Mirza Bilal Baig

Mirza Bilal Baig Lead SQA Engineer Email:-Mob: - - Career Objective Seeking a challenging job in a reputable organization that offers a significant growth opportunity Educational Qualification 1. Master in Business Administration, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. 2. BS(Honors) in Computer Science, University of Central Punjab, Pakistan. Summary Highly accomplished and motivated software professional with 11 years of proven track record as a Lead SQA Engineer, Test Lead and Test Engineer with strong team orientation, attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills. Great understanding and involvement in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), testing life cycle and defect life cycle. Highly knowledgeable in structured methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile. Well -versed in test plan formulation from requirements, creation of test scenarios from Use Cases, and test case design from system design document .Adept in executing them as well as, tracking of execution against the plan during the testing phase and managing defects from inception to resolution. Experienced in using test tools for test management, requirements traceability, defect tracking- Test Track pro and Mercury Test Director. Performed all kinds of testing including Black box, White box, Integration, System, Smoke, Functional, Regression, Data Driven, User Acceptance and Performance. Hands-on experience in database testing for databases like SQL Server. Solid experience in testing Web Applications and Mobile applications using different platforms like android, Blackberry and IPhone. Proven ability to provide accurate estimates for testing efforts in terms of resources and hours Professional Experience Company: Macrosoft Feb 2015 to To date Role: Lead QA Engineer Projects: Healthcare Billing System (www.Jzanus.com) Responsibilities: Analyzed Business Requirements by communicating directly with client Test Planning, Test execution and bug reporting Identify missing functionalities or gap analysis Testing SSRS reports Managing QA team Direct communication with client for issue resolution. Attend weekly basis Project status meetings Environment: JIRA, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2012 Company: NESPAK (AHT, Techred, Foundation) July 2012 to Jan 2015 Role: Sr. SQA Engineer/Test Engineer/Business Analyst Projects: Worked on IBMR (Indus Basin Model Revised), IRSA (Indus River System Authority) and Online Recruitment System Projects Responsibilities: Testing on these projects involved GUI, web-based and backend testing. Analyzed Business and System Requirements documents by communicating with higher management & staff of client, engineers & GIS specialists of NESPAK. Involved in developing test scenarios and test cases based on high-level and detailed designs. Utilized Nespak bugnet and tester tool to execute the test plan, track execution against the plan during testing and manage defects from inception to resolution. Communicated test defects and results to project release lead and application developers. Performed sanity, smoke, adhoc, regression, functional testing in different stages of testing: integration, system and staging. Created and executed SQL queries. Participated in Test Case walkthroughs and review meetings. Participated in daily status meetings to report any bugs, issues and risks. Performed manual tests to conduct integration tests on the application. Perform Peer Review of Software Documentations. Environment: Nespak bugnet and tester, .Net, PL/SQL Company: ZAP IT Solutions Oct 2008 to May 2012 Role: Business Analyst and Software Tester Projects: worked on ZAP public website, ZAP Mobile Applications Responsibilities: Involved in requirement analysis and Gap analysis of Business System Design and Use cases Designed and developed the Test plan, Test Scripts and test strategies for the applications and executed them. Participated in Business/Development meetings to understand user requirements. Used Test Director as repository for maintaining test cases, execution and tracking the defects. Developed Test scenarios and Test cases using Test Director Involved in User Interface, Functionality, Navigation, Volume, Load, Performance and Security testing, Beta Testing. Automated Test cases for regression testing. Developed user defined functions to support automated scripts. Integration testing was done to ensure data processing, interface validity and proper communication among components of each application Prepared test data for positive and negative testing used in data driven testing for testing the application dynamically Performed Sanity testing for each new build of the application. Performed functional, system, and regression testing manually and with automated test tools like load runner. Involved in Developing Test Incident reports/Test Metrics. Conducted cross browser testing to check the compatibility with different Browser's (IE, Google chrome) Knowledge in relational database concepts like Tables, Primary and foreign keys, Views and Referential Integrity. Proficient in the data manipulation using SQL for the retrieval of data from the relational database (inner joins, outer join, group by, order by etc.) Performed Load and Performance Testing to identify and report performance bottlenecks. Organized and attended project meetings, release meetings, and QA status meetings. Assisted in developing user guides Environment: Test Director, Load runner, .Net, PL/SQL Company: Strategic System International June 2007 to Sep 2008 Role: SQA Engineer Project: Worked on MarketQA which is a financial software application that allows users to quickly test simple and complex financial concepts. As a historical database with a flexible, but powerful query language (QAL), MarketQA was designed with the securities analyst in mind. It has become the platform of choice for quantitative back testing of fundamental data, building and benchmarking portfolios, full attribution and optimization. Responsibilities: Reviewed Business requirements, IT Design documents and prepared Test Plans for all assigned project releases. Involved in testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinated with development team in fixing the issues. Involved in preparation of test plan and test scenarios. Perform Sanity, System, Regression and Shipment Assurance Testing Perform Review of Software Documentations. Participated in Status meeting on weekly basis. Involved in Release support - Release to QA, involved in environment setup, testing the release process. Involved in Backend Database testing using SQL. Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using TTP and Test Director. Environment: TTP, Test Director, SQL Server 2005 Company: Netsol Technology Oct 2006 to May 2007 Role: SQA Engineer Project: Worked on Wholesale Finance System (WFS) which is powerful, seamless and efficient, providing functionality to support the Floor plan / Bailment finance activities on both a local and global basis. It automates the management of Floor plan \ Bailment business of leasing finance companies. The solution streamlines credit limit, disbursements, billing, settlement, curtailment, stock auditing, and also provides online dealer auditor access to real time data for round the clock dealer self-service and account management. Responsibilities: Analysis of the Business and Functional requirements. Identifying ambiguities and functional gaps. Representing QA team for Ambiguity clarification with Business Analyst and worked towards closure of the same. Developed master test plan and test strategy document. Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing and Performance Testing Participated in Daily Defect meeting and provided current status of QA Testing Make different application modules test scenarios. Execute functional test cases. Perform review and peer review of software documentation. Perform Black Box, Regression and System testing. Participated in Impact analysis meeting to discuss the Client issues and plan how to resolve them. Making and Updating fault report regarding different releases and patches till the shipment done. Environment: TTP, Netsol QA tracker, Win runner and SQL Server 2005 Company: Soft hand Technology July 2005 to Sep 2006 Role: SQA Engineer and Business Analyst Project: Worked on Soft hand Public website Responsibilities: Analysis of the Business and Functional requirements. Identifying ambiguities and functional gaps. Representing QA team for Ambiguity clarification with Business Analyst and worked towards closure of the same. Developed master test plan and test strategy document. Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing and Performance Testing Participated in Daily Defect meeting and provided current status of QA Testing Environment: TTP and .Net Technical Skills Defect Tracking Tools: Test Track Pro, Bugzilla, Nespak Bugnet, JIRA. Operating System: Windows, FREEBSD Programming Languages:C, C++,C# and JavaScript RDBMS/ Database: SQL Server 2005 Performance Testing Tool: Load Runner and Win runner