SUMMARY

• Working with Accenture since June 2007 (QA Software Testing experience) spanning across multiple domains - Banking (Payments, Cap Markets, Wholesale Credit Risk), Life Science, Consumer Goods & Services and Healthcare
• Successfully managed complex projects with rapidly evolving requirements.
• Effective verbal and written skills, managed & mentored both onshore and offshore teams.
• Articulate in defining test plan and test approach for various initiatives
• Stay abreast of new test methods and tools. Strong experience in Manual, Middleware, Agile, Database & Functional testing, test plan/script creation and execution along with defect management
• Project delivery under stringent timelines and high pressure.
• Conducted project walkthroughs and meetings involving various leads from Development, QA, Business and Technical Support teams.
• Exceptional ability to maintain and build client relationships, able to comfortably converse with all facets in the client’s organization.
• Adept in providing Analytical Support to key business applications/solutions.

SKILLS

Domain: Banking, Life Science, Consumer Goods & Services (CG&S), Health Care

Testing Types: Manual, Middleware, Web Services, Agile & Database/Data Warehouse

Testing Phases: Unit, Smoke, SIT, UAT, E2E, BAT, Regression, Parallel

Testing Methodologies: V-Model, Agile, Waterfall

Database / Tools: Oracle, TeraData, Netezza, Aginity Workbench for Netezza, Teradata SQL Assistant, SQL Developer, SQL Plus, WINSCP, IBM Websphere MQ

Bug Tracking tools: HP ALM 11.0, HP QC 9.2, Mercury QC 8.0, JIRA, Version One

Automation tools: MS Excel, MS Access Database, QTP 9.2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Charlotte, North Carolina

Test Lead

Responsibilities

• Working on agile model, scope involves testing code changes on data received from upstream systems into Peaks which is built on Netezza and Teradata, validating data flow as is / post transformation through various DB’s (Normalizing data) loading this data into Teradata and sending it to downstream systems
• Work closely with BA’s on requirement analysis and backlogs/ epics/ stories on Version One
• Create SQL’s to test validation rules & verify data flow across various DB’s
• Attend Scrum calls on a daily basis; Escalate risks/ issues identified to appropriate parties.
• Streamlining and optimizing regression testing strategy
• Look out for opportunities to increase automation penetration where ever applicable such as data comparison & to run SQL’s
• Perform structured reviews and walkthroughs on test deliverables with onshore/offshore teams.
• Defect Tracking, data warehouse testing and regression testing and various test management activities using HP ALM and Version One.
• Confirm availability of test resources (people, environments, data, etc.)
• Transfer knowledge and allocation of daily tasks to team members offshore.

Confidential,Michigan

Test Lead, Defect Manager, HP ALM Administrator

Responsibilities

• Setup & Managed defect management process, HP ALM framework & status reporting standards for HAP TCoE.
• Setup HP ALM for the client in coordination with the client infrastructure team & played the role of the project admin & site admin.
• Integrated HP ALM with MS Excel via MS Access to provide real time status reporting.
• Customize/Tailor HP ALM based on client requirements. Examples include implementation of failed retest counter & defect age
• Led defect management across various test stages - Application Product Test (APT), Integrated Product Test (IPT), UAT & Parallel Test.
• Co-ordinated and worked with business users to triage defects
• Led daily defect calls to coordinate between various teams (Dev, Config, Business, and Test) to drive defects to closure
• Generate project metrics & status for leadership and client for all phases - Daily/Weekly test status, defect metrics, root cause analysis, resource utilization metrics.
• Improvements & streamline existing SDLC process
• Requirements to Test Condition Approach, development & mapping using HP ALM
• Project resource, hours & budget/expense management
• Managing future client Opportunities & calculate revenue generation for future projects
• Determine milestone deliverables, communicate changes to schedule, determine impact of schedule changes on quality objectives, coordinate schedule with dependent groups.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities

• This involved database, system and integration testing of 400+ screens across various applications & ensure accurate data flow between SAP and local applications.
• Led testing effort of 10 applications & 65 interfaces right from requirements analysis, test planning to test execution for integration test phase.
• Prepare/Review Test Strategy, Status Reports, Test Closure Reports, and Requirement traceability
• Review low level testing artifacts like Test Scenarios, Test Conditions & Test Cases
• Led defect management & provide client support during E2E testing.
• Formation of test team, distribute workload, track progress for a peak team size of 10 members.
• Daily meetings with clients & SAP deploy teams to gather requirements, document & execute test scripts.
• Highlight risks & issues along with mitigation plan for the same.
• Closely work with Development leads to prioritize fixing of defects & ensure defect process/guidelines were being followed

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities

• System Integration, Web Service and Middleware testing using App watch to ensure that RP, middle tier application, is able to service the client application requests in the right manner.
• Led testing for this large scale Migration & Integration project with 20 applications and multiple downstream systems across US, UK and Asia
• Convert the Business Requirements into Technical requirements & act as a liaison between the development & business teams
• Driving all test deliverables such as RTM, Test cases, reports in the process making quality deliverables
• Lead testing activities for Functional, Integration & Regression testing
• Test scripting, test execution, defect management, Status (Daily & weekly) reporting.
• Attending Team meetings on regular basis highlighting issues and risks, to meet the timeline. Participate in defect triage calls

 Confidential

 Module Lead & Test Lead

Responsibilities

• Module Lead for Provisioning, Security, Central Coding modules. Test Lead for the second release
• Requirement Analysis & Functional Study of the System/Application
• Preparing RTM, test conditions and test scripts.
• Front end & Database testing using SQL developer to ensure correctness of data flow across systems.
• Status (Daily & Weekly) reporting.

Confidential

Tester, Senior Tester & Offshore coordinator

Responsibilities

• Offshore Coordinator/Test Lead for two initiatives.
• Preparing/Understanding/Reviewing test plan, RTM, test conditions and test scripts.
• Requirement Analysis and Functional Study of the System/Application.
• Peer review of System and Integration Test conditions and test scripts.
• Provide walkthrough to clients/business to obtain sign off on test deliverables
• Test Execution, Defect Tracking and management, Defect retesting in DEV, SIT, and UAT, Co-ordination of defect calls from offshore
• Agile testing Analysis of stories in Jira Agile Development Environment (JADE)