CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To associate myself with a professionally driven esteemed organization by pursuing a challenging, dynamic, responsible and mutually rewarding career and applying my professional expertise, skills and enthusiasm in a position for growth in IT industry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 12+ years of experience in IT industry, as QC & QA with emphasis on Manual and Automation Testing, Integration & Delivery, Team Management, Client Servicing, Organizational Process Improvements.
• Experience in leading a team of testers in complex projects involving testing activities, project management, cross functional and customer interactions
• Experience in integration activities - - creating builds, log & defect analysis and code walkthroughs.
• Experience in performing Functional, Regression, Performance and Acceptance testing towards multimedia products like Set Top Box, DTV & Media players with Networking Applications.
• Experience with Headend testing in STB domain
• Basic knowledge on Python Scripting, Selenium Webdriver
• Good understanding of Test Methodologies
• Experience in designing test cases by using different Test Design Techniques and there by enhancing the test process
• Knowledge & Experience working in Agile Environment
• Experience in assisting & guiding Delivery Leads in doing Estimations and developing Test Strategy, Customer proposals
• Experience in preparing Test Reports, Suites and Test Specification Documents
• Experience in Design, Development and Execution of System test cases derived from Functional requirements and Use case specifications
• Experience in Automation testing and assisting Integration testing activities of DTV, STB applications.
• Experience in & Mentoring teams
• Assisting Business and system analysts to prepare use case and functional specs in STB domain.
• Experience in frequently conducting effective domain specific sessions and mentoring team members
• Experience in QA activities for multiple projects in the organization

KEY SKILLS:

• Knowledge of Programming languages: C, Python
• Expertise in Functionality testing, Pre-compliance testing, Manual and Automation testing
• Leadership and Managerial skills
• Quick learning and flexible adapting towards new technologies
• Knowledge sharing /presentation skills
• Effective communication with Customers/ internal organization
• Ability to lead and drive discussions
• Ability to handle onshore/offshore activities
• Open to new ideas and experimenting

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

Test Management: Mercury Quality Center, Test Link

Bug Reporting Tools: Bugzilla, Test Track Pro, Telelogic change, Rational ClearQuest, JIRA

Automation Tools: VBA virtual remote, Red Rat, IRtek, IEX (proprietary),GOTTS(proprietory), Selenium Webdriver, STB automation tools(Inhouse)

CM Tool: Win CVS, VSS, GitHub

Others: Firebug Add-on, Rational ClearCase, Source insight, Eclipse, Jenkins

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Tools: Test Link, Inhouse automation tool with python scripting, Monkey runner

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing requirements
• Creating, reviewing and executing test plan and test cases
• Expert reviewer for the functional test cases
• Defect reporting, tracking, publishing the reports
• Communicating & Synchronizing with development team
• Leading manual testing activities
• Individual contribution to automation testing using python for stb functionalities
• Key player in Internal Organization Process & Productivity Improvements as QA lead
• Process facilitation for new projects and Providing specific s (Eg: On GIT, Quality, Tools etc)
• Conducting and driving various meetings eg: Kickoff, RCA etc
• Communicating the project health to senior management
• Risk assessment and analysis
• Conducting internal quality audits
• Performing and certifying release checks for multiple project milestone releases to customer
• Metrics collection and calculation
• Conducting Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Conducting Organization level CSAT Analysis, participate in meetings with customer, identifying improvements & resolving customer complaints.

Confidential

Tools: Eclipse, Firebug, Selenium Web driver and Grid

Responsibilities:

• Leading team of four and assisting automation testing activities
• Designing and Reviewing test cases written wrt selenium webdriver and TestNG framework
• Execution of test cases using Selenium Grid
• Defect reporting, tracking, publishing the reports to stakeholders

Confidential

Tools: Mercury Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Putty, Redrat

Responsibilities:

• On role of a primary tester and people manager
• Evaluating tools required in the project
• Design and execution of system level test cases
• Reviewing the test reports, test strategy document, test specification
• Defect reporting and tracking
• Test case automation
• Creating builds, Defect & Log analysis
• Interacting and synchronizing with component teams

Confidential

Tools: Stream viewer, Mercury Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Putty, proprietary automation tool, Filezilla

Responsibilities:

• As a primary tester & assistant team lead
• Participating in telecons with client to discuss about the critical & major issues in the product
• Evaluating tools required in the project
• Design and execution of system level test cases
• Reviewing the test reports
• Analyzing TS streams, Defect reporting and tracking
• Implementing test design techniques

Confidential

Tools: Stream viewer, Mercury Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Putty, Rational clearcase, Source Insight

Responsibilities:

• On role of a primary tester & technical leader
• Participating in telecons with client to discuss about the critical & major issues in the product
• Evaluating tools required in the project
• Design and execution of system level test cases
• Reviewing the test reports
• Defect reporting and tracking
• Creating builds, Defect & Log analysis
• Interacting and synchronizing with component teams

Confidential

Tools: Telelogic Change, ST Microconnect, RedRat

Responsibilities:

• As a primary tester & assistant team lead
• Participating in telecons with client to discuss about the critical & major issues in the product
• Evaluating tools required in the project
• Design and execution of system level test cases
• Reviewing the test reports
• Defect reporting and tracking

Confidential

Tools: DVB Transport stream generator tool, IR sensor using VBA, Test track Pro

Responsibilities:

• Writing system test cases based on test purposes
• Peer reviewing of test case documents & test reports
• Usage of Automation tool (virtual remote control) developed on VB platform
• Defect reporting and tracking
• As CPP (Customer Perceptive Proliferator) for the project
• Performing the role of a Mentor
• Internal Auditor for project assets of company as well as client
• Key player in Internal Process Improvements
• Organizing & Handling demo’s about the product features and presentations on technical concepts

Confidential

Tools: SWIG tool, RedRat, Bugzilla

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with local and onsite development team and testing team
• Assisting Team lead in preparing System Test Plan and Effort estimation
• Writing System test purposes and designing System test cases based on functional & non-functional parameters
• Preparing System test specification document
• Peer reviewing of system test cases
• Assisting Integration test team in designing Test framework and test scripts for Integration testing
• Assisting Integration test team in executing Integration test cases
• Mentoring new team members
• Defect reporting and tracking

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performing the role of wrt technical aspects
• Tracking testing activities and reporting to the manager/ lead
• Assisting team lead in preparing System Test Plan and Test case & effort estimation
• Attend review meetings & technically review system test cases designed by team members
• Preparing test report documents
• Preparing build analysis reports
• Interacting with local and onsite development team
• Deriving test purposes & writing System test cases based on the requirement specifications
• Defect reporting and tracking