SUMMARY:

• Experienced in all stages of testing. Functional, Performance, Load, Regression and System
• Senior Test Engineer for the past 4 years.
• Proficient in creating and executing test plans, test cases, test scripts, defect tracking, Manual and Automated testing
• Efficient in setting up test environments, preparing deployment procedures for implementations, conducting dry run and Production implementations.
• Demonstrated ability in conducting User acceptance testing, preparing Risk Reports and developing help documents.
• Readily adapts to new technology via education and implementation experience.
• Extensive experience testing web applications as well as standalone applications.
• Worked in both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies of Software development

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: PL/SQL, SQL, Visual Basic, C, C++, Unix

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, Access, Sybase

Software: Developer 2000(Forms 4.5/6i, Reports 2.5/3.0/6i), Discoverer, MS Office, Serena Team Track, ArcGIS - ArcMap 10.0 and ArcMap 10.3.1

Platforms: Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/10, Unix

Tools: HP Quality Center, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Unified Functional Testing tool (UFT), Ranorex, WinRunner, Load Runner, SQL Navigator, TOAD, HTML, XML, Star team, Footprints, HEAT, Visio, IBM Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest, Requisite Pro, JIRA, Interactive SQL, SQL Developer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Senior Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and executed both Manual and Automated test cases based on Functional Requirements, Specifications and Design Document Requirements for a web based application called Product Data Management (PDM). The PDM system manages all the product data configurations of Jeppesen’s charting products. It replaced the 34+ year old mainframe system called RCS (Revision Control System). Helped team achieve it’s goal of 75% automation. Project received appreciation from the top management team for meeting it’s deadlines with minimum defect escapes into Production.
• Recognized by Automation lead and Test manager for quick learning of the Automation tool (UFT), and applying the knowledge for developing automation tests identified by the team.
• Logged and tracked defects using Clear Quest earlier and now in JIRA.
• Covering for the Test Lead for the above project in her absence. In that capacity producing all test artifacts which included - sending out weekly Project Status Reports to entire groups, representing the project in team meetings, performing all testing functions
• Developed SQL scripts to load test data in Excel spreadsheets, into database tables. This speeded up the testing effort where different sets of data, was needed to be populated into about 25 columns of a table. Laterimported Excel spreadsheets into UFT to run data driven tests.
• Provided Tech Support for PDM after it got deployed to the Customers.
• Executed regression tests, examined log files for errors and issues, for an ArcMap application Airport Moving Database Lite (AMDBLite). This was a database which housed all data related to small airports. Data for big airports was added through another project called AMDB. Project completed ahead of it’s schedule - from 4 months to 2 months
• Modified automated smoke tests developed for the master AMDB project to make them run for the AMDBLite project. This resulted in about 70% automation for this Project. Recognized by the team for a good effort working alone on the project.
• Received Training to use the SAFE (Scaled Agile Framework) methodology.
• Test Lead on a Project called AMM Packager - This was a tool which packaged and converted Airport Moving Map (AMM) data to the format needed by the FliteDeck Pro application accessed on Apple iPads, by the pilots.
• Prepared Test Plan, Test Evaluation Summary, got approvals from leads of other projects, affected by the above tool’s deployment into Production, created ITS tickets, represented tickets in the Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings, provided status updates in the System Integration meetings. Performed all validation and integration testing as tool was developed by a third party vendor. Logged defects and tracked them. This led to the successful deployment of Jeppesen’s highly visible application called Flite Deck Pro 3.0/9.0, of which AMM Packager was a part of, into the aviation market.
• Currently working on the Jeppesen Aviation Database (JAD) project. This is a web based app already being used by the customers. Maintenance continues on the project. The JAD database stores all aviation data for airports around the world. Responsible for validating defects reported by users in production and testing them after fixes. Testing enhancements.
• Regression testing new builds using Manual and automated tests. Monthly Project Releases
• Support JAD Production Deployments.
• Received training on using a new Automation tool called Ranorex being used for automation of the JAD project. Working on automating remaining regression tests along with 3 other testers, to meet the project’s goal of 80% automation (only 20% automated currently).
• Reviewing and providing feedback on Requirements and Developer’s Design and Production deployment documents.

Confidential, Greenwood Village, CO

Lead QA/ Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a lead tester on project called ‘Final Auto Enroll Regulations’ which implemented regulations by Department of Labor on auto enrolling a participant in various plans. Performed the full software test life cycle and was appreciated by the developer/managers/users for doing a very thorough testing job. Business rules were not properly stated by the users when handing down the requirements making it difficult for development and testing.
• As a Project lead on the above challenging project, led it to a successful completion. This was a highly visible project and regular updates and meetings were conducted to inform the senior management on it’s progress.
• Tested various modules related to dropping cash into participant accounts, testing in-house Oracle forms used for adding/changing participant info, setting up plans, setting up windows scheduler for picking up newly eligible participants in plans to be reported to the employer, setting up their deferral records etc.
• Used Quick Test Pro to load test data.
• Test plans, test execution, defect tracking, generating reports for testing reviews were done using Quality center.
• Successfully tested another interesting project related to setting up a participant investments in a custom asset allocation model. There were different classes of these asset models which determined how a participant’s money should move between them as he ages, so he gets the maximum return on his investments.
• Performed production support, assisting the main production support person at times when there was an overflow in tickets needing resolution.

Confidential,

Denver, CO

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:.

• Initiated self-study and applied Quick Test Pro to automate Team Track, a web application which provided the ability to track the status of jobs in the Order Installation process, thereby reducing a 5-day manual process to 1 day . First to use the tool in the company . Gave Demos to other team members.
• Recognized by Company Vice president and fellow colleagues for independently and successfully leading projects to completion when team of 4 was reduced to 2, reducing costs without hiring new employees.
• Served as a sole Tester for validating testing internal reports displaying Polling statistics, Billing statistics, and analysis of frequency for Movies, Games, Sport events watched in hotel rooms. Results garnered instant user approval based on accuracy.
• Ensured thorough testing and accurate reporting of AR ACCT Revenue Assurance application to correctly generate Invoices and report company revenue.
• Ensured thorough testing of TRPI (Tax Rate Push Interface) a web application used by the Tax department to update the taxrates at Oncommand hotel racks.
• Efficiently tested Polling critical to the Company’s main business. This involved testing the polling software called Iceserver which ran on polling servers. Benefited the users as they could get answer to their queries by simply running polling commands
• Effectively used Go to meetings with the users in Atlanta and Sioux Falls to resolve conflicts. This benefited the users as they were able to show directly what they were experiencing and also us, if the users failed to understand how their particular requirement has been implemented.
• Presented Implementation requests in Change Control meetings . Production implementations were successfully performed without any obstacles.
• Used IIS (Internet Information Services) to host websites . This is carried on by developers in most companies. Being able to do this solely, helped the developers focus their attention on the development work being done for other projects.