Curriculum Vitae

Kirtiraj M. Darak

A**/*, Ganga Village,

Hadapsar, Pune

acggre@r.postjobfree.com

+91-902*******

Career Objective

Seeking a senior level assignment in QA where I can utilize my skills

for the benefit of company and client by implementing the latest

technologies and QA programs. To reuse existing or create new tools for

efficient and high quality work. To develop and use BI tools that can

assist the organization in planning, organizing, decision making activities

and grow with the company.

Summary

. Close to 4 years of exp. in Manual testing - Web App and Mainframe App

testing.

. 2+ years of experience in Automation testing using Selenium using C#

and Java.

. Created a multi-platform Keyword driven Selenium framework using C#

. Managed 5 projects as Project Owner and single point of contact

. Sound knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Test

Life Cycle.

. Good knowledge of Impact analysis, Test strategy and scenario

identification, Test Plan, Traceability Matrices, Knowledge

Documentation, DRE and DAR.

. 3+ year of experience in preparing Weekly Status Report, Milestone

Tracker, Progress Analysis Report (PAR), IVV metrics and Base

productivity in each quarter.

. Experience in designing Test Cases, designing and preparation of the

Test Execution Plan, daily status report, and Updating daily and

weekly share point for project progress.

. Experience in Functional, Regression, OATS, and System Testing.

. Good knowledge of defect management through QC 11.0, Bug Tracker and

Ms. Excel.

. Experience in creating VBA scripts for test case replication and

extract validation

. Created macros for QC interaction in test case upload, offline

execution using Ms. Excel

. Involved in new Resource ramp up and knowledge transition to other

teams

. Good knowledge of Insurance and e-Commerce domain.

. Team member with strong communication and interpersonal skills

. Fair knowledge of QTP, stress testing and mobile testing

Development activities

. Developed an indigenous Project Management tool for tracking and

managing QA projects.

. Having 2+ year of experience in VB, ASP.Net and IIS for the same.

. Experience in building and managing databases on MySQL and MsSQL

. Developed an ETL utility to transfer the data from OLTP to OLAP using

Talend Open Studio

. Set up of SSRS, experience in creating 50+ reports using Visual

Studio/MS Report Builder

. Interaction with OE team, Senior management for understanding the

reporting needs and creating suitable BI reports

Experience

I am working with Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. as a Senior QA Engineer

since July 2013.

I worked with IGate (Erstwhile Patni Computer System), Gandhinagar as

a Senior Engineer - V&V from Dec 2010 to July 2013.

Academics

Exam Discipline Board/ Percentage Passing

University year

BE CSE SRTM University 70.41 2010

HSC General + Latur Board 76.33 2006

I.T.

SSC -- 75.33 2004

Software Skills

. Testing Platform: Web based testing, Mainframe testing

. Languages known: C#, Java, C, C++, VB

. Other Languages Known: HTML, Java Script, ASP.NET

. BI Tools: SSRS, Informatica, Business Objects, Cognos

. Development tools: Visual Studio, Eclipse

. Automation tools: Selenium, QTP, Auto IT

. Databases: Microsoft SQL, MySQL, MS Access, Oracle

. Operating System Worked: Windows XP, 7 and 8, iOS, Android, Linux

- Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint

Certifications

. ISTQB-BCS foundation level certified tester

. LOMA - ALMI Level 1 (LOMA 281 and LOMA 291)

. iGATE - L2 in BI (Business Intelligence) - Informatica and Business

Objects

. iGATE - L1 in Cognos as a part of this training

. iGATE - L1 in V&V (Validation and Verification)

. Core Java and Advanced Java certificate from Seed InfoTech

Appreciations & Achievements

. Awarded "Extra - Mile" award for meeting difficult deadlines with

minimal resources

. Awarded "Certificate of Appreciation" by client for high quality work

. Designed and published various innovations in company's innovation

portal

. Awarded "Star of MGM" award by college for overall achievements and

activities in all fields throughout four years of Engineering.

Projects

1. Automation of Client websites

Details: The goal of the project was to automate existing test cases. For

this, a generic Keyword driven framework was created using Selenium and

C#. The framework is a web based and supports execution on multi-

platform/browsers using multi-threading.

Technologies: Selenium using C#, Visual Studio, Custom Reporting and

multi-threading engine.

Responsibilities:

. Understand the automation scope and access the level of coverage

that can be achieved

. Choose a automation technology and programming language

. Create and test Automation engine in a modular fashion. Demo the

same to team and client.

. Identify the modules of the website that need to be automated

. Develop the scripts using Selenium's Page Factory Modal

. Execute the test scripts using Selenium Grid 2.0 and capture the

result

. Analyze the changes in the build and update the scripts

. Document test results in client suggested format, maintaining

historic information

2. Priority SMB

Details: The goal of the project was to make a new e-Commerce portal for

small and medium business.

Technologies: QC, Bug tracker, SAP application

Platform: Various Browsers, tablets and mobile devices.

Responsibilities

. Worked as a Quality lead for this project. This involved

creating SPMP, SCMP and other process related documents

. Review Business and Functional requirement documents and log

ambiguities in Bug tracker

. Upon ambiguity resolution, start identifying Test

scenarios/objectives

. Create/update test cases, conduct peer reviews

. Functional and Regression execution on several platforms, defect

logging and follow up

. As the project is following SCRUM methodology, perform

sanity/risk-based testing on the builds received daily

. Maintain daily/weekly and execution report and share and discuss

with Client QA lead and making action items if any

. Preparing knowledge document based on learning from the project

3. NPD Workflow development

Details: The goal of this project was to automate the workflow for

introducing a new product into the market using SharePoint Workflows

Technologies: Nintex, InfoPath, Microsoft Test Manager

Responsibilities:

. Understand the currently followed manual process for introducing

the new Product

. Review the various forms used during the various phases of

Workflow development

. Prepare STP based on the project scope

. Identify scenarios and review test cases

. Train and allocate work to other team members

. Maintain daily/weekly execution report and share and discuss

with the Client.

4. Electronic Death Match

Details: The goal of the project was to automate the death processing in

the client systems whenever death is reported at SSA

Technologies: JCL, Passport Emulator, QC, OATS, Auto IT, VBA macros

Responsibilities

. Review L0 and L1 estimates and get sign off on estimation

. Review Business and Functional requirement documents and log

ambiguities in QC

. Upon ambiguity resolution, start identifying Test

scenarios/objectives

. Prepare MTD and include Test Objective in MTD and do the

walkthrough with Client QA lead, Business and get sign off on

MTD

. Create test cases, peer review and do the walkthrough with FTE

and Business

. Test lab preparation in QC and test data set up

. Functional and Regression execution and defect logging and

follow up.

. Train and allocate work to other team members

. Maintain daily/weekly and execution report and share and discuss

with Client QA lead and making action items if any.

. Project closure activities - Upload documents to SharePoint,

create UAT sheet, Update in regression suite and provide sign

off

. Preparing knowledge document based on learning from the project

5. ePresentment

Details: The goal of the project was to set up e-delivery of confirms

and statements for the insurance clients.

Technologies: QC, SharePoint, OATS, VBA macros, QTP

Responsibilities

. Perform impact analysis and prepare estimates; get sign off on

estimation

. Review BR/FR, start identifying Test scenarios/objectives

. Prepare MTD and include Test Objective in MTD and do the

walkthrough with Client QA lead, Business and get sign off on

MTD

. Creation of test cases, peer review and do the walkthrough with

FTE and Business

. Functional and Regression execution and defect logging and

follow up.

. Co-ordination with other Admin system team for interface and End

to End testing.

. Maintaining daily/weekly and execution report and share and

discuss with

. Project closure and knowledge management activities

6. Project Management System (PMS)

Details:

PMS is an indigenous project management system for managing QA

projects. This is used for management and monitoring of projects. It

works as a single system for data collection from all the resources and

generating intelligent reports. It is very useful for resource

management, estimations, project tracking, variance, etc. The tool is

being used to manage various projects at iGATE.

Technologies: VB.NET, SQL Server, IIS, Talend Open Studio, SSRS

Responsibilities

. Gathering requirements and analysis; Preparation of SRS

. Database designing and normalization using Altova

. Coding the web pages using Visual studio; Perform fixes after

testing

. Set up ETL to diverge the reporting load to a OLAP server

. Creation and maintenance of BI reports using Microsoft Report

Builder

. Automate SharePoint and PeopleSoft updates

. Making continuous enhancements to the application as per the

project needs

. Installing and maintaining the application for other clients

Personal skills and strengths

Innovative, optimistic, diligent, learner, team player, good orator

Hobbies

Reading, learning new technologies, travelling, cooking, trekking

Languages Known

English, Hindi and Marathi

Personal Details

Name Mr. Kirtiraj M. Darak

Date of Birth July 5th, 1989

Gender Male

Marital Status Unmarried

Email ID acggre@r.postjobfree.com

Alternate Email acggre@r.postjobfree.com

Father's Name Mr. Mahesh M. Darak

Mother's Name Mrs. Jyoti M. Darak

Nationality Indian.

City Pune (Maharashtra)

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