Yusuf Husain - Resume

Yusuf Husain8903 Sumner Grove Drive Laurel, MD 20708 (443)-538-1691 | [email protected]

CORE COMPETENCIES Working within an

Agile Environment Business Process Re-

Engineering Creating Project

Deliverables

Software Testing - Strong Test Case Development

Eliciting requirements for user story creation/scenarios

End-User Support

SKILLSCertifications:

Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) and Business Value Analyst (CO-BVA) Introduction to CMMI Services and Development (SEI and CMMI)

Applications: IBM Rational Suite (Requirements Management, Quality Management, Change and Configuration

Management, Rational Functional Tester) JIRA HP Quality Center (10 and ALM) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2012 TOAD v10.6 Microsoft Office Suite (including Visio and Project) Microsoft Visual Studio/ Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008/2010 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 (Testing and Configuration) BP Logix Business Process Automation BMC Remedy Service Desk Caliber Requirements Management Oracle ERP (11i and r12) Order to Cash (O2C), Procure to Pay (P2P), PeopleSoft, WAT, IEAC, WindowEyes, Wave 508 Compliance Toolbar, JAWS screen reader, NVDA screen reader

Languages:Fluent in English, Hindi; conversant in Spanish

WORK EXPERIENCEAssociate (Level 3) Booz Allen Hamilton, Rockville, MD Nov 2014- Jul 2015VA RAMS Prototype and Application Development

Worked as the Lead Tester on the RAMS development contract, a JavaScript front-end program with SharePoint 2013 workflows supporting the business process of the VA’s research community.

RAMS was designed to streamline the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Application submission, review and approval process across various VA sites using one standard process and tool.

Prepared various testing metrics, including Test Summary Reports, Daily Test Metrics (SQA, Unit, and Section 508 Compliance), UAT Test Metrics, and Defect Status Reports.

Created test scripts from elicited requirements, user stories, wireframes, and requirement specification documents, specifically for Documents Management, Communications Management, and User Profile functionality.

Regression Tested code after all bug fixes were made available in SQA and Preproduction Environments. Maintained development backlog by updating JIRA, created custom reports in JIRA, while delivering

artifacts such as the Test Evaluation Summary Report, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), and Requirements Specification Document (RSD).

Conducted two successful User Acceptance Test milestones (Increment 1 and Increment 2) by preparing test scripts for users, guiding users through business scenarios, staffing a help line and answering any questions/comments/roadblocks during testing, and remediating any potential defects users had experienced while testing.

Performed Section 508 Compliance testing using various tools.

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Booz Allen Hamilton, Rockville, MD Jul 2015- Present Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Research Administration System (RAMS) Sustainment,

Key member of team that won the follow-on RAMS Sustainment contract after successfully deploying the baseline RAMS application in July 2015; sustainment contract is worth $7M over a base year and three option years.

Lead team in various capacities, such as Scrum Master, Requirements Analyst, and Tester on the RAMS Sustainment contract, which has successfully delivered four quarterly releases, one database migration and upgrade (MS SQL 2008 to 2012), and one patch upgrade (User Profile Synchronization of MS SharePoint 2013).

Introduced Agile Planning and Scrum practices, like daily stand up calls, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and backlog grooming sessions to facilitate fluctuating customer demand, using Rational Team Concert tools to create release, build, and sprint plans.

Transitioned team from a Waterfall SDLC following VA’s PMAS into an Agile SDLC through the VIP processes.

Implemented IBM Rational Tools v6.0 (Requirements Manager, Quality Manager, and Change and Configuration Management) to import requirements, defects, and source code from various legacy systems into one central repository.

Implemented Rational Functional Tester v8.6 to automate functional scripts and to schedule recurring tasks in the RAMS environments.

Lead effort to extract, estimate, cluster, and prioritize open defects from the RAMS backlog to be fixed during the Sustainment contract.

Facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and other methods of user engagement including demonstrations and training sessions.

Actively supported installation efforts of each release, including documentation, quality assurance, execution, and smoke-testing.

Worked on multiple proposal efforts including the VA RAMS Integration, VA Pharmacy Re-Engineering, and VA Education Systems Sustainment efforts.

Software Systems Engineer Feb 2013- Nov 2014Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Bethesda, MDNational Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, Blood, Institute Information Technology Application Center

Worked within an Agile Software Development Environment, achieving a CMMI Level 3 status for the contract.

Prepared and delivered both Standard and General Practice, Validation and Verification artifacts for CMMI internal and external audits.

Received a perfect 100% audit score for the first 12 months, from clients to receive maximum award fee by working on the Business Process Automation Task Order (TO2) as the Lead Tester.

Deployed 10 automated business processes now used in various Divisions/Offices/Centers at NHLBI. Ran performance metric queries in TFS to create various reports, (both client deliverable and project

internal) including Test Summary Reports, Defect Reports, RTM, Status Reports. Performed Configuration Management of BP Logix tool by creating user groups for more efficient

business workflow steps rather than hardcoding individual users. Trained technical writers, testers, business users and requirements analysts on specific workflow

scenarios of the implemented business processes. Elicited requirements and user stories for entry into TFS supporting various processes/integration

services, (Accession Checklist, Exceptions Handling, ITAC Request Tracking, Utilities and Service Now Integration) linking legacy databases with the new process automated tool.

Reviewed requirements, user stories, user manuals/guides, test cases, and design documents, throughout the sprint schedule.

Maintained backlog in TFS by updating statuses of committed work items; created Burn Down Charts for each sprint to measure progress and gaps from development to testing of Product Backlog Items.

Presented and prepared deliverables, such as Project Test Plan, Test Summary/Defect Summary Reports, for various Test Readiness Review and Operational Readiness Review meetings during deployment schedule.

Ran SQL scripts using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for back-end testing of databases.



Created and executed test cases by using HP Quality Center as well as TFS. Created UAT scenarios for workgroup members after development work was completed and was the

Proctor and Resource for UAT meetings. Performed Section 508 compliance testing for Business Processes, forms and reports using Web

Developer, WAVE toolbar, and NVDA and JAWS screen readers.

Oracle Functional Business Analyst May 2012 – Jan 2013CenturyLink, Denver, CO

Supported Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) hardening project as a QA Engineer. Created and executed test cases using Oracle 11i/ r12 software as well as HP Quality Center. Performed O2C and P2P transactions testing various issues/defects that users experienced. Implemented Order Management, Purchase Order, Accounts Receivable, Field Service, Warehouse

Management System and various other Oracle modules. Performed demos of various test scenarios with on/off site test teams as well as conducted peer reviews

for other demos of test scripts. Worked with offshore teams to allocate assignments for business needs.

Department Manager (Technology) Jun 2010 - Mar 2012Office Depot, Columbia, MD

Managed a team of 12 Associates in Tech, Stationary, and Furniture departments. Increased store profitability 10% by raising service dollar attach- rates to consumer electronic

merchandise. Reduced shrinkage by elevating the recommended security matrix within the tech department. Diagnosed and resolved various computer problems for customers using solutions provided by Tech

Depot Services. Analyzed various store metrics, i.e. service dollar, inventory, audit, financial, loss prevention, and overall

store profit and loss sheet. Performed and implemented logistics operations by receiving freight, returning faulty merchandise, and

conducting daily inventory audits. Led sales/service meetings discussing sales and service standards. Won Employee of the Month Award for January 2008, June 2008 and June 2010, while leading district in

service dollars.

EDUCATIONB.A. EconomicsUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD May, 2010


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