IFTEKHARUL ALAM (IFTE)
Westford. MA 01886
781-***-****(Cell.)
978-***-****(Home)
**********@*****.***
Professional Summary:
Strong QA testing and Management background comprises manual, automated and Web application Testing. Over ten years of experience in Software QA Testing, involved in different project by working closely with developers to improve quality of Software and to meet necessary business requirements and SDLC. I am well familiar with a variety of test methods, standards and tools along with JIRA, ClearQuest, SILK, Mercury Interactive's and Rational's test suites. I am able to make a difference in the work environment and am thrilled by the prospect of doing the research to understand complex and interesting technologies. Extensive experiences of Quality Engineering in Scrum/Agile environments. Comfortable to work both independently and as a team member with excellent communication skills.
Technical Skills:
Application
Software: Multi-tier applications, Microsoft-Office2010, PVCS
Web Server: WebLogic, WebSphere and Apache.
Database: Oracle 9i, Informix, SQL Server and MS Access 2010. SQLite
Operating
Systems: Unix & Windows
Language: C/C++, JAVA, TSL, VB and HTML.
Test Tools: TFS (Microsoft Test Foundation Server), HP Quality Center, JIRA, Zephyr, Rational Team Test 7.5, SQA Suite (SQA Robot), Rational ClearQuest, Silk Test, WinRunner 6.0, LoadRunner 6.5, e-TEST suite, Hammer (load test for telephony), VSS, TestRail, Trello, Fogbugz,
Networking: DNS, DHCP, WINS TCP/IP, FTP and Telnet.
HealthCare
(Bio-Medical /
Pharmaceutical): Device validations (IQ, CQ, PQ), FDA Regulations and Compliances, GMP, SOP.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Harvard University, Business Publishing Oct 2014 – Present
Lead and Sr. Software Quality Engineer
Watertown. MA
Responsibilities:
Managing effort through a dispersed team of SQA Engineers, domestic and offshore.
Oversee the development and execution of Test Strategy, Test Plans, Schedules, Test Execution, QA Artifacts such as test cases and status reporting
Attend and provide the QA activates to the Scrums meeting daily basis.
Provide tasks to the offshore team daily basis at night.
Actively participated in the fast lane and Sprint release in production environment.
Attend Third party meetings to review customer reported defects with technical support.
Ensure supporting teams communicate plans, project status, project risks and project metrics to all levels of the project team.
Forecast and manage resource plan by tying available resources to planned projects.
Manage the execution of all QA deliverables throughout the lifecycle.
Measure test coverage and effectiveness for all projects
Ensure adherence to QA Best Practices through all phases of the project life cycle.
Participate in department initiatives for process improvement
Design performance and stress tests to validate system capabilities and identify improvements to the testing process.
Provide project and group level reporting on the quality of project deliverables and the efficiency of processes.
ENV: Agile Process, Scrums, Windows 8, 9, 10, 11, FF 35.0.1, Chrome, JIRA, Zephyr and Handheld devices.
AspenTech Inc. Aug 2009 - Oct 2014
Lead, Software Quality Engineer (Permanent)
Burlington, MA
Responsibilities:
Closely worked with offshore and domestic SQA members.
Provide all technical information to the QA Engineers after developed the new feature stories
Helped developing the test cases according to the requirements.
Forecast and manage resource plan by tying available resources to planned projects
Work with development teams to build an understanding of QA and its' role in the project lifecycle
Partner with development teams and internal clients to plan for and execute test cases
Provide input for go/no-go decisions
Ensure the execution of all QA deliverables throughout the lifecycle
Ensure test coverage and effectiveness for all projects
Participated in department initiatives for process improvement
Participated actively to the Defect Triage meeting and finished the QA triaged
Attended three weeks Sprint Scrums meeting daily basis.
PHT Corporation June 2005 – Aug 2009
SQA Lead (Permanent)
Charlestown, MA
Responsibilities:
Worked on ePRO (Electronic Patient Reported Outcome) diary using logpad tool (handheld device).
Participated about 50 clinical trials applications. Also, worked on localization project and this product used in 60 different languages including nine Indian languages.
Worked on SitePad (tablet device) used by clinicians to transmit data via Ethernet, WIFI and Embedded 3.5/4G technology. Each sitepad supported up to 500 patients.
Represent QA data and proof of evidence to the FDA representative before approve any clinical trials for any pharmaceutical or biotech industries.
Provide all the supports of 21 CFR Part11 compliances of Electronic signatures.
Developing Unit Test Plans, Integration Test Plans, Process flow diagrams and Test Schedules
Assisting in the execution of Functional, System Testing, Usability, Regression Testing, Unit Testing and Integration Testing
Conduct and document risk assessment for gaps of completed validation documentation packages against existing standards.
Provide SQA services to assure successful validation of computer systems determined to continue to generate regulated data.
Developed Test Script Template with Validation Condition/Test Procedure and Expected Results, Tester’s Initials and Date of the Test for Unit Testing and Integration Testing.
Procedures, data sets, test scenarios, expected results, and acceptance criteria for the User Acceptance Testing process.
Provide services in achieving the 21 CFR Part 11 compliance in its System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
ENV: Windows OS, Palm handled devices, HP QC, FDA regulations and 21 CFR Part11 compliances.
Eliassen Inc. (Contract) Feb. 2001 – June 2005
Client: MarketMAX, a division of SAS (Feb. 2004 – June 2005)
Senior SQA Engineer and Offshore Project Lead.
Wakefield, MA
Responsible for:
Testing Business Rules and Functionality Testing, System Testing, Regression and Black Box Testing.
Planning and writing of Test Plan including Test Cases
Tracking and monitoring the PR (Bug) tracking system
Verifying customers issues immediately and coordinate accordingly.
Smoke testing for every release and patches.
Complete regression testing and documenting according to the schedule.
Actively involve coordinating issues with the developers.
Organize bug meeting every week and set up priorities according to the release.
Client: Spectel Inc. (Avaya Inc.)
Andover, MA (Feb. 2001 – Dec. 2003)
Senior QA Engineer
Responsibilities:
Developed test plans, cases, scripts and reports
Identify the requirements needed for test execution
Perform different type of testing
Test case System, Negative, Stress, Load, Volume,
Regression, UAT, Unit Testing, Black Box
Monitor and verify fixes of Incident (Bug) reports
Maintain and fix the Priorities for bugs and execution of Test Cases
Provide support in the lab maintenance and configuration
Assist in the coordination and execution of Multi-User tests
Ajilon Inc. (Contract) Mar. 2000 – Feb. 2001
Client: Meeting Maker® Inc. Sept. (2000 – Feb. 2001)
Waltham, MA
Automation QA Engineer
Responsibilities:
Contracted to review internal QA Department processes and provide recommendations for improving processes, such as SDLC.
Planning, writing the Test Cases.
Testing Business Rules and functionality testing: System Testing, Regression and Black Box Testing.
Track and monitor the PVCS (Bug) tracking system
Maintain and fix the Priorities for bugs and execution of Test Cases
Automate the entire application Test by using WinRunner 6.02
Extensively using the TSL coding.
Manually write the TSL coding for almost every functions.
Client: Neteos (Mar 2000 – Sept. 2000)
QA Engineer
Responsible for:
Testing Business Rules and Functionality Testing, System Testing, Regression and Black Box Testing.
Planning and writing of Test Plan including Test Cases
Tracking and monitoring the Incident (Bug) tracking system
Tracking and Querying the Test cases execution database (developed in MS Access) to create Reports
Maintaining and fixing the Priorities for bugs and execution of Test Cases
Automating the entire application Test by using Rational Team Test 7.5 suite.
Verification of the Secured socket layers, Firewall and Compatibility of the functionality Application on multi web Browsers using Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.
Advanced Software Solutions June 97 - Feb. 2000
Quality Assurance Analyst and Web Tester (Permanent)
Responsibilities include:
Preparation of Test Plan and Test Cases based on System Requirements and Business Requirements.
Performed different type of testing by executing Test cases such as: System, Negative, Stress, Load, Volume, Regression, UAT etc.
Extensive execution of SQL queries on Oracle tables.
Error Tracking through PVCS tracing system.
Report on Test assets & Set up the QA team Test Environment.
Preparation of Status Report describing number of test cases executed and their activities.
EDUCATION:
E-Commerce and IT
Courses taken towards MBA degree 2003
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Evaluated) 1997
University of Toronto, Canada
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering 1985
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS:
Certificate in Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology, Toronto, Canada
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE 4.0)
NT Server 4.o, NT Workstation 4.0, NT Network Essentials, NT Server Enterprise 4.0, TCP/IP, Internet Information Server 4.0,
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP + I)
Microcomputer Business Application Certificate Program
North York Board of Education, North York, Toronto
Computer Programming using JAVA
George Brown College, Toronto
References available upon request