Quality Assurance Project

Ajay Mehta 443-***-****

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Summary

Over Six years of extensive experience as a Quality Assurance Lead/Engineer with exposure to

both manual and automated testing tools . Extensive knowledge of all phases in SDLC,

including requirements gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, testing, defect

tracking, management, and reporting. Adept at implementing the best practices of latest

testing tools in order to provide a competitive advantage to the organization concerned

Expertise

• Experience in Front-End Testing and Back-End Testing.

• Performed Automated Testing using QTP, Win Runner, Load Runner and Rational

Test Suite.

• Worked with Server/desktop hardware, Disk array, RACK mounting, stack

servers.

• Experience in the set-up of the Data Centre which included activities like routers,

firewall, server, network, Wireless LAN configuration rack installation, routers/switches

installation.

• Manually testing the Internet Information Server Services to see if it is plugged in

and is it turned on.

• Good experience in enhancing and editing test Scripts written in Perl, Python and

Visual basic.

• Executed Build Acceptance tests.

• Performed Black Box Testing on Web-based application.

• Performed Manual Testing.

• Perform back-end testing manually on the Oracle database by writing SQL

queries.

• Conducted Navigational Testing and Functional Testing.

• Experienced in GUI, Unit, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Configuration, Load,

Volume and Stress testing.

• Experienced in reporting bugs using Test Director, Bugzilla, Jira and Quality

center.

• Performed test analysis -- what to manually test vs. what to automate...

• Manually tested modules for compliance with functionality requirements.

• Performed Integration-testing and User acceptance testing .

• Extensive experience in reviewing and analyzing FRS (Functional requirement

specifications and SRS, and writing detailed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts.

• Good understanding of quality assurance testing methodology relative to the

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Conducted weekly team meetings with business users and developers to get

updates on the status and raise any issues to the management.

• Specialized in QA and Software Testing of Client/Server and Multi tier

Applications.

• Extensive experience working in Oracle and UNIX Environment

• Team player and adaptive to any kind of team environment.

Technical Skills:

Testing tools QTP, Win Runner, Load Runner, and Rational

Team Test

Bug Reporting Test Director, MQC, Rational Clear quest, Bugzilla, JIRA

Ajay Mehta 443-***-****

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Programming Languages Perl, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, Visual Basic, C, C++,

COBOL, JCL, T-SQL

Data Bases DB2, MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server

Operating System DOS, Windows (XP, 2000, NT, 9x), and Unix

Project Management Tool MS-Project

MS Office Tool Word, Excel, FrontPage and PowerPoint

Web Technologies HTML, XML, J2EE, MVS, VB.NET, Visual Studio.Net, .NET,

ASP.NET, C#, XML, VB Script

Others UML, RUP

Project:

Client: Message Systems Inc July 2010 - Present

Columbia MD.

Industry: Email, text Messaging and Web

Position: Sr. Test Automation Engineer

Overview:

Message Systems develops software that powers many of the world's largest, most complex

email, text and cross-channel messaging operations. The solution they developed, the

Momentum messaging platform, eliminated the rigid scalability, extensibility and management

problems common with MTA-based architectures, all while driving down operating overhead and

eliminating racks of servers at rates as high as 14-to-1. My role is to assure quality of email and

text messaging products based on Linux and Postgres in a Kanban environment, using Selenium,

Python, Perl, Mercurial, Atlassian, Crucible, and VMware

Responsibilities:

• Conduct automated testing of web UI and web services across platforms and upgrade

paths.

• Deal with Customer escalations on a daily bases.

• Experience in replicating customer environments using VMware or KVM to test

escalations.

• Drive product quality and usability by diagnosing and reporting defects

• Maintain test environments for rapid replication of customer issues.

• Test various Messaging protocols SMTP, SMPP, SNMP etc

• Use of GDB to debug system generated core dumps

• Create and Maintain technical Documentation for each release

• On-board new employees. Provide detailed training on various message systems

products

• Strong Experience in Creating detailed test plans and Automation scripts for individual

Support Releases

• Actively participate and organize weekly team meetings to discuss progress.

• Participate in companies Hackathon events to discover new ideas related to our products

• Plan use case scenarios, develop Test Plans and Test scripts using Test link.

• Maintain Bug reports in Jira and Bugzilla.

• Arrange weekly team meetings to assign testing tasks and acquisition

of status reports from individual team members.

• Analyze user requirements, attend Change Request meetings to document changes

and implement procedures for test changes

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• Participate in daily Scrums.

• Perform Cross Platform testing for various Message Systems Products.

• Involved in writing Traceability Matrix.

• Created and Performed Test Code Reviews using Fisheye.

• Roll bundles of new code changes for test using Mercurial HG.

• Created and Maintained UNIX Shell Scripts, Perl and Python test scripts

• Recently started using bamboo to plan nightly test execution and build reports.

• Use Selenium for web UI testing.

Environment: C, C++, Lua, Perl, Python, Linux/Redhat/Solaris, Bugzilla, Jira, Fisheye, mySQL

and Postgres.

Project:

Publix Super markets Inc. July 2008– May 2010

Lakeland, Fl

Industry: Consumer Goods

Position: Sr. QA Analyst

Publix Super Markets is the largest and fastest growing employee owned super- market chain in

the United States. The project done at Publix Supermarkets is: -

Implement a New Wireless Onboard Computer System

This Project was implemented to replace Publix’s existing DOT log Information system with a new

system, Cadec’s Mobious TTS. The Cadec’s Mobious TTS system will be used to capture

Driver’s trip real time data. The automated data collection and wireless transfer will ensure that

the Publix fleet remains in compliance with the federal and State laws and company policies while

increasing fleet efficiencies. It consisted of 5 different modules, Process Route information,

Process Fuel information, Process Events, Process Post Trip Data and Archival Process. I was

promoted as Sr QA analyst and was responsible for Testing and Quality Assurance of all the

modules.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure adequate and comprehensive testing is completed for all aspects of the application.

• Reviewed and Analyzed the System Requirement Specs (SRS) and design documents.

• Attended meetings with SE and Developers to understand FRS and SRS for each

release

• Conducted extensive Security Testing including alternative user identification and authentication

using manual testing

• Involved in preparing Test Plan and Test Cases based on the function specifications.

• Involved in the review of requirements with business analysts and technical specialists.

• Analyzed the application and performed Black Box and end-to-end manual testing.

• Involved in integration testing of the new modules with the existing modules.

• Planned, coordinated and monitored project levels of performance and activities to ensure

project completion on time.

• Checked for the Database Integrity using the SQL Queries.

• Used Mercury Quality Center bug tracking tool as the test repository for executing the test

cases and scripts and logging and generating various reports and graphs for further analysis and also

to follow up the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.

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• Involved in UI Specifications and framework design.

• Involved in User Interface Testing to verify the functionality of various systems.

• Testing of XML files

• Performed System and Regression Testing for new releases.

• Participated in status meetings to report issues. Communicated with developers through

all phases of testing to prioritize bug resolution.

• Actively Coordinated and Participated in Project meetings, reviews and walkthroughs.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, VB, Windows XP, Oracle 9i, IIS server, UNIX

Manhattan Associates Transport Management System

This project involved customizing Manhattan Associated Transport Management System to Publix

transportation needs and integrating with Publix data sources. Publix had very particular

transportation needs like transportation of Inbound Produce. Manhattan Associates

Transportation Management System was chosen over SAP Transportation Module. The TMS

system allowed transportation of produce and non-produce items. Different modes of

transportation like TL (Truckload), LTL (Less than Truck Load) and Intermodal using

continuous moves could be selected. Payments methods like Collect and Pre-paid can be

enforced. The TMS contained five modules, Purchase Orders and Transportation Orders,

Shipment Planning, Resource Selection of Carriers, Carrier Portal, Track and Trace, Freight

Audit Payment and Claims. My QA tester role in this project involved Testing and Quality

Assurance of this system involved setting sample data sets for purchase orders,

transportation orders, shipments, carriers, carrier equipments, carrier modes etc. The

Consolidator Engine that used to optimize the shipment routes was also tested. Integration

testing involved testing of Publix data sources from the mainframe systems like PIMS and

Marwood and SAP HR and SAP FICO systems. Database testing and data flow testing

between different modules was extensively done

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparing Test Plan and Test Cases based on the function specifications.

• Involved in the review of requirements with business analysts and technical specialists.

• Analyzed the application and performed Black Box and end-to-end manual testing.

• Planned, coordinated and monitored project levels of performance and activities to

ensure project completion on time.

• Checked for the Database Integrity using the SQL Queries.

• Used Quality Center bug tracking tool as the test repository for executing the test cases

and scripts and logging and generating various reports and graphs for further analysis

and also to follow up the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.

• Involved in UI Specifications and framework design.

• Involved in User Interface Testing to verify the functionality of various systems.

Environment: Quick Test Professional (QTP), Load Runner, Quality Center, SQL SERVER, J2EE,

XML, MS-VISIO, MS-PROJECT, and TOAD

Project:

Client: Kay jewelers May2004 – May 2008

Columbia MD.

Industry: Retail

Position: Manager

Ajay Mehta 443-***-****

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Kay Jewelers is a division of Sterling Jewelers Inc., headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Together with Signet

Jewelers, their parent company, they are the largest specialty retail jeweler in the world. I was a store

manager at one of their busiest locations and was responsible for generating a decent amount of

revenue at this location.

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with Customers to understand their requirements.

• Come up with ideas to provide the best product and meet goals.

• Meeting Daily, weekly, monthly and annual Goals as an individual and the entire store

• Conducting weekly team meetings to discuss progress

• Creating Balance sheets and daily inventory

• Create Store auditing and expense reports

• Actively participate in promotional events and work tirelessly to maintain team success

• Hiring new employees and help them succeed.

• Create plans and assign individual goals

• Monitor performances individually and collectively and maintain reports

• Create and Participate in training sessions to improve roles and responsibilities

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