SUMMARY:

• Over twenty years of total IT experience ranging from; help desk support, system administration, ERP implementation and Quality Assurance within Banking, Retailing, Manufacturing, E - Business and Transaction Processing enterprises.
• Specialize in Quality Assurance utilizing Confidential Test Tools for web and Client/Server applications.
• Solid database testing experience using SQL statements and queries, as well as strong working experience with databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Developer, and Teradata)
• Experience within Waterfall, SixSigma and Agile SDLC Methodologies.
• Possess strong analytical and communications skills.

SKILLS:

• Sun Solaris 2.5/2.6
• Windows NT and XP
• Micro Focus COBOL
• VB Script
• .Net
• Confidential Test Suite (Quality Center
• Quick Test Pro
• LoadRunner)
• CaliberRM
• PVCS Tracker
• PeopleSoft HR
• Business Objects
• Oracle
• SQL
• J2EE
• Segue Software (Silk Pilot
• Silk Performer)
• Crystal Reports
• SPI Dynamics QA Inspect
• SharePoint
• SAP HR
• Worksoft Certify.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior QA Test Analyst

• Develops, manages, and executes test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test schedules within each Sprint or cycle
• Ensures the completion of functional/component, system cross-system integration, regression, performance, stress, and end user acceptance testing
• Responsible for maintaining test environments (hardware, software, and test data) to support test process
• Ensure requirements are defined and approved and determines timeline and resource allocations to support all QC tasks
• Works with Project Management to schedule and communicate testing and testing status/metrics
• Participates in code reviews and standups
• Leads Quality Control meetings such as test planning reviews and test case walkthroughs
• Ensures project meets established specifications and quality benchmarks

SR Test Analyst

• Function as Lead QA Resource within Scrum Team
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Demo’s and Retrospectives
• Develop test procedures and strategies to validate acceptance criteria against User Stories
• Develop Test Cases to be executed within each Sprint
• Execute Test Cases and manage defects
• Co-ordinate testing effort amongst remote testing resources
• Report daily test metrics to team management
• Co-ordinate UAT test effort with business users
• Conducted knowledge transfer and best practices sessions

SR Test Analyst - Consultant

• Develop test procedures and strategies
• Review requirements and generate Test Plans
• Manage entire test effort
• Co-ordinate testing with off-shore test resources
• Report daily test metrics to team management
• Co-ordinate UAT test effort with business users
• Conduct QA reviews and inspections
• Perform data validation and cross-system testing

QA Lead - Consultant

• Mentor PM’s/BA’s/Business Users on use of Quality Center throughout the projects Life Cycle
• Prepare Functional and User Acceptance Testing plans from user requirements
• Oversee execution of test plans during releases and cycles
• Led Business Unit during User Acceptance Testing
• Generate daily test status reports and chaired daily status meetings to communicate milestones
• Identify and track defects and generate reports for Project Management.
• Create automated test suite using Worksoft Certify to expedite regression testing

 Quality Assurance Lead - Consultant

• Prepare QA strategy for the Scrum team
• Develop test plans and test cases from requirements
• Identify QA/BA resources needed for the project
• Provide QA work estimates and QA-specific resource requirements
• Provide training and mentoring for business resources to employ best practices with Confidential testing tool (Quality Center)
• Communicate test status, defect tracking and reporting from onset to resolution
• Coordinate defect triage meetings

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

• Perform requirement analysis, identification and documentation of required system
• Mentor QA personal in all areas, to include; creating test plans and scripts (both manual and automated) and provide instruction on application functionality
• Identify and tracked defects and generated reports for Project Management
• Verify production system enhancements during monthly build cycles
• Create and Execute SQL queries to verify data within the Oracle backend
• Perform full administration duties for Quality Center, Quick Test Professional and CaliberRM
• Performed Security Testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure applications were PCI compliant using Confidential QAInspect

Quality Assurance Manager

• Staffed, trained, and supervised a team of test engineers on multiple projects
• Performed requirement analysis, identification and documentation of required system
• Generated Test Cases from Business and Functional Requirements corresponding to each module
• Verified testing deliverables were met, i.e., weekly status reports per project, metrics, post mortem reports
• Utilized Mercury test suite (Test Director, WinRunner and LoadRunner)
• Utilized SQL to make modifications to database schema

Quality Assurance Lead Consultant

• Performed requirement analysis, identification and documentation of required system
• Mentored QA personal; creating test plans/scripts (manual and automated) execution and defect tracking
• Developed test plans and test cases from requirements
• Identified and tracked defects and generated reports for Project Management
• Verified production system enhancements during monthly build cycles
• Scripted SQL queries for validating data to ensure data correctly populated and verified in various tables
• Performed full administration duties for TestDirector and CaliberRM.

 Quality Assurance Test Engineer Consultant

• Created Test Plans utilizing Functional and Business Design requirements
• Configured the test environment and test data for functional system testing
• Primary contact for developing/executing automated test suite (Mercury Quick Test) to verify system functionality on application front and back-end.
• Defect tracking and reporting from onset to resolution during daily status meeting

SR. Quality Assurance Test Engineer

• Configured Test Environment
• Developed and executed test scripts and submitted defects using Mercury Interactive Test Director (version 7.6)
• Communicated with management and development groups to resolve issues and provide status
• Wrote advanced SQL Statements and queries to test Backend and Front End during Functional Testing phase.

SR. Quality Assurance Test Engineer

• Developed test plans from Functional Requirement and Business Design Documents
• Wrote test cases and scripts for execution (manual and automated)
• Executed defect analysis and bug tracking from onset to resolution for daily reports

SR. Quality Assurance Test Engineer

• Created functional and unit test plans from FRD and SRD
• Created and executed test cases both manual and automated
• Performed Load and Performance testing
• Performed Bug Tracking and reporting

Quality Assurance Test Engineer

• Planned the initial test effort, configured the test environment
• Created and executed test cases/scripts (Manual and Automated)
• Assisted development in defect resolution
• Report Metrics/ Test status during daily meetings

Quality Assurance Test Engineer

• Decomposed Business Design and Requirements Definitions into test plans and test cases
• Documented test procedures for identification and resolution of defects and anomalies
• Gathered and loaded test data from production systems (SQL)
• Performed Functional, Regression, Vendor Release Acceptance, Integration, and Load/Performance Tests utilizing the Mercury Test Suite (TestDirector/WinRunner/LoadRunner)