Rakesh Thakur

**** ******* **** ***, *****, CA **377

Phone: 408-***-**** ac29fy@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

Automated Test Systems Quality Methodologies QA Team Leadership

Senior Software QA Engineer Over 17 years of system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes. Work with global team in different locations.

Hands-on technology professional Accustomed to working in complex, project-based environments. Multifaceted experience in QA software testing, software development and user-acceptance testing.

Backed by strong credentials including a Bachelor degree in engineering, an advanced command of testing suites, agile methodologies and monitoring tools and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.

Skills Summary

SQA Testing & Methodologies

Test Plans, Cases & Processes

Functional Requirements

Scripting & Documentation

Regression & Negative Testing

UI & Compatibility Testing

Data Interface & Migration Testing

Performance, Load,Longevity & Stress Testing

Testing Automation

Defect & Bug Tracking

Test Strategies & Coverages

Iteration and WaterFall based modules

Technical Skills

Testing Tool

●Selenium,Junit,TestNG,QuickTest Pro, LoadRunner,Test Director,Rational Functional Tester/XDE, Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest, QA Partner, In house perl harness tools, build tools like Maven.

Languages

●Python, Perl, Java, Ruby,XML,HTML,JSON,REST,JavaScript, SQL, UNIX/Linux shell

Software

●Zabbix, Docker,Dashing with Ruby,DB2 Cube Views, DB2 Alphablox, DB2 Data Warehouse, IBM RedBrick Warehouse, IBM DWE SQL Warehousing Tool, IBM Cubing Services, Power Builder, Visual Basic.

RDBMS

●DB2 8.2,MYSQL, RedBrick, Informix, SQL server 7.0, Oracle

Platforms

● Linux, Unix, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

Professional Experience

QUEST SOFTWARE INC/ DELL Santa Clara, CA (FULL TIME)

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, 07/2016 to 08/2017

●Experienced in Manual Testing of REST API.

●Developed and executed GUI automated tests in Selenium.

●Experienced in writing perl, python and shell scripts to perform various tests.

●Created and executed software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes.

●Use BugZilla and Jira for repository, reporting and tracking bugs, and providing updates on resolved bugs.

●Managed and collected real-time data for DR (Proprietary Appliance) using Zabbix real time monitoring tool for reporting purposes.

●Experience to manage network switches, network PDUs and machines on racks in the lab/data center environment.

●Serve as a key member of software development team as the lead QA tester on development projects for various industry clients.

●Implemented quality-assurance and quality-control methodologies. Ensure compliance with QA

DELL Santa Clara, CA (FULL TIME)

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, 08/2013 to 06/2016

●Developed GUI automated tests in Selenium.

●Performed system tests on Linux based servers and Virtual appliances.

●Performed Functional, Boundary, Stress, Performance and Error injection tests.

●Performed various negative cases like kernel crashes, power failure tests, pulling network cables and RAID6 drives etc.

●Worked with NFS,CIFS and RDA protocols.

●Experienced in iDRAC, KVM and Serial Ports.

IBM CastIRON SYSTEM Mountain View, CA (FULL TIME)

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, 05/2007 to 07/2013

●Maintain and manage tomcat application server and apache server in the AWS cloud.

●Write tests for REST based API's and web services

●Working experience with Amazon EC2/S3 environment.

●Responsible for managing, deploying and operating the underlying cloud

●infrastructure.

●Developed GUI automated tests in QTP and Selenium.

●Working experience with Web Services, HTTP, MQ, RDBMS, and SQL

●Use Eclipse based Junit to automate test cases.

●Assisted with user-acceptance testing and defect tracking for three new software releases.

●Conducted gap analysis.

●Estimated project scope and worked closely with fellow developers to deliver high-quality software solutions using Java and SQL.

IBM San Jose, CA (FULL TIME)

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, 08/2001 to 04/2007

●Technical lead in the Rational Functional Tester automation tool (RFT).

●Used Eclipse based Junit to automate test cases.

●Automated test cases for IBM DB2 DWE Design Studio product which is

●developed for BI solutions.

●Developed more than 1000 automated tests in Rational Functional Tester

●Tool. (RFT)

●Executed RFT regression tests on windows and Linux platforms.

●Participated in the install testing on Linux/Unix/Windows platforms.

●Tested various fix packs releases.

●Performed globalization verification testing on windows and Linux.

●Technical lead for translation verification testing.

INFORMIX Los Gatos, CA (FULL TIME)

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, 05/2000 to 07/2001

●Responsible for development of Master Test plans, and execution of test cases for Informix RedBrick warehouse product.

●Executed system, functional and regression tests on multiple operating systems.

●Designed and implemented more than 1000 test automation harness using QA Partner.

●Tested RedBrick ODBC driver with third party tool such as Microsoft SQL server Analysis services.

●Performed server side testing using shell and perl scripts.

●Involved in installation, preparation of the database environment, installing the software, and setting up and maintaining database directories, files and administrator account.

Education & Credentials

PUNE UNIVERSITY INDIA

Bachelor of Engineering

1995

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