QA Analyst Resume

Title
QA Analyst

Primary Skills
Rational TeamTest

Location
US-FL-Tampa (will consider relocating)

Posted
Apr-04-09


QUALIFICATIONS
I have over twenty five years of Information Technology experience; twenty (20) years testing and thirteen (13) years in Mainframe Developement and eight (8) years as a Sr. Quality Analyst. Current focus is on Unit, System, UAT and Regression testing. I can write test plans, do analysis, functional design, coding and documentation to put business applications into production at CMMI Level 3 or 4. I have done testing of Web Applications, Client Server Software and Mainframe systems. I have functioned effectively as a Team Lead, Developer, QA Analyst, Business Analyst, Programmer/Systems Analyst, Pre/Post Sales Support, Problem Solver and QA Analyst/Tester. I am familiar with CMMI, the Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) along with Agile and Scrum.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing Tools: IBM Rational Suite - Rational TestManager, Rational Robot, Rational ClearQuest, Rational
ClearCase and Rational RequisitePro, Rational Functional Tester, HP Quality Center, WinRunner, TACL, Microsoft SQL Server, Client Server, WebLogic,TOAD, SQL Developer, Oracle, MySQL Server, MS SQL Oracle, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Viasoft Products (SmartTest and Insight).

Environments: Windows XP, MS Office, Web Applications, Visual Basic, SQABasic, DB2, TCP/IP, Oracle, SQL,
Tuxedo, UNIX, MS Project, MS Office Suite, Windows NT, and Windows 2000, Windows XP, Tandem, Linux, OS/370 /380/390, BEA WebLogic, Scrum (Agile).

Mainframe: IBM Mainframe, Tandem, TSO/ISPF, DB2, QMF, CICS/VS, IMS, JCL, DATACOM/DB, Siemens
Medical Solutions (formerly Shared Medical Systems (SMS)), VM/CMS SP, MVS, OS Utilities, IDEAL, MODEL 204, FOCUS, RAMIS, SAS, REXX, IMS, VSAM, FILE-AID, Xpediter, Panvalet, ChangeMan, QMF, Dimensions, InfoMan, SourceSafe, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), FTP (File Transfer Protocol), SharePoint, CA7.

Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, DOS

Languages: SQL, COBOL, COBOL II, Visual Basic, PL/1, SQABasic, VBScript, XML, EASYTRIEVE, REXX,
TACL, FDL; UML, HTML, IDEAL.



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bunch & Associates 7/2008 -- 8/2008
Sr. QA Analyst
Was asked by the CIO to come in at the tail end of the project to help them get out their .NET application, Ciatdel. Testing (that includes integrated and regression) an application which uses Microsoft Visual Studio under the Scrum (Agile) Methodology. Writing test cases and test scripts. Documenting changing test requirements, test designs and test plans along with the test case and test scripts.





Ciber, Inc. 2/2008 -- 3/2008
Sr. QA Analyst
Came in on the tail end of a project as part of a testing team charged with separating Harcourt's applications from Elsevier's applications.
• Utilized HP Quality Center and WinRunner on a Tandem environment with Windows.
• Wrote Use Cases, Test Cases and Test Scripts and some User Acceptance Testing.
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Bunch & Associates 5/2007 -- 11/2007
QA Team Lead/Sr. QA Analyst
• Testing (that includes unit, integrated, regression, and UAT) a new .NET application which uses Microsoft Visual Studio under the Scrum (Agile) Methodology.
• Provide assistance and consulting to Development on project activities.
• Working from functional specifications to write test plans and test scripts.
• Provides technical leadership and responsible for overall technical solutions and quality.
• Documenting test requirements, test designs and test plans (writing and reviewing of unit and system testing documentation for technical accuracy).
• Reading and manipulating files in 835, 837, UB04, UB92 and HCFA1500.
• Utilizing EDI and XML.
• Also performed the role of Business Analyst.

Ciber 4/2006 -- 10/2006
Cibersites Offsite Team Lead/SQA Analyst/Business Analyst
Jeppesen
• Properly diagnose test results and document product defects.
• Setting up test environment and installing product releases and fixes..
• Consult with Development and Business Analysts to identify test data.
• Coordinates application builds and release processes with QA Manager.
• Testing an application on a Tandem and the Web which includes unit, system and regression testing.
• Analyze, develop, and manage test plans and test cases utilizing the software automated testing tool Rational TeamTest.
• Documenting test requirements, test designs and test plans (writing and reviewing of unit and system testing documentation for technical accuracy).
• Acts as offsite Team Manager and Business Analyst.

Subex Technologies 12/2005 -- 3/2006
Test Engineer
AT&T Labs
• Testing the software for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) in a Web environment utilizing WebLogic.
• Testing of an on-line a Client/Server application, in a Windows environment.
• Utilizing RAD (Rapid Application Development) methodology with the RUP (Rational Unified Process).
• Developing test plans and test cases from functional requirements.
• Maintaining a requirements traceability matrix.
• Installing and teaching Rational ClearQuest to the testing team.





Team Information Services 08/2005 -- 12/2005
Instructor/QA Analyst
Attorney's Title Insurance Fund
• Teaching a QA team of 13 Testers and Technical Writers on how to use the software automation testing tool. Rational Robot in a Mainframe environment and to help them in their Regression testing efforts for their Web applications utilizing WebLogic.
• Aided in writing a document on requirements traceability matrix.


Government Works 03/2005 - 06/2005
QA Analyst/Business Analyst
VHA (Veterans Hospital Administration)
• Testing the PFSS (Patient Financial Services System) application in a Mainframe and Web environments which included unit, system and regression testing. Utilizing VISTA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture), VA FILEMAN, TSO/ISPF, JCL and File-Aid.
• Developing test plans and test cases from functional requirements along with User Acceptance Testing.
• Maintaining a requirements traceability matrix.
• Also performed the role of Business Analyst.

Indotronics International Corporation 10/2004 -- 03/2005
QA Analyst/Tester
Verizon
• Testing the Verizon's Billing System, on a Mainframe, manually (includes unit, system and regression testing).
• Developing test plans and test cases from functional requirements.
• Maintaining a requirements traceability matrix.
• Utilizing InfoMan, SQL, InSync, Endevor, Lotus Notes, TDS (Task Developer System), JCL, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, EasyTrieve, and QMF.
• Verizon's Billing System, on a Mainframe, manually (includes unit, system and regression testing).
• Developing test plans and test cases from functional requirements and then doing the UAT testing.

Baxter Healthcare 03/2004- 08/2004
QA Analyst/Business Analyst
• Testing of an on-line 3-tier Client/Server application, utilizing an automated testingtool, Rational
TeamTest, on various Web applications.
• Documenting the test requirements, test designs and test plans (writing and reviewing of unit and system testing documentation for technical accuracy).
• Enhancing the existing test procedures and recording new test procedures that are written in SQABasic to test against new functionality.

FIT Systems 05/2001 -- 12/2003
QA Analyst/Consultant
• Testing of an on-line 3-tier Client/Server application, in a Windows environment,
Tuxedo being the MiddleWare.
• Utilizing an automated testing tool -Rational Suite Enterprise on a Claims Processing application for a government contract (unit, system, UAT, stress, load and regression testing).
• Documenting the test requirements, test designs and test plans (writing and reviewing of unit and system testing documentation for technical accuracy).
• Enhancing the existing test procedures and recording new test procedures that are written in SQABasic to test against new functionality.
• Assumed the role of Business Analyst.
• Utilizing SQL and Visual Basic in establishing the baseline data.
• Regression testing the applications and validating existing defects and then reporting new defects.

FIT Systems 12/1999-- 04/2001
QA Tester/Consultant
Veterans Administration
• Testing of an on-line 3-tier Client/Server application, in a UNIX/C++ environment.
• Tuxedo being the MiddleWare.
• Utilizing an automated testing tool, Rational Suite Enterprise for the conversion from a Sequent box to a SUN box unit, system, UAT, stress, load and regression testing).
• Documenting test requirements, test designs and test plans (writing and reviewing of unit and system testing documentation for technical accuracy).
• Enhanced the existing test procedures and recorded new test procedures written in SQABasic to test against new functionality.
• Utilizing SQL and Visual Basic in establishing the baseline data.
• Regression testing the applications and validating existing defects and then reporting new defects, should they arise, in a spreadsheet for defect monitoring.
• Coordinated with the VA site in Illinois in the concurrent release of the software product.
• Used the Rational Performance Studio, the process of exercising a system by emulating actual users.

Maxim Group 10/1998 -- 10/1999
Developer/Consultant
University Community Hospital
• The analysis, design, coding, unit and system testing and documentation of COBOL, COBOL II and Easytrieve application programs, in a Mainframe environment. Also assumed the role of Business Analyst.
• Utilizing Dimensions, a Change Management Control system,TSO/ISPF, JCL, CICS, File-Aid, and responsible for Configuration Management.
• Supported the hospital's Siemens Medical Solution application, which controls Patient Management and Patient Accounting, by resolving production issues via ASRs (Application Support Requests).
• Coded CA-Easytrieve and REXX programs in order to extract data to create files and to write reports.
• Utilized Viasoft products for developing and debugging.



1978 -- 1998 Mainframe Application Developer, Business Analyst, Pre/Post Sales Support, Managerial and Lead positions, Maintenance Programming and QA positions in various organizations.


EDUCATION
Bachelors of Arts in Economics and Business Administration.
Minor in Management
Rutgers University, New Jersey

Certifications
See above


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