OBJECTIVE:

• Secure a Lead Quality Analyst position in a fast growing, technology oriented company where I can apply my skills and experience to contribute to the success of the team.

SUMMARY:

• Over 14 years of experience in Information Technology in the field of Software Quality Assurance of SOA based Applications, Web Applications and Client Server applications. Specialized in Manual and Automation testing.
• QA Lead - Managed, mentored, coached and was the company expert in QA. Developed and implemented technical quality assurance standards/metrics, strategies, systems, methods and procedures for testing and analyzing software performance and reliability, while continually monitoring effectiveness and identifying performance shortfalls/oversights.
• Very successful in building Off-shore team models and have proven expertise to build and make the off-shore teams successful both in SDLC and Agile environments.
• Software testing expertise, which includes effective Test Case Design, Test Case Execution, Bug Reporting and preparing Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Thorough knowledge of SDLC, STLC methodology and Agile (Scrum) methodology.
• Performed Web service testing using Actional Team Server (Posted XML requests).
• Performed Unit, Integration, System, User Interface (GUI), Functional, Compatibility, Database, Smoke, Sanity, Regression, End to End, Cross Browser and User Acceptance Testing's using Manual Testing Methodologies and Automated Testing Tools.
• Experienced in various software testing tools and utilities such as Actional Team Server (XML), Quality Center, QTP, Defect management tools.
• Worked with Quality Center to create and manage Requirements, Test cases, Defects and Create test metrics.
• Well versed in Developing and Maintaining Test Scripts using QTP tool.
• Extensive use of Quality Center in creating Test Cases, executing Test Scripts, updating Test Cases and Defect reporting.
• Establishing necessary Testing process, checklists, templates and standards for Testing Projects.
• Experienced in Database Testing using SQL queries on databases like SQL Server and Oracle.
• Experienced in preparing, gathering Test Metrics, Test Data and providing status reports.
• A self-starter with the ability to quickly master new concepts and applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows95/NT, UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Languages: JAVA2.0, VB, PL/SQL, VB Script, PERL

Databases: Oracle, MS Access, SQL Server

GUI: Developer2000

Testing Tools & Utilities: QTP 10.0, HP ALM, Rational Robot, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Test Manager, Mercury Test Director, SharePoint, Actional Team Server

Case Tools: OOAD using UML, SDLC

Tools: & Utilities: MS-Office, Rational Rose 2000, Front Page, Microsoft Project, JCL, VSAM,TSO, IMS DB/DC, ISPF/PDF . TOAD

Domain Knowledge: Order Entry, Order Status, Catalog and Logistics, Claims and Services

Defect Tracking Tools: Trackweb, CMxtra (Rational Clear Quest), Test Track, Tracker, Version One

Configuration Management: Visual Source Safe, Clear Case, Jenkins, ECV, Sonar

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• QA Automation and Test Process Lead
• Part of the Software Test Centre of Excellence Group at GM
• Driving test automation efforts for various Projects in the Georgia Innovation Centre
• Driving and maintaining standards for Test Process and Automation Standards
• Drive Consistencies/Coaching in Testing Processes across Affinities
• Advocate Testing Best Practices for the various Business Verticals
• Support Test Management Tools On-boarding
• Provide and Support on tools
• Functional Regression Automation Testing
• Offer Test Management Dive Class
• Boot Camps for New College Hires
• Improve/Enhance Testing Effectiveness
• Define QA Baseline Metrics to projects
• Have been the one point contact for all QA best practices and test automation mentor in the Georgia Innovation Center
• Used QTP and ALM for driving Manual testing and Test Automation efforts at GM

Confidential, Georgia

Quality Analyst (Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of 4 people ( 2 Onsite +2 Off-shore)
• Thorough analysis of test practices, built test strategies & methodologies, extensive rollout of documentation processes for testing & metrics tracking
• Built the QA team process for Onsite and Off-shore team
• Attended Scrum and Sprint planning meetings with the Business Users
• Successfully engaged the Off-shore team, did knowledge transfer, and delivered on committed roadmaps
• Did extensive analysis of the application and built the Traceability matrix, prepared Master Test plan and Module level test plans. Created, executed and managed tests using Actional Team Server and managed defects using Version One
• Did Load (Performance testing)
• Automated XML tests in Actional
• Performed XML - SOAP and Web Service testing, Database testing, IP - batch files testing, Web Application Testing in various environments
• Performed validations for testing the Regulatory compliance rules
• Prepared and Performed load testing to monitor web service performance
• Following Scrum Methodology, Prepared Deployment Test Plans to test Customer Test Deployment and Production Deployment
• Did resource management and task allocation
• Prepared test plans, Traceability Matrix, and Effort estimations
• Have FCRA - Fair Credit Reporting ACT -

Confidential, Georgia

Quality Analyst (Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, interaction with Software Development team, Reverse Engineering the product for requirements collection, Analyze product scope, software scope, testing scope based on timelines & project deliverables.
• Thorough analysis of test practices, launch new test strategies & methodologies, extensive rollout of documentation processes for testing & tracking
• Team management - Initiated, rolled out and continue to manage a team of 4 QA members in a team in India. Have successfully engaged the remote team, done knowledge transfer, and delivered on committed roadmaps.
• Lead member for automation initiation on the project. Have bridged the transition from manual testing to automation development, documentation, and script development, and team interaction, cross- and continuing progress on automation.
• Did extensive analysis of the application and built the Traceability matrix, prepared Master Test plan and Module level test plans.
• Created, executed and managed tests using Quality Center.
• Managing the Off-shore test team -, delegating and reviewing the testing tasks and deliverables from the off-shore team.
• Running scripts delivered by the offshore team and suggested enhancements as per requirements.
• Performed Manual testing - Black Box testing, Unit Testing, Incremental Integration testing, Functional testing, System testing, Usability Testing and End to End testing of the system.

Confidential, Georgia

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Did extensive analysis of the application, prepared Test Plans with the Traceability matrix, High level test plan and Module level test plans.
• Created, executed and managed tests using Quality Center.
• Did functional testing on the Sales Order module. Created automated test scripts using QTP 10.0 and used them for regression testing.
• Managed the off-shore team of 4 test engineers.
• Performed Manual testing - black box testing, system testing, adhoc testing
• Performed regression testing with QTP scripts on other modules delivered by off-shore team.
• Performed defect management using Quality Center.
• Created various daily and weekly reports from Quality center to manage test efforts.

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed extensive analysis of the application and created module level test plans.
• Performed End to End testing, functional testing, black box testing, system testing, adhoc testing and created regression test suite.
• Analyzing the manual test cases for the feasibility of automation in regression phase
• Identified automation test scenarios and automated the same
• Set up the required reusable actions, repository, environment variables, test data and functions required for the automation scripts functionality.
• Created business functions and generic functions

Confidential, California

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Determined testing requirements developed and reviewed scripts for positive and negative test scenarios, conducted baseline testing, and generated reports. Tested the Web Portal.
• Analyzed application, system, and security defects. Escalated issues to developers and verified fixes. Used Tracker for defect management.
• Designed test plans and defined cases for functional, integration system, and user acceptance testing.
• Created regression test suite using QTP 7.0 for regression testing.

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Identified and Prepared test scenarios and performed peer reviews.
• Prepared test cases, test data and Traceability Matrix.
• Performed Functional testing, Re-testing, Regression testing and End to End testing.
• Created various monthly release test checklist and handle all client interactions.

Confidential, California

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Did extensive analysis on Confidential application and performed end to end testing of the application. Logged and tracked the defects through Test Track, Defect tracking tool.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Did extensive analysis on the application to prepare the understanding documents. I prepared the Effort estimation metrics for the project. Prepared Test plan and test cases. Received Client appreciation for QA effort done in iTrack.