Summary

 Over 15 years of IT experience with 9 years of diverse experience of Managing System Integration testing
with domain experience in Mortgage, Pharmaceutical, Communication and Financial Industries
 Gained expertise in the areas spanning various phase of STLC - Test Planning and management,
Requirements Management, Test Design, Run plan preparation, Execution, Defect Management and Test
Reporting using dashboards.
 Experience on Functional testing, System Testing, Manual Testing, Regression Testing, Integration testing,
GUI Testing, Security testing, Smoke testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Software Validation testing,
UAT, Batch Testing, Interface testing.
 Extensive experience in analyzing and Creating Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Data Flow
Diagrams, Sequence Diagram and Entity Relationship Diagrams based on UML methodology using Rational
Rose and MS Visio.
 Skilled in performing Gap Analysis to identify problems and inconsistencies.
 Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and
QA Methodologies like Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Iterative process
 Experience in Test Management using HP ALM Quality Center and Defect Management using Rational Clear
Quest.
 Very good communication skills.
 Good Knowledge/Understanding of Cúram Solution for Social Assistance.
 Experience in MISYS Summit and Eagle Sub-ledger COTS applications.
 Experience in Testing Web services using SOAP UI.
 Completed Selenium in-house training.
 Very good experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft word, Microsoft Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Microsoft
Project, Teams.
 Experience in tracking test coverage and providing Metrics to management
 Experience in writing SQL queries for backend DB testing and data validation.
 Experience in UAT, writing test cases, execution and defect management.
 Experience in Test plan and Test Strategy document preparation.
Educational Qualification
 Completed Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi
Georgia Russia in 1992.
Technical Skills
Methodologies : Agile and Waterfall
Test Management Tools : Selenium, Cucumber, Quality Center 9.2, HP ALM Quality Center11.5
Testing : QTP/UFT, Rational Clear Case, Doors, JIRA, Clear Quest, ParaSoft SOATest
Operating Systems : Linux, Windows 98/2000/XP/2003, Vista, Windows 7
Database tools : SQL 2008/2005/2000 Oracle 11i-8i Toad, DB2, Rapid-SQL
Languages : HTML, TSL, VB Script, Visual Studio 2008.Net
Others Tools : Putty, XML Spy, and SOAP UI, Actuate, SSRS, Crystal

Work Experience
NIH, Bethesda MD Jan'18 – Jan’20
Designation: Sr. QA Lead Engineer
Description:
The NIH Enterprise Directory (NED) is a centrally coordinated, electronic directory containing identity, contact,
and organizational information for all members of the NIH workforce and non-NIH staff using NIH services and
facilities. NED Web is the custom data content and process management application used by NIH 

 Developed test plans with collection of all required details, estimate the test effort and team timeline
schedule to complete testing for proposed release.
 Managed team of 4 members.
 Involved in backend testing, checking data integrity and consistency in front end GUI application.
 Scope the required tests, Estimate the test effort, review TC results and send to Business for approval.
 Involved in creating automation framework using eclipse, Selenium, Cucumber and Junit. Wrote,
modified and executed automation scripts in selenium framework.
 Written SQL queries to verify the backend specific data in the database.
 Wrote and executed manual Test scripts.
 Set the Global, Project, Test Suite and Test Case properties for APIs in SOAPUI/Ready API.
 Used Transfer Property to pass the response as a request into different webservice.
 Performed Section 508 compliance testing for Documents, ensured every electronic document received is
accessible.
 Identified and prioritized test cases to automate in addition to raising bugs using JIRA.
Environment / Tools:
Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Junit, SQL Server 2016, IBM BPM 8.6, IBM BAW 19.0.0.3, UNIX, DevOps,
Oracle 11, SailPoint IIQ7.3, TOAD, JIRA, SOAP-UI/ReadyAPI, SVN, Jenkins, .

BGE, Baltimore MD Jul'17 - Dec'17

Designation: UAT QA Lead/Test Engineer
Description:
BGE is Maryland’s largest natural gas and electric utility, delivering power to more than 1.25 million electric
customers. BGE is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, the nation’s leading competitive energy supplier.
Working on converting BGE.com to ADA/508/WCAG compliance.
 Discussed with stakeholders the business need and information related to the project requirements.
 Ensuring the requirements are mapped to the WCAG 2.0 compliance specifications and approved by all
relevant stakeholders.
 Managed Team of 5 testers.
 Verified Tabbing order, Alt text for images and links, Video content and transcript.
 Developing and performing 508 compliance test plans, test strategy and test cases.
 Performed Section 508 compliance testing for Documents, ensured every electronic document is 508
compliance.
 Performed mobile devices testing configured mobile devices for 508 testing.
 Performed 508 compliance testing for level of contrast of the elements of the site using JAWS, NVDA
and Adobe Acrobat Analyzer.
Environment / Tools:
Java, QTP/UFT, SQL Server 2012/2008, UNIX, , Oracle 11, TOAD, Microsoft Team Foundation Server
(TFS), Postman, JAWS 18, NVDA, JIRA,Voiceover, Service Now, Adobe professional, Color Contrast
Analyzer, DOORS, Exceed, GIT, Jenkins, Rapid and CC&B (Customer care & Billing).

Freddie Mac (Cognizant CTS), Mclean VA Aug'14 - May'17

Designation: Sr. QA Lead/Tester
Description:
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), known as Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac buys mortgages
on the secondary market, pools them, and sells them as a mortgage-backed security to investors on the open
market.
Worked on various home grown application as well as COTS application.

Responsibilities:
 Designed the required test strategy in line with the scope and Test Cases according to the application flow
to be tested.
 Used Agile methodology, Participated in Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Scrum Meetings.
 Provided status reports to project managers and product owners.
 Identified and prioritized test cases to automate in addition to raising bugs using HP Quality Centre (QC).
 Created and maintained automation hybrid framework, Involved in Regression Testing, selection of
regression test cases for Automation using HP ALM UFT.
 Wrote manual Test Cases based on requirement and executed them.
 Did extensive testing of Summit and Eagle Sub ledger COTS applications for DDAP (debt & derivative
accounting platform).
 Verified trade data and unauthorized prices loaded in Summit through the day.
 Executed autosys jobs using Putty and checked job status and logs on Unix boxes.
 Webservices/API testing using SOAP UI tool to validate the response XMLs, using Contain, Not Contain,
XPath Match, XQuery Match assertions.
 Involved in creating selenium, cucumber, maven framework. Writing and executing automation scripts
Selenium.
 Compared and validated counts, aggregates and actual data between the source and target data
sources.
 Track the new/updated requirements in the project and modify testing artifacts accordingly.
 Review defect reports and assign valid defects to the relevant developer/development manager.
Environment / Tools:
C#, .Net, HP ALM Quality Center 12, QTP/UFT, JIRA 7.2, SQL Server 2012/2008, DB2, UNIX, , Oracle 11,
TOAD, Autosys, Selenium, Cucumber, Maven, Tomcat, Apache, Putty, Service now, Informatica, Microsoft
Team Foundation Server (TFS), MISYS Summit, Eagle, SOAP-UI, DOORS, Exceed, GIT, Jenkins, Rapid
SQL and COTS applications.

Verizon Wireless, NJ Dec’13 - Aug'14

Designation: Lead Quality Engineer
Description:
After registering and signing in to My Verizon, one will be able to manage all of his/her Verizon services in one
convenient location. One can pay, print or download his or her bill or see back copies, set up a payment reminder
or easy pay, modify your payment method, add services, track mobile devices talk, text and data plan, and update
the profile.
Responsibilities:
 Developed, published, and implemented test plans.
 Created Test Strategy, Test plan and Test cases for various applications.
 Managed onsite/offshore team of 8 members, assigned task to testers.
 Created Project, Test Suite, Test Steps in SOAP UI using WSDL files. Validated API response
XML using Xpath. XQuery assertions.
 Involved in Network and Backend service virtualization for mobile app testing to simulate the
environment.
 Executed SQL queries to verify Data consistency in GUI application.
 Used VISION tool to retrieve MDNs for test data set up.
  Used OPAL to validate registered MDNs and unregister them.
Environment / Tools:
C#, .Net, Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013, VISION, OPAL, ACSR, Autosys, Putty, Tomcat, Apache,
UNIX, TeamTrack, Oracle 11, AWS Cloud Security Testing, Adobe Robohelp, SOATest, TOAD, SOAP
UI.

REI Systems, VA Feb'13 - Nov’13

Designation: Sr. QA Analyst
Description:
SBA provides free individual face-to-face, and internet counseling for small businesses, and low-cost training to
nascent entrepreneurs and established small businesses in over 1,800 locations throughout the United States and
US territories.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in requirements gathering, test design, execution and defect management.
 Performed Section 508 compliance testing for Documents, ensured every electronic document received is
accessible.
 Involved in backend testing, checking data integrity and consistency in front end GUI application.
 Scope the required tests, Estimate the test effort, review TC results and send to Business for approval.
 Used Agile methodology, worked jointly daily throughout the project.
 Involved in Regression Testing, selection of regression test cases for Automation.
 Defect tracking using QC, JIRA and TeamTrack. Involved in Defect triage meetings with business and
developers on deciding the priority of the defects fix.
Environment / Tools:
Java, Drupal 7, Web services, HP Quality Centre ALM, JIRA 6.1, TeamTrack, JAWS, SortSite, Juicy
Toolbar for 508 Testing, SQL Developer, Autosys, UNIX, SOAP UI, Adobe RoboHelp,Rest API and MSSQL
Sever 2010.

Duke Energy, Charlotte Nov’11 - Nov'12

Designation: Sr. QA Analyst
Description:
Duke is the largest electric power holding company in the United States, supplying and delivering energy to
millions of U.S. customers. Was involved in testing of different applications Billing, Customer login, reporting
and website.
Responsibilities:

 Lead the project team both functional and automation team.

 Involved in test case design, execution and defect management in QC.
 Review of manual test cases and send it to BA for sign off.
 Involved in task allocation, scheduled regular team meetings and clarification sessions with BAs.
 Verified Single Value field or MVL field in Business component, performed GUI application Testing.
 Verified views, Screens, Forms and List applets in Siebel.
 Responsible for review and sign off of any project deliverable from System testing.
Environment / Tools:
.Net, Windows 7, SQL Server 2008, BIDS 2008, Siebel 8.0, Quality Centre 9.2, HP Quick Test
Professional 9.5 / 11, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) , RedGate, SOAP UI, XML Spy,
Microsoft Project Plan.

Lear, Southfield, MI Jan’10 – Aug'11

Designation: Business Report Analyst
Description:
Lear is leading supplier of automotive seating and electrical power management systems.
Responsibilities:
 Test Requirements & Business Process Understanding
 Test Planning & Estimation
 Communication and coordination with client, stakeholders, development team, Testing team, Quality and
other support groups to ensure Quality control.
 Involved in Black box testing at different levels of testing like Integration Testing, System Testing,
Acceptance Testing.
 Reviews of Test scenarios, cases & Test execution results.
Environment / Tools:
 .Net framework, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, SSRS, Apache Tomcat, Clear Quest, DOORS,
Rapid SQL, SharePoint.

Humana, Louisville, KY Oct’08 – Nov’09

Designation: QA/BA Analyst
Description:
The project is for Humana Inc. (U.S. based Health Insurance company) and is used to provide insurance coverage
for prescription drugs under various Humana medical plans and in network/out network pharmacies.
Responsibilities:
 Test Requirements & Business Process Understanding
 Test Planning & Estimation
 Communication and coordination with client, stakeholders, development team, Testing team, Quality and
other support groups to ensure Quality control.
 Involved in claims and Billing Testing, Checking EDI Format for 837I/837P/837D Claims.
 Involved in Claim Payment/Advice (835), Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response (270/271), Status
Request and Response (276/277) testing and verifying ICD 9 codes for claims.
 Verified Basic Format of the 835 File for Payment by NPI and Multiple Providers.
 Verified X12 and HIPAA Compliance Checking, and Business Edits for 835 Payment/Advice.
 Reviews of Test scenarios, cases & Test execution results.
 Verified Data Element, Segment, Different Loops and envelopes in EDI.
Environment / Tools:
.Net , Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, SSRS, Clear Quest, UFT, VersionOne, JIRA, SharePoint.

Thomson Reuters Financial, Valhalla, NY Feb.'07 – Aug’08

Designation: QA Engineer
Responsibilities:

 Understanding of Functional requirements.

 Verified data in Siebel Actuate report.
 Verified commonly used BC level user properties in Siebel
 Verified Master Detailed view and MVG, Pick list and constrained pick list in Siebel.
 Design, modify, execution of test automation scripts for Regression testing.
Environment / Tools:
Platform – Java, Mercury Quality Centre 9.2, TOAD, VSS, Siebel 7.5.3, SharePoint, Actuate Reports,
MSSQL Server 2005, RadGate.
UNISYS, Washington DC Jul’06 – Jan’07
Designation: Report BusinessAnalyst
Responsibilities:
 Preparation and Execution of Test Cases and Scripts for functional testing
 Review of Test Cases, Scripts and Test data and send it to the BA for Sign off.
 Performed System Integration Testing and Regression testing.
 Design and execution of test automation scripts for Regression.
Environment:
SQL Server 2000/2005,Reporting Services, Oracle9i, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, C#, ASP.NET, JIRA,
JavaScript, XML and Visual Safe Source (VSS).

Client: Wachovia, Chicago/Richmond, Jul’04 – Jun’06

Designation: Report Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
 Modified and created new Actuate/Crystal reports.
 Written SQL queries to validate Actuate reports according to the system requirements.
Environment:
Actuate 7.0/8.0, Actuate Report Server, Visual Studio 2005, C#.Net, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Safe
Source, Crystal Reports, Harvest, DB2, DOORS, SQL Server 2000/2005, Windows 2000, XP, Oracle 8i/9i

Client: Freddie Mac, VA Aug’03 – Apr’04

Designation: Report Analyst
Responsibilities:
 Developed/Modified existing reports.
 Created and Executed System Test cases and User Acceptance Test cases for the application.
Environment:
J2EE, JSP, DB2 8.1, Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest, Windows 2000/XP and Informatica.

Client: Cygate Software, NJ Apr’00 – Jul’03

Designation: Report Analyst
Responsibilities:
 Developed Test Conditions and Test Cases
 Designed, developed and implemented reports for the Management Information System involving
complex Actuate Reports with use of Actuate libraries.
Environment:
Windows 2000, SQL Server and Oracle 8.