SOMA SAHA

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Email: accgz4@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Skills:

Total around seven years of Software Testing experience including manual testing, automation testing

and test lead activities. Worked for Canadian Pacific Railway as a Test Specialist- Test Execution (Test

Lead).

Manual Testing:

• Well versed with standard testing methodologies.

• Worked on Agile Methodology.

• Requirement gathering, analysis and identifying test scenarios and test environment.

• Prepared Test Strategy, Test Plan & Traceability Matrix.

• Test Case design, review, maintenance and execution.

• Functional & Non Functional Testing.

• System Integration, System Testing and Acceptance Testing.

• Performed Regression Testing.

• Risk Analysis, defect prevention, tracking and reporting.

• Used HP Application Lifecycle Management (QC) as a Test Management tool.

• Well versed with Quality Assurance and Quality Control process and also worked with audit

team.

Automation Testing:

• Automation Test through Quick Test Professional tool (QTP) in SAP environment.

• Test script design through VB Script, test execution, maintenance, and defect log.

Test Lead Activities:

• Lead and managed resources across a global team.

• Managed multiple projects, ensured appropriate resource and timeliness of delivery.

• Supported escalations and provided management updates.

• Requirement analysis and business process document preparation.

• Prepared Test Strategy, Test Plan & Traceability Matrix.

• Shared business knowledge with offshore team and reviewed their work to ensure quality and on

time delivery.

• Performed as a Defect Manager and coordinated with developers to resolve the issues. Also

performed root cause analysis (RCA).

• Worked with quality team to ensure fault-free audit.

Vendor/Client Management:

• Maintained healthy relationship and provided extensive support to Client/ Vendor.

• Facilitate discussions with Client and Vendors to resolve issues/concerns.

• Coordinated with Vendors and Clients to ensure quality delivery.

• Worked with Client’s audit team to ensure fault free audit.

Professional Experience: October 2006 – July 2013

Company: IBM Canada Ltd.

Client: Canadian Pacific Railway, Mississauga, ON

Duration: June 2011 – March 2013

Role: Onshore Test Lead (Test Specialist – Test Execution)

Roles & Responsibilities:

Worked as an Onshore Test Lead (Test Specialist- Test Execution)

Testing Activities:

• Test Case design, maintenance and execution for all enhancements and regression. Regression test

suite includes System Test, System Integration Test and End to End Business process.

• Testing performed on Agile Methodology depending on the release.

• Reporting defects by following proper defect life cycle and closely worked with developer to

resolve the issues.

• Depending on the quarterly release, prepared test cases for enhancements and also upgraded the

existing regression test cases wherever required.

• Worked with Quality team to ensure the fault-free audit so that production release can be done

successfully. Given extensive testing support after production release also.

• Maintained and produced daily test execution and defect tracking report.

Leading Activities:

• Lead an offshore test team of 6 members.

• Performed as a release coordinator between IBM, CPR and Transwork.

• Gathered requirements from CPR business team, analyzed the requirement and prepared business

process documents accordingly.

• Prepared Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Environment, Traceability Matrix and Release Notes on

quarterly basis.

• Shared business knowledge with offshore test team and reviewed their work to ensure quality and

on time delivery.

• Performed as a Defect Manager and coordinated with developers (Transwork) to resolve the

issue. Also performed root cause analysis (RCA) and shared information with developers.

• Taken full responsibility of all the enhancements those are raised by Business Team on quarterly

basis. Maintained release notes and tracked all the release activities and was responsible for

producing a report on daily basis.

Technical Environments:

• C#, MQ, ASP.NET.

• Database: ORACLE

• OS: Windows XP, Windows 7, UNIX

• Testing Tools: HP ALM (QC)

Company: IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Clients: Amgen, Nestle, Merck, Ann Taylor, South West Airlines, Telstra, PWC, Hallmark.

Duration: October 2006 – June 2011 & March 2013 – July 2013

Role: Senior Test Analyst

Roles & Responsibilities:

Manual Testing:

• Understanding business process (based on the business case and role plays)

• Test Case design, review, maintenance and execution.

• Reporting and tracking defects.

• Investigating defects and error analysis.

• Reviewing deliverables for ensuring quality and updating daily work tracker.

• Used to take care of sudden fix changes and perform regression testing for that.

Automation Testing:

• Testing of End to End business scenarios for different SAP modules (HR, MH, FI, SD etc.)

• Creating and stabilizing automated test scripts in QTP.

• Executing Test Scripts according to the different scenarios on release basis.

• Coordinating with the team and ensuring on time delivery from offshore.

• Monitoring batch run results and reporting the defects to the onsite team through mails or raising

TPR for the immediate solution.

Leading Activities:

• Lead offshore test team and reviewed team’s work.

• Interact with onshore contact point and produce daily test status report.

• Attended status call with client.

Technical Environments:

• Eclipse 3.2, Tomcat, Documentum 5.3, WDK, JDK 1.4, Web Sphere Application Server, Web

Sphere Commerce Server 5.6, SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 with ESS and MSS, Datastage

• Database: SQL Server, DB2 8.1, Oracle 10g

• OS: Windows XP, Windows 7, UNIX

• Testing Tools: HP ALM (QC), QTP

Technical Certifications:

• International Software Testing & Qualification Board (ISTQB) Certified.

• Mercury Quality Centre Certified. (Currently known as ALM)

• IBM Certified Solution Designer - Rational Functional Tester for Java

• IBM Certified SOA Associate

• Six Sigma (White Belt) Certified.

Educational Background:

B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), West Bengal University of Technology, 2006

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