Test Cases Manager

CHRIS J. KIRON

***** ********* ***** ********** *******, MD 20886 Cell: 240-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Senior Software Engineer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

9+ years of QA and Test Automation experience in the IT industry and a key contributor in the testing efforts of application frameworks, Desktop application and a number of Web-based applications.

Vast Knowledge in entire Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – Requirement, Design and Analysis, Development, Testing, Deployment and Support phase.

In-depth knowledge of software QA methodologies and Waterfall, V-Model, Agile Scrum.

Experienced in Manual and Automated testing techniques, such as Black box, GUI, Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Back end and User Acceptance Testing.

Experienced in using HP ALM/ Quality Center/TestDirector to communicate and coordinate software bug fixes, change requests, and supports high level of communication among the testers, developers and managers

Extensively experienced on HP ALM/ Quality Center to write Test Cases, Execute Test Cases, Log Defects, Track Defects and Prioritize Defects.

Experienced in Defect tracking, reporting reviewing and analyzing test result using JIRA and ALM/Quality Center.

Hands on experience in Data Manipulation, Defining Components and in writing SQL queries.

Experienced in performing Back end testing by writing and executing SQL queries

Experienced with working in Strategic Outsourcing contracts and in projects with teams in different geographies.

Experienced in participating in various meetings, walkthroughs, and inspections and close interaction with business analysts, developers and clients for better understanding of requirements, functionality and business processes for testing of the application.

Excellent in oral and written communication skills.

EDUCATION

Pursuing Degree of Bachelor in Science, Information Systems

Montgomery College, Rockville MD

CLEARANCE

Public Trust Clearance Issued 2015

SKILLS

Testing Tools

ALM, Quality Center, UFT, QTP, TestDirector, JIRA

Programming Languages

C/C++, JAVA, SQL, PL/SQL, PHP, VB

Database

SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle, DB2

Internet

HTML, XML, Java Script, VBScript, SOAP, Web Services, Web Logic, IE, Firefox

Operating Systems

Windows, UNIX, LINUX

JOB EXPERIENCE

Intercontinental Hotel Groups, Amadeus

Xdin

April 2016 to Current

QA Lead/ Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

Developed test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports on multiple area of the project varying size.

Execute test cases within identified time frames, within test environments and test data with high degree of accuracy.

Perform testing and validation on reporting.

Review functional specification requirements documents to ensure that requirements are testable.

Lead and mentor QA team members on shore and off shore

Managing and evaluating personnel.

Review test deliverables, defects, test results created by team members.

Create reports and test metrics as requested by testing manager.

Document and report system defects to the project team.

Identify and communicate business risks relative to testing and implementation for evaluation by project teams.

Ensure that defects uncovered in the test are recorded, summarized and utilized in post project reviews in an effort to improve the development and test processes.

Provide formal status to Test Manager/Project Manager and ensures that work is carried out in accordance with the schedule and testing requirements.

Provide estimates and feedback to the Testing Manager/Project Manager for project scheduling purposes.

Participate in staff meetings to share the results of research on testing techniques, process and procedures.

Environment: HP ALM, SOAP UI, JIRA, MOBAXTERM, HTML, ORACLE, UNIX, Windows, MS Office Suite, WinApproach

Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C

Accenture

August 2015 to April 2016

Software Engineering Senior Analyst

Responsibilities:

Lead effort on gathering requirements, design, and testing activities for the client's program, including the Operations and Maintenance and Enhancements releases.

Lead efforts on test execution, documentation creation and updates, user acceptance testing support, and deployment support.

Responsible for end user and IV&V client testing support.

Lead calls between Functional Team, O&M Team, and Client

Perform Functional, Regression, System and UAT testing

Environment: ALM, SOAP UI, JIRA, SPLUNK, HTML, Java, ORACLE, UNIX, Windows, MS Office Suite, Oracle Web Content Management, Google Analytics

Sirius XM/ Nissan

Accenture

October 2014 to July 2015

Software Engineering Senior Analyst

Responsibilities:

Key player towards successful launch of Telematics program.

Performed technical integration testing of a mission critical application developed by the client.

Lead efforts of Test Cycle Planning, Creating and Updating Test Scripts. Coordinated test execution with multiple internal client and external vendor teams.

Solely responsible for Test Data creation, Management, and Distribution for Integration Team.

Coordinate efforts to onboard offshore team.

Provide Client Knowledge Transfer sessions prior/post launch.

Conduct triage sessions with internal testing and development teams for Defect resolution.

Provide Leadership with Daily Reports for Integration Team Metrics.

Create Documentation for System Integration Team processes. Testing Practices: Regression, System Integration, and Functional.

Environment: HPQC, SOAPUI, SQL, XML, PUTTY, WINSCP

STRATUS Solution, Inc.

April 2014 to September 2014

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Provide onsite Spirent iTest training deliverables to various clientele

Implemented the installation and configuration of entire company network infrastructure

Responsible for the design, security, configuration, and maintenance of networks to ensure communication performance and reliability.

Performed the integration and execution of functional performance test to verify the requirements and communicated results to the development and management team.

Installed and configured virtual environment using ESXi and VMware vSphere Client for internal and external use.

Planned future deployments, deliveries, and scheduling.

Reported daily status to leadership team and mitigated discrepancy reports and issues encountered in the system acceptance testing environment.

Installed, configured, and deployed virtual machines including Windows, Linux, Databases

Documented all installations and credentials for verification and data transfers

Established concrete and sandbox testing environments

Environment: Spirent iTest, VMware, Microsoft Server, VM ESXi

Department of Education, Washington, D.C

Sep 2011 to March 2014

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

Involved in developing Test plans and Test cases including detailed expected results.

Developed Test Cases by analyzing Business requirements, Functional specs and Use Case documents.

Recorded the deviations found during the development cycle and communicated to the client counterparts.

Maintained Traceability Matrix for requirements to test case and created a data load.

Created and managed test plan to assist overall test assignment, test cases and test scripts for the testing effort using ALM/Quality Center.

Executed test cases using ALM/Quality Center.

Coordinated with Development team for Bug fixing issues using ALM/Quality Center.

Performed Back-end testing using SQL queries

Performed Data Driven Testing with Quick Test Professional (QTP) to test the application for different sets of data.

Performed Functional, Regression, System and UAT testing using QTP.

Developed QTP Automation Script to generate the XML from all the VBS function libraries.

Performed Sanity testing, Integration testing, System testing and Regression testing by using QTP and VB Script Excel macro tools.

Actively participated in test case automation using a structured, keyword driven framework with QTP.

Involved in Both Keyword Driven and Data Driven automation framework demonstrations to all the stakeholders.

Documented the project sign off and other project closure activities.

Effectively communicated difficult/sensitive information.

Participated in design sessions and provide feedback on requirements and design specifications.

Created of the Quality Assurance and Test Strategy document that describes the technical and management approach to be followed for testing of the entire project.

Created Test Procedure document, which specifies step-by-step action for actual testing.

Environment: ALM, Quality Center, UFT, QTP, Visual Basic, SOAP UI, HTML, VB Script, Java, J2EE, ORACLE, UNIX, Windows, MS Office Suite.

SunTrust, Richmond, VA

Jan 2009 to Aug 2011

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Participated in the System Test Plan reviews, Test Scenarios, Test Cases Review and modified the documents with respect to the review comments.

Developed Test Plan, Test Cases/Test scripts and reviewed base lining of scripts with different Data sets as input.

Responsible for Executing and Maintenance of Automated and Manual Test scripts for utilities domain.

Analyzed Business Requirements and System Specification documents and created Test cases and executed Test cases in Quality Center.

Worked with Technical Team and Production Team in Isolating Defects and helping to resolve code/data issues using Quality Center.

Wrote SQL queries to test the oracle database and validate the data integrity.

Wrote test scripts for Functional testing & Regression testing procedure using QuickTest Pro.

Developed Function libraries, Shared repository, Descriptive programming, Recovery scenarios using QTP.

Involved in performing data validation from QTP.

Developed Environmental Variables, Startup Script, Driver Script, and Utility Functions using VB Script in QTP.

Modified the Automated QTP Scripts for regular release screen changes and to support regular functional changes.

Developed and Designed of a Hybrid Framework in QTP using VB Script.

Involved in authoring the Test Strategy and SOP for Test script automation.

Performed Cross browser testing is used on Internet explorer and Netscape navigator for browser compatibility.

Coordinated User Acceptance Test (UAT) processes and documented and addressed all the issues during the process.

Interacted with the development configuration and operation's team to ensure the quality of software to user expectations.

Created a QA summary document at the final stage project.

Attended review meetings and walkthroughs to discuss the status of the project.

Environment: HP Quality Center, QTP, Java, JavaScript, XML, Oracle, SQL, Windows, BugZilla.

CareFirst, Baltimore, MD

Jan 2007 to Dec 2008

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

Involved in requirements analysis reviews and working sessions to understand the requirements and system design.

Performed quality assurance reviews on all Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Performed GUI, Back end, Functional, Acceptance, System, Integration, Usability, and Regression testing during different stages of the application development.

Conducted sanity testing of the application based on user requirements.

Involved in developing detailed test plan, test cases and test scripts using TestDirector.

Experienced to work with TestDirector to create, manage and execute test sets.

Used TestDirector to track and report system defects and bug fixes.

Responsible in generating test reports for each new release in TestDirector, which keeps track of all the open and closed bugs.

Responsible to test and verify in Back end database tables with SQL Queries.

Responsible to test each new version of application for Regression testing.

Conducted Functionality and Regression testing using QTP during the various phases of the product development.

Customized QTP Scripts with Parameterization, Check Points, Library Files, Regular expression etc.

Customized the QTP Test as per the Test Case by using the VB-Script.

Test applications both in QA and Acceptance environment, by migrating test data stores between the environments.

Performed Quality Analysis on problem reports against software and the production system in order to confirm that problems truly exist and can be recreated for testing.

Environment: QTP, TestDirector,VB.NET, SQL server, Web Services, Oracle, Oracle Fusion Middleware, HTML, Windows, MS-Office and UNIX.

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