SUMMARY

• 12 years of experience in Quality Assurance in Manual and Automated testing.
• Excellent work experience in Rally, Quality Center. Experience in Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Experience in Salesforce Administrator tasks. Good knowledge of Salesforce objects and security model.
• Domain expertise in Financial Credit Card System. 8 years of domain experience in Confidential Card Systems.
• Certified SAFe Practitioner. Experience in Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans and Test Cases, Verifying and Validating various applications and Documentation based on standards for Software Development and effective QA implementation in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Expert in developing Test Plans, Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Steps. Involved in extensive testing of Mainframe and web application. Experience in Iteration, Release, User Acceptance, Back - end, Regression, Functional and Performance testing.
• Involved in writing and enhancing script. Performed Bug and Defect reporting using reporting tools such as Rally, Quality center and HPALM. Involved in maintaining Test Matrix. Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience with Web Application testing. Experience in developing business based functional test scenarios. Expertise in Problem solving and Defect Tracking Reports using Defect tracking Tools. Scheduling, assigning task and coordinating with teh team members.
• Expertise in End-to-End, Functional, Integration, Backend and Regression, UAT Testing. Excellent problem solving skills and testing experience in complex Business systems. Involved in testing methodology.
• Handling Projects with Multi-Vendor & cross-functional teams.
• Estimating, Planning teh testing effort layout for given engagement.
• Manpower/ Resource Management for meeting teh testing requirements.
• Possess Strong analytical and Problem solving skills. Worked as team member as well as Independent. Involvement in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in writing Test Strategy, System test plans using Microsoft Project Planner (MPP), and defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts and documenting all phases of QA process.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HPALM, Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Rally

Methodologies: Scale Agile (SAFe), SDLC (Waterfall, Agile)

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 98/00/Vista, IBM z/OS, Unisys.

Databases: DB2, IMS, MS SQL.

Languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, EZYTRIEVE, SQL, C, C++.

Other Tools: Salesforce, TOAD, MS Project Planner (MPP), MS Office, Visio, MS Project, MS SharePoint, Clarity & IPMS (PMT), Change Man, Expeditor, FILE AID, Abend-Aid, Control-M, IOF, SPUFI, IMS-File-Aid, DB2-File-Aid, Jobtrac.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Test Manager

Tools: /Technologies: Rally, Salesforce, HPALM, Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, SDLC (Waterfall/Agile), Manual and Automation Testing IBM Mainframe Testing, Web Services Testing DB2, IMS, Ms SQL, COBOL, JCL, MS Project Planner (MPP), MS Office, Visio, MS Project, MS SharePoint, Clarity & IPMS (PMT), FILE AID, SPUFI, IMS-File-Aid, DB2-File-Aid, TOAD

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed System specifications, design, development and execution of Test Plans and Test Cases for Manual testing.
• End to End Test data Setup and Maintenance across multiple releases.
• Involved in various phases of Iteration, Release, regression testing, integration testing and system testing.
• Tested teh Mainframe and Web Applications for all teh functionalities. Organized and managed planning and execution of Test Cases and tracking and fixation of teh errors/defects using Rally.
• Interacted with teh developers and other team members to ensure high quality software. Played a key role in timely delivery of teh product.
• Created Test Strategy document and Test Execution Plan. Delivered Project Matrices like Defect Reports, Test Coverage, and Test Execution Reports.
• Estimating, Planning teh testing effort layout for given engagement.
• Manpower/ Resource Management for meeting teh testing requirements.

Confidential

QA Test Lead

Tools: /Technologies: Quality Center, SDLC (Waterfall), Unisys Mainframe, COBOL, MS Project Planner (MPP), MS Office, Visio, MS Project.

Responsibilities:

• Conducted walkthroughs and reviews with designers and developers to establish quality policy conformance. Involved in teh development of system test plan and test scripts using business and system requirement documents.
• Tracked bugs and performed regression testing of teh entire application once teh bugs are fixed.
• Prepared teh Execution plan and assigning teh Task to coordinates with teh Delivery of WSR (Weekly Status Report) and MSR (Monthly Status Report)

Confidential

QA Test Lead

Tools: /Technologies: Quality Center, SDLC (Waterfall), IBM Mainframe, DB2, IMS, Ms SQL, COBOL, JCL, CICS,, MS Office, Visio, FILE AID, SPUFI, IMS-File-Aid, DB2-File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Control-M, IOF, SPUFI, Jobtrac.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Writing Test Cases and used Quality Center for Mapping Test Cases with teh Requirement and Test case execution.
• Prepared test status reports and Execution plan during test execution process. Written SQL scripts to pull teh data from teh existing database based on teh business rules and updating teh database tables for teh Backend Testing.
• Interacted with teh developers and other team members to ensure high quality software. Played a key role in timely delivery of teh product.

Confidential

QA Tester

Tools: /Technologies: Quality Center, SDLC (Waterfall), IBM Mainframe, DB2, IMS, Ms SQL, COBOL, JCL, CICS,, MS Office, Visio, FILE AID, SPUFI, IMS-File-Aid, DB2-File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Control-M, IOF, SPUFI, Jobtrac.

Responsibilities:

• Extensively involved in analyzing business and functional requirements. Involved in preparing Test strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases and Test data. Involved in reviewed teh Use Cases and other functional requirement documents for testability.
• Involved in functionality, regression testing, integration testing and system testing.
• Close interaction with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and flow.

Confidential

QA Tester

Tools: /Technologies: Quality Center, SDLC (Waterfall), Ms SQL, MS Office, Visio, UI Testing.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in functionality, regression testing, integration testing and system testing.
• Close interaction with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and navigational flow. Perform teh Back-End integration testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries
• Attended various defect team meetings with teh developers, business team and teh management team to discuss major defects found during testing, enhancement issues and future design modifications. Involved in preparing all test deliverables for each release cycle.