Shareef Fahad

872-***-****)

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SUMMARY:

Having over 5+ years of experience as a QA Analyst and Sr.QA Tester in Financial, Retail and Healthcare domains.

Well experienced in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) such as Agile, Iterative, Waterfall and V-Model methodologies.

Experienced in testing using Mercury/HP Interactive Quality Center/Test Director,

Experienced in preparing Test Scripts, Test Cases and Test Data for Functional, Regression, Black Box, Back-End, UAT, Ad-Hoc, Positive and Negative Testing with the help of Equivalent partitioning and Boundary Value Analysis (Two or Three point System)..

Extensive experience in testing web services on different applications.

Excellent knowledge and working experience in creating testing strategies and execution for Web based and Client server Applications.

Driving Test Levels like Unit, Smoke, Sanity, Backend (database), Regression, Integration, Functional, System, and UAT etc. based on SLA

Extensive expertise in creating Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test cases from Business, Technical and Functional Requirement Documents.

Expertise in Jira (Zephyr) as a complete Test Management Tool for Management, Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Dashboard

Knowledge of using Quick Test Professional

Experienced in testing using Mercury/HP Interactive Quality Center/Jira

Execution of QA artifacts in a timely manner based on the component/ functionality releases

Experience in using Oracle, MS SQL Server and Sybase databases for Manual and Automation Testing.

Strong analytical and problem resolution skills.

Experience in working with 24x7 mission critical environment and efficiently to meet stringent deadlines.

Willingness to do whatever it takes to get the end-to-end job done

Strongly initiative, creative and able to learn new technologies and systems.

Strong in SQL including query, update, joins, and ability to summarize data points

Extensive experience of working and preparing the test strategy documents and implementing the same on all the phases of testing.

Experience including Test Plans, Test Cases, test summaries, SDLC, business process documentation

Great experience in organizing the daily and weekly meetings to check the status and keep track of all defects and work being completed.

Involved in Preparation of Documentation (User Manual, Configuration Manual), End user training and Designing Specifications, gathering information by interacting with different User Groups and Functional Architects.

Excellent Communication, Interpersonal skills with strong analytical ability and problem-solving capability.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Language

Visual Basic scripting, CAD, SQL, PL/SQL, Turbo C++ (including C Graphics and Database software development),

Testing Methodology

Agile, Iterative, waterfall, V model.

Test Management tools

Jira, Zephyr QC, Test Director, Ms Excel

Database & Tools

Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access.

Web Tools

HTML, XML, PHP, IIS, ASP.

Network Tools

MS Outlook, FTP, TCP/IP, Telnet.

Operating Systems

Windows 7/ VISTA/XP/NT

Workflow tools

MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, MS VISIO, ACCESS and SNAGIT

WORK HISTORY:

Citi Bank February 2022- September 2023

QA Analyst

Developed Test plan, Test cases, and Test scripts based on high-level and detailed designs.

Created and executed Test Cases for some of the modules of the application under test (AUT) using Jira.

Documented the daily defect status using Zephyr Testing Tool.

Responsible for defect tracking and management metrics, defects are logged and change requests are submitted using Zephyr.

Performed System, Functional, Regression, UAT and End to End testing to verify the functionality and the Business requirements.

Conducted traceability matrix between Requirements, design, use cases and test cases

Participated in the Test Case Peer Review to ensure test cases appropriately translate and map to requirements.

Regular interaction with developers, business analyst and Logic Unit Workgroup

Prepared documentation for all stages according to company standards.

Tracked and reported defect to different groups Via Zephyr

Implemented Test Case and Test Process with project time frames

Participated Weekly meeting and Daily 4.pm defect prioritization meetings.

Prepared Test summary report after every build Release and submit it to the Mangers

Participated in QA team meetings and walkthroughs for weekly QA Testing review.

Back End Testing using SQL queries and profiler on SQL Server’s.

Verified and Validated data files sent to vendors. Used Notepad++, Ultra Edit, Ultra Compare and Excel to verify and validate the data.

Organized meetings daily to get updates on Defects status and update Testing status to Project Manager

Update the Test results and Test execution Percentage to Project Manager for each Test Cycle- Functional Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression Testing, Parallel testing, and End to End Testing.

Prepared Test results document and Test sign-off document for each Test cycle- Functional Testing, Integration Testing and UAT.

Used Proxy functionality to login as different users and tested the scenarios and tested Security for Business users.

AIG (American International Group) March 2020- January 2022

QA Analyst/Tester

Attended design reviews, requirements sessions, core team meetings, and technical team meetings.

Coordinated in the development of the prototype of the complete system.

Understand business requirements and business operating processes/procedures to guide development of effective UAT deliverables that fully test impacted business and operational groups.

Facilitate creation of the UAT Test Strategy, UAT Test Plan, and execution schedule.

Compose test scenarios, cases, and related data.

Ensure UAT test scripts are aligned to the requirements.

Worked closely with the IT QA team, Development team, vendors and UAT testers (Business) to ensure that the testing is completed as per the agreed timelines and milestones.

Created the test strategy document while making sure everyone agreed and followed one formal testing plan.

Coordinated with Development team, vendor, and QA team to ensure UAT environment is ready for testing.

Organized and coordinated the plan for weekend testing as an when needed.

Partnered with business, operations, and training teams to ensure end-to-end operating model procedures are defined and tested.

Organized and facilitate team meetings especially with Development team and the functional team.

Discussed open defects with the Development team on day-to-day bases and made sure they are being addressed and marked as ready for test as soon they get fixed.

Worked on HP Quality Centre, Microsoft Office

Provided round the clock support to Business for running the UAT test scripts and monitoring the critical issues until it was successfully fixed and re-tested.

Participated in daily meeting to discuss data issues, defect analysis and resolution.

Involved in all major cycles and phases of the project from scope definition risk analysis to user acceptance testing and go-live process.

Treehouse Foods April 2018- February 2020

Quality Analyst/Tester

Responsible for gathering and documenting system requirements, design process, requirements specification, development.

Translated project objectives into team goals, QA strategies and scheduled tasks.

Collaborated closely with the development team to prioritize tests and defect fixes.

Design and develop the complete testing phase with all the teams from development, functional and business teams.

Tracked and reported task completion, accurate feedback, and product metrics/- initiate and evangelize quality management best practices.

Developed the test plan, test cases and test scripts.

Executed all the test cases manually while testing the application.

Worked on applications, tools, processes, and procedures needed to achieve high quality production services.

Worked across various teams in the organization (Development, functional and business)

Worked on defining, developing, maintaining test plans, escalating issues, defects, and risks as appropriate to ensure project stays on track; ensured the testing is complete and of high quality prior to release sign off.

Developed and maintained the process and procedures used to manage and test the regular update process or changes to the environment.

Communicated and documented processes and procedures resulting in product changes within the environment.

Identified automation opportunities; utilizing tools and methodologies to increase efficiencies in the QA process.

Working with Managers and business advisor to coordinate the security role and transaction testing to confirm and make sure the end-to-end process is working and ready for Go-Live.

Organized meetings on a weekly basis to get updates on Defects status and update Testing status to Project managers.

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