Sushil Lodha
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Title: Sr. Test Engineer, Role: Team Lead, QA Lead
Profile Synopsis
. Present Employer Cognizant Technology Solutions.
. Total 7 years of experience in QA Testing ( 4 years experience Leading a
Team, Onsite Offshore Model)
. Certifications: ISTQB Foundation, HP QC 9.2 (HP0-M15), NCFM Finance
Beginners module.
. Degree: Bachelor of Engineering in IT, Diploma in software testing.
. Proficiency in designing, implementation and maintaining, defining and
executing Test scripts, developing and maintaining Test Data & analyzing
bugs.
. Having exposure to UNIX and SQL. Back end testing in UNIX environment.
. Current Responsibility: Test execution for Functional, Regression, system
and sanity testing.
. Domain: Investment Banking, Capital Market, Derivatives, Fixed Income,
Swap, Trading End to End Work Flow, Mortgage Banking (Lossmit Work Flow,
Origination, Underwriter) Regulatory IT and International Trading.
. The comprehensive aptitude skills include Comprehensive problem solving,
good verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, Team
facilitator, and willingness to learn.
Education and Certifications
Education -
2002-2006 Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from Medicaps
Institute of Technology and Management Indore, RGPV Bhopal University 69%
2001-2002 HSC from Rajasthan State Board with 75.23%
1999-2000 SSC from Rajasthan State Board with 81.83%
Certifications -
Cognizant Level 0 (L0) certification in BFSI
Cognizant Level 1(L1) certification in BFSI
NSE's certification in Financial Markets (NCFM) with 75%
CSQA certification
L0 ISTQB certification
Quality Center certification
L1 Retail Banking
L1 Mortgage Banking
Achievements -
Received "High Performance Team awards" from Credit Suisse Client.
Received "Shared Success Award" in Recognition of "Exceeding Expectations"
from Credit Suisse Client.
Relevant Project Experience
Project Name Trade Works (International Trade domain - QA Team Lead at
onsite)
Duration Sep 2012 - Till now
Project Trade Works is a system that facilitates Letter of Credit
Abstract process and other International products and services. Banks
and/or any other intermediates provide the Trade facility.
Banks provide various kinds of payment mechanism just to
facilitate the customer with more flexible options. They can
perform a role of guarantor for the customer during this
transaction. The party who wants the good is called an
applicant and the party who sells the goods to the buyer is
called beneficiary. This is a SOA based application which
handles various aspects of Letter of Credit for the
sophisticated movement of goods across the countries
Role Involved in Product Testing, System Integration Testing
Working as a UAT QA Lead, Handling a team of 12 people
(Onsite - Offshore Model)
Test Scenario and Test Case Creation: Working with Clients,
System Analysts, Business Analyst, Onsite co-ordinates and
Developers to analyze project requirements and creating the
test cases accordingly
Involved in designing of Test scenarios based on Requirements
document
Involved in creation of Test cases based on Use Cases and UI,
Uploading of test cases in QC, Test execution, Defect
tracking.
Preparation of Issue-registers for individual components in
the project and getting it resolved from the Business
Analysts
Review: Peer Review of Test Cases, Test case Modification and
Test Data
Test case Execution: Executing, Monitoring and Tracking
Maintaining Defect Log: Defect Logging, Retesting, Tracking &
Analysis
Co-ordination with Teams: Co-ordination with Developers,
Onsite co-ordinates for Defect Resolving, queries and
document updating
Involved in Daily Status Report. Weekly Status Report and
Monthly Metrics
work done as per client expectations
Project Name WF Lending QA Support - HAMP (Mortgage Domain - QA Onsite
Lead)
Duration Aug 2010 - May 2012 (22 Months)
Project Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is developing an in house
Abstract application to automate the process to serve their customers
with Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) for the
customers who took the Government Sponsored Home loans
(Fennie Mae & Freddie Mac), along with similar Wells Fargo
proprietary program called Modification Assistance Program
(MAP).
Role Test Analyst
Preparation of project estimations and Test Plan
UAT QA Team Lead, Handling a team of 15 people (Onsite
Offshore Model)
Identifying the test scenarios that cover the functional and
business requirements of the application
Test Preparation - Create test cases based on test scenarios,
Test case writing, reviewing test cases, ensuring peer review
Test Cases execution and Test Optimization - Execution of the
test cases, maintaining daily tracking sheet with status,
updating test cases status. Perform regression test.
Create defect reports and track defects fixes. Track the test
progress and update the client periodically and escalate
issues, if any to ensure that testing finishes on schedule
Additional tasks involved such as Offshore Co-ordination,
Attending requirement walkthrough meeting, Defect call and
Weekly status meeting with client. Preparing execution status
report, Project Sign-off report.
Project Name Credit Suisse APAC AU CL Rollout and KYC (Private Banking)
Duration Nov 2009 - Jul 2010 (09 Months)
Project The Project was a Private Banking Project. The application
Abstract under test was a web based application wherein the RM and
other users of the bank would input and query client details
and propose a strategy to the client. The testing was mainly
manual testing, Functional and Non Functional testing was in
scope. As Part of the APAC Portal GCRM Project, CS has
implemented the below three modules - Client Contact Report,
Advisory Process and Change Profile State for Singapore and
Honk Kong Locations. The same will be rolled out to Australia
and Clariden Leu Singapore
Role
Requirements Analysis - Understanding the Business
requirement.
Identifying the scenarios, Test case writing and execution,
reviewing, defect logging.
Defect analysis discussion with the dev team.
Status Reporting - Generate execution and defect report on
daily basis
Data migration was carried out from the old legacy system to
Oracle database. Testing was to verify that complete data is
migrated and the in the correct format.
Track Issues - Tracking the issues related to Application.
Testing - Execute test cases using GUI and update the test
logs.
Knowledge Transition: Involved in studying the requirements,
understanding of the business logic and acquiring sufficient
domain knowledge required for the project.
Project Name Credit Suisse Basel II Shared Services (Regulatory IT)
Duration March 2009 - Nov 2009 (9 months)
Technology Unix, DB Artisan, Quality Center, LoanIQ
Project The Basel II Framework describes a more comprehensive measure
Abstract and minimum standard for capital adequacy that national
supervisory authorities are now working to implement through
domestic rule-making and adoption procedures. It seeks to
improve on the existing rules by aligning regulatory capital
requirements more closely to the underlying risks that banks
face. In addition, the Basel II Framework is intended to
promote a more forward-looking approach to capital
supervision, one that encourages banks to identify the risks
they may face, today and in the future, and to develop or
improve their ability to manage those risks
Test Analyst
Understanding the functional specifications and scope of the
project
Identifying the test scenarios that cover the functional and
Role business requirements of the application
Test Preparation - Create test cases based on test scenarios,
Test case writing, ensuring peer review, incorporating the
review comments from the client in the test cases
Identifying integration scenarios and co-coordinating
Integration Testing
Ensure traceability between requirements and test cases.
Test Cases execution and Test Optimization - Execution of the
test cases, maintaining daily tracking sheet with status,
updating test cases status
Create defect reports and track defects fixes
Additional tasks involved such as Reports generation WSR
(Weekly status Report) of team, Daily Status Report.
Prepared Cycle Completion report for each release.
Project Name Credit Suisse Equities (IB Domain)
Duration April 2007 - March 2009 (24 months)
Technology Unix, DB Artisan, Shell Script, Oracle, Quality Center.
Project Project involves testing changes in the existing application
Abstract supporting the equities group as to adhere to the Order
Protection Rule and incorporate new features driven out of
business. The project involves testing functionality changes
due to the above that affected the entire spectrum of the
equities trading life cycle starting from order entry to
settlement. Sushil is specifically involved in Order
Management System (Agora) and its components. As a part of
the team he was responsible to define the test plan, estimate
effort, design and execute test cases and manage defects. He
was also responsible to maintain the requirements, test cases
and defects in Quality Center
Role Test Analyst
Requirement Study.
Test Plan preperation.
Worked on LoanIQ application ( Commercial Loan processing
system)
Preparation of Test Cases - Identify scenarios and prepare
test cases.
Execute test cases, review and maintain the logs in
repository.
Test case and defect management in Quality Center.
Status Reporting - Defect Reporting on daily basis
Generation of shell scripts.
Prepared Sql statement for Data Manipulation
Project Name Exchange Simulator (IB Domain)
Duration Dec 06- March 2007 (4 Months)
Project It is totally Equity based project in which thousands of end
Abstract user placed order (Market, Limit etc) and got their status
(Filled,Killed etc).OMS is a interface between Client
Simulator from where order is placed and Exchange where end
trading is held. Exchange Simulator provides standardization
of user interface and better customer service. It eliminates
training overheads and the technical specialization required
from the end user, enabling focus on the system functionality
and domain knowledge rather than on its technical aspects.
Role Functionally Tested OMS (which is an interface between Client
Simulator and Exchange).
Write and execute test cases.
Conducted Functionality Testing and Graphical User Interface.
Extensively performed manual testing process to ensure the
quality.