SUMMARY

• Over 13 years of experience in the Information Technology Industry. The focus has been in Software Testing activities. Experience includes Functional Testing Manual/Automation, User Acceptance Testing, and Performance Testing, Defect Management and Quality Center / Performance Center administration. Functioned in a variety of roles such as a Test Manager; Test Lead, Test Tools support Lead, QC/ALM Migration specialist and Test Analyst
• Successfully managed medium to complex projects with rapidly evolving requirements.
• Effective communication skills and record for coordination between globally located teams.
• Project delivery under stringent timelines and high pressure.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, especially with regards to interacting with both technical and non - technical audiences
• Possess very good experience in Testing tools, Incident management tools, Installation and maintenance, Licensing, Risk analysis
• Project Management, Project Schedule, Project Tracking and Team Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Agile Methodology
• Test Manager, Resource Utilization & Planning
• Onsite/ Offshore Coordination
• Functionality Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Regression Testing
• Automation Testing &ROI
• Defect Management
• Languages - Java/J2EE, VB
• Databases - Oracle, DB2, SQL Server.
• Operating systems - LINUX,Windows 2007.
• Testing/Management Tools - Caliber / Starteam, Quality Center 11.0, Winrunner/ Performance Center, Load Runner, Shunra,Clear Quest/Selenium/ JIRA
• Mobile Testing using IOS 6.0.1, Android 4.0.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

ALM Architect/Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Perform ALM customizations as per the Story requirements
• Perform ALM customizations for Version One/ Opshub Integrations
• Responsible for Installing, and Configuring ALM on clustering and load balancing on servers and installing Client components on client machines
• Responsible for migrating all the projects and its database schemas from legacy servers to the new servers.
• Setup workflow code and set up user permissions and groups.
• Develop/Maintain Job aids for ALM
• Develop Customized Reports as per the Requirements using excel and publish them using Reporting Tool.
• Perform database Import/Exports
• Maintain Test environment, Dev environment and QA environments, perform Pilot Migration/upgrade prior to the actual Migration
• Work with offsite teams for any acquisitions
• Work with each project teams to get successful sign-off for production roll out
• Used MS Project for Project scheduling for Quality Center Migration
• Setup e-Mail system with SMTP or IIS SMTP protocols.
• Conduct Training to all users on the workflow and providing Training Documents to all users.
• Customization of forms, creation of fields, users, user groups, and user group assignment.
• Experienced in code check in, check out and Project creation.
• Experienced in subversion and Quality center integration.
• Work with Production support team to ensure backups are in place and are active.
• Set up LDAP Servers and Setup Enterprise Directory
• Maintain Sever Assets and provide support during Sever Decommissioning
• Work with HP support on issues that are escalated and work till its closure
• Communicate offshore team on a daily basis on the list of activities that needs to be performed
• Ensure the Test Environment is up and running for testing activities
• Encourage team members to come up with Innovations/Value-ads

Confidential

ALM Administrator/Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Perform QC customizations based on the request raised by the project team/QC users
• Responsible for Installing, and Configuring ALM on clustering and load balancing on servers and installing Client components on client machines.
• Responsible for migrating all the projects and its database schemas from legacy servers to the new servers.
• Setup workflow and set up user privileges.
• Developed macro based tools to download Test Lab/Test Plan and Linked defects
• Develop Customized Reports as per the Requirements using excel and publish them using Cognos.
• Writing Stored Procedures and functions to retrieve the data according to the client requirements.
• Maintain Test environment, perform Pilot Migration prior to the actual Migration
• Work with each project teams to get successful sign-off for production roll out
• Used MS Project for Project scheduling for Quality Center Migration
• Setup e-Mail system with SMTP or IIS SMTP protocols.
• Conduct Training to all users on the workflow and providing Training Documents to all users.
• Customization of forms, creation of fields, users, user groups, and user group assignment.
• Experienced in code check in, check out and Project creation.
• Experienced in subversion and Quality center integration.
• Work with Production support team to ensure backups are in place and are active.
• Maintain Sever Assets and provide support during Sever Decommissioning
• Work with HP support on issues that are escalated and work till its closure
• Communicate offshore team on a daily basis on the list of activities that needs to be performed
• Ensure the Test Environment is up and running for testing activities
• Encourage team members to come up with Innovations/Value-ads

Confidential

QC Administrator/ UAT Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for technical support, manage change requests, and the development of customizations
• Creating workflows, project templates and reports for single, enterprise-wide HP Quality Center environment using software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
• Responsible for analyzing current and future business needs in relation to HP ALM requirements, identifying potential gaps, evaluating options, and ensuring delivery of solutions.
• Analyze, test, and implement new HP Quality Center functionality and processes.
• Support HP Quality Center integrations with other software products.
• Provide 3rd level support that includes working with HP support and other vendors
• Provide training on QC and other testing tools for the new members.
• Suggest best practices and QA processes, update the training documentation.
• Provide installation, configuration, maintenance, and operational support of HP ALM 11 and site administration.
• Work with Leadership team to renew Licensing for HP QC and other Tools
• Provide support during data base upgrade
• Install Quality Center latest patches and communicate with the Stake holders prior to the installing the patch

Confidential

QC Migration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing the Quality Center assessment documents
• Creating project plans for Rational Clear Quest and HP Quality Center Integration
• Quality Center Standardization and LDAP implementation.
• Responsible for Hardware and Software requests for installing the Synchronization server, create documents related to current environment, and also to provide best practices.