Haamed Yarkhan (B.A. CSTE)
(C): 647-***-**** (H): 905-***-****
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Professional Summary
Certified Software Tester (CSTE from QAI) with 12+ years experience in Software Quality Assurance (Manual and Automation testing) in finance/banking domain.
Excellent experience in analyzing interpreting Business Requirement (BRS/BRD), System Specifications (SRS/SDS). Can raise Gap Analysis and Clarification document.
Test Plan, Test Strategy, Testability Matrix, Risk Analysis, Test Scenario, Test Traceability Matrix, Test Conditions, Test Scripts, Test Cases, Test Cases (derived from System and Business Use Cases), Test Data, Test Data requirement and conditioning, Data Imaging, Defect Management, Project Status (Test summary Report), Sign Off, (Artifacts and Deliverables)
Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, QA methodologies including Agile and Defect management
Strong experience of System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance (UAT), BAT/PAT (Business Acceptance Test), Production Fixes, Change Request
Experienced in Testing: Mainframe Applications (Green screen, MVS, ISPF, TSO, JCL - Good understanding of COBOL, VSAM, CICS and Mainframe Services), Web, Web Services, GUI (front end), TS2 TSYS, ETL(Extract, Transform and Load- used), EDW/Data warehousing, SAS Reports, MSBI Reports (Portal dashboard), ATM/ABM, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Data base (Oracle, DB2)
Good understanding of ETL Mapping document, database schemas and TS2 TSYS Docline
Worked on Projects such as:
oCredit Cards: (Website: Rewards Points), Product Change, Balance Protection Insurance, Chip credit cards, ATM/ABM for Credit Card Transaction Authorization, TS2 TSYS verification, SAMS Portal, Upgrade Browsers IE6 to IE8, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Web Agent (online bank), Deposit Accounts, AML for Deposit Accounts, GIC Purging, Mutual funds (Mainframe Database test)
Worked in departments:
oTD BOSS / CAMS
oBMO Corporate Data Management-Anti Money Laundering - SAS AML Report and MSBI reports (Portal dashboard)
oBMO OSFI-K Project (Government Regulatory compliance) and FACTA
oTD MBNA Credit Card integration
oCIBC Retail Banking Shared Services, CIBC CIF Management, Mutual Funds, GIC, Deposit Accounts, Visa, Trillium notifications (3rd party application) etc.
Can work comfortably with onshore and off-shore testing teams and other stakeholders
Can develop Data driven and Key word frameworks in HP QTP.
Technical Skills
Test Tools and other technologies Used
HP QC ALM, HP QTP/UFT (Unified Functional Testing)-Regression, VB Script, JIRA, Test Director, SAMS Portal, DB2, Oracle, TOAD, Ms Access database (RDBMS), Attachmate Extra, CIE (Customer Information Exchange) Services, Test Harness Mainframe Services, Mainframe (TSO Green Screen, ISPF, JCL), FTP, TS2 TSYS, SQL, AQT (Advanced Query Tool), Aginity Workbench for Netezza, SQL Server Management Studio, XML, HTML, XML SPY and other testing tools
Experience in detail:
TD Bank (Apr 2016 to Jun 2016)
Job Title: Test Quality Specialist (Contract completed)
Gathered, analysed and interpreted Business Requirement
Worked on Test Plan development, Test Scenarios, Test Cases for BAT and E2E, performed walk through
Data conditioning in TS2 TSYS -(Web-Rewards Points, Product Change, Balance Protection Insurance)
Executed test cases, validated defects, conducted Triage calls
Verified reports in SAMS Portal
Worked closely with 3 resources (offshore-onshore)
Developed excellent working relationships with various technology teams and business teams
Tata Consultancy Services TCS (Mar 2014 to Feb 2016)
Bank of Montreal (BMO) (Mar 2014 to Dec 2015)
Project: Corporate Data Management (CDM)
AML MIS Reporting (SAS reports and MSBI Portal reports-dashboard)
Role: Quality Assurance Analyst – Coordinator (Assignment completed)
Analysed Requirement, Prepared Gap Analysis, Developed Test Plan, Test Scenario and Test Cases. Provided the estimate for QA tasks.
Tested AML SAS Report and AML MSBI Reporting (Portals). Verified reported data in Databases, ETL/EDW (Enterprise Data Warehouse), Norkom, Aginity Workbench for Netezza.
Worked on waterfall and Agile methodogies. Contributed to Epic and User Stories
Attended Production Fix, Change Requests and participated in BAT and UAT (internal clients)
Monitored Test execution and conducted Triage (Defect) calls and generated test reports
In OSFI-K AML project report from ETL/EDW, prepared Test Data and coordinated the Data Imaging with BMO Customer Connect and IDP team.
Worked closely with Users, Business Analysts, Developers, cross functional teams (Corporate Data Management - CDM) and AML MIS Reporting.
Comfortable to work with Offshore and Onshore resources. Monitored the work of 3 offshore Testers
ACCENTURE Inc (May 2012 – Dec 2013)
TD BANK (May 2012 – Sep 2013)
Project: TD MBNA Integration Program
Role: Quality Assurance - Operation lead (Assignment completed)
Analyzed SDS/SRS/BRD, prepared Gap Analysis, Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases
Worked on Test Data requirement, conditioning and imaging
Developed test cases for Transaction Authorization and maintained traceability Requirement (RTM)
Monitored the test execution, verified test results in TS2 TSYS for Credit cards (CHIP, Magnetic Strip, Online) transactions.
Validated the defects in HP QC ALM, and conducted Defect Triage calls.
Represented test team in Agile (Daily Scrum and Sprint Meetings) and contributed to User Stories
Generated test execution report and participated in Daily Test Execution meeting for various Capability groups at Test Command Centre
CIBC (Various Roles) (Sep 2002 to Mar 2012)
Test Coordinator / QA Lead (Jan 2009– Mar 2012)
Lead 5 resources for System Integration Testing (SIT), UAT, BAT/PAT, Production fixes and CR
Responsible for end to end functional testing and worked closely with Business and technology.
Analyzed Business Requirement (BRS or BRD), System Requirement Specifications (SRS/SDS). Prepared documents Clarification/Gap Analysis
Developed Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test Cases, Traceability Matrix, Test Data and imaging, Test summary Report. Conducted walkthrough for Test Documents
Tested Mainframe Applications (Green screen IMS, TSO, ISPF, SDSF), Mainframe Services, Verified data in back end (Oracle, DB2), Web, GUI (front end), Web Services, ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) tested data movement in all legs, ATM/ABM, Credit Cards (EMV), TS2 TSYS and databases
Lead Defect meetings and coordinated the defect resolution. Issued QA Sign off
Designated test team SME in Daily Scrum and Sprint Planning Meetings (Agile) and contributed to Epics and User Stories
Provided training (systems/procedural) to Coop Students and peers (onshore and offshore)
Senior Test Analyst (Aug 2005–Jan 2009)
Responsible for end to end functional testing. Senior QA resource on System Integration testing (SIT), User Acceptance (UAT), BAT (Business Acceptance Testing), Production Fixes, ETL Testing, Change Requests
Participated in Scrum and Sprint (TDD) Planning Meetings. Contributed to Epics and User Stories, and recommended acceptance criteria.
Analysed Business Requirement (BRS-BRD) and SRS. Performed GAP and Risk Analysis.
Developed Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Scenario, Test Matrix, Test Scripts, Test Cases (Manual and Automated), Test Cases (derived from System and Business Use Cases)
Test Data conditioning and requirement and Imaging
Defect Management, Defect Summary report, Test Execution report, Test summary, Sign Off, (Artifacts and Deliverables). Can interpret mapping document for ETL.
Tested Oracle and DB2 database (back end), Mainframe Applications (Green screen IMS, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, JCL), Web, GUI (front end), TS2 TSYS, Credit card, ATM/ABM, Mainframe services (CIE Attachmate) and Web Services (Using SOA and SOAP UI for Regression), Batch testing
Mentored team of 2 new Test Analysts and Co-op students (round the year)
Test Analyst (Sep 2002–Aug 2005)
Participated in end to end testing of SIT, UAT and BAT
Developed and executed Manual Test Cases in Test Director and Automated scripts in Win Runner
Manually tested English IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Web Agent (Agent Desktop) and e-forms for bank back office fulfillment (ADOBE and COGNOS) – SIT, BAT
Performed Shakedown, Executed Regression packages, Data conditioning and Imaging
Education:
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Osmania University, India
Certified Software Tester (CSTE Certificate # 21432) – QAI - 2010
Awards/Achievements/Membership
3 times CIBC Top Support Individual
CIBC Achiever Quarterly Individual Recipient
CIBC Adhoc Achiever – Test RCIF
CIBC Health and Safety Committee – 3 years
CIBC Test Council member – 6 years