other Open Systems like C, C++ etc.
• Specialized in QA Methodologies and testing of software components for Build/Release testing.
• Good Interpersonal and Analytical skills and an overall Team player.
• Specialized in writing scripts using SQA Team Test, RSW Tools, Mercury Tools and Compuware Tools
• Proficient in establishing Testng Methodology, Test Plan Design and Test Execution spanning various phases of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Performance of various types of Testing: GUI, Component, Functional, UAT, Integration, E2E, Regression, System testing and Automated Testing
• Experience in complete Software Testing life cycle: Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Regression, Integration and System Testing.
• Extensive experience in Designing Test Plan and Execution of Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, Test Reports and Documentation for Automated Tests.
• Extensive experience in UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
• Expertise in Writing Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts and documenting Test Summary Reports.
• Proven expertise in automated testing using tools QTP, Quality Center, Win Runner, and Load Runner.
• Experience in using Quality Center as a test management tool.
• Proficiency in FIX protocol.
• Experience in working with Trading and Order Management Systems.
• Experience in working with Market Data providers like Bloomberg, Reuters
• Excellent in meeting deadlines, attention to detail, time management and presentation skills.
• Experienced in Bug tracking applications like Quality Center, Bugzilla.
• Knowledge of Configuration Management tools - CVS, VSS.
• Experience in Functional and Performance testing.
• Establish and maintain productive working relationship with management, Clients and team members.
• Excellent written, communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent team player with problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, C, C++, VB,.Net

Web Technologies: JSP, Servlets, .NET,HTML, XML

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MicroStrategy

Scripting Languages: Java Script, VB Script, TSL

Web/ Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, Resin

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000, Unix, Linux

IDE’s: Eclipse, TOAD, Rapid SQL

Version Control Systems: CVS, VSS

Messaging: IBM Web Sphere MQ

ETL Tools: Informatica

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

BA\QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Confidential a real-time Point Of Sale customizable integrated software Solution for the retail industry with POS solutions and inventory management
• QA Analyst for a Point of Sale (POS) for retail management software application. This application handles all the retail industry modules from point of sale, purchase orders, Transfer, Sales Back office, Accounts Payable, Inventory Management, Data mining and Reporting.
• Test the new & existing functionality as per the clients schedules
• Work with Trainers(UAT) and Tech support team to resolve Issues.
• Develop and implement load ad stress tests with Performance Center and present performance develop and implement load and stress tests with Performance Center and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations fo how and where performance can be improved.
• Work with DBA for test data.
• Monitor and administrate hardware capacity to ensure the necessary resources are available for all tests.
• Test Plan &Case writing and modifications as per client modification requirements
• Manual Testing & Automation Testing using QTP
• Regression Testing using Automated Test Suite
• Running Test Suite using QC
• Creating detailed test plans, test cases and test script based on the Requirements
• Doing Functional, Integration and UAT testing on the applications from XP to Win7 OS.
• Attending status update meeting weekly basics on offshore and onsite
• Work closely with business analyst and developers
• Migrated (HP QC)to ALM
• Created Adhoc Testcases on ALM(QC)
• Morning meetings with Offshore team in India.
• Creating project status report and sending to the higher management.
• Tested Cognos\Tableau 8.1 Migration Reports.
• Created joints\updates\views on SQL (TOAD) for Daily Reports.
• Conducted Training for Tableau Reports to UAT users.
• Executed QTP Scripts on UAT Environment.

Confidential, NJ

BA\QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• 180 Applications are scripted on Windows 7 (64-bit ) standard image build, which includes (Solidworks, Siemens- UGNX and Solid Edge software, AutoCAD all Products with Network Installations, MPLAB, Drivers. Etc..) core applications Java 1.6,Adobe reader 9.0,MS office 2010, Symantec Antivirus.
• Involved on Active Directory administration for Blade Logic servers VMware virtualization 7.4.1.
• Compatibility testing carried out using the ACT tool kit 5.5 and standard test cases execution which includes the installation, uninstallation,, functionality testing and providing the compatibility status report.
• Install & Uninstall, Base Functionality and Core Functionality test cases from Compatibility test and Remediation Report for desktop/client server v 1.0. are used to test of Applications.
• Update the Compatibility test and Remediation Report for Web applications v 1.0.xls with the issues identified.
• Once the application is Certified for Windows 7 platform those will be send for re-packaging, UAT and deployment phases as part of windows 7 migration.

Confidential, NJ

Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed current MassMutual QA Methodology / Process by interviewing BA’s Project Manager’s, Test Managers, Testers, members of the Governance and Testing Center of Excellence. Proposed a QA Life Cycle that the Testing Center of Excellence recommends should be the standard for all QA departments throughout the organization.
• Recommended various metrics be gathered and edits to the existing Test Director Test Lab and Defect Templates in order to help capture Ambiguity Defects, Test Execution Prioritization and various stages of a Defect’s Life Cycle.
• Identified weaknesses with current Test Plan and Test Strategy Templates and made recommendations on how those templates could be improved.
• Support large Mercury LoadRunner/Performance Center load testing projects - scripting (recording, customizing and manually programming), test execution, tuning and results interpretation skills.
• Providing emergency support (24/7) for critical software deployments and package issues
• Maintaining and handling the request in Software Configuration Management
• Mentored current Test Managers on conducting Defect Triage Meetings, writing Test Plan, Test Strategy, Ambiguity Defect Reports. Recommend various training programs for current Test Manager Staff.
• Testing in user environment as per the process requirement.
• Extensively working on Windows Registry settings.
• Sound knowledge on Software Configuration Management.
• Creating different desktop and server build with respect to the vendor requirement
• Coordinating with vendor to provide successful package and deployment
• Analyzed studied functional specifications for the enhancement of existing functionality.
• Create Test Plans and detailed Test Scripts in QualityCenter.
• Created complex test scenarios that including End to End work flows.
• Expoted the scripts from Excel to QC and imported the scripts from QC to Excel.
• Executed Manual and Automation Test Scripts in QC Test Lab.
• Test Results are published into Excel Reports that will be distributed to the developers and Release Managers.

Environment: QualityCenter, QTP, Clear Quest, SCM(Software Configuration Management and Wealth Managements applications codes suchs as Java and C++….etc.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed studied functional specifications for the enhancement of existing functionality.
• Create Test Plans and detailed Test Scripts in QualityCenter.
• Created complex test scenarios that including End to End work flows.
• Expoted the scripts from Excel to QC and imported the scripts from QC to Excel.
• Executed Manual and Automation Test Scripts in QC Test Lab.
• Test Results are published into Excel Reports that will be distributed to the developers and Release Managers.
• Developed detailed system requirements for the sophisticated software supporting with different types of Wealth Management applications. Working with Merrill\ Confidential business analysts, system analysts, technical support and developers to understand the technical requirements and solutions.
• Leads the GPC Services and GPC Core Platform applications.
• Participated in the analysis, design and the preparation of application/system specifications for information system solutions, addressing business needs.
• Certifying the GPC Services release in the QA environment on SCM.
• Involved Shakedown testing using automated test scripts via Quality Center and QTP to do a high level validation of the QA environment when release is installed.
• Target testing of fixes or features contained in the new code being deployed using data provided by Clear Quest tickets or development provided test scripts.
• Regression testing of existing applications on the GPC Services and GPC Core platform using our existing regression scripts in Quality Center to insure that existing applications still function as intended and they are not broken as a result of the new release being deployed.
• All test scripts will be stored and executed using Confidential ’s instance of Quality Center. If any tests that can’t be performed by the CTS Testing Team that need to be tested by development teams will require a sign-off document.
• Created Entrance and Exit Criteria for QTP
• Involved in SIT Validations in QA1 and QA2 Environments.
• Involved in weekly QA Team Meetings.
• Involved in GPC Code Defect Meetings with Release Manger and developers.
• Creating the Ad-hoc test scenarios while testing the releases.
• Involved in Production calls on Friday Nights.
• Involved in Health Check Testing.
• Involved in QA\DarkPOD\Prod testing changing the host files.
• Coordinate the Offshore team in India and trained them with new applications.
• Defects will be entered using Clear Q.uest. An initial review of the issue will be done by CTS Testing Services to determine the cause for the issue - this may involve contacting development to look into the issue. If the issue is deemed to be code related the CQ ticket will be assigned to the development. If the cause of the issue is deemed to be environmental then the CQ ticket will be assigned to the QA Environment Support team. TASCC Testing Services will participate in defect triage meetings as required and will retest any issue after notification that the issue was fixed. CTS Testing Services will close all CQ tickets that have been retested and determined to be fixed.
• CTS Testing Services team will provide a daily status report to report testing progress. The following summary will be provided: efficient and cost effective solution for the system design considering existing systems, available technology. Designed and implement of a detailed systems test plan to ensure an accurate and effective product. Work with limited guidance on projects within the defined criteria. Provide solutions to a diverse range of moderately complex problems. Review the user acceptance test plans, UAT/Training support, and troubleshooting production issues.
• After certifying the release in SCM we will provide a Test Completion Report (TCR) that will contain a Risk and a Rating to determine if the release can move forward into production along with the details on what was tested.
• Helping otherteams when they required for additional help

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Clear Quest, SCM(Software Configuration Management and Wealth Managements applications codes suchs as TIBCO, Java,C++….etc.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst with Desktop Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Direction of PMO and business managers, written business/functional requirements and standards documentation for Accounting Applications.
• Create and maintain comprehensive test procedures for web-based applications and/or stand- alone applications.
• Developed QA department from Scratch and develop the Quality Assurance Procedures.
• Based on the Change Control Management requirements design and build phases of existing applications, created diagrams and workflows on Visio.
• Involved in testing different application within the IT department those are VPM(time and billing), Sales Logix(CRM-Sieble), 1099,Engagement 5.7, Caseware, MAS200, IDEA, Prosystem Fx, Citrix, Citrix VPN, Printernet(Infrastructure), Jhcohn internet site, Jhcohn intranet site, CCG site with in the intranet, HRIS, Qlikview (Reporting Tool), Cristal Reports, GoFile Room, Documentum.
• Executed Compatability testing on Office 2007 on Confidential LLP existing applications.
• Customize the Code for Practice Manager with Report Writer.
• Testing the applications in Windows 7 - platform / XP for admin and non admin users

Environment: Silk Performer, Silk Manager, Test Complete, VPM(time and billing), Sales Logix(CRM-Sieble), 1099,Engagement 5.7, Caseware, MAS200, MSI and WSI, IDEA, Prosystem Fx, Citrix, Citrix VPN, Printernet(Infrastructure), Jhcohn internet site, Prostaff, Jhcohn intranet site, SharePoint, CCG site with in the intranet, HRIS, Qlikview (Reporting Tool), Cristal Reports, GoFile Room, Documentum,Word, Excel. Office 2003 and Office 2007. Adobe Acrobat, HTML,MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Outlook, MS Visio, MS Word, PhotoShop, .NET, JAVA, Support Analyst and SnagIt

Confidential, Edison, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirement Documents and system Requirement Documents
• Involved Mainframe Decommissioning and Global Plus Implementation Project Meetings and created the requirements and prepare the Test plans and Test Cases for LVTS to Global Plus
• Maintained defect tracking and metrics, final assessments of the product on test.
• Involved in build approvals releases on QA Track and work independently within a team environment.
• User Testing with Equities/Options/Bonds and Stocks wich involved Wall Street Market Data received from Bloomberg.
• Validated the trades are processed to Global Plus.
• Data Validation on SQL for Data base queries with Equity Market Share and Compared the results.
• Tested Equity Trades with Large CAP/Mid and Small Cap Securities and International Trades with Foregin Exchange.
• Tested Compliance Group Trade/Bond Swap with Fixed Income Group Trading Tool will be introduced to replace the current AVG-based workflow. Trades from this tool will be posted in GP as block trades and Transaction Posting
• Data Validation on old mainframe systems with DB2 Database.
• Tested Trades that have same day or next day settlements will be posted to GP throughout the day as they are allocated and marked Trades that settle on T+2 and T+3 will be posted to GP toward the end of the day. Once posted, any modification to the tickets will not cause the trade to be reposted to GP. Deleting and recreating the tickets will cause the trades to be posted twice if the original trades were not reversed on GP.
• Tested with FX Simulator(FX Protocol) for FIX Messages defined by XML schemas to provide version .
• Tested Global Plus Modules Account Administration, Security Setup & Movement Cash Managemen, Custody(Operations) Automated Investments Corporate Actions & Income, Tax Information, Fees & Projections, System Administration.
• In addition to Transaction Posting Status Tool, an edit-like report will be printed each time transactions are posted to GP.
• Created New Security Set up via Bloomberg (Market Data) and Control desk will no longer assign the security number manually. QA should create the Security. After traders confirm the new security, it will be sent to GP with the next available number.

Environment: Quality Center, Load Runner, MS Project, Visual Source Safe, Vista, Windows XP, Power Builder, XML, Oracle and PLSQL, C and C++,DB2, Vision,Word, Excel.

Confidential, Jerseycity, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business, technical and performance requirements.
• Created Test plans and Test Cases for LVTS and LZ
• Analyzing functional specification, writing test cases in Quality Center.
• Involved in defect tracking and reporting.
• Used Quality Center as a test management tool and Rational Clear Quest as bug tracking tool.
• Working on various financial applications like Equity Trading and Trade conformation systems.
• Sending the instrument data from instrument data system iLite to Eagle Accounting system.
• Verifying the mapping and transformation logic of the instrument data from iLite to Eagle system.
• Booking the orders in Order Management System COMPASS.
• Sending the order from order management system to Equity trading system LVTS.
• Working with FIX messages for sending the trades to external systems.
• Involved in verification of the FIX messages.
• Troubleshooting the FIX messages.
• Verification of account, custodian data, instrument data and trade from in message queues.
• Verification of the in position tracking system (PTS).
• Performing Data base testing in Oracle and MSSQL.
• Performing data integrity testing by executing SQL statements and Performed backend testing using TOAD.
• Recommending the Scope of Automation work based on requirements.
• Developed automation scripts using QTP.
• Worked with Keyword Driven, Test automation Framework in Quick Test pro.
• Developed VB script for all the modules which need to be automated.
• Developed Descriptive Program for Objects, whose properties are dynamically changing.
• Testing the Backend with complex SQL queries on Oracle and MSSQL databases for data validation.
• Testing the trading messages by putting them in Message Queues using UNIX shell scripts.
• Using Quality Centre as a test management tool.
• Analysed and identified scenarios to be automated and developed automation tests accordingly.
• Created UAT TestPlan and Test Cases for Order Management System.
• Work with business stakeholders on UAT environment.
• Performed testing in UNIX environment by writing & executing Shell Scripts.

Environment: Java, LVTS, Compass, Eagle, Informatica, IBM Web Sphere MQ, FIX, Oracle, MSSQL, DB2, QTP, Quality Centre, Rational Clear Quest.

Confidential, Roseland, NJ

QA & Business Analyst - Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed System/Feature requirements and designed test specifications, test plans, Test scenarios & test cases.
• Provided Analysis & Test estimates for two features, specifically ACS (Access Control Service) and Client Wizard (Client Implementation Wizard) which consistently met 80% - 90% of actuals.
• Responsible for Portal/iSI (Internet Security) Integration Testing in multi-version environments, in QA, Staging and Production for several Core iSI Releases and for various iSI Engineering Upgrades related to Siteminder, Policy Server, Directory Server, Solaris and DB Clusters changes.
• Single handedly managed the Test Strategy, Test Design and Execution of a new Confidential product, Worksite Marketing/Employee Exclusives.
• Exclusive experience in Content Mangement in Portal Application .
• Participated in Feature Team meetings and Requirements/Analysis Reviews and provided valuable feedback.
• Performed DIT, Component, Functional, Integration and E2E Testing.
• Performed UAT(User Acceptance Testing) with Business and Confidential Client (i.e., Prudential)
• Mentored & coordinated a team of off-shore (India) QA Engineers to automate new feature Test Plans. Provided application walk-thru and resolved issues encountered by this team over the phone.

Environment: Web Sphere, Oracle, Test Director, Silk, Java, Rational Clear Quest, Windows95/98/2000/XP/NT, Microsoft Office

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performing UAT & IST Testing.
• Security checked in all Account selection Functionality and validated Error messages. Tested all functionality in searching for the product and tested ATM application in ATM machines.
• Developed Vuser Scripts for Load testing of the application using LoadRunner 8.0.
• Did Parameterization and Co-relation of the VuGen scripts to ensure the real time load conditions
• Participated in Functional Walk-Throughs to validate the Application Design against the Test Cases written.
• Involved in development of SQL queries to test data consistency. The defects found in the application were sent to the developer through e-mail and after fix the same defects were reassigned to the tester for regression test. Defect Reports were generated weekly.
• Data Validataion on Citismart with DB2.
• Involved in Testing the reports on Microstrategy Reporting Essentials tool for Concierge application.
• A separate Bug tracking process using Test Director 7.6 tool is being used to Track Bugs periodically.
• Involved in UAT testing with different regions on Confidential UAT LAB.

Environment: Mainframe, Java, EJB, Servlet, JSP, XML, JavaScript, Oracle, Oracle 9i App Server, Dreamviewer, JDeveloper, QTP and LodRunner 7.5, TestDirector.

Confidential - Montvale NJ

Business Analyst & QA

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Plans, Test Cases based on B.R’s for balance sheet work stream of the Basel II project.
• Defined thorough test Cases, test conditions that enabled successful implementation of major releases.
• Created Positive and Negative test data to exercise test case requirements.
• Provided many work-arounds during test cycle execution to keep testing time within schedule.
• Attended Business/Design walk-through meetings and by asking probing relevant questions helped identify
• Preparation of Test Plan and Test Scripts for the Automation of the Testing Process and generation of Test Scripts using Win runner Tool and integration of test cases into test plan template. Used Rational Clear Quest for defect and bug tracking.
• Involved in UAT Testing with business Stakeholders.

Environment: Oracle, VB.NET, Clear Quest, Windows 2000, SQL, MS Project and MS Office

Confidential, New York

Business Analyst & QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Written LoadRunner and WinRunner (TSL) scripts, to write custom functions and programs to support the load testing efforts, monitor resources to identify performance bottlenecks, analyze test results and report the findings to the clients.
• Designed and Developed Project Plans/Test ovide recommendation for performance improvements as needed. The group received high recommendations from the client groups that were supported.. plans using Microsoft Project 2000.
• Tested reports using Crystal Reports version 7.0
• All the Test Cases was written (in Test Director) based on the Used Cases and also involved in study of certain Business Process Transaction. Unit test has been under taken for certain critical functions in the module. System testing and Integration testing for each page in screen objects was taken care.

Environment: Oracle, Lotus Notes, PeopleSoft CRM (Customer Relationship Management), C++, Java, JavaScript, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Test Director, Crystal Reports, Unix, Avaya, Requisite Pro, Windows NT 98/95, 2000 with MSI and XP, SQL, MS Access, MS Project and MS Office

Confidential - Salem, NC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Written SQL Queries via TOAD and given training to UAT USERS
• Created the modification requests in Sablime software.
• Import the DATA from one data base to another data base
• Used WinRunner 7.01/Test Director/LoadRunner and Rsw Tools, E Tester/E Load/E Director for automated testing process.
• Trained co-workers in automation testing using WinRunner and Test Director.

Environment: Oracle 8.I, 8.I.6, C++, SAP, R/3, APO, QDMS Win Runner, Load Runner, Test Director, E Tester, E- Load, E-Manger, Informatica, Unix/Shell Scripts, QA Run, ATG Dynamo, ASP, HTML, and SQL Vignette, WebLogic, XML, Unix Sun Solaris 8, Windows NT and 2000