SUMMARY:

As a QA Lead, I have 10+ years of experience in the full system development lifecycle process. I have expertise in designing, developing and implementing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases and defect management. I have worked on projects in Waterfall, Agile and Iterative methodologies. I am thorough in review processes on business requirements documents, system design documents used to plan detail test scenarios for manual execution and entry level automation.I work well independently and within a team. I possess excellent verbal and written skills to communicate effectively across boundaries, between co - located teams and with people from diverse backgrounds.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Durham, NC

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working on Money Movement web based, web services and mainframe projects throughout the SDLC for small to large projects. I have expertise in thoroughly reviewing BRD and SDS to Prepare Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and Test cases.
• I facilitated Test Strategy, Test Scenario reviews with my project team and updated documents with the outcome.
• I coordinated and prepared data needs for test execution using the data mining tool/DB2 Visualizer. I managed Test cases and defect reporting in HPQC ALM tool. I have used SoapUI for Web Services testing. I have done small automation UFT script updates to existing regression suites.
• I have ensured on-time delivery for project action items and I supported regression test execution and production install validations. I communicated project status and issues to the appropriate team members and stakeholders in a timely manner.

Skills: Web Application Test, Web Services test using SoapUI, Mainframe testing, Quality Center HPALM for tracking Test cases and defects, Db2 Visualizer for all data needs. UFT to update regression suite scripts.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Senior QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• I coordinated and worked on complex, large and small scale projects. I worked on integration projects while coordinating on multiple system teams and multiple locations to complete end to end testing deliverables. I also worked with multiple vendors onsite and offsite in multiple countries.
• I worked closely with development and operational support (OP's) teams to get input on improving test coverage/scripts, which enhanced the quality and coverage of the application.
• I participated in requirements gathering, review BRD and SDS for the projects and also developed and reviewed test strategies for large, complex, projects by driving the test plans creation, determining testing scope for assigned projects and making sure there was 100% coverage and traceability. I also identified dependencies, issues/risks, necessary project estimates, resources and outline quality assurance deliverables on assigned projects.
• I actively evaluated results against expected results, troubleshoot the open issues, tested defect fixes and thoroughly reviewed defect triage calls.
• I always ensured on-time delivery of project action items and communicated efficiently to project teams regarding results. I participated in lessons learned and feedback sessions. I provided feedback professionally and accepted the feedback positively.

Skills: Agile, Iterative and Waterfall Methodologies. Web Applications testing, Windows application testing and Mainframe application testing. HPQC ALM. Entry level analysis on performance testing.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

QC Analyst/ QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• I participated in reviewing of business requirements, technical/functional designs, test planning, test execution and post project evaluations.
• I created thorough test plans and test scenarios based on business requirements. executed test cases and validated results to ensure business requirements were met. I also performed data analysis on executed test cases to ensure data structure integrity and also carried out validation procedures to ensure that all system modifications met end-user requirements and quality standards. After defect identification, the process continued by documenting defect details, communicating to project teams and following through to resolution. I was involved in process improvement to streamline the defect process, which saved the time of the project teams.
• I managed several large and small scale projects (Discretionary and Compliance), prepared detailed status reports and effectively communicated to project teams. I am able to multi-task effectively.
• As a SME, I coordinated test efforts across multiple project phases, provided planning consultation for several projects on test strategies, preparation of test data and mitigation plans. I analyzed root causes on of pre-production / production defects and recommended preventative measures. I provided test-team estimates across multiple projects/ phases and negotiated topics including timelines and resources.
• I conducted internal audits to ensure the team adhered to established testing standards and procedures. I was a part of the capability maturity model (CMM) initiative in our PQS division.

Skills: Waterfall Methodology. Windows Application testing, AS/400 and Mainframe application testing. MS Visual SourceSafe, Test Director