Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
Ganga Pillai
**** ********** *****, ***********, ** L5N6V2
jnrp69@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE: A Quality Assurance Engineer with more than 6 years of extensive QA
experience, programming background and expertise in software testing.
SUMMARY
• Proficient in testing through all stages of SDLC (System Development Life
Cycle)
• Extensive experience in Back-end, Functional, Regression, Systems,
Integration, Smoke, Compatibility, Unit and UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
• Broad experience in developing of Test Plans, Test Cases and variety of
Testing Metrics and Reports.
• Highly developed analytical skills, coupled with strong problem solving ability.
• Good team player, able to work independently and within a team, open-minded
and quick learner.
• Well-organized and productive in a high volume, high stress, multi-tasking
environment
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Bug Tracking Tools: DevTrack7.0, MKS Integrity7.1
• Automation Test Tools: Rational Robot7.0
• Reporting Tools: Seagate Crystal Reports
• Operating Systems: Linux,Unix, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7, DOS
• Technologies and Environments: .NET Framework, MS Visual Studio
• Design Software: Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop
• Programming Languages: SQL, Visual Basic, Developer2000, Java, Cobol
• Databases(RDBMS): Oracle9i/10g, MS SQL Server 2000/2005
• Applications: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Misc. Tools: Perforce, CSV, XML, SOAP, Putty, Mercury Quality Center
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Software Test Specialist (Dec 08’ – Aug 12’) Research in Motion
Mississauga, ON
(www.rim.com)
• Involved in manual and automated testing of different aspects of Blackberry
applications to strictly adhere to the conformance standards defined by RIM
customers
• Performed simulator and device testing on various Blackberry devices and device
simulators
• Involved in testing a few builds deployed on the Blackberry Playbook Tablet
• Logged and tracked defects on DevTrack 7.0 and MKS Integrity7.1
• Verified defects by retesting them on the Java conformance platform
• Deployed new builds on test environment as and when available
• Worked directly with developers to set up test environment and reproduce defects
• Created documentation for the Java Conformance team and took part in issue
verification initiative and Java Conformance infrastructure maintenance
Software Test Specialist (Sep 07’ – Sep 08’) Research in Motion
Mississauga, ON
(www.rim.com)
• Analyzed Business functionality, System Specification Documents, Use Case
Documents, Design specifications, and Feature Specifications
• Test Plan development and test case execution using Mercury Quality Center and
Microsoft Excel
• Involved in manual testing of different aspects of BlackBerry Provisioning System,
which provide the clients with newly implemented features.
• Logged and tracked defects on DevTrack7.0
• Verified defects by re-testing them on Provisioning UI
• Performed functional and regression testing for the new features
• Verified and recorded test results for the test cases in Mercury Quality center.
• Deployed new builds on test environments as and when available
• Upgraded test environment with new Java upgrades
QA Tester (Apr 06’ – Aug 07’) Omni Impex (Canada) Inc
Scarborough, ON
• Analyzed Business functionality, System Specification Documents
• Preparation of Test Cases from SRS document.
• Test Plan development and execution using MS Excel
• Involved in testing the system that does recruitment of software professional on
contract basis, allocation of resource to other companies and its financial
accounting system
Software Developer (Jan03’ – Jan 04’) Zoom Exports Ltd., India
Bangalore, Karnataka,
India
• Involved in developing the hospital management project that stores all information
pertaining to hospital’s database, starting from the patient’s admittance record up
to the discharge of the patient.
• Created GUI forms for the project in ASP, HTML and tested the same.
• Developed reports using Seagate Crystal Reports for the hospital data forms.
• Recorded data and invoices for the stock, sales and medications in the hospital
database.
• Created tables for the hospital management project using SQL Server.
• Assisted in creating a website for the Hospital management system using Dream
weaver and Adobe Photoshop.
Web Designer (Aug 02’ – Sept 02’) Five Star Immigration Services, Inc
Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON
• Created website for Five Star Immigration Services Inc.
• Redesigned client’s internet site to provide enhanced design and look.
• Developed integrated database and met aggressive 3 week project timeline.
EDUCATION:
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Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science (Feb 2002) Thomas Edison State
College, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
PROFESSIONAL COURSES:
QA Testing course (Manual and Automated) (Nov 06 – Jan 07) Hi-Tech
Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer
• Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
• Oracle Certified Database Administrator
MEMBERSHIPS:
• Member of Phi Theta Kappa (1997) LaGuardia Community College, NY, USA
• Member of Dean’s List (1998) LaGuardia Community College, NY, USA
References: Available upon request
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