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Quality Assurance Project

Location:
Mc Lean, VA, 22102
Posted:
August 25, 2010

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Raani

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Professional Summary:

. 7 years of diverse experience in the field of Information

Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance, Quality Control

and Software Testing

. Extensive experience in all phases of SDLC including requirement

gathering, Designing, Development, Integration, Deployment,

Testing and Maintenance of Client-Server, web-based

applications, software product and SQA.

. Experience in Black Box testing, Functional Testing, System

testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Data Driven

testing, Back End and Front End testing and User Acceptance

testing

. Experience in testing Client/Server (2-Tier), Multi-Tier, Web

Based applications including Mortgage, Financial, Health care,

Telecom applications and commercial Stand-Alone applications.

. Expertise in writing Test Plans, defining Test Cases, developing

and maintaining Test Scripts, analyzing the Test results of

scripts.

. Expertise in creating the test suite to perform regression

testing across various releases and build.

. Proficient in using Mercury provided automated testing tools

such as Win Runner, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center

. Expertise in creation of Scripts and Scenarios, Run tests with

process and multithreaded environments, analyzed and generated

performance test reports

. Expertise in Manual and Automated Correlations to Parameterize

Dynamically changing Parameters

. Expertise in gathering Performance metrics such as Connection

Pools, JVM Heap and Garbage Collection in WebLogic and WebSphere

during test execution

. Proficient in using bug-tracking tools and the regression

testing of defects identified in the testing process

. Experience in Installing, Configuration and Administering

Mercury Automated testing tools

. Strong skills in testing backend SQL Queries on Oracle and SQL

Server

. Expertise in PL/SQL development, writing packages, stored

procedures, Functions

. Accountable for timely and quality deliverables during the transition

and operational phases of the engagement.

. Thorough knowledge of the Software Engineering Institutes (SEI)

Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI); ISO-9001:2000

. Enforce quality standards and procedures of the testing principles and

practices through out the project.

. Plan, prepare for and effectively facilitate project team meetings and

presentations

. Facilitate lessons learned sessions, analyze findings and propose

improvements.

. Maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics in the team and

champion a continuous improvement approach.

. Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to clearly and

concisely communicate verbally and in writing with team members and

executive stakeholders applying tact and situational awareness

Certifications:

Certified Software Quality Assurance (CSQA) from Quality Assurance

Institute (QAI)

Skill Summary:

Testing Tools QTP 9.0, 8.0/6.5, Rational Performance Tester, Selenium,

Jmeter, Test Complete

Bug Tracking Tools Quality Center 9.0/8.1/7.2, Test Director 8.0/7.6/7.2,

Clear Quest 2002.05.00, BugZilla, Jira

Operating Systems Unix, Red Hat Linux, Solaris 8, Windows NT/2000/2003 &

Windows 7

Languages C, C++, Java, J2EE

Servers Apache, Tomcat, Weblogic, Websphere

Web Technologies HTML, DHTML, Java Script, Servlets, JSP

Database Technologies MS-SQL Server, Oracle 9i/10g, MySQL4.x/5.x

Configuration Rational Clear Case, Visual SourceSafe

Management

Documentation Tools MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Excel

Quality Systems CMMI, CMM, ISO

Functional / Domain Broker, Insurance, Health Care and Pharmaceutical,

Experience Banking, Telecommunication

Others MS Project

Professional Experience:

Applied Systems Inc, Chicago, IL

Mar 2008 - till date

Senior QA Analyst

Applied Systems, Inc. develops, sells and supports health insurance

agency and broker management systems and provides services for

accounting, customer, policy, claims management, and all related

broker functions. More than 129,000 users in 11,000 brokerages of

every size and complexity level use Applied Systems technology and

services. The company leads the industry in broker-carrier real-time

and batch communication solutions. Applied Systems automates insurance

transactions at every distribution level from consumer through

carrier, providing technical support and professional services to

maximize customers' return on investment.

Running an insurance agency is risky business and EPIC is an agency

management system which helps agencies reduce the risks inherent in running

their operations. It helps them sell more and write better business and at

the same time cut costs. It is a system that perfectly suits for handling

both personal lines and/or commercial lines business. All the information

related to clients, policies, attachments, notes or activities, process an

attachment or record a claim, the difference between policies from

different carriers at a glance, coverage's and limits, customized reports

etc are all in one system.

Responsibilities:

o Responsible for all software quality assurance activities, including

test plan engineering, test case generation, automated & manual test

execution, hardware configuration, client configuration, usability

analysis, problem reporting, and documentation analysis.

o Assisting the teams in designing and ensuring overall integrity of the

testing strategy.

o Worked with appropriate business and technology leads to determine the

acceptable range for test results and performance.

o Designed, developed and implemented test plans, scripts, and tools

using the detailed business requirements document provided by the

business analysts.

o Worked with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate

data for testing, and prepare that data for the test cases.

o Assisted Application Developers and technical support staff in

identifying and resolving problems.

o Facilitated resolution and communication of cross-

application/organization architectural issues and decisions.

o Assessing and revising test sequence and scope based upon test

results/changes in product design.

o Coordination of component, system and documentation testing with the

appropriate technical groups and Release Management.

o Involved in preparation of UAT Test Strategy and Test Cases design for

extensive and thorough testing.

o UAT test execution activities including tracking defects and reporting

any issues/risks

o Test beds creation for supporting the construction of complex testing

scripts, integrating testing tool sets with the overall testing

process

o Reconcile test results from different tests and different groups.

o Assessed readiness and deviation of product/project performance based

upon test results and product specifications.

o Performed the tests in both the QA and contingency/backup

environments.

o Contribution to test planning, test preparation and scripting, and

test execution according to defined best practices, standards and

procedures.

o Data preparation to cover various scenarios and wrote SQL queries to

verify the database updates, inserts and deletion of the records

o Interaction regularly with peers and management regarding test related

topics including the coordination of test related initiatives with QA

leads, Project Managers, Development Managers, and other QA Core team

members.

o Participation in all phases of the IT Project Delivery Framework,

including review of complex business and functional requirements.

o Risk Assessment to quality service based upon results of verification

and validation.

o Adherence to established test standards and procedures established in

the organization.

Environment: Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, VB Script,

VB.Net, XML, HTML, SQL Analyzer, Oracle 8i/9i, Windows NT and Windows

7, MS Office Suite

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, Chicago, IL

Jan 2007 - Feb2008

Senior QA Engineer

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., one of the world's largest insurance brokerage

and risk management services firms, provides a full range of retail and

wholesale property/casualty (P/C) brokerage and alternative risk transfer

services globally, as well as employee benefit brokerage, consulting and

actuarial services. Gallagher also offers claims and information

management, risk control consulting and appraisal services to clients

around the world.

Loan Lookup Analyzer enables mortgage borrowers to quickly determine if

Gallaghar owns their loan by providing a street address, unit, city, state,

and ZIP code. Its helps the clients find about their mortgages, any debts

they have, their income sources. It also helps find Loan number, past due

notices, monthly statement, etc. for their first mortgage and second

mortgage or other liens (if applicable), Copies of bills and monthly

statements for all other debts such as credit cards, personal loans, auto

loans, utilities, etc, Paystubs, unemployment benefits letter, alimony,

child support, etc. for all borrowers on the mortgage.

Responsibilities:

o Providing assistance to the team in designing and ensuring overall

integrity of the testing strategy.

o Worked with appropriate business and technology leads to determine the

acceptable range for test results and performance.

o Design, develop and implement test plans, scripts, and tools using the

detailed business requirements document provided by the business

analysts.

o Worked with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate

data for testing, and prepare that data for the test cases.

o Assisting Application Developers and technical support staff in

identifying and resolving problems.

o Facilitated resolution and communication of cross-

application/organization architectural issues and decisions.

o Assessed and revise test sequence and scope based upon test results

and/or changes in product design.

o Coordinated component, system and documentation testing with the

appropriate technical groups and Release Management.

o Documented test procedures and findings.

o Reconciled test results from different tests and different groups.

o Assessing readiness and deviation of product/project performance based

upon test results and product specifications.

o Performed the tests in both the QA and contingency/backup

environments.

o Contributed to test planning, test preparation and scripting, and test

execution according to defined best practices, standards and

procedures.

o Regular interfacing with peers and management regarding test related

topics including the coordination of test related initiatives with QA

leads, Project Managers, Development Managers, and other QA Core team

members.

o Participated in all phases of the IT Project Delivery Framework,

including review of complex business and functional requirements.

o Assessed risk to quality service based upon results of verification

and validation.

o Follow and adhere to established test standards and procedures.

Environment: QuickTestPro, Quality Center, Apache 2.0, Weblogic 8.1 SP4,

Oracle 9i, Verity Servers 5.5, Epiphany IA Servers 6.4, JDA (AS 400), DB2,

Red hat Linux 3.0, Sun Solaris 2.8, Windows server 2003, Windows 2000 and

TOAD 8.5

GSICommerce, King of Prussia, PA

Jul 2005 - Dec2006

QA Engineer

GSICommerce is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions and they enable

retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional

sports organizations to operate e-commerce businesses. Worked on various

projects at GSI which include Epiphany IA Upgrade, ZALES, Radioshack, GNC

and LNT Gift Registry.

Receivables EdgeSM is a Web presentment application that combines advanced

image and data capture technology with the power of the Internet to deliver

a consolidated and timely view of electronic and paper remittance images

and related data directly to the client desktop. Clients access the server

via the Internet, using a standard Web browser. Lockbox images are

available within approximately a half hour after lockbox processing is

completed; electronic payments are available on a scheduled basis.

Responsibilities:

o Study High Level Design documents and flow charts and interacted with

Business Analysts and Functional Managers to clarify issues upon

business requirements

o Developed test requirements by decomposing the functional requirements

and interacted with end-users, Business Analysts and Developers

o Involved in various sign off meetings with the Lead Developers,

Business Analysts, Managers and Team Leads

o Responsible for preparing the test data for the various test scenarios

o Developed the Test plan and test scripts for manual and automation

testing

o Worked closely with the Business Analysts to understand the Business

Requirements

o Developed and executed manual tests using Quality Center for System

testing and Integration testing of the application

o Responsible for giving the status of the defects in the daily status

meetings

o Participated in bug triage meetings with developers to validate the

severity of the bugs and responsible for tracking of the bug life

cycle using Test Director

o Wrote SQL scripts to verify the database updates like insertion and

deletion of the records

o Compared actual Vs expected test results, discussed the defects in

defect meeting with development team and Business Analysts

o Automated the web-based and client server application's using

QuickTestPro

o Maintained the QTP automation scripts for enhancement and

modifications for future releases

o Overlayed various graphs to measure the system performance, analyzed

the reports by interacting with various administrators

o Involved in knowledge transfer of the application

o Developed the Test Results document which aimed at suggestions to

improve the performance of the application

Environment: Quality Center, QuickTestPro, Apache 2.0, Weblogic 8.1 SP4,

Oracle 9i, Verity Servers 5.5, Epiphany IA Servers 6.4, JDA (AS 400), DB2,

Red hat Linux 3.0, Sun Solaris 2.8, Windows server 2003, Windows 2000 and

TOAD 8.5

Rock Financial, Michigan, Detroit

Jun 2004 - Jun 2005

QA Analyst

Rock Financial is Michigan's largest mortgage company. Worked on the

Analyzer reporting tool, project. This was an intranet application designed

keeping the clients analysis and reporting needs in mind. The in-house

mortgage application was one that enables the mortgage specialist to view

customer applications and verify their status. The application also enabled

the specialist to view if the customer had any existing mortgages, loans

and commitments, details of credit card balances, etc. Depending on the

varied customer information the specialists would offer the customers

various options, Interest only options, Repayment mortgages, advice them on

variable type of interest rates Variable rates, ARM, fixed rates, etc. The

application also consisted of another interface called Pre-value a

calculator that considered monthly income, debt, available cash, term and

rate of the current user showing the home value that the customer could

afford.

Responsibilities:

o Review the Business Requirement and Technical Specification documents

o Involved in creating Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts by using

TestDirector

o Creating Use Case model and process flow diagrams using MS Visio

o Developed & executed several optimized queries in SQL on the data.

o Performed Unit Testing and User Acceptance Testing and documented

detailed defects.

o Automated the web-based version of the application using QuickTestPro

o Maintained the QTP automation scripts for enhancement and

modifications with the product for future releases

o Worked for multiple releases on different environments at the same

time

o Worked extensively with SME in understanding and documenting their

requirements pertaining to monitoring changes and portraying a trend

to maintain and analyze customer needs and many other business areas.

o Generating, Analyzing and interpreting the reports after the

performance test execution

o Identified key metrics and reported to management

o Maintained Defect Reports using Test Director Defect Tracker

o Maintained documents as per Project Management Methodology (PMM).

o Involved in decision making with development, design, and management

teams

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Test Director 8.0, VB 6.0, MS-SQL, TOAD, MS-

Visio, Windows server 2000 n 2003 and UNIX

Indus Research And Development, India

May 2003 - Apr 2004

Software Engineer

Indus RAD is a leading provider of innovative technology solutions that

helps to visualize, design and build advanced solutions for

Telecommunications and Control Systems with technical innovation and

expertise, which form the foundation of IndusRAD's comprehensive portfolio

of solutions. IndusRAD combines emerging technologies and innovation,

creativity and expertise to bring value to the solutions we offer and help

our customers address their needy areas.

Project Information Management System (PIMS) is envisaged to be developed

as an information management system for both project and process

management. It captures both the Planned and Real-Time information

pertaining to various projects and tracks the project on continuous basis.

The same information is used to measure the behavior of the process. The

system is envisaged to possess the capabilities of report generation both

at Project and Organizational (Process) level. The other modules include

Accounts, HR, Operations, Material Management, Quality and Management

Information Systems

Responsibilities:

o Involved in design, development and testing and documentation

o Writing Java Beans for Java Server Pages

o Developing the Web client using JSP, Servlets, HTML, and JavaScript

o Involved in preparation of Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams

o Writing queries in SQL for accessing the data inserted into the

database.

o Accessing Database using JDBC

o Involved in writing the test cases from the existing use cases

o Involved in execution of the test cases

o Involved in the preparation of bug summary reports

o Maintained the Source Code Version Control using Visual Source Safe

and Clear case

o Involved in training the employees of various levels across the

organization

o Involved in the entire documentation of PIMS intranet

Environment: Java, JSP, JDBC, JavaScript, HTML, SQL Server, Apache, Tomcat



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