SUMMARY

• Total 11.10 years of IT industry experience in Software testing.
• 7+ years experience in FOREIGN Exchange (FX), Retail and Manufacturing domain as a Test Manager, Test Lead, Software Testing Engineer.
• 4 years experience in Mobile Application Testing (Android, iOS, Windows).
• A strong passion for improving software quality as well as strong SDLC understanding and testing skills.
• Strong skills in functional testing & test planning; experience in working team size of 8 - 12 team members.
• Strong management skills and proven experience of leading a team in the successful delivery of end to end solutions in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong communications skills - written & verbal - with an ability to explain complex technical requirements and review the work of others.
• Strong experience in Domains - Foreign Exchange (FX), Retail, Manufacturing.
• Experience in Mobile Application Testing - Native, Hybrid and Web applications (Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows)
• Have strong understanding of the most common test approaches including Agile Sprint, V-Model, Waterfall model, Onshore-Offshore process.
• Experience in Web Testing (.Net, Java, PHP), Desktop Application Testing.
• Experience in Reviewing system specific documents, Software Requirement Specifications, Functional Design Documents, Test Plan, Testing Estimations, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and providing required suggestions for the quality product.
• Experience in Automation testing using tool Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Expertise in conducting System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Accessibility Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Database Testing & Interface Testing.
• Solid exposure and understanding of WallSreet System (WSS) - Credit Configurations, Trade Lifecycle, Front Office, Back Office, and Middle Office processes, Reports requirements, DoddFrank Implementations, Payment Messages - Confiramation, Drafts, SWIFT - MT300, MT103, MT202, MT192, MT292, MT110 etc.
• Technical skills including: Strong SQL skills, HP Quality Center, JIRA, HP UFT/QTP.
• Proven experience in new Hiring/building/training/mentoring resources prior Software QA/Testing teams.
• Oversee the manual QA testing and validation of the system prior to feature signoff or system release.
• Effectively managing risks, issues and dependencies.
• Excellent soft skills, incl. communication, time management, vendor and stakeholder management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Functional: SDLC, STLC, Test Management, Resource Management, Requirement Gathering, Requirement Analysis, Team Leadership, Business Process Improvement, Release Management and Coordination, Agile Methodologies, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Databases & Databases Tools: Oracle 11g & 12C, MS SQL Server 2008

Reporting Tools: Version One, Rally, Quality Center, JIRA, Test-Director, Mantis, Test Link

Defect Tracking Tools: JIRA, Clear Quest, ALM 11.6

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirement gathering sessions with users to understand the client’ existing business functions and processes.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements of applications - Wallstreet System (WSS), .Net Applications and Calypso for new module implementation like Foreign Exchange (FX).
• Convert Business requirements into Features and User Stories with detailed description of objective and Acceptance Criteria in Version One Tool.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for customer problems referred by technical support on the various environments of Wallstreet System (WSS) and various Foreign Exchange applications (.Net applications).
• Design Test plan document detailing the objectives, resources, and processes for a specific test for a Calypso software product.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates for various enhancements on Wallstreet System (WSS) and .Net FX Applications.
• Create repository of documents and streamline the understanding documents for referring during test case execution.
• Host coordination call with Onsite and offshore team.
• Work allocation to offshore team.
• Review work/deliveries from offshore and coordinate for QA Sign offs.
• Support Dev, QA and UAT cycles.
• Carrying out Test Execution to validate the functionality of the Wallstreet System (WSS) and other FX Application (.Net Applications), to verify if software product meets the functional specifications.
• Conduct functional, integration and regression test on various environments such as QA, UAT, Pre prod environment of Wallstreet System (WSS) and other FX .Net Applications.
• Coordinate with third party application vendors (Aphelion, FXALL, 360T, Bloomberg, WSS etc.) for any new release/enhancement deployment in testing environment, Functional documentation, or any other environment Support (Static Data creation).
• Co-coordinate with DBA team for Database refresh and for any Database related issues.
• Participate in Product development and performance review meetings with all stake holders
• Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
• Coordinate with Development team, Engineering and Server Admin teams for getting the code deployed in production.
• Participate in Release management process to get all documentation (Release scripts, Release Instructions, Change Validations docs) ready to move code in staging environment for final deployment into production.
• Verify and validate the deployed code into production post deployment and monitor it for future enhancements if any.
• Coordinate with end users/Clients to obtain UAT Sign offs on the all documentation and built enhancements for deploying final product into production.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirement gathering sessions with users to understand the client’ existing business functions and processes.
• Convert Business requirements into Features and User Stories with detailed description of objective and Acceptance Criteria in Version One Tool.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for customer problems referred by technical support on the various environments of Wallstreet System (WSS) and various Foreign Exchange applications (.Net applications).
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates for various enhancements on Wallstreet System (WSS) and .Net FX Applications.
• Create repository of documents and streamline the understanding documents for referring during test case execution.
• Host coordination call with Onsite and offshore team.
• Work allocation to offshore team.
• Review work/deliveries from offshore and coordinate for QA Sign offs.
• Support Dev, QA and UAT cycles.
• Carrying out Test Execution to validate the functionality of the Wallstreet System (WSS) and other FX Application (.Net Applications), to verify if software product meets the functional specifications.
• Conduct functional, integration and regression test on various environments such as QA, UAT, Pre prod environment of Wallstreet System (WSS) and other FX .Net Applications.
• Participate in Product development and performance review meetings with all stake holders
• Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
• Coordinate with Development team, Engineering and Server Admin teams for getting the code deployed in production.
• Participate in Release management process to get all documentation (Release scripts, Release Instructions, Change Validations docs) ready to move code in staging environment for final deployment into production.
• Verify and validate the deployed code into production post deployment and monitor it for future enhancements if any.
• Coordinate with end users/Clients to obtain UAT Sign offs on the all documentation and built enhancements for deploying final product into production.

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Work as a Test Lead for the Project.
• Responsible to prepare and execution of software test plans
• Responsible to mentor and manage the assigned project resources to understand the process and projects/system to achieve deliverables.
• Responsible to supervise the day to day work of lower level individual contributors.
• Responsible for all Quality Control related activities, understanding the business requirement, to review the Business Requirement Documents and provide necessary corrections and suggestions to the development.
• Responsible to prepare and review Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Data to meet the business criteria.
• Responsible to maintain a repository of test scenarios in test bank
• Responsible to perform and review testing activities - Test Case Executions, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Defect Reporting, Defect Verification.
• Responsible to maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging, modification & testing of software/application.
• Responsible to consult with Test Engineers and Dev engineers in resolution of problems.
• Responsible to prepare training document for team members.
• Responsible to participate in proposals, POC and scoping exercise. Work with both manual and automation team to create manual and automation scripts for regression suite.
• Responsible to give final reporting to the Test Lead and Project Manager.

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Test Analyst for the Project.
• Was responsible for all Quality Control related activities like understanding the requirement, preparing Test Data, Test Cases, Test Case Executions, Defect Reporting, Defect Verification, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing.
• Was responsible to Record test result and update master data sheet
• Was responsible to give final reporting to the Test Lead and Project Manager.