YAKOV MIROCHNIK

* ***** *****, **********, ** ***06

401-***-****

acp8f5@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST

SUMMARY

More than 16 years of experience in testing client/server and browser-based applications. Defined test plans/strategy, test matrices, test cases and scripts, integration, acceptance testing analysis and deployment. Strong knowledge of front-end, back-end QA testing, contributing throughout SDLC cycle, communicating across all departments with participation in design, code reviews and expertise in analyzing requirement specifications. Define testing effort estimation. Execute test cases and tracked /reported defects. Self-motivated, details oriented team player with good problem solving, organization skills and international working experience. Focused on end-to-end processes, maintain test status of project with strong SDLC knowledge and experience working with AGILE/SCRUM methodologies.

TECHNICAL RESOURCES

OS and Platforms: MS Windows XP/server 2008/Vista/ Mac OS 10.0, Web UI, Linux, IIS, .Net & J2EE platforms

Technologies, tools: Visual Studio, SQA Robot, Quick Test Pro (QTP), API, TCP/IP, Selenium IDE, HP Quality

Center 11, Load Runner, DCOM, MQ Series, Mainframe, JIRA, SPIRA, Query Analyzer, AGILE

Languages: VB, C, Java, XML, JavaScript, Rate Language, HTML.

Databases: DB2, Sybase, Oracle11g/12c, MS Access, SQL Server 2005/2008, DbVisualizer 9.05

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PTC Product & Service Advantage, Needham, MA 7/2014 – 4/2015

QA Consultant

PTC enables manufacturers to archive sustained product and service advantage. The company’s technology solutions help customers transform the way they create and service products across the entire product lifecycle – from conception and design to sourcing and service.

Perform installation, configuration of SLM products including Service Center on various platforms like Windows and Linux. Data Migration from source system to target system using PTC internal tools and techniques.

Develops, publishes and implements test plan. Identifies and track software defects through resolution.

Efficiently troubleshoots problem. Defines and track quality assurance metrics, such as defect densities and open defects count. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Performs a variety of quality assurance tasks and follow disciplined practices. Offers creative and innovative input to management. Works independently without daily supervision.

Technical Environment: MS Windows/servers2008, WEB UI, LINUX, JMeter, MS Office, MS IE 8.0/11.0, MS SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g/12c, WebSibel, AGILE/SCRUM.

Bank of New York Mellon, Westborough, MA 12/2013 – 6/2014

QA Analyst II - Consultant

Worked for BNY Mellon’s Assets Servicing, which provides design and premium technology solutions for Finance, Wealth Management, Risk & Compliance to process, monitor and measure investment data from around the world.

Performed Systems and Acceptance tests for Cost Basis Reporting, FSR mainframe recordkeeping system and Assets Management client’s applications, to comply with final legislation, calculation and reporting information relating to the mutual funds and alternative investments.

Executed test cases for cost basis methods calculations, clients FSR mainframe applications and workflow batches for surround systems of BNY Mellon. Tested Documents solution – accounts statements, reports and client’s data letters.

Designed and developed Test Plan/test cases verified business requirement and validate Functional specifications.

Kept track of reported defects and fixed bugs verification by using HP Quality Center. Created Summary quality reports and weekly status.

Technical Environment: FSR Mainframe, WEB UI, MS Reporting Services, MS Office, MS Windows (XP, 2009), MS IE 7.0/8.0, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, HP Quality Center 11, AGILE/SCRUM.

BAE Systems Detica NetReveal, Boston, MA 8/2012 – 7/2013

QA Engineer - Consultant

BAE Systems ‘Norkom’ Technologies helps global financial institutions to take intelligent action, control defenses and evolve strategies against fraud, money laundering and other types of financial crime. Detica NetReveal is the enterprise risk management platform, which detects malicious insider activity and financial fraud for organizations around the world.

Tested fraud solution AML applications that enable investigators in financial institutions to view, monitoring and respond to incidents of financial and insurance crime. Validate full process of filing Suspicious Activity Reporting.

Developed, Estimate and execute comprehensive manual and automated Test Plan and Test Cases.

Evaluated tests suites for completeness and augment as necessary.

Assumed ownership for tasks /problems assigned.

Supervised tasks. Design & execute automation test plan by using Selenium.

Maintained regular informal reporting updates to QA Manager.

Performed identification, investigation and resolution of issues.

Showed creativity and business focus in term of project delivery.

Technical Environment: WEB UI, SPIRA, MS Office, MS Windows /XP, MS IE 7.0/8.0, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, JIRA, DbVisualizer9.05, WinSCP, XML, Selenium IDE, AGILE

Bank of New York Mellon, Westborough, MA 5/2011 – 5/2012

QA Tester - Consultant

Worked for Asset Servicing, an integral component of BNY Mellon’s securities servicing business provide design and premium technology solutions to process, monitor and measure investment data from around the world.

Tested Cost Basis Reporting “CBR” project, mainframe recordkeeping enhances and developed Back Office CBR web application to comply with final legislation that requires the calculation and reporting of adjusted cost basis information relating to the sale of mutual funds exchange-traded funds and alternative investments.

Executed systems and acceptance tests - test cases for cost basis methods calculations and workflow batches for surround systems of BNY Mellon. Tested Documents solution – banking statements, reports and client’s data letters.

Designed and developed Test Plan/test cases, verify business requirement and validate Functional specifications.

Kept track of reported defects and fixed bugs verification by using HP Quality Center. Create Summary quality reports and weekly status.

Technical Environment: Mainframe, WEB UI, MS Reporting Services, MS Office, MS Windows (XP, 2005), MS IE 7.0/8.0, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, HP Quality Center. AGILE/SCRUM

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Waltham, MA 10/2006 – 5/2011

IT Lead Quality Analyst III

Worked for GainsKeeper a part of Wolters Kluwer Risk & Compliance Financial Service, automated tax lot-based tools and accounting provider. GainsKeeper calculate, tracks and reports corporate actions, Cost Basis, Capital gains & losses, wash sale, IRS Schedule D and reports.

Tested new releases for GK Brokerage online tax lot accounting solution for more than 14 million online accounts, GK BasisPro product for determining historical cost basis and filling cost basis gaps, GK FundTax application which process over 3000 mutual & hedge funds and GK Retail website for individual investors.

Validated GainsKeeper Tax Processing Engine, real-time calculation of cost basis and interfaces with numerous back-office systems. Checking for Wash Sales and Corporate Actions, generate Schedule D and Gain & Loss statements.

Verify Record Trades for Stock, Mutual Funds, Options, Bonds, Futures and other types of securities.

Designed and developed test plans/strategy, test cases and execute test cases and business scenarios for expected production flow with conditional variations of functional and business analysis. Estimate test effort.

Tracked QA defects validation, fixed bugs verification process (HP Quality Center), perform automation test (QTP).

Prepared Summary quality reports of executed test cases and Release Project Weekly Status report.

Technical Environment: XML/XSLT, HTML, API, WEB UI, MS Reporting Services, MS Office, MS Windows (XP, 2003), MS IE 7.0/8.0, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, .Net, J2EE, MS VSS, HP Quality Center, QTP, JavaScript, AGILE/SCRUM.

INVESTORS BANK & TRUST, Boston, MA 1/2005 – 9/2006

Sr. SQA Engineer I

The IBT MFA System group provided high quality products and services across two main platforms: Invest Smart (Security Maintenance Administration Reporting & Testing) and ICES (ICS Creatively Engineered Solutions) for Mutual Fund Administration (MFA). Focused on the Invest Smart Suite of applications which, to date that included approximately 10 applications/interfaces.

Tested new releases for BPM application and following Invest Smart Suite applications: Compliance, Rule Engine, Mutual Fund Extract New Data Fields and Financial Reporting Extract.

Performed QA/Testing and application integrating of Power Agent – transfer agent record keeping system used by IBT.

Validated system conversion Power Agent data files which can be processed in place of current files from mainframe by using TOAD, SQL queries, MS Access and Oracle database.

Created and executed test plans, test strategy and custom test cases for expected production flow with conditional variations of functional and business analysis.

Tracked QA defects validation, fixed bugs verification process (using Test Director), and providing open bug list.

Prepared Summary quality reports of executed test cases and Test Results spreadsheets for each converted mainframe to Power Agent file, configuration and System’s functional expectations.

Created data input, control and statistics documentation.

Technical Environment: Test Director, Lotus Notes, XML, MS Excel, Oracle 8i/9i, ASP, MS Windows (2000, XP, 2003), MS-DOS, Mainframe, TOAD, SQL+, MS IE 5.5/6.0, MSSQL Server 2000, Argent Scheduler, Job Monitor, Power Agent..

NEW MARKET WAY CONSULTING Corp., Providence, RI 10/2003 – 9/2004

Sr. QA Analyst

Focused on Online Stores, E-commerce software tool for Internet Marketing field, the software was created for small business owners without much Internet experience and knowledge of HTML code.

Tested MS Windows-based, online stores building application and ensured quality of E-commerce websites usability, accessibility, graphics, standards, backend and resources.

Designed and developed Test Plan, test cases and test scripts. Executed tests and tracking defects reporting & verification

Verified gateway processor, which is responsible for collecting credit card information, online transactions and approving the sale.

Technical Environment: WinRunner, Load Runner, HTML, XML, MS Office, Oracle 8i/9i, MS Windows (NT4.0, 2000, XP), TOAD, MS SQL Server 2000, MS-DOS, Bugzilla, IIS.

ITG MERRILL LYNCH, Cambridge, MA 8/1999 – 3/2003

Software QA Engineer

Focused on financial, brokerage, and trade online applications. Tested applications for Merrill Lynch Direct, and TGAOL websites (version for Financial Consultants), which provided tools and information for investment decision-making and online self-directed trading (stocks, mutual funds, fixed income and options). Tested Manual Review and Release application used to review orders by Merrill Lynch Middle Office and Credit Control Representatives.

Designed test plans, test cases and test execution for ITG products

Tracked process on QA defects validation and fixed bugs verification

Created data input, control and statistics documentation

Tested C++, VB, .NET applications and SQL server, DB2 database (IIS)

Prepared Summary quality reports of executed test cases units and Test Results Browser/Platforms spreadsheets for each applications version

Applied quality procedures and test standards to testing activities

Submitted Project Proposal – work flows, testing milestones and deliverables.

Participated in the software deployment cycle in the web environment

Technical Environment: Test Director, LoadRunner, JavaScript, MS MSI, ORKA, MQ Series, Lotus Notes, XML, MS Office, Oracle 8i, MS Windows (NT4.0, 2000), Query Analyzer, SQL+, MS IE 4.5/5.0, IIS, MSSQL, DCOM. .NET

VERITAS SOFTWARE, Cambridge, MA 5/1998 – 6/1999

Software QA Engineer

Ensured quality of VERITAS Storage Manager application, which is designed for enterprise environments and enables Network Administrators, to manage and monitor all storage objects on a large, distributed network from a single Windows NT or Solaris based Workstation. Work with other applications integrated with VERITAS storage resources: File System, Volume Manager, NetBackup, Oracle and SQL Server databases.

Tested the VERITAS Storage Area Network UI (MS Windows and Motif GUI) which included an API and command line interface to allow SAN storage devices including disks, disk arrays, tape drives, tape robots and LAN objects like servers/hosts to be added and removed from the interface tree

Performed overall testing of different storage configurations, their manageability, scalability, and performance

Tested Management Engines, which receive data requests from interface, forward them to appropriate agents, receive data from the agents and store this data in a centralized repository for display on interface

Created test plan, test cases, and test results documentation

Implemented test matrix, unit, acceptance, functional, system, regression and stress tests

Validated technical content of documentation, manuals and guides

Technical Environment: WinRunner, Bugzilla, Clear Quest, TSL, JavaScript, Lotus Notes, XML, MS Office, Oracle 8i/9i, MS Windows (NT4.0, 95/98), SAN workstation, UNIX, API, TOAD, SQL, MS IE 5.5/6.0, J2EE, COM. QA Robot.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (UKRAINE):

A range of electronic and mechanical quality engineering and QA group leadership roles in the capital equipment manufacturing industry.

EDUCATION

BS, Manufacturing Engineering, Polytechnical Institute, Odessa, Ukraine

Advanced Training:

Certificate, Programming / QA Engineering (one-year program), Boston Computer School

Computer Graphics and CAD/CAM coursework, Rhode Island College

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