Ahmed Khan
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
12 years of cumulative computer technology experience in industry, academic and
consulting. 12 years of QA/Test specific experience in design, testing and
implementation of Financial, Insurance, Wireless, Telecom, E-commerce and B2B
applications. Involved through out the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) of
the projects.
1. Software Quality Assurance (QA) and testing experience with a wide variety of
projects and environments. Functionality, compatibility, reliability,
exploratory/ad hoc, load/stress, usability, installation, security and related
test methodologies. Testing of web application, client-server, network,
multimedia, database on Windows and Unix operating systems.
2. Mentor, coordinator and leadership roles in creation and execution of QA and
testing processes, test strategies and plans, bug documentation and regression,
and bug tracking system development.
3. Experience with both team and individual work. Professional training in
software testing theories, procedures and methodologies. Self-starting highly
motivated quick learner with a very strong work ethic and a "can-do" attitude on
every project. Ability to work under strict deadlines.
Education/Certifications
1. Bachelor of Science - 1998
2. Master in Ecnomic
Courses:
Software Quality Assurance and Testing from San Jose State University - CA
Managing the Software Testing Process
Software Inspection and Reviews
Software Test Automation and Scripting Techniques
Writing Testable Requirement
Software Test Planning and Design
Williams Software Testing Boot Camp
Technical/ Applied Skills:
Software quality assurance: Over 12 years of experience as a software QA
engineer, writing and executing test plans and test cases in highly structured
and loosely structured development environments and performing all types of
testing (, Functionality testing, Black Box Testing, White Box Testing (Unit
testing), System testing, Integration Testing, Stress and Load testing,
compatibility, recovery and failover testing, Regression Testing); several years
of experience managing software QA programs. Very versatile and hands-on using
Load Runner, Win runner, Quick Test Professional, and (QC) Test Director.
Software QA management:Eight years of experience developing and managing
software QA programs and teams
Internet-based applications: Nine years of experience developing and testing
dynamic, database-driven applications with web interfaces; extensive experience
with Windows NT server environments; thorough knowledge of Internet standards
(HTML, HTTP), web site design principles and software usability practices
Software quality assurance automation software: Mercury Win Runner, QTP, Test
Director(Quality Center), Mercury (Now HP) Load Runner, Silk Performer, Silk
Test, Rational Rose, Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest, Interwoven Team
site 6.0 (content management system).JUNIT
Platforms: UNIX, Linux, Windows (95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003,Vista)
Programming languages: PL-SQL, JavaScript, Java, VBScript, UNIX/Linux shell
script, TSL
Database systems: Oracle 8i/9i, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access
Other software/Tool Kits/Libraries: Microsoft Exchange (5.5, 2000, 2003),
Lotus Notes,
Visual Slick Edit, Edit plus, TOAD, Rational ClearCase, Team Site
Browsers: IE 5.5/6.0/7.0, Netscape 4.7+ , Mozilla Firefox, AOL
6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0
EXPERIENCE
Consultant - Full Time/Contract
March 1996 toDEC 29, 2007
Status
Citizen of United States.
Grant Prideco woodland TX
September 2004 -DEC 2007
Team Lead/QA Manager
QA Team Lead/Automation Specialist -
Brought in to assist in the planning and execution efforts of the unit,
integration, regression, and the user acceptance test phases of Grant prideco
upgrade to their Human Resource System. Led a team of ten testers and created
the test plan to be followed during testing. Responsible for working with
subject matter experts to define business requirements then translate those into
test cases. Created 180 automated scripted using Quickest Professional.
O Responsible for development and execution of test cases.
O Analyzed the results from both unit and integration testing to identify
critical testing areas to be included in the regression phase.
O Helped manage the defects and attending the daily defect meetings.
O Utilized Mercurys Test Director for test case development and defect
tracking.
O Helped review the test cases created by other QA team members.
O Created the Test Director standards utilized by the testing team.
O Created automated scripts to test unit, integration, and end-end critical
business scenarios using Quickest Professional.
O Assisted in the coordination, planning, and hosting of the User Acceptance
Testing.
O Worked with developers and the functional team to resolve problems.
O Performed QA testing to isolate and identify software integration and
configuration problems,
Environment: Test Director, Business Objects, Excel, Microsoft Project,
Spreadsheet, UNIX, Oracle 9i, , Quick Test Professional 6.5 - 8.0, Visual Basic,
C++, Java, J2EE,SQL Server 2000, share point, Net,ClearCase, Clear Quest, RUP,
IBM Web sphere, Cics, Tso ,project center
WASTE Management, QA Analyst/QA Team Lead PeopleSoft Test Group - Houston, TX
(December 2003 to Aug 2004)
Work with the Testing group of PeopleSoft. Responsible for functional testing
of the applications, which include black box, and white box testing.
The job involves thorough testing of Inventory and Purchasing module.
Functional and technical testing was done right form the basic setups to the
generation of reports. This is the new feature of PeopleSoft Release 8.4.
Tasks perform in Inventory Setting of Installation Options, creating Business
Units, Storage locations, Items, Item Attributes by units, Unit of measure,
Creating POs, Receiving, Manual Staging, Put away, Fulfillment setups, Transfers,
creating Material Stock requests and Sales orders, .
The process also involves executing various SQR and COBOL processes on server
and client. Check the output and log files created by these processes. Acquire
extensive functional knowledge of the PeopleSoft version 8.4.
O Establish test scenarios.
O Establish test cases, functional test cases, regression test cases and trace
ability matrices.
O Perform test execution against functional and performance requirements.
O Assist in documentation of methods and procedures for control point
validations.
O Preparation of data requirements.
O Maintain test issues log and identification of gap areas.
O Validation of all reporting requirements for data integrity.
O Assist in resolution of issues affecting test effort by providing scripts and
tools to facilitate testers for data validation.
O Identify and recommend process improvements.
O Documentation of analysis results and communication of statuses.
O Test development and execution.
O Design review, test case development and execution as well as issue
resolution and contingency planning.
O Write, execute test cases according to test plan.
O Responsible for management for the test execution of all rules test cases,
updating test director on test results, data creation as well as regression and
ad hoc testing.
O Test execution in accordance with test strategy and test schedule, review;
issue identification and data mining exercises in accordance with project plan
timelines.
Environment: Test Director, Business Objects, SQL, Excel, Crystal Reports,
Microsoft Project, Spreadsheet, ClearCase, WinRunner, Adobe Acrobat, web sphere
DB2 Queries
NOR TEL Network, TEST Engineer/Team Lead - Dallas, TX (April 2003 to November
2003)
O Developed a detail test plan that covered the main functions of the RF
optimizer, which included the Calls Statistics, Site Map, graphical
representation of data, detail message and Grid view.
O Installed and verified the new release of RF Optimizer for CDMA, EVDO and
UMTS in stand-alone and Network mode.
o Used Win Runner automation tool to automate the Main functions of RF
Optimizer.
O Used Ghost image to verify the fresh installation on different Windows
versions 98/2000/XP.
O Participated in Design Review meetings with developers, also worked with
business analyst to create and analyze the Use cases.
O Identified software problems during manual testing and wrote easy to follow
bug reports, logged them into bug tracking system, clarified and monitored their
progress and verified their fix.
O Actively participated in enhancement meetings focused on making the product
more effective in real time scenario.
O Extensively used SQL to perform data integrity testing in Calls Statistics
page.
O Created weekly detailed test status reports, performance, bugs opened/closed
and graphical charts for upper management.
Environment: MS Word, Test Director, MS Office, SQL, Pl/SQL , Report testing,
java,Telegence Unix, Win Runner and Load Runner . Billing,
Pennzoil - Quaker State, A Team Lead/Business Analyst - Houston, TX (June 2002
to March 2003)
.NET Project for QA Software Test (web-based Applications Environment)
Testing/POS System. Developed and documented functional Wrote Test Cases for
System, Integration, and Regression testing directly from Requirements
Documentation using MS Word and Test Director.
O Communicated with Developers in order to acquire any details that may have
been in the requirements documentation. Tracked defects using Test Director.
O Designed Project performed Coding and Testing using HTML. Coordinated the
patches of code between two firms. Procedure was adopted to test the URL
Designing Test Plans, Requirements Trace Matrix, Test Cases and Procedures -
Executing Test Cases and Procedures. Customer simulation testing.
O Created Automated Test Scripts in WinRunner7.5.
O Used LoadRunner7.5 for Stress Testing and Load Testing.
O Generated Virtual User Scripting Using LoadRunner7.5 and executed the
scenarios using Load Runner Controller.
o Responsible for Executing the scenarios, Monitoring the server response
timings, Monitoring the throughput, Hits/Sec, Trans/SecCode Walkthrough, Channels
and validated the XML generated from the XML Parser.
O Validated SMTP Configuration for the E-Mail Notification Process.
O Involved in Testing File Net Document Service and Image Service.
O Created Compiled Modules and Functions using TSL Scripts.
O Testing Programs to specifications (Planning, scheduling and coordinating
testing in Conjunction with the application development and support teams).
O Identified analyzed and documented Defects.
O Performance of Confirmation Tested of Development-Proposed corrections.
O Met with the Sponsor to Coordinate Test Execution, Daily and Weekly Status
reports, issued Deployment Recommendation report and Project Evaluation.
Environment: Load Runner, Win Runner SQL, MS Word, Test Director, Oracle,
UNIX, Linux, Windows2000 server, Software Configuration Management, Java, Win
Runner, .Net,ClearCase, Clear Quest,
7-11 Southland, Inc., Sr. System Analyst/Team Lead/QA Software Test
Engineer/Client/Server-Based Testing/POS System - Dallas, TX
(September 2001 to May 2002)
O Wrote Test Cases for System, Integration, and Regression testing directly
from requirements Documentation using MS Word and Test Director. Communicated
with developers in order to acquire any details that may not be in the
requirements documentation.
O Tracked defects using QA Plan and Track then moved to Test Director.
O Ran Test Cases for System, Integration Regression and Stress testing of a GUI
POS System.
O Experienced with MS Office, QA Plan and Track, QA Run, Test Director, and SQL
(writing queries against an Oracle database to Track, Manipulate data for
testing).
O Inspected and analyzed test model and records results of all testing
procedure.
O Encoded, tested, debugged, and documented programs, writing/revising
standards and procedures.
O Load Runner Vugen utility for Web HTTP, LDAP.
O Responsible for running Load Runner scenarios for the user using Load Runner
Controller.
O Responsible and involved in executing the scenarios, monitoring the server
response timings, monitoring the throughput, Hits/Sec, Trans/Sec.
O Scripted through TSL for the cases written, reviewed the scripts written by
the team.
O Documented results of tests in Test Director and communicated with
programmers for problem resolution.
O Ensured test execution was complete in scheduled timeframes.
O Designed, wrote and fulfilled software test plans and test cases, creating
and closing defects per QA standards.
O Provided input and status updates regarding test progress and results.
O Reviewed software requirement specifications and technical design documents
to ensure that metrics would be measured.
O Developed metrics for assessing compliance of delivered software to those
specified requirements.
O Managed the setup and installation of test platforms and inspected and
analyzed test Model.
Environment: Test Director, Win Runner, MS Office, QA Plan and Track, QA Run,
SQL MS Word, UNIX, Linux , Windows2000 server, Bugzilla defect tracking
software, Crystal Reports, TRACKER Database
Williams Communications OIL and Gases Business Analyst /QA Analyst- Tulsa, OK
(October 2000 to August 2001)
Worked on web-based, in-house developed projects for load, stress and stability
testing through segue silk performer.
Recorded scripts and customized it for random data requirement using BDL
scripting language. Created detailed performance reports indicating performance
bottlenecks.
Projects included were AddsInview, VyvxInview, and Work Force Management,
Analysis of Power and Space, and CNMS.
Automated the complete Regression suite of Remedy application (Fault Management
System) through rational test studio.
Created automated scripts using rational robot and customized those scripts.
Randomize the data through data pool and data files.
Created customized log messages in the scripts and Clear Case, Clear Quest,
Performance testing for on-going projects by using Segue Silk Performer.
Writing Scripts using Silk test.
Automate regression and functionality testing suite for on-going projects by
using rational test suite.
Create and design test plans, test cases and test procedures for the projects
that require manual testing (functionality and system testing).
Execute test cases and procedures and create test and bug for management and
development team. Maintain discovered bugs into Remedy (Fault Management System)
and issue trouble ticket to bugs.
Issuing Deployment Recommendation report
Report Potential delays and present recovery plan to Project Manager.
Review the requirement documents and use cases and implement verification
process in software development life cycle by finding problems in early stage of
the development cycle.
Served as company representative at Interconnection Service Ordering and
Provisioning (ISOP) meetings, a committee of the Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions (ATIS) Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) to develop and
implement Access Service Ordering Guidelines (ASOG).
Environment: Test Director, Win Runner, MS Office, SQL, MS Word, Unix, Linux,
Oracle, Server-batch testing , Visio, Rational Robot ,Test Manager,TIBCO, ETL
,VEST Testing, UP,
Compu Bank - Houston TX
System Analyst/Software Test Engineer
October 1997 to August 2000
Project: Credit Default Swaps
Washington Mutual Bank is a leading home and auto loan bank in Trieste area,
profitable credit derivatives business. Credit Risk department is building a
Credit Default Swaps Trading application, utilizing cutting edge technologies
such as .NET, Web Services, XML just to name a few. It connected to various
in-house systems such as pricing, market data, etc. Testing had to be exhaustive
and accurate, since huge money transactions are made using this trading
application.
Responsibilities :
Analyzed the Functional and Business Requirements document
Prepared Test Plans and Test specifications as per Functional and Business
requirements
Performed Functionality, Regression, GUI, Positive and Negative, Performance,
Unit, Integration, Black and White Box, Compatibility, System testing.
Performed Acceptance & Transaction testing of the application on different
versions of browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox).
Tested the application on multi-platforms for compatibility and browser
dependency.
With the SQL queries, the data on the front-end application was checked
against the back-end ORACLE database.
Re-executed the tests after the release of Patches for the new version of the
application.
Developed TSL scripts using WinRunner 7.0/6.0 for Regression, GUI, Functional,
Screen Navigation, Data Driven testing.
Set-up Load/Performance environment using LoadRunner 7.02
Performed Parameter Driven Load testing using Web (HTTP/HTML), database
virtual users
Used Internal Data and Data Files data sources for parameter driven load test
Analyzed performance of Web-server, Application-sever and Database-server in
various virtual users load.
Analyzed defects reported by |
