SUMMARY

• More than 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance including Automation and Manual Testing, in various critical applications, on various technologies, platforms and domains.
• Extensive hands on experience with automation tools Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro (QTP), and Test Complete, Selenuim.
• Well versed in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), SCRUM and Bug Life Cycle.
• Experience in Financial/Investment Domain like After Market Research, Fixed Income Trading, Equity Trading, ETF, Basket trading, CCM (Customer Communication Management), Insurance.
• Experience in testing applications developed using V - model, Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Experience working with the source control and versioning tools like VSS.
• Proficient in developing Test Strategies, Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases Design, Use Case Diagram and analysis of Test Results and Defect Tracking & Peer review of testing artifacts.
• Analyzed Requirements during Requirement Gathering and Design Phase, also Forecasting and Estimating future requirements.
• Experienced in testing Web based and Client Server applications under multi-browser environments.
• Interacted with different exchanges & brokers.
• Strong Experience in Black Box testing i.e. involved in different types of testing like Sanity, Functional, GUI, Regression, Integration, Performance, Concurrency, localization, System, Data Driven testing, Database Testing and User Acceptance Testing of Web based, standalone and client/server applications.
• Automated & Manual Test script execution.
• Experience in Test Management & Defect tracking tools like Quality Centre (QC), Team Track, Test Director, JIRA and Evolution.
• Good knowledge of LINUX and UNIX environment.
• Prioritizing areas of testing to meet deadlines, organizing walkthroughs and team meetings (JAD Sessions)
• Working experience of testing FIX protocol & FIXML.
• Working experience on Web Services based application with SOAP protocol & SOA Architecture.
• Experience in Working with databases like SQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle and MS Access.
• Securing sound knowledge in data modeling, designing and creating table/views, stored procedures, functions using SQL Server 2005/2008
• Expertise in backend testing using complex SQL queries.
• Have strong data validation skills using Oracle, SQL Server.
• Good experience in analyzing functional specifications and business requirements to derive user acceptance test conditions (UAT) with Use Cases, UML, Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions
• Ensured the timely delivery of different testing milestones with Batch Testing and Data Driven Testing very efficiently and effectively.
• File and Record Extraction using FTP/Import/Export in UNIX.
• Exposure to On-site and Off-Shore model.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Defect tracking tools: Quality Center 9.0/9.2/11.0/11.5 , Team Track, Test director 7.6/8.0, Evolution, JIRA 4.0

Automation Tools: QTP 9.5/9.2/9.0/8.2 , Win Runner 7.5, Test complete 2.0/5.0

Version Control: VSS 6.0

Databases: SQL Server 2005/2000, My SQL, Oracle10g/8i, MS Access, Sybase

Query Languages: SQL

Testing Language: Mercury Interactive TSL

Operating systems: Win 95/2003/XP/Vista, UNIX, Red Hat, Solaris, AIX

Knowledge: Web Services, SOA, Virtual Machines, Citrix, SOAP, FIX, File Zilla, SOX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NY

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plan that includes: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment.
• Provided Estimations for the QA (Testing) activities.
• Developed and executed regression suite, integration test plans and scripts related to new features and functionality on the application.
• Attended KT session with vendor in order to understand the functionality of the vendor systems (Flextrade/Ullink/CTAC/Fidessa)
• Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases in QC.
• Work closely with the Development team, Business Analyst, Support team, middle office team & back office team to insure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developed.
• Reported defects, updated the defect tracking system and work closely with the Development team to replicate and resolve any issues.
• Verified DMA & Care flow for cash desk, ETF desk, PT Desk, Desk to Desk route.
• Worked on Ullink Desk, Ullink Dashboard to place orders and checks logs.
• Validated Swift messages for one of the Ullink clients.
• Interacted with exchanges (XNYS, Exane, and XTSE) & brokers (KCG & ITGC) to validate business scenarios.
• Verified & Validated complete flow of orders from OMS to to the middle office system (POWER, CTAC & Force), Back Office system (Tiger, BPS), Order History System (OHS).
• Tested Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), Basket (Program Trading), Equity financial instruments for different desks like Cash, ETF, PB Swaps and Corporate Buy Backs.
• Tested Restricted list, Stock loan features, Foreign Trades (Canadian, European & Mexican).
• Validate Reconciliation process between OMS and Middle Office system (Power) using Multi Match tool.
• Verified Sales & commission flow from Middle office system (CTAC) to downstream system APOLLO.
• Done Algo testing for both US and Canada region.
• Done Health check (Sanity testing) in UAT environment before hand over to Traders.
• Verified & Validated Apollo reports (Sales & commission), OHS reports (Compliance) & Tiger reports (Back Office) by running shell scripts (UNIX server).
• Verified & Validated fix messages i.e. FIX field data validation.
• Tested GUI, Function Points and API Web services.
• Perform Functional Testing, Regression Testing, GUI testing, UAT testing & Database testing.
• Involved in daily white board status meeting, Weekly walkthrough and inspection meetings to verify the status of project including status of testing, development & BA tasks.

Environment: Quality Center (QC) 11.5, FIX v 4.4, Swift (MT standards), Putty, Unix server, JIRA, JAVA, Share Point, Oracle 11.5.0 (Toad), Flex Trade, OPTIME, POWER, OHS, CTAC, FORCE, APOLLO, Ullink Desk, Ullink Dashboard, Multi match.

Confidential, NY

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plan which include: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment.
• Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases in QC.
• Work closely with the Development team & Business Analyst to insure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developed.
• Performed both manual testing & automation testing for the same requirement.
• Tested CPC, Security admin & Rav manager applications by creating Broker, Asset manager firms & their user in Security admin, Accounts for them using Rav manager and by booking trade using clear port clearing application.
• Tested different Trade Strategies like Butterfly, Pack, Spread, Condor and Bundle.
• Created FIXML to book trade via both HTTP & MQ API interface.
• Tested GUI, Function Points and API Web services (Http & MQ).
• Attended BRD walkthroughs conducted by Business Analysts.
• Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Use cases to finalize the scope of the Test.
• Performed Sanity Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Integration, User acceptance testing, Data Base Testing and Regression Testing.
• File transfer and extraction from windows to UNIX using FTP & FileZila.
• Worked on conversion of manual integration tests into automated tests using Green Tea (in-house tool) for GUI and Momus (in-house tool) for API testing.
• Executed automated test process using Green tea to create reusable scripts for regression testing.
• Executed SQL statements to Validated Database (Backend Test) & for verification of new insert of columns in EMA database.
• Tracked the defects using Quality Center, generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers.
• Used JIRA to capture requirement, estimation of requirement & JIRA dashboard to maintain QA Allocation & execution flow.
• Used SharePoint as repository for project (QA & Dev) related document & to maintain user guide.
• Involved in daily SCRUM meeting, Bi-weekly Story point meeting & weekly walkthrough and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing.

Environment: Quality Center (QC) 10.0, FIXML v5.0 sp2, Altova XML Spy, FileZila 3.5.2, JIRA, JAVA, Share Point, Oracle 11.5.0 (Toad), Clearport API (Http/MQ), Green Tea & Momus.

Confidential, NY

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plan which include: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment.
• Done estimation of assigned ERDs (Enhancement Request).
• Used JIRA for gathering requirements, tracking requirement changes and bugs associated with the requirement (i.e. ERD).
• Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases.
• Prepared test data to test the assigned ERDs.
• Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Work closely with the Development team to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developing.
• Performed manual testing i.e. Tested GUI, Function Points, E2E (end to end) and verified content using SqlDbx data base tool.
• Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Use cases to finalize the scope of the Test.
• Executed Regression suites on QTP tool.
• Worked very closely with Product to understand the requirements properly and discussed bugs found in application in order to deliver Quality product.
• Performed Sanity Testing, Content Testing, Compatibility (IE 7.0, 8.0 & Mozilla Firefox 10.0) testing and Regression Testing.
• Used Web services API client tester tool to test access to the full DSS data model.
• Written SQL queries to prepare mockup test data using SqlDbx tools & DSS test to test application thoroughly.
• Used FTP & SFTP to test DSS application.
• Verified Prices of different asset types like Equities, Derives, and Money & Indices using 3000xtra, IDN & NDA.
• Created and Edited XML & CSV files in order to test DSS application efficiently.
• Tested ERDs by creating XML action and submitting to FTP server and web services API tool.
• Worked with Quality Centre 11.0 as a repository for all test cases.
• Tracked the defects using QC & JIRA, generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers.
• Used SharePoint as common repository for all testing related documents like Public Forums.
• Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases.
• Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements.
• To Co-ordinate and communicate regarding testing activities in different geographies.
• Weekly walkthrough, Bug review Meeting, Build Hand-Off session and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing.

Environment: Quality Center (QC) 11.0, JIRA, JAVA, Share Point, Sybase (SqlDbx), Bitvise Tunnelier 4.40, 3000xtra 5.0.1, Web services API tool, QTP.

Confidential, NY

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases in QC.
• Created and Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Work closely with the Development team to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developing.
• Performed manual testing i.e. Tested GUI, Function Points and verified content using Pioneer Scope tool.
• Modification of existing test cases within QC.
• Performed Change testing, Sanity Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Regional (NY, LN, TK) testing, Content Testing and Regression Testing.
• Prepared mockup test data to test application thoroughly.
• Generated Testing Reports using QC.
• Generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers.
• Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases.
• Created & Tracked PTS and CHG also tracked using JIRA
• Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements.
• Used Trade Web and Bloomberg applications to test B2C Pioneer Dealer application.
• Worked on conversion of manual integration tests into automated tests using QTP.
• Execution of Health checks script and Functional script using QTP for Different Regions.
• Provided support to all Pioneer applications for any issue in QA environment.
• To Co-ordinate and communicate regarding testing activities in different geographies.
• Weekly Release, Bug review Discussions, Build Hand-Off session and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing.

Environment: Quality Center (QC) 9.2, JAVA, JIRA, Trade Web, Bloomberg, QTP (9.5)

Confidential, NY

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plan which include: The Scope, objectives, testing scenarios, test environment etc. and setting up test environment.
• Done estimation of whole QA cycle.
• Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on Business Requirements, High Level Design and Use cases.
• Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Work closely with the Development team to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and systems developing.
• Performed manual testing i.e. Tested GUI, Function Points and verified content using Health text tool.
• Attended BRD walkthroughs conducted by Business Analysts.
• Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Use cases to finalize the scope of the Test.
• Worked very closely with Product to understand the requirements properly and discussed bugs found in application in order to deliver Quality product.
• Performed Sanity Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Integration, Performance testing, Content Testing, Compatibility (IE 7.0, 8.0 & 9.0, OS: Vista, XP & 7) testing and Regression Testing.
• Prepared mockup test data to test application thoroughly.
• Prepared test cases and test data for localization (Japanese) testing also.
• Worked with Quality Centre 9.2 as a repository for all test cases.
• Tracked the defects using Team Track (2009 R1), generated defect summary reports and also communicated issues to team leads and developers.
• Used SharePoint as common repository for all testing related documents.
• Gathered and recorded validation results during test execution phases.
• Performed GUI testing: tested the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that these are established as the requirements.
• To Co-ordinate and communicate regarding testing activities in different geographies.
• Weekly walkthrough, Bug review Meeting, Build Hand-Off session and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing.

Environment: Quality Center (QC) 9.2, Team Track, JIRA, MxPDB, Tornado (version 2.1) web services, JAVA, SOAP, Health Text tool, Share Point.

Confidential

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• GUI testing of the application
• Localization testing (Using Virtual Machines) and System testing.
• Participated in SCRUM.
• Sprint planning meeting, Sprint estimation meeting, Sprint Daily Stand up meeting, Sprint review meeting and Sprint retrospective.
• Analyzed user requirements or system change request and gathered existing product information regarding the new requirement or change request.
• Developed Use Case Diagram, Test Scenarios, Test data and Test cases based on the user requirement or change request.
• Peer review and execution of test cases.
• Build Verification Tests (BVT) on newly deployed product builds.
• Reviewed the contents of User guide for a new developed feature sent by Technical writer or Documentation team.
• Verified & tested the Reports and log file generated by the application.
• Creation of XML files to test the application.
• Sign off the Sprint from the QA perspective.
• Performed Functional Testing and Performance testing on different platforms (Windows, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, AIX)
• Bug Tracking (using Test Director) including examining the severity and priority of the Defects and Reporting
• Management of Test Cases using Test Director.
• Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Batch Testing, System Testing and Concurrency Testing.
• Documentation of QA documents and activities using Share point.
• Communication with Counter Part (UK) regarding various technical issues related to the projects, work progress, queries related to the product, Demonstration of the tested new feature.

Environment: Test Director, Win Runner, Oracle, JAVA, VB scripting, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, Filezilla

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user requirements and developed test cases/scripts based on functional specifications.
• Upgraded Delphi Scripts from Test Complete V2 to V5.
• Execution, Modification and Enhancement of Script in Test Complete, Manual Testing, Coordination of Testing activities, black box testing, Database testing, writing test cases, Defect tracking and Reporting within Citrix.
• Validated the back-end data in SQL Server by writing SQL queries.
• Documented bugs, user change requests, Performed Regression testing for various applications.
• Modified automated Test scripts for new enhancements in the application.
• Developed Test plan, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts involving all business scenarios.
• Worked with publication team on creating User Manual for training purpose.
• Reviewed Test Cases on the basis of Functional and Technical specifications.
• Prepared high level effort estimation.
• Performed Regression testing on application by Executing automated test scripts in Test Complete.
• Verification of functionality and conducted Data Driven Test with the Test Data sets and verified the calculation of the application using Test complete.

Environment: Test Complete 2.0/5.0, Test Director, Delphi, VSS, MS- Office, Sybase, SQL Server 2005, Evolution.

Confidential, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirement specifications, system requirement specifications and responsible for documenting functional requirements and supplementary requirements.
• Developed detailed test strategy (Waterfall Methodology), Test Scenarios, test plan, test cases and test scripts for Functional, Navigational, GUI and Regression Testing.
• Analyzed all business and technical specifications to create test scripts.
• Participated in defect review meetings with team members
• Executed Test cases and documented the results.
• Reported the Defects identified during test execution.
• Verified the Fixed Defects identified during test execution.
• Identified the critical path/task of the project during the Test phase. Prioritization of issues/problems based on the test results.
• Involved in other test planning meetings and submitted test metrics daily to the management.

Environment: Test Complete 2.0, Delphi, MS- Office, and Sybase