OBJECTIVE

Desire to be a part of vibrant and leading organization and create footprints as Project Manager/Software Test Manager. Assist organization in all aspects by utilizing all my skills, knowledge, abilities and experience with a balance of hands - on, management and leadership responsibilities

SUMMARY:

• Project Manager/Test Manager with 8+ years of experience, managing 10+ software test engineers (onsite and nearshore, offshore) supporting Smart Grid Metering projects for Utilities industry.
• As test engineer, experience testing smart metering products(AMI), In Home Devices and Server Storage controllers.
• Manage onsite and offshore software test projects - 8+ years of experience
• Experience working in Agile and Waterfall environments
• Gather and analyze Requirements
• Project Plan creation for product test
• Test Plan Creation
• Test Lab Management
• Develop and execute test strategies(priority)
• Work closely with Product Development, Project Management and Release Management
• Manage stakeholder expectations
• Conduct Agile Ceremonies and attain Project Meetings
• Hands on product test experience
• Provide Technical direction/guidance
• Lead diverse teams for
• Automation
• Functional Test
• System Test (end-to-end)
• Regression
• Staff Management and Problem solving
• Establish and ensure to meet Test Department goals
• Setup individual KPI for team members
• Test engineers Performance Review
• Lead and motivate team members
• Setup Team Building Events
• Key contributor in test staff Hiring and Releasing decision
• Technical/QA lead and Sr. Test Engineer - 10+ years of experience
• Acquire Test Requirements
• Generate Test Plan with test duration
• Test Cases creation and test prioritization
• Test lab setups
• Test case review with developers
• Test execution and Bug/Defect findings
• Bug reporting with necessary logs
• Help development in defect recreation
• Generate and provide test status as defined by organization
• Participate in new candidate interviews and provide input in hiring process

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Software Test Manager

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Responsibilities:

• Feature Test, Functional Test, System Test (end-to-end) and Automated Regression
• Responsible for creating detailed project plans and work breakdown structure plans to illustrate resource allocation and scheduling tasks using Agile tool
• Attain meetings with upper management to communicate accomplishments, plans and any issues/risks with mitigation options
• Monitor test activities and mentor test team
• Spending ~30% of time in product test described in ‘Sr. Software Test Engineer’ experience
• Improvements and changes
• Adapted Agile process as suggested by organization and established Agile process in test environment. (Agile Tools used - Rally and Jira)
• Established cross-functional team environment to better utilize time resource
• Lead Test Automation Project/Team and established automated regression (using Sahi Automation Tool) for quick and effective test with same number of human resources
• Setup continuous regression (setup in Jenkins) to identify and retest fixed issues early on
• Setup real time project status and improved reporting for Product Management and upstream management
• New Test Resource trainings

Environment: Rally, Jira, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Sahi (automation tool), Jenkins, SoapUI, Subversion, ClearDDTS, Elster in-house ticket tool, C/C++, Java, Tomcat, Sencha, Flex, XML, Oracle, Oracle SQL Developer Client, Lotus Notes, WAN, LAN, NAN, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, C12.18, C12.21, C12.22, ZigBee, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat-Linux

Software Test Manager

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Responsibilities:

• Product Solution installation, test and identify/retest fixed issues.
• Client-Server web app with OpenVPN, installed on multiple OS (Windows and Linux) supporting Demand Response and Street Light Solutions
• Networks - WAN, LAN, NAN
• Multiple utilities devices
• Smart Electric meter in WAN network and Mesh network (IPv6 and 900 MHz)
• Battery Powered Gas and Water devices in 900 MHz mesh network
• Street Light devices in 900 MHz mesh network
• In-Home-Devices in ZigBee and 900 MHz mesh network
• Test Lab setup activities
• Setup supported devices
• Device FW upgrades - manual and OTA (Over the air)
• Modify device configurations using proprietary Meter Tools
• Test functions (listed few) - using Graphical User Interface (GUI), Web Services (SoapUI) and MultiSpeak APIs
• Meter reads for Billing - Register, Interval Profile etc.
• Voltage Monitoring
• Connect/Reconnect
• Outage/Restoration
• WAN/LAN/NAN Security
• Demand Limiting
• Street Light - On/Off/Dim
• Demand Response - Pricing, Load Control and Messaging

Environment: Microsoft Office, Subversion, ClearDDTS, Elster in-house ticket tool, C/C++, Java, C-Sharp, Tomcat, Sencha, Flex, XML, Oracle, Oracle SQL Developer Client, Lotus Notes, WAN, LAN, NAN, TCP/IP, IPv4, C12.18, C12.21, C12.22, ZigBee, Microsoft Windows

Sr. QA Engineer/Team Lead

Confidential, Durham, NC

Responsibilities:

• Performing Lead position for RAID SAS, RAID Cluster and Confidential ServerProven for Confidential controller projects.
• Responsible for testing of iSCSI, Confidential RAID/SCSI, SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and SATA adapters on Confidential ’s BladeCenter, x-Series Servers, e-Business and non-OEM Servers.
• Performing various RAID level testing - Raid-0, Raid-1, Raid-1E, Raid-5, Raid-5E, Raid-5EE, Raid-6, Raid-00, Raid-10, Raid-1E0, Raid-50, Raid-60 etc. on various Operating Systems.
• Perform Command Line Utility tests for various RAID/SCSI controllers on different Operating Systems.
• Responsible of testing SCSI-RAID CLUSTER for Confidential RAID/SCSI adapters on Confidential ’s Netfinity Servers, x-Series Servers and e-Business Servers for Microsoft Windows 2003, Windows 2000.
• Responsible for developing and implementing Test-Cases for Cluster testing.
• Making sure for corrective function of RAID/SCSI adapter BIOS/Firmware, Driver, related GUI application and Command line utility functions during failover in cluster environment.
• Design Server/Client network for WHQL Cluster HCT test using Domain Controller, Cluster nodes, Client Master and clients and configure DNS, WINS etc.
• Performing WHQL HCT tests for cluster and other cluster related utility and applications.
• Find and open defects against BIOS/Firmware, Driver, related GUI application, Command line utilities, RAID and Cluster functionalities.
• Analyzing and debugging software and hardware logs to find cause of defects and help developers.

Environment: C/C++, Java, XML, ClearDDTS, TCP/IP, IPv4, Microsoft Windows, Lotus Notes, VMWare, VMware ESX-Server and VMware VirtualCenter, Microsoft Cluster, Confidential Cluster Solution and Confidential Cluster Solution

Software Test Engineer

Confidential, Durham, NC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing of Beta software on Confidential ’s Netfinity Servers, x-Series Servers and e-Business Servers.
• Confidential server testing including the full spectrum of servers offered by Confidential currently and historically.
• Complete testing for compatibility and functionality of Confidential and other manufacturer hardware includes RAID Adapter, SCSI Adapter, Advanced System Management Processor controller, Network Interface Cards (Fiber-channel, Token-ring, and Ethernet), Back-up Device etc. across Confidential Servers.
• Testing of latest developed BIOS/Firmware, Diagnostics and Device Driver for Confidential hardware and peripherals.
• Testing of different Network Operation Systems on Confidential servers with various types of hardware and configurations and reporting defects against hardware or software.
• Network Operation System to install and test on Servers: Windows NT Server4.0, Windows NT Enterprise4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Advanced Server, Novell Netware 5.11, SCO/Caldera UNIX, Linux - RedHat 6.2, Red Hat 7.1, Red Hat 7.2, SuSE 7.2, SuSE 7.3.
• Finding and reporting Defects for Hardware and/or Software and keep track in database.
• Developing Test-cases and Test-plans in Lotus Notes.
• Special Projects Include: Lab Network configuration with minimal Fiber Network configuration to test machine setup and configuration (Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000 Professional) for network hardware verification.

Environment: ClearDDTS, TCP/IP, IPv4, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat-Linux, SuSE-Linux, Novell Netware, UNIX, OS2, Lotus Notes

Tech. Lead

Confidential, Durham, NC

Responsibilities:

• Working in group environment as Computer Lead. Tech., in charge of support team.
• Assembling, Configuration, Testing and Troubleshooting of Confidential Netfinity Servers (Installing and testing memory, RAID, SCSI, Video cards & other peripherals including Device drivers).
• Assembly and Configuration of Netfinity Server Racks (Incl. Cabling and Installation of Servers).
• Assembling and Testing RAID ARRAY boxes.
• Configuration and Operation of Cisco switches, routers & hubs.
• Configuration of Confidential ThinkPad’s and Desktops.
• Extensive involvement in the development of a major Client process. Process involved the configuration of hardware and satellite/network download of customer software.
• Responsible for correctly installation and testing of the software on Confidential Server, Lap-top and Desk-top computers.
• Imaging software Windows 98, Windows NT, WorkStation, Windows 2000, MS Office etc. with Multicasting Technology.
• Working on RIIS (Real Time Interactive System) Program to know the Status and Updating RIIS orders in the system.
• Performing FTV (Final Verification Test) includes out of box quality check/inspection of finished products to guarantee customer expectations.