Gaurav Soni

Background

About Gaurav Soni

System Integration Test lead / Manager with extensive experience working in challenging and critical Banking & Financial Services (BFS) projects under tight / regulatory timelines. Strong communication skills, stakeholder management, working with third party suppliers. Technically equipped and can deliver test strategy, monitor and control execution plans for projects involving complex architectural changes, multiple platforms based on legacy or modern technologies. Highlights - Expertise in Internet Banking, User Security, Banking Regulations, Interest Charges, UK Payments, BACS, CHAPS, Image Cheque Clearing, SWIFT, Standing Orders, Bill Payments, Faster Payments, Corporate payments and collections, Credit and Debit Cards, ATM, SEPA, FX payments, Low value and High Value (Same Day) country specific domestic as well as International / Cross Border Payments- Understanding on Market Risk IT, Volcker Regulation, Investment products, Risk metrics (VaR) and Limits- Working in Health Care Sector dealing with policies adhered by care homes as per CQC guidelines - Functional/Manual Testing, Static, White-box/Black-box Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, E2E testing, User Acceptance Testing, Web testing, Card Reader testing, Rollback Testing, SQL / Data warehouse / ETL testing, Workflow testing, Regression, Automation, Compatibility, Performance, Dress Rehearsal, Risk based, Exploratory testing, Waterfall and Agile models- Worked in Web/Java/.Net based, Mainframes and Unisys, Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iOs Platforms- Hands on experience of complete Test Life Cycle including Project kick-off and governance, Resource and Effort estimations, interviewing resources, requirements review, preparing test plans and strategy (including coverage, entry/exit criteria, milestone schedules, RAID, Project and product Risks, Defect Management process, RACI), test environment setup, co-ordination with stakeholders for sign-offs and issue resolutions, test progress and metrics reporting, test closure report, lessons learnt and recommendations, testware archival, production go live and warranty support- Test lead and management skills with ability to work in teams from different vendors, contractors, in-house colleagues located across multiple time-zones, and appreciate cultural diversity- Worked on tools like Quality Center, ALM, Jira Confluence, Azure Devops, Zoho, Jmeter, Selenium, TOAD, Microsoft (Excel/Macros/Pivots, Word, PPT, Visio, MSP, SQL), XMLSPY, Notepad++, Eclipse, Tableau.