EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• Overall 7.8 yrs Experience in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), specializing in Quality Assurance Process and Methodologies.
• Experienced in Manual and Automation testing.
• Good understanding and hands on experience in agile methodology.
• Working Experience with World Largest Telecommunications, Financial Organizations and Major internet portals.
• Experience in Onsite co-ordination for Off-shore resources/tasks.
• Experienced in SIP Call flow analysis and debugging using Wire Shark.
• Ability to test API testing, Web application and Backend testing.
• Experience in delivering QA efforts to COTS solutions for Trading Floors.
• Experienced in Lab maintenance, cabling and material management
• Proven success in meeting/exceeding customer needs as an individual contributor also as team member.
• Representing QA in all phases of product development including requirement, design, construction, testing, implementation, and support.
• Active role in Requirements reviews, Functional Specification document reviews and key resource for UAT phase and production roll-out.
• Outstanding experience in Use Case definition.
• Possess good knowledge on Network architecture and Telephony Switches.
• Ability to work well in fast paced, dynamic team environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Quick learner, Self-motivated andability to work in small and large teams.

Languages: SQL, C, JAVA, VB, 4Test.
Shell scripting: UNIX, Linux and Informix. 
Defect Tracking tools: Rational Clear Quest, HP Quality Center.
Database: MYSQL, Informix, Novell eDir, Microsoft LDS. 
Operating systems: Windows 98/2000/XP/2003/2008, Redhat Linux, UNIX, Sun Solaris 10.
Network tools : Wireshark, packetstorm, VE Desktop client.
Database: Oracle9i, Informix2.8, MySQL
Testing tools Knowledge: eggPlant, Silk Test.
Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio
Terminal Emulators: PuTTY

ISTQB Certified Tester

Bachelor of Engineering

Confidential Oct 2010 – till date

As a QA Lead 
Responsibilities:

• Created High level test plan using ERD and MRD Document.
• Developed test plan to validate the Acronis Image and SNMP.
• Presenting the VTP to Cross functional review for approval.
• Review the SDS and SFS documents
• Validate ports and protocols.
• Developing disaster recovery scenario plan.
• Defect tracking using Rational clear quest.
• Set up performance monitors to fetch CPU and Memory utilization.
• Provided KT sessions to operations and sustaining team.
• Prepared Performance Base line document to incorporate with ERD.
• Co – ordinate with offshore team by conducting every day status call.
• Shell Scripts preparation to automate events to generate alarms in the system center.
• Database validation scripts to compare dynamically generated alarms in Informix/MySql
• Visit Beta Sites for deployment and installation.
• Assisting Tech pub to develop administration guide.

Environment: Java, Windows 2008, Microsoft LDS database, Acronis image, Linux, Solaris, MySQL, DELL R 710 series.

Confidential Jan 2010 – Oct 2010

As a QA LEAD 
Responsibility:

• Created High level test plan.
• Functional test plan preparation for the entire test efforts
• Worked with BA team to develop Software functional specification.
• Regular review meetings with the test automation team
• Worked on Deployment process during system migration.
• Weekly test status reports to the management.
• Defect Tracking using Rational Clear Quest
• Attended KT Sessions conducted by Project Management Team.
• Involved in Project Planning meetings.
• Attended regular use case review meetings
• Set up performance monitors to fetch CPU and Memory utilization.
• Performance test results analysis
• Issues escalation to the project management team.
• Working with Technical publication assisting release documents and administration guide.
• Visited Beta sites for installation and deployment.

Environment: Java, Windows 2003, eDir database, Acronis image, Linux, Solaris, MySQL DELL 2950 series.

Confidential Feb 2009 – Jan 2010

As a Sustaining QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Modify the Automation regression suite based patches developed for field issue.
• Perform the automation regression for every build received from SCM.
• Assign the CR’s (Change request) to offshore team and provide estimation to management.
• Attend meetings with Operations, and Cross functional team to identify the intensity of the field issues.
• Simulate the tests and reproduce the field issues.
• Consistently approached testing with field issues and working hand in hand with sustaining and development engineers.
• Validate Change request and provide patch release request.

Environment: UNIX, Linux, Solaris, MySQL, Informix, silk test, Alliance MX Telephony switch, PBX phones Avaya, Cisco, Nortel, Java, C++, Clear quest.

Confidential April 2008 – Feb 2009

As a QA Engineer 
Responsibilities:

• Created High level Test plan.
• On-site coordination for the efforts delivered by offshore team.
• Review and Presentation – offshore tasks to Onsite management team.
• Created environment to simulate 2500 traders load.
• Created trader database with various combinations of preferences.
• Created shell scripts to automate server related actions to make calls testing.
• Created DAM tool to Access the Linux server thru injector scripts from Solaris based system center.
• Prepared performance test plan using MRD and FS.
• Prepared Performance test summary and final execution report for the application.

Environment: Red Hat Linux, J2EE, FLEX, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000 (to simulate clients)

Confidential April 2007 – March 2008

As a QA Engineer 
Responsibilities:

• Performed interoperability testing of IPCSIP lines with PBX vendors Avaya, Nortel and Cisco.
• Used Wireshark to capture the packet trace for SIP calls
• Used clarinet tool to capture the QSIG call packets.
• Interop testing between QSIG Lines and SIP Lines.
• Created test coverage matrix for manual test cases.
• Preparing test procedures.
• Co-ordination with offshore team to synchronize the scheduled tasks.
• Set up the test environment (often coordinating with system administration and network management).
• Configure Enterprise SIP servers and customize the data according to alliance configuration.

Environment: Sip Server on Red hat Linux, Informix 7.25 SE on Solaris 10, MySQL db version – 5.026, Novell eDirectory 8.8, C ++, Wire shark.

Confidential Nov 2006 to March 2007

As QA Engineer 
Responsibilities:

• Onsite Assignment to handle manual, Automation and Audio testing.
• Involved in high level discussions to understand the business needs in performance aspects.
• Preparation of execution chart for Manual testing prior to every iteration.
• Representing testing team in defect review meetings.
• Prepared Performance test plan using MRD, ERD and FS as base documents.
• Standardized performance test plan with Performance worksheet.
• Ran stress, performance, longevity and different scenario’s based on the requirement for tuning the system.
• Prepared Performance test summary and final execution report for the application.
• Provided daily status to the management on the stress tests ran and the results
• Used Silk test tool to execute the functional regression testing after the product is release.
• Simulated line calls to perform audio testing.
• Used eggplant tool to web based application called sysview

Environment: Red Hat Linux, C ++, Sun Solaris, Java swing, Apache tomcat, eggplant