Data Qa

AHSAN H MIRZA

** ******* ***, ****** **** NJ **306 USA 201-***-**** ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY:

Provided excellent hands-on QA Testing and UAT to multinational corporations with my organizational, business, management and digital technical skills. Delivered complex and challenging projects at Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Bank of China, and Greater Than One (Digital Media Agency).

SKILLS:

Documentation: Test Plan, Test Strategies, Test Scripts, Status Report, Matrices, SLA, BRD, SRS, Use Cases, User Guides, RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix), RAG Status, Defects Review, Flow Diagrams, Incident Reports, Data Mapping, Meeting Minutes, Run Books, SOP, Internal and External Audits, Communication Plans.

Applications/Tools: HP ALM, CA PPM, Rational Test, LightHouse, Atlassian JIRA Confluence, MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Access, Word, PowerPoint), Workfront, CSV, Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, SCM, Rational RequisitePro, Bugzilla, Vimeo, Mail Chimp, Delta K, Visual Source Safe, BigFix, Timbuktu, Vimeo, IBM OnDemand, Adobe, Lotus Notes, MQ Series, SAP ARIBA, Live Meeting, VMware, Media Player, QuickBooks, Citrix, Axiom, Actimize, Mantas, LexisNexis Bridger, T24, Fenergo, Google, Facebook, Litmus, BlackKnight, Spira, QlikView, Tableau

QA/Testing: Digitals banners & ads, Emails, Audio, Video, Installation, Functional, UAT, SIT, Sanity, Regression, Disaster Recover, Failover, Migration, Black Box, Ad-hoc, Security Patches, Negative, Smoke, Transformation

O/S: Both Mobile and handheld devices for Windows, iOS, Android, AS 400

SDLC: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, CMMI, Six Sigma, RUP, ISO 9000

Browser: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari

CRM: Siebel, MS Dynamics, ACT, Salesforce.com

Market Data Feed: Ads, banners, Real Time ILX, ThomsonOne, Reuters, Bloomberg, Dow Jones

CMS: Vignette, Veeva, SharePoint, Wall Street OnDemand

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's in Computer Science, New Jersey City University, August 1999

TRAINING:

Quality for Project Manager, ESI International/George Washington University

Software Testing and Inspection Methods, Learning Tree International

Project Leadership, Management & Communication, ESI International/George Washington University

CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration)

Testing Internet and eBusiness Applications, International Institute for Software Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Greater Than One

11/2018 to Present

Senior QA

Performed Digital media QA related to Pharmaceuticals and HealthCare clients.

Performed QA for digital applications, email blasts, banners & ads on pc, smartphones/mobile devices (Android and iOS) on various types of OS, web browsers (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer), Smart TV.

Agile/Scrum environment with various vendors, IT, key Business heads and Senior Management.

Developed test plan, test strategy, test scripts, SLA, potential risks, testing schedule, flow diagrams, run books, entrance and exit criteria, RAG status, daily/weekly status reports.

Bank of China, New York, NY

4/2018 to 8/2018

UAT QA PM

Performed hands on AML/KYC applications/systems testing and management efforts for T24, Fenergo, LexisNexis Bridger, and Mantas systems and applications.

Developed Test Plan, Test Strategies, Test Cases, Status Report, Matrices, SLA, User Guides, RTM.

Conducted Data Analysis/Mapping, project status PMO, audit reviews, and Monthly Steering Committee meetings.

Provided daily concise testing status and audit reports to executive management with risk assessments.

Cenlar, Ewing, NJ

9/2017 to 03/2018

QA UAT

Performed end to end testing for Mortgage/Lending system.

Maintained production outages and defects log and management.

Performed Projects Management, Developed Test Plan, BRD, Test Cases, Run Book, Prepared test environments, data, resources availability, code availability.

Identified risks, gaps, and issues to the projects.

Morgan Stanley, New York, NY

11/2016 to 3/2017

QA Test Lead

Performed transactions monitoring system testing Mantas.

Worked with various teams to resolve complex incidents.

Provided weekly RAG and daily status to business partners and senior management.

Deutsche Bank, Jersey City, NJ

4/2016 to 9/2016

QA UAT PM

Developed RAG status reports, ran Bridge calls for defects discovered during implementation and post implementation for reports generated by Axiom.

Implemented project level test strategies, test plan and performed test coordination (code migration, data, environments, resources, documentations, triage calls, metrics, status, defects resolution,).

Interfaced with vendors, Business, Developments, Infrastructures, Deployments, System Admin, and Test Users.

Performed testing management for CCAR and US Basel Credit Risk and Operational Risk portfolio of releases.

Credit Suisse, New York, NY

8/2015 to 2/2016

UAT PM

Coordinated the testing for IHC Chief Risk Officer Change/Legal Entity US releases for CCAR and US Basel Credit Risk and Market Risk.

Assisted to develop and review business requirements, functional specs, test environment preparations, entitlements, test data, defect triage calls, resource commitments from various UAT teams and IT.

Performed Quality Management for number of releases, from initial development to post-deployment and Axiom regulatory reporting.

Held defect triage calls with number of teams, onshore and offshore (Singapore, Poland, UK, India, and Switzerland)

Citigroup, Long Island City, NY

10/2014 to 7/2015

Senior PM

Performed SIT and Data Migration testing lead role for newly developed AML/KYC (Anti Money Laundering/Know your customer) platform with feeds provided by ACTIMIZE, MANTAS, LexisNexis Bridger.

Confirmed Risk Calculator is providing most robust data about clients.

Conducted defects triage calls and follow-ups with various QA, BA, Development, vendors, PMO, and UAT teams.

Improved SIT and overall testing standards, processes, templates, and ensured all of the documentation met regulatory and compliance requirements.

Morgan Stanley, New York, NY

5/2011 to 10/2014

Senior UAT/BA

Performed UAT and Business Analyst roles for Vendor Governance Program.

Performed testing on various types of PC, Android, iOS devices.

Developed KPI, Scorecards, Business Requirements, SLA, Data Reconciliation, Run Books, Communication Plans, Sequence of Events, Flow Diagrams, Presentations, Written Supervisory Procedures, Desktop Procedures, SOW.

Managed relationships with internal business areas and vendors.

Streamlined audit standards and procedures.

Analyzed internal and external controls and processes.

Developed training materials and performed users training.

Kaplan, New York, NY

8/2010 to 2/2011

Senior QA

Performed QA responsibilities for Kaplan’s newly developed Transaction System to be utilized for payment transactions.

Developed test plan, maintained, executed and updated manual test cases during software development life cycle.

Citigroup, Long Island City, NY

7/2009 to 8/2010

Senior QA PM

Performed lead tester and Incident Management role for Citigroup systems disintegration with Smith Barney.

Initiative involved delinking of retail banking accounts from investment banking accounts, which included deposits, sweeps, checking, savings, DDA, CD), Credit Cards, and Debit Cards.

Performed Front-End Functional and Regression testing for Bank Channel accounts on National Banking System, Bank’s Statements Generation Systems, including creation of debit cards and ATM machines validations.

Tracked incidents at various states (identification, designing solution, building solution, prioritizing, reporting, issue retest and close/reopen/defer).

Participated in internal corporate audits, participated in early requirement discussions, specification and design reviews.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, NJ

10/1999 to 1/2009

Senior QA Lead (Full Time)

Performed Test Lead and hands on testing for real time market data feed, trading, CRM, and number of financial products.

Performed Server and Security Patches verification via Bigfix on Workstations and Servers.

Tested AML/KYC applications based on US Patriot Act I and II.

Validated real time and delayed market data feed applications.

Performed Integration and Volume Testing for Bloomberg TV and Reuters News TV Live Streaming on Global Wealth Management Workstation.

Successfully tested CRM Siebel, ACT, and Salesforce.com, deployed in international branch offices.

Performed end to end testing for Account Opening, Patriot Act, Due Diligence, Legal and Compliance compatibility.

Coordinated data center migration testing by simulating production environment.

Created QA Process, acquired appropriate resources, identified system requirements, provided testing schedule, advocated the interests of test, and evaluated the effectiveness of test effort.

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