Summary

  • Versatile QA professional with close to 2 decades of experience in quality assurance
  • Experienced in all aspects of STLC, from hands-on testing to owning delivery
  • Skilled in Business Analysis as part of professional roles and responsibilities
  • Led quality assurance activities for Online Banking Module of RBC Canada
  • Proficient in manual functional testing using agile delivery model and automation testing
  • Trained and mentored new resources on product and QA processes
  • Conducted business analysis and testing for Bell Residential Resources project
  • Led System Integration team for Torry Harris Business Solutions
  • Led QA efforts for products and support issue resolution for global clientele
  • Interacted with business users, end users, and developers to translate requirements
  • Established QA team in India and laid down QA roadmap for delivery center

Years of Experience

Nearly 2 decades

Residence

Oakville, Canada

Graduation Year

2004

Work Experience

Freelance

QA Specialist

April 2023 - April 2024

Working as software test engineer for projects of US based American QA services company on Freelance. Role and responsibilities include requirements analysis, test planning and execution, defect management and client management based on requests from the company.

Tata Consultancy Services

QA Lead

March 2022 - March 2023

Led quality assurance activities of Online Banking Module, the retail banking application of RBC Canada in onshore offshore model leading a team of 10 resources. Performed hands-on testing as well lead role for all enhancement projects, production verifications and support issues of OLB.

Bell Canada

Business Analyst/Quality Assurance Analyst

July 2021 - February 2022

Performed business analysis and testing for Bell Residential Resources project of Bell Canada. Analyzed requirements in conjunction with business users, developers and client leads and drafted documents like SRS, BRD and change request for releases. Did QA activities hands-on and led the team using tools like ALM and UFT.

Torry Harris Business Solutions

Software Test Delivery Lead

May 2018 - September 2019

Led System Integration team in charge of integrating Torry Harris middleware and testing products with client environments globally. Led QA efforts and was in charge of quality delivery of products and resolution of support issues to clientele.

Burgan Bank

Quality Assurance Consultant

March 2017 - March 2018

Led business analysis and quality assurance activities of Tagetik a Business Objects reporting software for Burgan Bank from the client end. Acted as Burgan spoc with development team in UAE and oversaw UAT phases and product release to production.

D H Solutions India Pvt Ltd

QA Lead

May 2013 - August 2014

No description provided.

Projects

Online Banking Module

Quality Assurance Lead

July 2021 - February 2022

Led quality assurance activities for the Online Banking Module of RBC Canada in an onshore-offshore model, managing a team of 10 resources. Conducted hands-on testing, led enhancement projects, production verifications, and support issue resolutions. Utilized agile delivery model with JIRA for manual functional testing and Selenium/Java/Python and Karate framework for automation testing. Provided training and mentorship to new resources.

Bell Residential Resources

Business Analyst/Quality Assurance Analyst

Performed business analysis and testing for the Bell Residential Resources project of Bell Canada. Analyzed requirements in collaboration with business users, developers, and client leads. Drafted documents such as SRS, BRD, and change requests for releases. Conducted QA activities hands-on and led the team using tools like ALM and UFT.

Tagetik

Business Objects Reporting Software Quality Assurance Lead

Led business analysis and quality assurance activities for Tagetik, a Business Objects reporting software used by Burgan Bank. Acted as the Burgan single point of contact with the development team in UAE, overseeing UAT phases and product releases to production. Interacted with business users, end users, and developers to translate requirements into business and technical documents.

Phoenix

Core Banking Application Quality Assurance Lead

May 2013 - August 2014

Led the offshore setup and testing of Phoenix, a core banking application by Harland Financial Solutions used by major banks and credit unions in North America. Established the roadmap for onshore-offshore delivery model for Harland Financial Solutions. Underwent product and process training in Florida, built a QA team in India, and laid down the QA roadmap for the Trivandrum delivery center.

Skills

  • Skills

    Agile Delivery

    Application Lifecycle Management

    Application Programming Interface

    Automated Functional Testing

    Automation Testing

    Change Request

    Comprehensive

    Core Banking

    Customer Management

    Defect Management

    HP QuickTest Professional Software

    Java

    JIRA

    Karate Software

    Management

    Manual Testing

    Online Banking

    Python

    Quality Control

    Quality Delivery

    Requirements Analysis

    Retail Banking

    SAP BusinessObjects BI

    Selenium

    Single Point of Contact

    SoapUI

    Software Requirements Specification

    Software Testing Life Cycle

    System Integration

    Team Development

    Test Planning

    Training Process

    User Acceptance Testing

    Web Services Testing

Languages

Language

English

Native

Language

Hindi

Native

Language

Tamil

Fluent

Language

Kannada

Fluent