Gayathri V Selvaraj 971-***-**** (MST) acs2oi@r.postjobfree.com

GAYATHRI V SELVARAJ

Software Quality Assurance and Testing Engineer

Scottsdale, Arizona

971-***-**** acs2oi@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE SUMMARY

Have Eight plus years of work experience as Software Quality Assurance and Testing Engineer with various top-tier IT services firms and possess excellent technical abilities, a great eye for detail in addition to great leadership management qualities. Professional experience includes but not limited to the following:

Hands on Manual/Automation Testing, Performance Testing, Defect Management tools, Client-Server Technology, Web applications and Data warehousing/Business Intelligence testing.

Carry good experience in understanding and testing critical business applications while technically competent in automating test cases using QTP and Selenium. Led QA projects with the team that spanned across geography.

Extensive experience in testing complex functionalities, Test phase Estimation, QA Team Resourcing, Resource loading, On-Site - Offshore co-ordination, detailing test tasks within quality standards and deliver by deadlines. TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE DETAILS

Testing Tools Defect Tracking Language/Scripts Database System HP QTP 9.1/11

HP Win Runner

HP Load Runner

Selenium IDE (POC)

QA Load, QA Run,

Strategy builder

HP ALM QC 9.2

Test Director

JIRA

Bugzilla

VBScript

UNIX Shell, C

SQL, PL/SQL

JAVA, VB.Net

XML, HTML, SOAP

Oracle8.x/9i/10g

SQL Server 2000/05,

DB2

Teradata

Sybase

SAP BW, SQL, PL/SQL

Technologies Methodologies Platforms Specialties

Client/Server

Web Services

XML Plug-ins

SOAP UI, Sub Version

Risk Based Testing

SAP R/3, SOA

SDLC-Waterfall

Agile-Scrum

V-Shaped

Incremental

SOA Architecture

WINDOWS NT/XP

UNIX

AS/400

Mainframe

HP-Unix

Linux

Performance Testing

Load Testing, GUI

Regression Testing

Risk Based Testing

SOA Testing, SOAP UI

Web Services

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Oct 2011 QA of the Quarter for Deposit Shield SOA Testing

June 2011 Trainer of the year(For conducting Risk Based Testing training)

Jan, Jul 2010 Best Employee of the year (Quarterly award received twice) Gayathri V Selvaraj 971-***-**** (MST) acs2oi@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Feb, 2012 – Sep, 2015 – On Sabbatical

Quality Assurance Technical Lead

Offshore: FIS Global Solutions, Chennai, India

Onshore: FIS Global Solutions, Woodbury, MN

June, 2009 – Feb, 2012:

Project # 1 – Deposit Shield Real-Time

Deposit Shield Real-Time (DSRT) is a tool used by financial institutions to assist in the risk evaluation of checks presented during customer transactions. The combined risk level of all checks for the deposit will be compiled and a risk decision will be returned to the teller.

My Responsibility for DSRT product as QA Lead: The tool needs to be tested for seven different types of medium to complex consumer transactions: Funding Deposit, Deposit for On Us and Transit Items, Split Deposit, Cash Withdrawal, Deposit with Cash Withdrawal, 3rd Party Check Cashing, and DL Validation/Verification. Environment: HP QTP 9.1/11, HP QC 9.2, Oracle 10g, SQL, XML, Mainframe, Unix, Agile, SOA, Client Server, Windows XP, Risk Based Testing, SAP R/3 Project # 2 - Risk Case Manager

The Risk Case Manager (RCM) application supports the organizational compliance process for internal review and investigation of suspicious activities. It is a web-based application used by analysts, compliance professionals, managers, administrators and other principals involved in the process.

My Responsibility for RCM product as QA Lead: Testing the functionality such as tracking the losses originating from checks, credit and debit cards, ATMs, theft and any other internal or external events.

Environment: HP QTP 9.1/11, HP QC 9.2, Teradata, SQL, Waterfall, Client Server, Windows XP, Risk Based Testing, SAP R/3

Roles and Responsibilities as a Quality Assurance Technical Lead

Planned all resources and schedules for functional and performance QA work for new and ongoing Financial Services products and applications used by over 14,000 Banks and Financial institutions over 100 countries Gayathri V Selvaraj 971-***-**** (MST) acs2oi@r.postjobfree.com

Supervised a team of QA functional test engineers in Woodbury, MN and Chennai, India working on multiple projects

Reported metrics for defects, schedule and effort variance to IT management

Consolidated and presented overall QC status updates to onsite / offshore project teams

Managed quality assurance activities of multiple projects with 10 to 15 QA analysts and testers

Responsible for various software quality assurance activities, including test plan engineering, test case generation, automated & manual test execution, usability analysis, problem reporting and documentation analysis

Responsible for assigning tasks to QA staff involved in various projects and co- ordination

Monitor the successful completion of the quality initiatives at every step of the Software Development Life Cycle

Adapt quality initiatives to suit the specific project without compromising the integrity of the Quality Assurance process

Monitor the progress of the projects for adherence to the planned schedule and participate in all project-affecting decisions

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

eFunds International Limited, Chennai, India

Oct, 2005 - June, 2009:

Project # 1 – QualiFile

QualiFile service is the leading deposit account verification service in the financial services industry and can provide instant decisions based on the institution’s chosen strategy, making it unnecessary for teller to review data to make the decisions. My Responsibility for QualiFile product as Sr. QA: Functional testing of QualiFile functions such as real-time consumer scoring, risk segmentation, and pre-approved credit product offers at the new account opening desk. DW/BI Testing of the data migrated to EDW.

Environment: Load Runner, JIRA, SQL, AS400, Mainframe, Unix, Agile/Waterfall, Client Server, Windows XP, 3rd Party Testing, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, SQL, PL/SQL, Strategy builder, SOAP UI, SAP R/3

Gayathri V Selvaraj 971-***-**** (MST) acs2oi@r.postjobfree.com Project # 2 - Identity Verification

The ID Verification service is to verify the identity of individuals and businesses by cross- referencing more than 23 billion records from multiple and independent data sources. Within seconds, ID Verification assesses whether the presented identity information is accurate and empowers your institution with the knowledge required to make proactive decisions that can positively impact your bottom line. Environment: Win Runner, Load Runner, JIRA, SQL, Mainframe, Waterfall, Client Server, Windows XP, SOAP UI, SAP R/3

Roles and Responsibilities as a Quality Assurance Senior Software Engineer

Involved in the requirement gathering and provided QA estimation

Prepare/Update/Execute the Test Procedures through HP Quality Center

Prepared Master Test Plan

Implemented Risk Based testing

Developed Automation scripts using QTP and to reduce the test effort in an effective way

Work Allocation to Team Members

Reporting defects through ‘Quality Center’ and follow up with Development and BA team to get a fix

Provided daily direction, mentoring and assistance in growing team

System Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing

Provided metrics at the end of the project. Provided Root Cause Analysis in case of any variance

Participate in performance review process by giving performance feedback as requested for PEERS

Leading offshore team and co-coordinating with Onsite team/ Client

Identify gaps in Regression testing for the product as an SME and come up with an approach to fix the same

Organized and provided product training to chennai and US QA team Gayathri V Selvaraj 971-***-**** (MST) acs2oi@r.postjobfree.com Quality Assurance Software Engineer

Satyam Info way, Chennai, India

Sep, 2003 – Oct 2005

Project: Learning Management System (LMS)

Environment: JAVA, HTML, Audio and Video files, Adobe Flash Player, Browser plugins

Prepared test strategy, which includes: Testing, Completion Criteria, Schedule, and Test Setup

Prepared test matrix, an excel template that identifies the test type (GUI, Functional etc.), the test suites within each type, and the test categories to be tested

Generation of test cases and test plan from functional and requirements specification. Reporting of bugs after executing the test cases

Complete functionality testing, regression testing and Performance Testing

Schedule readiness review meeting, to assess the readiness of the project for release; and QA process review meeting, to review how well or not process was followed during the project cycle

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

Master of Computer Applications, P.S.G. College of Technology at Coimbatore, India, 2003

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, The Ethiraj College for Women at Chennai, India, 2000

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