Quality Assurance Engineer

Himanshu M. Vakharia

Mobile: 908-***-**** Home: 732-***-**** E-mail: ******@*****.***

Status: US Citizen

Profile

A Software Quality Assurance professional with over 20 years of experience

in software project development, software test automation, performance, and

manual testing. Has held several team leadership positions within the

System Test Quality Process Assessment Team, Project Management Assessment

Team, and Software Automation Test Tools with major Financial and

Telecommunication companies. Possesses excellent team building skills and

expertise in system automation test tools such as Fanfare iTest, HP QTP,

WinRunner, with recent involvement in testing of telecommunication systems

and financial trading systems, FIX and SWIFT protocol.

Skills Summary

Hardware Intel-based PCs & Servers, Sun Sparc

Workstation, HP Workstations

Languages & Development Tools Fanfare iTest, TSL (WinRunner), C, C++,

Visual Basic, Java, XML, XTML, PERL,

PL/SQL, PL/M, ADA, shell, awk and SCPI

(Standard Commands for Programmable

Instruments)

Software Defect Tracking Tools: SVN,

ClearCase, ClearQuest, Sablime, Merant

Tracker, TestDirector

System Automation Test Tools: Fanfare

iTest, HP QTP, TestDirector, WinRunner,

LoadRunner, XRunner, SilkTest, ARTS,

BUSTER, QA Partner

Operating Systems & System Utilities Linux, Unix (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux),

Novell NetWare, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP,

MS-DOS

Network Systems & Technologies FIX (Financial Information Exchange)

Protocol and SWIFT (Society for Worldwide

Inter bank Financial Telecommunication)

Protocol, TCP/IP

Database Management Systems Q-db, Oracle, Oracle Enterprise Manager

Version, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, MS

Access

Commercial Software Trading Systems: New York Stock Exchange

(NYSE) -Securities Industry Automation

Corporation (SIAC) DBK - DHS, Charles

River Trader and Macgregor Financial

Trading Platform (MFTP)

MS Project, MS Office (Word, Excel,

PowerPoint), Visio

Methodologies & Standards CMM, ISO 9000, AT&T Best Practices, IEEE

Subject Matter Expertise & Other Quality Assurance Testing, Test Plan

Skills Creation & Execution, Software Test

Automation, Defect Resolution, Software

Integration, Project Management,

Feasibility Studies and Business Plan

Development, Risk Management, Financial

Trading Platforms, Financial FIX and

SWIFT protocol, Training Development &

Delivery, Communications Industry

Experience

2008 - Present Engineering Resource Group Inc., 101 Gibraltar Drive,

Morris Plains, NJ 07950

Worked at following client:

Sr. Software Quality Test Engineer, Tyco Telecommunication, 250 Industrial

Way West, Eatontown, NJ 07724

Responsibilities include identify and select Software Automation test tool

from currently available automation tools in the market to execute

regression tests suites of Tyco Telecommunication TEMS (Tyco Element

Management System)

> Reviewed and Studied Fanfare iTest, HP QPT, vTask and IBM Rational

Software Automation Test Tools running on Linux and MS window OS and gave

powerpoint presentation to System Test Group on reviewed products

> Written, Debug and Executed Fanfare iTest scripts for all TEMS software

regression test plans running on Linux OS for all TEMS software releases

> Written Fanfare iTest scripts to test TEMS and Tyco Telecommunication

hardware product using Test equipment JDSU TB8000, Polatis optical

switch, JDSU ONT 506 and controlling these equipments using their SCPI

(Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) commands from Fanfare

iTest scripts

2005 - 2008 EMC Corporation/BusinessEdge Solutions

Worked at following clients:

2007 Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst and Test Manager, Merrill Lynch,

Hopewell, NJ

At a large brokerage house, worked with business stakeholders to identify

test data requirements for their Client Experience Data Program.

> Reviewed and supported the additional definition of data for end-to-end

UAT test cases/test scripts

> Conducted high level reviews of existing scripts, artifacts and results

reporting

> Reviewed and supported the execution of end-to-end UAT test scripts

> Consolidated execution statistics into progress reporting tools

> Consolidated and updated defect reporting in ClearQuest system; and

supplied documentation supporting the result

> Identified and reported issues and risks that impact schedule, resources

and target date

> Worked with business and technology stakeholders to prioritize and

address defect resolution

2006 - 2007 Senior Quality Assurance Analyst and Test Manager, Bank Of

America Specialist, New York, New York

Defined test requirements and created test scripts to validate the Hybrid

Trading system for a Specialist Firm for use on the floor of the New York

Stock Exchange.

> Defined test requirements

> Verified and analyzed Hybrid Trading system FIX (Financial Information

Exchange) messages and responses from SIAC/NYSE

> Created test scripts for Algorithmic trading and Executed all written

test scripts

> Verified NYSE Depth and Continuity guidelines

> Verified NYSE Stabilization, Depth and Continuity Rules

> Coordinated and managed QA testing effort of Hybrid Trading system with

SIAC and on NYSE trading floor after market close

> Logged and reviewed defects with development and management

2005 - 2006 Test Manager / Data Integration Team Lead / Business Analyst /

Quality Assurance Lead, Natexis Banques Populaires, New York, NY

Defined requirements and test scripts to validate the straight through

processing of the Tradix to PAM interface for an international bank that

specializes in asset management, commerce insurance, private equity,

investment banking, and financial engineering services.

> Conducted weekly project meeting with management and developer

> Defined test requirements

> Created test scripts

> Executed interface test scripts and verified SWIFT messages

> Logged and reviewed defects with development

> Generated weekly status report for the management

2002 - 2005 Test Manager - Software QA, HarborsidePlus, 395 Hudson Street,

New York, NY 10014

Worked with offsite software product developer for an agency trading

service with a unique model that blends technology with traditional phone-

based negotiation.

> Proposed and implemented "Software Quality Assurance Best Practices

Guidelines"

> Wrote "Proposed Software Release Process/Schedule" document for future

product release

> Conducted weekly QA meeting with management and offsite product

developers

> Managed the utilization of the Merant Tracker, a defect tracking tool and

generate weekly defect report for management

> Implemented software automation testing tool WinRunner to test multiple

products

> Wrote WinRunner test scripts and system test plan to system test HIM, HIM

Web GUI and Opscon products, using the created model test database with

Oracle Enterprise Manager

> Performed extensive manual testing of FIX (Financial Information

Exchange) messages sent and received by a financial software application

and used written WinRunner test scripts

> Created model database using Charles River Trader and Macgregor Financial

Trading Platform (MFTP) OMS (Order Management System) for testing

financial application software

2002 QA Instructor, InterCentury Technology, Inc., 4041-Q Hadley Road,

South Plainfield, NJ 07080

Developed and presented Software Testing and Quality Assurance seminar to

students at a company that specializes in quality training, software

development, consulting services for all newest technologies.

2001 - 2002 Senior Software QA Engineer, RSoft Design Group, Inc.,

Eatontown, NJ

For a company that provides design and business analysis software to the

telecommunications and photonics industries:

> Developed and implemented user database, project tree, and requirements

tree setup, using TestDirector

> Implemented and administered TestDirector and WinRunner to test software

applications

> Provided training on TestDirector to other team members in how to use

defect management

> Wrote over 550 TSL (WinRunner) test cases scripts in TestDirector and

using TSL scripts to test software products

2000 - 2001 Director of Software Integration, Tachion Networks Inc., West

Long Branch, NJ.

Managed 12 test engineers, overseeing the testing effort of the FUSION 5000

Collapsed Central Office switch for a manufacturer of broadband switching

units, voice and data service switches, central office telephone switches,

telephone tandem and packet switches.

> Supervised the software build process as well as the writing of the test

plan for each feature of the switch

> Utilized ClearCase tool for source control; and managed the software

executables loads

> Generated defect report for upper management, using ClearQuest defect

tracking tool

1999 - 2000 Lead System Test Engineer, Lucent Technologies Inc., Red Hill,

NJ.

For a company that designs and delivers networks to service providers:

> Wrote complete system test plan, pairwise test plan, end-to-end test

plan, and managed and executed test suites on HP9000 series workstation,

Window NT/9x platform for CSL (Communication Software Launch), a Java and

HTML based product running with an Oracle database

> Wrote test plan and completed required testing for the Network Trouble

Ticketing Product Development group; and managed system integration

regarding the Network Operations Trouble Ticket System

1995 - 1999 Lead System Test Engineer, AT&T Laboratories, Lincroft, NJ

For the research arm of a prominent telecommunications company:

> Managed the complete testing cycle, and performed load and performance

analysis of a next-generation, image-compression, Web-based technology

system on Window 95, NT and Apple iMac using Netscape and Internet

Explorer

> Wrote system test plan and tested the Front End Network AMA Processor

(FENAP) subsystem of Global Fraud Management System (GFMS) by creating

necessary test data and the simulated error message data for the FENAP

processor

> As a member of assessment team, managed the system test process

assessment of ISP Integrated Service Platform (ISSP) project and

Signaling Operations Platform Provisioning (SOP-P) project; and wrote the

complete report for the customer

> Evaluated the system automation test tools, including Mercury Interactive

TestDirector, Centerline Acqua, Silicon Valley TestExpert, Coverage tools

such as McCabe Visual ToolSet, Software Research TestWorks and Pure Atria

PureCoverage, for the Telco's Foundation Architecture Group

> Managed the complete testing cycle and wrote product test plan of Web-

based Enterprise Metrics Repository (EMR), an on-line system designed to

support measurement of the many diverse and complex software development

environments within the company [System allows for the tracking of

measurement and metrics data of software projects]

> Managed the complete testing cycle and wrote product test plan of Client

and Server Web based Integrated Business Management System (IBMS) [The

Mercury Interactive WinRunner tool was used to do the GUI functional

testing and LoadRunner tool was used to do the load testing of the

system]

1993 - 1995 System Test Engineer, Bell Communication Research, Piscataway,

NJ

For a major communications research lab:

> Implemented simulator scripts to test the various interfaces on the ISCP

(Integrated Service Control Point) project

> Developed test plan and performed tests on provisioning requests and

query messages from the SPACE system to the external system

> Wrote and tested database audit scripts using QA Partner between the

SPACE database and external system

1986 - 1993 System Test Engineer / Lead System Tester, AT&T Bell

Laboratories, Red Hill, NJ

For the research arm of one of the most prestigious telecommunications

companies worldwide:

> Implemented CLD (Easy Reach Service Standard Reports/Customer Long

Distance) System User Interface Screen Reports using Interpretive Frame

Language (IFL)

< Worked with reusable software and modified user screen written in

Interpretive Frame Language (IFL)

< Wrote and performed Oracle database queries for the QUANTUM/CLD

Reports and the DARICS system, using SQL

< As a Lead System Tester, integrated and verified the QUANTUM/CLD

System with SUN Server/SUN Workstation

< Developed an integrated software package which monitors and corrects

malfunctions within a distributed network of computers using Shell

scripts

< Designed and implemented Shell scripts for SABLE source code control

and the software product

< Integrated the System with Sun Workstation XTERM, Pyramid and 3B15;

and gave the necessary system training to site support personnel

> Designed and implemented system testing strategies for FNMS (FTS - 2000

Network Management System), a 3B15 and Sun-based network management

system

< Developed software tools in C and Shell script to do system test

> Implemented System Integration and Test strategies for SOAS (Sales Office

Administrative System) - a 3B15 and 3B4000 based operations support

system

< Evaluated and Analyzed SOAS customer needs and collaborated with SOAS

System Engineers and developers

< Installed and verified SOAS Unix-based remote applications using

DATAKIT dkhosts, dksrvtab and dksrvlog tables

< Performed extensive technical support to SOAS system installers and

SOAS administrators

> Prepared System Test Evaluation Specifications for TOPAS (Test,

Operations, Provisioning, Administration System), a circuit management

system developed in Unix/C on a VAX 8650

< Tested System using ARTS (A Regression Testing System)

< Conducted additional testing on the system with written Shell scripts

> Architected and implemented System Test Specification from system

requirements of CCMS (Client Contact Management System) using Informix

4GL on 3B15 running UNIX

< Created necessary test database in Informix to evaluate CCMS

1979 - 1985 Product Manager, Panasonic Industrial Company, Secaucus, NJ

Developed an overall business plan including a market analysis of

telecommunication, computer and computer peripheral industries for a

producer of such computer products as CD-ROM drives, monitors, printers and

laptops.

> Gave extensive technical software/hardware support to various customers,

resulting in sales of over $2M a major consumer electronics company

> Conducted feasibility study and developed total business plan for the

company's ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) products

1979Design Engineer, Industrial Timer Corporation, Parsippany, NJ

Designed and developed "Executive", "Interpreter" and "I/O" handler

software using INTEL 8080 and RCA 1802 microprocessor Assembly Language for

a company that designs, manufactures and assembles electromechanical

devices.

> Performed quality assurance on software, using MDS System of Intel under

ISIS-II operating system and ICE-80

> Supervised two engineers assigned to integrate and test the system

1976 - 1979 Design Engineer, Singer Corporation, Wayne, NJ

Designed and developed diagnostic software in PL/M language for Automatic

Test Equipment on Intel MDS-210 system with ICE-80/85. Evaluated and

debugged airborne computer system designed with Intel 8080 and 8085/8086

microprocessor.

1975 - 1978 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, New Jersey

Institute Of Technology, New Jersey.

Taught Calculus and Trigonometry to undergraduate engineering students.

Education

> New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey - MS

> Manipal Institute of Technology, India - BE (Electronics and

Communications)

PUBLICATIONS

Published the paper "The Microcomputer Based Thermostat" in Appliance

Magazine, Dana Chase Publication, Inc. 1981.

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