SUMMARY

• Over 14 years of diverse experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance and Testing Leading and managing software QA efforts for large, enterprise - wide programs, specializing in Trading and Capital Markets. Responsible for diverse portfolios, able to balance and prioritize complex tasks.
• Committed and proven track record of success in solving business problems and delivering quality systems on time and within budget.
• Seasoned QA leader with hands on test execution experience with large-scale platforms and corporate-wide conversion projects. Passionate about teamwork, test automation and standardization, efficient, cost-saving execution and delivering quality products.
• Solid leadership experience in managing QA functions, Interviewing, hiring recommendations, staff and external contractors and developing and mentoring junior staff.
• Experience in building and maintaining a Quality Assurance Metrics to measure the effectiveness of the QA process in various projects and presenting it to top management on a periodic basis.
• Instrumental in the development of several innovative initiatives to improve the quality of software developed and in the adoption of structured design techniques.
• Aggressive in keeping track of leading trends in the QA industry by taking relevant programs, attending conferences and participating in seminars related to Quality Assurance
• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Quality Assurance (QA) process, and Software Test Methodologies
• Experience in working with Waterfall Model and Agile software development environment
• Expert in Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Smoke, User Acceptance and Backend testing.
• Solid experience in developing and executing Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Data and Test Cases
• Solid experience in maintaining Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to measure the testing progress
• Participated in Business Impact Analysis for new projects.
• Expertise in problem solving and bug tracking reports using bug-tracking tools.
• Good knowledge of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
• Detail-oriented, organized, multi-focused and have the ability to understand and communicate technical information
• Ability to prioritize critical situation and meet project milestones and deliverable dates.
• Good Process Management skills with remarkable ability in testing and to bring out quality products.
• Provided Test Estimates for various phases of the project.
• Directed all phases of testing.
• Pioneered innovated team building and cross-functional programs to expedite workflow, simplify process

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Systems: Windows, UNIX (Solaris)

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, HTML & Java, JDK, Eclipse, Coldfusion, Powerbuilder

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase

Test Management and Defect Tracking Tools: Test Director, JIRA and Seapine - TestTrack and Test ManagementAutomated Testing Tools HP Quality Center, ALM, Quick Test Professional, Selenium IDE, Selenium web driver, FitNesse, IBM Rational

Others: Wiki, SharePoint, Content Server- Digital document management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Planned and managed testing efforts for the suite of FHLB-OF applications.
• Led staff in understanding requirement documents and business flow to create test cases and test plans.
• Developed multiple innovative techniques involving different test methods throughout the project life cycle. Managed and led by example in functional testing, system testing, integration testing, Regression testing and load testing.
• Created detailed Test Strategy, Test Plan after analyzing business rationale and software requirement artifacts.
• Prepared a comprehensive User Acceptance Test Plan in compliance with standards and procedures.
• Played a key role in the planning and testing the system enhancements and conversions.
• Participated in Agile development of projects. Participated in story estimation, task breakdown and end-to end Testing of the Application.
• Obtained Business user sign of for Requirements and sign off after the UAT testing.
• Used Seapine Software tool - Test Track for Defect Tracking and Test case Management.
• Write SQL queries to perform data validation, verification, reasonableness and negative tests.
• Involved in testing of different applications OF move and during data center move.
• Involved in production implementation and provide post implementation support.
• Managed defect logs for the entire test team using Test Track.
• Conducted walkthroughs and spearheaded defect meetings periodically to assess the status of the testing process and discussed critical areas.
• Participated in status reporting meetings and interacted with development team members to discuss and resolution planning for technical issues.
• Ensure that the project deliverables conform to quality standards established in the project quality plan.
• Maintained Quality Assurance Metrics for the QA efforts for the Management.
• Create Root Cause Analysis report for the customer site issues.
• Assisted in performing Internal Audits.
• Ensure that the test documentation and testing is carried out according to the company specifications and standards.
• Interviewed and hired contractors and full time employees for projects.
• Involved in and Accreditation compliant process to create different processes and internal guidelines.
• Created presentations to train business users and end users.
• Managed contractor resources as well as Junior QA staff members.
• Testing of the FHLB-OF public website navigation, usability and flow of data to the website.
• Ran manual Multi User Test efforts to establish Performance Base Lines.
• Involved in a multiyear Regression suite automation effort. FHLB has over 20 applications that need regression testing due to new changes, Server upgrades, database upgrades and infrastructure upgrades. It took well over 1200 hours to regression test the suite of applications.
• With the automation effort the test execution time was brought down to less than 300 hour.
• Suggested the critical application and paths which need to be automated and created data scripts to support automation.

Confidential, Dulles, VA

QA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Business Analyst in developing extensive test cases based on Core requirement documents (CRD) and Core design documents (CDD).
• Designed Test Plan and Test Cases using Test Director.
• Worked extensively with the Developer, Business Analyst, Infrastructure technicians and Business users in identifying problems, helping in determining root causes and working on meeting deadlines.
• Exported and imported excel and word test script documents from and into Test Manager.
• Regression testing was performed for subsequent versions of the application
• Verified data integrity by Backend testing of the application by writing SQL queries using SQLDbx.
• Used Home grown tool called BLT (Bug logging tool) for Bug Reporting.
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) for different modules of the test applications.
• Prepared test status reports during test execution process.
• Participated in weekly meetings and walkthroughs with the management team.

Environment: XML, Sybase, Test Director, Linux UNIX, J2EE.SQL, Windows XP, BLT

Confidential, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plan based on business requirement documents (BRD) and technical specifications (FRS).
• Reviewed and analyzed Use case diagrams, class diagrams and activity diagrams developed using Rational Rose.
• Used RUP to increase team productivity throughout SDLC.
• Designed Test Plan and Test Cases using Rational Test Manager.
• Exported and imported excel and word test script documents from and into Test Manager.
• Regression testing was performed for subsequent versions of the application
• Verified data integrity by Backend testing of the application by writing SQL queries.
• Used Rational Clear Quest for Bug Reporting.
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) for different modules of the test applications.
• Prepared test status reports during test execution process.
• Participated in weekly meetings and walkthroughs with the management team.

Environment: Java, JSP, JDBC, HTML, XML, Sybase, Oracle, RUP, Rational Rose, Test Manager and Rational Clear Quest