PROFILE

Have 8 years of professional experience as Test lead, QA Engineer, Automation Engineer in Banking, Capital Markets and Mortgage domain. I have extensive experience in QA Methodologies, Preparing Test Plans, Identifying Test Scenarios, Writing Test Cases and executing them. I have effectively contributed in project delivery of various sizes in different geographical locations.

SUMMARY

• Extensive experience in Waterfall methodology and good knowledge to Agile Scrum project methodology
• Proficient in Defect Management which includes Defect Identification, Defect Logging and Defect Tracking using HP Quality Center
• Proficient in using the Test Management tool HP Quality Center for Test Planning, Test Designing, Test Analysis, Test Execution, Defect Tracking and Reporting.
• Have basic knowledge about Automation tool - Quick Test Professional QTP
• Good functional knowledge and extensive experience in Banking and Financial Services
• Experience in Estimation, Task Creation, Resource Allocation, Planning, Scheduling Tracking.
• Expertise in preparing various status reports and communicate the same to the intended stakeholders
• Excellent experience in Documentation and Process Management with an ability to effectively understand the business requirements to develop a quality product.
• Possess strong analytical thinking troubleshooting capabilities, proactive listener with excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts and capable of working in-group as well as independently.
• Organized, attention to detail, self-motivation, multi-focused and ability to meet project milestone, and deliverable dates.

TOOLS/SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Role: Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the product backlog session and identifying the user stories for the sprints along with the Business Analyst and client
• Participation in product backlog session and identifying the user stories for the sprints along with the Business Analyst, Product Owners and Development team
• Identifying Test Scenarios and preparation of Test plans based the same
• Reviewing the test cases and help the team in identifying the gaps in their test cases
• Involved in various Agile activities such as Sprint Planning session, Scrum call , Sprint Retro meetings
• Work Delegation to QA team and helped them to understand the requirements and changes happening in the code / application.
• Conducting Test plan review session with BA and Development team and walkthrough the same with Dev team and BA team
• Presenting the developed functionality as Product Demo with various stakeholders by explaining the developed functionalities
• Preparation of Various status reports and communicate the same to Test manager and other stakeholders
• Conducted Reviews for Test Cases, Test Results Defects as part of the quality assurance

Confidential

Role: QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the product backlog session and identifying the user stories for the sprints along with the Business Analyst and client
• Involved in various Agile activities such as Scrum call , Final acceptance meeting and Sprint Retro meetings
• Regression test suite prepartion
• Identifying Test Scenarios and Creation of Test Cases.
• Performed System Integration Testing, Regression Testing and captured the Test Results Defects in Quality Center.
• Preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix Defects report.
• Conducted Reviews for Test Cases, Test Results Defects as part of the quality assurance.

Confidential

Role: Module Lead

• Upgrade Applications from Visual Basic 4.0 Visual Basic 5.0 to Visual Basic 6.0.
• Upgrade all Java Application Source Code to be JDK 1.6 compatible.
• Upgrade application specific SQLs to be forward compatible with Sybase 15.0

Responsibilities:

• Gathering high-level requirements from clients and analyze feasibility with the technical team.
• Identifying Scope of each release with Business and Operations team.
• Preparation of Software Requirements Specifications and obtaining sign off from SMEs.
• Delegated work to QA team and helped them understand the requirements and changes happening in the code / application.
• Preparation of Test Strategy, Test Plan and obtaining sign off from the clients.
• Identifying Test Scenarios and Creation of Test Cases.
• Performed System Integration Testing, Regression Testing and captured the Test Results Defects in Quality Center.
• Preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix Defects report.
• Conducted Reviews for Requirements, Test Cases, Test Results Defects as part of the quality assurance.
• Preparation of Daily and Weekly Status Reports for the senior management to track the System Test execution.
• Conducted Final Inspection Audit with TCS QA Team for the client deliverables.

Environment: IBM DOORS, HP Quality Center, Rapid SQL, Toad, SnagIt, MS Share Point, Java/J2EE, Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio , Windows XP/7, IBM Lotus Notes

Confidential

Role: QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements Document to prepare the detailed Test Plan.
• Creation of Test Scenarios, Test Cases Test Data according to the Software Requirements Specification document approved by the business users.
• Performed System Integration Testing, Regression Testing and captured the Test Results Defects in Quality Center.
• Executing SQL queries from Toad to verify the data retrieved in the front end and the data inserted from the GUI against the database.
• Tested the business reports and compared the data quality format against the database model reports provided in the Software Requirements Specifications document.
• Initiated new processes for improving the quality throughout the QA team.
• Conducted Final Inspection Audit with TCS QA Team for the client deliverables.

Environment: IBM DOORS, HP Quality Center, Rapid SQL, DBArtisan, Toad, SnagIt, MS Share Point, Java/J2EE, Gupta SQL, Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio , Windows XP/7, IBM Lotus Notes

Confidential

Role: Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement Gathering from Business Analysts and other stakeholders
• Converting the requirements and design documents into functional test cases
• Drafting test strategies for projects to be implemented in production
• Tracking and monitoring project deliverables
• Review and monitoring of project metrics and reports
• Defect management
• Executing test cases and validating the result with the requirement
• Involved in functional testing , regression testing of the application
• Logging defect encountered during testing , defect tracking and defect closure with the help of test management tool Quality Centre
• Automate the existing functionalities using Quick Test Professional
• Regression suite preparation and execution

Confidential

Role: QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business Requirements
• Creation of Test Scenarios, Test Cases Test Data according to the Software Requirements Specification document approved by the business users
• Update test cases based on the application/system changes
• Validation of database updates by writing, running and analyzing SQL queries.
• Creation and execution of test cases for UI, Functionality, Smoke and Regression Testing
• Logging defect encountered during testing , defect tracking and defect closure with the help of test management tool Quality Centre