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MUNIR AHMED

US Citizen, US BS Graduate, Active DoD Top Secret Clearance and IRS MBI Clearance Cleared

**** ******* ****** ********** **-22193, Tel: 571-***-****

E-mail: *****************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

US Citizen, US BS Graduate, Active DoD Top Secret Clearance cleared, Expertise in the area of Quality Assurance and Software Development as a Quality Analyst for over 18 years with full system software testing and development lifecycle (STLC/SDLC) including provide ‘Go-Live’ activities in the production, day to day activities for Requirements Gathering, Risk Analysis, Project Planning and Scheduling, Test Scripting, developing and maintaining Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test Execution, Debugging, Root Cause Analysis, Defect Tracking and Reporting in manual and automation testing process as well as deploying the components on web-based n-tier and client-server applications and sync the environments with databases in wide variety of industries including banking & finance and health & medical and Government.

Expertise:

Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in waterfalls/Agile Methodology

Experience in requirements analyzing using Data Flow Diagram (DFD), Collaboration Diagrams.

Involve in setting up test lab for manual functional and automation testing.

Involve in preparing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Traceability Matrix, and Defect Reports for UNIX and Windows platforms. Prepared test plan as per as IEEE829.

Knowledge of Capability of Maturity Model (CMM).

Expert in Manual Testing and Automated Testing of applications developed on various platforms including Java, J2EE, .Net, VB, UNIX, and Windows.

Proficient in Black Box, Functional, Positive, Negative, Smoke, Integration, System, Stress, Performance, Regression, Ad-hoc, User Acceptance (UAT), Database, End-to-End, Compatibility testing.

Involve in create Business Process Test Components by the using of business process testing tool that is introduced as a part of Quality Center.

Expert in Functional automation GUI Testing using Win Runner/ QTP/UFT/UI Path, Performance Testing by LoadRunner, defect tracking by using Quality Center (Test Director), ALM, PVCS Tracker, Team Track.

Expert in RDBMS Database querying, data manipulation and population using SQL and PL/SQL in Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase databases.

Expert in Database Testing, Data Manipulation using SQL queries and establishes Database connection.

Experience in formulating quantitative and qualitative analytical reports and graphs for management reviews.

Good communication skills, issue finding, solving and learning skills.

An enthusiastic, goal-oriented, problem solver and dependable team player.

Experience in focusing on delivering high quality, reliable results within aggressive deadlines, and meeting technical requirements.

Skills in Mentoring end users.

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

DoD Active Top Secret Clearance

MBI Clearance

Public Trust

Education:

College at Old Westbury, State University of New York

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Major: Management Information Systems GPA: 3.78

LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York

Degree: Associate of Science

Major: Business Administration GPA: 3.89

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS:

CompTIA Security+ SYO- 501 Certificate with ISO 17024 Standards and approved by US DoD to meet directive 8150/8570.01-M requirements, 02/2023

Professional Scrum Master Certified, 07/2023

RPA UI Path Certificate 04/2022

International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundation Level Certificate, 12/2014

Unified Testing Tool (UFT) Certificate, 09/2013

Quality Center ALM Foundations Certificate 06/2014

Oracle 10G Administration DBA Training 06/2012

SQL Server 2005 Administration DBA Training, 06/2011

Project Management PMP Training, 08/2008

Technical Skills:

Testing Tools

:

Mercury WinRunner,QuickTest Pro,, UI Path, LoadRunner, Quality Center(TestDirector),PVCS Tracker, TeamTrack, Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest, Test Manager, Quality Manager, Jira, Functional Tester, Selenium, JUNIT, TestNG

Databases

Cloud

:

Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS ACCESS, Toad

Azure, AWS

Web Technology

:

HTML,DHTML, XML, VB.NET,WebLogic,WebSphere

Operating System

:

UNIX/LINUX, Windows (XP/2000/NT/98)

Languages

:

TSL, SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, Java, Java Script, J2EE, Visual basic, VB Script, VB.Net

Network/Protocols

:

TCP / IP, FTP, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, FIX, SMTP

Version tracker

:

StarTeam, Team Track

Management Tool

:

MS Project, MS OFFICE SUITE

EXPERIENCE:

US Dept of State 02/2023 to Present

Washington DC

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester/Software Agile Test Engineer

Project: Application Scheduler (AS)

Environment: HTML, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Web Logic 8.1, Rational Rose, Oracle, SQL Server 2000, ALM, Jira, Selenium, Salesforce CRM, waterfalls/Agile, Microsoft Share Point, Windows XP

Responsibilities:

Analyzed for user requirements, business requirements, functional requirements, systems requirements, project plan, impact analysis, gap analysis, class diagrams, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, component diagrams, and deployment diagrams by interacting with Business Analysts, System Architects, Data Modelers, and Developers.

Created, implemented, and executed test plan, test cases, test scripts, test suites, test scenarios, test data, and tractability matrix based on the system requirement specifications, functional requirement specifications and business requirements specifications.

Involved in black box, GUI, smoke, boundary, positive, negative, functional, integration, regression, performance, stress, component, end-to-end system, ad-hoc, release, BUAT, business continuation, disaster recovery and user acceptance testing manually and using automated test tools.

Involved in setting up test environment, test data source, test cycle, release cycle, for functional, integration, system, and regression testing of the application.

Reported defect issues into the bug reporting/tracking systems and follow up with the development team until resolved the status of the defect accordingly using ALM/Jira

Performed data integration, data comparison and data validation for back-end testing by using SQL queries.

Developed the Functional scripts for the functionality of most commonly used panels, added logic with conditional statements, loops and arithmetic operators to create more powerful and complex tests through Selenium.

US Dept of State SA#15 07/2013 – 12/2022

Roslyn Virginia

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester/ Software Test Engineer

Project: GFMS

Environment: HTML, XML, C#, SOAP UI, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Web Logic 8.1, Windows XP, UNIX (Solaris 9), PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2000, AWS,ALM, UFT, RPA UI Path, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Jira, Azure, waterfalls/Agile, MS Excel, MS Word, Microsoft Share Point

Responsibilities:

Create Test Strategy, Executive Summary, and Meeting Minutes, Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Matrix, Traceability Matrix, Post Mortem Report, Release Notes, User Manuals, gather Test Requirements and ensured technical accuracy of all documentation corresponding to each module manually.

Agile methodology is followed throughout the project and all artifacts are generated for each discipline to facilitate risk analysis.

Ensure proper operation and identify and document gaps in the quality of the system.

Integration Test, Business Function Test, Negative Test, Regression, Installation, System testing, User Acceptance Test, User Interface Test, 508 Testing, Software enhancements, corrections and upgrades are performed on the application under test.

Perform API Testing using SOAP UI.

Work in multiple projects simultaneously within monthly release cycle.

Perform data integration, data comparison and data validation for back-end testing by using SQL queries in SQL *plus and Oracle SQL Developer tools.

Create functional test cases and test coverage and logged & analyzed defects and produced test reports and test documents in ALM.

Regression Test cases are automated by Descriptive Programming in UFT.

Transfer UFT Test Scripts by Descriptive Programming into UI Path.

Develop test framework using JUnit and Selenium Webdriver.

Create Automation Test Scripts. using Selenium

Internal Revenue Service 5/2012 to 06/2013

Lanham, Maryland

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester/Software Test Engineer

Project: PPACA

Environment: C#,HTML, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Web Logic 8.1, Rational ClearQuest, UNIX (Solaris 9), PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2000, Rational ClearCase 6.0, Rational Quality Manager, waterfalls/Agile,Rational Functional Tester, Microsoft Share Point, Windows XP

Responsibilities:

Analyzed for user requirements, business requirements, functional requirements, systems requirements, project plan, impact analysis, gap analysis, class diagrams, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, component diagrams, and deployment diagrams by interacting with Business Analysts, System Architects, Data Modelers, and Developers.

Created, implemented, and executed test plan, test cases, test scripts, test suites, test scenarios, test data, and tractability matrix based on the system requirement specifications, functional requirement specifications and business requirements specifications.

Involved in black box, GUI, smoke, boundary, positive, negative, functional, integration, regression, performance, stress, component, end-to-end system, ad-hoc, release, BUAT, business continuation, disaster recovery and user acceptance testing manually and using automated test tools.

Involved in setting up test environment, test data source, test cycle, release cycle, for functional, integration, system, and regression testing of the application.

Reported defect issues into the bug reporting/tracking systems and follow up with the development team until resolved the status of the defect accordingly using Rational ClearQuest.

Performed data integration, data comparison and data validation for back-end testing by using SQL queries.

Developed the Rational Functional scripts for the functionality of most commonly used panels, added logic with conditional statements, loops and arithmetic operators to create more powerful and complex tests.

Worked in multiple projects simultaneously within monthly release cycle.

National Science Foundation 9/2009 to 04/2012

Arlington, Virginia

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester / Software Test Engineer

Project: DIS

Environment: C#,HTML, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Web Logic 8.1, Rational ClearQuest, UNIX (Solaris 9), PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2000, Rational ClearCase 6.0, Rational Quality Manager, waterfalls/Agile, Rational Functional Tester, Microsoft Share Point, Windows XP

Responsibilities:

Analyzed for user requirements, business requirements, functional requirements, systems requirements, project plan, impact analysis, gap analysis, class diagrams, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, component diagrams, and deployment diagrams by interacting with Business Analysts, System Architects, Data Modelers, and Developers.

Created, implement, and execute test plan, test cases, test scripts, test suites, test scenarios, test data, and tractability matrix based on the system requirement specifications, functional requirement specifications and business requirements specifications.

Involved in black box, GUI, smoke, boundary, positive, negative, functional, integration, regression, performance, stress, component, end-to-end system, ad-hoc, release, BUAT, business continuation, disaster recovery and user acceptance testing manually and using automated test tools.

Involved in setting up test environment, test data source, test cycle, release cycle, for functional, integration, system, and regression testing of the application.

Reported defect issues into the bug reporting/tracking systems and follow up with the development team until resolved the status of the defect accordingly using Rational ClearQuest.

Performed data integration, data comparison and data validation for back-end testing by using SQL queries.

Developed the Rational Functional scripts for the functionality of most commonly used panels, added logic with conditional statements, loops and arithmetic operators to create more powerful and complex tests.

Worked in multiple projects simultaneously within monthly release cycle.

Credit Suisse 09/2007 - 8/2009

New York, New York

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester / Software Test Engineer

Project: OPERA

Environment: C#,HTML, HTTPS, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Web Logic 8.1, C++, VB.NET, Quality Center (Test Director 9.0), Microsoft Visio 2003, Microsoft Project 2003, QTP 9.0, UNIX (Solaris 9), FTP, Telnet, Hummingbird, Erwin Data Modeler 4.0, SQL, SQL* Plus, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2000, TOAD 8.6, waterfalls/Agile,SQL Navigator 8.0, Rapid SQL 7.2, Rational Clear Case 6.0 (MKS Toolkit), Informatica Power Center 7.3, Business Objects 6.0, Microsoft SHAREPOINT, Windows XP.

Responsibilities:

Participated in Internal Credit Suisse Audit and SOX Audit Compliance.

Worked in multiple projects simultaneously within monthly release cycle.

Involved in analyzing for User Requirements, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Systems Requirements, Project Plan, Impact Analysis, GAP Analysis, Class Diagrams, Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams, Component Diagrams, Deployment Diagrams by interacting with Business Analysts, System Architects, Data Modelers, Developers.

Created Implement and Execute Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Suites, Test Scenarios, Test Data, and Tractability Matrix based on the System Requirement Specifications, Functional Requirement Specifications and Business Requirements Specifications.

Involved in Black Box, GUI, Smoke, Boundary, Positive, Negative, Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance, Stress, Component, End-to-End System, Ad-hoc, Release, BUAT, Business Continuation, Disaster Recovery and UAT testing manually and using automated test tools.

Involved in setting up Test Environment, Test Data Source, Test Cycle, Release Cycle, for functional, Integration, System, and Regression testing of the application.

Deployed Components in Web logic, UNIX, Database, Business Objects, Informatica by using Rational Clear Case MKS Toolkit.

Reported defect issues into the bug reporting/tracking systems and followed up with the development team until resolved the status of the defect accordingly using Quality Center.

Performed Data Integration, Data comparison and Data Validation for Back End Testing by using SQL Queries (TOAD, Rapid SQL).

Monitored Tasks and Develop Workflows by using Informatica Workflow Manager.

Executed and Run Report MIS and Non MIS type for Trial Balance Report, Cash Balance Report, Profit and Loss Report, Product Report, Structure Analysis Report, FX Rate (PeopleSoft) by using Business Objects.

Developed automation scripts that took over manual test cases for regression testing, User Interface testing, Integration testing by using QTP.

Actively participated in the team meeting with the developers, business Analysts and Production Supports for Defect Tracking, Change Requirements, Configuration Management, and Release Management.

Prudential Financial 03/2007 – 08/2007

Roseland, New Jersey

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester/ Software Test Engineer

Project: FIC

Environment: HTML, HTTPS, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, Java Servlet, Java Applet, Java Beans, JDBC, J2EE, JSP, Web Logic 8.1, C++, VB.NET, Quality Center (Test Director 9.0), MS Visual SourceSafe, MS Visio, QTP 9.0, UNIX (Solaris 9), FTP, Telnet, SQL, SQL* Plus, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, TOAD 8.6, SQL Navigator 8.0, waterfalls/Agile,Windows XP.

Responsibilities:

Created and executed Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Data, and Tractability Matrix based on the business requirements.

Developed Test Plan based on User and System Requirement Specifications.

Involved in Black Box, GUI, Smoke, Boundary, Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance, Stress, Component, End-to-End System, Ad-hoc, Release, and UAT testing manually and using automated test tools.

Developed SQL queries to retrieve data from the tables in the database to perform Backend testing.

Executed PL/SQL stored procedures for importing data from different databases.

Involved in create Business Process Test Components by the using of business process testing tool that is introduced as a part of Quality Center.

Reported defects in Quality Center, work closely with analysts, developers to resolve the problems, and change the status of the defect accordingly.

Developed the QTP Scripts for the functionality of most commonly used panels, added logic to the script with conditional statements, loops and arithmetic operators to create more powerful and complex tests.

Developed automated test scripts defining simple to complicated scenarios with positive and negative scenarios to test the functionality, security, recovery and reliability of the application with QTP.

Actively participated in the team meeting with the developers and business Analysts.

Citigroup 09/2006 – 02/2007

New York, New York

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester/ Software Test Engineer

Project: CitiDirect CBG Turkey Lite

Environment: HTML, HTTPS, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, Java Servlet, Java Applet, Java Beans, JDBC, J2EE, JSP, Web Sphere 6.0, C++, Quality Center(Test Director 8.2), Rational Clearcase 6.0, MS Visio, QTP 8.2, UNIX (Solaris 9), FTP, Telnet, SQL, SQL* Plus, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, TOAD 8.6, SQL Navigator 4.0, Load Runner 8.0, Actuate 7.0, Team Track, waterfalls/Agile,Windows XP/Windows 2000

Responsibilities:

Involved in Functional Requirement analysis, Impact analysis, and GAP analysis.

Involved in analyzing the user requirements by interacting with system architects, Data Modelers, developers, and business analysts.

Involved in setting up test environment, Test Flow, Processing Status, and Data Source for functional and integration testing of the application.

Created Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Data, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Traceability Matrix according to Business, Functional Requirements and Technical Design Specification.

Performed Black Box, GUI, Smoke, Boundary, Positive, Negative, Functional, Integration, Regression in various builds including old and new features, Performance, Stress, Component, End-to-End System, Ad-hoc, Release, Cross Browser ( Netscape, Internet Explorer), User Interface and Security requirements, Data Validation and UAT testing manually and using automated test tools.

Developed and executed SQL scripts for validating data integrity, data migration and database validations to perform Back End Testing through SQL Queries which are Stored Procedures, Functions, Joins as: Equi Join, Non Equi Join, Inner Join, Outer Join, Self Join are used using SQL Navigator.

Performed Page Checkpoint, XML Checkpoint, Table Checkpoint, Broken links, Web Objects, Screen Navigation, Parameterization, DB Connect, Data Driven, and Data Base testing using QTP.

Performed Load, Stress, and Performance testing using LoadRunner.

Involved in the status meetings with representatives from Development, Database Management, Configuration Management, and Requirements Management to identify and correct defects.

Reported the defects through the TestDirector and TeamTrack.

Incidents/Issued for all Change Requests, Test Reports and External Trouble Reports were logged into Excel where reports are generated on weekly basis for discussed, verified and approved before the release.

Participated in Walk through, Defect Report meetings, Status meeting periodically.

Praetorian Financial Group 02/2006 – 08/2006

New York, New York

Position: Quality Assurance Analyst/ Software Tester/ Software Test Engineer

Project: Keystone

Environment: HTML, HTTPS, XML, SOAP, Java, JavaScript, Java Servlet, Java Applet, Java Beans, JDBC, J2EE, JSP, Web Logic 8.1, C++, COM/DCOM, VBA, VB.NET, Quality Center(Test Director 8.2), MS Visual SourceSafe, MS Visio, QTP 8.2, UNIX (Solaris 9), FTP, Telnet, SQL, SQL* Plus, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, TOAD 8.6, SQL Navigator 8.0, Informatica 6.0, Cognos 6.0, Load Runner 8.0, waterfalls/Agile, Windows XP.

Responsibilities:

Involved in Functional Requirement analysis, Impact analysis, and GAP analysis.

Involved in setup test environment for functional and integration testing of the application.

Created Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Data, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Traceability Matrix according to Business and Functional Requirements.

Performed Black Box, GUI, Smoke, Boundary, Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance, Stress, Component, End-to-End System, Ad-hoc, Release, and UAT testing manually and using automated test tools.

Developed and executed SQL scripts for validating data between Database tables and Report output by using TOAD.

Involved in ETL Process with developers in mapping files from source tables to destination tables using Informatica.

Involved in generating Graphs and Reports with developers from data warehouse tables using Cognos.

Developed and executed automated test scripts for different modules in the application by using QTP.

Performed Load, Performance and Stress testing by using Load Runner.

Involved in the status meetings with representatives from Development, Database Management, Configuration Management, and Requirements Management to identify and correct defects.

Developed metrics for analyzing, reporting, and storing the defects in the system by using Quality Center (Test Director).

Developed and executed UNIX Shell scripts for downloading data from various servers using Scheduled Cron Jobs in UNIX environment.

Ensured that all Change Requests, Test Reports and External Trouble Reports are verified and approved before the release.

Participated in QA/Development meetings to meet the testing standards.

References: Available upon request.

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