SUMMARY

• Working as a Software Test Lead with 7 years of experience in Software Testing, Client/Server, stand - alone, ETL, Data warehouse and web based applications.
• ISTQB certified tester.
• Experienced in Quality Assurance for Web based, Client/Server applications, ETL, Data Warehousing using Manual and Automated test execution.
• Experience in integration testing using SOAP UI tool.
• Extensive experience in domains such as Telecom, Insurance and Rational suite.
• Excellent knowledge of Agile & Scrum development environment, waterfall model and iterative model.
• Experience in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) (designing, debugging, testing, Documentation, maintenance and enhancement).
• Experience in using UFT framework for automation testing.
• Experience in Manual Testing Regression Test Scripts withFitNesseTool and Automating them by coding in Java.
• Use SQL and PL/SQL to extract data to perform Data integrity testing.
• Proficient in Defect management, including Defect creation, modification, tracking, and reporting using Industry standard Tools like Quality Center(QC )11,/ALM,JIRA, Clear Quest, RQM(Rational Quality Manager), Tele logic’s Change Synergy.
• Expertise lies in Functional testing, Manual testing, Executing Automated test scripts, Back end Testing such as web services, browser compatibility testing, Regression testing, User Acceptance testing(UAT), System testing, Integration testing and Black Box testing.
• Extensive experience with test management tools like HP Quality Center (QC), Rational Clear Quest (CQ) for test planning, test designing, test analysis, test execution, defect tracking and test results.
• Developed Complex database objects likeStored Procedures, Functions, Packages and Triggers using SQL and PL/SQL.
• Having excellent problem solving and analytical skills and experience of test plans, strategy and Procedures throughout the life cycle of a project from specification reviews through to user Acceptance.
• Proficient in development, execution, maintenance of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Specifications, Test Scenarios and Traceability Matrix.
• Extensive experience in using Testing tools such as WinRunner, QTP, LoadRunner, TestDirector/Quality Center, Fitnesse, and Microsoft Stress tool, Fitnesse, Rally and Apache JMeter.
• Familiar with the use and working of Rational Requisite Pro for requirements management.
• Good experience in Authoring and Reviewing test cases.
• Excellent Communication, Analytical and Interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platform / Oss: Windows, Unix

Applications: MS-Word, MS-Excel

Database: WinSQL, Confidential DB2, Oracle, Green Plum.

Change Management Tools: JIRA,Change Synergy, Rational Clear Quest

Certifications: ISTQB.

Scripting: Basic VB scripting knowledge

Rational Tools: Rational Quality Manager, Rational ClearQuest, Rational Manual Tester, Rational Functional Tester

Others: Soap UI, Frevvo, Omniture, Tivoli Security Compliance Manager, QTP, Rally, Change Synergy, Beyond Compare, Win SQL,PL/SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Raleigh NC

Technical test lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the requirements and develop the test cases based on functional requirements and system specifications.
• Prepare of Test Plan and detail the test scenarios for functional testing.
• Identifying risks and mitigate.
• Suggesting few functionality for business to implement based on the previous experience in the application.
• Performed backend testing with SQL queries usingFitnesseSlim tables to perform CRUD operations.
• Executing the testing using automation framework, finding Xpath for object identification and parameterizing the data.
• Good experience in working with onsite-offshore team model projects.
• Prepare test data for positive, negative, stated and unstated test scenarios.
• Prepare traceability matrix to cover all the functional and system requirements during test planning phase.
• Continuously review team’s schedule and progression during execution phase.
• Provide periodic status reports to all stakeholders at an established frequency.
• Production testing.

Confidential

Technical Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the requirements and develop the test cases based on functional requirements and system specifications.
• Prepare of Test Plan and detail the test scenarios for functional testing.
• Identifying risks and mitigate.
• Good experience in working with onsite-offshore team model projects.
• Prepare test data for positive, negative, stated and unstated test scenarios.
• Prepare traceability matrix to cover all the functional and system requirements during test planning phase.
• Supported UAT/FitNesseteam through providing data and test execution.
• Continuously review team’s schedule and progression during execution phase.
• Provide periodic status reports to all stakeholders at an established frequency.
• Production testing.

Confidential

Technical Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the requirements and develop the test cases based on functional requirements and system specifications.
• Prepare of Test Plan and detail the test scenarios for functional testing.
• Identifying risks and mitigate.
• Good experience in working with onsite-offshore team model projects.
• Debugged automation framework using Visual Studio 2013 attached toFitNesserunning processes
• Prepare test data for positive, negative, stated and unstated test scenarios.
• Prepare traceability matrix to cover all the functional and system requirements during test planning phase.
• Continuously review team’s schedule and progression during execution phase.
• Provide periodic status reports to all stakeholders at an established frequency.
• Production testing.

Environment: Portal applications like Streetscape, Wealth Central.

Confidential

Technical test lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the requirements and develop the test cases based on functional requirements and system specifications.
• Prepare of Test Plan, Test Strategy and detail the test scenarios for ETL testing.
• Provide Test Estimation.
• Define the schedule to match Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodologies depending on the project undertaken.
• Identifying risks and mitigate.
• Good experience in working with onsite-offshore team model projects.
• Prepare test data for positive, negative, stated and unstated test scenarios.
• Implemented Continuous Integration principles and practices for the Common Services Platform using Maven, Jenkins, ClearQuest, JUnit, DBFit,FitNesse, Atlassian JIRA
• Prepare traceability matrix to cover all the functional and system requirements during test planning phase.
• Continuously review team’s schedule and progression during execution phase.
• Provide periodic status reports to all stakeholders at an established frequency.
• Validate the data files from source to make sure correct data has been captured to be loaded to target tables.
• Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) data from legacy systems using Informatica.
• Identify errors during ETL execution.
• Cleanse the data and identify any potential data mismatch.
• Validate the ETL Informatica mappings and other ETL Processes (Data Warehouse Testing).
• Troubleshoot, resolve and escalate data related issues and validate data to improve data quality.
• Participate in testing Business Objects reports against requirement and design specification documents by running the SQL queries.

Environment: Oracle 10g, Green Plum 4.2, Confidential DB2 9, XML Files, Flat Files,csv file, Informatica Power Center 9.5.1, SAP Business Objects.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Development, preparation and execution of functional & regression test cases.
• Documentation and reporting of the test results.
• Analysis of Test Cases & interaction with developers in the resolution of testing incidents.
• Performing Failure/Bug Reporting in Telelogic Change Synergy, validate test results during the bug closure activities.
• Monitoring and follow-up the defect reports.
• Executing regression test cases in QTP.

Environment: Windows 7, Unix, Power Builder.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deriving test requirements from functional requirements and Use Cases.
• Writing test cases, carrying and guiding the execution of Functional testing of the portal.
• Testing of the Universal Content Management feature.
• Experience in Weblogic Portal testing using Administration console.
• As part of integration testing team, tested web services using SOAP UI.
• Individual and team status updates via triage calls.
• Peer reviews of the test cases.
• Browser Compatibility testing.
• Testing of the Survey management using Frevvo and Omniture tools.
• Managing coordination between development and testing teams.
• Lead the team in the absence of Team Lead.
• Defect Reporting using defect tracking tool "Clear Quest" and "Rational Quality Manager".
• Core Regression Testing, System testing and Sanity tesing.

Environment: Java portlets, Java Swing, Java Applets, Oracle, Web Services, Web based application.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer/Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

• Being the first level of contact in the project for Quality management tools, I was responsible to maintain activities without any escalations.
• Understanding the existing schema and suggesting new changes to make it more user-interactive.
• Perform regression testing to make sure that the changes applied in the schema/tool upgrades do not affect the functionality of the existing Application.
• Writing test cases to perform regression and component testing.
• Interacting with the clients and understand the business requirements.
• Guiding teams & suggesting how to handle the problems & critical issues.
• Coordinating with the developers and application users to bring back the system to BAU.
• Providing trainings to project teams to improve the understanding and working of the tools and deploying them into their projects.
• Primary contact point for Confidential Rational ClearQuest within the team and in charge of handling issues within the tool.
• Have given knowledge transition to several members within the team.
• Attending weekly status meetings, preparation and distribution of MOM.
• Generating ideas and suggestions, monitor team activities & getting involved with them to provide good support to resolve any issues.
• Maintaining Quality Standards as per the Company & Clients policy.

Environment: Rational tools.

Confidential

Security Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identifying the GAPs and changes in the policy based on the accounts received for the month.
• Changes found will be modified in the tool using SQL Queries.
• Customize changes in the Test system and importing them to the Production system.

Confidential

Security Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Drive manual and semi-automated / automated health checks, identify deviations, exceptions and non-compliances.
• Implementing the security policy (GSD331 & ITCS104) that Confidential has set for its internal and Client's Infrastructure.
• Address the non-compliant issues.
• Retrieving the Security settings by logging into the servers manually and identifying the deviations.
• Preparing Local Work instructions for the process which would be helpful for the team to follow.
• Checklist creation.