Test Cases Management

Arsalan Hamidi

**** ********* *****

Ellicott City, MD 21043

Cell: 443-***-****

*******.*****@*****.***

Objective:

To secure a position as a Quality Control/Assurance Specialist (QA/QC), in the Software Development and Information Technology arenas with opportunity for professional growth and career advancement.

Experience Summary:

Over 18 years of experience in QC, QA, Software Development and Information Technology

Expertise with various tools such as, HP Mercury and Load Runner.

Experience in a CMMI level III environment using agile and waterfall methodologies

Strong analysis and testing skills in both midrange, web and client/server environments

Proficient in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirements definition through design, development, testing and product delivery.

Strong experience and exposure to Capability Introduction to Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) V1.2, Process Improvement and ISO

Technical Skills:

HP Mercury Suite, QTP,TELERIK, MS Test Manager, AGILE Testing, SCRUM, RATIONAL SUITE, Siebel, Test Complete, Selenium, SOAP WEB Services

Oracle Forms/ Oracle Reports, JAVA, Word Perfect, NETSCAPE, MS Visio, MS Project, SharePoint

HTML 3.0, DOS, Lotus Notes CC Mail, CMMI, Internet Explorer, ORACLE, SQL*PLUS, SQL SERVER

MS PowerPoint, Visual Basic, Visual C++, MS VSS, SVN, Lotus 1-2-3WINDOWS 98/NT/2000/XP/ME, Windows 7 ADOBE ACROBAT, MS WORD, MS ACCESS, MS EXCEL, MS Suite

Experience History:

QA System Analyst (05/2014 to Present)

STABAN LLC Gaithersburg MD

Provide programming and testing support to the National Capital Region (NCR)

Create Test Plan, Test Strategy, test Scenarios. Identify both positive and negative test cases according to the Business Rules and Business Strategies. Create test data for Test Cases.

Review tests specifications, cases and perform manual testing.

Use Clear Quest for Test management and defect tracking.

Perform Backend Database testing in Oracle using SQL.

QA System Analyst (09/2013 to 04/2014)

FedBid Inc Falls church VA

Create Test Plan, Test Strategy, test Scenarios. Identify both positive and negative test cases according to the Business Rules and Business Strategies. Create test data for Test Cases

Conduct User Interface, Functional, System, Cross Browser, Compatibility Integration, End to End, UAT, Regression testing

Utilize JIRA for user story analysis. Use Smartbear for Test management and defect tracking. Test the web services using SOAP UI. Create and executing SQL queries using SQL server 2000 for the database validation. Use Test Complete for Automation testing

Siebel Functional Tester (06/2013 to 9/22/2013)

Mount Airey Group, Accenture Federal, Calverton, MD

Provide programming and testing support to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Identify and create detailed test cases and map them to system requirements and design specifications. Identify Siebel specific test scenarios/test cases/test scripts from Requirements and Design documents.

Maps test cases to functional/system/integration requirements for appropriate testing coverage, identify, collect, and create test data to support Siebel testing, processes, and workflows, execute test cases that meet required execution targets to keep the project on schedule.

Quality Control Analyst (10/2003 – 09/2012)

QINETIQ, Reston, VA

Provide programming and testing support to the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Building Service (PBS) contract. Participate in formal technical reviews of systems and write summary reports for all applications.

Responsible for tracking project status throughout the Software Development Life Cycle phases. Develop and execute software test plans, including component, integration systems, regression, performance, and stress testing. Create and maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix. Work closely with Project Managers and IV&V to create test schedules.

Programmer Analyst, QA Specialist, Lotus Notes Administrator (12/2001 - 10/2003)

Daston Corporation, Fairfax, VA

Provide programming and support to United State Army Judges Advocate Generals (ARMY JAGS) contract. Design web-based graphical user-interfaces designed to seamlessly integrate into parent application and collect ad hoc parameters.

Design report output and launch reports based on user parameters. Advise management on report server status and best practices for server and report file maintenance.

Programmer Analyst (02/2001 - 12/2001)

QSS Group, Inc. Washington, DC

Responsibilities and work requirements for the Housing Urban Development (HUD) contract included: Maintain all aspects of systems development lifecycle and enhance systems under Lotus Notes and Excel.

Tackle project milestones and deliverables. Monitor and coordinate project resources. Perform documentation control and configuration management, write security plans and maintain the documentation and standards according to System Development Methodology (SDM).

Programmer Control Analyst (10/1997 – 02/2001)

InfoPro Inc., Reston, VA

Responsibilities include assisting GSA – Telecommunications Ordering and Pricing Systems (TOPS) users to access on-line menu system, initiate and implement orders, generate daily workload reports and create user reports based on ad-hoc SQL queries.

Using a problem management database and/or help desk systems, responded to user complaints to diagnose, isolate the problem source and resolve problems associated with the assigned information system. Followed up with users to ensure that problems were resolved satisfactorily and developed adequate internal support documentation of all activities. Educated users regarding operations, and handled day-to-day situations with an acceptable, reasonable approach.

System Analyst (03/1989 – 10/1997)

Orkand Corporation, Reston, VA

As an operator on the Integrated Petroleum Supply Database Systems (IPSDBS), responsibilities included operation and processing of standard job streams for the Petroleum Supply Monthly Report, the Weekly Petroleum Status Report, and the Petroleum Supply International.

Certification:

2015 QA Training, InfoTech, Ashburn Virginia:

Understanding Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Test Life Cycle, Bug Life Cycle, Quality Assurance Processes, testing methodologies and testing strategies.

Understanding business requirements, functional requirements & documentation for entire QA Testing cycle such as Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test cases/scripts, Traceability matrix, Test Data, Defect Management reports & matrices.

Used Quality Center for Defect Reporting and Tracking. And developed automated test scripts for Functionality testing using QTP

Strong knowledge in Black box testing

Manual Testing and Automated testing using different tools like Selenium, Load Runner, Quality Center & QTP

Understanding basic SQL queries to retrieve data from database tables and validate the data

2014 Lynda.com, Foundation of Programming: Software Quality Assurance

2014 Lynda.com, SQL Server 2008

2007

SAIC, Introduction to Maturity Model Integration V1.2

2002

ICI Systems, Inc. Maintaining Domino Infrastructure

OASAS Learning Solutions, Inc. - Maintaining Domino Users

Implementing Domino Infrastructure

1999

Howard Community College

Introduction to UNIX

Delta Micro Systems, Inc

Introduction to Oracle 8, Oracle Forms and Reports

High Tech Resource Center

Lotus Notes: Application Development 1 & 2

1997

Quality Systems Education Center

Lotus Notes: Basic, Beyond Basic and Power User, Core Soft Computers

Windows 95, NT and DOS

1989

The Orkand Corporation

Database Design and Operation, Word Processing, Accounting Procedures

1982 -1983

Army & Air force Exchange Region

Hardware Concepts

Human Relations

1981

Northern VA Community College

Information Processing Systems

Principles of Management

Education Details: Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, College of Translation, in Iran

Security Clearance: NACI (Public Trust)

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