Sikander A Soomro

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Winston Salem, NC 27101

abnkdu@r.postjobfree.com

Phone 832-***-****

A highly motivated and passionate Quality Assurance Analyst with over 5 years of experience.

Possess knowledge and experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle

(SDLC). Proficient in Functional, Integration, System, Regression, User Acceptance

Testing (UAT) and GUI Testing both manually and using Automation tools on several

testing platforms. Capable of developing and delivering Test Metrics in order to increase the

effectiveness of testing processes. Experience in creating Test Plans and Test Cases based on

the application’s features, requirements, and other relevant techniques. Experience in developing

maintained comprehensible Test scripts and documenting defects. Possess excellent verbal

and written communication skills. A self-motivator and a quick learner, along with having

sound analytical and problem solving skills. Capable of working independently as well as a team

player.

Professional Expertise

Proficient in designing, reviewing and documenting Test Plans and Test Cases based on the

project Requirements.

Expert in both Black box and Grey box testing methodologies.

Managed and executed Test Cases, capturing Test Results, filing defect reports breaking

down to easy and repeatable steps.

Defined Test data requirements to support Test Cases and performing Data driven Testing,

writing Reusable Test functions.

Defect tracking tools like Mercury Test Director, and Mercury Quality Center for

identifying, analyzing and documenting the impact of defects on the application including

version and change control.

Maintained systems and networks by providing technical support and developing innovative

solutions to complex problems.

Skilled in writing SQL queries.

Performed as a LAN administration and desktop hardware/software configuration and support.

Experienced in designing, implementing Windows NT, Windows Advance Server 2000 and

Windows Server 2003 based LAN projects. Worked on Windows Advance Server 2000 and

Microsoft infrastructure products, like DNS, DHCP, PPP, IPX/SPX and TCP/IP for Win2k.

Experienced in providing Network/System support for Windows NT networked environment,

hardware troubleshooting Server, Workstation, PC, [Intel, AMD and Mercury based], IDE,

SCSI, SATA, DVD/CD-ROM, Lexmark, Dell and HP Printers, Print Servers, Scanners, various

USB devices, Modem, LAN Card, AGP Card.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems NT,98, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA, Linux, Mac OS X

Programming Languages C, C++, Java, SQL, XML, VB, and VB scripting

RDBMS SQL Server, MS-Access,

Mercury Suite: Mercury Quality Center, QTP

Testing Tools Rational Suite: RequisitePro, ClearQuest, Robot, Test Manager, and

VmWare,, Bugzilla Symantec Ghost

Networking TCP/IP, IPSec, VPN,, Active Directory, User policy, and DNS

Technological Tools Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS-Project, Putty, WinScp

Experience

Wachovia and Wells Fargo Corporation, Winston Salem NC Jun’09 – Sep 09

QA Analyst

Project is all about Wachovia and Wells Fargo merger. Customers of both Financial Institutions

can transact deposits at ATMs machines WF at WB and WB at WF. Also customers can make Wells

Fargo Home Mortgage, Home Equity, PCM and Wealth Management pay ments at Wachovia stores,

and customers can do cross bank transactions.

Determines test cases based on requirements and technical design

Develops and executes test cases/scripts

Validates results against success criteria

Performed Functional testing on the Mainframe application using TPX, CICS, IMS, ADI,

CDI and CSI.

Used Documents Direct for testing purpose.

Performed Regression Testing after fixing defect.

Documents test cases/scripts and test results

Records defects in defect tracking tool Mercury Quality Center.

Participates in defect review meeting

Provided testing results and weekly status report to the manager.

Attend project meeting Weekly provided test summary report

Environment: Mainframe, Mercury Quality Center and Windows Operating system.

Experience

Wachovia Corporation, Winston Salem NC May’08 – Dec’ 08

UAT Tester

Wachovia is a diversified financial services company that provides a br oad range of retail banking,

brokerage, and investment banking products. The Federal government wants Wachovia to provide

reports about those people who are making transactions of more than $10,000 of Cash-In and

Cash-Out, in one banking day. This report follows the Currency Transaction Report (CTR)

application that is created by Wachovia. CTR is a Mainframe application that tracks the flow of all

aggregated cash purchases of NIs (Negotiable Instruments). This application’s testing life cycle is

based on Functional, Integration, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Reviewed and analyzed requirement document for creating Test scenarios and Test cases.

Work closely with Business users, Business Analyst and developers.

Developed test cases and test scripts collaboratively with other testers to test the functional

requirements.

Used Share Point for FRD, BRD and traceability matrix.

Performed Functional and SIT “System Integration testing” on the Mainframe Application

using TPX, CICS, TSO IMS, CSI, ADI, CDI and VDRJWAC.

Used Documents Direct for testing purpose

Performed Regression Testing after fixing defect.

Performed back-end testing using mainframe commands.

Performed User acceptance testing to make sure application works as per requirement

specification.

Performed Production Verification in CICS in order to validate product quality.

Document defects in Quality Center and assigned to the developer.

Analyzed, reported and kept track of defects using Mercury Quality Center.

Provided testing results and weekly status report to the QA lead.

Attend project meeting every once a month provided test summary report.

Environment: Mainframe, Mercury Quality Center and Windows Operating system.

Experience

Verizon Wireless, Walnut Creek, CA Oct ’07 – Mar ’08

QA Tester

Verizon wireless is a communications services company providing local and long-distance voice

and data services to more than 44 million customers in the United States. The project was all

about B2C (Business to Customers). The Online Account Registration Application was a web

based application which allows customers to register and create an account online. In addition,

the users will be able to go online and maintain their accounts. The project was involved in the

whole testing life cycle for the various modules of this application. Acceptance, Scenario Based,

Functional/Black-Box, GUI, and Load testing was conducted on each of these modules.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Reviewed and analyzed requirement document for creating Test scenarios and Test cases.

Developed test cases and test scripts collaboratively with othe r testers to test the functional

requirements.

Performed Functional and GUI testing on the application manually

Performed testing on multi browser for checking the compatibility of application on different

browsers.

Identification of Runtime Errors and errors relating to functioning of the Application on

performance on variance of system configuration.

Performed back-end testing by executing SQL queries to validate data in the database.

Created Reports using SQL Queries for negative and positive testing and data analysis.

Analyzed, reported and kept track of defects using Mercury Quality Center.

Provided testing results and weekly status report to the QA lead, provided test summary

report once project was fully completed.

Environment: UNIX, Java, JavaScript, XML, .Net SQL Server, Mercury Quality

Washington Mutual, Oakland,CA Nov ’6 – Aug ‘07

Quality Tester

Washington Mutual is one of the leading Banking Institutions in America. The focus of the project

was to upgrade the existing system by providing some new functionality like online e-commerce

application for bill pay, transaction tracking, online money transfer between different accounts,

and filling a claim for a disputed transaction.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Analyzed Business Requirements and Use Cases to understand the functionality of the

project and derive a Test plan and Test design specifications.

Performed manual testing to verify the functionality of the Application.

Used Mercury Quality Center to document Test plan, Test cases and Test procedures

and mapped them to requirements for traceability.

Performed automation testing using QTP with playback method.

Performed manual testing of the application to verify the functionality mentioned in the

Business Requirements.

Verified the application by introducing checkpoints like GUI checkpoints.

Tested the system manually using SQL commands to check data integrity, data

consistency and data validation on the database.

Wrote SQL scripts for negative and positive test cases which were used for Manual black

box testing.

Performed manual testing as well for different browsers and operating systems

combinations.

Analyzed, reported and kept track of defects using Mercury Quality center.

Provided testing results and weekly status report to the QA lead.

Environment: UNIX, SQL, QTP, Mercury Quality Center, XML,.Net, HTML,Javascript, MS Visio,

Windows NT/ 2000,

NADRA Pakistan Jan ’05–Jun ’06

QA Analyst

NADRA is National Database and Registration Authority that provides national identity card.

NADRA issued more than 56 million CNICs (Computerized National Identity Cards) all over

Pakistan. The CNIC has become the sole identification document for all Pakistani adult citizens.

The project was all about Registration tracking System (RTS).

Roles and Responsibilities:

Developed Test plan based on testing requirements.

Created Test Cases and Test Scenarios based on Functional Requirements Document and

Detail Design Document.

Analyzed requirements, detailed design, and formulated test plan for the functional tes ting

of the application.

Worked as a QA Analyst in the Manual and automation testing phase of the application.

Executed the test cases and involved in the preparation of Modification Reports for the

bugs identified

Analyzed, reported and kept track of defects using ClearQuest.

Used SQL queries through Toad for data verification and backend testing.

Development of system, user acceptance testing, implementation management.

Identification of Runtime Errors and errors relating to functioning of the software on

performance on variance of system configuration.

Performed Regression testing to identify errors unearthed after fixing of bugs in the

software.

Environment: Oracle 8.0, SQL 2000, .Net, HTML, JavaScript ClearQuest Developer2000, UNIX,

and Windows NT.

NADRA Pakistan Jan ’04–Jun ’06

QA Analyst

NADRA is National Database and Registration Authority that provides national identity card.

NADRA issued more than 56 million CNICs (Computerized National Identity Cards) all over

Pakistan. The CNIC has become the sol e identification document for all Pakistani adult citizens.

The project was all about Registration tracking System (RTS).

Roles and Responsibilities:

Developed Test plan based on testing requirements.

Created Test Cases and Test Scenarios based on Functional Requirements Document and

Detail Design Document.

Analyzed requirements, detailed design, and formulated test plan for the functional testing

of the application.

Worked as a QA Analyst in the Manual and automation testing phase of the application.

Executed the test cases and involved in the preparation of Modification Reports for the

bugs identified

Used SQL queries through Toad for data verification and backend testing.

Development of system, user acceptance testing, implementation management.

Identification of Runtime Errors and errors relating to functioning of the software on

performance on variance of system configuration.

Performed Regression testing to identify errors unearthed after fixing of bugs in the

software.

Environment: Oracle 8.0, SQL 2000, Developer2000, UNIX, and Windows NT.

GEO Satellite Internet Cable Provider, Pakistan Jan ’02–Dec ’03

Network Administrator

GSICP “Geo Satellite Internet Cable Provider” was providing internet service Via Broadband

satellite to 150+ home users. The project was about the installation, configuration and test of the

GSICP network, in order to give a quality service to the customer.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Installation and configure ISA Server 2000.

Provided technical support for 150+ home users.

Troubleshoot software hardware and network connectivity problems.

Account management for users on Windows Advance Server 2000 and various other

custom application and databases.

Worked on Remote installation services, DHCP, TCP/IP and network infrastructure an d Win

2000 active directory server.

creating users accounts, setting up new machines, installing Operating systems,

applications and network connectivity for Windows 98/2000/and Windows Xp.

Setup TCP\IP, FTP servers for File sharing.

Installed and maintained virus scanners with updated virus signatures as necessary.

Building PC's, Laptops and MS servers, setting up phones and running data cables.

Testing the functionality of TCP/IP, PPP, PPTP using Network Testing tools such as Sniffer,

Lan Analyzer.

Installed coax and cat5 cables for TV or network connections, RJ -45 and RJ-11

termination.

Environment: Oracle 8.0, SQL 2000, Windows NT, ISA Server 2000, Windows Advance Server

2000 and Server 2003

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in Economics

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Technology

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