Manager Testing

Sowmya Samprathi

Ph: 469-***-**** E-mail: *******.******@*****.***

Permanent Address: Richmond, VA

SUMMARY: 5 years of IT experience in Quality Control and Assurance

for various .NET, UNIX and Mainframe applications.

Industry experience includes Banking and Insurance domains.

QAI Certified Software Tester.

Experience in complete STLC cycle from Requirement

Gathering to User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Involved in Global Delivery Model/Onsite-Offshore model.

Experience in tools such as Quick Test Pro (QTP), HP

Quality Center, Rational Test Manager (RTM), ProTerm,

FileAid, LoadRunner etc.

Experience in writing SQL queries in DB2 and Sybase

databases.

Prepared Test Strategy, QA Test Plan, Test Approach,

Performance strategy and Performance Test Plan.

Involved in Configuration Management and Client Liaison

activities at client locations.

Worked on mapping Functional Requirements to Test Cases.

Prepared Unit, System and Regression Test Cases.

Involved in Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Data

Migration Testing, Database Testing, Systems Integration

Testing, Regression Testing, Performance Testing and UAT.

Automation of Data Migration and QA Testing.

Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix and Defect Reports

using HP Quality Center.

Job roles included QA Consultant, QA Team Lead and Onsite

Coordinator.

PROFESSIONAL Operating System : UNIX, Windows

SKILLS: Scripting Languages : Shell scripting, PERL,

ProTerm Mainframe scripting

Databases : Oracle, Sybase,

DB2, IDMS

Tools : Quick Test Pro

(QTP), HP Quality Center, Rational Test Manager

(RTM), ProTerm, FileAid, QMF, DMLO, Hiperstation, TSO/ISPF,

LoadRunner, Visual Source Safe (VSS), Concurrent Version

Systems (CVS)

EDUCATION: India (4 years Undergraduate - Computer Science)

EXPERIENCE: Bank of America (Client - Onsite) Aug 09 -

Present

7 MTHS Irvine, CA

Agency: Infosys Tech, India

QA Consultant, Onsite Coordinator

Involved in Test Planning, Test Case/Script Preparation,

Data Migration Testing, System Integration Testing,

Performance Testing, UAT and Post Production Testing.

Worked on QA Test Strategy for conversion of IDMS

applications to DB2.

Preparation of QA Test Plan, Performance Test Plan, Test

approach for Data Migration testing, SIT and performance

testing.

Preparation of test cases covering all the business

functionalities (both positive and negative scenarios)

impacting IDMS to DB2 conversion.

Development and execution of Test Scripts for both online

and batch.

Automation of Data Migration testing and QA testing.

Test and Defect Management activities.

Understanding the Insurance Tracking Systems and creating

application knowledge documents.

Provide status reporting to client and plan work allocation

of resources, monitor the schedule and effort for the tasks

assigned to resources.

Responsible for individual quality of work and team

ramp-ups.

Played role of onsite coordinator for team of 3 at onsite

and 2 at offshore.

Environment : IBM Mainframe

Tools Used : ProTerm, File Aid,

Hiperstation, HP Quality Center

8 MTHS Bank of America (Client - Onsite)

Dec 08 - Aug 09

Dallas, TX

Agency: Infosys Tech, India

QA Consultant, Test Team Lead, Onsite Coordinator

Preparation of QA test plan, Test Approach and Test Cases

for conversion of DB2 applications to Oracle.

Review of Test Cases prepared by team members.

Developing SQL queries to compare the results from DB2 and

Oracle databases.

Execution of jobs in mainframe for batch testing.

Mentoring the team on databases like DB2 and Oracle for

better quality of deliverables.

Ensured successful testing during SIT and delivered almost

defect free code to UAT.

Continuous interaction with the client for periodic reviews

during different stages of testing.

Played role of test manager at onsite, coordinating with

development teams from client side and Business users

during SIT.

Played role of UAT test manager interacting with different

client teams performing UAT testing.

Weekly reports were delivered to the client during SIT and

UAT phase.

Received appreciation from the client for comprehensive

coverage of QA testing.

Ensured the timeliness of the deliverables to the client

along with its quality.

Understanding Loans domain involving Community Reinvestment

Act/Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (CRA/HMDA) and developing

knowledge documents.

Played role of onsite coordinator for team of 5 at offshore

and 3 at onsite.

Environment : IBM Mainframe

Tools : HP Quality Center

3 YRS 1 MTH Bank of America (Client - Offshore)

Nov 05 - Dec 08

Bangalore, India

Agency: Infosys Tech, India

QA Consultant, Test Team Lead

Requirements gathering and analysis.

Involved in preparing QA test plan, Front-end application

test cases, Backend test scripts, functional testing,

regression testing, database testing, defect analysis and

reporting.

Development of automation test scripts for backend testing

using Shell scripting.

Development of QTP scripts for front-end testing.

Performed front end testing of Order Management System

(OMS) and the Straight Through Processing (STP) for various

derivative products like Stocks, Options and Futures.

Performed backend testing of PERL scripts.

Preparation of Test reports and logging defects.

Understanding the Investment Banking domain, Equity

Financial Products, Derivative Products and development of

Knowledge documents.

Conducted Knowledge Transition sessions on applications and

Infosys process and mentored the team.

Worked closely with the multiple

Client/Business/Development/Support teams across

geographical locations.

Played role of test lead for a team of 4 at Offshore and 2

at Onsite.

Environment : .NET, UNIX

Tools Used : HP Quality Center, Shell scripting, QTP

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