sVINOD KUMAR CHAHAR
Email: acqk0d@r.postjobfree.com
Mo: 980-***-****
Objective
Seeking a responsible and challenging career where I can utilize my education, skills and experience for the organization and professional growth.
Experience Highlight
Overall 7.5 Years of QA experience in Oracle Retail/RETEK Business/Functional Analyst and Quality Assurance / Testing., Application Support, Web applications which includes Functional, Regression, Volume, Load, System Integration and Unit testing experience in Retail Domain.
Sun Certified Java Professional (SCJP)
Oracle Certified Associate [OCA]
Cognizant Certified Professional in Core Java
Worked extensively in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition) and Client-Server architectures
Good knowledge in Web Technologies ( HTML)
Good Functional Knowledge in Oracle Retail(RETEK) Applications especially in Oracle Retail Merchandising System (ORMS).Expertise in Retail Price Management system (RPM), ORPOS (Point of Sale)
Tools used : QAD, TOAD, SQL Developer, Appworx, JIRA, ADPART, Planview, Cognizant 2.0, Eclipse.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Name of the Company
Designation
Address of employer
From
To
Duration(Months)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Associate Projects
New Jersey
27th Dec-2007
Till date
90
EDUCATION:
Title of the Degree with Branch
College/University
Year of Passing
B.Tech (Chemical Engineering)
Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow
2007
XII
CBSE Board
1999
X
CBSE Board
2001
CERTIFICATIONS:
No
Name of Institution
Name Of Certificate
Year of Passing
1
Cognizant Academy
Cognizant Certified Professional in Core Java (Level-0)
2008
2
Sun
Sun Certified Java Professional (SCJP 1.5)
2011
3
Cognizant Academy
Cognizant Certified Professional in Retail (Level-0)
2009
4
Sun
Sun Certified web Component developer (SCWCD 1.5)
2011
5
Oracle
Oracle Certified Associates (OCA 9i)
2011
6
CSTE
Certified Software Tester
2011
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating System
Windows XP, Windows7, Unix
Programming Languages
C, SQL, PL/SQL,JAVA,J2EE,HTML, PL/SQL
Databases
Oracle 8i/9i/10g
Tools
Retek Merchandise System, RPM, ORPOS,ALLOCATION, SQLDevoloper, SQL Client Tool: Toad, SDE 5.0,Eclipse3.5,Toad, Appworx, Planview, Adpart, JIRA
Other Utilities
MS Office,Cognizant2.0,Appworx,QTP, QAD,Open Report
Location
Matthews (NC)
Project Descriptions
1.FAMILY DOLLAR - USA - RETEK Family Dollar POS QA - Oct 2008 –Till date
Role – Pricing Test Lead and Tester
Project Description: This is a maintenance project to support RMS application for Family Dollar and enhances various business processes. RMS is a Retek Merchandising System which supports various key functions like inventory management, pricing, promotion etc. These functionalities provide easy access to the information that is crucial to the day-to-day merchandising activities and the ability to focus on key decisions that help achieve sales and profit targets.
Client Description: Family Dollar Stores is a leading retail store of general merchandise having 6000+ stores across 44 states in USA. Family Dollar implemented RMS 9.0 and customized it heavily to incorporate business logic specific to the “Dollar” store.
Responsibilities:
Complete responsibility of all pricing and promotion module.
Functional Testing for RMS, Pricing, POS related issues to ensure all functionalities are working fine as per business requirements. Performed application support as necessary in both production and testing environments.
Analysis of current process functions to identify improvement area and propose new requirement for the suggested changes.
Coordinated and carried out Black Box, Functional, Integration, System and Regression, Ad hoc and for the RETEK/PRICING application areas.
Actively involved in Pricing application support activities. Issue analysis,reporting and post fix validation.
Active involvement in production issue resolution.
Maintained and published all test results, planned and managed UAT process by interacting with stakeholders, analyzing UAT defects and also acted as support for User Education Issues post Go-Live.
Performs End-2-End testing for validating pricing and promotion data among POS, Sales Audit and RMS system
Perform DSD End -2 –End testing among RMS,PDT and Portal Applications
Preparing test strategy document, Preparation of RTM, Daily Status reporting, Weekly Status Reports and Test Summary Reports.
Active participation in daily and timely deliverables including communication with ONSITE coordinator.
Identify the test scenarios, test plan, test execution.
Coordinate in administering and managing the bugs in Defect Tracking Tool (JIRA).
Maintained and updated the RTM to provide input to project managers and others on the testing process and progress
Conducted peer review of test cases and provided feedback on areas of improvement
Manage entire testing activities from Functional test preparation/execution, Integration test preparation/execution, System test preparation/execution.
Preparing a scheduled plan for the client and effective tracking of progress of project.
Tracking of testing progress in all areas and pointing out gaps to be filled to Client and own resources.
Ensuring the appropriate planning and management of the test resources. Resource allocation to various teams depending on project requirements. Resource screening for new resource requirements. Escalate Testers' issues and other testing related issues to the Sr. Management.
Review daily and weekly Testers' status reports and take necessary actions and assessing the progress and effectiveness of the test effort.
Provide estimation for testing areas.
Enforce the adherence to the company's Quality processes and procedures.
Co-ordination of work between resources from offshore. Communicated to and coordinated with team members, managed offshore team and conducted triage sessions with offshore tea
Language & Technologies: Retek Merchandise System (RMS 9.0), Retail Price Management (RPM), ORPOS (Point of Sale),Oracle 9i/10g, PL/SQL, Toad, Appworx, Unix, JIRA, ADPART, QAD, Planview.
2.GBI Mexico – K&N Integration, Lowes, Mexico - Apr 2008 –Oct 2008
Role – Team Member (Developer & Tester)
Project Description- K&N Integration project is the integration system between Oracle Retail Systems for Merchandising and Store Inventory Management with 3rd party warehouse management system. It acts as the substitute of RIB by simulating the functionality performed by it.
Responsibilities
Development of the application for creating RTW outbound messages for publishing. These messages are used by ORSIM to communicate the transfers from store to warehouse or store to store transfer information
Development of Warehouse Delivery application for the subscription of inbound messages into the ORSIM Database. These inbound message contains inbound shipment notifications for warehouse(PO shipment) and vendors (transfer and allocation shipments).
Server side programming for the above two applications.
Preparation of Unit and integration test strategy and cases.
Unit testing of the modules of ORSIM customized for the client and developing the test plan to test the business functionalities of the modules
Language & Technologies: Core-Java, J2ee, Jsp, Servlet, Jdbc, Solaris 9, XML, PL/SQL. The backend database in this project is Oracle 10g.
3. RCI Groups –XML for Business Partner’s - Dec, 2007 – Apr, 2008
Role - Team Member.
Project Description - The XML interface is a set of XML streams whereby RCI’s Business Partners make requests such as availability search, hold, confirm, etc. and receive responses such as resort availability, confirmations, error messages, etc.
Responsibilities :
Understanding the Requirements and Design documents
Preparing Test Cases and Test Data
Involvement in peer reviews
Executing Tests and Analyzing Results.
Defects Tracking & Reporting.
Involve in backend testing
Language & Technologies : Java, J2ee, JSP, Servlets, PL/SQL,The front end uses XML interface,The backend database in this project is Oracle 9i.
Personal Details:
Name : VINOD KUMAR CHAHAR
Date of Birth : 5th April, 1984
Resident Status : 1605 Gander Cove Lane
Apt 07, Matthews -28105, NC
Visa Status : H1B
Nationality : Indian.
Languages known : English, Hindi
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the particulars given here are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Jun 2015, Matthews,NC Vinod Kumar Chahar