SUMMARY

• 15 years of experience in Software Testing Methodologies with strong Test Planning and Project Management skills.
• Excellent experience in the Healthcare domain and Pharmacy applications
• Extensive Knowledge in Financial Domain with specialization in Fixed Income and Credit Derivatives - CDS, CDO and in Wealth Management sector
• Handled credit applications like Trade Capture application, Pricing application, Trading and Risk application and Wealth Management applications to capture the Client and Account Data
• Proven expertise in Requirement Analysis, Testing, Project Coordination and Client Interaction
• Extensive experience in Test Plan Preparation and Implementation, Testing Effort Estimation, Test Case Design, Metrics based Project Tracking
• As a SME, performed validations at the Innovation and Help Center stores along with Business team
• Proven ability to utilize cross-functional leadership resulting in an increased productivity and teamwork between various geographically distributed teams
• Good exposure to Defect Management processes and proficiencies in using test management and Defect Tracking tools like HP Quality Center, HP ALM and JIRA/Zephyr
• Diverse and hands-on expertise in executing Testing projects in both Waterfall and Agile methodology
• Proficient in various Agile Ceremonies like Release Planning, Elaboration sessions, Sprint Planning, Daily standups, End of sprint demos and Retrospectives
• Experience in Web services(SOAP and REST) testing using SOAP UI, Postman and Database validations using Oracle, SQL, Cassandra and Cosmos
• Implemented BDD feature file using Cucumber Gherkin language for Scrum team’s user stories
• Hands-on experience in testing Kakfa Events & Topics & analyzing the Microservice failures in pods by verifying Kubernetes logs and testing messaging queues using HermesJMS, IBM MQ Explorer, SAG Universal Messaging
• Expertise in Strategizing Integration testing at the Enterprise level involving various partners
• Hands-on experience in creating and maintaining JIRA dashboards for a consolidated view and reporting

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• HP Quality Center 10.0 / HP ALM 11.52 for Functional testing and Defect Tracking
• JIRA/Confluence for Project management
• Zephyr - JIRA 2.6.2 for Test Management
• Database: Oracle, SQL, Cassandra, Cosmos
• Kafka Event stream, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GIT, Maven, Cucumber, Kibana, Intellij IDEA, Selenium
• Automation Tools: QTP 10.0
• Microsoft SharePoint and Atlassian Confluence for Document Management
• SOAP UI, Postman for testing Webservices
• HermesJMS, IBM MQ, SAG Universal Messaging for validating the message queues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Integration QE Lead

Tools: and technology: JIRA, Zephyr, SOAP UI, Postman, SAG UM Queue, IBM MQ, HermesJMS, Confluence, SQL Developer, Cassandra, Cosmos, JConsole, Kafka, Kubernetes

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Agile software development - Scrum methodology
• Participated in various Agile ceremonies including Release Planning, Elaboration sessions, Sprint Planning, Daily stand up meetings, QE demos and Retrospective meetings
• Represented QE in the Feature Refinement meetings, collaborated with the Business and Product teams and provided inputs to pull features for a release from the Product backlog
• Actively involved in the estimation of User stories and followed Fibonacci sequence to assign story points to the User Stories
• Identified the Scope for the System Integration Testing and presented it to the SIT team along with architecture diagrams and additional documentation to enable the team to kick start the sprint testing
• Led the Enterprise Integration Testing involving more than 10 partners, prepared the Partner Integration Testing Strategy & Plan detailing the approach, timelines, effort, partner engagement map, test readiness checklist, partner support, etc.
• Co-ordinated the testing efforts with all the partners by scheduling working sessions and ensured that the timelines are met by syncing up with the partners on a day to day basis
• Scheduled and led the daily Defect Triage meetings to review the defects with all the partners
• Mentored the team in understanding the scope of the Integration work and reviewed the test cases to ensure the test coverage
• Assisted the team in testing the Kafka events, reviewing the Kubernetes logs to identify the issues in the microservices, validating the Cassandra and Cosmos databases, verifying the messages in SAG Universal Messaging queue, IBM MQ and HermesJMS, testing Webservices using SOAP UI and Postman and running the test suites using Jenkins
• Created Feature files in Gherkin language to be used for UI automation testing using Cucumber tool which follows Behavioral Driver Development methodology
• Created and maintained JIRA dashboards to present a consolidated view of the Test Execution Completion, Defects, etc. for executive level reporting
• Prepared and presented weekly and release wise Integration Testing Metrics Reports to both the leadership team and the partners. Also provided QE inputs for the weekly Executive Initiative Report.
• Participated in Cross-Platform meetings to discuss concerns and identify gaps in implementation
• Co-ordinated the Partner Regression Testing for the RxRenewal change
• Worked with DevOps and site Arch Team to manage RxMS Application deployment in all the QE store devices in Technology Labs, Innovation center and Help center
• Provided support to the UAT team with application walkthroughs, clarifications and test data
• Involved in re-planning and re-baselining efforts due to schedule changes
• Scheduled and presented Release wise End-to-End demos to the product owners, business and partners
• Prepared and presented the E2E and Enterprise Integration Testing Test Results Summary after QE sign off

Confidential

QE Lead

Tools: and technology: QC 10, Java, SQL

Responsibilities:

• Handled multiple projects under WEPRE - CU Stabilize, PCC Stabilize, Instore and BAM Dashboards
• Involved in preparing various key documents including Test Estimates, Test Plans and Test Completion Reports
• Instrumental in implementing Shift-Left Testing for the project
• Created value-adding tools like Clarification Tracker, Query Repository, TQCT Tracker and Rebalancing Calculator for internal use during Test Design and Test Execution phases and ensured that the team accesses and updates it on a constant basis
• Involved in Resource Planning and Allocation between overlapping releases (R69 to R72) and successfully ensured that adequate people are assigned to release dependent work, regression and pilot support for previous release
• Prepared the Test Design Approach and Test Execution Approach for ONE POWER application which combines the features of WEPRE POWER and POWER applications
• Led the critical task of identifying the Test sets for the Master Regression Suite for ONE POWER application and also performed Regression optimization
• Initiated the Cross-Application Training between the team members to minimize the people dependency in the projects
• Presented multiple demos of the complete business flow of WEPRE application to key management team members
• Managed a team of 7 members located onshore and offshore and Co-ordinated Daily Status Calls between the onshore and offshore team members to ensure that everyone is on the same page in all aspects of the project
• Monitored all the projects within WEPRE and prepared Weekly Project Report which includes the High level status, Upcoming Milestones/Deliverables, Critical Issues/Risks

Confidential

QA Lead

Tools: and technology: QC 10, .NET, SQL, SOAPUI

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement analysis and in creation of detailed traceability matrix, test plans and test scenarios for different application modules against functional requirements and business specifications.
• Performed functionality testing which involved testing of all core functions of the application.
• Involved in different phases of Test efforts like Smoke testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, and User Acceptance testing
• Worked on SOAP UI tool to test the services
• Performed Back-end testing to validate data using SQL queries
• Prepared Estimates and shared it to all the stakeholders
• Involved in Metrics collection and reporting
• Used Quality Center for defect tracking and ensured the closure of the defects
• Prepared and delivered Test Documents like Test Summary Report/ Defect Report and updated Weekly Status Reports

Confidential

QA Lead

Tools: and technology: QC 9.2, .NET, SQL

Responsibilities:

• Involved in managing the Integration of the Adhara features into the STAR application
• Led a 6 member team to carry out the integration
• Analyzed the Requirements and Designed Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and monitored Test Case Design as per the requirements.
• Prepared Estimates and shared it to all the stakeholders
• Suggested enhancements and better solution approach to the development team for certain requirements.
• Assessed the non-functional requirements, coordinated with other teams for coming up with scenarios and monitored the testing
• Managed Test Execution through HP Quality Center and supported various release activities.
• Ensured that the defects are posted in the Quality Center with clear step-by-step explanations and screenshots for better understanding
• Instrumental in finding key defects in the Substitution Wizard calculations
• Coordinated well with both the onshore and offshore teams on a daily basis through calls and in-person interaction
• Provided progress updates and metrics on a daily and weekly basis to all the stakeholders

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led a larger team of 18 members and handled 6 different applications
• Monitored the schedule and the deliverables of the projects, conducted interviews and assisted the project manager in performance reviews.
• Implemented Agile Methodology - Scrum in two of the applications.
• Acted as the QA contact person, followed 3-week sprint, coordinated daily stand-up meetings, Lessons Learnt session by the end of each sprint.
• Resolved team escalations by interacting directly with onsite development leads, onsite development managers, onsite BA and in some cases users- middle office.
• Prepared Test Plans and Reviewed Test Cases.
• Suggested enhancements and better solution approach to the development team for certain requirements.
• Initiated the Knowledge Management process and have guided the team in the topics and the contents to be included.
• This included domain related, QA processes and Tools and it greatly helped in cross-training and while on-boarding a new team member
• Conducted NCFM(National Stock Exchange of India’s Certification in Financial Markets) Drive successfully which led the team members to complete a maximum of 4 NCFM certifications and gain domain expertise which has ultimately led to better understanding of the business and better testing.
• Have invested time in coming up with best practices which could be used across teams and have created templates for KT Summary Document, Query Tracker, Monthly Release Information, Weekly Status, etc. which could be used across the projects
• Have rendered elaborate KT sessions for the new joiners on the Banyan Trade Capture, eBlotter and Aurora applications and on the domain and the processes
• Worked actively during the integration of Confidential and Confidential applications
• Involved in various TCE and Org-wide Initiatives

Confidential

Test Lead

Tools: and technology: Manual Testing, QC 9.2, .NET, SQL

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and identified the business requirements from the existing legacy applications and user requirements.
• Designed Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and Test Cases as per the requirements
• Coordinated all Test activities in Onsite-Offshore model with a team of 10 members.
• Verified Critical functionalities such as DTCC checks, Trade enhancements, Markit calculation Checks & Bloomberg's Bond server data checks.
• Handled new product enhancements such as CDS Option, IRS, CCS, Bond, FX, REPO.
• Ensured the Team adheres to the Test process & Standards set.
• Performed Test Execution and supported release activities.
• Prepared Test Completion report and other related metrics for all releases and patch fixes.
• Managed Post release activities such as Feedback, Analysis of Gaps in the existing Test suite.
• Ensured the Other Merrill Applications\components such as OMS,IonHandler, Tzero-Novation are integrated successfully.
• Ensured there were no slippages and QA release activities as per schedule
• Trained new team members and ensured they catch up with rest of the team in a short span.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Tools: and technology: Manual Testing, QC 9.2, QTP 9.1 and VSTS

Responsibilities:

• Created Workload Model
• Defined the various Counters and set the Threshold values for them
• Created Transaction Model
• Created Test Scenarios & Test scripts
• Performance Testing with different scenarios to track and analyze Performance results and Report performance issues
• Performed Integrated Script run of QTP and VSTS scripts
• Involved in Version Control Activities
• Involved in Re-testing after Performance Tuning

Confidential

QA Engineer

Tools: and technology: Manual Testing, Silk Test 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Created Test procedures, Test scripts and Test cases
• Performed Manual testing with different scenario to track and report system defects and bug fixing.
• Developed test scripts
• Involved in Positive & Negative testing.
• Involved in Black Box Testing.
• Multi-user testing of the complete application.

Confidential

Manual Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created Test procedures, Test scripts and Test cases
• Developed test cases
• Executed Test cases and involved in Defect Logging and Bug Reporting.
• Involved in Positive & Negative testing.
• Involved in Black Box Testing.
• Involved in Version Control Activities using VSS