Over * years of experience as a Quality Assurance Tester. Experience includes concepts, requirements, design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of complete Software Development Life Cycle projects. Extensive knowledge of financial products and services, such as Fixed Income investments (T-Bond, T-Bills, T-notes, Corporate Bonds, Municipal Bonds etc), Equities, Derivatives (Futures, Options, Swaps), Mutual Funds, portfolio management, Cash Management & Asset management

Demonstrated Functional Area Skills/ Experience in:

Sound knowledge of manual and automated Testing, Black Box, White Box, System, Regression, Integration, Functionality, and User Acceptance Testing of both client-server and Web-based Internet & intranet applications.

Creation of test automation tools and applications customized for proprietary uses.

Experience in interacting with business analysts, developers, and technical support groups.

Expert technical writer, involved in writing technical documents like Used cases and design documents.

Ability to thoroughly analyze system’s functional requirements and break them down into test requirements/test objectives for unit, integrated and system software testing

Good experience in creating, modifying and enhancing both manual Test Scripts and automated Test Scripts created by Test Automation tools – LoadRunner and Quick Test Professional

Extensive experience with defect tracking tools like Test Director and Quality Center. Possess a high technical aptitude and a high level of analytical ability.

Conducted training sessions on Application performance for Application stakeholders and aligned IT personnel.

Involved in walk through and inspection.

Use UNIX to connect oracle database using SQL Queries.

Created and added tables to the SQL database when required.

Involved in the back end testing by executing SQL statements

Quick learner and Good team player with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows 9X/2000/XP/NT, UNIX

Testing Tools: LoadRunner 8.2,9.0, Quick Test Professional 9.2, 9.0, Rational team suite

Bug Reporting Tools: Test Director, Quality Center 10.0, 9.2, JIRA

Languages: C, C++, TSL,Java,VB Script,SQL,PLSQL

Database: Oracle 10g, 9i, 8i, Microsoft Access, MS- SQL Server 2000/2005

Web Technologies: HTML, ASP

Scripting : VBScript, JavaScript, TSL, Perl, Shell Scripting

SQL Tools : Toad, DB Artesian

Protocols : TCP/IP

PROFESSION EXPERIENCE

Bank of America, NY Dec’10 – till present

Sr. QA Analyst

Bank of America is a financial services company, the largest bank holding company in the United States, by assets, and the second largest bank by market capitalization. As a consultant I analyzed, created and executed test scripts to test their fixed income trading application. Tested the applications for trading Derivatives (Futures, Options, Treasury Bond, Swaps).Tested PIONEER Trader Workstation (PTW) which provides business functionality as real-time market making and pricing, order management, trade management, position management and trade entry services. The PIONEER Trader Workstation connects to an expanding list of B2B, B2C and Futures exchanges. The PIONEER system supports ticket state management and negotiation logic that makes use of market data aggregation and internal pricing mechanisms.

The PIONEER Dealer Panel is a module that provides functionality for Broker-to-Customer (B2C) negotiation and trading. The Dealer Panel enables traders to respond to customer inquiries on various products in the B2C environment, specifically Bloomberg and TradeWeb.

The PIONEER Admin Tool (PAT) provides the ability to create and update PIONEER Trader Workstation (PTW) user account information, for both internal (i.e., traders, salespersons, support) and external (i.e., customers using PTW futures trading application) clients as well as edit additional PTS configuration information.

Automated Tools: Quick Test Pro9.2,10.0, Quality Center 9.0, Atlassian JIRA

Environment: Java Server Pages (JSP), C++, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX

Responsibilities:

Reviewed the System Requirement Specs (SRS).

Analyzed the requirement and design documents.

Involved in the day-to-day testing of the application, which involved functional testing, backend testing, regression testing, integration testing, backward compatibility testing and Database testing.

Checked the Database changes by using SQL queries.

• Used TOAD to connect to the database and ran SQL queries to view data.

Backend testing of the DB by writing SQL queries to test the integrity of the application

Used MQC (Mercury Quality Center) to invoke the scripts and initially performed the baseline testing and organized all the scripts systematically and generated reports.

Analyzed and generated various workflows and designed Manual and Automated Scripts

Performed Black Box Testing, User Acceptance Test and extensively used QTP for Regression Testing.

Interacted with Mercury support team in enhancing the performance testing.

Regression Testing is performed and the additional scripts are generated for each version.

Login to JIRA for reporting the bugs.

Connected to QTP from Quality center and executed the scripts.

Developed Functional scripts Using Quick Test Professional 9.2. Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties. Scripts were custom coded with Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types. Check points were written for all types of objects and Text checks were written for validating Text in all pages of the applications.

Synchronization points and Wait functions were introduced in the script

Extensively checked log files by connecting to UNIX sever using Putty.

Extensively worked on UNIX and executed programs on Shell Scripts

Performed Database Testing for checking data validation and data integrity

Developed detailed test conditions and documented test scripts and test procedures.

Interfaced with developers and participated in several walkthroughs to resolve the problems while executing the test scripts

Participated in weekly review meetings and GO/NO-GO meetings

UBS Financial Services, NJ June’09 – Nov’10

Sr. QA Analyst

UBS is a leading Investment Bank. As a consultant analyzed, created and executed test scripts to test their portfolio trading application. Tested the applications for trading Equities. The project involved a Java application server that connects trading desk to the clients and third-party brokers for the purpose of communicating Financial Information Exchange (FIX) messages. It provides full FIX functionality for the trading applications of Equities and derivatives, including Orders, Executions, Indication and Administrative Messages etc. Also worked on deals Accounts Activity, Balance& Holdings, Portfolio Management, Equity Trading, E-statements, Customer Relation Management (CRM) and Brokerage Commissions.

Automated Tools: Quick Test Pro9.2, LoadRunner 8.2, Quality Center 9.0

Environment: Java Server Pages (JSP), C++, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX

Responsibilities:

Involved in the day-to-day testing of the application, which involved functional testing, backend testing, regression testing, integration testing, backward compatibility testing and Database testing.

Extensively checked tags in the log files and the flow of the FIX messages.

Checked the Database changes by using SQL queries.

Worked on FIX messaging and generated various test scenarios to validate different FIX Transactions.

Used MQC (Mercury Quality Center) to invoke the scripts and initially performed the baseline testing and organized all the scripts systematically and generated reports

Developed GUI, Text, XML checkpoints to validate the data and parameterized the scripts to drive with External Data Files.

Analyzed and generated various workflows and designed Manual and Automated Scripts

Performed Black Box Testing, User Acceptance Test and extensively used QTP for Regression Testing.

Interacted with Mercury support team in enhancing the performance testing.

Developed Functional scripts Using Quick Test Professional 9.2. Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties. Scripts were custom coded with Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types. Check points were written for all types of objects and Text checks were written for validating Text in all pages of the applications.

Synchronization points and Wait functions were introduced in the scripts.

Regression Testing is performed and the additional scripts are generated for each version.

Scheduling, Interacting, invoking the QT Pro Scripts are done using Quality Center.

Developed detailed test conditions and documented test scripts and test procedures.

Developed various reports and metrics to measure and track testing effort

Countrywide Financial Corp, CA June’08 – June’09

Sr. QA Tester

Countrywide Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services holding company that mostly engages in residential mortgage banking and related businesses. I was basically working on the Customer Maintenance System (CMS), which is basically an advance system of Online information system (OIS). The application is basically on home loans. The application was basically a web application in which client need to register online with correct login name and password. After that they get all the information regarding their home loan. Application has basically three modules ‘Query’, ‘My Loan’ and ‘Quote’. As a tester I was testing the functionality of each module.

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Automated Tools: Quick Test Pro9.2, LoadRunner 8.2, Quality Center 9.0

Environment: Window XP, Oracle10g, UNIX, SQL, HTML,

Responsibilities:

Analyzed the business requirements and wrote Test Cases and Test Strategy for functional requirements.

Analyzed the system specifications and helped team members to achieve test goals.

Recorded scripts in Quick Test Pro to perform Functionality testing.

Performed data driven testing using Quick Test Pro.

Involved in parameterization using Quick Test Pro.

Used Telnet to connect oracle with UNIX platform.

Executed various Shell scripts to run automated Batch Jobs

Analyzing and monitoring back end Linux and UNIX services for the Performance and trouble shooting.

Wrote automate deployment scripts for all the environments. Exclusively used VI editor for writing the shell scripts

Executed Shell and Perl Scripts

Ran the UNIX shell scripts from command line to do load testing on the database.

Performed Back-End Testing using SQL queries.

Generated all reports for the test cases through Quality Center document generator.

Responsible for extracting bug reports and conducting Bug Review meetings

Prepare Project-level test plans and created test cases for the respective applications.

Developed and Executed Load Test Scenarios using LoadRunner.

Installing, maintaining and administering LoadRunner software.

Performed Load, Stress and Performance Testing using LoadRunner

Plotting and implementing different scenarios for load testing using LoadRunner.

Used Quality Center for tracking and reporting bugs.

Extensively performed Traceability Matrix in MQC.

Used the LoadRunner Online Monitors.

Working with different Vuser types and groups in LoadRunner

Use UNIX to connect oracle database using SQL Queries

Attend regular meeting to track bug related issues and critical problems

Involved in team of User acceptance testing (UAT)

Attended weekly technical and status meetings.

ING Direct, Wilmington, DE Jun’07- May’08

QA Tester

ING Direct Finance provides diverse financial services including mortgage, investments, insurance and banking. Working on the home loan financing application, which enables representatives to submit customer applications in a fronted top view, which can be viewed by the lender. It includes a loan-underwriting engine that enables the lender to make approval related decisions based on the results of regression and statistical analysis. Monthly Loan servicing is performed providing lenders information regarding the price of the loan. The application consists of client-server and web-based components.

Automated Tools: Quick Test Pro 9.0, LoadRunner 8.1, TestDirector

Environment: HTML, J2EE, UNIX, Windows, Oracle9i, IIS, Apache

Responsibilities:

Analyzed business requirement specifications and use cases for the system.

Developed and maintained Test Plans, test strategy, test cases to cover entire testing effort.

Conducted meetings and walkthroughs and updated the test plans and test scripts for any functionality changes.

Involved in the creation of test plan, test cases, test procedure required for Manual testing and to initiate Automated testing.

Created test cases and test scripts and performed regression testing.

Performed Data Driven Testing using Quick Test Pro.

Performed different kind of testing such as Functional testing, Integration testing, and Regression testing.

Involved in the modification of the existing scripts and implemented parameterization in the new as well as existing scripts.

Manually performed GUI and Functionality testing of the Application front end.

Performed Stress, load, and Performance testing using LoadRunner.

Used SQL queries manually to test them for data verification.

Developed test cases and scripts using Quick Test Pro for Functionality, Security and Regression Testing.

Tested the properties of the tables using table checkpoints using Quick Test Pro.

Conducted Parameterization to data tables using Quick Test Pro.

Used Quality Center as the defect-tracking tool to enter defects regarding the issues found during testing.

Participated in sessions to define the solution approaches, and identifying assumptions, constraints, Risk Management and issues.

Involved in team of User acceptance testing (UAT).

Use UNIX to connect oracle database using SQL Queries.

Performed analysis using online monitoring graphs and analysis graphs using LoadRunner scenario.

Fidelity Investments, Sunnyvale, CA Jun’06- May’07

QA Tester

Fidelity Investments is an international provider of financial services and investment resources that help individuals and institutions meet their financial objectives. In addition to more than 300 Fidelity mutual funds, we also offer discount brokerage services, retirement services, estate planning, wealth management, securities execution and clearance and life insurance. The web-based application provides customers with options of various Fixed Income funds and individual bonds, with Expert Tools & Trading Data. I, as a

QA tester, involved mainly in the functionality testing.

Automated Tools: Quick Test Pro8.0, LoadRunner8.0, Test Director

Environment: HTML, J2EE, UNIX, Windows, Oracle9i, IIS, Apache

Responsibilities:

Wrote test cases from the Test Plan and generated sample test data.

Participated in the management of testing project with the help of QTP.

Developed and executed test cases test Scenarios and followed-up defects using Test Director.

Developed automation test scripts for performing regression testing on the application using QTP.

Inserted Checkpoints to check for broken links, Text and standard properties of an object using QTP.

Handle exceptional situations in test scripts using Recovery Scenario Manager in Quick Test Pro.

Verified the application’s functionality on different Configurations with QTP.

Participated in requirement walkthroughs and creation of test plan.

Used Load Runner, for Performance, Stress testing and Load testing.

Interfacing with developers to resolve the technical issues.

Enhanced test scripts using various utilities provided in Quick Test Pro like check points, Data driver wizard for testing multiple data input.

Monitored online graphs like Transactions per Second (TPS), Throughput, and Response time at Client side and analyzed after the completion of test in LoadRunner.

Plotting and implementing different scenarios for load testing using LoadRunner.

Use UNIX to connect oracle database using SQL Queries.

References will be provided on request.

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