Systems Engineer

APARNA RANI RAMESH

****, * ****** ***, *** ***, Centennial, CO 80112 C: 303-***-**** ********@*****.***

Work Permit: EAD (NO Sponsorship required)

VISION

Software Manual and Automation QA tester with full System development lifecycle (SDLC) experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes fueling swift corrective actions, significant cost savings and fault-free audits.

Hands-on technology professional accustomed to working in complex, project-based environments. Multifaceted experience in QA System, Integration and Regression Testing, software development and user-acceptance testing.

Created Business Requirement document (BRD) and Functional Requirement document and maintaining the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) related document. Completed all aspects of lead analyst functions: design, create Unit Test cases, System Test, Integration, Functional and UAT Testing, Code Walkthrough, coordinated software releases.

Hands on experience on CLM with global configuration management on customizing reports.

Knowledge on HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Candidate Management Systems (CMS). Hands on experience with selection process for internal team (phone interviewing).

Backed by strong credentials including agile methodologies and monitoring tools; and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.

Interpret data from primary and secondary sources using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports. Performed daily data queries and prepared reports on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Used advanced Microsoft Excel to create pivot tables, used VLOOKUP, and other excel functions.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Languages / Scripting Languages/ MS Office tools

Operating Systems

Web Services

Tools

Databases

JAVA, C, C++, SQL, HTML, XML, Shell Scripting, JavaScript, C#, Mainframe Natural, COBOL, JCL, Word, Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

UNIX, LINUX, WINDOWS XP/2007/2013

REST, SOAP, AWS

HP QC; ALM; HP UFT; HP LoadRunner; JIRA, Test rail; Selenium Suite, Silk Test

ADABAS, DB2, Mongo, Cassandra, MySQL, Teradata, Oracle

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

I have 5+ years of experience in IT Testing with my expertise with the following Domain:

STP team in Banking and Financial Services domain for MORGAN STANLEY (MS) relationship:

Worked on preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Test Case, Test Plan and Test Execution. Have worked on accessing ADABAS database with Natural Programming language in Mainframe. Decommissioning and remediating the programs, transactions, reference tables called by the JCL (Job Control Language). Implemented Programs and JCLs on the Client specific tools.

Experienced on working with COBOL/DB2, CICS, VSAM. Created Programs and sub programs using COBOL programming language.

Strong experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Documenting and tracking changes made to the application (Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)), monitoring and fixing defects on the issue tracker tool HP Quality Center (HP QC).

Testing and data mapping as per the requirement (Manual testing - Front End and Back end). Expertise in understanding and analyzing test requirements, tracking changes and maintenance of test requirements.

Identified, analyze and document using JIRA defect tracking system.

Well acquainted with all phases of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle) tools.

SCM team in Retail domain for THE HOME DEPOT (THD) relationship:

Translated business user concepts and ideas into comprehensive business requirements and design documents (BRD) and maintaining the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) related document.

Created project plans in accordance with project management framework standards and procedures. Identified ongoing issues and gaps within project plans, in order to eliminate implementation issues. Planned, facilitated and reported on quality assurance testing efforts.

Created and executed smoke, functional, regression, system, integration, black box, white box testing.

Extracted, compiled and tracked data and analyzed data to generate reports. Performed daily data queries and prepared reports on daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.

Used advanced Excel functions to generate spreadsheets and Pivot tables.

Manage the planning and development of design and procedures for metrics reports.

Hands on experience in Java programming and Selenium tools. Automating web application testing using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG framework.

Knowledge on LoadRunner Automation tool, HP UFT (QTP).

Includes creation and execution of the BTEQ (Basic Teradata Query) script (on a Unix workstation) in Teradata database. Submitting SQL queries to the Teradata RDBMS using BTEQ.

Passion in learning new technology and skills as well as ability to follow established practices. Have learnt ScrumMaster, Human Resource Management and Six Sigma methodologies through Online Courses. Passion in recruiting. Knowledge on HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Candidate Management Systems (CMS). Hands on experience with selection process for internal team (phone interviewing).

Developed the UI screens using JSP, JavaScript and HTML and did the client side validation with JavaScript.

Conducted web services testing through usage of SOAPUI Pro, XML and WSDL. Validated the Soap web services through Soap Request and Response messages.

Good written, communication, organizational, interpersonal skills, proven team player with an analytical mind bent to problem solving and delivering solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Date

Organization

Role

July 2007 – July 2013

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Systems Engineer

EDUCATION

Degree

Date

Institute

Specialization

Master of Computer Application

Sep 2011

SASTRA University, Tanjore, India

Computer Applications

Bachelor of Science

Apr 2007

Anna Adarsh College, Chennai, India

Mathematics

ONLINE COURSES (2014 – till date)

Selenium knowledge on creating Selenium test cases using element locators and web driver methods.

ScrumMaster

Python

Six Sigma Methodology

Human Resource Management and PeopleSoft

Project Management

Customer Relationship Management

Mobile Testing

Cloud computing

Agile & Scrum, QTP

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