TATIANA KADOMTSEVA
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OBJECTIVE
QA Position
TECHNICAL SKILLS
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Microsoft Windows 7/ XP/Vista/ 2000/NT/98/95, Mainframe TSO, Novell, UNIX, Ab Initio, Nonstop TACL
RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:
MS SQL Server 6.5/ 7/ 2000, MS Access, 97/ 2000, Oracle 9/10, DB2, TOAD, Universal SQL Editor, AQT
QA MANAGEMENT and AUTOMATED TESTING TOOLS:
HP Quality Center (9, 10, 11), ALM, ClearQuest, Merant, JIRA, Empirix e-Manager 8, BugZilla 2.1.6.3, WinRunner 6.5/7
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS:
MS Office XP/2000, People Soft 7.5, Informatica, Data Stage, Stibo-STEP 7.0, MS Project, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Clear Case, UltraEdit, COINS, CORE 3.4, MicroStrategy 9, WebFocus 7.6.5
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:
T-SQL, Visual Basic 6, JCL, HTML, C++, COBOL
WORK HISTORY
WOLSELEY, ON
QA Consultant Jan 2015 – April 2015
MOHLTC, Kingston/
TELUS Health for MOHLTC, Toronto
QA Consultant Dec 2013 – Dec 2014
BMO, Toronto
Information Management, QA Consultant
April 2013 –Oct 2013
CCO - Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto
QA Consultant Feb 2013- March 2013
SCOTIA BANK, Toronto
Enterprise Data Warehouse, QA Project Team Lead Oct 2011-May 2012
CIBC, Toronto
Wholesale Banking Technology, QA Team Lead June 2010-Sept 2011
Capital Markets Risk Management, QA Project Lead
PWC / BMO, Toronto
Senior QA Analyst Feb 2010-June 2010
Online Brokerage (Nesbitt Burns)
INTACT (ING), Toronto
P&C Insurance, QA Project Team Lead July 2007 - Sept 2009
CIBC, Toronto
Online Brokerage, Senior QA Analyst Sept 2006 – June 2007
MONERIS SOLUTIONS, Toronto
QA/Developer May 2006-Aug 2006
PERIMETER FINANCIAL, Toronto
BA/QA Analyst Jan 2006 - Apr 2006
HEWITT, Toronto
BA/QA Analyst Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
HOOPP’s, Toronto
Senior QA Analyst Apr 2005 - Jul 2005
CIBC, Toronto2003-2005
Wealth Management Technology (Wood Gundy), Test Analyst Aug 2004 - Apr 2005
Customer Information System, Test Analyst Jan 2004 - Jun 2004
Wealth Management Technology (RRSP), Test Analyst May 2003 - Dec 2003
Card Product Division, Test Analyst Jan 2003 - May 2003
KPMG, Toronto
Senior QA Analyst Jan 2001 - Nov 2002
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
14+ years of experience in testing Client-Server and Web based applications
Extensive experience working with databases in conversion projects in Data Warehouse environment (BI-ETL)
Extensive experience in analyzing, defining, and translating business and functional specifications into testing requirements
Deep knowledge of SDLC, PLMC and ability to apply correct testing methodology and techniques to different cycles of testing (SIT, Regression, UAT); experience in an Agile environment
Experience with test analysis, creating test status and defect status reports
Extensive experience in creating of test artifacts such as Test Plans/Strategy, test scripts and Test reports
Strong ability to set priorities, manage and coordinate end to end testing activities for small and large projects
Proven Quality Assurance experience working on large-scale financial projects, which involved working with a 3rd party vendor (CGI, SUNGARD)
EXPERIENCE
WOLSELEY, Ontario
QA Consultant Jan 2015 –April 2015
Project to integrate new IT technologies and Commercial off The Shelf (COTS) 3rd party solutions – to replace Referential Data Management (RDM) from Mainframe to STIBO/STEP with automated ETL process with Data Stage.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Define data requirements for testing, create data, design and execute test cases
Create use cases, develop and maintain test specifications, test cases, test scripts and test data
Perform SIT testing
Perform testing of customized STIBO functionality –update, create, delete objects, verification of correct process in RDM, data validation
Create SQL statements to retrieve and test data after ETL process
Environment: Windows 7, Main Frame AS 400, COBOL, Stibo-STEP MDM 7.0, Data Stage, Jira, SQL-AQT, DB2, SharePoint
MOHLTC, Kingston/
TELUS Health, Toronto
QA Consultant Dec 2013 –Dec 2014
Project to replace Senior Copayment Program with new one based on MOHLTC and MOF requirements
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Liaising with business users and technical people to analyse business and technical requirements
• Run Nonstop TACL batches to update DB tables
Create test strategies, define test approach and guidelines for testing process
Define data requirements for testing, create data, design and execute test cases
Writing complex SQL queries to be used in testing
Testing of reports generated with WebFocus - to integrate new IT technologies and Commercial off The Shelf (COTS) 3rd party solutions
Track and prioritize defects, participate in release decisions and establish measures of test efficiency, effectiveness and product readiness (QC and QlearQuest)
Environment: Windows 7, ALM-HP Quality Center 11, QlearQuest, SQL-AQT, DB2, TACL- NonStop, COBOL,Clear Case, WebFocus
BMO, Toronto
Information Management April 2013 –Oct 2013
QA Consultant
BI Enterprise Data Warehouse - LRM project: Data transition from Data Acquisition layer of EDW to SAP BA.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Liaising with business users and technical people to analyse requirements for ETL
Create test strategies, define test approach and guidelines for testing process
Create use cases, develop and maintain test specifications, test cases, test scripts and test data
Define data requirements for testing, create data (if required), develop test cases
Perform SIT testing
Code implementation in QA server, run butches, shell scripts execution to split vector files to serial files and load data into DB2 tables
Create complex SQL queries to be used in testing
Verification of business and transformation rules through data migration from EDW to SAP objects
track and prioritize defects, participate in release decisions and establish measures of test efficiency, effectiveness and product readiness
Environment: Windows 7, HP Quality Center 10, SQL-AQT, DB2, UNIX, Ab Initio, SharePoint, MicroStrategy9
CCO - Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto
QA Consultant Jan 2013- March 2013
BI Enterprise Data Warehouse
Testing of MicroStrategy9 reports –UAT
Project to integrate new IT technologies and Commercial off The Shelf (COTS) 3rd party solutions
RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop test plans and test cases that meet project objectives and user’s expectation
Create SQL statements to retrieve and test data
Functional verification of business and transformation rules in Front End applications
Environment: Windows 7, HP Quality Center 10, Oracle, TOAD, MicroStrategy9, Jira
SCOTIA BANK, Toronto
Enterprise Data Warehouse, QA Project Lead Oct 2011- May 2012
BI -Unsecured Scotiabank Personal Line of Credit-acquire the required data from host mainframe systems, transform and load them into Data Marts tables (Staging layer – Integration layer- Access layer)
EXPERIAN -back end testing and implementation of new SAS software for reports from Equifax -
Project to integrate new IT technologies and Commercial off The Shelf (COTS) 3rd party solutions
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Liaising with Business users and technical people to analyse requirements for ETL
Define data cleansing requirements
Create test strategies, define test approach and guidelines for testing process
Create use cases, develop and maintain test specifications, test cases, test scripts and test data
Develop test plans and test cases that meet project objectives and user’s expectation
Download EBCDIC files into UltraEdit to use for testing
Create complex SQL queries to be used in testing
Functional verification of business and transformation rules through data migration
Perform SIT testing
Attend project meetings to report on status of testing, communicate issues, implement QA standards and policies and communicate QA schedule
Support of UAT testing for business users
Environment: Windows 2000/XP, UNIX, DB2, Universal SQL Editor, UltraEdit, HP Quality Center 10, Informatica, SharePoint, Lotus Notes
CIBC, Toronto
Wholesale Banking Technology, QA Team Lead June 2010-Sept 2011
Risk Strategic Initiative project – testing of feeds (financial derivatives) from different trading systems (WSS, Optex, Murex, XTrader, Calypso) send to SUNGARD
RESPONSIBILITIES
Identify the test strategy, test approach and guidelines for testing process of different feeds
Create test plans and test scenario to meet project objectives
Estimation of testing efforts and assigning responsibilities for team
Defect management with HP QC, generation of daily defect report, lead daily defect meeting
Supervision for 5 junior and intermediate testers
Attend project meetings to report on status of testing, communicate issues, implement QA standards and policies, and communicate QA schedule
Environment: Windows 2000/XP, SQL 8, Excel 2003, SQL 8, QTP, HP Quality Center 11, JIRA, SharePoint
Capital Markets Risk Management, QA Project Lead
BI
Projects: Incremental Risk Charge Standardized Calculation, Simple Securitized Products Standardized Calculation, Market Data for Enhanced Risk Measures –UAT cycle
RESPONSIBILITIES
Worked closely with Market Data Management team to select data for UAT testing
Identified the test strategy, test approach and guidelines for testing process based on business documentation
Created test plans to meet project objectives
Created business test cases, created and ran SQL queries to check correct calculations of Incremental Risk, Securitized Products calculations and issued warnings according business logic and rules
Logged identified defects into HP quality Center and followed up to insure defects are fixed and can be closed, provided test completion reports
Attend project meetings to report on status of testing, communicate issues, implement QA standards and policies, and communicate QA schedule
Provided test matrixes and test completion reports
Generated daily reports for Incremental Risk Charge Calculation, analyzed numbers using Excel Pivot tables, distributed results among business users
Created operational manuals to describe full process from data selection till report analysis for end users
Environment: Windows 2000/XP, Oracle, n-tier Java/Oracle environment,SQL 8, Excel 2003, HP Quality Center 10, SharePoint
PWC / BMO, Toronto
Online Brokerage (Nesbitt Burns), Senior QA Analyst Feb 2010- June2010
Retail portfolio management system – application for managing financial portfolio and online trading
RESPONSIBILITIES
Worked closely with Business Analysts and developers to analyze gaps in business requirements and update existing test cases for regression cycle after new components were implemented
Testing of GUI for Portfolio asset allocation page, index and equity research pages, orders placement
Verified Lipper’s information for Mutual funds at the back end - created and ran SQL queries in TOAD
Logged identified defects into HP quality Center and followed up to insure defects are fixed and can be closed
UAT testing with business users
Environment: Windows 2000/XP, HP Quality Center 10, Oracle, SQL, QTP, Toad, Oracle 10g, SharePoint,Java
INTACT (ING), Toronto
P&C Insurance, Senior QA Analyst/ QA Project Lead July 2007 – Nov 2009
BI Enterprise Data Warehouse ETL
The focus of testing: ETL, data transfers, data feeds, data mapping, functional verification of the business and transformation rules through data migration, data validation, UAT
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Liaising with Business users and technical people to analyse requirements for replacement of old
Mainframe system with the new one as a data source
Worked closely with Business analysts to analyze data harmonization rules through data migration and to define data cleansing requirements
Analyzed requirements for replacement of the multiple sources of reporting to external organizations and internal business units with Data Warehouse as the source
Identified the test strategy and test approach, guidelines for testing process
Developed test plans and business test cases that meet project objectives and user’s expectation
Created SQL statements to retrieve and test data after migration
track and prioritize defects, participate in release decisions and establish measures of test efficiency, effectiveness and product readiness. Conducted defect meetings and meetings with audit people
Support of business users in UAT
Environment: Windows 2000/XP, SQL, Informatica, Java, n-tier Java/Oracle environment, Toad for Oracle 9.6.1.1, Rational ClearQuest, ClearCase, Lotus Notes, Oracle 10g
CIBC, Toronto
Online Brokerage, Senior QA Analyst Sept 2006 – June 2007
New additional functionalities for Web based Brokerage applications
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development of System Integration test plan for new release, determine test data requirements and resource estimates for brokerage front end application
Preparation of test scripts and perform functional, non-functional and regression test execution
Data validation in ADP (Back Office) and online verification of correct information
Browser testing (different combinations of browsers and OS)
Bug tracking with EMPIRIX e-Manager Enterprise and Mercury Quality Center 9
Providing leadership support and training for the younger team members
Environnent: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Java, Mainframe -ADP, Internet Explorer, JIRA, Empirix e-Manager Enterprise 8, Mercury Quality Center 9, SharePoint
MONERIS SOLUTIONS, Toronto
QA/Developer May 2006-Aug 2006
NABE BI conversion PROJECT – the implementation of new North American backend system (NABE) for processing of debit and credit RBC cards transactions (daily and monthly loads) and replacement of current Moneris data mart databases sourced from existing backend systems with a single Moneris Data Mart (MDM).
RESPONSIBILITIES
Setup of QA environment in SQL server – create tables, create and execute stored procedures to populate tables (daily and monthly loads), develop scripts to validate data (SIT and regression testing)
Creating of test documentation (data mapping, test cases, traceability matrix)
Data validation, log and retesting of defects encountered during the testing process
Environment: Windows XP, UNIX, Oracle, n-tier Java/Oracle environment, MS SQL 2000, Mercury Quality Center 9, Informatica
PERIMETER FINANCIAL, Toronto
BA/QA Analyst Jan 2006 - Apr 2006
ABACUS ENHANCEMENT PROJECT – New additional functionalities in Web based application for financial derivatives and trading room activities
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development of test plan and test cases (SIT, Regression, UAT cycles)
Testing of business functionality and usability, performance load/stress and benchmarking testing
Bug tracking in Bugzilla
Environment: Windows XP, Internet Explorer, BugZilla 2.1.6.3, Java
HEWITT, Toronto
BA/QA Analyst Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
ANNUAL TAX REPORTING PROJECT – Tax adjustments for the different pension plans of HOOPP employees
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development of business test matrix to validate real results against expected according business requirements
Creating of test plans and test scenario, testing of TAX reports
Environment: Windows XP, Mainframe TSO, JCL, DB2, SQL, Crystal Reports; Lotus Notes
HOOPP’s, Toronto
Senior QA Analyst Apr 2005 - Jul 2005
DATA CONVERSION PROJECT (ETL) -BI
Conversion of old database currently residing in the mainframe system to the new SQL environment
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development and execution of test scripts– SQL queries- according new business rules to verify correct transformation and load of old data to the new database (Regression, UAT)
Data validation, log and retesting of defects encountered during the testing process (TestDirector)
Environment: Windows 2000, MS SQL 2000, TestDirector 7.6 (now HPQC)
CIBC, Toronto 2003-2005
Wealth Management Technology (Wood Gundy), Test Analyst Sep 2004 - Apr 2005
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONVERSION PROJECT –
Conversion of Financial Indicator (FI) and Relationship Management System (RMS) portfolio data (shares and bonds) currently residing in the 2 different databases (DB2) to the new Portfolio Management system consolidated SQL database environment with PortfolioPlus Web based front-end application (3rd party vendor – SUNGARD)-. Project to integrate new IT technologies and Commercial off The Shelf (COTS) 3rd party solutions
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development of detailed test plan and work schedule coordination (UAT)
Development and execution of SQL queries to verify correct data conversion
Data validation at the Back Office and online verification of accurate conversion
Preparation and execution of test scripts for different business scenario
Bug tracking with EMPIRIX e-Manager Enterprise
Supervision for intermediate testers
Environment: Windows 2000, Mainframe, DB2, MS SQL Server 2000; PortfolioPlus, FI, RMS; Empirix e-Manager Enterprise 8
Customer Information System, Test Analyst Feb 2004 - Jun 2004
CUSTOMER INFORMATION EXCHANGE and ENHANCEMENT PROJECT – New additional functionalities in Customer Information Management System
RESPONSIBILITIES
Preparation of input files and execution of business functional test cases on Mainframe to ensure correct business process (Regression, UAT)
Online validation of customer information in COINS along with verification of reply messages and batch reports
Bug tracking with BUG Collector (Web) and INFOMAN (Mainframe)
Supervision for coop students
Environment: Windows 2000/NT; Mainframe TSO, JCL, DB2; COINS, CIE Test Tool, BUG Collector
Wealth Management Technology (RRSP), Test Analyst May 2003 - Dec 2003
RRSP DATA CONVERSION PROJECT (ETL) -Conversion of RRSP data (DISA and GIC’s accounts) currently residing in the Mainframe to new database environment (3rd party vendor –CGI).
RESPONSIBILITIES
Development of business cross-reference test matrix to ensure full test coverage according requirements
Data validation and verification of accurate customer conversion along with associated plans and assets in CORE 3.4 against COINS
Bug tracking with Merant
Environment: Windows 2000/NT; Mainframe, TSO, DB2; CORE 3.4, COINS, IDEA, MERANT
Card Product Division, Test Analyst Jan 2003 - May 2003
DATA VALIDATION TESTING for Data Warehouse to ensure Data Marts contain correct data after conversion from mainframe to SQL Server–
-Development and execution of SQL statements, verification against source files on mainframe, bug tracking
Environment: Windows 2000/NT, Mainframe, TSO; MS SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9, MS Access 97/2000, Toad, TestDirector 7
KPMG, Toronto
Senior QA Analyst Jan 2001 - Nov 2002
PROJECTS:
PEAT-Commercial off The Shelf 3rd party solutions (COTS)– an integrated system built on combined
Web-based and client-server architecture with People Soft (version 7.5) and Oracle (8.1).
Budgeting and reporting - Financial reporting tool used to produce the Firm’s financial statements, and prepare various financial analyses using the Retrieve MS Excel functionality.
Environment: MS Windows NT/2000, Novell; MS Office 97/2000; People Soft 7.5, Citrix; Oracle 8.1, MS Access 97/2000, Visual Basic, HTML; Crystal Reports, WinRunner 7
EDUCATION
Certificate in Quality Assurance, “Information Technology Alliance Academy”, Toronto, 1999
Master in Geography, Moscow State University
REFERENCES: Available upon request.