Quality Assurance Software

Salman Siddiqi

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|5+ years of IT Testing Experience |

|. Exclusively on system testing projects involving both client server as |

|well as web based applications. |

|. Demonstrated interpersonal and co-ordination skills in the areas of |

|Systems Testing Analysis |

|. Strong Communication skills, both written and verbal and good listening |

|skills |

|Dedicated, Reliable, Motivated |

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| |. Maintaining good relationships with all functional groups and|

|Technical |locations within the company by participating in both |

|Profile |functional and multi-functional teams |

| |. Ability to read, listen, interview, interpret and probe to |

| |gather key information with new ideas, transfer knowledge of |

| |projects, processes or applications/systems to team members |

| |. Good analytical skills, an "attention to detail" and ability |

| |to adapt to changing technology and problem-solving |

| |capabilities |

| |. Ability to clearly translate user information to |

| |technologists and back again in both written and oral formats |

| |. Perseverance and willingness to work irregular and extra |

| |hours when needed |

| |. Proven experience in both Manual and Automation Testing that |

| |includes Unit, Integration, System, Regression, Performance, |

| |and User Acceptance Testing |

| |. Strong knowledge and experience in Process Improvement, Test |

| |Designing, Test Development and Test Execution of various web |

| |applications and client server applications |

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|Technical |Testing Tools: |

|Skills |Quality Center, QTP / XRunner, SOAPUI, Clear Quest, ALM, PVCS |

| |RDBMS: |

| |Oracle, SQL Server, PL/SQL, Toad, SQL Query Analyzer, DB2 |

| |Packages/Tools: |

| |Office 2010, Visual Studio, Clear Case, XMLSPY, FrontPage, CVS |

| |Languages: |

| |C, C++, JAVA, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, VBScript, JavaScript, XML, |

| |HTML |

| |Operating Systems: |

| |Window Server 2008/8/7/Vista/XP/NT, UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, |

| |MS-DOS |

| |Software/Utilities/Networking: |

| |VMware, Citrix, Bash/C/Korn Shell, vi, DBX, SCCS, Multi-Edit, |

| |TCP/IP |

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| |Jan. 2011 - Jul. 2012 Randstad (Harland Clarke), |

|Experience |New Braunfels, TX. |

| |Retail Channel IT department (QA Analyst) |

| |. Worked on Retail Channels, payment processing websites, allow|

| |customers to place the check order/reorder functionality within|

| |their web site, and checked the processed order using back end |

| |applications such as ATG and Odyssey |

| |. Worked on different sites such as Costco Checks, Costco |

| |Stationery, Sam's Club Stationary, Staples, Wal-Mart, AAA, |

| |American Bank Checks |

| |. Performed requirement gathering, analyzed user stories, |

| |written manual test cases from Use Cases and/or updated for |

| |weekly deployments |

| |. Executed test cases and recorded the defects using QC/ALM |

| |Complete; managed, tracked, and verified resolution of defects |

| |and prioritized product defects in an Agile environment |

| |. Worked closely and collaboratively with both off-site/on-site|

| |software developers, QA Managers and other QA Engineers |

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| |Apr. 2010 - Jun. 2011 Adecco (GE Healthcare IT), |

| |Hillsboro, OR. |

| |V&V Engineering Department (Test Engineer) |

| |. Worked on CCHIT/ARRA Certified GE HL7 Healthcare web based |

| |applications, both EMR and CPS that electronically manage a |

| |comprehensive health data of patients from multiple providers |

| |and billing records |

| |. Worked on multiple projects such as Chart, Scheduling, |

| |Registration, Billing, Payment Entry, Accounts Receivable, |

| |Reports, and Administration records |

| |. Worked in an Agile, cross-functional GE global teams to |

| |understand software requirements, created test plans and test |

| |cases, managed multiple projects and priorities, and validated |

| |acceptance criteria |

| |. Performed Integration, Functional, System, Regression, UAT, |

| |Compatibility, Transactional/backend testing using SQL Plus |

| |. Executed Test Cases using Quality Center and recorded the |

| |defects using Clear Quest, tracked, and verified resolution of |

| |defects |

| |. Served as a coordinator for testing activities on all |

| |projects and mentor to less experienced staff |

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| |Mar. 2008 - Oct. 2009 BondDesk Group LLC, |

| |Rochester Hills, MI. |

| |Quality Assurance Department (Software Tester) |

| |. Worked on BondDesk application that supports the collection, |

| |management, display and execution of fixed income security |

| |trading/offerings |

| |. Designed and executed test guides for BondDesk clients as |

| |required by client's requirements |

| |. Verified data in different tables using TOAD, |

| |written/executed PL/SQL scripts |

| |. Used PuTTy client interface using Bash for API messages |

| |testing, created XML input files, executed with SOAPUI Web |

| |Service tool |

| |. Reported all encountered defects to development and verified |

| |that defects have been corrected using intranet defect tracking|

| |system eSource |

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| |Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2007 Apex Systems, Inc. (Wachovia Bank), |

| |Winston-Salem, NC. |

| |Testing Department (Software Tester) |

| |. Worked on Wachovia Connection Plus web application built on |

| |.Net platform, allows company's users to initiate, approve and |

| |view payments |

| |. Created Test Cases from functional design documents and run |

| |them using Quality Center |

| |. Performed both Manual and Automated testing thru QTP and |

| |recorded the defects observed and monitored rectification of |

| |defects using the defect tracking system via Clear Quest |

| |. Used SQL Query Analyzer/IBM DB2 to verify data in different |

| |tables, written/executed SQL queries |

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| |Aug. 2005 - Jun. 2006 Accenture (Bank of America), |

| |Charlotte, NC. |

| |Testing Center of Excellence Department (Software Tester) |

| |. Worked on the OOS middleware application Bank's Customer |

| |Information System as a Manual tester |

| |. Created Test Scripts from API specification documents and |

| |modified existing test scripts for each specific release |

| |. Gathered test data, created XML input files for each test |

| |case and executed tests by making use of the SOAPUI Web Service|

| |tool |

| |. Conducted CIT and SIT testing; both from a Regression and |

| |Initiative perspective, as part of the Bank's testing cycles |

| |for each OOS system release |

| |. Recorded the defects observed and monitored rectification of |

| |defects using the Test Director |

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| |Oct. 2002 - Jun. 2005 Kelly Services/JCI/IAP (WRAMC), |

| |Washington DC. |

| |HEALTHeFORCES Department (Software Tester/Quality Assurance) |

| |. Worked on WRAMC ICDB Provider Application running on |

| |IIS/Oracle server accessible through Internet Explorer |

| |(http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/) |

| |. Used both PL/SQL developer and Toad to verify data |

| |transaction |

| |. Performed Black and White box Agile Testing and recorded the |

| |defects observed and monitored rectification of defects using |

| |Test Director/PVCS |

| |. Prepared and executed test cases based on business rules for |

| |each iteration |

| |. Performed Unit, Integration, System, Regression, Stress, and |

| |User acceptance testing in each Iteration |

| | Jul. 2001 - Jun. 2002 Aerotek Inc. (Hughes Network Systems), |

| |Germantown, MD. |

| |System Test Engineering Department (Software Automation/Tester)|

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| |. Implemented automation of the UNIX based product OMC-R |

| |(Operational Mobile Systems Maintenance Center) for AT&T |

| |project |

| |. Used Xrunner tool for performing the task of capturing and |

| |running the tests |

| |. Wrote and executed test scripts using TSL based on business |

| |requirement of the application, updated the object repository |

| |in each iteration |

| |. Analyzed and checked all test cases, document tests failures |

| |and provided bugs report to management |

| |. University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK. |

|Education |B. S., Computer Science & B. S., General Business (Minor) |

| |President's Honor Roll, UCO. Dean's Honor Roll, UCO |

|Special |. Learning and using software packages and operating systems |

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