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Extensive knowledge and experience in STLC starting from documentation of Testing Deliverables such as Test Plans, Test Cases, Daily/Weekly/Monthly Test Reports till validation of application by performing Functional, GUI, Cross browser and Regression testing
Performed Backend Testing and E2E testing by using SQL and UNIX/Linux tools
Assisted Product Owners in User Acceptance Testing for each story after QA completion
Demonstrated methodical, detail oriented and thorough approach to all assigned stories by meeting sprint deadlines
Extensive knowledge of SDLC Methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall
Thorough knowledge of Financial Securities such as Stocks, Fixed Income, Mutual Funds, Options, Swaps, Futures
Actively participated in QA meetings, Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog refinements and various Team Huddles and liaise between Product Owner, Scrum Master and Scrum Team
Technical Skills: HP ALM/QC, JIRA, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Developer, UNIX/Linux

EXPERIENCE

Morgan Stanley New York, NY

Sr. QA Engineer

E-Trade is a trading and analytical platform designed to meet the needs of active traders and investors. It’s a customizable trading platform that offers a variety of features. Using the e-trade pro platform, investors/traders can trade stocks, options, futures, index products and ETFs.

Tested User Management Console and transaction archives.
Reviewed Business Requirement and Software Specification Requirements to achieve better understanding of the Application.
Revised Test plan prepared the Test cases, Test Scenarios and End to End scenarios (starting from Frontend to Backend applications).
Involved in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile methodology.
Conducted Functional, GUI, Regression and Smoke tests on the new enhancements added to the web application.
Participated in Daily (scrum) and Weekly Status reports updates with a team.
Involved in creation and maintenance of Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
Worked with SME and Business Analysts to define and design Test Scenarios and Test Data.
Performed Back End testing using SQL queries to access database, created stored procedures/functions.
Used ALM and Jira tools for bug filing and bug triage.

Interactive Brokers New York, NY

Sr. QA Engineer

TWS – Trader Workstation – is a market maker-designed and comprehensive trading platform developed by Interactive Brokers. The platform provides investors and institutions with ability to trade stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and funds on more than hundred global markets from a single account.

Reviewed and analyzed Software Requirement Specification and drafted detailed Test Plan to drive the entire testing process.
Tested the entire application and performed various tests such as Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, End-to-End Testing, and Regression Testing.
Participated in User Acceptance testing (UAT) and involved in Documenting Defects, resolved defects and Signed Off from Application.
Developed Test Scenarios by using Boundary Value Analysis and Positive & Negative conditions.
Tested New Trade functionality by entering Ticket Number, Trade Date, Settle Date, CUSIP, Coupon, Price, and Maturity Date.
Wrote SQL queries to extract Data from Tables and to verify the output Data of the reports.
Used HP/ ALM (Quality Center), for organizing Requirements, store the Test Cases and executing the test cases and logging/tracking Defects.
Reported bugs/errors using Clear Quest and ensured issue/problem resolution is communicated in a timely and effective manner between Developers and Lead QA Analyst.
Participated in daily (SCRUM) and weekly team meetings and discussed enhancement and modification requests.