QA Team Lead - Core Banking

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

On-site Testing Lead with 16 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in banking domain

Over 12 years of experience on Fidelity projects (http://www.fisglobal.com/aboutfis-contactus).

Substantial experience in requirement analysis, writing functional specifications, implementing & testing core retail banking software.

Certified Software Test Engineer [CSTE] from QAI.

Extensive experience in requirement analysis, writing functional specifications, implementation, testing and postproduction support of core retail banking software.

Exposure to both HOST based and WEB based applications.

Extensive experience in SQL and JIRA

Bachelor of Commerce degree, specializing in Financial Accounting and Auditing (I Class) Year: 2000 Institution: Mumbai University, India

Experience using Attachmate, Putty and WinScp on UNIX systems.

STRENGTHS

Proven analytical and outstanding problem solver, good interpersonal and communication skills.

Dedicated and self motivated with ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams as well as independently.

Experience working in complex assignments and fast paced banking environment.

Achievement oriented with excellent communication & interpersonal skills.

Detail-oriented, multi-tasked, strong, learning and organizing skills matched with the ability to manage time and people effectively.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Substantial ONSITE experience in working for a list of different clients as follows

AXA bank (Belgium)

ING Direct bank (United Kingdom)

E*Trade Bank (USA)

Post Bank (ING-Netherlands)

Charles Schwab Bank (USA)

Ally Bank (USA)

MetLife (USA)

TIAA Bank (USA)

Ameriprise (USA)

Nationwide (USA)

Morgan Stanley (USA)

TOOLS

SQL

JIRA

Unix

Putty

DbVisualizer

WinScp

Attachmate

Beyond Compare

WORK EXPERIENCE

I.

Firm

Compunnel Software Group

Designation

Sr. QA Team Lead

Period

August 2015 – till date

Company Profile:

Compunnel Software Group is a leading global technology services company focused on delivering highly effective solutions based on proven practices with successful outcomes for nearly 20 years. Headquartered in New Jersey, we also have a strong business presence in the UK and other parts of Europe as well as a state-of-the-art development facility in India

Responsibilities:

Following are the wide range of responsibilities, which I was exposed to on the various projects.

Primary point of communication for testers.

Coordinates team of testers and activities across all modules.

Offshore work allocation and coordination.

Test plan Review for different system areas.

Works with the Project Manager and other technical leaders to establish time tables and agree on a Quality Assurance plan for various releases

Ensure that QA process is documented and communicated and adequate to ensure agreed quality levels for the application.

Ensure traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are tested.

QA issue prioritization and resolution facilitation.

Bug Administration.

Provide training and assistance to testers to ensure they are following testing and defect reporting processes.

Weekly status updates to the project manager

Handling Conference calls between Onsite-Offshore.

Bug-Fix testing

Post-production support

II.

Firm

Capital Consultancy Services [Accenture company]

Designation

QA Team Lead / Onsite coordinator

Period

February 2005 – August 2015

Company Profile:

Capital Consultancy Services is a third party vendor, which provides consulting services and resources to Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS). FIS is a leading provider of core financial institution processing, card issuer and transaction processing services, mortgage loan processing and related information products and outsourcing services to financial institutions, retailers, mortgage lenders and real estate professionals.

Responsibilities:

Following are the wide range of responsibilities, which I was exposed to on the various projects.

Primary point of communication for testers.

Coordinates team of testers and activities across all modules.

Offshore work allocation and coordination.

Test plan Review for different system areas.

Works with the Project Manager and other technical leaders to establish time tables and agree on a Quality Assurance plan for various releases

Ensure that QA process is documented and communicated and adequate to ensure agreed quality levels for the application.

Ensure traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are tested.

Oversees, point of escalation for the Jira (defect tracking) database for all testing phases (update, follow-up and escalate overdue issues).

QA issue prioritization and resolution facilitation.

Bug Administration.

Provide training and assistance to testers to ensure they are following testing and defect reporting processes.

Work with Development / BA teams to improve quality assurance capabilities and improve testing processes.

Weekly status updates to the project manager

Handling Conference calls between Onsite-Offshore.

SIT

UAT

Bug-Fix testing

Post-production support

III.

Firm

Polaris Software Lab Ltd

Designation

Testing Analyst (Banking Software-Trade)

Period

October 2003 to January 2005

Company Profile:

Polaris Software is a global software house providing high quality products and customized information technology (IT) solutions to Corporate Banks, Retail Banks, Private Banks, Investment Banks, Credit Card companies, Brokers, Mutual Funds, Transfer Agents and non-banking financial companies in as many as 73 countries.

Polaris Software Lab is the world's first CMMi (Capability Maturity Model Integrated) Level 5 Company, certified by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in the US

Job Description:

Working in System Testing department as a Testing Analyst from October 2003.

Responsibilities:

Testing various up gradations and enhancements.

Test plan writing for different system areas.

Testing for the median version of Orbi-Billing.

Testing for different versions of Orbi One Trade

Testing for the median release of Orbi-Online.

Training new recruits.

Requirement gathering.

Bug Administration.

Setting targets for the team, estimation and real time tracking of the work assigned.

Testing client specific Fix’s and enhancements.

Weekly Time-Sheet assessments for tracking the team’s effort & reporting the same to the PM.

Build / Release Management (Backup Resource)

Matrix preparation and reporting.

IV.

Firm

Capital Consultancy Services

Designation

Testing Analyst (Banking Software)

Period

November 2002 – October 2003

Job Description:

Working in Corporate Quality Control department as Testing Analyst from November 2002.

Responsibilities:

Testing various Versions up gradations and enhancements.

Test plan writing for different system areas.

Testing for different versions of Profile Banking software.

Training new recruits.

Also involved in Rapid Response client specific Fix’s and enhancements.

3rd iteration Web client and Web CSR testing for Schwab Bank.

Requirement gathering.

Bug Administration.

Handling Conference calls between Onsite-Offshore.

Setting targets for the Team, Estimation and real time tracking of the work assigned.

Weekly Time-Sheet assessments for billing purposes.

V.

Firm

Infrasoft Technologies Ltd

Designation

Senior Software Executive (Banking Operations)

Period

August 2000 – November 2002

Company Profile:

Exclusively focused on Banking Industry, providing Customized Solution to more than 25 banks both nationalized as well as Co-operative.

Job Description:

Customized implementation, on site debugging and Support of the above packages.

Responsibilities:

Carried out Implementation and support activities in various nationalized and co-operative banks

Demos of the above Software Packages.

GAP analysis for version up gradations.

Imparted On-site Training to new customers from time to time.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Commerce (I Class) from Mumbai University.

Diploma in software engineering (C.M.C).

Cleared the Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE) exam conducted by QAI, USA in June'2004.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Mobile number: 1+484-***-****

E-Mail: *******@*****.***

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