Quality Assurance / Software Tester Resume

Title
Quality Assurance / Software Tester

Primary Skills
Highly experienced and successful Software Test Consultant with 7years Software Testing and Quality Assurance experience

Location
US-CA-Los Angeles (will consider relocating)

Posted
Feb-07-10


Personal Profile

Highly experienced and successful Software Test Consultant with 7 years Software Testing and Quality Assurance experience across Financial, Healthcare, Retail and Pension industries including five years focusing on web-based technologies. Highly energetic and motivated performer educated to degree level with proven ability to work unaccompanied, lead or as part of a team accurately applying Testing Techniques to minimize business risk. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate concisely at all levels and disciplines both written and verbally.

Relevant Skills
Testing Specific Skills
Test Director, Quality Centre 9.0, SpiraTeam, Clear Quest, Quick Test Professional, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 TFS, Selenium

Project Lifecycle Experience
Waterfall, Agile (using sprint and scrums), V-Model, RAD

Testing Techniques
System, Migration, End to End, UAT, Regression, Functional, Non Functional, Live Deployment and Environmental Sanity Testing. Specialist Payment Testing including; MasterCard Certification, VISA / MasterCard Compliance and AVS Payment Card Testing

Technical Skills
SQL, MySQL, SQL Server 2005, Toad, Oracle 7, Access, Sybase, MIMER / Unix, Mac / PC, UML CASE Tools, XHMTL, XML, CSS, PHP, Microsoft Silverlight, Flash, JavaScript, ASP.net, Rational Rose, Visual Basic, FTP, MS Project, Business Works, Biztalk, Virtual Test Environments / content switches, Event Viewer / Log files

Related Experience
PensionFirst Analytics, London UK, 01/10 -- preset
Senior Test Consultant
• Senior Test Consultant on PFaroe Asset and Liabilities Application for the measurement and management of defined benefit pensions risk with clients including HSBC.
• Created and executed test scripts, plans and raised defects ensuring quality of Web (JavaScript, CSS, Microsoft Silverlight, SQL Server, Cube Database) and Windows (Microsoft Windows, SQL Server) based applications within an Agile environment.
• Ran automation scripts using Selenium and deployed builds into the test environment using Microsoft Visual Studio.

ASOS, London UK, 09/09 -- 12/09
Senior Test Consultant (3 Month Contract)
• Senior Test Consultant for a multi-million pound online clothing retailer and responsible for the testing activities of the PayPal Express Checkout Integration Project with one direct report.
• Created Test Cases, Scripts and defects within SpiraTeam and produced Test Plans and reports. Responsible for environment and data set up with PayPal and DataCash.
• Worked within an Agile environment with Sprint and Scrums using Microsoft Visual Studio TFS for PBI / SBI management.
• Presented functionality to company IT and E-commerce directors.

Tesco.com, Welwyn Garden City UK, 04/08 -- 09/09
Senior Test Consultant (2 Month Contract extended 6 times to 18 Months)
• Senior Test Consultant for the Tesco Direct Business Improvement Programme working for a multi-billion pound global retailer successfully deploying live releases every two months to the Tesco Direct Website (FWS, APP, BWS, ASP.net, Sharepoint, Biztalk, Manhattan) and Instore Systems.
• Performed End to End, Regression, Live Deployment Testing and managed UAT for the Tesco website, Customer Service and Delivery channels testing multiple projects within each release.
• Managed 2 test contractors in the UK and 5 in India and reported directly to the Programme Manager, Project Managers and Test Manager.
• Worked with Development Leads to understand and resolve environmental and code issues.
• Successfully delivered AVS Payment Card Testing through co-ordination of data with RBS, HSBC, Amex and through Solve.
• Worked on Fraud reduction programme, with third party suppliers The Third Man and RED, saving 1million pounds in fraud within 1 year.
• Provided Training documentation, support and mentoring to HSC (India Software Development Centre) during Testing Transition to India.
• Accountable for delivery of Test Plans, scripts (in Mercury Quality Centre), execution of testing, defect management and reporting to timelines agreed with Project and Programme Managers.

Barclays - BarclayCard International, Northampton, UK 02/05 - 04/08
Test Team Leader
• Successfully managed releases consisting of up to 4 major projects, reporting to 4 Project Managers, 1 IT Project Manager and the Test Manager and managed up to 11 Test Analysts on projects ranging up to 6 million pounds for a Global Financial Institution.
• Effectively lead to completion the testing of projects delivering new functionality, new systems, hardware / software upgrades, migrations and compliance on applications including Transaction Processing (Prime), Online Banking (iPlant, WebSphere, Java, J2EE, Oracle), Application Processing Systems (Staffware, Unix, Oracle) and Scan recognition software (ELSAG).
• Created Test Plans, Schedules, Test Scope documents adopting a risk based approach, Test Scripts in Test Director, Automation scripts using QTP with proven time saving of 50% on data entry, Test Completion Reports, Status Reports (Test and Defect Metrics and confidence ratios) and managed defects in Test Director / Clear Quest.
• Worked within a Prince2 framework, where projects are managed by the Project Plan and through RAID logs and compliant to Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) audit standard
• Increased test effectiveness through improvements in procedures to reduce costs such as consolation of regression packs and streamlining Test Director Procedures.
• Estimated all projects and releases at multiple stages in the project lifecycle and assigned a pool of Test resources to projects. 
• Line Management responsibilities of Attendance Management, Training, Mentoring, Personal Improvements Plans and Personal Development Plans, with direct salary and bonus implications.

Invensys - IMServ Europe, Milton Keynes, UK 09/03 - 02/05
Implementation Support Analyst
• Successfully performed Functional and Regression Testing over multiple systems, with complex End-to-End processes, and coordinated UAT within an Energy Data Management environment
• Used recognized Project Models, including Waterfall and V-Model, and applied structured Test Approaches to produce Test Plans, maintain Test Logs, investigate problems and log defects.
• Coordinated UAT activities and managed live deployments, organized multiple teams to minimize the disruption to the business.

IMS Maxims, Milton Keynes, UK 07/01 - 09/02
Quality Analyst Degree one Year Industrial Placement
• Responsible for software testing of HealthCare applications based on the Web and Unix (Client Server). Projects included Admission, Discharge and Transfers Module and the AnE organization structure functionality to the core patient administration system.
• Produced and executed Test Specifications, Scripts and maintained manual test logs to the company's ISO Standards.

Qualifications
ISEB Foundation and Practitioner (Passed) 2007
Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner (Passed) 2006
Project Management for Software Development (Passed) 2004
Software Testing and Inspection Methods (Passed) 2004
2.1 BSc Hons Information Systems with Management Degree, De Montfort University, UK 2003

Other Information
Relocating to LA on a B2 Visa but will require a working visa. I am happy to pay all associated costs.

Certifications
Qualifications
ISEB Foundation and Practitioner (Passed) 2007
Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner (Passed) 2006
Project Management for Software Development (Passed) 2004
Software Testing and Inspection Methods (Passed) 2004
2.1 BSc Hons Information Systems with Management Degree, De Montfort University, UK 2003


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