SUMMARY:

• 12+ Years of experience in Confidential with increasing responsibilities in setting up Testing Center of Excellence ( Confidential ) for clients and to implement projects in a global execution and delivery model for all phases of SDLC/STLC Software Architecture, Development, Testing, Leading QA teams in Onshore/Offshore model and managing Vendors
• Proven ability to perform hands on delivery with delivery accountability and responsibility in multiple domains Banking, Health Care HIPPA compliance, Securities, Manufacturing, Insurance, retail and energy/utilities
• Due - diligence, maturity assessment, definition of Processes & templates, identification & implementation of testing tools
• Defining Roadmap & metrics, rollout of the Confidential to clients and Continuous Improvement activities
• Responsible & Accountable for test delivery (Functional testing - Manual & Automation) of all projects with Transformation for Integration, Performance and Regression Testing
• Define a vision and implementation road map for a Confidential and establish a governance mechanism and components of the Confidential for test automation and performance testing frameworks
• Plan, Design and execute Proof of Concept(POC)
• Responsible & Accountable for test delivery (Functional testing - Manual & Automation) of all projects for Integration, Performance and Regression Testing
• Managing multiple end-to-end Testing Programs in global setting with multiple vendors / projects in Onshore /Offshore model with the team size of 200 members
• Expert Hands on Leader with strong understanding of System Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, and User Acceptance Testing and Production Deployment Testing and Handover to Support (Maintenance) Testing
• Successfully lead Confidential across all the projects in planning to Collaborate with environment management team / staging / Release management team to develop and communicate about development/test/Pre-Prod and Prod environment needs for the Confidential and Testing
• Successfully developed test methodologies (agile, Scrum, waterfall, V-model) and mentor, train and coach testing resources
• Defined and built metrics framework across organizations; serving business, delivery and CXO organization
• Performed analysis of RFP responses and involved in Vendor Ranking/Selection.
• Responsible for Software tool selection, procurement and Installation of various tools
• Excellent working experience in SDLC/STLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, especially Testing Methodology and best practices
• Experienced with a variety of different Testing Tools including but not limited to HP ALM/QC, HO Load runner
• UFT/QTP, JIRA,SAP TAO, Selenium, Panaya, Work soft Certify, MS Test Manager, MS Team Foundation Server, SAP Solution Manager, Clear Quest and Hiperstation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Thousand Oaks, CA

Architect / Global Delivery Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the overall test planning and delivery of quality software applications. This includes Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Test Infrastructure & Tools, Test Management Reports and Test Data management.
• As Confidential Global Delivery Lead responsible for QA initiatives through SDLC/STLC the full lifecycle of development, deployment, and maintenance testing of all integration components, systems, and applications
• Responsible and deliver the overall technical direction of the Quality Assurance and Testing
• Defines and maintains Test Plan and Test Strategy for highly complex large global rollouts
• Defines automation and performance testing tools and framework for complex integrated systems in large global scale projects
• Hands on Experience in Functional Testin, Integration, Performance and Regression Testing
• Managed Onshore/Offsite testing team members and Trained/Mentored testing resources
• Worked as a global test manager for Verification/Validation for full cycle of SAP Global Implementation
• Experience in SAP Service Packs with all the SAP Modules as well in SAP MM and SAP FICO and SAP/HCM with Payroll and Finance with end to end scenarios
• Worked Hands on and Lead SAP-HR Service Pack upgrade testing for 2016 and 2017
• Hands on in Test Strategy, Test Planning, Design and Execution
• Expert Experience in writing Use Cases, Test Scenario, Cases and detailed steps
• Defect management and lead and drive the degect triage meetings and presented dash boards and metrics to CXO level and client and vendor
• Managed SAP Production landscape Testing (Modules including- SAP (FICO, HR, SD, MM, SCM, EWM, CRM7 & Portal) refresh testing in HP ALM
• Expert in Test effort estimation / Level of Effort (LOE) and QA capacity
• Efficiently tracked and reported testing status of projects for the Release Management/Project Management Office
• Work with testing resources to drive all testing deliverables to completion.
• Worked, Lead and Managed QC Test planning, Test designing and execution with leading defect Traige meetings and tracking defect dashboards
• Analyzed the SRS (System Requirement Specifications) and developed the Test Strategy, Test plan, Testing Types Required, Test scenarios and Test cases to cover overall quality testing
• Very detailed oriented interaction with the teams and management in all the testing related activities.

Environment: SAP/Non-SAP Projects with testing tools HP ALM / HPQC, JIRA, QTP/UFT, WorkSoft Certify automation, Panaya, SAP TAO, SAP Solution Manager, MS Test Manager, MS Team Foundation Server

Confidential, San Jose, CA

QA Testing Architect / Delivery Lead /ePMO

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the overall test planning and delivery of quality software applications. This includes Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Test Infrastructure & Tools, Test Management Reports and Test Data management.
• As Confidential Global Progam Manager responsible for QA initiatives through SDLC/STLC the full lifecycle of the development, deployment, and maintenance testing of all integration components, systems, and applications
• Responsible and deliver the overall technical direction of the Quality Assurance and Testing
• Defines and maintains Test Plan and Test Strategy for highly complex large global rollouts
• Defines automation and performance testing tools and framework for complex integrated systems in large global scale projects
• Lead and oversees large quality assurance and testing efforts of many application systems and work streams
• Responsible for Integration, Performance and Regression Testing
• Managed Onshore/Offsite testing team members and Trained/Mentored testing resources
• Lead multiple projects (HP Split HPE & HPI) simultaneously and handled multi-tasking across HGST ePMO
• Played a global test manager for Verification/Validation for full cycle of SAP Global Implementation
• Managed and guided SAP-HR Service Pack upgrade testing in HP ALM 12.01
• Managed SAP Production landscape Testing (Modules including- SAP (FICO, HR, SD, MM, SCM, EWM, CRM7 & Portal) refresh testing in HP ALM
• Efficiently tracked and reported testing status of all the projects for the Release Management Office.
• Responsible for Ball Park Effort estimation of testing for various projects.
• Work with testing resources to drive all testing deliverables to completion.
• Manage QC Test planning, Test execution and defects in Quality Center including QC .
• Manage test scope, data and testing resource needs & represent QA in the status meetings.
• Analyzed the SRS (System Requirement Specifications) and developed the Test plan, Testing Types Required, Test scenarios, Test scripts, and Test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Peer reviews test cases, write and analyze customized HP ALM 12.01 Excel reports (Macros & SQL) for test plan, test execution & Defects.
• Very detailed oriented interaction with the teams and management in all the testing related activities.

Environment: SAP/Non-SAP Projects with testing tools HP ALM / HPQC, JIRA, QTP/UFT, Load Runner, Panaya, SAP TAO, SAP Solution Manager, MS Test Manager, MS Team Foundation Server

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

QA Test Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provide QA Methodology vision & Plan overall Test Strategy & Automation strategy and planning, delivery of quality software applications across Confidential with leadership vision Speed to Market
• This includes Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Test Infrastructure & Tools, Test Management Reports and Test Data management.
• Responsible for Automation framework, Integration, Performance and Regression Testing
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously and handled multi-tasking across Confidential
• Testing tools review and recommendation on the project required tools
• Work with testing resources to drive all testing deliverables to completion.
• Manage QC Test planning, Test execution and defects in Quality Center including QC .
• Extract reports from QC Dashboard for every Release / Regression
• Manage test scope, data and testing resource needs & represent QA in the status meetings.
• Managed SAP Production landscape Testing (Modules including- SAP (FICO, HR, SD, MM, SCM, EWM, CRM7 & Portal) refresh testing in HP ALM
• Very detailed oriented interaction with the teams and management in all the testing related activities.
• Support Functional consultants in executing Business Components and Automated Process Flows for Upgrades / Enhancements.
• Interaction with client/vendor for project / Data requirements and related issues.

Environment: Projects with testing tools HP (QC) ALM, JIRA, QTP/UFT, HP Load Runner, MS Test Manager, MS Team Foundation Server, SAP TAO, Load Runner

Confidential, Jackson, MI

QA Test Architect

Responsibilities:

• Created, implemented, maintained, and enhance test plans, test scripts, and test methodologies that ensure exhaustive testing of all assigned software systems to ensure compliance with software/system specifications
• Lead efforts to develop, document, and implement applicable QA processes and procedures to provide more effective quality methods within the group in support of providing quality products
• Manage processes for moving applications from test to production environments
• Collaborate with developers to improve overall product quality by emphasizing defect prevention throughout the development process and responsibly conducting defect triage meetings and follow to closures
• Identify areas for test improvement through analysis, experience and use of metrics
• Communicate critical issues and status updates in a timely manner with stake holders
• Educate and train peers and subordinates on the QA process and provide guidance to them when they are unclear about the processes
• Providing coaching and guidance to the Quality Assurance Team on “best practices”
• Plan, organize, and monitor the execution of the work assignments for the Quality Assurance teams
• Ensure that the project schedule is adhered to and the work is completed according to the schedule
• Participate in daily project status meetings, scrums & other critical meetings
• Successfully lead and doing multi tasking working relationships with different teams in Product Development, Project Management, Release Management, Change Management and Client Services, and with external vendors
• Responsible for Automation framework, Integration, Performance and Regression Testing
• Managed Onshore/Offsite testing team members and Trained/Mentored testing resources
• Testing tools review and recommendation on the project required tools
• Managed SAP-HR Service Pack upgrade testing in HP ALM(Quality Center)
• Successfully delivered SAP Service Pack Upgrade for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
• Efficiently tracked and reported testing status of all the projects for the Release Management Office
• Responsible for Ball Park Effort estimation of testing for various projects
• Ensure Confidential PMO standards and methods are utilized, including use of QA standard methods and tools (SDLC - Agile (SCRUM) & Waterfall methodology
• Manage QC Test planning, Test execution and defects in Quality Center including QC .
• Manage test scope, data and testing resource needs & represent QA in the status meetings
• Peer reviews test cases, write and analyze customized HP QC Excel reports (Macros & SQL) for test plan, test execution & Defects

Environment: SAP/Non-SAP Projects with testing tools HP(QC) ALM, JIRA, QTP/UFT, MS Dynamics AX, Load Runner, Panaya, SAP TAO, Work soft Certify, SAP Solution Manager, MS Test Manager, MS Team Foundation Server

Confidential, Detroit, MI

QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze Business/Functional requirements
• Preparing Test Plan
• Review of test cases
• Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Monitoring & Test execution
• Coordination of testing activities with performance, development and vendor teams
• Defect management - summary reporting, bug scrub meetings
• Status update to Key stakeholders for Review and Signoff
• Support release deployment
• Managed Onshore/Offsite testing team members & as well the other vendors
• Hiperstation and Clear Quest tools used.

Environment: Clear Quest, HPQC, JIRA, QTP, TOAD, Unix, MS SQL, Finance, Mainframe COBOL, DB2, CICS, DB2, JCL

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Served as technical lead for testing team involved in development of testing utilities for GE custom components and controls
• Lead the other vendor teams, GE Team and on-shore off-shore model with a total team of 60 members
• Part of the evaluation panel that was involved in the selection of change management and configuration management tools for GE organization
• Developed the test strategy and plan for GE legacy application replacement
• Developed performance strategy of - pilot customer rollout
• Developed detailed ‘Activity Check List’ to track all activities part of go - live, resulting in detailed back-out process in case of rollback
• Developed a comprehensive regression testing strategy resulting in over 200 hours saved during every test cycle
• Mentored and groomed junior testers in preparing test plans and test scenarios
• Reduced the re-work effort to 5 % by following use-case model test design approach
• Developed agile based testing approach to test multiple releases
• Created defect logging and tracking. Change and Configuration Management tool. Trained all user community consisting of Business analyst, developers and testers on this process
• Created an extensive plan on, to onboard new business analyst, developers and testers
• Analyzed the SRS (System Requirement Specifications) and developed the Test plan, Testing Types Required, Test scenarios, Test scripts, and Test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Managed Onshore/Offsite testing team members.

Environment: Salesforce.com, HPQC, JIRA, QTP, SAP TAO

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Test plan, Testing Types Required, Test scenarios, Test scripts, and Test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Managed Onshore/Offsite testing team members & as well the other vendors
• BP&T application batch testing & Regression testing
• Hiperstation and Clear Quest tools used.

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

QA Senior Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Test plan, Testing Types Required, Test scenarios, Test scripts, and Test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Test execution and Defect tracking

Environment: Mainframe COBOL, DB2, CICS, DB2, JCL, Clear Quest, Health Care, HPQC, JIRA, Hiperstation

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Senior Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Test plan, Testing Types Required, Test scenarios, Test scripts, and Test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Test execution
• Defect tracking

Environment: Mainframe COBOL, DB2, CICS, DB2, JCL, Clear Quest, Banking, HPQC, JIRA, Hiperstation