Mohammed Golam, Software Quality Assurance Lead Analyst

Mohammed Golam

Software Quality Assurance Lead Analyst

IBM

Location
United States
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
25 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 1 Months

Software Quality Assurance Lead Analyst at IBM
  • United States
  • My current job since July 2013

Working for FATCA Project. FATCA is an IRS project. U.S. financial institutions and other U.S withholding agents must both withhold 30% on certain payments to foreign entities that do not document their FATCA status and report information about certain non-financial foreign entities.

Responsibilities:

• Creating detailed test plans, and test script
• Testing functional and UAT testing on FATCA application
• Write test cases by talking to business users.
• Doing Functional, Integration and UAT testing on the Client on Boarder application. (COB)
• Create Mock Up document.
• Create detail test cases on Wave 1, Wave 2, Wave 3
• Join weekly meeting for project update
• Create and maintain defect list in JIRA
• Doing Stress Testing on the FATCA application.
• Work closely with business analyst and developers
• Mapping the data.
• Developing script in python
• Involved in designing of Informatica mappings by translating the business requirements.
• Creation of Transformations like Lookup, Joiner, Rank and Source Qualifier Transformations in the Informatica Designer.
• Created complex mappings using Unconnected Lookup, Sorter, Aggregator and Router transformations for populating target table in efficient manner.
• Crated Mapplet and used them in different Mappings.
• Testing Insurance application for functional, regression, and End to End testing.
• Doing Performance testing on the FATCA application
• Leading 3 testers 2 offshore and one onshore

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Environment: FTL, Java Script, AJAX, DSL, JOLT Workflow Engine, XML, XSD, JAXB, Java Soap based Web Services, RESTFul Web Services with an implementation of Apache CXF Framework, SOAP UI, Eclipse J2EE IDE, Sybase Client and Oracle Databases. Windows, ETL, CPW, GDS, COB (Client on Boarder), JIRA, Python, Share point, MS Excel, and MS Office

Senior QA Analyst at The Bank of New York Mellon
  • United States
  • June 2011 to May 2013

Doing Integration, Functional, UAT and Regression testing on various ETF applications. (Fixed income).Extensively working for Global EPIC systems. Bank of New York is using their in house global EPIC system Worldwide. They manage client accounts through EPIC. Buying and selling Extended traded Fund. Buy and sell metal fund worldwide such as Gold.

Responsibilities:

• Create, update, compare, and delete different kinds of Extended Traded Fund
• Follow SCRUM methodology
• Testing Electronic trading systems (ETS)
• Buy & Sell Foreign Exchange pair with leverage
• Creating detailed test plans, and test script.
• Compare and match Market Data with Bloomberg system.
• Doing Functional, Integration and UAT testing on the EPIC application.
• Data Analysis on various project
• Involved in designing of Informatica mappings by translating the business requirements.
• Creation of Transformations like Lookup, Joiner, Rank and Source Qualifier Transformations in the Informatica Designer.
• Developing scripting in python
• Work closely with business analyst and developers
• Test Siebel application for functional, and regression testing.
• Testing performance and stress testing on the application
• Enter test script and enter defect into ALM



Environment: Windows NT, Reference Data, Java script, Asp, Main Frame, HP Quality Center, ALM, EPIC, ETL, JIRA, Python, MS Excel, Share point, MS Office and Java

QA Lead at CITI BANK
  • United States
  • August 2010 to May 2011

• Creating detailed test plans, test cases and test script.
• Doing Functional, Integration and UAT testing on the application.
• Attending status update meeting weekly basics.
• Work closely with business analyst and developers
• Validated Fix Protocol messaging for exchange stimulator
• Buy and Sell Stock, mutual fund, and option,
• Enter defect into HP quality center
• Validated order routing systems for Stock, mutual fund and Options

QA Lead at Merrill lynch
  • United States
  • March 2010 to July 2010

• Creating detailed test plans, test cases and test script.
• Doing Functional, Integration and UAT testing on the application.
• Managing testing efforts for multiple locations
• Coaching & mentoring of less-experienced testers
• Attending status update meeting weekly basics.
• Work closely with business analyst and developers
• Attending defect update meeting for daily basis
• Creating project status report and sending to the higher management.

Senior QA Analyst at ERNST & YOUNG
  • United States
  • March 2007 to December 2009

Ernst & Young provides a range of services, including accounting and auditing, tax reporting and operations, tax advisory, business risk services, technology and security risk services, transaction advisory and human capital services. Working as a senior Quality Assurance Analyst on American Document Management System (ADMS). Using this application client can manage valuable documents.

Responsibilities:

· Creating the detailed test plans, test cases and executing it.
· Developing test plans for Documentum web-based applications (DCM and Web top)
· Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
· Performing Black Box and Regression Testing.
· Performing End to End testing.
· Report and assign bugs using Team Track.
· Doing User Acceptance testing

Environment: Windows NT, Java script, Asp, Lotus Notes, C++ and Java

Senior QA Engineer at Bank of America
  • United States
  • June 2006 to March 2007

Bank of America is one of the largest Companies. The company, which has operations throughout the United States, and Canada, also provides retail deposit, consumer loans, and credit card. Working as a QA analyst on the following products: trading, mutual fund, option and bond. Extensively working with real time trading application where clients can go to and place a trade order.

Responsibilities:
· Creating the detailed test plans, test cases and executing it.
· Developing test plan and test cases using web tracker.
· Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
· Manually testing functionality of trading, mutual fund, option and bond web based application.
· Comparing clients live site with development sites.
· Testing text, navigation bar, links, and design.
· Testing cross browser functionality of browser as well such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Safari and Fire fox
· Performing Black Box and Regression Testing.
· Report and assign bugs using track bugs tool.
· Attending daily 4.pm defect prioritization and routing meetings.

Environment: Windows NT, Java script, Asp, Netscape, Fire fox, Safari, Mac Pc, C++ and Java

QA Engineer at IBM
  • United States
  • August 2005 to April 2006

Coordinating IBM’s client Morgan Stanley User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of “Revolver” project. Revolver calculates tax withholding and reporting of the following product application: FID swaps, Equity Swaps, FX Forward contracts, Syndicated loans and commodities Forwards, spots and swaps. Morgan Stanley tax operation will be using this product. It will calculate tax withholding and tax reporting to IRS.

Responsibilities:
· Writes test plans and test cases into Test Director
· Developing test plans and test cases.
· Track bugs and report defect using Test Director and Quality Center from Mercury Interactive.
· Manually testing the application.
· Creating the Detailed test plans and executing it.
· Developing UAT scripts for Documentum web-based applications (DCM and Web top)
· Upload all UAT scripts in Documentum.
· Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
· Doing User Acceptance testing.
· Participate daily and Weekly meeting.
· Attending daily 4.pm defect prioritization meetings.

Environment: Windows NT, Novel, Power Builder, C++, Test Director, Mainframe and Java

QA Analyst at MBNA America
  • United States
  • August 2003 to June 2005

MBNA is the world's largest independent credit card issuer. The company, which has operations throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, also provides retail deposit, consumer loans, and insurance products. Worked as QA Analyst on System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of Mail Access Customer Satisfaction (MAC), Telephone Access Customer Satisfaction (TAC) Super Stations. The MACS and TACS super stations helped customer care representative to access customer information, report and solve disputes and help customers with their day to day enquires.

Responsibilities:
· Writes test plans and test cases into Test Director and Quality Center for regression testing for MSS and TSS.
· Data preparation and executes test for CRS Downstream project.
· Data preparation using Dart net for all project.
· Write Test Director user manual.
· Developing test plans and test cases.
· Manually testing the application.
· Test MSS and TSS application for functional testing.
· Create data to test MSS and TSS for Regression Testing.
· Track bugs and report defect using Test Director and Quality Center from Mercury Interactive.
· Creating the Detailed test plans and executing it.
· Testing Batch application on Main Frame.
· Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
· Performing Cross Browser, Configuration and Black Box.
· Doing User Acceptance testing.
· Participate Weekly meeting.
· Attending daily 4.pm defect prioritization meetings.

Environment: Windows NT, Novel, Power Builder, C++, Test Director, Quality Center, Unix, Mainframe and Java.

QA Analyst at Thomson Financial
  • United States
  • September 2002 to June 2003

Coordinate the quality assurance and testing activities for one of Thomson Financial, a B2C web-based application designed for global usage by Thomson Financial corporate clients. There were 1600 corporate clients.

Retail Distribution Client Site project provides a new retail distribution client site by migrating all existing Thomson Financial retail customers onto a portal platform. This will provide Thomson clients who own life insurance, property and casualty insurance and mutual funds and annuities products, mortgage and investor relation, financial information access to their account and policy information, as well as, other content. It also will provide support for applications and access from Agent and Manager Director desktop applications. There were 5 testers, one test lead and 8 developments member in a group. Our groups successfully completed the project at the given time.

Responsibilities:
· Creating the detailed test plans, test cases and executing it.
· Developing test plan and test cases using web tracker.
· Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
· Manually testing functionality of web based application.
· Testing and Validating Market Data portion received for a third party source such as CBS Market Watch and others on trading applications.
· Comparing clients live site with development sites.
· Testing text, navigation bar, links, and design.
· Testing functionality of browser as well such as Internet Explorer with Netscape 6.2.
· Performing Black Box and Regression Testing.
· Report and assign bugs using web tracker.
· Doing cross browser testing.
· Manually testing the application.
· Shopping cart testing.
· Create, update, delete, and check data using SQL.
· Attending daily 4.pm defect prioritization and routing meetings.

Environment: Windows 2000 Professional, HTML, Asp, C++ and Java Script.

QA Analyst at Pitney Bowes
  • United States
  • January 2002 to June 2002

Coordinate the quality assurance and testing activities for Pitney Bowes, a B2C web-based application designed for global usage by Pitney Bowes corporate clients. Using this application client can log in and change the US mail systems machine for various needs. Clients update their file downloading various files using this application. Those
files are, change rate, zip code, and different kind of services. There were 8 testers, one test lead and one project manager in our group. We delivered the product successfully and completed the project at given time period. There was also client-based application we had to test for local machine systems. This is very complex testing. After download the files what are the real times changes into the systems we had to test the each module.

Responsibilities:
· Writing test plans and test cases using Rational test manager.
· Reporting all the testing activities using Rational test manager.
· Testing functionality, integration, and stress testing on client and web based application.
· Test XML tag, support DTD and XML parsing schemas to verify interface.
· Test XML protocol using XML parser.
· Manually testing the application.
· Check DTD data type for B2C application using XML parser.
· Capture, report and manage bugs using Rational clear Quest.
· Create, update, delete, and check data using Microsoft SQL.
· Attending daily 4.pm defect prioritization and routing meetings.
· Assisting to the lead to prepare bugs report everyday.

Environment: Windows 98/2000, NT, Java Script, HTML, C++ and XML.
Tools: Rational Test Manager, UML, and Rational clear quest.

QA Tester at Standard Charter Bank
  • Hong Kong
  • January 2001 to June 2001

Coordinate the quality assurance and testing activities for one of Standard Charter Bank, a B2B web-based application designed for global usage by Standard Charter Bank corporate clients. Client Site project provides a new retail distribution by migrating all existing Standard Charter Bank retail customers onto a portal platform. This will provide Standard Charter Bank clients who own life insurance, property and casualty insurance and mutual funds and annuities products, mortgage, doing international trade, personal credit and financial information access to their account and policy information, as well as, other content. Seibel application used for calling center. This is a very large-scale web application. There were 110 testers work as a team. We successfully completed the project for Swiss Bank (Standard Charter bank).

Responsibilities:
· Writes procedure manual for testing.
· Test procedure and functional testing of this application.
· Test XML tag and DTD support using XML Parser.
· Check DTD type data for internal supporting B2B for clients.
· Test Used PVCS version manager for documentation.
· Developing Test plan and Test Cases.
· Manually testing the application.
· Doing international trade using this application.
· Test Siebel application for functional testing.
· Test data in real time on Seibel application for calling center.
· Check functionality for pop up message on Seibel application.
· Track bugs and report defect using Rational Clear Quest.
· Creating the Detailed Test Plan and executing it.
· Implementing the test case and test process with project time frames.
· Performing Cross Browser, Configuration and Black Box.

Environment: Windows 98/2000, NT, HTML, XML, C++, Seibel and Java.
Tools: PVCS, Rational Clear Quest.

QA Tester at ITP Solutions
  • United States
  • October 2000 to December 2000

The site is email management for clients. Registrar users can manage their various emails using this site. The name of the site is www.returnpath.com. There were 4 testers, and one manager work as a group. Successfully completed
the project in the given time frame.

Responsibilities:
· Developing Test plan and Test Cases using Test Director 6.0.
· Wrote test script using TSL language launching Win Runner 6.2.
· Carrying out Functional and Regression testing using Win Runner 6.5.
· Testing cross browser.
· Test Link, text, bit mach, and broken link.
· Track bugs and report defect using Test Director 6.0.

Environment: Windows 95/98, NT, HTML, TSL, XML, C, Linux, and Java Scripts.
Tools: Win Runner 6.0 and Test Director.

QA Tester at www.pccwireless.com
  • United States
  • July 2000 to October 2000

This is a custom web application where clients can go and buy various services and product using this site. There were two testers and test lead work as a group.

Responsibilities:
· Writing HTML codes, checking all the URL links manually for functional testing,
· Uploading the pages in different browsers.
· Making forms using ASP and HTML.
· Writing interactive codes using JAVA script.
· Manually performs Black box and white box testing.

Environment: Windows NT, HTML, and ASP.

QA Tester at Kss Services
  • United States
  • September 1999 to July 2000

This is a web-based application. Clients can buy gifts, jewelry and others services at discounted prices sing this site. There were 2 testers for this project. The project is launched successfully at given time frame.

Responsibilities:
· Writing HTML and JAVA script codes for wholesaleprciegifts.com.
· Writing test plan and test case according to client's requirements.
· Using automated tools Win Runner for recording and playback for regression testing.
· Performs Black box, Gray box, and White box testing.
· Wrote TSL language using Win Runner.
· Shopping cart testing and cross browser testing.
· Manually checking all the links, writing product description and updating database,
· Advertising on the net using Search Engines, Directory, Banner Exchange, and all other web-marketing resources.
Environment: Windows 2000, HTML, ASP, TSL, XML, C++, C and Java Scripts.
Tools: Win Runner.

QA Tester at IT Link
  • United States
  • February 1998 to August 1999

Project 1: Federal Learning Exchange (FLX)

Participate quality assurance and testing activities for Federal Learning Exchange (FLX) application. Using this web-based application federal employees can get access of various information. There were 5 testers and one manager work as a group. The project is completed at the given time.

Responsibilities:
· Writing test plans and test cases as per user requirements and business rules and execution of test cases.
· Using automated tool Silk for recording and playback for regression testing.
· Performs Data driven, Black box, and functional testing.
· Loading the data into Oracle Database to verify data integration by using SQL plus.
· Checking and updating database table using SQL plus.
· Acceptance testing on every module or screen to test the button functionality and proper navigation.

Environment: Windows NT/98, HTML, XML, and SQL plus.
Tools: Silk Test

Project 2: americoronline.com

Using this web based application clients can buy various electronics products and services. There were 3 testers for this project.

Responsibilities:
· Writing HTML and Java scripts for the web site.
· Testing links, upload pictures and upload the web pages in different browsers.
· Updating database, performing data driven test.
· Writing TSL language using Win Runner.
· Developed screen navigation and functionality testing using 4Test script.
· Tested the system in different testing phase for instance, GUI testing,
· Performed Import / Export / SQL* Load in oracle database.
· Generate reports for management.

Environment: Windows NT/98, HTML, Java Scripts, TSL, C and SQL.
Tools: Win Runner.

TRAINING

Discover World New Jersey
Completed programming courses: Visual Basic, and Oracle.
Completed test tools courses: Silk Test, Win Runner, and Test Director.

STATUS

US Citizen

REFERENCES

Available upon request

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at LORENZ UNIVERSITY
  • October 2009

Specialties & Skills

Executing Test Plans
Test Cases
Quality Assurance, SDLC, Manual Testing, Automation testing, Java, c++, Test director, Python

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Linkedin
  • Member
  • July 2001

Training and Certifications

CPS 7.0 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2001
Valid Until:
December 2001