Chowdary Cell Phone: (304) 602-2077 Email ID: c.chowdary@aol.

com Summary: y y Over 7 years of Professional Experience as QA Engineer in the field of Financial and Insurance domain. Extensive experience in Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC) aspects such as developing Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases (Manual / Automated), Defect Reports and developing Test Scripts, Traceability Matrices and Test Environments. Extensive knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle: System Analysis, Design, Development and Testing, UAT, Test Processes and Test Life Cycle. Facilitate requirements entry, test case creation and defect tracking in Quality Center, which improved efficiency and traceability. Extensive experience in Manual and Automation Testing. Experience in writing Test Scripts and Test Scenarios from business, functional and technical requirements. Experience in testing Object Oriented systems from existing system and functional specifications... Experience in implementing different Automation Frameworks such as Keyword and Data Driven. Performed Integration, Functional, Smoke, Performance, Security, GUI, Load, Regression, System and User acceptance Testing. Experience working in Health Care ,Banking and Financial, Insurance Domains Worked in an Onsite and Offshore model Familiar with Agile Methodology - Scrum, V Model Expertise in testing Distributed Web-Based Applications, Client-Server, .NET applications and FICO modules, Service Oriented architecture (SOA) Involved in Complete Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) from Business Analysis to Development, Testing, Deployment and Documentation Extensively used SQL queries for back end Testing and while data are being transferred between the front end and the back end database server. Experience in importing and exporting of requirements between Quality Center from Microsoft Word/ Microsoft Excel. Experience in creating, enhancing and executing test cases using QC. Experience in tracking Bugs and reporting using QC. Experience in managing the entire quality process management, administration and testing of application-based system using QC. Extensively used Mercury Interactive tools Quick Test Professional, Win Runner, Test Director, Quality Center in automated testing. Extensive Experience in Write and execute test cases based on project specifications. Experience working with databases like Oracle, MS SQL Server, Access. Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL programming for back-end testing. Interacted with Business users regarding Business Requirements.

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TECHNICAL SKILLS: Automated Test Tool Quick Test Professional 9.0, 9.2, Win Runner 8.2, Rational Tools (Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager) Test Director, Quality Center 9.0, 9.2. Object-Oriented programming, Optimization, Client/server Distributed systems, Project management. C, C++, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, TSL, .Net XML, HTML, ASP .Net, VB Script, VB.Net, Java Script, Web Methods 6.0, MQ Series 5.0. Oracle 8i/9i, 10g, MS-Access, SQL Server. UML Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, UNIX, Main Frames, Solaris Perl, Unix MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio Informatics, Data stage Congo s, Business Objects

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Projects Involved: Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Offshore/onsite coordinator/ Senior QA Analyst Jun 10 - Present

Fifth Third Bank is one of the best financial banks in USA and is well known for its superior services in multiple fields. UPS and the COD processor will be required to exchange data and information that will be integrated into various platforms. File deliveries will have schedules and SLAs defined with a potential process improvement item to implement acknowledgment file processing. Fifth third bank is working with UPS to deliver Transaction flow of the cheese and Payments and also tracking the shipper details in the Data Base and also manage the process of the flow from COD Processor, Vector sort and Direct Lock Box to the UPS Driver Notifications for the End of the day processing data for UPS
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Responsibilities: Developed Strategic Plan documents, Project Management Policies, Standard Engineering process and Metrics Implementation guide. y Developed QA methodologies by coordinating with QA Lead. y Conducted walkthroughs and reviews with designers and developers y Prioritized and coordinated the testing activities with other QAs. y Developed the Consumer portal of a banking website that allows users to interact with the system. Website was written in VB.NET / C# and consumes both SQL stored procedures and web service calls in order to communicate with back-end systems y Reviewed the requirements and use case diagrams to write test cases and test plan. Developed System Integration test plan, test scripts using business, functional and system requirement documents. y Designed Introduced the Agile SCRUM process for the Risk Data team and utilized Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to manage the team's software development y D the test cases for the various like Patient Profile management module which is a Java based application and its integration. y Performed Functional and Integration testing (manual and automated) for modules and conducted Regression testing. y Validated the Business Requirement document, Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, and Activity Diagrams using UML conventions. y Involved in Black box testing and Grey box testing utilize the new trade file. Performed the compatibility testing for different operating systems and operating environments. y Experience on backend testing with TOAD Tool for SQL Queries y Wrote SQL Statements to extract Data from Tables and to verify the output Data of the reports. y Wrote SQL queries and ran SQL tracings to debug stored procedures and Database Integrity Testing. y Documented, tracked and communicated test plans, test results, analysis and unresolved problems. y Performed extensive parameterization and correlation of VuGen Scripts to ensure the real time load conditions. y Planned the load using Task distribution diagram, Transaction profile and considering current and future customer base (input from SME) of the hospital. y Reviewed computer logs and reports to identify application processing errors and possible improvements. y Responsible for entering and tracking the bugs in Rational Clear Quest to resolve the bugs in timely manner. Environment: Java, Rational Clear Case, MS Office, UML, TriZetto Facets, Windows, Rational Clear Quest, MacOS , Linux, Load Runner 9.0, Oracle 10g, Team Foundation Server, QTP, QC, VB.Net y Schneider National, Inc., Indianapolis, IN Position: Senior Quality Analyst/ ETL tester Schneider National, Inc. is a premier provider of truckload, logistics and intermodal services. Serving more than two-thirds of the FORTUNE 500 companies, Schneider National offers the
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broadest portfolio of services in the industry. The company s transportation and logistics solutions include Van Truckload, Dedicated, Regional, and Bulk, Intermodal, Transportation Management, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing and International Logistics services. Responsibilities: Analyzed source data and gathered requirements from the business users. Analyzed business process workflows and assisted in the development of ETL procedures for moving data from source to target systems y Prepared technical specifications to develop Informatica ETL mappings to load data into various tables confirming to the business rules. y Study and analysis of the mapping document indicating the source tables, columns, data types, transformations required, business rules to be applied, target tables, columns and data types. y Worked with different sources such as relational databases, flat files for extraction using Source Qualifier and joiner. y Created sessions and workflows to run with the logic embedded in the mappings using Power center Designer. y Used workflow manager for session management, database connection management and scheduling of jobs. y Member of the warehouse design team, assisted in creating fact and dimension table implementation in Star Schema model based on requirements. y Extensively used Informatica power center for extraction, transformation and loading process. y Preparation of ETL mapping specifications. y Worked on Informatica Power Center tool - Source Analyzer, warehouse designer, Mapping Designer, Mapplet Designer and Transformation Developer. y Designed mappings for dimensions and facts. y Extensively used various types of transformations such as Expression, Joiner, Update strategy, Look up, filter for developing mappings y Development of mappings as per the technical specifications approved by the client. y Created reusable transformations and mapplets to use in multiple mappings. y Implemented performance tuning logic on targets, sources, mappings, sessions to provide maximum efficiency and performance. y Involved in Unit testing and integration testing of Informatica mappings. y Created sessions and workflows to run with the logic embedded in the mappings using Power center Designer. y Used workflow manager for session management, database connection management and scheduling of jobs. Environment: Informatica Power Center 7.1, , Mercury - QC 9.5, QTP 8.2), MS Reporting Services 2000, Oracle 10g, Business Objects 6.5.1/XIR2, Web XIR2, SQL Server 2005, Erwin 4.0,XML, UNIX, Windows 2000, TOAD y y

Nexstar Financial Corporation, MO

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July 06-Dec 08

Sr.QA Analyst The Mortgage Lending Solution is a software platform to support customer service on the Web for the home financing process. It s a workflow based eBusiness solution that enables the efficient and effective integration of data across channels to provide customers with the speed and convenience. Responsibilities: y Actively participated in decision making, QA meetings and regularly interacted with the development team to gain a better understanding of the Business Process and the Requirements. Introduced the Agile SCRUM process for the Risk Data team and utilized Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to manage the team's software development lifecycle including deriving product backlog items, assigning sprint work items to developers and conducting sprint review meetings Analyzed business requirements, business process and system architecture/design with perspective to Black Box Testing Developed Test Plan that included the scope of the release, entrance and exit criteria and overall test strategy Created detailed Test Cases and Test sets and executed them manually and also by automation tool. Defined test strategies, planned and managed all testing activities including functional, UAT, and regression testing. Created UAT test scripts and set up environment for end users to easily test the application. Set up necessary arrangements like login etc. and provided help to end users whenever asked for. Used Quality center to document the requirements, Test Plan and created traceability matrices for the requirements. Performed Cross-Browsing testing to verify if the application provides accurate information in different (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari) browsers. Responsible for automating the Web interface using QTP. Created automated test scripts in QTP for Smoke and Regression testing. Extensively used VBScript to write test scripts for dynamic pages. Used Regular expressions and made changes to properties in Object Repository to handle the dynamic pages. Extensively used Output and Checkpoint for verifying the UI properties and values using QTP VB scripting. Experience in developing Automation Frameworks right from scratch for huge testing projects using Business Process Testing (BPT). Executed SQL queries to validate the data before and after data conversion process Used SQL scripts to verify the integrity of the database particularly while validating the Session store and Profile Store records. Designed and developed SQL queries to test back end Tested the various Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) spanning across various departments using SOAP and WSDL as underlying messaging protocols that were employed across various applications using SoapUI, SOAPScope, XMLSpy using XML
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dataset. y Extensively used Load Runner for performance and stress testing. y Developed test scripts/scenarios on the Load Runner to test for loads and scalability. y Scenario Design and Scenario Execution using the Load Runner controller using the command line. y Prepared and executed scripts for process automation and system logging & monitoring. y Provided management with metrics, reports, and schedules and was responsible for entering, tracking bugs. y Verified Tracked and Reported defects and classified based on Severity and Priority. y Reviewed computer logs (UNIX logs & Shell Scripts), reported program processing errors. Environment: Windows 2000/XP, Unix, UML, QTP, Team Foundation server, Load Runner, Quality Center, RMI, Web Sphere, JDBC, Microsoft Excel VBA, VB script. North American Mortgage Company, NJ Position: Quality Engineer / Off-Shore Team Coordinator The project is for the enhancement and automation of the Loan Origination System (LOS). The main function of this application was to minimize the manual input and maximize the automated steps. The other functions included automated credit checks, perform all calculations, communicate electronically with the third party, pull underwriting and merger information and generate required documents. The main task during the course of the project was to prepare an application as user friendly as possible to reduce the manual work. Responsibilities y As a Quality Test Engineer was responsible for creating Test Plans, Test Procedures, Use cases and Test cases with reference to Business Requirements, Design Specifications and Functional Requirements. Managed and Coordinated Off-Shore Testing Team involving various Testing phases of the Product Development. Worked closely with SQA Leads in compliance to CMM Process Model. Involved in performance testing, security testing and database integrity testing by executing SQL statements. Analyzed product requirements, functional specifications and technical specifications for accuracy and feasibility. Performed the Smoke, Functional and Regression Testing for modules using QTP scripts Extensively used Output and Checkpoint for verifying the UI properties and values using QTP VB scripting Wrote SQL Statements to extract Data from Tables and to verify the output Data of the reports. Wrote SQL queries and ran SQL tracings to debug stored procedures and Database Integrity Testing. Executed SQL queries to validate the data before and after data conversion process. Performed GUI, Functionality, Security, Integration and System testing of the application and investigated software defects discovered during the test cycle and managed test case development and execution using Team track Testing Tool.
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May'05-June'06

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Created extensive test plans detailing environments, variables, controls, exit criteria, objectives, dependencies and overall test strategy on y Took lead role in all change, design, usability, and specification reviews. y Executed all Test cases involving functional, positive, negative, load, stress as outlined in the test plan. Environment: Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux 7.2, Mac OS, JAVA, J2EE, XML, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell Script, BEA s Web logic Server 9.2, Tomcat 4.1, XML Spy, Toad, Safari Browser, Rational Rose, Oracle 9i, QTP, Team track, ClearDDTS, Selenium, , Rational Clear case 4.2 y Lending Space Inc., New Brunswick, NJ Position: QA Engineer Loan Origination System automates the entire lending process from origination through funding. It goes far beyond rate quotes and loan applications by automating the most complex, inefficient and labor-intensive aspects of lending; including automated underwriting, customizable workflow, compliance, document preparation management, rule based assignment system, vendor interfaces and customer relationship management. Interfaces to other products and legacy systems including LendingXchg with ability to electronically order/track document services such as appraisal, title, flood, etc. Responsibilities Reviewed the Business Requirements Document and Technical Specifications. Involved in development and execution of test cases. Involved in performing different types of testing, such as GUI, Functionality, Regression and User Acceptance Testing during the Testing Life Cycle. y Performed the Smoke, Functional and Regression Testing for modules using QTP scripts y Extensively used Output and Checkpoint for verifying the UI properties and values using QTP VB scripting y Performed manual testing of the application GUI with regard to layout, usability and boundary conditions. y Successfully tested Personal Media Manager which allows consumers to stream and share their media regardless of source or location and its interaction with digital media player applications such as iTunes and WMP y Validated s/w builds for external delivery including the preparation of release notes with the assistance of development team. y Extensively tested the Media and Sharing functionality of Digital Home Solution y Involved in testing different services available on Digital Home Solution such as VoD, Internet Radio Service, Home Surveillance etc. y Tracked defects and reported them using QC Environment: HTML, ASP.NET, C#, Web Services, Test Director, Windows XP, MySQL, Win Runner, UNIX, Shell Scripting y y y March'04-April'05

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Smith Barney, Pleasanton, CA QA Analyst

August'03- Febravary'04

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Workspace was developed for Salmon Smith and Barney. SDLC workspace keeps track of software development throughout the organization through a web interface. Starting from project initiation, it goes through all SDLC phases as project progresses and keeps track of all project artifacts. It keeps track of cost incurred, teams involved, roles and responsibilities and project reviews at different checkpoints. It also includes an architect s workspace (AWS) module that allows Salomon architects to do data mining and analysis of existing projects before a project is given a go-ahead for new development. Responsibilities y Responsible for writing Test Plan, Test cases, for product optimization and product itemization for the Deals Engine and analyze requirements y Used Test Director to write and execute test cases and reporting defects. y Performed Performance/Load tests and analyzed performance with Load Runner. y Analyzing tests using Test Director pertaining to the test scenarios on the transaction based tests and the environments. y Involved in modifying scripts and working with web enabled user interface components like Registration Web Templates association of applets with web templates y Automated Integration tests using Win Runner extensively for the purpose of GUI and Functionality testing y Involved in the whole Planning of Test Conditions, Test Data and expected results for Regression, Integration, Stress and User Acceptance Testing. y Used Clear Case as Version Controller. y Wrote and modified VB scripts for Regression Testing with Win RUNNER y Performed GUI check, Bitmap Check and Text validation Checks with Win Runner. Environment: Test Director, QTP, SQL Server, Oracle, Windows 2000 server.

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