Pradeep P.

QA lead with 12yrs of IT exp in Agile, Waterfall across Banking, Wealth Management & HR domain

Pune , India

Experience: 9 Years

Pradeep

Pune , India

QA lead with 12yrs of IT exp in Agile, Waterfall across Banking, Wealth Management & HR domain

27358.5 USD / Year

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9 Years

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About Me

Worked with complex applications in Banking (Canadian Wealth Management, Capital Markets) and HR (Recruitment) domains.
Experience in software development life cycles – Waterfall and Agile – SCRUM models.
Extensively...
Extensively involved in SDLC phases like Requirement Analysis, Test planning, Test case design, reviews and client walkthrough.
Performed Analysis of Business Requirement, Feasibility Study, Effort Estimation and Coordination with the onshore counterparts.
Closely interacted with Stakeholders like Business Analysts, Technical Architects and developers to baseline test artifacts and requirement specifications.
Extensive experience on Functional/Regression testing, Database testing using SQL queries and UNIX testing using batch jobs and commands.
Capped functional SME role for Automation team to automate regression test cases for every release.
Groomed team to maintain and execute existing regression suite for every release.
Effectively managed multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments; experience in leading team through an entire QA Release cycle.
Team management activities like task allocation, reporting/tracking team status, conducting knowledge management training sessions.
Highly efficient in Complex, Agile, Dynamic, Onshore-Offshore project environments.

Skills

Positions

QA Tester

Analysts

Scrum Masters

Portfolio Projects

Description

Performed Requirement Analysis of business/technical documents such as Requirement Package, TDD, Use Case Document, and Data Requirements etc.
Estimated testing scope, effort and negotiated with management to acquire the necessary resources.
Prepared Master Test Artifact/Test Plan and Test cases based on Requirement documents.
Led MTA and test case walkthroughs with BA, UAT team and Business Owner to freeze scope and procure sign-offs.
Maintained and mapped Releases, Test Cycles and Test cases to requirements through HP ALM.
Ensured proper configuration management of the test-ware produced and traceability of the test to test basis.
Managed test environment before and during QA execution cycle
Collaborated with QA Support team to perform QA activities such as Smoke, Functional, Regression, Database, AS400 testing.
Participated in the planning, monitoring, and control of the testing activities and tasks.
Prepared MS Excel Dashboards and Status Reports to communicate the test progress, the product quality status and the test results/observations.
Facilitated Daily Status, Defect Triage meetings and shared Minutes of Meeting.
Designed UAT test cases to assist UAT Testing before Production.
Authored Signoff documents and coordinated with onshore counterpart for review and release of the same.

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Reviewed Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) for various HR Domain products.
Worked in close co-ordination with the BA and Development team to review functional and business requirements for Functional testing, Integration testing and Regression Testing.
Translated user requirements, enhancement requests, change requests and technical specifications into test cases and updated test cases mapping in Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
Managed QA team through all phases of Test Estimation, Test Planning and Test Designing.
Executed test cases, documented results, investigated result mismatches, report defects and follow up.
Worked with Technical and development team to resolve identified issues in a timely manner.
Developed UAT test suite and manually tested Products in HR domain covering end to end Recruitment life cycle based on User Requirements.
Designed Excel Dashboards for Daily Status, Defect List and participated in Daily Scrum, and Project Planning meetings.
Managed Backlog Management, Software Test Cycle Management, and Defect Life Cycle management with Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Performed mentor role and conducted Knowledge Transfer (KT) sessions for new members.
Reviewed documented training material for accuracy and assist in end user training and support.
Provided product demos to Training Staff, HR Operation Heads and End users.
Prepared understanding documents, DIY user manual videos to ensure clear understanding for the users.

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Organized SRS/Requirement, Code Manifest and Test Plan walkthroughs for with relevant stakeholders.
Conducted Requirement Analysis of business/technical documents such as SRS, Test Plan, Use Cases, and User Stories etc.
Estimated testing scope, effort and negotiated with management to acquire the necessary resources.
Analyzed, documented and mapped test cases to requirements through Test Objective Matrix (TOM).
Designed test case using TCS Modeling Framework in Eclipse and HPALM.
Ensured proper configuration management of the test-ware produced and traceability of the test to test basis.
Conducted TOM walkthroughs and managed stakeholders for freezing scope and signoffs.
Managed test environment before and during QA execution cycle
Collaborated with stakeholders to perform QA activities such as Smoke, Functional, Regression, Database, UNIX batch testing.
Participated in the planning, monitoring, and control of the testing activities and tasks.
Prepared MS Excel Dashboards and Status Reports to communicate the test progress, the product quality status and the test results/observations.
Participated in Daily Status, Defect Triage meetings and shared Minutes of Meeting.
Authored Signoff documents and coordinated with onshore counterpart for review and release of the same.
Performed Requirements Life Cycle Management, Software Test Cycle Management, and Defect Life Cycle management with HP ALM and CA Rally.

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Updated/designed test cases as per new changes, business requirements, and derived expected results for complex investment banking products.
Involved in the development of the test plan. Actively participated in enhancement meetings.
Performed functional/defect testing manually, updated actual results, investigated discrepancies in results, reported defects and followed up defects till closure.
Executed IBMs Rational Robot scripts; thereby verifying that the previous code is not affected. Updated to Rational Robot scripts on a regular basis, hence achieving flawless regression suites.
Managed Requirements Life Cycle Management, Software Test Cycle Management, and Defect Life Cycle management with Microsoft Office Suite and IBM Lotus Notes.
Prepared proposal presentation on Rational Quality Manager for the client explaining benefits of RQM if used in project.

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