SUMMARY:

• To seek a challenging position in the area of Software Testing that utilizes my skills and provides me an opportunity towards personal growth and organization growth.
• More than 10 years of Software QA, Systems integration and Release Management experience.
• Strong background in testing software, real - time embedded systems, Web UI, REST APIs.
• Expertise in analyzing business requirements, functional specification documents and use cases; expertise in creating Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Strategy, Requirements Traceability Matrix and Test Metrics.
• In-depth knowledge of SDLC methodologies; Waterfall and Agile; well versed with Agile application (SCRUM) development methods.
• Experienced in leading the QA team, mentoring junior team members, collaborating with cross-functional global teams to deliver successful releases.

EXPERIENCE IN:

• SQA Testing & Methodologies Test Plans, Cases, Processes
• Web UI & Compatibility Testing Defect / Bug Tracking
• API & Data interface Testing Performance / Load / Stress Testing
• Testing Automation Regression & Negative Testing
• Systems Integration testing Test Strategies & Coverages
• Real-time embedded system testing Team building, Staff mentoring
• Network Protocol Testing Project / Release Management
• Scripting & Documentation Strong leadership & Communication skills
• Agile, Waterfall test experience Off-shore team management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Management: TestLink, TestRail, Confluence, SharePoint

Defect Reporting : Bugzilla, JIRA, ClearQuest

Project Management : Confidential Project, JIRA (Agile)

Testing Tools : Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, JMeter, SoapUI

Languages : C++, Python, Shell Script, Java, XML, HTML, CSS, SQL, REST API

Databases : MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite

Network Protocols : Ethernet, Optical, ATM, VLAN, TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, IGMP, SNMP, RTP, BOOTP, DHCP, NTP, DNS, SSH, FTP, HTTP, Syslog

Platforms : Linux, RedHat, CentOS, RTOS, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows XP, MS-DOS

Virtualization : VMWare, VirtualBox

Other : WireShark / Ethereal, Spirent, Ixia, IPTV, Adaptive bitrate Video Streaming, HLS, Set-top box (STB), MPEG-2, H.264, Dynamic Video Ad Insertion, NMS, Tektronics, Sencore, VideoClarity, TSReader, DVB

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Software QA Lead

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for releasing high quality, high density video transcoding products of Confidential networks including testing of main features like video Ad insertion, adaptive bitrate video streaming.
• Responsible for testing Web GUI configuration software features, workflows across browsers and testing REST APIs.
• Responsible for creating detailed test plans, test case management and test reports for all software releases. Analyze software defects, conduct weekly bug triage meetings with development and product management.
• Experienced in releasing products in agile development cycle. Worked with development teams in integrated and incremental testing to facilitate efficient progression.
• Set up multiple test environments for functional testing, regression, load, performance, stress and longevity testing using VLAN segregated networks.
• Set up test environment using VMs. Evaluated right test tools/equipment, troubleshot customer issues.
• Tested video player client applications on consumer set-top-box, web browsers and on iOS, Andriod apps.
• Designed automation framework to configure complex test environments to do systems integration testing.
• Developed automation tools in Python for configuring, debugging, stress testing the products.
• Implemented automation framework in Selenium for testing management web GUI software that configures video networking products with complex workflows.
• Improved product usability by giving constructive feedback while testing. Enforce GUI workflow uniformity between products.
• Built a high performance QA team by hiring, training, coaching and mentoring QA engineers.

Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET)

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing new features added in Mediaroom video streaming servers in various releases.
• Developed a testing tool to test broadcast video blackout feature in C#. This tool helped in simulating expensive 3rd party software in testing.

Sr. Software Engineer 05/2003 to 03/2007

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing network management software (NMS) to configure Confidential Encoders, Multiplexers.
• Developed in VC++ using XML interface.
• Implemented Confidential simulcrypt interface protocol (for video encryption) to integrate Confidential Multiplexer with Conditional Access vendors.
• Did CAS certification with Nagravision.

Software Engineer in Test

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Tested NMS GUI software, Confidential encoders and Re-Multiplexers for various releases.
• Proactively trouble shot software bugs by analyzing syslog, core files and network captures. Facilitated developers to fix issues efficiently.
• Integrated DiviCom Re-Multiplexer with various Conditional Access Systems (CAS) such as Nagravision, CanalPlus.

Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Tandem computers LAN sustenance project.
• Responsible for fixing bugs, software release and quality assurance of Tandem LAN Access Method (TLAM) module.