Natasha Lezhak

**** **** ** **. #*

Brooklyn, NY 11235

Phone: 917-***-****

E-Mail: acxtnf@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: A position of Quality Assurance Analyst/Lead utilizing automated and manual software testing methods.

Abstract: Resourceful, dynamic and motivated QA professional with 15+ years of progressive experience in Quality Assurance Leadership, Software Quality Testing, Project Management, Process Improvement, and Business Analysis. In-depth knowledge of SDLC, Agile/Scrum testing procedures, and Quality Assurance standards.

Trained in both manual testing and test automation methodologies for client/server and web-based applications.

Functionality, compatibility, reliability, load/stress, usability, installation, security and related test methodologies.

Skills: Rational Functional Tester, QFS, Selenium, PVCS Tracker, Jira, Test Track (including Test Case Management), Mingle, Soap UI, Unix, Microsoft Office, Share Point, Wiki, IQ, XML, Oracle SQL Developer, ETL, Business Intelligence Objects.

Work Experience

Invision Inc.(now MediaOcean), New York 09/06 – 08/16

Senior QA Analyst

Documenting and testing the software that provides high-level business solution for the communication and media industry.

Testing of the new projects developed in Java and .Net. using Web based and Client Server versions of the application.

Initiating improvements in the software quality assurance process that have resulted in increased quality, product stability and customer satisfaction.

Working closely with programmers utilizing the best practices of the test driven development.

Planning, coordinating and performing all necessary types of testing including unit, functional, and integration testing, load and performance testing.

Assisting in the definition and validation of business and design requirements in order to define use cases. Researching the QA Spikes assignments and delivering results to the Product owners.

Providing written and oral statuses of the projects to development and business groups and various levels of management. Creating Test Plans and Test Cases, providing consultations to the user documentation team, customer support/client services team, and automation team.

Writing and customizing hundreds of .DAT and XML documents for backend testing of an integration process with a 3rd Party vendor (WideOrbit).

Mentoring the newly hired QA and development team members.

ICAP Services, North America, Jersey City, NJ 01/05 – 09/06

Senior QA Analyst/Lead

Developing documentation including regression test scripts and tutorials for the QA Automation Team.

Creating Test Plans and Test Scripts for the Financial Products related to the Brokerage systems and Back Office Operations applications.

Development of the Regression Test Packs for the Electronic and Voice Broker applications, manual testing of the new Releases of the applications.

Documenting the test requirements and instructions for the Automated Test Team (for bugs tracking, verifications points, etc.)

Analysis of the Automated Testing Logs and Bug Reports to ensure the bugs are reported accordingly and are not related to the automation scripts failures.

Working on variety of platforms and environments using different types of applications user names to ensure the proper program behavior depending on the different systems and user types.

Reporting and tracking the problems using the PVCS Tracker tool.

Wall Street Systems (now ION), New York 01/99- 12/04

QA Analyst/Lead

Developing and performing of test cases, writing of testing documentation

Performing of Parallel, Regression, and System testing to ensure that functionality is working correctly, writing detailed test cases.

Screening incoming support requests, closing as many issues as possible, and turning over bugs to the appropriate Product Group.

Working with developers to resolve problems and issues that arise during testing, follow up where necessary

Writing reports and preparing documentation that relatively links to test cases developed. Creating on – line help documentation using Robohelp.

Preparing applications for trading shows and demos

Release of production ready functions

Working on variety of platforms, including NT, Solaris, HP, ALPHA VMS with different Databases (Oracle, Sybase, Access, flat files)

QA leadership in SW development department, establishing priorities in bug fixes and testing process, screening incoming support requests, manage the QA consultants group to keep pace with the workload

Education &Training

Advanced Data Concepts, NYC, NY

UNIX, Windows NT, Visual Basic, SQL and Oracle Tools.,

Taylor Business Institute, NYC, NY

Computer Accounting, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows 3.1

Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine

MS History & Social Sciences

Certifications

Member of American Society for Quality

Member of Project Management Institute

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

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