SUMMARY:

• Over 9 and half years of experience in Information technology with emphasis on Software Testing.
• Close to 6 years of experience in testing of Middleware ( GUI - less SOA Web Services), over 3 years in Web based (Java & ASP.NET), Client-Server & Standalone applications using manual/automation testing techniques on a variety of platforms (Windows 2000/XP/NT, Mac OSX)
• Hands on experience in GH Tester implementing Web services automation
• Extensive experience in Batch/ETL testing using Informatica PowerCenter client Mappings, Transformations ;
• Knowledge on Banking & Financial domain; Identified as SME for APS middleware application in Confidential and Connected Commerce applications in Confidential
• Handling multiple projects within a release and driving them to closure as an Analyst
• Constant interaction with the Business Analysts, the project teams, IMs & Cross-application teams throughout the release.
• Providing additional support for channels/clients consuming the middleware services
• Capable team player, detail-oriented and motivated individual with strong analytical, communication and leadership skills. Experienced as a team lead for a group of 8-10 engineers
• Experience in creating System Test Plans based on FSD/Impact Analysis or PRD. Thorough hands on experience with designing/modifying test cases based on Use cases involving Complex Business Logic for the banking applications covering all test conditions and eliminating redundancy and duplications.
• Conduct Test plan/test case walkthrough to internal & external project teams that have a direct/indirect impact.
• Conduct weekly status review meetings with clients over calls, with PM and team members during the testing phase of a project(s) and a bug-triage meeting few days before a release.
• Took up training sessions for fresh grads, experienced peers on testing methodologies, bug life cycle, bug reporting tool & on the domain
• Thorough hands on experience with all levels of testing including functionality, compatibility, builds acceptance/smoke, exploratory/ad hoc, usability, installation, localization, security, database, regression, retesting, sanity and related test methodologies.
• Good experience in analyzing changes, risks and identifying areas of the application to be regression tested .
• Knowledge of various phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and good exposure to Quality processes like ISO & CMMi .
• Working experience in Agile Methodology
• Familiarity with programming and scripting languages.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as lead teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES EXPERIENCE: C++, C, Java, PERL, VB6.0.

WEB TECHNOLOGIES: JavaScript, XML, HTML, VB Script

TESTING TOOLS: GH Tester (GREEN HAT), SOAP UI, SOAP Scope, Solstice Integra Automate, HP Quality Center, Informatica PowerCenter 8.6/9.01 ETL Testing, QTP 9/10, Selenium & Sahi

DATABASES: Oracle 9i/10g (SQL Plus), SQL Server, MS Access, Teradata

TOOL: EXPERIENCE: Green Hat Tester v5.2.x, Informatica PowerCenter 8.6, Selenium, Sahi, QTP 9/10, HP-Mercury Quality Center 9.0, Integra Automate v5.4, SOAP Scope Server, SOAP UI, Clear Quest, Humming Bird Connectivity v9.0 Hogan Mainframes access utility, F-Secure Client & Server, TOAD 7.0/8.0 for Oracle 10g & SQL Server 5, Visual SourceSafe, Teradata, Perforce 4 P4, Putty 0.55, Simulators, Team Track 6.6, BugZilla 2.16, Vignette 6.0, Omniture Catalyst, Altova XML Spy 2007, RBT tool, SSH Tectia, Eclipse IDE for Java

PLATFORM EXPERIENCE: UNIX & Linux, Windows 2000/NT/XP and MAC OSX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I work closely with Business Analysts, IMs & Development teams and my team members from the inception of a release
• Attend the FSD and Impact Analysis walk-through’s for the projects I own with all above said parties involved in a release
• Derive QA sizing/efforts for the documented changes/impacted web services based on the scope for the list of all projects signed off to go in a release
• Write system test plans based on the FSD/IA documents conduct internal and external walk-through for the impacted applications directly/indirectly consuming the middleware services.
• Write test cases in QC based on the use cases & the business rules for each of the web services’ messages affected from message specifications
• Create web service automated test scripts in GH Tester, manual testing in Soap UI based on the test case scenarios that are documented.
• Extensive testing of ETL batches using Informatica PC tools, Autosys , GH Tester & 3 back end databases. SQL Server, Oracle & Teradata.
• As an analyst , allocate each engineer, specific changes to be tested within a project and hand off the test cases to the engineers assigned on the projects
• Request / Create the right data (accounts/customers/products/services) for validating the test cases
• As an engineer , execute test scripts in GH Tester/Soap UI
• Verifying the logs on servers for additional validation of the functional behavior of a change

TOOLS USED: Soap UI, GH Tester, Selenium, QTP, Informatica PowerCenter 8.6, XML Spy, SSH Tectia, HP Quality Center, Perforce, Toad for Oracle 10g, Eclipse Java IDE, Autosys, SQL Server, Linux, Teradata.

Confidential

QA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• I work closely with Business Analysts, IMs & Development teams and my team members from the inception of a release
• Derive QA sizing/efforts for the documented changes/impacted web services based on the scope for the list of all projects signed off to go in a release
• Write system test plans based on the FSD/IA documents conduct internal and external walk-through for the impacted applications directly/indirectly consuming the middleware services.
• Design test cases using RBT based on the use cases & the complex business logic for each of the web services’ messages affected from message specifications
• Create web service automated test scripts in GH Tester based on the test case scenarios that are documented.
• As an analyst , allocate each engineer, specific changes to be tested within a project and hand off the test cases to the engineers assigned on the projects
• Request / Create the right data (accounts/customers/products/services) for validating the test cases
• As an engineer , execute test scripts in Integra Automate Tool or GH Tester
• Log defects in Clear Quest Internal or External with clear steps for reproducing same
• Assist the frond-end channels/applications utilizing the middleware services in their testing effort;
• Attend project weekly status, Release readiness and defect-triage meetings; prepare and participate in key Learning meetings; leverage relationships across other departments; follow up with individuals without guidance and guide the team through release cycles.

TOOLS USED: Soap Scope, Integra Automate, GH Tester, XML Spy, Putty, Humming Bird Hogan Mainframes Access