PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of experience in System Software Quality Assurance and Testing.
• Extensive experience in leading teams functioning as the On - site Coordinator, Quality Analyst at client location.
• Strong hands on experience on QA tools and techniques, bug tracking systems, test design, and execution.
• In-dept knowledge of working with DAS-NAS-SAN Storage Provisioning, Monitoring and Troubleshooting.
• Expertise in the following areas:
• HP Integrated Lights Out Management and expertise in below features:
• Embedded Health iLO Active Health System Logging
• Power Capping
• Active Directory
• Two Factor Authentication
• Licensing
• SSL
• AES\3DES Encryption
• Networking
• OSI Model
• LAN, WAN, MAN Technologies
• Hubs, Switches and Routers
• TCP,UDP, IP4,IPV6 Protocols
• HP Storage Systems
• Storage Testing
• Performance Testing
• Test Plan creation
• Writing Test case
• ESX Virtual machine management
• Windows Hyper-V management
• Debugging issues
• Testing web-based enterprise applications
• BAT files to automate the test cases
• Windows Active Directory
• Solid experience in managing relationships between business customers and IT experts to define project scope, manage requirement gathering process, oversee User Acceptance Testing, and carry out project related activities.
• Demonstrated sound analytical and problem solving skills with good exposure to key facets of leading teams to meet or exceed objectives; focused on meeting customers’ requirements and expectations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows (2003, 2008), Linux (RH, SLES,), VMware ESX(3.x and 4.x).

REMOTE MANAGEMENT: HP Insight Lights-Out Management.

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: NAS, DAS, SCSI, SAS, FC, RAID.

STORAGE CONTROLLERS: Smart Array, SAS, SATA, SCSI.

RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Server, OLTP and OLAP.

HARD DRIVES: SAS, SATA & SCSI.

HBA CARDS: EMULEX & QLOGIC.

SOFTWARE TOOLS: Stress Tool, Reboot Test Tool, Power Capping Test Tools, CIM Studio, QTP.

BUG TRACKING TOOL: Quality Center 10.0/9.2.

WEB SERVERS: Apache 1, Apache 2, IIS 6, IIS 7.

PROTOCOL KNOWLEDGE: SNMP, HTML, TELNET, SSH.

HARDWARE: HP ProLiant ML/DL Series Servers, HP p-Class/c-Class Blades, HP IP Console Switch, FC/SCSI/SAS/SATH HBA, HP SAN Switch, HP Storage Array, HP MSA, HP iLO.

TECHNOLOGIES: Validating Integrated Lights out 4, iLO3 and iLO2 Management Processor Firmware for all the ProLiant ML\DL\BL Servers, HP-RDP (Rapid Deployment Software- An OS installation automated tool from HP), HP System Insight Management (HP SIM), System Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), DHCP, DNS, Active Directory, HP Storage systems (Single domain & Dual Domain Concepts).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Software Engineer

Environment: HP BL/DL/ML Servers, HP Storage Controllers, HP Storage box, HP Storage switch. OS:Windows (2003, 2008), Linux (RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9, SLES10), ESX (3.x, 4.x ).

Responsibilities:

• Onsite co-ordinator for 18 QA Engineers, ~20 QA Dev Managers and QA Leads situated in different geographical location.
• Perform product testing based on customer and user scenarios.
• Create test plan, execute test cases and submit issues; validating issues discovered by customer.
• Validate latest Firmware builds of iLO3 and iLO2 on all the supported ProLiant servers.
• Configure/setup test rings for testing.
• Validate Management processor through RIBCL (XML Scripts).
• Validate the Management processor through CLP (SSH and Telnet).
• Collaborate in running automation test’s for HP iLO3, using QTP (Just Started).
• Perform the tests on the c-class servers and enclosures.
• Attend test plan and test case and functional specification peer review.
• Attend Server Core Meetings.
• Test Web Services using QTP and Web services add-in.
• Facilitate discussions between onsite and offshore teams.
• Interact with onsite executives, business analysts, software architects to time tune, test script and implement the project.
• Reproduce the issues found offshore, if asked by the developer.
• Manage the test lab for onsite and offshore testing.
• Write batch files to automate some testing steps.
• Help developer’s to reproduce the issue onsite.
• Provide On-the-Job to the co-team members on new features implemented.

Confidential

Senior Software Test Engineer

Environment: Windows, Linux Storage Testing, HP SUM, Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), SNMP, MIB walker, CIM Studio, CIM View, WHEA HCT, Firmware Flash Utilities, HP Storage Technology, DAS, NAS, Single domain, Dual Domain.

Responsibilities:

• Planned, designed and implemented SAN equipment at customer's facility to ensure full functionality according to specifications.
• Reviewed performance reports and documentation from customers and field representatives, and inspected malfunctioning or damaged products to determine nature and scope of problem
• Execution of SNMP and WBEM projects from offshore development centre (Mphasis) for HP.
• Prepare test bed setup for test case execution.
• Execute test cases and report bugs.
• Write test plan and test cases for testing Agents and WBEM functionalities.
• Review test cases and test plans.
• Update test plans and test cases.
• Managed Storage Dual Domain and Single Domain Configurations.
• Managed 8 members team as Team Lead.
• Project Planning and Time Estimation for the project.
• Providing On-the-Job extensively on SNMP Agents & WEBEM Providers to the Fresh Engineers who join the IST Program and make them productive in short span of time.
• Attending conference calls with onsite team.