Project Engineer

Archana Sankar

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ISTQB Certified Software Quality Analyst with a Bachelors degree in

Electronics And Telecommunication Engineering and 8 years of rich

experience in Requirement analysis, Quality Assurance, Defect Triaging,

Quality Metrics, Team handling and Project Coordination.

Professional Summary:

Functional subject matter expert on projects Involving Acceptance,

System, Integration, Regression, Product testing, End To End Testing of

large scale system integration projects.

Worked on Product testing with Agile Scrum Model & Testing Projects over

SDLC methodology

Adept in creating Test Summary reports, Test Metrics, Defect Slippage and

Test Closure Activities

Experienced in handling off-shore projects from the QA perspective.

Excellent track record in making defect free deliveries without any

schedule slippage and effort slippage.

Experience with databases to create/validate test data using SQL tools.

Conversant with Test Automation with Selenium Webdriver at the API level.

Experience with Web Service testing using Soap UI.

Proficient in Business Process Testing with HP Quality Center ALM.

Worked extensively in Insurance, E-Learning, Supply Chain, Manufacturing,

Business Process Management and Mobile Gaming verticals servicing clients

like RockWell Automation, Pearson Assessment & Information US, Golden Rule

Insurance US, FETAC Ireland, Motorola APAC, Disney US.

Skills:

Skill Details

Test Management HP Quality Center ALM, Rally, RTH, Aptest

Tools

Defect Management Clear Quest, Ace Project, JIRA, Bugzilla,

Tools Rally, Resolve

Test Automation Selenium RC, WEBDRIVER, HP QTP, HP Load

Tools Runner

Scripting Languages Javascript, HTML, XML

Languages Java

Operating Systems Windows (98, 2000, XP, NT, 7, CE), Linux

Version Control Microsoft Visual Source Safe (VSS),

Perforce, Subversion (SVN)

Data base MSSQL, MYSQL,DB2,Oracle

Miscellaneous Eclipse, Soap UI, Firebug, Toad, Savvion

Business Manager, TIBCO, Procomm, Nmap

Project Experience:

Project # 1 : ViewE - Firmware Acceptance Testing

Nov 2013 - Till date

Client : Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI

Organization : Next Generation Technology Inc

Role : Test Engineer

1 Project Description:

As a part of Control & Visualization Business unit's Team worked on the

Firmware testing of Windows CE based Industrial Automation Products. The

Testing involved Acceptance testing of the Products using Microsoft .NET

Framework and Automated scripts using Tux Test Harness. The testing

included various accepts of OS Features and Windows support for Rockwell

Products.

Acceptance tests were designed in accordance to the FRS using the Aptest

tool and Defect Management using Rational Clear Quest.

Responsibilities :

Creation of Acceptance test Plan based on the requirements

Writing/ reviewing the Test Cases based on the Functional Specifications

Updating Test Scripts, Build Deployment as per the process.

Reports & Metrics collection (Status report, Defect Consolidation Logs,

Test Reports)

Coordination with the Hardware, Engineering teams and Defect Triaging.

Test Management : Aptest, Rational Clear Quest.

Environment : Microsoft .Net, Windows CE 6.0, Tux Test Harness,Nmap,

Procomm terminal emulator, PV Shell

Project # 2: SORM (Student Organization Records Management)

May 2009 - May 2011

Client : Pearson Assessment & Information, Iowa City, IA

Organization : Ness Technologies India Pvt Ltd

Role : QA Lead

2 Project Description:

Student and Organization Records Management (SORM) is single point of data

capture and management for students and organizations in support of both

paper and electronic test delivery within Pearson Educational Measurement

(PEM).

The Student life cycle in the system from creation to registration to

appearing for actual tests (paper / Online) is validated with other

producers for the Person Access Portal across various states.

Responsibilities:

Lead a 5 member QA team in developing and implementing quality-assurance

methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards and customer

specifications from Release 2.3 to 4.2

Followed Agile scrum process for the project which included daily scrum

calls, iteration planning, test case creation on the user stories, defect

logging etc using Rally as the test management tool along with HP Quality

Center10, 11.

Identified the root cause of the System integration issues in previous

releases and worked upon a mitigation plan for the next 2 releases that

brought down the defect slippage from 8% to less than 1% and finally 0.5%

Worked with the Business Analysts and the Development team on mitigating

the risks on the Requirements (frequent issues in the documents provided)

and implemented few processes on them.

Leveraged product knowledge to communicate effectively with software design

team, quickly gaining their respect and becoming a valued, "go-to" team

member on challenging test cases.

Created test process in terms of tangible measurements for the effort,

defects, outputs and slippages through metrics and thus enabling to reduce

testing turnaround times with a better quality.

Implemented automated test scripts using Selenium for the project.

Involved in Web service testing using Soap UI.

Created Test cases using Business Process Tests of HP Quality Center on

rally user stories. The Test cases were Parameterized and reusable.

Performed backend testing and validation of data and executing complex SQL

queries.

The data creation included XML uploads (EXTRACTS, TRANSFORMS, LOADS)at

various stages and a good understanding of the data mapping using Altova

XML Spy

Reviewed the Test Cases based on the Functional Specifications for the team

Coordinated with the Pearson onsite team for status updates, defect

resolutions, issues and other team activities.

Conducted a Post Release Analysis and creation of metrics (Defect Slippage,

Test Coverage, RTM) in order to maintain the quality standards. Set new

process to mitigate the defect slippage causes and this was appreciated by

the QA manager.

Mentored the new team members by training them.

Authored the Functionality Training for the development team to give them

an understanding of the system.

Received Appreciation emails from the Business Analysts for pointing out

some issues i.e. gaps in requirements.

Test Management : Rally, HP Quality Center 10 & 11, Perforce,

Environment : Java, Oracle, Maven, Selenium 2.0, Firebug, FirePath, TestNG,

Eclipse, Altova XML Spy, Q Util, MySQL, Junit,SOAP UI

Project # 3: Further Education Training & Awards Council

July 2008 - Jan 2009

Client : FETAC Ireland

Organization : Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Role : Sr.QA Engineer

3 Project Description:

Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) project included

Testing of the Business Processes Flow & Website for the FETAC Business

System.

The Project UAT was successful and has reached a Go Live Stage.

2 Responsibilities:

Creation of Test Plan based on the requirements,,Analyzing the

Requirements & Creation of System Test Specifications

Identifying the Usability Aspects for Website testing & Creation of

Usability Test cases

Website Testing included UXM & Accessibility across Multiple Browsers.

Creating test Scripts for Performance testing with Load Runner.

Test Planning & Execution, Co Ordination for the entire activity

Reports & Metrics collection (Status report, Defect Consolidation Logs,

Test Reports)

Regression Testing and Smoke Testing on release to release basis

Client Coordination and status update on calls

The schedule included multiple releases with different scope and activities

planned per release.

Test Management : RTH, Resolve, MS Excel, Load Runner, A Prompt,

Environment : Solaris 10, Oracle 10g, Team Works,

Documentum, Velocity Templates and Jasper Reports, Windows 2003 server

Project # 4: Motorola-Global Purchasing

Oct 06 - May 08

Client : Motorola

Organization : Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Role : Sr.QA Engineer

1 Project Description:

The Buy Sell Hubbing Project for Motorola included System Testing,

Integration Testing, and End to end testing of with 2 Hubs (YCH & BAX

Global). The Testing included the Intersystem testing of the components

developed by the 3 Stakeholders Savvion, Oracle & WebLogic.

The project has reached the Go Live stage with a successful UAT.

3 Responsibilities:

Creation of Test Plan based on the requirements in the Form of Functional

Specifications, Design Docs

Tracking Defects to closure using Rational Clear Quest,

Preparing Defect consolidation logs on Daily Basis and updating the Stake

Holders about the progress in a status call.

Coordinating with the Stakeholders for test data and Defects as there were

3 different system interacting with each other.

The Control Testing Included Data Validation, File Integrity, Audit Trail,

Backup & recovery (Down Time handling in this case) in System Test Specs.

The End to End Testing, Intersystem Testing & Error Handling testing was

done along with the System testing with separate scenarios and Data

provided by the Stake holders other than Savvion.

The Project involved testing Validation Framework and B2B framework with

different set of test data to simulate different responses

Writing/ reviewing the Test Cases based on the Functional Specifications

and the Same were used for UAT. This was a Six Sigma Project and the Specs

were reviewed by the Client.

Tested the entire Validation Framework for the project which was crucial

part for the UAT. A design flaw was detected related to the Data

transferred between the Oracle business system and Savvion Business manager

and this was appreciated by the Project team.

Involved in Regression Testing and Smoke Testing on release to release

basis.

Creating Final Test Reports, Status reports, Defect consolidation Logs

Test Management : MS Excel 2003, Resolve, Clear Quest

Environment : Savvion Business Manager 6.1, WebLogic 8.1 (SP4),

Apache 2.0.43

Project # 5: Golden Rule Claims

July 07 - Nov 07, Nov 08 -Jan09

Client : Golden Rule Insurance Company, US

Organization : Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Role : Sr.QA Engineer

1 Project Description:

Golden Rule Claims Project is a Process Automation to ensure minimal

Turnaround Time for an Insurance Office to Process the Data Entry Claims.

The Various Releases (Release 1.0, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2) for this Project included

New Processes Being Integrated with the Actual Claims Process in order to

cater new Types of Claims and accommodate the Business Rules for

Processing.

The Application integrated the Tibco iProcess with the Mainframe in order

to fetch live data. Integration of Utilities to Search User Data and

Scanned Documents (Doc Lookup) with the Claims Process (Data Entry, Rescan,

Medigap, ADSE, Post scan)

The Project UAT was successful and has reached a Go Live Stage.

4 Responsibilities:

Creation of Test Plan based on the requirements

Writing/ reviewing the Test Cases based on the Functional Specifications

Involved in Regression Testing and Smoke Testing on release to release

basis

Reports & Metrics collection (Status report, Defect Consolidation Logs,

Test Reports)

Client Coordination and status update on calls

Test Management : MS Excel 2003, JIRA

Environment : Tibco BusinessWorks 5.3.2.3, WebLogic 8.1 (SP4),

Apache 2.0.43

Project # 6: Delphi MJE Workflow, Invensys AP & AR Case Tracker, Kimberly

Clark Oct 06 - May 08

Client : Genpact, Kimberly Clark US.

Organization : Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Role : Sr.QA Engineer

Project Description:

The Delphi MJE Workflow Project implements effective document management

through the Savvion MJE workflow from receipts to archiving of MJE's to

ensure better control (in terms of JE approval Audit trail) and centralized

storage of documents for future reference and audit trail.

This included the integration of Savvion work flow with Daemons like File

Uploader, Email Sender & Receiver and Archival & Purging utilities at

various Work steps.

Invensys Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable included the interaction of

Savvion with Daemons like File Uploader, Email Sender & Receiver, Archival

& Purging utilities.

The Kimberly Clark Project included Integration of 6 applications namely

T&E US, T&E UK, PTC Remittance, PTC Deduction, AP US and APUK.

5 Responsibilities:

Creation of Test Plan based on the requirements

Writing/ reviewing the Test Cases based on the Functional Specifications

Involved in Regression Testing and Smoke Testing on release to release

basis

Creating Final Test Reports, Status reports, Defect consolidation Logs

Client Coordination and status update on calls

Test Management : MS Excel 2003, Resolve, Clear Quest

Environment : Savvion Business Manager 6.1, WebLogic 8.1 (SP4),

Apache 2.0.43

Project # 7: Disney UTV (Indiagames)

Feb 04 - Sep 06

Client : Disney US

Organization : Indiagames Pvt Ltd. India

Role : QA Lead

Responsibilities:

Performed Java Verification Testing on a wide range of GSM handsets as well

as testing as per True Brew standards.

Have Done Submissions for Disney Games, Vodafone, 3UK, Macro space and NSTL

as per their criteria.

Lead the Team for 3 Major New games developed in the Studio. Headed the

Quality team right from game designing to the signoff of the final product.

Set and Tracked team Production Milestones Charting team progress in

building out the product from alpha to Beta Releases.

Defined Structure and Processes of QA department, Designing and

Implementing Studio QA strategy.

Developed Performance analysis strategy & Tracking system for the team.

Performed Internal testing, External Beta Software Deployment and Internal

and External User Bug Tracking.

Wrote Test plans, Created & Reviewed Manuals.

Conducted Training Sessions on Entry Level & Advanced Testing For Java

Games.

Managed the Deliverables (tested JAR Flies for user download) and handed

over to the delivery team for uploads to the portal.

Archived builds, games and old versions and performed Version Control.

Research on new market trend and device support for the Europe Region

Market Requirements in terms of Content Support for the Europe Region.

Educated team members about product lifecycle (production, marketing and

development), enhancing employee understanding of the production process

and empowering members to make informed decisions

Provided support for the Client queries and actively coordinated with the

Marketing team.

Test Management : MS Excel 2003, Virtual Source Safe.

Achievements

Received Star of the Quarter Award for the Initiative taken to improve

Quality and reduce Slippage in Ness Technologies for Quarter 1 of 2011

(reduced Slippage from 8 % to 0.5 %

Received appreciation in the Management Meet at Indiagames for successfully

demonstration the Quality Criteria set.

Employment History:

Period Organization Designation

Nov 2013 - Next Generation Test Engineer

Till Date Technology Inc

May 2009 - May Ness Technologies Sr.QA Engineer

2011 India Pvt Ltd

Oct 2006 to Satyam Computer Sr. Software

May 2009 Services Ltd. Engineer

Feb 2004 - Sep Indiagames Pvt Ltd. Team Lead - QA

2006

Education:

Bachelors Of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from

University of Mumbai (2003)

Certifications

ISTQB CTFL (May 2011)

Work Authorization:

H1B Visa valid from Oct 2013- Sep 2016 (Next Generation Technology Inc)

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