Professional Summary:

• A result oriented professional nearing 5 years of diverse experience in Information Technology in Software QualityAssurance, Requirements and System analysis, Testing of Web and Client/server applications
• Experience in Agile - Scrum methodology
• Conducted various kinds of testing such as functional, negative, regression, system integration (SIT), acceptance (UAT), security and browser compatibility testing.
• Expertise in Testing Team Management, Updating Test Plan, Writing/Reviewing test cases, Test Scenarios, Test Execution, Defect Tracking, Test Reporting and Documentation.
• Solid expertise in Defect Tracking tools, HP Quality Center and Rational Clear quest
• Good Knowledge in automated testing tool HP QTP
• Strong background in software for Banking, ecommerce and Gas Scheduling and Settlement.
• Good understanding and hands on experience on SQL Server.
• Experience in Backend Mainframe Systems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, self starter,quick learner, team player, ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Well acquainted with SDLC and STLC.
• Able to work under pressure in order to meet the deadlines for the project.

Testing Tools:
HP Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0, Rational ClearQuest, TFS

Operating System:
MS Windows XP, NT/95/98/2000

Work Experience:

Confidential, HOUSTON

Project: ICC - Internal Commercial Card JAN 2011 - TILL DATE
Role: LOB Testing Lead
Description: ICC is a web-based application that houses all components of the card transaction process, OOP expense reimbursement process and overall card process. It manages and enforces compliance processes as they pertain to credit card management, transaction management and OOP expense reimbursement management.

Project: ChRIS - Cardholder Reporting Information System NOV 2008 - DEC 2010
Role: QA Analyst
Description: ChRIS is a fully integrated online reconciliation application which provides a reliable, cost effective expense reporting solution. It's a Web based application provided to corporate customers. The application provides web-based employee expense reporting and management capabilities. ChRIS application was reviewed for any security vulnerabilities and the identified issues were remediated.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the point of contact between the Tech team and LOB.
• Analyze requirements during the requirements analysis phase; keep track of the new/changing requirements from the project.
• Prepare and implement the software Test Plan.
• Review the Test cases/Test Scenarios prepared by the team.
• Assign tasks to the testing team members, track and report upon testing activities - including testing results, defects discovered and status.
• Evaluate the test results and liaises with the Project Manager to provide feedback on any bugs detected and suggestions.
• Ensure all the testing efforts are well documented and maintained.
• Co-ordinate the status check meeting with the team, send weekly testing reports to the entire team - QA, TECH Team and Project/Release Manager.
• Involved in Security Remediation testing of the ChRIS application. The following vulnerabilities were tested: : Parameter Overflow, insecure Logging, Insecure account Lockout, Missing Authentication, Insufficient Authorization, Parameter Tampering, Insufficient Authentication.
• Tested Sales and Use Tax Calculator and Receipt Imaging for different ChIRS Client Applications
• Verified the Card Status, Limits changes, declined transactions in the following Backend Mainframe Systems - TSYS and HOGAN
• Worked with development teams in investigating and correcting software bugs and deficiencies based on the testing results.
• Mentor new Joiners with the processes followed in the team as well as provide knowledge about the application.

Environment: ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, ADO.NET, HP Quality Center, QTP, SQL Server.

Confidential, HOUSTON
Project: nERGISE NOV 2007 - MAY 2008
Role: QA Analyst
Description: nERGIZE - Gas Scheduling and Settlement Application is the new nucleus scheduling and settlement application. This application utilizes real-time scheduling of the physical movement (delivery) of gas through pipe network, electronic data interface (EDI) via nMarket software from The Structure with BP's service providers, real-time settlements of all physical gas, volume position management (VPM) to allow business community to use live deal data to model number of transportation scenarios for the physical gas market and business intelligence for the generation of reports. This application is built on custom VIPER architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Developed and documented test cases for the Straight through processing which covered from creation of physical deals in "Entegrate", scheduling to settlement processes.
• Good understanding of Volume life cycle management.
• Created test cases around the "Valuation" process responsible for creating statement line items.
• Created test cases, test scripts, for Manual Testing.
• Involved extensively in executing the different scenarios of physical gas deals and documented them.
• Documented and developed higher level regression test scripts for the Nomination, Tax and Inventory Modules of the application.
• Involved extensively in testing the monthly enhancements in different environments.
• Extensively used the bug-tracking tool Quality Center to report and track all the bugs and for maintaining the test documents.
• Coordinating with the Business Analysts to discuss various scenarios to test, execute and document them.
• Coordinating with the other on-shore testing team in executing the different scenarios documented.

Environment: VIPER Framework, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, ADO.NET, TIBCO Middleware, Oracle TOAD.

Confidential, PACKARD, HOUSTON
Project: Voodoo PC APR 2007 - OCT 2007
Role: QA Tester
Description: VOODOO PC - ISCS - HP INTEGRATION PROJECT- Voodoo PCs are hi-end Gaming and high-performance entertainment PCs. Voodoopc.com webstore, Call center and Admin Tool is migrated on HP to ISCS platform. Integrated Simple Commerce Solution (ISCS) represents the next generation of HP's eCommerce platform. ISCS encompasses a new worldwide and regional operating model, back-end architecture and common eCommerce storefront & contact center applications. ISCS platform integrates with all the HP worldwide assets to get information such as Catalog, Rich Content, Configuration, Shipping & Tax, Credit Card Auth, Availability information and Order fulfillment systems.

Responsibilities:

• Involved during Scoping, Requirement gathering and analysis of design and development of web stores.
• Developed and documented test case, scenarios based on BRDs and ADDs in Quality Center for manual and automated testing
• Documented and developed higher level regression test scripts for entire application.
• Extensively worked testing on Sarbanes Oxley Remediation on Small and Medium Business Store.
• Responsible for extensively testing the monthly enhancements in all the environments like test, integration, stage and production.
• Extensively used the bug-tracking tool Quality Center/Test Director to report and track all the bugs and for maintaining the test documents.
• Proficient in manually testing functional, Regression, Integration and End-to-End testing.
• Involved in Positive testing, Negative testing and Cross browser testing manually.
• Performed Black box testing of the entire application.
• Involved in testing of web application Performed GUI, Functional, Regression, and Security Testing using Win Runner and QTP.

Environment: ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, ADO.NET, Crystal Reports for .NET, IIS 5.0, SQL Server 2000 and Mercury Tools.

EDUCATION:
Masters in Science
Diploma in Computer Applications, Data Pro.

References are given upon request