Software QA Engineer

Profile

Over five years of extensive, diversified experience in quality assurance of software development life cycle (SDLC) specializing in quality assurance processes and methodologies

Experience in interacting with engineers, developers, and technical support personnel in aiding them on Baseline requirement specifications

Excellent skills in testing Web based and Client/Server applications primarily in Financial domain

Exposure to Real Time Trading Systems and experience in Equities, Options, FX trading systems and Fixed Income

Solid knowledge of Counterparty Risk/Credit Risk and measurements PFE, EE, Value-at-Risk and Greeks

Good Knowledge of FIX Protocol

Extensive experience in Manual Testing & with Automated Tools using QTP/UFT, QC/ALM, and Load Runner

Interest and experience in Capital Markets including Stocks, Bonds, Options and other Derivatives

Functional knowledge of Equity Order Management in Electronic Trading Systems through Front office applications

Worked closely with Development, Business and User groups to ensure that the product meets functional, quality, performance, scalability, privacy, security & usability

Participated and contributed in all phases of Waterfall and Agile/Scrum Methodology

Performed manual testing extensively - primarily Smoke, Integration, Functional, Regression, GUI, Backend, web and compatibility testing

Well-versed in various systems testing concepts such as positive/negative testing, data-driven test, boundary value analysis, effort estimation and work breakdown structure

Expertise in generating Test Cases and User stories based on product design documentation, requirements and business needs and following SDLC

Expertise in creating bug reports using tools like Test Director, Clear Quest, HP QC/ALM, Jira and MS Visual Studio/Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Knowledge and experience with UNIX/LINUX and Windows platforms for back end testing

Extensive experience in writing SQL Queries, UNIX commands and working on various operating systems

Professional Experience

Bank of New York Mellon

Brooklyn. NY

QA Analyst

December 2014 to Present

Project:

Workbench is BNY Mellon Asset Servicing's Web-based product for institutional clients, their investment managers, and consultants. It is an integrated site on the Web which includes a variety of intellectual properties, a comprehensive reporting engine, an online real-time inquiry tool, and a trade notification module. I worked on Portfolio Details module which lets users dive deeper into their investment information. Within Portfolio Details, I extensively wrote test cases on Holdings, Account Activity, Estimated Income and Investment Objectives.

Responsibilities

Reviewed functional specifications, wrote test scenarios and test cases

Responsible for testing the GUI application, business logic, functionality

Assured designed test cases cover all business requirements within the agreed scope

Performed Manual and Black-box testing, Functional Testing, end to end, GUI, integration, Cross-Browsers/Platforms, Exploratory and regression testing to test the functionality of the modules on the application.

Executed tests as documented in the test case

Utilized HP QC/ALM to develop, organize, and manage all phases of testing life cycle

Authored complex SQL queries for validating updates, inserts and deletions from multiple database tables

Performed negative testing, error/bug retests and usability, GUI, system, regression and functional testing

Performed targeted and full regression tests based on feature complexity and risk factors in a continuously integrated environment

Documented problems found during test on the quality center and communicated the encountered issues to responsible QA Manager

Performed QA reviews for trade tickets with verification of information against source data

Ensured comprehensive test coverage by understanding test scope and approach of dependent QA groups

Logged and prioritized defects; performed root cause analysis to provide suggestions regarding process improvements and to avoid repeat issues

KPMG Montvale, NJ

QA Engineer

January 2013 to December 2014

Project:

Partner Track is the web based proprietary tool intended to enhance partner usage and improve Audit efficiency through the repurposing of data and improved ability for workflow customization. It is designed to help partnership to deal with tax data and to tier data to generate tax returns and K-1s with a single easy to follow automated process.

Responsibilities:

Created Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on the Business documents and Functional requirement

Executed test cases manually to check GUI and Functional features of the Application under test, compared and analyzed actual with expected results and logged all deviations

Verified the validity of a solution from an end-to-end testing and end-user perspective by querying database to make sure that the values are saved in right tables

Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, End-to-End Testing and Regression Testing for different builds

Extensively used MYSQL for Database testing

Authored complex SQL queries for validating updates, inserts and deletions from multiple database tables

Used Traceability matrix to ensure complete test coverage

Maintained and updated scripts for regression Test Suite to effectively manage the testing process

Performed tests and the test results updated in the Detail Test Case Report on daily basi

Active involvement in troubleshooting performance issues with the IT team

Solid experience working with Agile methods in Agile environment

Actively discussed raised issues in the Sprint retrospective meeting

Provided status report on daily basis

Wrote clear and concise defect reports and validated fixes

EZE Software Group Boston, MA

QA Engineer

November 2011 to December 2012

Project:

RealTick EMS, a client/server platform, provides traders with advanced tools to help identify and capture stock, options and FX trade opportunities, and gain greater execution and investment performance across liquidity pools and markets, plus dynamically manage positions, portfolios and risk across multiple asset classes and brokers.

Responsibilities:

Understand requirements and specifications in order to create and carry out efficient test cases

Subject Matter Expert (SME) in equity, options, spreads and other complex derivatives

Manipulate databases through SQL in order to gather information, construct reports, and produce results

Communicate with Product Management and Development to solve complex issues

Learn the interworking of information databases and how data is passed between programs and services

Analyzed complex business requirements for upcoming releases, created test scenarios for change requests and functionalities added in new builds

Responsible for testing the Message Monitor, QuoteBoard, Montage Monitor, OrderSearch

Verified the validity of a solution from an end-to-end testing and end-user perspective by testing trade blotter, confirmation email by both parties and querying database to make sure that the values are saved in right tables

Verified FIX Protocol tags

Logged bugs and worked with Developers in resolving them

Retested and closed bugs after they had been resolved

Kept clear records of all bugs identified, producing progress reports on a regular basis

Ensured all regression scripts are kept up to date in accordance with specified functionality

Updated all regression documents when new functionality is released

Executed regression test cases as part of overall build process

Gained knowledge of main categories of financial instruments such as derivatives, equities and debt

Defect report tracking

Actively participated in defect triage meetings and supported the test efforts in implementing the expected functionality

Extracted the required data using SQL and tested the test data

Participated in team meetings and process enhancement meetings

Technical Skills

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows, Unix/Linux, iOS

Browsers

Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Safari, Chrome

Methodologies

Agile, Waterfall

Architecture

Client/Server, Multi-tier/Web based application

Testing Tools

HP Quick Test Pro/UFT, LoadRunner, QC/ALM, Jira, SOAPUI, Mobile

Database

RDBMS: MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle

Communication Tools

Microsoft Lync 2010, SnagIt, Communicator (IM), MS Outlook 2013

Applications

RealTick EMS, LINK Partner Track, Workbench

Education Bachelor's degree

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