Project Management Software Engineer

RAKESH KRISHNAN

Senior (QA) Test Lead /Architect

Ph : +1-484-***-**** / +1-484-***-****

Email : adzsg0@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Qualified Test Leader/Architect with 18 years of hands-on experience in the core area of Software Quality Assurance, Automation Testing and Project Management working with leading testing tools like Microfocus UFT & ALM, Tosca, Selenium and Python . Hands on expert capable of building Test engineering team by hiring best talents in industry & mentoring them. Seeking Test lead / architect position to lead Software Quality / Testing initiatives on SAP, Windows,Mainframe, API, Web and Mobile applications.

TECHNOLOGY STACK:

Testing Tools

UFT, TOSCA, Selenium-Java (Junit,Maven,BDD,Cucumber),RestAssured

Scripting Language

VBScript, Python

CI-CD

Bitbucket, Jenkins, Anthill Pro

Test Management Tool

ALM Admin, Jira, VS Code

RDBMS

Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase

Office Tools

MS Office, Excel, Macros

Service Virtualization

CA DevTest

Application Interfaces

SAP S4 Hana, Hybris, SFDC

Others Expertise

Test Strategizing, Test Planning, Continuous integration, Agile and Dev-Ops

Domain Expertise

Airline, ERP, Healthcare, Insurance

Employment History

Client : OG&E September 2022 – Present

Job title: Functional / Automation Test Lead

Responsibilities:

Planning the monthly regression scope for both Automated and Manual Testing of the business E2E process .

Foreseeing the various risks and providing the mitigation plan to enable smooth execution of the testing activities .

Working on a OnSite – OffSHore mode, setting up the expectation with the offshore team on the daily deliverables, tracking the progress and providing Daily status report to the stake holders.

Mobile Test automation on applications in IOS and Android using Microfocus UFT One Mobile interface.

Managing the ALM directories and the artifacts for various testing activities, taxonomically grouped. Test Execution and result extraction based on each release cycle.

Client: BOI ( Bank of Ireland) November 2021 – August 2022

Job title: Automation Architect

Responsibilities:

Accountable for the providing an all-integrated solution for automated testing that

involves SAP R3, Mainframe, Database,Windows and Web application.

Designing the reusable artifacts for the project and improvising on the existing

architecture.

Review & approval of Test Strategy, Test plan, Test cases

Design, Develop and implement a robust automation framework for enhancing the

project deliverables in UFT and Selenium-Java with BDD Cucumber .

Implemented Page Object Model in Selenium BDD with Junit, Maven and Gherkin libraries

Have daily update calls with the stakeholders and provide the updates on the progress of the planned deliverables.

Provide demo to the client on the POC that showcase the efficiency of the framework

Client: Allianz Australia June 2019 – November 2021

Job title: Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

Leading the project for insurance client, accountable for the BAU regression, MFM migration and related Quality deliverables.

Defining the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery and based on feasibility

Review & approval of Test Strategy, Test plan, Test cases

Design, Develop and implement automation framework for various testing environments with UFT .

Implementation of Web Automation with Selenium-Java BDD Cucumber with framework with cucumber and Junit libraries and Python integrated with Selenium -Robot framework.

Web Services testing using RestAssured-Selenium with maven and TestNg.

Working with the Database queries with TOAD to retrieve the data for further validations and processing .

Maintenance of the test scripts supporting Dev-ops process (Git/Jenkins) and Provide guidance to the team and tracking to the completion of the user stories

Develop reusable artifacts for various team of the client as and when required and improvising on the existing architecture.

Conduct in-house training for fresher’s and experienced resources coming from different programming / scripting background.

Interacting with leads across different projects, identifying scope for automation and providing automated solutions to help increase productivity in the project.

Mentoring teams across different projects and assist them solve the technical issues.

Part of client presentation / Demo team, where I have given presentations and demo’s to various clients on test automation capabilities and accomplishments in testing practice.

Conducting automation feasibility analysis.

Client: American Airlines / Molson Coors March 2011 – June 2019

Job title: Senior Test Specialist

Responsibilities:

Onsite Co-ordinator based out at the client site at Dallas, Texas - USA, was responsible for managing the deliverables with direct interaction with multiple projects teams of the client.

Engaging the automation team to develop a POC with a Key Word driven codeless automation tool named IGNASIA developed with Selenium and PostGreSql.

Accountable for Functional testing, Integration testing & E2E testing, SAP(R3/Hana) Testing,Mobile Testing (Android/iOS), API testing using Postman, RestAssured-Selenium,UFT and SOAP UI, Manual testing, E2E Testing, Database testing and overall testing deliverables .

Implemented the Web and Mobile Automation ( Mobile Web and Mobile Apps) using UFT and Selenium.

Web Service testing using the API test features of UFT ( SOAP, HTTPS, FTP).

Implemented Service Virtualization with CA Dev Test as part of the continuous improvisation programme with AA.Com

Review Testing Scope, Develop the Test Plan and estimations and generate the Test metrics for each release cycles.

Review and evaluate the project progress in relation to measurable goals described in Project Plan.

Confer with clients to discuss their options and goals so that the needed deliverables can be planned and developed.

Feasibility analysis and scoping as per the planned schedules.

Setup the infrastructure, analyse any roadblocks and plan the deliverables.

Create Testing Scope, Develop Test Plan, and Create and Review Test metrics, develop Test estimations for each release cycles.

Track and report upon testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status etc.

Providing a Quarterly Quality Report to the management thus emphasizing on the ROI for the client.

Analyse internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations.

Client: Shell Petroleum March 2007 – March 2011

Job title: Senior Test Specialist

Responsibilities:

Accountable for various automation on SAP R3 System and E2E scenario-based testing for Downstream application .

Developments of Business Components using QTP 8.2/9.2 and integration with ALM

Run and Maintenance of the test Scripts

Track and report upon testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status in Defect triage calls.

Developing customized reports for the clients based on the test execution results from ALM using SQL queries.

Tracking the defects life cycle and updating the customer with the Details Work around documentations created as solution and guidance during testing.

Worked in close co-operation with the customer, functional consultants, application support consultants, version management, projects, technical support team, security/authorization team and other groups.

Client: ISO ODC November 2006 – March 2007

Job title: Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Preparing and documenting the test scripts with RFT

Participated in the Requirements and Planning Phase to review the project requirements for testability and the proposed scope of work. Involved in drafting proposed approaches, schedules, delivery milestones and delivered to Project Management.

Design and Implement an Automation Framework

Involved in defect reporting

Involved in customization of automation frameworks

Analyse business requirements and prepared test plans and test cases based on the

requirements

Techspine Systems September 2004 – September 2006

Client: For Various Providers

Job title: Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

Creating and Maintaining Test Scenarios and Test Cases.

Development of Pl/SQL queries and procedures.

Implementation of Automation testing using QTP. 8.2.

Manual Testing of the application.

Involved in database testing.

ACADEMICS:

Bachelors in Botany from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala – India - 1997

Advance Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) from Aptech Limited – 2001

AWARDS AND REGONITIONS:

Application Delivery Services Americas - 2014 Innovation Campaign Winner

Awarded with for Pro-Activeness and ownership shown in delivering Shell GSAP project deliverable.

Awarded with “E-Award” for development and implementation of Selenium with ALM in various project in American Airlines Account.

Awarded for the contribution for SFFP in American Airlines Account.

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Passport Name : Rakesh Krishnan

Visa Status : H1B

Passport No : W2252821

Strengths : Coding, Debugging, Leadership, Flexibility and Adaptability.

Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/rakeshkrishnan-1757527

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