Candidates About

 

Akber Syed

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

10+ years’ hands-on experience as Lead / Data / Test Analysis on Data warehouse, ETL, Web-Services, Security, SAAS / Cloud, Mobile, Web / ecommerce, ERP applications.  Solid understanding & experience in writing test strategies, plans, prepare schedule, deliverables, defect documentation and test cases / scripts of manual / automation (Worksoft, Selenium and QTP).  The test execution of Functional / Integration / Regression / UAT / Parallel, Black / White / Grey Box for new implementations, system enhancements, product support along with Data Conversion from Legacy.  Leading projects and helping in selection of resources, training, planning, assigning & directing ongoing work, conducting performance reviews, resolving issues.  Perform testing / analyzing system upgrades, enhancements, break-fixes, and production support.   Good exposure in Bulk Data Mgmt. Validation for business process while writing multi-complex SQLs for various database / tables, retrieval of data, display to various integrations including Web, intranet publishing, display to other applications. Strong interpersonal, Organization, communication, coaching, facilitating, presentation skills.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

·         Worksoft, Tosca, Selenium, SOAP UI 5.0.0, Web Services (SOAP, RESTFul / REST, Jason), HP QC / ALM, TFS, Microsoft Test Mgr, Jira, Rational Test Concert (RTC), ClearQuest

·         BI Tools: SAP Hana Studio, Informatica, Business Objects (Webi / Design Studio), Bex Query, Tableau, Cognos, Crystal, Brio Reports, SQL Server, Oracle 11g, Teradata, Sybase, Essbase, mShare, DB Artisan, TOAD, PL/SQL, SQL Analyzer, MQSeries, VB / Java Script, HTML, UNIX / Putty, UC4, Beyond Compare, FIX / FIXML, EDI (820 834 835 837)

·         SAP R/3 to 4.6b to ECC 6.0: FICO, FICA, FSCD, SD, MM, CS/CRM, SRM, HCM/HR/SuccessFactor, BO / HANA, WM / BW / Hybris

·         SAP PCard, PinPoint, eBridge (EDI –generate shipment doc),  SAP TDMS, SAP Data Services / Integrator, SAP BPCA, SAP ChaRM, Ariba (Accounts, Contacts, Reports, Dashboard, Forecast, Settings, Reward), Solution Manager

·         Salesforce CRM, ARCOs, Ventyx Service Suite 9.3.1 (Dispatch, Mobile, Administration, Workforce Availability), Remedy, Excaliber

·         MS Projects, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, eRoom, RoboHelp

·         Other Technologies : C#, Java, J2EE, .NET, Perl / Shell / Java / Java / VBA Script,  SAS, Unix, Mainframe, JSO / TSO, CA7 scheduler, MTI Operationals 

·         Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Accelerated SAP (ASAP), Rapid App Development (RAD)

 

DOMAIN / Industries:

·         Energy: Puget Sound Energy, Consumers Energy, Veolia, Ambit Energy

·         Banking / Finance / Capital Markets / Derivatives: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Options Clearing Corp (OCC), UBS, Fidelity, Bear Stearns

·         Other industries: Retail, Telecom, Food, Govt., Medical, Healthcare and Insurance.

 

WORK ELIGIBILITY: 

Green Card, expiring 10/2023

 

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Phoenix, St. Louis Park MN (2006)

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY:

 

SAP ERP Consultants, Dallas TX;                                                   11/2014–PRESENT

SAP ERP Clients:

1)     Puget Sound Energy (Utilities), Bellevue WA                    05/17 – 10/17

2)     Walmart (Retail), Bentonville AR                                           07/16 – 05/17

3)     Consumers Energy (Utility), Jackson MI                             08/15 – 06/16

4)     Verizon (Telecom), Irving TX                                                   06/15 – 07/15

5)     Tyson Foods (Food – Retail), Springdale AR                      11/14 – 04/15

 

Puget Sound Energy (Utilities), Bellevue WA;                   05/2017–10/2017

Consultant – Lead / Sr Tester Analyst

Responsible: Integration testing for SAP AMI Meter Implementation

• Work with Business / Technical / Functional teams to identify business requirements, process flow and tech designs
• Write & execute Test Scenarios / Cases / Scripts for functional / ETL / Reports, Security
• Write & test cases MDMS to update DBMaint & Sync
• Validation on the backend and integrated applications
• Create defects, and resolve the issues
• POC -Automate Regression & Functional test scenarios with Worksoft / TOSCA

Environment: SAP Utilities –MM, DM, FICO, FICA, WM; SAP CRM, GIS, SAP Portal, ETL/BODS, QlikView, Web Services (XML simulator), Mobile Testing, HP QC/ALM, SQL Server, S4/HANA

 

Walmart (Retail), Bentonville AR;                                               07/16 – 05/17

Consultant – Test Lead / Analyst

Responsible: Integration testing for Salesforce & Walmart Pay on Cloud / Mobile / Web

• Work with Business to identify business requirements, process flow and tech designs
• Write & execute Test Scenarios /Cases /Scripts for functional / security / ETL / Reports
• Validation on the backend and integrated applications
• Create defects, and resolve the issues
• Automate & Execute Regression & Functional test scenarios with UFT/Selenium
• Prepare Test Metrics and over all summary, and train
• Salesforce components includes Accounts, Contacts, Forecast, Admin, Settings, Dashboard / Reports.

Environment: SAS, Mobile Testing, Salesforce CRM (Sales / Service cloud, Custom App), Walmart Pay (Profiles, Payments, Receipts, Messages), VRU/Genesys, Web Services (REST, SOAP, XML) ALM, UFT / Selenium, SOAP UI / AWS, TFS, Oracle 11g, SQL Server, .NET, Java, Informatica, Excel,  Remedy, SharePoint, Agile / Waterfall

 

Consumers Energy (Utility), Jackson MI;                               08/15 – 06/16

Consultant – Testing (EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0 and CRM 7.0 EHP)

Responsible: Identify business scenario, write test plans / strategy, test cases / scripts for a functional / security / ETL data warehouse on ERP, Mobile, Cloud and web based apps for Production & enhancement support for various SAP & non-SAP (ARCOS, VYNTEX) applications including fixes on Meter, Billing, Contracts, CRM, Sales / Procurement processes, HR/HCM, HANA conversion / implementations

• Work with Business to identify business requirements, process flow and tech designs
• Write Test Plan / Strategy to support SAP and cross applications like ARCOS Workforce Availability, Service Suite (DA, MA, SA), SAP CRM Utilities, SAP Success Factors and SAP BW / HANA (ETL data extraction / transformation) including Payroll
• Validate Data Views (Finance, SD, Purchasing HR/HCM, Conversion) - SAP ECC / FICO (AP, AR, FICA Bank and GL), FSCD (Collections & Disbursements – Posting / Documents, Invoicing, Payment Processing, Correspondence, Dunning, Interest Calculation, Broker Collections… calculation based on the Policy / Claims / Commission)
• Write & execute Test Scenarios / Cases / Scripts (manual / automation)
• GIS –Find location and assign the tasks to the nearest technicians, and its validation of technician acceptance, enroute to work / trip including time stamp
• Create sales orders including billing based on the meter readings
• Success Factor recruiting / onboarding – Process employee data changes, seniority date calculations, orgn changes, personal data, leave of absence.
• Success Factor validations on audit new hire, termination, retiree data including contact, cost center, job / title, starting wage etc.
• Success Factor learning validations of templates and creating / manage / register virtual courses, surveys
• Employee Central validations of master data, reporting, employee profiles, talent processes, time management of time-off request, approvals etc.
• Understand enterprise architecture and design test automation framework and create automated test scripts in a timely and effective manner
• Load QA processes and procedures, business process flow by module / end-to-end and assigning / loading  the test scripts into HP ALM environment
• Data Migration from Oracle / SQL Server to SAP and delivering the test data, test case optimization, masking, sub-setting

Environment: SAP, Mobile, Web Services Security & ETL Testing, SAP HANA Studio, SAP Busi. Objects (Webi, Design Studio, Bex Query), SAP Portal, SAP CRM (Equip. Master records, Service Order, Periodic Billing), SAP Payroll, SAP ECC 6.0 (Utilities Finance –AP, AR (Revenue, collections), FICA, Bank, GL), SD, Purchasing (Service, Complex procurement Billing), MM, EWM/WM, GIS, Ariba (Catalogue Contents, Shopping Cart, Dashboard / Network), MDM, Solution Manager, Ventyx Service Suite 9.3.1 (Dispatch, Mobile, Admin., Workforce Availability), Genesys, ARCOs, Oracle, SQL Server, Worksoft, Selenium / SOAP UI, Testing Environment Mgmt / ALM, Remedy, .NET, Java, C#, MS Projects, Visio, Agile/ Waterfall.

 

Verizon (Telecom), Irving TX;                                                     06/15 – 07/15

Consultant – Test Automation (EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0)

Responsible: Identify test scenario, write automated scripts and train

• Facilitating to identify Test Automation Test Scenarios / Cases
• Write SAP Automation Test Script using Worksoft Certify / Selenium for functional / ETL / Security test cases
• Hands on Training to other Testers

Environment: SAP, Mobile Testing, SAP Portal, SAP –Asset Management (AM), Project Systems (PS), Sales & Distribution (OTC), Supply Chain (SC), CRM, MDM, Worksoft, Selenium / SOAP UI, SQL Server, Oracle, .NET, Java, C#, MS Projects, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Remedy, RTC, Testing environment management / ALM, Agile

 

Tyson Foods (Food – Retail), Springdale AR;                         11/14 – 04/15

Consultant –Test Lead (EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0)

Responsible for functional / data warehouse / ETL / security test planning, development, and management of all aspects of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), SuccessFactor & conversion to S4/HANA Program(s) on ETL / Mobile / Cloud / Web based apps

• Facilitate Test requirements, analysis & prepare process flows as per test scenario
• Worked on Business Simulation planning (Identifying Test Scenarios / Cases, Prepare Business Process Flows, Prioritizing Test Scenarios, Setup in QC), and execution of test strategy, data collection, test plan
• Monitoring overall progress of Phase A & B test plans, defects and problem resolutions
• Coordinate with teams to populate / build Integration / regression test scenarios in QC
• Update ALM with Process flows and create / assign test in ALM, and in Worksoft
• Create integrated test scenarios and document in ALM, and insure that the teams are executing & recording results in a manner that meets best practices for QA
• Load QA processes, test data, business process flow by module / end-to-end and assigning / loading  the test scripts into HP ALM environment

Environment: SAP Procure-to-Pay; Ariba (Catalogue Contents, Shopping Cart, Dashboard / Network), SAP CRM, SD Orders -OTC, Pricing, Dispute, Transport, Treasury Risk Management, Credit, Billing / AR-Revenue with Multiple Deliverables, EWS / WMS, MM / EIM (Enterprise Inventory); GIS, Master Data -Materials / Vendor, Materials Req. Planning & Invoice verification); Customer Orders Delivery / tracking; CS (Service Processing- Equip Master record, Service Order / Billing; Service Contracts –Periodic Billing); GTS Customs -Export & Import declarations; Alerts / Email / Workflow triggers for unexpected tasks & events); Data Migration, HR/HCM/SuccessFactor (Payroll, PerAdmin -personal data, new hire, retirement, travel exp and TimeMgmt –absence, attendance and time evaluation; Workforce Planning, Compen. and Learning Mgmt System -Recommend / Create and Track Course progress, ETL / BI / HANA, Bex Query, Design Studio, Salesforce CRM (Sales / Service cloud, Custom App), Worksoft, Selenium, SOAP UI, AWS, Oracle, .NET, Java, Remedy

 

City of Dallas, Dallas TX; 08/14 – 11/14

Consultant –Lead / Test Analyst

Responsible for collaborating with Team Members to develop and lead testing efforts for a functional / Data warehouse (ETL) / security testing, across different platforms on ERP / Mobile / Cloud / Web based apps for Water Meter readings, Billing based on contracts.

Environment: SAP CRM, Finance -Billing, FICA, Archiving, P2P, MDM, GIS, Worksoft, Selenium / SOAP UI, SQL, C#, Java, .NET, RTC, Testing environment / ALM, Remedy, MS Projects, Excel

 

Judge Group Client: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas TX; 05/14 – 08/14

Consultant – Lead / Test Analyst

Responsible for leading projects, prepare test strategy / plan, test cases, functional / ETL / security test execution (manual & automation), resolve issues including defects on Mobile / Data warehouse / ETL / Web based apps for Asset Management and its operational support. 

Tools: QTP, QC, Excel, Word, SQL, C#, Java, .Net, SQL Server, Oracle, Toad, REST

 

SQA Client: Veolia (Energy / Water Services), Milwaukee WI; 01/14 – 02/14

Consultant –Lead / Test Analyst

Responsible for SAP North American Implementation UAT / Integration for ISU Billings, P2P on ERP / Mobile / Web based apps.

Environment: SAP PI, General Ledger; Investments (Fixed Assets); SAP Bank Electronic Comm.; SAP Accounts Payable; SAP SRM –Procure-to-Pay (P2P); SAP Warehouse / Inventory Mgmt / Plant Maintenance (PM / EAM); SAP Master Data Mgmt; SAP PCard; PinPoint, eBridge (EDI – generate shipment doc), ACH / Wire payments, Remedy

 

Ciber Client: Health Care Health Services (BCBS) (Richardson TX); 06/13 – 01/14

Consultant –Test Lead

Responsible: Affordable Care Act (Health Insurance Marketplaces / Exchanges)- Government Programs- MMAI (Medicare Medicaid Alignment Initiative) for functional / security / ETL testing for a number of states including Texas, Illinois, Minnesota (18+ projects) –test validations for the open enrollment includes various EDIs (834 Benefit Enrollment, 820 Premium Payments, 837 Claim Form, 835 Claim Payment/Advice)

Environment: EDI transaction (820 834 837), Data Migration, Rational Test Concert (RTC), Testing environment management / QC / ALM, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SQL

 

TekSystems Client: Options Clearing Corp (Keller, TX); 07/12 – 05/13

Consultant –Testing

Responsible: Validate Fund Product / Accounting, Asset Management & Operational support

Environment: WebServices -SoapUI / AWS, Quality Center, Excel, Word, Squirrel SQL, SQL Server Mgmt Studio (SQL), UNIX/Putty, UC4, Beyond Compare, QC

 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Frisco TX; 01/10 – 05/12

Officer –Lead / Test Analyst

Responsible: InstaQuote Trading System and AMRS Portal & Monitoring Application - plan, design, develop in QC/ALM Test Plans, test scenarios, test cases & its execution of functional / security (manual / automation) including Defects PayStub on Mobile / ETL / Web apps for equities, options, fund accounting, asset management and its operational support.

Environment: InstaQuote Trading System and AMRS Portal & Monitoring Application, MBS, Oracle SQL, Testing environment, Quality Center, Jira, Web Services -AWS, SoapUI, Cognos, Data Migration Oracle to SQL Server, DDCT (Density & Disturbance) Mappings, MW Jobs, Remedy, SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SQL, UNIX

 

John berry Consultants Client: Ambit Energy (Dallas TX); 05/09 – 01/10

Consultant –Lead / Test Analyst

Project: SAP ECC 6.0 New GL (JPM Wire; Consolidation & Disbursement) & CWT Web Portal

Responsible: Planning, Analysis, Coordination, Reporting, functional / security Testing (ALM Manual Scripts/ Worksoft) of SAP Financials / Procurement / Sales / BW / HCM / CRM System & Interfaces, and Corporate Workflow Tools (CWT) Web Portal.

Environment: SAP FICA, CRM, Contracts (Contract Life Cycle Mgmt -CLM), SRM (P2P), R2R, SD Orders (OTC, Billing, Subscription, EDI, Data Transfer), SAP HR – New Hire, Job, Payroll; SAP-CRM (Web Client), Data Migration with SAP LSWM, SAP MDG, ETL / Data Services / Integrator, Crystal Reports, Oracle Forms/Reports, SWIFT, Testing environment Mgmt / Quality Center

 

TIPS Consulting Client: Boston Scientific (Maple Grove, MN); 03/08 – 10/08

SAP Consultant –Lead / Test Analyst

Responsible: Requirement Analysis, Blue-Print and its implementation Testing of SAP System for Functional Specifications for Interfaces, Conversions (ETL) while supporting Compliance Code of 21CFR-11 (Electronic Records –Controls for open / closed systems; Electronic Signature / password) – Security Testing

Environment: SAP FICO, BW, CRM, SD (OTC, Billing, EDI, Data Transfer), SRM -P2P, SAP-HCM (Workforce Process Mgmt), MDM / Materials Master –Purchasing, Warehouse, Forecasting & SD), ALE, MDG, Data Migration with SAP LSWM, SAP-HR (Payroll, Employment History), Contracts (Contract Life Cycle Mgmt -CLM), CRM (Sales / Web Client / Loyalty Mgmt), Solution Manager, BAPIs, Warehouse Mgmt (Storage Bin / Goods Movement, Planning), QC, mShare, Hyperion Planning, Crystal Reports, Oracle Forms/Reports, Access, Essbase, Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Analyzer, Data Services/Integrator, Teradata-MDM, SoapUI Web Services, Remedy

 

Keane Client: UBS (Jersey City, NJ); 10/06 - 03/08

Consultant –Lead / Test Analyst

Test (QC Manual / automation Scripts) Lead on a .NET (Stock Borrow Loan or SBL) / UNIX (Excalibur) based development projects to implement Equity Finance and Prime Brokerage processes including Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS), ASAP (Automatic Security Approval Program) (Trader/Client), GPE (Global Price Engine) for equities, options, fund accounting, asset management and its operational support

Environment: Excalibur, Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS), ASAP (Automatic Security Approval Program) (Trader/Client), GPE (Global Price Engine), FIX, UNIX, Windows, Testing Data Setup management / Test Director, Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Analyzer, TOAD, DB Artisan, Data Warehouse (ETL / Data Mart, Teradata-MDM), Essbase, Informatica, COGNOS, Web Services (SOAPUI / RedBook), MS-Projects, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, MQ Series, Agile

 

Keane Client: Allianz Life Insurance (St. Louis Park, MN); 05/04 - 10/06

SAP Consultant –Lead / Test Analyst

Project: upgrades & enhancements 4.0b to 4.6b

Responsible: Testing (QC Manual Scripts/ Worksoft) SAP Financial and FSCM System Interfaces, Conversions (including Data Mapping to/from legacy), SAP Relational Data Models, development of data standards, and mechanisms for data cleansing and normalization of New Business, Claims, Agency and Reinsurance.

Environment: SAP FICO, OTC / Q2S (Quote-to-Sales), SAP-SRM (P2P, Catalog Mgmt, Record-to-Report), HR (Payroll, Employment History, Talent, Training), HCM (Workforce Process Mgmt, Workforce Deployment), SAP-ELE (Enterprise Learning Environment), SAP GTS (Electronic Compliance Reporting), Contracts (Contract Life Cycle Mgmt -CLM), CRM (Web Client / Investigate Case Mgmt), SolMan, MDM, BAPIs, ALE, BW, MDG, Data Migration (LSWM), ETL / Data Services/Integrator, Crystal Reports, Forms, Wire Payments, SharePoint, Test Director / Data Setup, Quality Center, Visio, MS-Projects, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SOAP, XML

Keane Client: Tufts Health Plan (Watertown, MA); 07/03 - 05/04

Sr. QA Tester / Analyst

Responsible: Testing EDI transactions for Open Enrollment including Health rules on 834 Benefit Enrollment, 820 Premium Payments, 837 Claim Form, 835 Claim Payment/Advice

 

CRESTA Testing Client: BEAR Stearns (NYC, NY); 03/02 - 06/03

Sr QA Tester / Analyst

Project: Basket Trading Applications for equities and options..

Veritude Client: Fidelity Investments (Marlborough, MA); 04/00 - 03/02

QA Tester / Analyst

Project: Defined Benefits in 401k and Basket trading for equities, options etc.