Professional Summary:

• Over 7 years of experience in testing on Credit, Debit and prepaid cards, with application module expertise on Vision PLUS
• Software Testing and Quality assurance of client/server and web based applications using Quick Test Professional (QTP), HP Quality Center
• Performed Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Migration Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Production Support (Pos-vet)
• Extensive understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle with emphasis on manual testing
• Extensively used Quality Center 11.0 to write test cases and execute test scripts
• Extensive experience in Test Management, Planning, Designing, Scripting, Test Execution, Test Summary Reports and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Used Agile methodology for implementation of projects
• Have 3+ years of experience in testing web based applications
• Experienced in defects tracking and bug reporting
• Extensively involved in card based projects for the Vision PLUS-VGS Base Releases 8.25, 8.26, FDI EMEA Releases 8.01 and LAC release (Brazil Phase I)
• Creative and aggressive self-starter with integrative thinking skills, capable of forming and maintaining positive working relationships in internal, external, independent, and team environments

Skill Sets:

Operating System: Windows

Environment: Client/Server, Mainframe

Documentation Tools: MS Word 2010, MS Excel 2010, MS PowerPoint 2010

Other Tools: Test Director, IBM Clearquest 7.0, Snag-It

Languages: CICS, C, C++, Vision Plus , File-Aid, TSO

SDLC: Waterfall Model, V-Model, Agile

Work Experience

Confidential, Los Angeles CA

Senior Quality Analyst

Confidential releases are the consolidation of the varying regional CAT software bases into a single set of core applications architect for customization to local markets. This release is planned to be deployed in new Global businesses like China, Spain along with existing Confidential businesses: US, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Taiwan.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements and generated test scenarios based on use cases
• Designed test cases from business flows for manual testing of the application
• Performed ad-hoc testing, smoke testing and system testing
• Installed the GCAT software into ATM and made the ATM up and running
• Understanding the business requirement of the Change Requests
• Analyzed the defects and testing the respective functional part
• Providing the updates and resolving the clarifications of the team members
• Performed defect log reviews
• Explaining the applicability of the functionality to the client and defect management team
• In User Acceptance Testing environment, defects are tested as per the request from the clients

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential was tasked to review the Confidential Act and Confidential and form a view as to the parameters that will govern Responsible Lending in Confidential . Current business processes and relevant system support was reviewed against the Responsible Lending requirements as interpreted and relevant changes was made to ensure that each licensed GE Capital entity meet its obligations under the Confidential Act

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Software and Business Requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system
• Developed Test Cases and executed all test cases based on the technical specifications and business requirements
• Used Quality Center for executing the test cases and tracking defects
• Created documents such as Test Data, Test Results, Test Cases, Defect Reports and Traceability Matrix during various testing phase
• Communicate test progress, test results and other relevant information to project stakeholders and QA Manager by sending out daily and weekly status reports
• Had been the module owner of the Functionality handled and guided the team on the functional testing
• Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of Loans functionality in VisionPLUS
• Deriving all possible live scenarios of loan accounts in a bank
• Executing the Test scenarios and to report defects for the same.
• Preparation of weekly status report, documentation, Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client
• Handled the team in the absence of the lead.
• Involved in testing the loan functionality for Confidential by coordinating with the onsite team

Confidential

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the approach of Test design phase
• Understanding of Business Requirement and Functional Specification document.
• Performed conversion testing for a set of accounts in both CARDLINK and in VisionPLUS
• Preparation of Test script and parameter set up document
• Executing the Test cases and to report defects for the same in Quality Center
• Had been the module owner of the Functionality handled and guided the team of 7 on the functional part
• Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client
• Preparation of Daily and Weekly status summary report and played the role of secondary leader to produce clean deliverables

Associate Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of one-point of contact for both onsite and offshore team.
• Updating the First Data and client side defect managers about the issues and status of the defects under retest.
• Coordinating and testing the number of client initiated change requests, majority of the CR’s are specific to the critical client functionality called Fraud tracking – LTSB.
• Understanding the business requirement of the Change Requests
• Analyzed the defects and testing the respective functional part of the defects
• Providing the updates and resolving the clarifications of the team members
• Performed defect log reviews
• Explaining the applicability of the functionality to the client and defect management team
• In User Acceptance Testing environment, defects are tested as per the request from the clients
• Daily and weekly status reports were prepared and updated to the respective management level
• Tracking and following up entire team’s issues with client during daily calls

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of Business Requirement and Functional Specification document
• Understanding the approach of Test design phase
• Testing number of client initiated Change Request (CR’s), majority of the CR’s are specific to LTSB critical functionality like FRAUD Tracking
• Preparation of weekly status report for the client
• Final documentation, Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client
• Attending the Defect calls to provide updates on the defects tested in the absence of the lead.

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Functional specification
• Preparation of Test scripts, effort estimation and batch plan for Test execution.
• Execution of batch runs, Test scripts, reporting and tracking of defects till closure.
• Preparation of weekly status report and metrics report for the client.
• Final documentation, Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client.
• Playing the acting /second level lead role at BFA level for a team of 10.
• Playing the lead role in Embossing cards BFA team.
• Involved in effort Estimation, Team Handling, Resource Management, Daily / Weekly Status Reporting, Co-ordination with the onsite team
• Supporting production and UAT defects retesting in system testing region

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of Business Requirement and Functional Specification document
• Understanding the approach of Test design phase
• Preparation of Test scripts.
• Executing the Test cases and to report defects for the same.
• Preparation of weekly status report for the client
• Final documentation, Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client
• Handled the team in the absence of the lead.
• Involved in testing the EMBOSSING functionality for LTSB by coordinating with the onsite team

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• U nderstanding the functional specification entirely and raising queries to the client if any
• Preparation of test plan for the functional specifications and batch plan for test execution
• Execution of test cases, reporting and tracking of defects till closure
• Final documentation, test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to the client
• Preparation of Test cases and executing the test cases and reporting of defects for the same.
• Handled VISA and MASTERCARD simulators for performing several authorization triggers for a card
• Preparation of weekly status report for the client
• Final documentation, Test logs, review and delivery of the test logs to t he client