Anand

QA Lead / Analyst
carl@competentsystems.com
+1 678 276 7446 EX 54

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
• Over 14+ years of experience with Software testing(Sr.QA/QA lead) in the areas of Web Based
Software, Client-Server applications using Manual testing/Basic Automation Testing techniques. Well
versed in all kinds of testing techniques including Functional, System, UAT, End to End testing and
unit testing using Python based pytest code.
• Experienced in Waterfall model, V-model and Safe Agile methodologies.
• Experience on Python Based projects and unit testing using Pytests for backend applications.
• Experienced in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle
(STLC), and Defect Life Cycle including Agile Scrum and Waterfall models.
• Experience in Front-End Testing, Back-end testing and Web-service testing (SOAP UI/Postman).
• Experience in various financial domains along with good knowledge on Investment Banking Trading
Platform based apps and Portfolio management including front office a Back office and Middle
office operations across Trading life cycle, (Capital Market equity and Fixed income bonds and
Foreign currency Trading/Derivatives),Mortgage, Security, Health Insurance(Healthcare), Mobile
Apps (Android, IOS),Auto online car Auction/sales.
• Worked on trade order capturing, trade processing and settlement processes using API. UI and FIX
messaging.
• Worked on Trade order management systems including trade capturing , processing and reporting
across different assets classes of trade orders like options. Equity, foreign currency, mutual funds Fixed
income bonds etc..
• Worked on Middle office and back office applications like Gloss and TCOR for settlement and clearing.
• Worked in trade blotter systems and trade portfolio systems in maintaining trades processing and
processing operations.
• Created Pytests for unit testing python code using visual studio IDE for debug and execution.
• Created pytest report to show coverage of unit testing that defines code coverage percentage.
• Involved in analysis of python code in GIT and checking out in local and running pytest and functionality
test on it.
• Also involved in data validation passing different JSON based data to existing code to derive and
analysis of different output for given JSON input for data driven testing.
• Tracking Defect management process assigning Regular sprint and Prod defects to right channel
partners for impact analysis and defect resolution and deployment to PROD.
• Worked on basic UNIX commands in running python jobs and reading moving files on
server/FTP location.
• Experience testing mobile device /apps on various mobile device platforms (Android, iOS and
Windows platforms).
• Knowledge/ on basic enhancement of Automation Scripts using python based Robot Framework
tools for small scale projects that use both python
• Worked on Agile (Scrum Methodology) usingTeam foundation server Tool.
• Knowledge and experience with SQL server Database, Mongodb.Postgres Json object, NoSQL
booster-
• Expertise in using HP tools (Quality Center/ALM) as a test management tool in defining releases,
documenting requirements and test cases along with mapping, defect reporting and analysing test
results.
• Hands on experience in Web Service Testing and API testing using SOAP and Rest services and
Postman tools.
• Experienced in preparing and executing Test cases, evaluated test results and Report discrepancies to
the development team using ALM/Quality Center and MTM.
• Experienced in bug tracking tools RALLY, JIRA, Rational Clear quest Director, Bugzilla, Quality
Center and TFS.
• Experienced in using ALM/Quality Center for managing test execution and defect tracking of all issues.
• Worked on business analyst on functional side of application for some Duration.
 • Experienced in maniframe appls providing test management/reporting actions and activities (STLC)
using ALM/Quality Center.
• Delivered user stories in sprint based on agile scrum methodology and involving in daily scrum
meetings and sprint planning meeting, User story grooming/workshops sessions and retrospection
meetings.
• Involved in UAT testing and coordination with business partners kind of BA in reviewing and creating
requirements.
• UAT sign-off activities and test results capture in UAT environment including business Case sign-off.
• Experience of Production support and tracking activities and End to End testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Configuration Tools VSS, SharePoint portal
Rally, TFS, MTM, Quality Center/ALM, Bugzilla, Rational ClearQuest, JIRA,
Test Management Tools
Basics of QTP Automation tool Robot framework
SDLC Methodologies Agile, V-Model, Waterfall
Web Service tool SOAP UI,Postman,REST UI
Database tool SQLServer management Studio, Squirrel, mongo DB,,NoSQL DB,
Databases MySQL, SQL Server 2014/12, DB2, Oracle,Mongo DB NoSQL Booster
Quality Assurance BS15000 Process implementation, SPEED program
Operating Systems Windows NT, 2K, XP, Win 7/11, Mac Android, IoS

EDUCATION: BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING(E&C) - 2005 PASSOUT IN VTU Belgaum University Karnataka

india

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client : US Bank (Trading/order management system-FO/MO/BO operations)

Location : Remote, FLORIDA
Nov 2022 to Present
Role: Sr QA/Lead QA

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Involved in Agile methodology of software development life cycle for Investment Banking Trading
Platform based apps and order management systems including front office a back office and
Middle office operations across trading life cycle.
• Lead the team for migration project in terms of assisting, assigning task . Tracking team deliverables.
Lead defect standup calls across sub teams and reporting test execution and planning progress in SIT,
UAT cycle of quarterly releases.
• Involved in Trade order submissions using UI, API and FIX flows for Foreign currency assets and their
trade flow systems.
• Worked on Wallstreet and Charles River front office systems and trade portfolio systems in placing
trades.
• Worked on trade order capturing ,trade processing and settlement processes using Middle office and
Back office applications like confirmation and swift messages for processing
• Involved in Trade order submissions using UI . API and fix flows.
• Extensively worked with Trade Order Management System (TOMS) for testing the Trade Capturing,
execution, validation, booking/confirmation.
• Tested trade workflow E2E from initiation on the front end to Record Keeping System;
• Tested Trade Blotter and other confirmation tools for trades.
• Validated the trade flow using splunk logs for investigation and troubleshooting of downstream errors.
• Involved in writing Test Cases and functionality testing. Integration ans system and end to end testing.
• Involved in playbook preparation of trading applications for operations users to use.
• Created and implemented migration project for trading platform from Object charlie to Wallstreet
including Test planning and implementation..
• Involved in Test APIs and database integration DB- and Backend validation -SQL
• Involved in swift message verification like MT300 etc.
 • Involved in E2E testing of Trade flow and life cycle making sure that trade booked and confirmed and
executed with right venues and sources and settled till the clearing house.
• Tracking Defect management process using JIRA in tracking user stories, defects and assigning
Regular sprint and Prod defects to right channel partners for impact analysis and defect resolution and
deployment to PROD.
• Reporting on testing progress to management using standard reports having complete details of Test
coverage/defects/next day action
• Involved in Scrum calls in highlighting blockers for testing activities.
• Used Postman UI tool to test webservices and APIs.
• Worked closely with Production team and supported business operations in fixing products issues in
defects root cause analysis. Impact and reimplementation of hot fixes during releases.

Client : Broadridge (Trading domain/Capital Market)

Location :Remote, FLORIDA
Oct 2021 to Nov 2022
Role: Lead – IT QA lead/ Sr QA specialist.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Involved in waterfall and Agile methodology of software development life cycle for Investment Banking
Trading Platform based apps and Portfolio management including front office a back office and
Middle office operations across trading life cycle.
• Lead the team in terms of assisting, assigning task .Tracking team deliverables. Lead defect stand-up
calls across sub teams and reporting test execution and planning progress in SIT, UAT cycle of
quarterly releases.
• Involved in Trade order submissions using UI, API and FIX flows for Equity and Fixed income and
foreign bonds assets and their trade flow systems.
• Worked on different assets classes of trade orders including options. Equity, Foreign currency, mutual
funds Fixed income bonds etc..
• Worked in trade blotter systems and trade portfolio systems in maintaining trades processing and
processing operations.
• Worked on trade order capturing ,trade processing and settlement processes using Middle office and
Back office applications like GLOSS and TCOR for processing
• Involved in Trade order submissions using UI . API and FIX flows.
• Post trade activity TCOR (Trade Correction)
• Extensively worked with Trade Order Management System (TOMS) for testing the Trade Capturing,
execution, validation, booking/confirmation using VeriFIX tool.
• Tested trade workflow E2E from initiation on the front end to Record Keeping System;
• Tested Trade Blotter and middle office application such as Global reference system;
• Validated the trades in back office systems BPS and Dash service messages generated for
downstream app.
• Involved in writing Test Cases with clear and detailed test steps in Cucumber format
• Completed design and planning of UI and Trading based application
• Created Test plan and Test Strategy documents.
• Identified approaches for risk based testing for each feature, or scope of work in project effort and
prioritize test execution in order to test high risk/high impact scenarios first.
• Involved in Test APIs and database integration DB- and SPLUNK log verification for Trade flow and
tracking including Backend -SQL verification.
• Involved in FIX message verification that exchange messages/communications between broker and
destinations(exchanges) for different assets like equity, Options FX and Fixed income . Identified
security symbols and involved in business logic evaluation for equity and Fixed income bonds assets in
terms of order submissions and order settlement end to end flow..
• Involved in E2E testing of Trade flow and life cycle making sure that trade booked and confirmed and
executed with right venues and sources and settled till the clearing house.
• Developed SQL/oracle queries to meet business scenarios to drive automation test needed
• Implementation of enhancement of Automation scripts for regression testing of Trading applications that
involved enhancement of trade order capture and processing.
• Setup hardware and software in test labs per specs
• Designed the Test cases based on the understanding & Query Responses received from BAs.
 • Involved in Test data preparation and test execution including Smoke, System testing, Functional (black
box) and Integration Testing.
• Involved in Database testing using basic MS SQl server, oracle-SQL queries.
• Followed Defect life cycle , Defect Triage ,Proactively participated in Defect logging and Closure
activities using JIRA .
• Tracking Defect management process using JIRA in tracking user stories, defects and assigning
Regular sprint and Prod defects to right channel partners for impact analysis and defect
resolution and deployment to PROD.
• Reporting on testing progress to management using standard reports having complete details of Test
coverage/defects/next day action
• Involved in Scrum calls in highlighting blockers for testing activities..
• Performed the Analysis and Test Case Coverage using ALM (Quality Center)Tracked the Requirement
Traceability(RTM)
• Used Postman UI,SOAP UI tool to test webservices and APIs.
• Coordinated with Production team, development and business with implementation, defect analysis and
resolution.
• Worked closely with Production team and supported business operations in fixing products issues in
defects root cause analysis. Impact and reimplementation of hot fixes during releases.

Client : Florida Blue (BCBS)

Location : Jacksonville, FLORIDA
Dec 2018 to Oct 2021
Role: Lead – IT QA lead/ Sr QA specialist.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Involved in waterfall and Agile methodology of software development life cycle for whole backend based
application software project that includes healthcare domain plan enrollment and payment processing.
• Provided expertise and guidance in automation test strategy,test plan test automation projects that
includes integration between multiple projects
• Involved in enhancing existing automation scripts by adding new keyword using robot framework library
using keyword driven methods.
• Involved in suitable Test techniques using automated approach
• Identified approaches for risk based testing for each feature, or scope of work in project effort and
prioritize test execution in order to test high risk/high impact scenarios first.
• Involved in Test APIs and database integration including Mongo Db and postgres SQL environments
• Developed SQL/oracle queries to meet business scenarios to drive automation test needed
• Implement Automation in regression testing to validate features developed in
• Setup hardware and software in test labs per specs
• Designed the Test cases based on the understanding & Query Responses received from BAs.
• Involved in Test data preparation and test execution including Smoke, System testing, Functional (black
box) and Integration Testing.
• Followed Defect life cycle ,Proactively participated in Defect logging and Closure activities using Rally.
• Reporting on testing progress to management using standard reports having complete details of Test
coverage/defects/next day action
• Created PYtests for unit testing python code using visual studio IDE for debug and execution.
• Created pytest report to show coverage of unit testing that defines code coverage percentage.
• Involved in analysis of python code in GIT and checking out in local and running pytest and functionality
test on it.
• Working on Unit testing using Python by adding pytests.
• Also involved in data validation passing different JSON based data to existing code to derive and
analysis of different output for given JSon input for data driven testing.
• Working on Unit testing using Python by adding pytests(small chunks of QA code to cover actual
python code).
• Also involved in API developed in Python using Postman by asserting output field and its values by
inserting assert statements for API response code and field in Responses.
• Involved in Scrum calls in highlighting blockers for testing activities..
• Also involved batch testing that involves PYTHON based batch Jobs like overnight jobs and also
involved in setting up Control M alerts if any of PROD jobs fails user will get alert emails so QA /Dev can
jump into and look into Job that has triggered alerts.
 • Created Schema file for validating Python Code to parse input XML files from vendors and process it
and generates output XML, DAT and JSON file along with error files and reporting to customers.
• Performed the Analysis and Test Case Coverage, Tracked the Requirement Traceability(RTM)
• Used Postman UI,SOAP UI tool to test webservices and APIs.
• Tested Batch Job based backend processes and applications for file creations like XML, DAT, text etc
• Coordinated with Production team, development and business with implementation, defect analysis and
resolution.
• Worked on basic UNIX ls-l , file copy and file delete (matching file patterns)commands related to
Python jobs and reading moving files on server boxes/FTP location.
• Also involved in running PROD jobs manually using various basic UNIX commands to login to
PROD and initiate Jobs, file move and file clean-up and placing files at remote folders.
• Actively involved in Acceptance criteria and suggest in updating requirements to meet business needs.
• Test execution phase which includes Smoke, System testing, Functional (black box) and Integration
Testing, E2E and UAT testing.

Location :Jacksonville, FLORIDA

Nov 2017 – Nov 2018
Client : TIAA BANK
Role: Lead – Quality Control.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Involved in Test requirement analysis ,Test data preparation well before the Test execution.
• Being Module-Lead, Peer reviewed team members Test cases and Suggested Review comments to
incorporate.
• Actively involved in Acceptance criteria and suggest in updating requirements to meet business needs.
• Test execution phase which includes Smoke, System testing, Functional (black box) and Integration
Testing via MTM tool.
• Being onsite coordinator, involved in assignment of task to offshore team and tracking their progress till
the closure.
• Involved in Database testing using basic MS SQl server, oracle-SQLqueries.
• Followed Defect life cycle ,Proactively participated in Defect logging and Closure activities using TFS.
• Involved in Scrum calls in highlighting blockers for testing activities.
• Organize the status meetings, led the meetings with client/BA and discuss the weekly status with the
client.
• Performed the Analysis and Test Case Coverage, Tracked the Requirement Traceability(RTM)
• Used SOAP UI tool to test SOA based architecture application to test SOAP services and REST API.
• Tested various retail banking based web-based application on different operating systems such as
Windows, Vista and different browsers such as IE, chrome, Firefox.
• Coordinated with Production team, development and business with implementation, defect analysis and
resolution.
• Developed test scenarios for process, function, integration and acceptance testing.

March 2014 – Nov 2017

Role: Lead – Quality Control.
Client : Wellsfargo
Location : Pune India
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Actively followed SDLC and STLC and Involved in waterfall methodology in understanding User story
requirements.
• Involved in the Test cases writing based on the understanding & Query Responses received from BAs.
• Involved in Test bed preparation well before the Test execution and execution of testcases using Quality
Center.
• Worked on acceptance testing and involved in UAT testing in validating application as per requirements
to meet business needs.
• Test execution phase which includes Smoke, System testing, Functional (black box) and Integration
Testing and database testing
• involved in Testcase review and tracked requirements using Quality center tool.
• Followed Defect life cycle, Proactively participated in Defect logging and Closure activities using Quality
center.
 • Reporting on testing progress to management using standard reports having complete details of Test
coverage/defects/next day action
• Worked on Trade booking applications for different channels including trade booking conformation and
execution.
• Involved in defect triage and daily standup calls in tracking and escalating/resolving blockers to
management for smoother test execution of project.
• Organize the status meetings, led the meetings with client/BA and discuss the weekly status with the
client.
• Performed the Analysis and Test Case Coverage, Tracked the Requirement Traceability(RTM)
• Used SOAP UI ,Rest UI tool for webservice testing
• Tested web-based application on different operating systems such as Windows, Vista and different
browsers such as IE, chrome, Firefox.
• Involved in Live service and production support in all testing activities

Capgemini Consulting India Pvt.Ltd --(PUNE)

Aug 2007 – Feb’14

Role : Consultant(Test analyst)
Client : Morgan Stanley
Location : Pune india
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Worked on various financial domains along with good knowledge on Investment Banking,
Retailbanking (Capital Market and FX trading),Security, Online marketing&Mobile Apps (Android,
IOS).
• Worked on Agile methodology, involved in Sprint and Scrum calls to gain knowledge and understand
the requirements, and discussed scope by Dev, Operations, and other stakeholders
• Tracked and involved in regular follow up on requirements using JIRA dashboard to obtain clear
understanding of BR and scope
• Prepared the scope of testing for current iteration across Dev and other project stakeholders to obtain
confirmation
• Engaged in preparation of Test strategy, Test plan.
• Involved in test case design, and test execution using Quality center.
• Delivered user stories in sprint based on agile scrum methodology and involving in daily scrum meetings
• and sprint planning meeting, User story grooming/workshops sessions and retrospection meetings.
• Experienced in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC),
• and Defect Life Cycle including Agile Scrum and Waterfall models.
• Worked on multi-application/ environment dependent system especially in trade booking
applications(JAVA based) across various asset classes such as rates, credit, and commodity
• Executed test cases, and coordinated with the team as a Module Lead to perform end-to-end testing of
the system
• Prepared requirement traceability matrix(RTM)
• Performed Smoke testing on new build of the application, and involved in System,integration and
Regression testing
• Participated in database testing using basic SQL/oracle server and queries.
• Utilized SOAP UI tool for testing web service testing .
• Reviewed team member’s efforts, and involved in driving lead calls with management
• Logged defects on JIRA, and tracked it to closure following Defect lifecycle
• Released daily test status and exit report activities, and daily updated management on project status
using TCM website
• Active member of the committee which prioritizes the bug severity and assigns it to the respective
developers. Verifying whether they have been resolved in future builds.
• Helped in building automation scripts using QTP tool for regression cycle.

Capgemini Consulting India Pvt.Ltd --(MUMBAI)

Dec 2006 – July 2007

Role: Consultant(Test analyst)
Client : Manheim
Location : Mumbai India
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Worked on Waterfall & agile methodology, involved in KT and workshop sessions with by Dev,
Operations, and other stakeholders to understand the requirements, and discussed scope
• Tracked and involved in regular follow up on requirements d to obtain clear understanding of BR and
scope
• Performed Use case analysis and prepared standard query log sheet to understand use case model of
requirements.
• Involved in Development of Test Cases and in Test case execution for mainframe applications and its
flows.
• Involved in System, integration and Blackbox testing( functional testing).
• Involved in managing and tracking test deliverables on VSS tool.
• Prepared and updated Regression pack for every release based on the Functionality changes to
perform regression testing.
• Prepared test approach for initial test activities and shared the Test strategy, Test plan to track whole
testing
• Worked om batch job testing using mainframe jobs and technology Including FTP file transfer. .
• Well versed with SDLC and STLC models and utilized this in implementing mainframe/webbased
application project.
• Tracked Bugs and followed Bug Life Cycle using Bugzilla tool.
• Prepared requirement traceability matrix(RTM)
• Participated in database testing using basic DB2 client tool for SQL querying DB for backend validation.
• Utilized Rest UI tool for testing web service testing .