SUMMARY

• 19+ years of work experience: 9+ at Confidential, 8+ at Confidential, 2 at Confidential Digital, India
• Expertise in Program Management, Software Testing & Automation of Web Applications, Services, Databases, Requirements Analysis & Test Planning
• Strong People Manager, experienced with recruiting and retaining top talent as well as growing and advancing direct reports, mentoring juniors.
• Proven experience in defining test automation engineering strategy and collaborating with global teams, internal/external partners, teams and customers
• Deep understanding of Agile Engineering practices, design, development, testing and operational models for online services
• Highly motivated technical and engineering leader with a passion for innovation, quality and team productivity

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Java, Cassandra, SQL, mySQL, C#, XML, TestNg, Selenium Webdriver, Jenkins, JSON, Maven, MongoDB
• Tools: Adobe CQ5, JIRA, SPIRA, Testlink, Swagger, Postman, Eclipse IDE, GIT
• Certifications: Apache Cassandra Developer, Apache Cassandra Administrator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Running a team of Developers, Test Leads and SDETs at both Onsite & Offshore responsible for overall functionality of Sears, Kmart web sites, the underlying web services, Content Management System/Adobe CQ5.
• Managing Development & QA deliveries for a code re - write project of Search Frontend.
• Directing development of automated UI, API & DB functional tests to execute testing at a larger scale and at a faster pace using Selenium Web Driver, Java, TestNg, etc.
• Helped expand Test Automation Framework to drive keyword & data driven testing, to have HAR capture capability, to make API tests development quicker
• Helped architect and develop Test Analytics dashboard, Tests Analyzer tool, and an Alerting tool using Java, MySQL, Hibernate, MVC Architecture, etc.
• Architected an automated Test Data Population tool to solve some pain points in test automation that were resulting in reporting false failures.
• Partnered in architecting Product Dashboard & develop the test automation script to cater the needs of Business teams
• Directed the development of Deadlinks Validation tool in Java to crawl the Sears & Kmart sites and report broken links, images, incorrect store information display.
• Driving Tests Estimation, Planning & Execution for various releases per sprint across different applications by working alongside the Developers & Product Managers.
• Partnered with Development & Infrastructure teams to help set up the CI/CD pipeline
• Directing & help design Test Strategies in testing complex scenarios
• Hands-on Functional Testing of APIs & online features to support the fast-paced releases in an agile environment.

Software Development Engineer in Test

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led Functional Testing in different teams - Bing Search, Bing Shopping, Confidential Learning, Confidential Support
• Tech Led the Test Automation Development & Execution of Data Ingestion pipeline of BING Shopping Search Engine - XML, SQL Server, C#, MSTest
• Requirements Analysis, Test Planning, Tests Development, Tests Execution & Reporting, Tests Monitoring, etc.
• Developed Fault Tolerance Tests, Services Tests, KPI Metrics Dashboard
• Mentored Interns & other Team Members
• Worked closely with Dev teams, Product Managers, Project Managers, and cross functional Test Teams to deliver Quality Results

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Business/Product Managers & External Clients to discuss the Business Requirements
• Developed Requirement Specifications Documents for Dev & Test Teams to refer to
• Worked on developing prototypes to present to the Customer before full fledge development starts
• Helped with Development & Testing Efforts