SUMMARY

• ISTQB Certified Professional with more than 7 years of Information Technology experience and comprehensive understanding of Banking and Capital Markets
• Good exposure to each of the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), involved in testing activities from the stage of concept to full implementation.
• Regression testing of web application using automation testing tool QuickTest Professional.
• Involved in System Integration and Regression testing for 4 major releases and 7 off - cycle releases of front office trading application Fidessa Order management.
• Testing of equities/ derivatives trading flows such as Managed Orders, Quick Order Entry, Direct Market Access (DMA), Direct Strategies Access (DSA), Dealer Algo Flows, Basket Waves, and Program Trading (PT) on real market and broker connections on Fidessa application Knowledge of all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Expertise in developing test plans and test cases from Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Functional Specification Documents (FSD).
• Strong skills in establishing QA policies, procedures and strategies and in developing appropriate processes to ensure product quality.
• Tested orders of Algo strategies TWAP (Time weighted average price), VWAP (volume weighted average price), POV (percentage of volume), IS (Implementation Shortfall), MOC (Market on Close), ICEBERG, SDMA. I tested manual Algo orders (normal manual order with Algo strategy assigned), Program trading order (basket of orders assigned with Algo strategy), Direct strategies access (DSA) order which means Direct market order (DMA) with strategy access.
• Used Financial Information Exchange (FIX) 4.2 protocol for sending orders in all flows (Manual, Program Trading and DSA) by sending FIX protocol messages with FIX 4.2 and FIX simulator (GFIX). Testing FIX tags in order Sent, Execution, cancel sent, cancel received message etc.
• Knowledge of Defect/Bug tracking process with tools like HP QC, and Bugzilla.
• Strong working experience in various databases such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and MS Access.
• Hands on experience in setting up the test environment, installations and configuration.
• Ability to coordinate and organize offshore and onsite QA efforts.
• Hands-on experience on Quality Centre, Quick Test Professional, Fidessa, FIX Protocol, NYSE TradeScope, WebMinder, and Fidessa Data Administration
• Worked on UNIX environment and used various UNIX commands to check the data in log files.
• Currently working on testing (Bonds, Equity, Option, Mutual funds) of Confidential web based application Aspire Investor/Broker for various clients like Edward Jones, Cetera, FMS Bonds etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MS Windows XP/ Vista/ 7.0, UNIX

Tools: ALM QC 11.0, QTP 8.0 & 9.2, NYSE Tradescope, Fidessa Data Administrator, WebMinder

Software: IBM Rational ClearQuest, Fidessa, Business Objects XI R3, 4Sight SF, Remedy

Databases: Sybase, Fidessa Real-Time Database, MS SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Jersey city, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the test cases for all types of Equity, options, fixed income, mutual fund, advanced order, blast order by covering the requirements, used traceability matrix, and executed test cases using HP ALM QC 11.00 tool.
• Logged the defects, tracked them to closure using BMC Remedy Action Request System and discussed their priority during calls for fixing in urgent manner
• Smoke and sanity testing in new builds, also end to end test and regression testing.
• Worked on Brokerage Plus BPS and Advanced order management AOM systems which is used by major clients like SCHWAB, Barclays, PSNUS, Edward Jones, Cetera, FMS Bonds, Blair etc.
• Worked on detailed testing of advanced reports like portfolio performance, summary, holdings open & closed tax lots, tax summary report generated from Cognos.
• Worked in UNIX environment to check the log files using UNIX Commands
• Verified the FIX tags 4.4 in Log files for order sent and received.
• Extensively involved in all phases of SDLC (Software development Life cycle) using Agile methodology
• Involved in preliminary meetings with core project team to discuss Business Requirement Document (BRD)
• Created the Automation Test Plan and extensively used QTP for creating scripts for functional and regression testing of various features of the application.
• Used Synchronization, Call function, Parameterization, Checkpoints, Regular Expressions to enhance test affectivity also created reusable actions.
• Performed automation testing using QTP and parameterized the scripts to execute multiple sets of data.

Environment: Aspire Investor/broker application for Cetera, Sybase, HP ALM QC 11.00, BPS, advanced order management AOM, BMC Remedy Action Request System, UNIX, FIX 4.4

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Quality Analyst/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and tested new and change reports requests by business users and traders. Validation of those reports with 4Sight Securities financing application screens
• Prepared documents for users on how to use BO for giving access and rights, to add, delete, modify new / existing user. Also prepared functional design (FD) documents for reports which describes gives full report information
• Prioritizing test cases for Automation.
• Build Automation Framework using QTP
• Developing and executed SQL queries for backend testing
• Prepared Test Status Reports about Automation Test Coverage and Defect Summary.
• Identifying the high-risk points and the priorities of the application.
• Attended reviews and design meetings to understand the application.
• Prepared test plans and test cases for manual and automated testing according to requirements
• Ensured data quality in database by writing and executing SQL statements
• Prepared traceability matrices to fill gaps between requirements and test cases covered
• Wrote SQL queries for searching, creating and updating test data
• Interacted with DBA's, developers, systems engineers and network engineers during testing and isolated bottlenecks at different levels

Environment: Crystal Reports, Business Objects XI, Oracle 11, 4Sight Securities Financing Application

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding requirements in every release by referring CQs through change request management tool IBM Rational ClearQuest, and closely interacted with the owners/ clients
• Prepared the test cases for each release and executed using Quality Centre 9.2, logged defects and tracked them to closure, and sent daily execution reports to the clients
• Tested every type of flow in Fidessa such as DMA, DSA, Algo, Program Trading Managed, Basket Execution (BEAM), Quick Order Entry, and Mouse Trading on Order Depth Grid. Similarly Synthetic DMA, Swaps, and proprietary notes in equity finance for derivatives trading using omega application
• Tested orders of Algo strategies TWAP (Time weighted average price), VWAP (volume weighted average price), POV (percentage of volume), IS (Implementation Shortfall), MOC (Market on Close), ICEBERG, SDMA. I tested manual Algo orders (normal manual order with Algo strategy assigned), Program trading order (basket of orders assigned with Algo strategy), Direct strategies access (DSA) order which means Direct market order (DMA) with strategy access. I tested such orders (Manual, Program Trading and DSA) by sending FIX protocol messages with FIX4.2 and FIX simulator.
• Used Financial Information Exchange (FIX) 4.2 protocol for sending orders in all flows
• Tested using real markets (exchange connections) and broker connections such as Nite, Macqurie, and ITG in many countries
• Worked in UNIX environment to check the log files using UNIX Commands with Putty sessions.

Environment: Fidessa Trading Application 7.0.1-7.4.1 , Fidessa Data Administrator, Sybase, Real Time Database, NYSE TradeScope Fix Engine, FIX Protocol, GFIX, UNIX

Confidential

Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the test cases by covering the requirements, used traceability matrix, and executed test cases using Quality Centre 9.2 tool
• Logged the defects, tracked them to closure using HP Quality Centre, and discussed their priority during calls for fixing in urgent manner
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan
• Performed development integration, system integration, end to end and user acceptance testing for the data services
• Performed functional testing, performance testing and regression testing using QTP
• Performed load testing by burdening server with users to test application performance under stress conditions using Load Runner

Environment: eCRM Application, Quality Centre 9.2, MS Office Suite

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the Automation test scripts to test the whole functionality of the PSP portal using data driven approach and fetching data from excel sheet during runtime
• Used VBScripting in the automation scripts at basic level
• Participated in backend testing of database by writing SQL queries to test the integrity of the application and Oracle databases using TOAD
• Created data driven testing for positive and negative scenarios, by creating and storing data sets in MS Access
• Held regular interactions with developers, business analyst and logic unit workgroup
• Actively participated in bug meetings to resolve the defects in efficient and timely manner
• Tested scenarios for the applications and performed manual testing in HP Quality Center
• Performed database and application functional testing

Environment: QTP 8.0, Quality Centre, PSP Application

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• In User Acceptance Testing (UAT), analyzed requirements to prepare the test cases and test data for testing and validation
• Prepared the Detailed Logical Day Plan (LDP) for assigning and completing activities from the different teams across regions
• Functioned as an UAT Coordinator for Onsite Manager, and actively participated in daily UAT calls
• Participated in similar activities in (Beta) live such as production testing, the task was to validate and co-ordinate the complete process

Environment: Terminal Emulator, QTP 8.0, Quality Centre, MS Office Suite