Objective
Seeking a position where I can contribute to the Indian IT industry in
moving up the value creation ladder. There should be the right
environment wherein adequate importance is given for harvesting of
knowledge and honing of skill sets
Experience Summary
A bright, talented, ambitious and self-motivated Lead Engineer with a
strong technical background who possesses self-discipline and the
ability to work with the minimum of supervision. Having a proven ability
to carry out the creation of test cases, appropriate implementation of
individual tests, log outcomes and communicate the Results to work
colleagues and clients. Possessing excellent documentation Communication
skills alongside an ability to formulate, advise and implement testing
Strategy. Using initiative to develop effective solutions to problems
with an active and dynamic approach to work
6+ years of competitive experience in IT industry in Manual and
Database Testing
Experienced in working at client location, Microsoft India R & D
(India).
Good knowledge of SDLC and STLC life cycle
Possess keen business acumen in analyzing and understanding business
requirements, customer-value
Maximization and testing new business processes.
Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting organizational, communication,
prioritization, and problem solving and leadership skills with ability
to create and sustain high work tempo.
Extensive knowledge of project life cycle and have been contributing
significantly in the following activities: Requirements validations,
Planning, Execution, Reporting, Maintenance
Involved in Integration testing, Regression testing, System testing,
Acceptance testing, Sanity Testing, UI Testing, database Testing
Reliable as a fully contributing, responsible and accountable member of
task/project teams
A systematic, organized, hardworking team player with an analytical bent
of mind determined to be a part of a growth-oriented organization
Communicating with client and onsite team members
Expertise in Test Case Management
Expertise in creating Test data and Test cases
SME (Subject Matter Expert) for my project
Worked as an SQA team member and also SQA of my project team and also
configuration manager
Goal oriented team player, self starter, quick learner, good problem
solving and analytical skills and can handle multiple projects
simultaneously.
POC for Microsoft managers, and got appreciation for handling team
perfectly for more than 2 years in a row
Experience of handling testing related activities from start to end
UAT and production support knowledge
Industrious, thrives on a challenge while working effectively with all
levels of management and the people therein
Technical Skills
Technologies Microsoft. SharePoint
Languages SQL
Databases MS-SQL Server 2005 and 2008
Operating Systems Windows 98/XP/Vista/7/Server
Office Tools MS-Office XP/2003/2007/2010
Testing tools known Quality Center 10.0, XENU, HTML Validator
Defect Reporting PS (Product Studio) and CVS Dude TRAC,VSTS 2008
and 2010, MTM
Other Tools Magellan Tool, ASI, WTT
Work Experience
Company
Location
Tenure
Designation
HCL Technologies
Noida
Dec 2011- Till Date
Lead Engineer
HCL Technologies
Hyderabad
March 2011-Dec 2011
Lead Engineer
HCL Technologies
Hyderabad
March 2010- March 2011
Member Technical Staff
MAQ Software Private Ltd.
Hyderabad
Aug 2007- Feb 2010
Software Test Engineer
MAQ Software Pvt. Ltd. (A Microsoft Gold Certified partner and a
preferred vendor)
Academic Credentials
Degree Year Board/Universit Percentage Class
y
PGDBA (Marketing) 2010 SCDL, Pune 64% 1st Class
B.Tech (Computer 2007 UPTU 64.08% 1st Class
Science)
10+2 (Science) 2003 C.B.S.E. 63.2% 1st Class
10th 2001 C.B.S.E. 66.4% 1st Class
Professional Experience (from current to oldest):
JADE (Joint Analysis Delivery Environment)
HCL Technologies
Limited
Client Microsoft
URL http://portals/jade/sitepages/home.aspx
Environment MSSQL, C# .Net,
Team Size 25
Duration (Oct 2011 - Till Date)
Role Test Lead & SQA
Responsibilities Preparing the MTM, Testing Strategy, and Test
Signoff.
Point of contact for QA team
Publishing the TEST Status Report for Each
release
Developing test scenarios for DWH and ETL aspect
of the Project.
Provided UAT and Production Support.
Involved in Peer Reviews of Test cases and Test
Plan.
Deep Analysis of issues raised and providing
solution for those issues
Participation in End to end test activities of
QA cycle
Microsoft Changepoint (MSCP)
HCL Technologies
Limited
Client Microsoft
Environment ASP.Net, C# .Net, JavaScript, HTML
Role Point of Contact
Team Size 10
Duration (March 2010 - Oct 2011)
Role Software Test Engineer & SQA
Responsibilities Organizing and handling all the meeting time to
time with in the team and with client also
Point of contact for QA team
Responsible for sending Weekly status report and
daily status reports of the project to the
customer
Solving users issues directly by contacting them
Providing Support and Maintenance to the Issues
reported
Provided UAT support by giving immediate
response/resolution to UAT queries, by
stretching to late nights
Preparing all the QA documents related to
project
Actively participated in Peer Reviews of Test
cases
Actively participating in FSD and TSD review
meetings and identifying issues at earlier stage
i.e., review phase which helps in reducing the
Code bugs.
Description: Changepoint is a single, integrated system that effectively
tracks a company's core business processes from start to finish,
providing real-time access to accurate, business-critical data.
Changepoint automates and integrates key business processes and gives
access to unprecedented views into the distribution of effort and cost
of service delivery. Management gains greater control to drive
accountability at all levels of the organization to ensure investments
support business priorities and increase the quality and efficiency of
service delivery.
Changepoint effectively tracks an account's engagements from inception
to completion. Users can set up profiles for each of their accounts and
set up several engagements for each customer.
Changepoint has three main applications: Changepoint Enterprise, System
Manager and Report Designer. Within an organization, most users require
only the Changepoint Enterprise application. Typically, only those
employees who are responsible for system set up or who perform reporting
duties require the System Manager or Report Designer applications.
Microsoft Product key Verification Tool (MSPKVT)
MAQ Software
Client Microsoft
Environment .NET using C#
Operating System Windows XP/Vista/7, Win Server 2003, 2008
Office Office 2000, 2003, XP, 2007, 2010
Locales English, Chinese, Russian, Brazilian-Portuguese
Role Point of Contact
Team Size 5
Duration 3 Months
Role Software Test Engineer & SQA
Responsibilities Analyzing Functional Requirement, Use Cases and
Business rules to understand the System
Involved in Preparing scenarios and test cases
from scratch
Working as POC of the team and handling team
members
Preparing and maintaining all the documents
related to CMMi (SPP, MPP, TDS, Audit report
etc)
Set up environment(OS and office) in different
locales(English, Chinese etc)
Description: To capture the information of OS and Office products from
the user system whether they are genuine or not by verifying their
product key. No other personal information is gathered by the tool
Bing Rewards Client
MAQ Software
Client Microsoft
URL www.bing.com
Environment .NET using C#, KAF Automation Framework, XML
Operating System Windows XP/Vista/Win7
Role Test Team Member and Configuration Controller
Team Size 15
Duration 5 Months
Responsibilities Preparing Test plan, Test Summary Report and
participating in project related Management
activities.
Test scenario and test case preparation
Executing test cases manually
Review of Test Scenarios, Test Cases
Defect Tracking in PS
Preparing documents related to CMMi for the
project
Sending daily status mail of team to Team lead
and Onsite POC
Description: The Bing Rewards program is designed to incent users to
search with Bing and related properties by awarding tickets based on
search volume and other user behavior. The client side is managed by
Bing Bar, which lets users opt in via a reserved panel. The server side
is managed by the Rewards team.
The BRC (Bing Rewards Client) is the core component linking Bing Bar and
the Rewards server/Bing Rewards infrastructure. The BRC runs in the
client Web browser under the auspices of the Toolbar itself, and
communicates with the server end via two channels: search activity
reports and configuration via Akamai/HTTP-GET; and
account-synchronization via an Azure webservice. The configuration
channel via Akamai sends promotions, notifications, and updated URL
capture information to the client. Thus both Akamai and Azure are
two-way communication channels.
The BRC will also synchronize the user's server-side actions, such as
redemptions and TOU changes/updates.
SIBHO (Search Incentives Browser Helper Object
MAQ Software
Client Microsoft
URL www.getsearchperks.com
Environment .NET using C#, KAF Automation Framework, XML
Operating System Windows XP/Vista/Win7
Role Test Team Member and Configuration Controller
Team Size 15
Duration 22 Months
Responsibilities Understanding the requirements and writing test
scenarios/cases according to it
Preparing Understanding documents regarding the
knowledge gained by analysis of the requirements
and specifications
Identifying and preparing Test scenarios by
using Used cases
Coordinated and handled review meeting of "Test
Scenarios/Test cases" time to time
Coordinating daily conference call with Onsite
POC
Reporting and logging all the issues in the
defect tracking system
For database testing writing SQL queries to
verify the data populated
Handling KS (Knowledge session) when ever new
member joins the team
Preparing Analysis and Estimation Sheets
Description: The goal of this project is to develop a Browser Helper
Object (BHO) for deployment inside of corporations and end consumers
that will help measure the impact of introducing Microsoft search
products on end-user search engine usage. This will be achieved by
counting the number of queries that are performed on each of the Google,
Yahoo, AOL, Ask.com, Live, and MSN sites for a period before
the Microsoft search product is deployed, and for a similar period
afterwards. Then to create the C# tool to process the reports of the
users which comes in irregular fashion as a text file. This project also
includes the 14 SSRS reports as UI in-order to analyze the user behavior
for search
This includes multiple releases like Search Rewards Client, LPT, CFC,
CFG etc.
Office Genuine Advantage
MAQ Software
Client Microsoft
URL www.microsoft.com/genuine
Environment .NET using C#, KAF Automation Framework, XML,
Windows Test Technology, Active X
Operating System Windows XP/ Vista
Role Test Team Member
Team Size 7
Duration 2 months
Responsibilities Preparing and Executing test cases manually
Review of Test Scenarios, Test Cases
Bug Tracking using Product Studio 2.1
Status Reporting to India team
Conducting knowledge Sharing and Brown Bag
Sessions
Description: Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) is an anti-piracy program to
Create preference for Genuine Office software, increase awareness of
non-genuine software (anti-piracy), Provide a mechanism for customers to
verify whether their purchase of Office product is genuine or not, Help
users validate Office across 181 Countries, 38 locales. The Validate
Office buttons on the Microsoft genuine page directs the user to either
a successful validation page or non genuine page with respect to
genuineness of the office installed on the user's machine, the user is
further directed to available options to legalize his/ her copy of
Office
Personal Traits
Research oriented.
Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Application of fundamental concepts.
Interpersonal skills of communication, negotiation, presentation,
leadership, and teamwork.
Fast Learner, Enthusiastic, Hardworking
Achievements
Got R&R certificate from HCL for two quarters for outstanding work
Rajya puraskar awarded in SCOUT & GUIDE
Active member of College Student Placement Committee
Member of "QUALITY CIRCLE" at the school level in 2000
Participated in science and social Exhibitions at school level
Personal Information
Name Ajit Sachdeva
Date Of Birth June 30, 1986
Linguistics English, Hindi, Punjabi
Marital Status Married
Nationality Indian
Alternate Email id ****************@*****.**.**
Areas of Interest Troubleshooting, Internet Surfing, Playing
Badminton, Cricket, Reading Books, and Making
Friends, Listening Soft Music
Permanent Address Sita Cottage, Teen Khambe Wali Gali, Near Krishna
Maternity Hospital, Shahjahanpur (U.P)-242001
Current Address House No. T- 247/1 Baljeet Nagar, West patel
nagar, New Delhi- 110008
(Ajit
Sachdeva)[pic][pic]
TELEPHONE:
E-MAIL: ****.***@*****.***
SPECIALIZATION:
Lead Engineer
INDUSTRIES SERVED:
IT, Software and Education
PERSONAL SKILLS
Problem solving
Attention to detail
Communication
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Manual testing
Database testing
VSTF knowledge
Agile Testing
Acceptance testing
Technical investigation
Exploratory testing
Test environments
Test management tools
UAT Deployment knowledge
Writing test cases and reports
UI/UX testing
Black and White Box testing
Functional testing
Docs related to CMMi
PERSONAL DETAILS
DOB: 30 - Jun- 1986
Nationality: Indian