Engineer Project
Resume:
VIJAY PINJALA
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QA Lead Cell No : +1-313-***-****
Professional Summary:
• Around 10.5 years of cumulative experience in Quality Assurance and Control.
• QA Lead with expertise in all phases of web portal testing.
• Familiar with CMM level5,Sixsigma and Lean process
• Experience in System Specification Analysis, Testing Methodology and Test Plan Formulation.
• Involved in preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Defect Report, and Test tracking
Report, Weekly Status Reports
• Extensive experience in designing Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test reports for manual and
automated tests.
• Performed extensive manual testing in Energy & Utilities, Oil & GAS, Telecom domain, banking
domain and Retail domain
• Experience in Backend testing using SQL.
• Experience in E2E testing
• Experience in training and guiding the team.
• Experience working on multiple projects/product launches at the same time.
• Experience on Quality Center
• Good experience in Effort Estimations
• Experience in testing on web based applications developed in Java, J2EE and .Net Technologies.
• Experience analyzing business requirements, functional, and technical specifications for adequacy
and thoroughness.
• Identify risks and manage them, communicate and track issues.
• Involved in defect prevention activities and identify the process gap to improve the testing process.
• Involved in GUI Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Negative Testing,
Compatibility Testing, Security Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, User Acceptance Testing
(UAT).
• Familiar with CMM level5,Sixsigma and Lean process
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATES:
Certified Software Quality Analyst –by Wipro Limited
VIJAY PINJALA
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B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication (1999-2003), Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing Tools: QualityCenter9.2,10.0&ALM,QTP,Liveperson,Clarify,Geoprobe,smart bits, IXIA,CDR
tool,TMS6 application and Phindows
Platforms: Windows/2000/NT,Linux, UNIX and QNX and Mainframe
Domain Insurance Domain, Energy& Utilities,Banking, Retail and Telecom
knowledge
Languages: XML, HTML, DHTML, C,
Software: Microsoft office Suite
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TAS QA Lead– British Petroleum, Warrenville, IL, USA
Oct2011- Sep 2013
Terminal Automation System (TAS) Upgrade project
Terminal Management System (TMS) is an integrated bulk distribution solution for fuel products. It provides
management of product movement, driver access and security, inventory control, dispatching and the
generation of manifests. For the TAS upgrade TMS system needs to be tested in integrated environment
and with appropriate data.
TAS QA Lead Contributions:
• Configuring and Maintaining the Terminal Automation System (TAS) LAB
• Co-coordinating with client, test team and different development teams
• Coordinate the QA activities in the project & Work on the QA estimation
• Define test approach, strategy, manage test data, and create test bed.
• Define the test scenarios and test cases for complete system integration tests
• Process adherence of all testing activities in ALM
• Interact with the QA team, business SME and Dev leads
• Managing onshore team and coordinating with offshore team to ensure Quality releases.
• Assisting Toptech in fixing critical and high severity defects
• Assisting test team in roadblocks
• Working on Network issues.
• Conducting weekly review meetings with client
QA Lead
VIJAY PINJALA
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Lowes Companies Inc., Mooresville, NC, USA April
2011-Oct 2011
PCM Web application testing
This project is initiated to facilitate the internal user to upload marketing data for multiple vendors at the
same time; this process is currently done by logging into individual vendor user screen. Also as part of this
initiative we will provide marketing data download capability for internal users, and new features in home
page work list tab for the Internal user to perform functions such as filter on multiple headers, and do mass
approval on New and Update Marketing Data Approval work list tasks.
Test Architect Contributions:
• Coordinating onsite-offshore model
• Working with client and conducting technical training
• Quality assurance
• Primary interface with LTC functional analyst
• Perform critical & high priority defect testing
• Conducting weekly review meetings with client
• Conducting Monthly Program Review meeting
• Conducting and clarifying the technical difficulties for offshore team
• Working on pro-active proposals for getting new business
QA Lead
Level3 communications, Tulsa, OK, USA June
2010- March 2011
CTI (Customer Test and Installation) application testing
Work on all disconnects orders on DS3, OC3/OC12/OC48/OC192, FE, GIGE and Metro E bandwidth as per
the Level3 CTI norms. Work on different networks like Level3, legacy level3 (Progress), looking glass, Broad
Wing and Telcove networks. Ensure the quality as per the committed quality norms. Complete all pending
orders within in the timeline
Responsibilities
• Effort estimates preparation
• Review of test scenarios and walkthrough with PM, System architect, Business Analyst,
• Performed Manual testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression
Testing and Implementation testing and warranty support
• Execution of Test Scenarios,Preparation of Test Report and Defect Logs
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Test Lead
General Motors, Detroit, MI, USA
Nov 2009 –May 2010 GMAC_CORP_REBRANDING Project
The objective of this Corporate Rebranding project is to ensure that the system (new online portal for the
existing GMAC Corporate Site and the porting of Gmacfs.com to the new infrastructure) meets the full
requirements of the customer, prevent negative impact to the current functionality, and to manage the
process efficiently from end-to-end while maintaining the quality of the product. Main project goal is
validating and verifying the solution adopted to rebrand Gmacfs.com to Ally.com site against the stated
requirements specification and this process also demonstrates that the solution is "fit for purpose" in terms
of the functionality, operability, consistency and completeness of data.
Responsibilities:
• Setup/attending the meeting with clients for understanding the testing scope of Corporate rebrand
project
• Setup meetings with Business Analyst and get the SRS,BRD and FS documents for test plan
preparation
• Developed test plan as per the client and end user requirements prospective
• Setup the test plan reviews
• Setup the meeting with offshore team for their testing goals
• Daily co-ordination calls with offshore team
• Representing in daily defect status meetings
• Representing in weekly project status meetings
• Test case execution and report in QC
• Generating defect/execution status report and sharing the same to client
Test Analyst
Telstra, Melbourne, Australia
June 2009 –Oct 2009
NGF Testing
Project Description
VIJAY PINJALA
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The project scope of the NGF Project is to deliver a Next Generation Fixed service to the Telstra Network
using the Alcatel-Lucent IMS solution. This project is for NGF NL-IOT (Network Layer Interoperability
testing).Work involves test plan preparation, execution, and retest of fixes. Work also consists of running
Traffic and executing the test cases. The ultimate motive is that the product released would be more of free
of errors.
Responsibilities /Contributions:
• Developed test plan as per the client and end user requirements prospective
• Setup the test plan reviews
• Setup the meeting with offshore team for their testing goals
• Daily co-ordination calls with offshore team
• Representing in daily defect status meetings
• Representing in weekly project status meetings
• Test case execution and report in QC
• Generating defect/execution status report and sharing the same to client
QA Lead/Test Lead – Nortel Networks, DURHAM, NC, USA
April 2008 –May 2009
RTPO Large Office Traffic Prime
This project is for Nortel Succession Large Office verification. Work involves test plan preparation,
execution, and retest of fixes. Work also consists of running POR Traffic for 12hr & 72hr.The ultimate motive
is that the product released would be more of free of errors
Having knowledge on NORTEL CS2, strong SIP, ISUP signaling. Having Strong Mercury Quality
center knowledge
RTPO Traffic Prime Contributions:
• Responsible for setup the 12hr & 72hr traffic run for RTPO Large Lab
• Responsible for work with Node primes
• Responsible for add new configurations on overall Lab
• Responsible for follow-up with design on traffic issues
• Responsible for OAM servers prime ship
• Responsible for adding new TC’s in QC
• Responsible for tracking the TC’s in QC and update to the client manager
VIJAY PINJALA
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Sr.Test Engineer – Nortel Networks, Ottawa, CANADA March
2007 –March 2008
OMER3.3 and OMER4.0 Sanity:
Sanitizing the OME Main Stream and Functional stream loads. Testing the basic functionalities for R3.3 &
R4.0 features. Addressing the issues found during the sanity to designers. Work with design managers and
get the issues fixed as a priority basis. Work with system engineering and prepare the sanity suite for new
release
OME Sanity Contributions:
• Responsible for running sanity twice a week
• Responsible for raising the CR’s found during the sanity
• Responsible for follow up the CR’s with design
• Responsible for work with system engineering team before add any new TC’s
• Responsible for work with system engineering team for changing any existing configurations
• Responsible for attending release progress meetings
Sr.Test Engineer – Wipro Technologies, India
April 2005 –Feb 2007
HDX Verification and Regression testing
HDX is a High Density Digital Cross connects. Optera Connect HDX a complete optically switching
product capable of switching 1280 GB of optical traffic per second. HDX is a scalable, multiservice optical
switching platform designed to meet the complex networking needs of today’s competitive service provider
environments.
Optical Manager R4.0 support for HDX4.0 New features introduced
Optical Manager is used as NMS to control the HDX NE.
• Fault and Event consolidator
• 80G feature
• 10G DWDM feature
• Single Sign on
• Directory services
• Fault gateway support for new alarms
• AP SWACT
VIJAY PINJALA
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QA Lead Cell No : +1-313-***-****
Optical Manager R4.0 support for HDX4.0 contribution
• Responsible for OMGR related issues
• Responsible for weekly upgrade
• Responsible for writing the test plan
• Responsible for executing Verification test cases
• Responsible for meeting the test case execution as per planning
• Responsible for reviewing test plans and test cases.
• Responsible for tracking bugs to closure
• Responsible for AP (NMS) load installation and upgrade activity.
HDX R 4.0 Contributions
• Responsible for Test Plan Preparation for assigned feature.
• Responsible for giving the training sessions on newly introduced features.
• Responsible for weekly OMGR upgrade to latest sanitized load.
• Responsible for weekly HDX R4.0X upgrade to latest sanitized
• Responsible for training new team members
• Responsible for executing Verification test cases
• Responsible for executing regression test cases
• Involved in planning and tracking the test schedule as per weekly basis
• Responsible for reviewing test plans and test cases.
• Responsible for tracking bugs to closure
Switch O&M Engineer – TATA TELESERVICES LTD, India Nov 2004
– Mar 2005
Lucent 5ESS wire line and wireless switch
Work involved Operation and Maintenance of Lucent 5ESS Switch
Contributions:
• Responsible for Monitoring Bangalore Wire- line( Lucent 5ESS )and wire-less( Lucent 5ESS )Switches
• Responsible for Carrying out Daily, Weekly and monthly preventive maintenance activities for Wire-
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line switches.
• Responsible for Monitoring, attending and escalating alarms of Lucent Switches as per guidelines 4.
• Assist in creation of database for new SDCA’s and POI’s
• Associated with Wireless Switch (5ESS) growth in AP. Circle
• IMS RING GROWTH, APCC GROWTH, and CELL SITES GROWTH IN ECP AND DCS.
• 5ESS switch physical installation of 5ESS.
• SMPS power installation with support of TYCO engineers at Hyderabad and Vijayawada.
• CM2 to CM3 conversion at Hyderabad, Vijayawada MSC’s
• Associated with BSNL employees for POI activities. (Switch Acceptance Testing) all over A.P
TATA TELESERVICES LTD, Hyderabad, AP,India Oct
2003 –Oct 2004
AXE810
Network Engineer/Test Engineer
Work involved Operation and Maintenance of Ericson AXE810 Switch. Auditing & maintenance of database.
New POI augmentation etc.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for monitoring Bangalore Wire- line( Lucent 5ESS )and wire-less( AXE810 )Switches
• Responsible for Carrying out Daily, Weekly and monthly preventive maintenance activities for Wire-
line &Wire-less switches.
• Monitoring, attending and escalating alarms of AXE810 as per guidelines
• Assist in creation of database for new SDCA’s and POI’s
• Assist in maintenance and auditing of database in MSC’s and Tandem so as to avoid wrong routing.
• Assist in database definitions of new products and services
• To carry out the necessary testing before the launch of the service
• Monitoring and troubleshooting any problems related to IWF
• Testing of features related to IWF.
• To perform roaming testing with RUIM numbers of all TTSL Circles and routing/verification of
database related to roaming.
VIJAY PINJALA
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QA Lead Cell No : +1-313-***-****
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