Abbas Ali Zaidi Syed
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Summary of Experience:
Around 6 years of strong experience in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) With QA Methodologies in Banking, Retails, Client-Server Web Application.
Excellent expertise in writing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios and Defect Metrics.
Very good working experience in using Black Box testing techniques like Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning.
Clear understanding of QA methodologies such as Defect Management Life Cycle, Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)/SOX Compliance Requirements.
Extensive experience in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
Experience on working SOA, XML, XSD and XSL, XPATH and designing Web Services using WSDL, SOAP, RESTFUL and used Testing Tools for Web Services like SOAPUI, API Testing
Experienced in all phases of SDLC which includes gathering of functional requirements in Agile speed pod projects, creating HLD, reviewing LLD, involving in code reviews and Unit testing.
Proficient in writing SQL queries.
Extensive experience in creating and executing the automation test scripts developed for regression testing using Quick Test Professional (QTP 10.0)
Experience using Quick Test Professional to Validate links, objects, images and text on web pages continue to function properly
Extensive experience Defect Life Cycle in reporting defects and tracking defects till fixes using the tools like HP Quality Center, Mentis and JIRA, and communicating status to business and development teams.
Good in project management skills by handling all meetings, data analysis, documentation and business reports.
Experience in testing of large client server applications, Web based applications on various Window and Linux Environments.
Involved in developing and maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
Strong experience in preparing Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for manual Testing for various software applications.
Good Knowledge in Data Base concepts and have experience in MS SQL Server and Oracle.
Expertise in Oracle table data manipulation using SQL queries.
Experience in performing Risk assessment and Gap Analysis.
Good experience in Documentation with MS Office Tools like MS Word, MS Excel used to write Test Cases
Excellent analytical, decision-making and presentation skills with ability to co-ordinate activities in a fast-paced team environment.
Proven ability in proactively identifying and resolving issues
Ability to work with all levels of management, willingness to learn and implement new ideas quickly and to be a collaborative team player.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with problem-solving abilities, effective in working independently and an exceptional team player.
Professional Experience:
Client: Carefully crafted LLC January 2018 – Present
Location: Houston Taxes
Role: Software Tester
Roles & Responsibilities:
Performed functional testing, integration, regression testing, user acceptance testing and system testing.
Validated that data from legacy was properly dumped into staging Oracle tables and then finally to main Oracle tables. Used TOAD for executing queries.
Involved in meetings with DA and DBA while designing the new Oracle tables
Involved in meetings with SME and business partners in gathering requirements and documentation.
Prepared test plans, created test cases and responsible for executing the test scripts.
Prepared complex SQL queries to compare the data in DB2 and Oracle.
Test execution using Quality Center. Bug reporting to developers using Quality Center and after rectification from developers performed regression testing.
Worked with development team to define, design, document and execute functional and regression test to ensure new applications and enhancements to existing applications meet functional requirements.
Designed EVWR all the phases from signal aspects to final programming.
Designed CSX Pole line elimination, obsolescence and capacity projects.
Created the safety and security certifications for the work performed in the station crossing locations on the Central Florida Rail Corridor.
Involved in Conducting PTC Testing; Critical Assets, All Train Routes, and Signal Wayside Devices utilizing Locomotive Onboard TMC System; MWOR Rules Qualified.
Responsible for Employing and Troubleshooting Trimble Sub meter GPS Systems used On and Off Rail.
Responsible for Evaluating Track Charts and Signal Prints for System Database Accuracy
Subject Matter Expert on Remote Wayside Testing System, and Department Training
Facilitated Training of New Hires in Best Practices and Validation Protocol Documents.
Responsible for Maintaining Support for PTC Trouble Tickets using Clear Quest System
Coordinated with GIS, Dispatch, Signal, Track, MOW, and Telecom Department.Provided Technical Support to off shore team.
Involved in Implementing design process between the corporate office and off shore satellite office.
Strong experience in Functional testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and System Integration testing (SIT).
Participated in the planning, development, coordination and presentation of specific testing needs as appropriate to the quality assurance needs of the end user
Assisted business users in defining UAT test cases and plans; Established and maintained test cases and test data in Quality Center.
Close interaction with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and navigational flow
Performed Regression testing as and when there was a new build.
Tested whether the reports developed in Business Objects are as per company standards
Involved in data validation using SQL queries.
Created users processing claims and tested against the applications for the claims received, paid and denied using different data.
Coordinated with the QA Team for testing activities across multiple systems
Analyzed HIPAA EDI transactions in XML and X12 responses and looked for defects for amendment.
Designed test summary reports, requirement trace ability matrix and functional readiness matrix documents
Provided the required test data for the developers in order to fix the defects
Logged the defects in Quality Center and maintained track of the defects throughout the life cycle.
Participated in QA Team meetings and bug tracking meetings.
Environment: Manual testing, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, MS Office, Java Script, HP Quality Center, Regression Testing, Test Cases, Test Scripts, SOAP UI
Client: Ignition One Aug 2017 – Dec 2017
Location: Atlanta, GA
Role: Software Tester
Responsibilities:
Worked as a Softwarel tester.
Involved in Testing in Agile Development Environment.
Involved in developing Test plan and Test scripts using the business documents in HP ALM.
Analyzed all the documents, Functional Specification Documents, Business Requirement Documents.
Developed the status reports and involved in the scrum meetings.
Developed Test Plans and Test Cases from the functional requirement document and scheduled the test case execution.
Created and documented the Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
Reviewed the Test Designs with QA team members and technical analysts.
Created test cases to check user interface related bugs and invalid file type inputs from the front end.
Used the HP Quality Center (QC) defect tracking system, to report and analyze defects during the entire testing process.
Worked in complete defect life cycle, Requirement traceability matrix (RTM)
Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
Performed regression testing, Smoke testing, functional testing, UAT.
Create reports to the developers with detailed report to fix the defects with the priority.
Tested extensive backend testing using SQL Queries to retrieve the data from the database and checked data integrity.
Field comparison, data validation, tested the functionalities of the requirement.
Performed End-to-End testing manually and was associated with User Acceptance Testing.
Environment: SQL, Agile, HP QC, RTM, UAT, HP ALM.
VEM Technologies Pvt. Ltd Mar 2012 - Mar 2015
Location: Hyderabad, India
Role: Software Tester
VEM Technologies is an Aerospace, Defense and Homeland Security systems solutions company. It mainly focusses on Research, Design, Development, Manufacture, Assembly, Integrating and testing of Systems, Products and Solutions. VEM has proven track record in build to specifications & build to print of various systems from the nose to the tail for all major categories of Missiles.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Attending design sessions for writing Test Plans and Test Scenarios
Developed and implemented manual test plans and ensured that quality of all applications and system was maintained
Recorded reports and maintained documents for all test progress
Collaborating with developers, business analysts and system owners in testing of new software program applications
Preparing Test Data’s for the test cases
Preparing Test Environment to execute the test cases
Conducted different kinds of testing’s GUI, Functionality, Regression and Data Driven Testing
Developed Hybrid Automation Framework using Selenium, Ant and TestNG
Generation of test cases, test scripts for automation testing
Executing test cases and reporting the Results
Conducted Security Testing
Tracking the test results and reporting the bugs using bug-tracking tool
Managed quality assurance efforts for all system level changes prior to user acceptance testing
Environment: Test Manager, TFS, TestNG, Ant, JAVA, JUnit and Firebug
EDUCATION:
B.com (computers) May 2007–June 2010
Osmania University, Telangana, India
Masters in MBA June 2010- June 2012
Osmania University, Telangana, India
Master’s in Information Assurance Aug 2015 – Aug 2018
Wilmington University, Wilmington, Delaware