MUKESH KITHANY
801 971 3611
Test Automation/Software Testing
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Rich IT Experience in software Development, Analysis, Design, Support QA
/Testing in varied domain, environment and Projects.
Experience in all Kinds of Software Development Testing.
Experience in performance, stress and load testing, code coverage testing,
regression testing, integration testing, system testing, automated testing, smoke
testing, UAT, environment testing, web testing, functional testing, manual
testing
Extensive experience with regression testing builds runs and sprints on
periodic test beds.
Experienced in defining Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans and Test
Cases,
Extensive use of testing techniques like fish bone diagram, traceability
matrix, automated script testing and V&V Verification and Validation process
Knowledge of SQL scripting for improving system performance using SQL Tuning
skills, headed a team of performance testing and SQL tuning was widely used for
reading reports
Excellent knowledge of Testing Analysis, Test Planning and QA process
maintenance in multiple environments.
Experience in all Kinds of SDLCs Software development life cycle and Software
development methodology like Agile, SCRUM, Rational Unified Process RUP,
Iterative, Waterfall, RAD and Prototyping
DOMAIN EXPERTISE:
Securities, Capital Market, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical and Insurance
industry domains
Test Management , Project Management, and QA Processes
Function Point and Time estimation methods.
Trading and Custodial Systems like E*TRADE, Charles Schwab
Mortgage and Asset Backed Securities and Bonds, Annuities
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Awarded for QA Testing project for STP product by CEO at NSEs IT division.
Awarded for contribution to QA Testing Eagles Star Pace Project at Patni
Computers.
Awarded two consecutive fast track promotions at CDSL.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems : UNIX, Win NT/Win2K/XP
Tools : Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear quest, Clear case,
Rational Robot, HP Mercury Quality Centre, Automated QA Test Complete, Test
Director, QTP
Middle ware : Tuxedo, Web Sphere, MQ Series, 3 Tier clients Server, Web
Logic
Databases : Oracle 7.3, Oracle 9, Oracle 10, MS Access, MS SQL SERVER
2005,T-SQL,Toad
Programming : VC#, C++ . NET, Perl, HTML, PHP, VB Script, QTP Scripts, .NET
environment, Use case Modelling.
MS Office : MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project.
Microsoft Technologies: Team Foundation Server, Team Explorer, Visual Studio
2005 VS 2008
CERTIFICATION:
Training cum workshop on Rational Tools at IBM
Brain bench certification for Business Writing and SQL
Certification in Oracle 7.3 and Visual Basic by Tata Unisys
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Employer-SKGROUP INC, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
4/08 Till Date
Performance Reporting
System Analyst
Environment: Microsoft Access, SQL, BackOffice Systems Systems, Microsoft
Technologies, Visual Macros in Excel, SQL, E*TRADE- File Integration Module
Charles Schwab, Adobe Professional 8 for Report Writing,
Responsibility:
Integration of Trading system with back office for NAV computation and
Performance Management reports for clients.
Developed test strategies for test Scripting with Quality Assurance group to
implement and develop Test Cases.
Development of test cases using VB scripting for report writing and
formatting.
Creation of Portfolio templates for Quarterly reporting of client
performances.
Testing of seamless integration of Trades of E*TRADE and Charles Schwab in
back office
Test scenarios for computation of NAV on daily basis wrt various client
strategies like full margin to low margin, portfolio mix.
Technical follow up and co-ordination with vendors
Test Scripting for automatic file upload and downloading of end of day trades
and mark to market reports.
Testing of NAV Computations, Quarterly and yearly Gain Loss reports for
client.
Testing of Price feeds and impact on Portfolios for stale trades
Served as Liaison between Business Users and Technical Solution developers.
Detailed hands-on responsibility for business requirement gathering, analysis,
testing and implementation of new releases and applications
Executed Manual Testing for Functional Test cases of trading Scenarios.
Coordinating testing effort, responsible for test deliverables, status
reporting to management, issue escalations.
End to End, System Testing, Integration Testing for Final Release into
Production.
Testing of STP Systems (Straight Through Processing) using integration, file
format testing, performance testing.
Creation and Analysis of Test Metrics and submitting for review
Development of test scripts and creation of Regression testing Suite.
Test Reporting to Management on fortnightly basis.
E-TEAM USA, New Jersey
10/07 - 04/08
Data Warehousing Markets Database
System Analyst
Environment: SQL Server 2005, ETL tools, Informatica, ERWIN, Mercury Quality
Centre 8.2, Microsoft Visual Studio. TOAD, Cognos, Business Objects
Responsibility:
Lead a team for Development and Testing of securities master database.
Extensively worked on Data Mining ,Data Warehousing Testing Projects
Optimized QTP scripts for Regression testing of the application with various
data sources and data types.
Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) to Map the custom objects to the standard objects
where necessary, and inserted GUI, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to
compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in
the previous version.
Testing of Price feeds of various price sources like Reuters and Bloomberg.
Wrote Test Cases for the Securities Master database application for various
instruments classes like MBS (Mortgage backed securities) and ABS (asset Backed
securities).
Conceptualized, recommended and led efforts to reduce testing resources from
13 to 4, and drove the refactoring of test case and test plans to meet stringent
delivery timelines.
Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix and managed requirements.
Coordinating testing effort, responsible for test deliverables, status
reporting to management, issue escalations.
Development of Test cases using Microsoft technologies, Unit and Manual
testing using Visual Studio for QA Testers Package.
Involved in re-defining business process, documenting enhancements.
Creation of test data and test scripts and formulation of test metrics for
code-coverage.
Load testing and performance testing for back office applications
Detailed hands-on responsibility for business requirement gathering, analysis,
testing and implementation of new releases and applications
Performed Performance and Stress testing of securities application.
Web based testing using usability testing, stability, performance and stress
testing techniques.
Web based testing using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for Testers and Microsoft
Team Foundation Server
Employer-Wipro Technologies
CS-NEW YORK/ Pune COE
06/06 - 10/07
Lead
PROJECTS: Prime Swaps Reporting Portal
Prime Swaps Blotter/Prime Swaps GUI
Environment: .NET, SQL SERVER 2005, 3 Tier Client Architecture, Web based
Portal, Control-M Application Scheduler, Microsoft Team Foundation Server,
Mercury Test Director 8.2 and 9, Mercury QTP 8.2, TSQL
Responsibility:
Test Management, QA and BA lead for Credit Suisse Investment bank based out of
London and New York. Test Management using Mercury Quality and automation testing
using Mercury Quality Suite regression suite
Lead a team of 6 developers for project involving enrichment of 12 reports
into one report.
Implementation of Reporting Framework by integration of an old classic 12
reports framework into one report.
Selected to build a centralized Quality Assurance framework for production
environment to reduce overall defects and support rapid business growth for
PrimeSwaps Project
Oversaw the design and introduction of manual and automated testing
environments to minimize issues and enhance quality. Established a dedicated
team; evaluated and implemented automated testing tools; managed the development
of test data and cases; and oversaw the appropriate identification and resolution
of testing and production issues to minimize performance errors and system
downtime. Coordinated build schedules and code releases with Project Leads,
Development Managers, and Change Managers. Recruited, led and monitored
performance of up to 6 Test Engineers and Consultants in an Agile development
environment.
Development of Test cases using Microsoft technologies, Unit and Manual
testing using Visual Studio for QA Testers Package.
QA and Testing for Portfolio Management Suite of Prime Swaps wrt Mark to
market changes in Forex, equity Prices and Interest changes.
Developments of Test scripts using VC++ and unit testing modules of Microsoft
Visual Studio.
Implementation of One report access and exportability features.
Generate Test Scripts/ scenarios in Quality Center and Perform System and
Regression testing
Lead Issues/Defects and Change Control Meetings.
Create Test Data using file function in QTP. for Testing and matrix/status
report using Quality Center
Worked on Multiple Projects like Corporate Action module, Prime Swaps
Reporting Portal, Blotter, SWAP GUI
Development of QTP scripts using VBasic and QTP techniques.
Worked on excel and .NET environment based file upload utility for
simplification of traders queries for Mandrake Client.
Analysis of performance of load testing scripts of various configurations.
Development, Execution of QTP and Mercury QC Scripts and Analysis and
Reporting of defects.
Tested the user interface developed in .net environment.
Formulation of QA strategies and test cases for application developed in .NET
environment and Control M scheduling.
Involved in re-defining business process, documenting enhancements.
Reported defects and bugs to development team using Mercury Quality Centre
Development of Test cases and Test Planning and Test Execution for project
involving up gradation of 12 classic reports into a enriched reporting framework
developed in net
Extensively tested the Search Functionality and look-up criteria of Swaps
application and test results and findings were analyzed and inculcated for SQL
tuning of the reporting framework
Employer-PATNI COMPUTERS SYSTEMS
EAGLE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS-BOSTON,MA
05/05 - 06/06
Software Specialist
PROJECTS:
Eagle Star Pace-Development
Environment: SQL SERVER 2005, EAGLE STAR PACE version 6, 6.3, Version 7, File
Uploader Utility, Web based Portal, Defect Reporting Portal, Mercury Test
Director. TSQL
Responsibility:
Project Lead for QA team for Eagle Investments Systems -Boston MA.
Developed test strategies with Quality Assurance group to implement Test Cases
for Eagle STAR PACE
Cross Testing of Eagle Pace in various browsers.
Administration and Maintenance of Eagle Star Pace Environment for Team with
respect to latest Price feeds, Test Data, Forex rates, Master files like
Securities like Tag 10
Creation of Upload files for upload to Eagle Start Pace marked and tagged to
tags.
Development of Test Cases and Test data for various fixed income securities
like steps bonds, annuities, floating, inverse floating bonds.
Development of Test Cases and Test data for Corporate Actions impact on
various fixed income securities like steps bonds, annuities, floating, inverse
floating bonds.
Testing scenarios of Trades and impact on pay/receipts of portfolios
Execution of Business Scenarios for Step Up Bonds and Floating rates Bonds.
Extensively worked on Amortization of Bonds for Discount bonds and Bonds
issues at discount.
Extensively worked on Mercury Quality centre for defect tracking
Change management done through Issue tracking in Mercury Quality centre
Creation of Test Plans and Regression Testing Suite in Mercury Quality
Centre.
Development of test cases for Regression Suite package in Mercury Quality
Centre Test Lab
Weekly Test Status reporting and Test Management using Mercury QC.
Planned and defined system requirements to Wire Frames with Use Case, Use Case
Scenario and Use Case Narrative using the UML (Unified Modeling Language)
methodologies.
Created Use Case Diagrams with multiple alternate flows, Activity Diagrams,
Sequence Diagrams using MS Visio.
Testing of STAR Pace accounting and Straight Through Processing system
developed for hedge funds and clients dealing in complex securities and
transactions like Fixed Income and Equities, Swaps and Forwards
Testing and Execution of Corporate Actions application involving Dividends,
Cash dividends, rearrangements, splits and announcements.
Extensive use of SQL for testing the backend and front end data display from
data consistency point of view.
India Experience 1998-2004
EDUCATION:
MMS Masters in Management
Bachelor of Engineering-B.E. Electronics
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