Senior QA Tester Resume Phoenix, AZ - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

20 years of Software Quality Assurance with recognized strengths in requirement analysis, test case creation, problem - solving, test planning, implementation, trouble-shooting, and defect tracking in small and large business arenas.
Management skills that consist of training (groups of 6 or more) and monitoring QA teams, and excellent involvement with Business and Development departments.
Experience and Knowledge of SDLC, ALM, Agile and Waterfall testing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Senior QA Tester

Testing Environment/Tools: Windows, WebLogic, VMWare, JIRA, QTP/UFT

Responsibilities:

Established software quality standards for life cycle, documentation, development methods, testing and maintenance.
Reviewed software design, change specifications, and plans against contractual and/or process requirements.
Reviewed software requirement allocations, traceability, and testability.
Gathered and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements.
Wrote test plans and scripts for tracking defects and fixes in product development, software application development, information systems, and operations systems.
Applied proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate IT processes through careful testing in order to maximize the benefit of business investments in IT initiatives.
Defined and applied software measurement, metrics and analytical techniques.
Performed software inspection, testing, verification and validation. This included software and software work-product early defect detection and removal, testing, verification and validation methods and techniques.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Test Team Lead

Testing Environment/Tools: Windows, XML, Mainframe, HP Lifecycle Management

Responsibilities:

Analyzes requirements necessary to design testing strategies (testing objective, methods of testing new functions, total time and resources required for the project, and the testing environment) for internal/ external clients
Conducts online, batch and data verification testing in assigned functional area(s) and creates test cases according to project requirements. Effectively uses the different types of testing techniques while performing test analysis on moderate level project requirements (as defined by the client) and identifies/reports issues as appropriate.
Utilizes identification and design processes to increase efficiency, performance and reliability (automation, load and performance). Demonstrates a working knowledge of the use of automated testing tools and executes manual and automated tests.
Works with stakeholders, business, developers and test analysts to develop test plans, conditions and cases to be used in testing, and performs test data conditioning and execution of test sets. Documents test results and creates detailed and accurate defect reports. Follows all defects through to resolution and closure.
Applies a basic knowledge of procedures, methodology and/or application standards to include payment card industry and security related compliance to testing activities.

Confidential, Chicago, IL.

Test Manager

Testing Environment/Tools: Windows, CICS, Bugzilla, Mercury Testing Tools.

Responsibilities:

Facilitated requirement reviews (functional, non-functional) with SME’s and Testing resources.
Identified scope of tool usage, ensure provisioning and training needs for project team.
Oversaw engagement of Automation Teams where applicable.
Review and Approve Estimations.
Assisted in identifying and communicating project risks, impact assessment and mitigation plans.
Reviewed/approved all test artifacts.
Monitored entrance/exit criteria for all testing phases.
Worked with cross functional teams to conduct post mortem and root cause analyses when deployments are problematic or result in high severity defects post production.
Ability to escalate issues, concerns and risk mitigation plans with senior managers and director as audience.
Defined, created test plans and test acceptance criteria.
Executed tests and evaluated the results.
Managed defect-tracking process, coordinated meetings between QA and Development.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior QA Analyst

Testing Environment/Tools: Windows, TSO, Test Director, DCS, PVCS, HTML, XML, Weblogic

Responsibilities:

Tested system package releases that entail deploying programs within multiple departments within short spans of testing.
Adhered to the SDLC Methodology.
Responsible for estimating and managing planned hours on all related projects.
Responsible for reviewing and approving all requirements and detail design documents; creating test approaches, test scenarios, and test cases for each project.
Responsible for all Unit, Integration, System and User Acceptance testing.
Responsible for defect tracking, and defect coordination with Development.
Assisted the Business (user) with the Deployment Readiness testing to ensure sign-off from the user is complete.