SUMMARY:

• 5 years of solid experience in manual testing environment and recent exposure to automation in banking and financial services industry
• Advanced knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Test Life Cycle
• Expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies in financial field
• Proficient in creating and executing Test Plans and Test Cases
• Experienced in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements are covered by test cases
• Experience documenting and updating defects both detailed and high level using HP ALM and JIRA
• Highly proficient accessing databases and performing back - end tests and data reconciliation using SQL and Linux
• Experience executing Smoke/Sanity, Functional, GUI, End-End, Back-End & Regression tests
• Very good knowledge of Capital Markets and Financial Products such as: Equities, Derivatives and Fixed Income
• Experience working with various financial instruments and fix messages (fix protocol)
• Advanced knowledge of Trade Life Cycle
• Experience testing Trade Order Management System
• Understand and work with FIX messages, Tags and Values
• Experience in creating orders and checking FIX logs for acknowledgement, execution and other messages
• Proficient in retrieving, analyzing & comparing FIX logs to manually verify captured data using Putty & Linux commands
• Expertise running End-End tests with automated scripts using VeriFIX to simulate Exchange
• Experience running regression tests using HP QTP/HP UFT
• Easily collaborate with developers and project managers to accomplish milestones.
• Able to work effectively in a team setting as well as on own initiative with minimal error and minimal to no guidance
• Very good at building consensus and assisting others
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
• Good analytical, diagnostic and creative problem solving skills
• Great at prioritizing workload in an efficient manner
• Detail oriented and a quick learner
• Solid history of discovering defects, resolving technical issues & ensuring delivery of high quality software solutions

TECHNICAL S KILLS

Application Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, VBScript

Database Management: SQL Server, Oracle

Testing Tools: HP ALM/Quality Center

Automation Tools: HP UFT/QTP

Exchange Simulation Tool: VeriFIX

Defect Management Tools: Jira

Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point, Access

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work in Agile environment testing team concentrated on Equities
• Coordinate with project management to understand specifications and requirements
• Review and Analyze Business Requirements Document, Functional Specifications Documents
• Develop, maintain, execute and update Te st P lan and Test Cas es using HP ALM
• Create Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements are covered by test cases
• Attempt to duplicate reported defects
• Use Jira to Log, Prioritize, Track and Update defect status
• Set prioritization of modules testing
• Create system, integration, end to end, and regression test sets for new application functionality/enhancement and product releases
• Perform Regression tests before each release
• Running regression tests using HP UFT
• Analyze Fix log’s tags and values
• Extensive use of VeriFix to run End-End tests
• Use SQL joins to check constraint and verify data in tables.
• Use Linux to retrieve and extract fix logs from Unix box
• Test functionality of trading stocks
• Generate trading reports to cross check with database and Fix logs
• Support product releases across multiple code drops
• Ensure that assigned requirements are accurately tested and met zero defect level
• Work with developers to track backlog items
• Attend daily and weekly meeting status with the QA, Development and Management team
• Provide QA feedback for review retrospectives
• Train and mentor new software testers on testing procedures, product specs & policies to maximize performance

New York, NY

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyze User Stories and Identify Requirements to create test cases

• Write and execute test cases on various features of Bond Cusip and its modules
• Use HP ALM to write and update test plan and test cases
• Execute GUI and Functional tests
• Test Functionality of trading Bonds
• Test RFQ (request for quote) messages: acknowledgement, execution and cancellation
• Run shell scripts in Linux to generate traded market data for client and tested client reports
• Write SQL statements using joins, subqueries & clauses for back-end tests and data manipulation
• Use Excel functions for data filtering and data matching.
• Running regression tests using HP QTP
• Log and track defects using JIRA
• Work with Developers to follow up on defects status
• Create test plans and release notes in the absence of BA or QA lead
• Report issues and provided suggestive solutions to the management team
• Escalate arising risks to the QA manager, Business Analyst, Project Manager if one is absent
• Create Test Summary reports
• Work closely with developers, business analysts and other project management personnel involved in Software Development Life Cycle

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Active involvement in all aspects of the pre-testing: setting up hardware and software for the test team environment

• Involvement in analyzing business and specifications requirements documents
• Support in preparing Test Strategy and associated test plans
• Continuously update testing documentation
• Write test cases using MS Excel
• Responsible for migrating the test cases from excel sheets to HP Quality Center’s repository
• Execute test cases within identified time frames, within test environments and test data with high degree of accuracy
• Write SQL statements to check and verify Back-End data
• Document and report system defects to the project team
• Involvement in user acceptance testing
• Work effectively meeting deadlines in an Agile environment
• Communicates issues / concerns to development team, team lead and project resources
• Identify and communicate business risks relative to testing and implementation for evaluation by project teams
• Working under limited supervision, ensure that system under test meets business requirements
• Prepare testing related reports, if necessary
• Ensure that defects uncovered in the test are recorded, summarized and utilized in post project reviews in an effort to improve the development and test processes
• Participate in daily (scrum) and weekly team meetings to discuss new enhancement requests