Quality Assurance Analyst

• Jan 2017 - Present

Associate-QA Analyst

• Sep 2009 - Aug 2016

• Conversant in SDLC and Agile(Scrum) delivery methodologies • Enforced agile principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of Cycle time thus increasing team's throughput in less than 8 weeks. • Lead scrum team in Sprints to develop high quality working software through adoption of innovative best practices. • ISTQB Foundation & Scrum Master Accredited Certification • Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions. • Planning sprints and releases, removing roadblocks, facilitating iteration modulation and maximising team velocity • Proficiency in tools/skills like HP Quality Center /ALM, Tivoli Web Scheduler, SoapUI, Unix, Putty, WinSCP , Mainframe (TSYS screens) ,Control-M, Live link, VSS, Test harness , QTP, MS-Share Point, Selenium,Toad, XML Spy, SQL Developer, Oracle , ETL-CACS , JIRA. • Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs • Provide SME knowledge and Coached team members on Agile processes and facilitated planning meetings, mobile testing. • Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among the 7 agile teams across 3 sites. • Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items. • Utilized MS Visio for creating functional flowchart and documented Business Deliverables. • Training the new joiners by giving functional and technical knowledge related to the project. • Involved in daily quick EOD Stand-up call(Scrum sessions) to discuss on any impediments, showstopper for the application process work flow. Involved in Requirement Analysis, walkthrough, Business and Systems reviews and working sessions to understand the requirements and system design. • Well versed in Requirements/Change Management, Impact Analysis and Gap Analysis. • Conduct JAD and brain storming sessions with the business users and stakeholders.

Senior Test Engineer

• Jan 2008 - Aug 2009

• Software Testing experience in both manual and automation, has extensive domain knowledge of finance, banking & healthcare applications and in-depth knowledge of quality assurance and software testing.• Extensively worked on Business Requirement Analysis, Trace Matrix, Test Planning, Test Strategy, Test Scenario Design, Test Case Preparation and Execution, worked on TFS and Test Reporting.• Good working knowledge in analyzing business requirements, translating them into functional and non-functional scenarios, creating user stories/tasks. Expertise in manual/functional testing while working in multiple projects.• Created and implemented BPT framework for the end to end report automation testing.• ETL data preparation, testing reports and execution handling.• Instrumental in writing, reviewing, executing Test cases/scenarios and have exposure to all stages of SDLC and Agile/Scrum Methodology

Software Test Engineer

• May 2006 - Dec 2008

Performed below Responsibilities @ high level -• Manual & Multi Tier browser based testing(TMS –XML messaging services)• Requirement analysis and testing phase estimations• Script writing & Test execution• Part of Application test, integration test, smoke test, regression test,UAT• Data planning and preparation, Automation suite planning and creation• Liaison with the Development/Database team for defect resolution• Extract Transform and Load testing• Writing and executing test cases ,executing SQL queries• Test Script writing & Test execution in non-functional testing• Part of Integration test, system integration test, build test• Instrumental in generating reports and formatting of the outputs• To explain and help new joiners in the team on project queries and script executions

Test Engineer

• Mar 2005 - Apr 2006

• Lead the team & Imparted knowledge transition (mentoring) to team members. • Prepared Daily and Weekly Status Reports • Tested the core modules of application i.e. e-CRF, time accounting, billing • Maintaining the Product Release Checklist • Identified test requirements and test scenarios for the various modules. • Involved in test scripts design and test execution. • Co-ordination with Development team on Releases and Defect Report Status • Lead the team & Imparted knowledge transition (mentoring) to team members. • Prepared Daily and Weekly Status Reports • Tested the core modules of application i.e. e-CRF, time accounting, billing • Maintaining the Product Release Checklist • Identified test requirements and test scenarios for the various modules. • Involved in test scripts design and test execution. • Co-ordination with Development team on Releases and Defect Report Status