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Ansar Shaik

London,ON

Summary

Ansar Shaik is an accomplished IT Consultant with 14 plus years of experience in IT as a QA Manager, A QA Test lead, Individual QA Engineer and Mainframe Developer with sound knowledge in testing of various Migrations projects, stand-alone, intranet, client-server, and payroll applications with exposure to diverse business domains that include Insurance, financial, Banking and Healthcare. Strong knowledge and skills in Software testing and Quality Assurance processes, methodology and tools. Experience in GUI Functional Testing, Salesforce Admin, PEGA Testing, Integration Testing, Back-end Testing, Browser Compatibility Testing, UAT, Data Driven Testing and mainframe testing in different stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Have strong knowledge in Waterfall and Agile Methodology and skilled at using Rally, HP ALM, and Jira. Possess good experience in Insurance Retirement services applications OMNI, OIPA (Oracle Insurance Policy Administration), TAS, Ingenium and Other Admin systems. Has good knowledge and experience in handling migration projects. Also worked as Mainframe developer and tester initial 7 year of career. Experience in managing team and onsite/offshore model. Experience in creating Work Orders for customers, Work processes for QA team. Experience in preparing Test Plans, Test Strategies, QA estimates and QA Metrics.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current
  • Worked as QA manager, QA test lead and individual QA engineer to contribute towards team. A single point of contact for all QA deliverables
  • Strategic Partnership with client leads on planning, estimation, forecasting & overall execution of QA services
  • Work with Prudential individual applications SMEs, Business and Management on identifying risks and gathering the application knowledge to come up with test strategy and test plans
  • Work with development team and Application SMEs on identifying risks and plan mitigation pertaining to project delivery, resource utilization, testing schedule and timelines
  • Enhanced product quality by implementing rigorous testing procedures and protocols.
  • Reduced software defects by closely monitoring QA processes and providing timely feedback to the development team.
  • Work with Pru QA leads on resource On-boarding and all application access process
  • Creates the Process Documents, facilitates reviews, triage meetings and secures approvals from appropriate stakeholders
  • Create risk-based classification of scenarios, prioritize test cases, and obtain appropriate signoffs on the risk assessment coordinate, schedule and facilitate system test strategy, test evidence reviews with all stakeholders, including follow up on signoffs
  • Assist with troubleshooting issues/defects with delivery team with support from Cognizant resources
  • Single point of contact for supplier QA activities to Cognizant resources for a domain or set of applications.
  • Increased customer satisfaction with products by ensuring consistent quality across all platforms and devices.
  • Utilized automation tools to increase efficiency in repetitive tasks, allowing more time for exploratory testing and issue resolution efforts.
  • Championed data-driven decision-making within the QA team, leveraging analytics tools to monitor progress and identify areas for improvement.
  • Implemented risk-based testing strategies that prioritized high-risk scenarios, enabling efficient use of resources during tight deadlines.
  • Scheduled and chaired quality review meetings to review effectiveness of performance mitigating risk, improving throughput and achieving customer satisfaction.
  • Request prioritization based on the criticality
  • Develop Automation of Payroll processing
  • Strong knowledge of Jira in creating Test artifacts, Assert That Test plans, Defect Management and Jira Dashboards
  • Proactive and responsible team player working in Agile Methodology collaborating with Business and Development teams.

QA Test Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current


  • As an onshore coordinator and QA test lead guided the offshore team to write the test cases,Test strategies and reviewed them and share the inputs.
  • Enhanced software quality by creating comprehensive test plans and executing manual and automated test cases.
  • Setting up the calls with business and other stakeholder for clarifications and provide the test plan strategies and daily Project status updates to clients Environment support including refresh activities and CICS related activities.
  • Analyzing the different kinds of issues faced in different test applications (mainframe based) and fixing them. Escalating the problem to respective Dev Teams in case of critical issues which has delivery deadlines.
  • Streamlined testing processes by implementing continuous integration and delivery pipelines for faster feedback loops.
  • Led cross-functional team collaboration, ensuring effective communication between developers, product managers, and QA testers.
  • Identified critical defects early in the development process through meticulous code reviews and static analysis tools usage.
  • Established a successful bug tracking system to monitor defects closely, prioritize resolutions, and improve overall product quality.
  • Mentored junior testers in best practices for software testing methodologies while fostering a collaborative team environment.
  • Implemented risk-based testing strategies to focus on high-risk areas of the application, reducing the likelihood of production issues significantly.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by proactively identifying usability issues and suggesting actionable improvements to development teams.
  • Provided valuable input into project planning meetings to ensure accurate timelines were established based on QA resource availability and priorities.
  • Developed custom test scripts using programming languages such as Python or Java for complex validation scenarios within the application under test.
  • Evaluated new testing tools and technologies to stay up-to-date with industry advancements while recommending appropriate adoption within the organization where beneficial.
  • Maintained detailed documentation of all executed tests, identified defects, root cause analyses, and corrective actions taken for future reference purposes.
  • Coordinate Status meeting daily and get the updates from offshore and track the project timelines and make sure meeting the project milestones and also help in execution as contributor to the team.
  • Client interaction on daily basis. Quick Turnaround time in resolving environment issues. Environment refreshes from production. Handling Defect triage call with all the shareholders and Request prioritization based on the criticality.
  • Proven ability to involve, interact with clients, coordinate, and work in achieving high levels of product quality.
  • Grooming team members is critical aspect in growth of the team, always active in organizing Knowledge sharing session, sharing experiences and innovations with the team.
  • Played the role of Onshore point of contact for Functional and Automation deliverables. Managed a team of 9-member Offshore team handling the Functional and Automation deliverables.

Individual QA Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current
  • Worked as QA manager and QA test lead and single point of contact for all testing deliverables
  • Strategic Partnership with client leads on planning, estimation, forecasting & overall execution of QA services
  • Work with Prudential individual applications SMEs, Business and Management on identifying risks and gathering the application knowledge to come up with test strategy and test plans
  • Work with development team and Application SMEs on identifying risks and plan mitigation pertaining to project delivery, resource utilization, testing schedule and timelines
  • Work with Pru QA leads on resource On-boarding and all application access process
  • Creates the Process Documents, facilitates reviews, triage meetings and secures approvals from appropriate stakeholders
  • Create risk-based classification of scenarios, prioritize test cases, and obtain appropriate signoffs on the risk assessment coordinate, schedule and facilitate system test strategy, test evidence reviews with all stakeholders, including follow up on signoffs
  • Assist with troubleshooting issues/defects with delivery team with support from Cognizant resources
  • Single point of contact for supplier QA activities to Cognizant resources for a domain or set of applications
  • Request prioritization based on the criticality
  • Develop Automation of Payroll processing
  • Strong knowledge of Jira in creating Test artifacts, Assert That Test plans, Defect Management and Jira Dashboards
  • Proactive and responsible team player working in Agile Methodology collaborating with Business and Development teams.

Mainframe Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current
  • Preparing the design documents as per the requirements using VSS tool. And preparing the design checklist for the corresponding design document. Performs build activities once design is approved by client and preparing build checklist.
  • Preparing test cases and test data for the unit testing and testing the code as per unit test plan. And taking the screen shots for the test cases submitted. Loading the test cases and test results into MQC (quality centre) and running the test cases manually in test lab in MQC.
  • Writing the code in optimal was from scratch using for the projects. And also quickly analyzing the existing code and do the code modifications as per new requirements.
  • Assigning the defects found in unit testing to other team members. Ensuring that assigned defects closed by the responsible person in the timeline.
  • Collecting the SIT test cases from business analyst and preparing the test data for those test cases once unit test results approved by client. Executing the jobs required for the system testing with the data prepared.
  • Providing the SIT results to business analyst for validation. Discussing with onsite coordinator and other teams for the clarification on the requirements by providing SIT test results.
  • Responsible for the system analyses if anything required after SIT validation. If any job abended while testing, analyzing the root cause for the error using XPEDITOR tool. And make sure that resolving the defects if any assigned within time lines.
  • Collecting the test cases from the customer for UAT(user acceptance testing) and preparing the data for those test cases. Sending the UAT test data to the customer for validation. Executing the test cases for UAT with the test data prepared.
  • And sending the test results for validation to the customer. Creating CMR,SSR,PRC for the implementation and performing other implementation activities.
  • Validating the production results once code is implemented. Providing support to the implementation for 7 days once code implemented. Printing Annual Fee Notification for an account regardless of Small Balance Charge-off.
  • Coding, Unit Testing, SIT and Incidents -Defects Support. Involved in Peer reviews.


Education

Master of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering -

NIT Warangal
Telangana, Warangal
01.2009

Bachelor of technology in computer science & Engineering -

JNTU Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Telangana
01.2007

XII -

Junior Govt. College of Porumamilla
Porumamilla, Andhra Pradesh
01.2002

X -

Ujwala high school porumamilla
Porumamilla, Andhra Pradesh
01.2000

Skills

  • OMNI
  • Mainframes (COBOL,JCL,VSAM,DB2,CICS)
  • Quality assurance expertise
  • QA migration specialist
  • Salesforce Admin
  • Admin systems
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Process improvement strategies

Expertise

OMNI, PEGA, OIPA, Salesforce Admin, Mainframes (Cobol, JCL, VSAM and DB2), C, COBOL, JCL, SQL, PCOM, SCLM, EXTRA, CHANGEMAN, DATAMAN, CA7, VSS, MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, Oracle SQL Developer, IBM DB2, Jira, Rally, TFS, OMNI, OIPA, PEGA, Guidewire, VSS, FileZilla, Putty, EXPEDITOR, Retirement services record keeping system OMNI

Other Courses Certifications

  • Cognizant Academy, Cobol CCP, 2010
  • Cognizant Academy, DB2 CCP, 2010
  • Cognizant Academy, JCL CCP, 2010
  • Cognizant Academy, Software engineering CCP, 2010

Timeline

QA Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current

QA Test Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current

Individual QA Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current

Mainframe Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2010 - Current

Master of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering -

NIT Warangal

Bachelor of technology in computer science & Engineering -

JNTU Hyderabad

XII -

Junior Govt. College of Porumamilla

X -

Ujwala high school porumamilla

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