SUMMARY:

Extensive various IT and QA experience. Profound knowledge of all stages of SQA process, solid experience in project planning and management, translation of business processes into technical requirements, requirement validation, requirement coverage control, design of test plans and test cases, managed execution, automation strategy planning and implementation, defect tracking and lifecycle management. Excellent communication and writing skills, ability to work under pressure and handle multiple concurrent projects, meet deadlines, work as a part of a team, as well as independently.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automated Tools: VisualStudio2015, MTM, TFS, LAM (Quality Center), QTP, LoadRunner.

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server2012, Sybase, Access, DB2.

Languages: VB Script, Cucumber/Ruby/GitHub, SQL, PL/SQL, COBOL.

Operating Systems: Macintosh, Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX/Linux, OS/MVS/JCL.

Other Tools: Telelogic DOORS 9.6 (Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System ), MS Office 2013 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated interchangeably on implementation and testing of CA platform for various clients such as MMC (Montefiore Medical Center), DOD (Department Of Defense) and Bronx RHIO.
• Analyzed Business Requirements, GUI Requirements, Functional Requirements as well as Technical Specification documents in order to design test scenarios and cover all acceptance criteria.
• Developed & Maintained Test Suits and Test summary reports in MTM (Microsoft Test Manager).
• Developed and executed test scripts, test matrixes to verify quality of the product delivered to customers.
• Implemented and executed automated cross browser compatibility testing by downloading and configuring an Agent on physical machines, in MTM Lab Center created physical environment and registered each test agent with the test controller in Lab menu.
• Created & executed test case scenario for performance testing (complexity & concurrency). Compared results of old environment with new HPC 2012 Cluster Server.
• Linked requirements to test cases using Telelogic DOORS 9.6 to insure Traceability matrix
• Used TFS (Team Foundation Server) to document defects and linked them to failed test cases to improve bug verification and defect life cycle.
• Created & modified SQL scripts for back - end data validation testing, to comply with different environments and new database mappings in SQL Server.
• Participate in daily Agile/Scrum meetings to provide status and progress of the assigned task to the team members and discuss aroused impediments.
• Involved in Estimation, Kick-Off, Planning, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings
• Presented completed PBI on the Demo meeting and demonstrated the newly implemented function/enhancement in the Application to the Product Owner.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. QA Engineer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business and Functional Requirements; Designed and executed automation test scripts utilizing Cucumber/Ruby and pushed them to GitHub - web-based hosting service that use the revision control system.
• Participate in daily scrum meetings with an emphasis on resolution of technical issues.
• Communicate with developers, business analysts, and project managers.

Confidential, Parsippany, NJ

Sr. QA Engineer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and load Functional Requirements into Quality Center, convert requirements to tests and link them to ensure compliance with the requirements throughout testing process.
• Design, develop and implement test plans, detailed test cases, and manual test scripts to support testing objectives which are derived from business requirements.
• Actively participate in weekly QA and users meetings with an emphasis on resolution of technical issues. Communicate with developers, business analysts, and project managers.
• Link bugs to Test Cases in the Quality Center for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and track thorough the defect life cycle.
• Create test scenarios, test scripts for regression & integration testing in QuickTestPro (QTP) and later modify by adding logic, various checkpoints, synchronization, functions and by adding and parameterization of statements; Coordinate team meetings and mentor junior members of the team.

Confidential, Rahway, NJ

QA Engineer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements, Functional Requirements & System Design Specifications. Developed Test Plan, Test case, Test Metrics and Test Reports.
• Compared and analyzed actual to expected results and report all bugs to development team at the Software defects review meetings. Responsible for updating and maintaining the Quality Center for all the defects found during functional regression and integration testing.
• Developed and maintained automated test scripts using QTP for regression testing on each build during the various phases of the application. Analyzed the Activity/Performance graphs and reports using Load Runner Analysis.

Confidential, NYC

Data Base Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and maintained Oracle Database;
• Provided support for production, test and development environments;
• Performed database migrations from Oracle 8i to 9i, applied patches, troubleshoot problems;
• Planed, tested and implemented the backup and recovery procedures;
• Implemented timely upgrades to Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase databases.
• Installed and configured SQL Server, estimated and planned Database space, Planned and supported database migration from Sybase to SQL Server utilizing DTS; Monitored the health of each database to ensure system availability and keep system tuned for optimum performance; Implemented data models and database designs, data access, resolves database performance issues, database capacity issues.
• Assisted in the planning, design and implementation of database projects and the database components of other projects.
• Administer, support and maintain Crystal Reports System.
• Automated a lot of long running manual processes, chained them and set up nightly schedule utilizing Automize tool; Created manuals and documentation

Confidential, NYC

Programmer Analyst (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Participated in migration of DB2 and SQL Server Applications to Oracle databases on UNIX Sun Solaris platform.
• Provided guidance and instruction to the other members of the staff in regards to various database tasks including: logical and physical design, device configuration and regular database consistency checking.
• Created and maintained database system security, created user’s schemas and managing roles; Monitored and tuned database performance, backup/recovery.

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

Programmer Analyst (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included program design, coding batch and on-line programs, creating of test plan, unit, system and acceptance tests, troubleshooting and production support.
• Wrote and installed CICS/DB2 programs including main menu, update, and browse as well as created maps, screen layouts and prepared documentation
• Modified number of programs in Cobol II using VSAM files and DB2 Data.
• Developed series of report generating programs according to selection request.
• Maintained various database tasks including: logical and physical design, device configuration and regular database consistency checking. Created user’s schemas and managing roles.