OBJECTIVES: Software Quality Analyst with five years of experience in the organization\'s Software Quality Assurance Testing, test planning, defect management, manual and automated testing.

EDUCATION: B.sc Computer Science (University of Lagos)        –                      2003

CORE SKILLS:

• Testing of web application, client-server, network, multimedia, database, educational and related projects on Windows, and Unix/Linux operating systems
• Expert in Documentum, sharepoint and management tools.
• Working knowledge of the software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). From Initiation phase thru implementation phase. (Waterfall, V-Model, RAD, Agile Methodology, rapid Prototyping, Rational Unified Process (RUP))
• Performing Regression, System Testing, System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Performance Testing, Stress, Volume testing, Exploratory Testing, Adhoc, testing, Data integrity Testing, and compatibility testing
• Working knowledge of CMM
• Defect Management using both Manual process like Excel and tools based processes (Quality Centre, Clear Quest, PVCS Tracker, BugZilla and access database)
• Leadership roles in creation and execution of QA and testing processes, test strategies and plans, test cases, bug documentation ,regression for both Manual and automated testing.
• Comfortable working solo and in a team environment.
• Extensively used ETL methodology for testing Data Extraction, transformations, loading to process solution in a corporate-wide-ETL Solution
• Experienced testing in a regulated environment, and enterprise wide applications with multiple databases
• Prepared and executed test cases for high-capacity web server software, and database-driven web-based applications
• White Box and Black Box Testing
• Extensive training in software testing theories and procedures
• Strong background in software for Financial Services, Group Benefits, Retail Sales, Document Management, Social Care and Human Resources (People Soft 8.3 HR project.
• Knowledge of automated test tools – Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Rational Robot, PVCS Tracker

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• O/S:                             MS-DOS, UNIX, Sun Solaris, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP Languages: Linux, As400 C, C++, JAVA, SQL, XML Design UML, J2EE, ProC, Visual Basic Oracle 8.0, MS SQL Server. Sybase, MS Access, Power Builder, DB2,
• Software:                   MS-Office, MS-Project, MS- Visio, Lotus applications, AIX, UNIX. SAP, PeopleSoft
• Web Technologies:    HTML, Java, .NET, XML, J2EE. WebShpere, SOAPS ASP/HTML/.NET
• Testing Tools:            WinRunner, Test Director, QuickTestPro, Segue Silk, Rational Test Manager, Rational Robot, PCVS Tracker, ClearCase, Clear Quest, Quality Center, IBM Rational RequisitePro, BugZilla
• Test Strategies:          Integration, Regression, UAT, UVT, System and Performance testing,  Black Box, Whitebox, EAI (MQ Series, Informatica Power Center, DB Artisan, Toad, FilZilla for FTP,Business, Objects, Crystal, Cognos

Responsibilities:

• Use automated and manual testing techniques in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering/creation/validation, the creation of test cases and test plans, formal documentation of the quality assurance life cycle, execution of test cases, and both using Mercury WinRunner and manual cases.
• Maintain the test logs, test reports, test issues, defect tracking using Quality Center/ Test Director. Worked on XML test data for all the communication between various tiers of the project through XML Messages
• Perform functional decomposition. Design test scenarios for different financial user groups based on system requirements, solution diagrams, help files, and screen mock ups
• Utilize Test Director Automatic Traceability Notification to trace changes to the testing process entities.
• Responsible for enhancing our QTP tests by inserting checkpoints that search for specific values of a page, object, text and strings.
• Analyzing QTP test results to pinpoint defects in the application.
• Dividing tests into multiple action tests and inserting synchronization check points
• Responsible for using QTP to set parameters in the data tables for data driven tests

Responsibilities:

• Developed and updated Test plans, Test Matrixes, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases for all company products Reviewed Business Requirement and Software Specification Requirements to achieve better understanding of the UAT
• Evaluated a software development plan that included the requirements such as specification, test plan, quality assurance, configuration management, and training
• Examined and analyzed the requirements document to create test cases
• Executed test cases manually and reported defects using Test Director
• Performed Sanity testing for each new build of the application
• Created Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Strategy, and test summary Report
• Ensured Entry and Exit Criteria, Business Signoff at every phase of the development life cycle
• Eventually created and executed automated test scripts using Rational Robot tool
• Tested for Functionality, Interface, and Regression testing
• Created Data Driven Tests to validate the same scenario with different test data

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented manual tests based on technical and business requirements.
• Performed functionality, data integrity, boundary, and negative testing.
• Gathered and documented business requirements for new and existing custom-built applications.
• Develop process improvement solutions that save you time and money. We identify the appropriate key process areas and best practices to improve your organization\'s total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Executed test cases for Integration, Performance, Regression, User Acceptance and System Testing Phases.
• Developed and executed SQL queries for database testing.
• Worked with the Subject Matter Experts to ensure that the requirements were correct and complete.
• Responsible for identifying and creating test cases to be used during all phases of the testing including Unit, Integration, End to end, and Regression testing.
• Reviewed the test cases created by other QA team members to ensure that they met with the QA Test Cases Standards.
• Establish precise measurement criteria and standards to successfully audit and verify procedures across the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Assist users to resolve problems with equipment and data; implements solutions and/or notifies supervisor as required.
• Perform Software Quality Assurance validation pre-deployment
• Installs, upgrades and configures Microsoft Windows OS and Microsoft Office.
• Installs, assembles and configures computers, monitors, network devices and peripherals such as printers, scanners, Switches and related hardware.
• Troubleshoots problems with computer systems, including troubleshooting hardware and software, e-mail, LAN/WAN network and peripheral equipment problems; makes repairs and corrections where required.
• Instruct staff in the use of software, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. (Provides instruction or written documentation where required)