Engineer Project

Location:

Austin, TX

Posted:

March 04, 2014

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Ravi Shankar Koppala Mobile: 508-***-****

Senior Quality Analyst email: ******************@*****.***

Career Summary

IT Professional with over 6 years of professional experience in Manual Testing (System, Regression and End-End Testing),

Automation and expertise in PEGA testing (PRPC 5.1, PRPC 5.5 and PRPC 6.1).Involved in thorough Requirement Analysis,

Test Case Design, Review, Rework, Execution, Defect Logging and Defect Validation. Well acquainted with the Software

Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & Defect Life Cycle.

Analytical, Innovative, and result oriented testing engineer with extensive experience in optimization and

implementation of quality standards and software requirements.

Competencies Acquired

1. Banking Doman expertise

2. PEGA Test Management Framework expertise

3. PEGA ClipBoard, Tracer and PAL Tools expertise

4. Requirement Creation / Mapping in EQC 10.0

5. Test & Defect Management using EQC 10.0

6. Report Generation in EQC 10.0

7. Test Case Design / Review / Execution Expertise

8. Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies analysis

9. SQL

10. System/Functional/Regression/End to End/Exploratory Testing

11. Metric Collection

12. Daily / Weekly Report Generation

13. Test Report Generation

14. Test Plan / Test Strategy documentation

15. Keystone usage (CM Tool)

16. Well versed with Waterfall Model, V Model, Agile – Scrum Methodologies in QA projects

17. Effective client communication & coordination skills

18. Effective Team Management skills

Experience Snapshot

Organization Designation Duration

Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Senior Engineer

Ltd QA 06/2010 – Till Date

Software

Proxault IT Solutions Engineer 06/2008 to 05/2010

Projects Snapshot

Organization Project

JPMC Pega PRPC Dodd Frank

JPMC Pega PRPC iPay Norway

JPMC Pega PRPC iPay South Africa

Virtusa Consulting JPMC Pega GQCA PRPC Upgrade

Services Pvt Ltd 5.5

#1 Enterprise Banking Alerts

Proxault IT Solutions #2 Enterprise Banking Alerts

Trainings Attended

PRPC Fast Track and Boot Camp from PEGA Systems Inc. USA.

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Knowledge sharing sessions on new features of PRPC on 5.5

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Complete Java Training a Virtusa.

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GIP – Global Innovation Process at Virtusa.

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Project management at Virtusa.

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Detailed Projects Summary – Virtusa

Project Name: JPMC Pega PRPC Dodd Frank

Client : JP Morgan Chase Bank

Location : Florida, Tampa

Role : Senior Engineer QA

Duration : December 2012 to Till Date

Business Problem Definition: It’s a Treasury Service initiative in building a

‘Payment Hub’ to provide the needed remittance disclosure and facilitate the new

transaction flow of internal remittance payments. In addition, the Payment Hub is

commissioned to support an external solution to qualified RTP’s (remittance transfer

provider) who seek to use JPMC compliance solution. PRPC will archive disclosure

data generated by payment hub. PRPC will enhance existing user interfaces to

display the new reference. PRPC will create a new work type, to process

investigations related to disclosure provided. eServe as a mechanism for accepting

Dodd Frank Disclosure/Receipt requests entered from an FI system. EServe will

build a Dodd Frank Stored Procedure that moves the Dodd Frank Disclosure/Receipt

Details from a Payment Hub to the PRPC Archive (Oracle Database). eServe will

expose a service to Payment Hub to facilitate the ability to search and retrieve Dodd

Frank Disclosure/Receipt from the PRPC Archive for non eServe UI functionality

(CA, CIG etc.)

Environmen : PEGA PRPC 6.1, eServe and Oracle Database

Project Role Module Lead with the following responsibilities

• Used Clip Board to detect and debug exceptions

• Used Tracer to analyze and drill down exceptions in detailed and provide analysis report

to dev team

• Provided estimation inputs to Team Lead (Actual Effort, Planned Effort and Defect

metrics – DSI and DRR)

• Involved in Requirement Analysis

• Involved in Test Design, Review, Rework and execution activities

• Created Requirements and mapped to Test Cases in EQC 10.0

• Set up Test Plan and Test Lab prior to execution in EQC 10.0

• Gather Test Data prior to execution and make sure execution milestones are not impacted

• Involved in Defect Review meetings within team

• Proactively coordinated with client in getting required project inputs within time frame

• Assisted team members by suggesting new ideas of doing tasks

• Involved in identifying proper resources within module for on board by having technical

discussions

• Involved in Test Plan and Test Strategy preparation.

• Involved in the Risks assessments and mitigation / contingency plan preparations

• Status reporting for test execution, defect resolution, productivity and bug statistics on

daily basis

• Participated in daily status meeting with onsite team and responsible for updating all the

offshore questions and status from onsite.

• Used Keystone for version control.

• Preparing MOM, Action Items and updating the tasks status in Chorus accurately on time.

• Creating Risks, Dependencies and Assumptions involved with Project in Chorus and

tracking them to closure.

Project Name: JPMC Pega PRPC iPay Norway

Client : JP Morgan Chase Bank

Location : Florida, Tampa

Role : Senior Engineer QA

Duration : April 2012 to November 2012

Business Problem Definition: The business objective of iPay Norway project is to

add the branch Norway to EMEA LOB to support its high and low value transactions,

messages and cases. Due to the nature of EBS and iACH Operations they are the

groups most aligned to Norway Branch. As such, the EBS Business Group will be

leveraged for High Value enquiries and iACH Business Group for Low Value

enquiries. Within this Business Groups Norway specific Workbaskets will be created.

The Enquiries will route to the relevant Business Group based on the HV or LV

indicator on the transaction. PRPC exists today within TS EMEA. EBS Operations

and iACH Operations are two of the Business Groups within EMEA.

Environment: PEGA PRPC 5.5 and Oracle Database

Project Role: Module Lead with the following responsibilities

Used Clip Board to detect and debug exceptions

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Used Tracer to analyze and drill down exceptions in detailed and provide analysis report

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to dev team

Involved in the providing inputs for estimations to Test Lead

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Involved in identifying proper resources for on board by having technical discussions

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Involved in giving KT to new joiners in team

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Involved in verification of requirements, traceability and validation of system

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Understanding the Business requirements and Functional specifications.

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Involved in Test Plan and Test Strategy preparation.

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Involved in Functional Testing and Regression Testing.

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Preparing Test cases, reviewing and executing the test cases and recording the test

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results in Quality Center

Involved in the Risks assessments and mitigation / contingency plan preparations

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Prioritizing the test cases and preparing the regression test suite for Shakedown

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Reporting test metrics

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Status reporting for test execution, defect resolution, productivity and bug statistics.

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Participated in daily status meeting with onsite team and responsible for updating all the

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offshore questions and status from onsite.

Used Keystone for version control.

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Preparing MOM, Action Items and updating the tasks status in Chorus accurately on time.

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Project Name: JPMC Pega PRPC iPay South Africa

Client : JP Morgan Chase Bank

Location : Florida, Tampa

Role : Senior Engineer QA

Duration : November 2011 to March 2012

Business Problem Definition: The business objective of iPay South Africa project

is to add the branch South Africa to EMEA LOB to support it’s high and low value

transactions, messages and cases. Due to the nature of EBS and iACH Operations

they are the groups most aligned to South Africa Branch. As such, the EBS Business

Group will be leveraged for High Value enquiries and iACH Business Group for Low

Value enquiries. Within this Business Groups South Africa specific Workbaskets will

be created. The Enquiries will route to the relevant Business Group based on the HV

or LV indicator on the transaction. PRPC exists today within TS EMEA. EBS

Operations and iACH Operations are two of the Business Groups within EMEA.

Environment: PEGA PRPC 5.5 and Oracle Database

Project Role: Team Member with the following responsibilities

Used Clip Board to detect and debug exceptions

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Used Tracer to analyze and drill down exceptions in detailed and provide analysis report

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to dev team

Requirement Analysis and Q & A preparation

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Involve in daily calls with onshore lead to get clarifications on Q & A

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Test Design, Review, Rework, Execution and Defect Logging / Validation tasks

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Set up Test Plan & Test Lab in EQC 10.0

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Give inputs to Metrics data on weekly basis

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Regularly monitor Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies in Chorus

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Support end end testing effort during ET overlap hours

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Document project related information at the end of each release

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Give KT to new joiners in team

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Actively participate in organizational events

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Project Name: JPMC Pega GQCA PRPC Upgrade 5.5

Client : JP Morgan Chase Bank

Location : Florida, Tampa

Role : Software Engineer QA

Duration : June 2010 to October 2011

Business Problem Definition: The business objective of this project is to migrate

the existing business processes from the current PRPC 5.1 Version to PRPC 5.5

Version. Applications are tested post migration to check for any defects due to

environment changes. PRPC 5.5 Upgrade testing objective is to verify the

functionalities with respect to PRPC Application across different BU’s like ASIA,

ACH, IO Recs, ENB, FX12/13, FX Ops, EMEA P1, EMEA P2, EMEA P3 and

AutoCV.The test cases for the LOBs in scope are identified and prioritized prior to

execution. The defects identified will be mostly due to the upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5.

Environment: PEGA PRPC 5.5 and Oracle Database

Project Role: Team Member with the following responsibilities

Requirement Analysis and Q & A preparation for any new CRs

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Involve in daily calls with onshore lead to get clarifications on Q & A

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Test Design, Review, Rework, Execution and Defect Logging / Validation tasks

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Set up Test Plan & Test Lab in EQC 10.0

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Give inputs to Metrics data on weekly basis

•

Regularly monitor Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies in Chorus

•

Support end end testing effort during ET overlap hours

•

Document project related information at the end of each release

•

Give KT to new joiners in team

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Actively participate in organizational events

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Detailed Projects Summary – Proxault IT Solutions

Project Name: #1 Enterprise Banking Alerts

Client : YES BANK Ltd

Location : India

Role : Software Quality Engineer

Duration : December 2009 to May 2010

Business Problem Definition: To stay competitive, manage risk, and enhance customer relationships, financial

institutions require the ability to proactively deliver timely information to bank customers through a variety of

delivery channels and applications. YES bank currently has broad demand across multiple business units and

product areas to provide this functionality by centrally defining, managing, delivering, and tracking alerts across

the enterprise. Based on preliminary interviews, alerting functionality is a requirement for: many business units

that could benefit from this investment. This initiative proposes a cross functional approach to addressing

Enterprise Alerts while discouraging the development of application specific alerting functionality. It also supports

YES Bank’s long term commitment to providing solutions within the context of a flexible architecture. By investing

in Enterprise Alerts, YES Bank will enhance the value of its impacted products, encourage tighter integration

across products, and provide a distinct value proposition to existing clients and prospects.

Environment: Java, J2ee, Web services, JAXB, UNIX, Windows 2000, Oracle 11i, Pl/SQL, Contorl M,Log4j,

Harvest, PL/SQL Developer, Visio, JUDE, Test Director 7.2.

Project Role:

Played QA Engineer role with following responsibilities:

Involved in writing test cases for Batch Alerts.

Involved in performing smoke testing for Batch Alerts.

Involved in performing Integration testing for Batch Alerts.

Involved in performing System testing for Batch Alerts.

Generated the Test Report.

Involved in testing Batch process from Unix Telnet.

Involved in testing Control M scheduling Jobs.

Project Name: #2 Enterprise Banking Alerts

Client : YES BANK Ltd

Location : India

Role : Software Test Trainee

Duration : June 2008 to January 2009