QA Tester/Analyst

Disha Sharma

Minneapolis,MN

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• A Quality Analyst/Tester & Dot Net professional with 3 years and 7 months of Professional experience in the field of Information Technology.

• A results-driven software engineer with expertise in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), standard Testing Methodologies and testing strategies.

• Expertise in Functional, System, Integration, Regression and Performance Testing.

• Independent and self-confident with excellent QA analytical skills and the ability to take charge and function independently in testing.

• Expertise in working and developing applications in .Net Framework 1.0/2.0/3.0, C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, Visual Basic 6.0, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, XML, and XSLT.

• Adept at developing and implementing dot net applications, both windows and web based.

• Worked in Microsoft dot net technologies as a Dot Net developer in Publishing, Media and Insurance domains.

• Achieved CMMI Level 5 in a project as a configuration manager by implementing efficient processes and stringent CM audits.

• Proficient in understanding the existing code base and database objects and documenting its various components.

• Played a crucial role in winning Best Practice award for a project.

• Exceptionally well organized, strong work ethics and willingness to work hard to achieve employer objectives

• An enthusiastic and goal-oriented team player possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills with high level of adaptability

ACHIVEMENTS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Infosys Certification in Publishing and Insurance domain

• Infosys Quality Foundation Certification

• Infosys Dot Net Foundation Certification

• Best Project Award at Infosys Technologies Limited.

• Best Practice Award at Infosys Technologies Limited.

SKILLS

Languages: VB.Net, C#, Visual Basic 6.0

Application Framework: .Net Framework 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.

Application Software: Visual Studio 2005, Visual studio 2003 ,VSS.

Database Products: SQL Server 2005 and 2000.

Web Technologies: ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT.

Scripting Languages : VB Script, Java Script

Tools: Microsoft Enterprise Library, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

EXPERIENCE

United Way of Greater Toronto, Canada (10/2008 – 12/2008)

Programmer Analyst (Onsite coordinator, Module Lead)

Project: Support and Testing of @Work Application

United Way Toronto is a registered charity organization which attempts to solve social issues affecting Toronto Communities by building partnerships with community leaders, business, labor and government. The United way fund raiser community uses the @work application as a part of their fund raising campaigns. At united way my role was to support the @work application in the Information Technology team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Load Testing Tool: Studied and documented the working of JMeter tool and provided knowledge transfer to the client.

• Detail Design: Involved in the system appreciation phase of the project with the documentation of various components of the @work application. The various components documented were ASP, VB 6, .NET, crystal reports and database components

• Encryption and Decryption: Studied the encryption and decryption of the @Work application using the xp_crypt- xp_aes_decrypt and xp_aes_encrypt algorithms.

• Application Support: Supported the application in production support period and fixed the defects.

• DTS Packages: Analyzed the working of DTS packages of the @work application and documented it. Also created the screen shots pertaining to the DTS packages.

• Created the screen and asp mapping document for the @Work application.

First Canadian Title, Oakville (08/2008 – 10/2008)

Programmer Analyst (Offshore Co-ordinator)

Project: Integrated Lending Solution Application.

First Canadian Title (FCT) offers comprehensive title insurance protection to the Canadian real estate market. The FCT’s web based Integrated Lending Solution (ILS) 2.0 portal supports the refinance and switch/transfer business scenarios. My role was to understand the ILS 2.0 portal, document its various components, support the application and enhance it with new features.

Key Responsibilities:

• Created the system appreciation document for the integrated lending solution application and documented its various aspects by analyzing the existing code base and stored procedures.

• Prepared process flow diagrams for the integrated lending solution application.

Lexis Nexis USA(03/2007 to 02/2008)

Software Engineer (Module Lead)

Project: Courtlink

LexisNexis Group is a global legal publishing arm of Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch world-leading publisher and information provider. LexisNexis (LN) CourtLink® provides access to the calendar proceedings (docket) of a lawsuit. LN CourtLink website displays case related data to attorneys on a subscription based system. A backend application “Sun Valley System” is used to collect data by scraping data from public court websites. My role was to harvest court cases by scraping data from public court websites.

Key Responsibilities

• Understood the design/implementation of “Sun Valley System”.

• Analyzed the requirements gathered by client and documented various components required for implementation. Also was involved in indentifying any discrepancies present at the analysis stage to reduce effort at a later stage.

• Explored the add on “Live HTTP Header” and implemented it in the project for analyzing the websites.

• Coded the harvester module of the application, wrote stored procedures, self tested the application and fixed the defects.

• Created Test Plans for the unit, integration and system testing.

• Performed Integration and System testing of the application according to the test plans.

• Extensively involved in Configuration Controller activities, controlled the access rights for the different regions of the project, etc due to which the project was rated CMMI Level-5.

• Implemented “Anchor- System” structure in the project which helped mentor new team members on domain, requirement, coding and allowed sharing of best practices & processes by experienced members.

• Conducted Brainstorming Sessions at the time of initial analysis of each court, to gather all possible ideas in the minimal time.

• Ensured that the coding standards and checklists were followed thoroughly; sessions were conducted for a walk-through of the standard documents.

• Issue Tracker and Dependency Tracker were maintained and shared with the client weekly and helped track all potential issues/dependencies that could derail the project and avoid major road blocks at every stage of the project.

• Periodic Root Cause Analysis, Internal CM Audits, SPC Tool Usage, Usage of Traceability Matrix and PQM were other practices implemented as a Configuration manager.

• Involved in code and design document reviews against respective checklists.

• Used the tool “FxCop” for code standards reviews.

Reed Construction Data (05/2006 to 12/2006)

Software Engineer (Developer&Tester)

Project: Reed Connect

Reed Connect is a web-based data delivery option designed to help manufacturers track and manage project information supplied by Reed Construction Data in a timely, economical and easy-to-use format. Users can find track and analyze project data by location, size, value and a variety of other parameters. I was involved mainly in enhancing the Graphical User Interface (GUI) part of the application with new features.

Key Responsibilities

• Worked in bringing multi-browser capability in the reed connect application.

• Involved in the migration of the Reed Connect Application from VS.net 2003 (Framework 1.0) to VS.Net 2005(Framework 2.0) and resolving the issues arising from the migration.

• Enhanced the reed connect application with new features of ASP.Net 2.0 and VS.Net 2005

• Performed Self testing and Integration testing of the application according to the test plans.

• Created a module involving XSLTs (Extensible style sheet language).

Lexis Nexis USA(02/2006 to 04/2006)

Software Engineer (Developer)

Project: NepTune

Neptune EComp is a component of the larger Neptune system. Its primary purpose is to provide functionality that supports the creation of electronic products. The functionality consists largely of XML transformations to support secondary law and primary law products. My role at the project is described below:

Key Responsibilities

• Webstar analysis and documentation related to NEPTune E-Comp.

• Coding for enhancement of secondary content in NEPTune E-Comp

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Technology (BTECH) from K.N.I.T Sultanpur (India) 2004

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