KINNEY N. TRAN
Home Phone: 817-***-****
Keller, Texas 76248
Cell Phone: 817-***-****
E-mail: *********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: Actively pursuing a challenging Software Integration Testing
position to fully utilize my skills and
expertise to provide a best in class
software product.
Summary of Qualifications:
. Over 10+ years of professional experience in Information Technology
with extensive experience in creating a process for test environment
scheduling and process management and performed Manual and Automation
Testing
. Experience creating and maintaining a schedule for multiple test
environments with multiple test groups testing at the same time using
the same test environment.
. Experience in planning and selecting which test scripts can be
automated.
. Expertise in Telecom Wireless, Telecom Network Management and Point of
Sale (POS) applications testing.
. Strong experience in writing Test Plans, Test Conditions and Test
cases using Business Requirements and use cases documents.
. Experience in Business Requirements, Functional Design Documents, and
Use cases analysis.
. Experience in Requirements Traceability Matrix between BRD - Test
Cases.
. Strong knowledge in automation testing in Mercury Tools: QTP and
Quality Center.
. Proficient in writing Positive and Negative Test Cases in Test
Management Tool Test Director.
. Expertise in executing the Test cases using Test Data.
. I have Knowledge in White Box and Black Box Testing
. Performed in System, Integration, Functional, Regression, Performance,
Security and UAT Testing.
. Expertise in application GUI Functional and Data Validation testing.
. Knowledge in TCP/IP, Ethernet, SNMP and network layers 1-3 Networking.
. Knowledge in writing SQL queries for backend testing.
. Strong knowledge in SDLC, Agile, SCRUM and Rational Unified Process
(RUP) Methodology.
. Familiarity with ISO 9000
. Proven communication and presentation Skills.
. Strong problem solving skills, extremely reliable, quick learner and
able to work independently as well as a team member.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Professional.
Testing Tools: Mercury Tools: Test Director, Quality Center (QC),
Quick Test Pro. (QTP), BPT, TeamTrack,
HP Performance Center / Load Runner
and Rational Clear Quest
Packages: MS-Office: Access, Excel, and Power Point; Project, Visio.
RDBMS: Oracle 8i/9i, MS Access, SQL 2000, 2005.
Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, VB Script, ASP and .NET
Application Servers: Web logic 6.0, Apache Server, and Web Sphere.
Networking: TCP/IP, SNMP, IP, Ethernet, network Layer 1, Layer 2 and
Layer 3, T1 & T3.
Certifications: Certified Software Tester (CSTE)
Contracting
Client: ONCOR - Dallas, TX Nov'08 - Sept. '09
Quality Analyst (Software Testing)
Projects: Customer Data Warehouse (CDW), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed the Business Requirement Documents and Use Case Documents.
. Creating a process for test environment scheduling and process
management.
. Maintaining a schedule for multiple test environments with multiple
test groups testing at the same time using the same test environment.
. Involved in Test Plan design with Business Analysts and Project
Manager.
. Wrote the Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and Test Scripts.
. Performed Traceability in between Requirements and Test conditions.
. Front End Testing utilizing .Net Web Application Written in ASP.Net
and C#
. Back End Testing Verifying SQL Jobs, Verifying SQL Commands, Stored
Procedures and verifying
Windows service Transform and Store Data in Data Base.
. Updated the Test Conditions and Cases after reviewed.
. Executed and updated the actual results in test cases documents.
. Performed the application functional testing.
. Conducted the validation testing of GUI functionalities.
. Performed Load testing and Performance testing to determined CPU and
Memory usage.
Write SQL queries to validate CDW (Cognos) application GUI report data
and back-end data base.
. Executed Test Cases and logged Defects in Rational Clear Quest and
traced defects with requirements and test cases.
. Closely worked with Business Owners, Technical and Development Team to
understand the system business logic and issues/defects resolving and
closing.
Environment and Tools: Quality Center (QC), Rational Clear Quest, QTP 8.0,
HP Performance Center / Load Runner, MS SQL 2005, Golden (Benthic
software), Oracle 8.1, UNIX, Mainframe, .Net, ASP.Net, XML.HTML, MS Office,
Excel, MS Access, Visio, Windows XP Professional and IE.
Contracting
Client: GameStop Corp. - Grapevine, TX April'08 - Oct.'08
Quality Analyst Lead (Software Testing)
Projects: E-commerce website and POS (Point of Sale)
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed the Business Requirement Documents and Use Case Documents.
. Involved in Test Plan design with Business Analysts and Project
Manager.
. Wrote the Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and Test Scripts in Test
Director.
. Performed Traceability in between Requirements and Test conditions.
. Updated the Test Conditions and Cases in Test Director after reviewed.
. Executed and updated the actual results in Test Director
. Performed the application functional testing.
. Front End Testing utilizing .Net Web Application Written in ASP.Net
and C#
. Back End Testing Verifying SQL Jobs, Created SQL Commands, Stored
Procedures and verifying
Windows service Transform and Store Data in DB.
. Conducted the validation testing of GUI objects functionality.
. Tested the Purchase, Trade in, Return, and Reversal Business
Transactions.
. Wrote test cases for debit card purchase, debit card return, pin less
debit card, debit card reversal transactions in various formats.
. Verified the Credit/Debit Card transactions and status after batch
cycles.
. Plan and create regression automation test cases using Quick Test Pro.
(QTP).
. Performed Load testing and Performance testing to determined CPU and
Memory usage.
. Executed Test Cases and logged Defects in Test Director and traced
defects with requirements and test cases.
Write SQL queries to validate GUI report data and back-end data base.
. Closely worked with Business Analysts and Development Team to
understand the system business logic and issues/defects resolving and
closing.
Environment and Tools: Test Director 7.6, QTP 8.0, HP Performance Center /
Load Runner, MS SQL 2005, .Net, ASP.Net, XML.HTML,MS Office, Excel, MS
Access, Visio, Windows XP Professional and IE.
Contracting
Telepacific Communications - Dallas, TX July'07-
April'08
Software Test (QA)
Projects: LIM, Arbor (Customer Ordering application) and E-commerce website
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed the User Requirement Document (URD), Software Specification
Documents.
. Worked with Business Analysts and analyzed the objective of
application to understand business rule and application functionality.
. Creating a process for test environment scheduling and process
management.
. Maintaining a schedule for multiple test environments with multiple
test groups testing at the same time using the same test environment.
. Involved in Test strategy document development, that defines the test
environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into
different phases of testing in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
. Analyzed the Services application and User Service requirements to
design Test Scenarios.
. Participated in Test Plan designing, and developed Test Conditions,
Test Cases based on Business Requirement Documents and Functional
Design Documents.
. Performed the Traceability Matrix in between Test Conditions and BRDs.
. Developed the Testing status reports and validation scenarios.
. Front End Testing utilizing .Net Web Application Written in ASP.Net
and C#
. Back End Testing Verifying SQL Jobs, Developed SQL Commands, Stored
Procedures and verifying
Windows service Transform and Store Data in Data Base.
. Performed testing activities with other carriers for LIM project.
. Validated the application User Access permissions as per Role and
Designation.
. Conducted GUI, Functionality, Integration and Regression Testing.
. Prepared the Test Data to test application business functionality.
. Logged the defects and verified the defects status.
. Performed Load testing and Performance testing to determined CPU and
Memory usage.
. Tested the services application integrated with other applications
reside on different systems.
. Designed User Acceptance Test Cases.
. Participated in weekly status meetings, walkthroughs, and documented
the proceedings.
. Worked with development, testing and business analyst teams and made
modifications based on the business needs.
Environment and Tools: HP Performance Center / Load Runner, .Net, ASP.Net,
XML.HTML, MS SQL2005, MS Excel, Word, XML, and Windows XP.
Employee
NORTEL NETWORKS - Richardson, TX April'99 - June'07
Software Test Engineer
Projects: WIOAM Preside Network Services Platform (Preside NSP),
DMS-250 and MMP-100 Switches
Responsibilities:
. Understood the Business Requirements and Design Specifications doc.
. Involved in reviewing the requirements and functional requirements.
. Created and developed the gap analysis between BRD and FDD.
. Tested the services application integrated with other applications
reside on different systems.
. Performed in System, Integration, Functional, Regression, Performance,
Security and UAT Testing.
. Validated the application User Access permissions as per Role and
Designation.
. Conducted GUI, Functionality, Integration and Regression Testing.
. Analyzed the business requirements and wrote Test cases and Test
scripts in the Test Plan and Test Lab in Quality Center.
. Uploaded the Test Cases word document into Quality Center.
. Maintained requirements in Quality Center Requirement Repository.
. Executed the Test Scripts by Manual and Automation test tools, logged
the defects in Quality Center.
. Maintained and updated the Test Cases as per build implementation
plan.
. Developed automation scenarios for Automation, containing a set of
customized functions, which facilitate the generation of robust test
scripts.
. Plan and create regression automation test cases using Win runner
. Reviewed the Off-shore Team Test Cases and updated the changes.
. Created Test Data based on business functions to execute test cases.
. Communicated to Business Analysts and Functional Architects,
Developers for logical understanding of the application and for
defects closing.
. Participated in walkthroughs, weekly status and Defects meetings.
Environment and Tools: Quality Center 9.0, Win runner, MS SQL 2000, Windows
2000/XP/Professional, HP, Oracle 8i/9i. UNIX, Apache Server, IE, Fire Fox,
Java, XML, MS Office
Employee
INET TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Plano, TX Nov'97 - April'99
Software Test Engineer
Projects: Telecommunication Network Management and Telecommunication
Monitoring equipments
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed the Business Requirements and Software Specification
Documents.
. Fully involved in Software Testing Life Cycle of the application.
. Created Test deliverables to analyze status of testing and quality
assurance.
. Performed Traceability Matrix in between Test Cases and Requirements.
. Written the Test Cases based on design documents.
. Wrote Test Plan, Test Conditions and Test Cases and Test Specification
Document for testing in.
. Performed Requirements Traceability Matrix in between Requirements and
Test Conditions.
. Designed the Testing input files to perform application quality
assurance.
. Conducted GUI, Functionality, Integration and Regression Testing.
. Reported defects to the development team and logged in Test Director.
. Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walkthroughs for
team members, and documented the proceedings
. Worked with development, testing and business analyst teams from the
client side and made modifications based on the needs.
. Used MS-Word, Excel to prepare Status and Summary Reports
Environment and Tools: Test Director, Oracle, MS Office, Windows 98/NT, IE,
Netscape
Employee
THE ADAIR ADVISORY GROUP, INC. - Dallas, TX Jun'96 to
Nov'97
Software Test Engineer
Projects: Financial Mortgage application
Responsibilities:
. Analyzed the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) document.
. Understood the objective of business and application development
process.
. Created the Test Cases as per application GUI functionality.
. Developed the Positive and Negative test cases to test application
functionality.
. Analyzed the Mortgage Terms and Conditions with Banks lending loans.
. Designed the different test scenarios of customers, mortgage property
finance, refinance and banks.
. Designed the integration test cases to verify application module
interacting.
. Updated the Test Cases after reviewed the Test Scripts and as per
Change Management Board instructions.
. Logged the defects and reported to developers.
. Prepared Test Summary Reports and Defect Status Reports.
. Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walkthroughs for
team members, and documented the proceedings
. Worked with development, testing and business analyst teams from the
client side and made modifications based on the needs.
. Used MS-Word to prepare Status and Summary Reports
Environment: Team Track, Windows 9x/NT, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, IE,
and Netscape.
Employee
Electrocom Automation, Inc. - Arlington, TX
Sept'90 - Oct'94
Field Service Engineer
Projects: US Postal mail processing equipments software installation and
upgrade
Responsibilities:
. Involved in the preparation of detailed Test Plan including Test
Procedures and Test Cases for the above System.
. Developed the Test Conditions based on Business Users requirements.
. Executed the Test Cases and maintained the test results in Excel.
. The application was tested manually.
. Developed the Test Deliverables as per Test Plan.
. Tested the application installation and users help docs for
application release.
. Maintained signed-off documents for proof of evidence.
. Reported defects in the application through Defect Tracking System
(DTS).
. Used MS Excel in reporting the testing status. Following modules were
tested.
Environment: MS Word, Excel, Windows.
Education: DeVry University - Irving, TX
Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering
Technology - October 1989