SUMMARY

• 9+ years of experience in the field of Telecommunication mainly in Century Link (Qwest) with major focus in Network Fault Management System (NFMS), VoIP ordering, Telecom Billing System and various Telecom systems
• Over 7+ years of experience in QA testing & coordination with diverse teams including Offshore
• Over 4+ years of experience as a QA Lead and manage team including Offshore
• Experienced in estimation and resource allocation/distribution of tasks and achieving both individual and team deadlines.
• Expert in creating Test Management, Execution and Defect Management in Quality Center
• Experienced in Back - end testing using tools like SOA Test and BUS (TIBCO) Tester and performing Data Validations using SQLs, XML Verification.
• Experienced in Front-end testing of SDP Ordering, NFMS and PTAP applications of Century Link (Qwest)
• Performed Static testing on requirements in Caliber RM.
• Have worked in QSDP (Qwest) and Scrum methodologies.
• Have been trained on CMMi and Six Sigma
• Have completed SCJP,Oracle-SQL Certification

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: IBM Mainframe OS390, WINDOWS XP,HP-UX, Linux

Software: Java, COBOL, JCL, DB2, IMS-DB, PL/SQL, TIBCO Rendezvous 7.2

Tools: Requirements Mgmt (Caliber RM, Doors), Test Mgmt (HP Quality Center), Test Automation (HP Quick test professional 9.2), Build (Build forge), SOA Test,Netcool, Unix Terminal (Putty), Mainframes( ENDEAVOR, DUMPMASTER, INSYNC, CTM, NDM, REMEDY, SYNCSORT, DB2A, DB2I, QMF, INSYDB2, TELON, XPTR, DB2A, GDG, JHS, RAC, JES, ISPF, TSO), XSD,XML,HTML, Dev Tools (Eclipse)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Lead /Senior QA engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating test cases & test plan using Quality Center
• Member of Defect Change Control Board
• QA Strategist which requires analysis of over 8000+ screens with infinite variables and permutations.
• Leading exploratory testing offshore efforts and tracking results.
• Documenting and validation of defects in Rally, SharePoint and StarTeam.
• Analyst on Infrastructure/Conversion Agile Scrum Team, providing project estimates, Gap Analysis, Risk Assessments, and Traceability.
• Worked on HL7 messages scripts

Confidential

System Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in doing estimation on Test effort
• Involved in Resource allocation
• Have allocated tasks to the team and helped in resolving any issues that the team encountered in achieving the goal
• Managed 10 member team
• Managed my team's knowledge Q site
• Involved in automating Regression test cases using QTP.
• Created detail Test Plan and Test Summary
• Involved in creating test cases & test plan using Quality Center and run automation test cases using QTP
• Collected and analyzed Quality metrics,suggested changes based on the analysis
• Ran test cases in Quality center and attached test results.
• Raised defects in Quality Center and discussed the testing process with developers
• Have done Back end base data testing using SQL queries through Toad/Squirrel
• Co ordinate with user and facilitate and support on User acceptance Testing
• Monitored network events and alarms using Netcool Network management tool
• Testing alarms using simulator and lab devices through Netcool and Rule engine
• Have done Static Test on business requirements and IT requirements
• Have done risk based testing on various critical releases
• Ran UNIX Batch processes using shell scripts and verified results in log files
• User SOAP tool to test front end GUI functionality.

Environment: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional 9.2,Caliber SOA Test Tool, XSD, XML, Netcool

Confidential

QA Analyst/ Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Development and Business team to discuss the design and testing aspects of the applications to design the Test Plan.
• Translated the Business requirement document and Functional requirement document into test cases using Mercury Quality Center and Prepared the Test plan.
• Attended daily status meetings with project management on testing update, coordinated with developers to resolve defects, and verified defects
• Tested using PARASOFT SOA test tool for Point of Sale application testing
• Tested the SOAP XMLs and WSDL files using Tool XML spy and POST XML
• Used SQL queries to retrieve data from tables and to perform back-end testing.
• Supported client’s UAT testing, provided assistance in resolving the issues related to several backend systems.
• Worked on PUTTY to log into UNIX systems to check the info logs and error logs
• Input the data into modified XML interfaces, and accessed the logs to find the defects.
• Environment: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional 9.2, Doors, SOA Test Tool, XSD, XML.

Confidential

Sr. Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Identifying application test requirements, requirements verification, developing detailed test plans based on the system requirement documents and functionality in place.
• Involved in automating Regression test cases sing QTP.
• Analyzing test results, and organizing and presenting test results and other reports and recommending corrective action.
• Prepare SDLC documentation for IT Processes
• Creating and updating test matrices and regression testing of newly implemented applications ensuring a smooth production environment migration.

Environment: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional 9.2, Caliber RM, Build forge, HP-UX, LINUX