To utilize my skills effectively and maintain a long-term relationship with the organization I work for by combining a positive attitude with leadership qualities.

Summary

Dynamic, competent, and result-oriented professional with 5.9 years experience in Software Testing & Quality Assurance in IT sector.

• 5. 9 years of experience in Quality Assurance Engineering.
• Managing & Leading a team of 15 at offshore and sending daily status report to onsite manager.
• Experienced in Product testing
• Experienced in testing Web applications.
• Experienced in Financial (BFSI) and Healthcare, Human Resource and Publishing Domain.
• Involved in Authoring Use case documents.
• Involved in Identifying scenarios for Regression testing
• Experience in test management tool, Quality Center 9.2
• Experience in Functional Testing, System testing, Regression Testing, Ad –hoc and GUI testing.
• Designed, developed, and executed test cases, bug reporting using IBM Clear Quest and Quality center
• Exposure to all stages of SDLC and STLC.
• Expertise in preparing Traceability Matrix for both Web application and Product
• Ability to take up the call with the Client Independently.
• Knowledge in Basic SQL queries,
• Mentoring of new team members and providing Knowledge Transfer to them
• Conducting Stand up meet and to discuss the work to be done on that particular day by different team members and to conduct Retrospective Meeting with clients after the Release.
• Quick learner and excellent team player having ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Able to complete the job within the specified time and received Appreciation Letter from the client side on various occasions

Professional Details

Confidential,June 2011-till date

Sr. QA Engineer

Ness Technologies. May 5, 2008 – May 10,2011

QA Engineer

Confidential,Feb 8, 2007 – May 5,2008

QA Engineer

Education / Qualifications

Date

Place of Education

Qualifications

2007

Confidential,School, Bangalore

Masters in Computer Application

2004

Confidential,University, Kochi

Bachelors in Commerce

Software Skills:

Operating System : Windows 98, XP.
Configuration management Tools: Rational Clear case
Defect Tracking Tool : IBM Clear Quest, Quality Center 9.2
Database : SQL, Oracle 9i, Oracle10G.
Database accessing tool : SQL Editor, Toad, SQL Developer
Web server : Apache Tomcat 5.5
Scripting Languages : VB script

Achievements:

• Received Appreciation letter from the client for understanding the application in very quick interval of time and logging major defects
• Received Excellence award for successfully roll release of the Product and there was no customer Issue reported from the product that was released
• Received Snap award for the role played as a QA in the absence of a business Analyst in authoring the URS document for QECG Muse receipt server and completing it in stipulated time frame.
• Was able to crash the application which was more or less very stable by performing ad-hoc testing
• Acceptance rate of the bug raised for the product is 98%
• Was given separate modules to be tested and was able to stabilize the module before system testing itself thus giving sufficient time for the development team to fix the issues
• Project completed within the stipulated time.

Professional Experience

Holy family international – Roles and responsibilities

• Meet all customer commitments through the production of timely, efficient and high quality products and service.
• Assures all work entered into production, follows the order entry standards and procedures.
• Approve exceptional or extraordinary jobs and specifications.
• Update and maintain production schedule.
• Assist with estimating.
• Maintain production control records and provide information to sales representatives, customers and management with regard to delivery dates, schedules and operating problems.
• Schedule, plan and conduct Morning Production Meetings.
• Prepare, update, and communicate the production schedule.
• Oversee all staff scheduling, time off requests and overtime.
• Manage the coordination and control of all jobs/work orders.
• Assures all staff has the resources, software applications and information to perform their function.
• Ensure employee safety training is conducted as required by Company Policy.
• Perform the functions of the General Manager/Owner in the General Manager/Owner’s absence.

Projects # 1

Confidential,Environment Title: Muse ECG receipt server
Environment: Microsoft Windows server 2003, sp2
Database: SQL server 2005 Standard edition / Enterprise edition, sp2
Team Size: 12
Type of Testing: Manual
Role: Sr QA Engineer/ Lead

Description:
The MUSE system is intended to store, access and manage cardiovascular information on adult and paediatric patients. The information consists of measurements, text and digitized waveforms. The Muse system provides the ability to review and edit electrocardiograph procedures on screen. Through the use of reviewing and measuring and editing tools. Including ECG serial comparison. The Muse system has the ability to be connected to Non – GE equipment. This device stores ECG generated by a computerised analysis program which can be used as a tool in ECG tracing interpretation. This computerised interpretation is only significant when used in conjunction with clinical findings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performed Smoke and Sanity testing.
• Involved in generating and executing Test Cases.
• Involved in reviewing Test Cases and Test Scenarios.
• Authored URS document and Prepared UAT Test cases.
• Support the client during UAT and solving their issues related to Environment and Application
• Bug tracking and reporting using Quality Center 9.2
• Given knowledge sharing sessions to the new Joiners.

Project # 2

Title Q-ECG 2.3
Confidential,Environment MS-Windows XP, Oracle 10g, Cognos 8.1.4
Team Size 3
Type of Testing: Manual
Role QA Engineer

Description:
QECG Application (Quintiles Electro Cardio Gram) suite of applications allows its users, primarily the Cardio Associates, Cardiologists to name a few in analyzing the ECG of the patients (subjects) undergoing the study. The application can enrol ECGs sent across from various Sites (Hospital), allocates it to the analyzers based on an algorithm for analysis and has the capability to send fax/email to the site to verify the subject details and subjects missed visits. The Study, Site, Subject, Visit, Users can all be setup.. User is also able to view all the reports related to ECG on Web Portal of QECG.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performed Smoke, Functional and Regression testing.
• Bug tracking and reporting using Quality Center 9.2
• Involved in generating and executing Test Cases.
• Involved in reviewing Test Cases and giving appropriate comments.
• Supporting Users while doing UAT
• Participated in KT sessions
• Participated in daily project status meetings with Project manager and weekly projects status meetings related to testing with QA manager and Team mates.

Project # 3
Confidential,Environment Title: Cashlinx
Environment: Web Sphere 6.0.2.9, Oracle 10g,
Database: Oracle 10g
Team Size: 18
Type of Testing: Manual
Role: QA Engineer

Description:
Cash America is a leading Pawn Shop and Payday Advance /Neighbourhood financial Center retailer in USA. It currently has three major business units, Cash land, Cash America, and Super Pawn providing Payday Lending and other associated financial services. The POS Transformation project is the first phase of a three-phase project to both replace the software infrastructure and re-engineer the processes associated with the current Payday Lending and Pawn Shop services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performing Smoke, functional and Regression testing
• Authoring of test case for smoke, Functional, Regression testing, Adhoc testing
• Conducting Stand up meet, Retrospect meeting.
• Preparing scenarios for different use case analyzing the Impact on different use case
• Performing Root Cause Analysis for various defects
• Performing complete testing on Shop Administration in the CashLinx Application

Project # 4

Title Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
Confidential,Environment Windows XP, HTML, JSP, Mysql
Role Software Test Engineer.
Team Size 4
Type of Testing: Manual
Role QA Engineer

Description:
Human Resource Information System (HRIS) is an integrated software solution of automated HR functions. HRIS functions support activities such as identifying and recruiting employees, managing employee salary and personnel actions, and tracking the results of training and development activities. HRIS contain modules ranging from Manpower requisition, Payroll, Benefits, Applicant Tracking, and Recruitment to Position Control, Time and Attendance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Involved in generating and executing Test Cases.
• Performed Smoke and Sanity testing.
• Involved in reviewing Test Cases and Test Scenarios.
• Performed Regression Testing.
• Bug tracking and reporting using bug tracking tool.
• Participated in knowledge sharing sessions
• Participated in regular, weekly projects status meetings related to testing with Team mates, Test lead and Test Manager.