Nishant Verma

QA professional with 17+ years of strong testing experience and business acumen in ETL, Hadoop, BI reports, Data migration, Web-based and Client-server applications.

• QA professional with 17+ years of strong testing experience and business acumen in ETL, Hadoop, BI reports, Data migration, Web-based and Client-server applications.
• Proven ability to lead multiple teams of small sizes 10-15 direct reports (onshore/offshore model) for multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Vast exposure to banking and insurance domain that includes wealth, insurance, retail banking, capital markets mutual funds, securities.
• Strong understanding of the principles of Data Warehouse/ETL process using Fact Tables, Dimension Tables, Star Schema modeling.
• Expertise in preparation of test artifacts like testing strategies, test plan, test cases, regression status reports, productivity metrics, testing estimation reports and test summary reports.
• Extensive work experience in ETL, Hadoop, Bigdata, OBI reports, Cognos reporting & Database migration testing with good command on complex SQL queries and Unix/Linux commands.
• Good hands-on databases and applications like Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, Netezza, Datastage, Informatica, Abinitio, SSIS, ODI, TFS, TWS, Pentaho, Spark and Hive.
• Expertise in utilizing automation tools like ICEDQ, Query Surge, Beyond Compare for DB to DB, File to File, File to DB comparison to cater data warehouse/ ETL regression needs.
• Experience in utilizing Test Management tool like HP ALM, Jira for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution, Requirement Mapping and Defect Process.
• Well versed with automation tool ICEDQ to create test scripts, schedule test execution for regression needs.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Methodologies, Quality Assurance Processes, QA Methodologies and STLC.
• Experience of working and leading the team in Waterfall and Agile (Scrum) Methodology.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Master’s In computer applications from IGNOU (AICTE recognized), India, 2005