Rajandeep Brar

adikic@r.postjobfree.com 416-***-****

Experienced, Certified, Highly Motivated, Detail-Oriented and Self-Directed QA Professional with a Commitment to Excellence.

12+ years of Testing experience on Web(Browser) and Mobile (Native)applications

Worked on Private Banking and Wealth projects of Financial(Banking) sector

Experienced in both Automation & Manual testing

Practiced in Agile and Waterfall development methodologies

Skillful in Business/User Acceptance(UAT/BAT) and Functional Testing

Strong attention to details, focus on accuracy and responsiveness, as well as end user impact

Proficient in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Test Cycle

Highly interactive, analytical and quick to learn & integrate new technologies to improve the process and products

Coordinated work within geographical dispersed teams

Strong working knowledge of HP ALM, Confluence, JIRA, and SCRUM methodologies

Good hands on Java, VB scripting, Java scripting and Structured Query Language (SQL)

Strong organization and prioritization skills, with a proven ability to work independently as well as in a team setting

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Tools: JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM/ QC, Selenium, HP QTP, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, PEGA, A6, RIS(Retail Information System), Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), BPM(Business Process Manager), Broadridge, Wealth360

Languages: C++, Java, Java Script, Visual Basic, VB Script, ASP

Databases: MS Access, Oracle, SQL-Server, DB2

Others: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Visio, Sharepoint, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Hockey App

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bank of Montreal July 2018-Present

UAT Lead (Wealth Management HQ PMO)

Projects: myWealth Digitization, myWealth Maintenance, myWealth CGI Integration, QR code, ETCH (Enterprise Tax Change Harmonization), Access Management, iOS testing, Gift Tracker, [New projects…]

Tools used: JIRA, Confluence, Sharepoint, RIS, BPM, Gateway, Broadridge, Wealth360, E-Sign, IIROC, HP ALM, SOAPUI, Mobile Devices (iPad) & Desktop based.

Key responsibilities

Work closely with development and business stakeholders to ensure application readiness for production release.

Effort with Business and End Users to assure comprehensive, end to end testing throughout the development cycle and communicate testing status to other functional teams and management.

Determine the overall Business Acceptance Test (BAT) and End User Test strategy.

Work with project leadership to identify mitigation and contingency plans.

Identify the risks and/or issues related to user/business acceptance testing during test planning and throughout execution.

Coordinate with the appropriate parties to execute the overall test plan for project; including:

oIdentifying key participants from the business and technology to support test execution, environment support, defect triage, etc. and securing resource allocations.

oProviding estimates for UAT cycles, determining the overall UAT schedule, and prioritizing test execution.

oAct on behalf of Business, by testing the software solutions and validating that the solution meets the business need and requirements.

oProviding ongoing monitoring and oversight of test progress, and managing escalations as required.

oHelps reduce risk by finding and fixing problems in advance of production, helping projects achieve expected benefits and addressing regulatory requirements.

Perform User Acceptance Testing for projects of various complexities, including

oDevelop and manage UAT Plan and Strategy in accordance with project scope and schedule.

oCreate/review Test Cases to ensure traceability to user requirements.

oConduct the Test Plan, Test Scenarios and Project execution walkthroughs with the Business. And make necessary updates based on their feedback.

oManage Test Execution, outcome log and defect log in JIRA

oFacilitate and/or participate in regular defect/triage meetings to review defects with key project stakeholders.

oSupport project team members in the analysis of issues and defects.

oEscalate issues to projects and/or PMO leadership as appropriate.

oSupport project team members utilizing automated testing tools.

oDevelop the UAT Exit Report.

Participated in Big Room planning meeting, Sprint Review, Daily Stand-ups and other Agile ceremonies.

Operate within agreed business SLAs and confidentiality standards.

SCOTIABANK Dec 2014-July 2018

Senior QA Analyst

Projects: iMessage, Face-ID, Facebook, LOCP (Line of Credit Protection), NHL Decommissioning, GIC(Guaranteed Insurance Certificate),RLP(Retail Loan Plan), RDC (Remote Deposition of Cheque), Static Text, EMT, Reclaim EMT, Google Analytics, Reframing EMT, Campaigns(Pre-approved Credit Cards), CASL, GeneSys Secure Message

Tools Used: JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM, HP- QTP, Selenium, PEGA, TSys, GeneSys, A6 (Customer Intralink), Jenkins, BitBucket, Hockey App, Mobile Devices (ipad, Android, Blackberry, iPhone) & Web based (Desktop & Mobile)

Key responsibilities

Worked with Product Owner(s) to define Acceptance Criteria and the Definition of Done.

Helped in describing the features; before the feature or user story goes into development.

Lead documentation creation, review, sign-off (e.g. test strategies, plans, schedule, cost estimates, test cases, dashboards, defect logs, entry/exit criteria).

Developed, implemented and updated the Test Strategy/Test Plan based on Business Acceptance criteria.

Lead test planning, preparation and execution activities.

Developed, debugged, executed and maintained complex automated test cases.

Responsible for Test data conditioning(Card Conditioning, Campaign set-up etc)

Managed Test Cases in the Test Management tool (HP ALM/JIRA). Also developed the Traceability Matrix

Performed various types of testing: Integration, System, Sanity, Smoke, Regression, Backward/Forward Compatibility, Kill Switch; User Acceptance Testing, Bilingual (English/French) testing, Deployment Verification; on different platforms - mobile operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, and web-based (Safari, Chrome, IE).

Prioritized testing tasks, ensure milestones, activities, tasks are completed as scheduled.

Ensured that the defects are logged into defect management tool, and assist with defect tracking and resolution.

Coordinated with various project teams, offshore teams, release teams, third-parties, and clients.

Worked for various projects like New Feature, maintenance upgrades, De-commissioning.

Participated proactively in daily standup meetings, story grooming sessions, triage meetings, team retrospectives, suggesting and implementing improvements.

Coached other team members in relevant aspects of testing.

SOFTWARE CONSULTING Apr 2013-Dec 2014

Consultant

Key Responsibilities

Participated in project meetings, understanding commercial deliverables and objectives, and provide feedback on design, performance, and usability based on the use cases provided.

Define overall test plan for the project, oversee the testing implementation, track and communicate errors, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Coordinated work from off-shore.

Participated in defect reviews and prioritization discussions.

Ensured that defects and requirement variances are being appropriately communicated to development for correction.

Communicate issues and status updates in a timely manner.

Performed Smoke testing after every deployment to make sure the application delivered is testable.

Delivered effective and efficient testing solutions by meeting key project milestones and overall project deliverables on time, and adhering to development and quality standards.

CPA GLOBAL Nov 2008- Feb 2013

Principal Analyst

Projects: Discover, In-house assignments

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for Requirement Specification analysis, identify Test requirements, creation of Test Cases, executing Test Cases and managing & tracking defects.

Attended the review sessions to understand the Business Requirements/Functional Specifications and reviewed the documents to understand the client business logic.

Identified problem areas and recommend improvements concerning to applications and QA processes.

Estimated test efforts, defined schedules and milestones.

Ensured Test objectives were met by the test case coverage and detailed test steps.

Walkthrough the Test Cases and the QA Test Plan with the QA Team prior to execution.

Performed various types of testing techniques: Sanity Testing, Shakedown Testing, Integration testing, System Testing, Backward Compatibility testing.

Tracked all testing activities throughout the test phases of the project and managed results of test case executions updating the Functional Specification/Requirement document as the project growth/changes.

Troubleshoot defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes so that a consistent, documented process is used and followed.

Contributed to review and prioritization processes of change requests and enhancement requests.

Communicated testing progress and results in a timely and accurate manner to the Project Manager and other stakeholders.

Participated in process meetings and implement best practices in the team.

Responsible for the development and execution of manual test-cases & scripts.

Developed automated tests by implementing test cases using the tools that are selected as appropriate to accomplish the product automation.

EDUCATION

Masters of Technology- Computer Science & Engineering

Bachelors of Technology- Computer Science & Engineering

ISTQB Certification

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