Engineer Software

VENKATESH CHIDAMBARIAH

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Alpharetta, GA 30004

Phone: 678-***-****

Email: accv7s@r.postjobfree.com

Work Status - Permanent Resident (Green Card);

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

. Automated functional testing with QTP (and Winrunner);

. Selenium IDE and Selenium Webdriver (for Java);

. Object oriented programming in Java (3 years);

. Procedural programming in C (5 years);

. Performance testing using HP Loadrunner and Performance Center (5

years);

. Web Services testing using JMeter (3 years) and SoapUI (1 year);

. Test case management, defect tracking with HP Quality Center (10

years);

. Database programming - PL/SQL for Oracle DB using DBVisualizer and

Toad;

. Software Process: Agile-SCRUM (5 years);

. Agile Scrum process - defects and stories tracking with JIRA and

VersionOne;

. Technologies: J2EE, Web Services, XML, SOAP, JUnit/TestNG;

. Platforms: UNIX, Linux, Windows, MacOS; mobile & tablet - iOS,

Android;

. UNIX and LINUX commands; shell scripts;

. Source control - Subversion, GIT; Build Manager - Maven;

. Development platforms - Eclipse and IntelliJ;

. Excellent oral and written communication skills.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified J2EE Developer (Sun Microsystems, June, 04)

Certified Product Specialist, WinRunner 7.x (Mercury Interactive, February,

03)

EDUCATION:

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MS Computer Science, 1999

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

The Weather Channel

Software Engineer in Test 8/13 - 2/14

. Member of a Scrum team following the Agile Development process using

JIRA for project and defects tracking, and using Quality Center for

test case maintenance;

. Developing test suites and performing manual testing of the different

modules of www.weather.com as part of the re-architecture effort to

replace existing middle layer DS2 calls with DSX; testing for WEB,

Android, and iOS platforms using Drupal and a combination of mobile

devices, tablets, and simulators;

. Successfully completed testing and validation of the new Navigation

flows, the new Sign-On system, and the integration of the Home page

with other modules for www.weather.com (WEB, Android, and iOS

platforms);

Federal Home Loan Bank - based in Atlanta and 12 other states.

Test Automation Engineer 4/13 - 6/13

. Developed Test Automation scripts for a Web Application using Selenium

Webdriver API and Page Object Model architecture.

Intercontinental Hotels Group - based in Atlanta and managing several hotel

brands including Holiday Inn and Express, Intercontinental, Crown Plaza,

Staybridge, Candlewood, and Indigo.

Senior Test Engineer 4/08 - 3/13

. Led a team to perform functional testing on the Java API below the

channel layers (Web, Mobile, B2B, and Customer Relations) to ensure

sufficient code validation at the Core layer. Daily activities

included a combination of regression testing; functional testing of

new code introduced for new projects and re-architecting activities;

and interacting with the channel teams for project testing activities;

. Manual testing of the Java API through XML requests/responses using a

custom Web based tool; SQL queries for Oracle DB using DBVisualizer;

test case development and defect tracking with Quality Center 10.x;

. Selenium IDE scripts were used for automating functional regression

tests; JMeter was used for automating Web Services testing;

Turner Broadcasting, Inc.

Senior Analyst (QA Lead) 4/06 - 4/08

. Managed a team to perform Quality Assurance activities for several

eCommerce applications;

. Front-end (Web/GUI) manual testing; automated regression test suites

using QTP; performed load tests using Performance Center; performed

Oracle SQL queries using Toad; Web Services API testing using SOAPUI;

set up defect tracking and test case maintenance with Quality

Center9.x;

. VuGen scripting (HTTP protocol) for load simulations using Performance

Center; using test results to identify performance bottlenecks;

applications tested include cnn.com, nascar.com, and

acc.playonsports.tv;

BellSouth, Inc.

System Manager 9/05 - 4/06

. Contract assignment as Performance Engineer; used Mercury

Interactive's Loadrunner, and UNIX shell scripts to develop automated

test scripts that simulate load conditions on different components of

the DSLNMS product.

. Wrote VuGen scripts for the JAVA/RMI protocol; simulated concurrent

RMI calls to the NMS server by executing scripts in load scenarios

using the Controller module; used test results to identify performance

bottlenecks in the DSLNMS product.

Turner Broadcasting, Inc.

Performance Engineer 6/05 - 9/05

. Contract assignment for automation testing of the eCommerce

application, Gametap;

. Wrote a JAVA client application to simulate HTTP calls from the

Gametap downloadable client to the server; incorporated the client

application in JMeter and performed load testing;

. Wrote VuGen scripts (HTTP protocol) to simulate front-end (Web/GUI)

subscription activities at www.gametap.com; performed load testing

through the Controller module of LoadRunner;

Equifax, Inc.

Software Developer 7/04 - 6/05

. Contract assignment as a member of the core technologies group

responsible for the maintenance of the existing eCommerce application,

www.equifax.com; programmed repairs and enhancements to the

application and worked closely with contractors to ensure timely

delivery of product releases; worked with J2EE technologies including

JavaBeans and EJBs; worked with front-end (Web/GUI) technologies

including JSPs and Struts; and unit testing with JUnit on the Eclipse

platform with Websphere application server.

John Deere Special Technologies - based in Atlanta producing software

products for the agriculture business;

Software Engineer 8/01 - 7/04

. Programmed enhancements and repairs for a client-server product using

J2EE technologies with Hypersonic and Oracle databases; used MVC

methodology with Swing and JGoodies for GUI development; developed an

automated regression test suite using WinRunner7.x with Java add-in

module.

. Wrote VuGen scripts (HTTP protocol) to simulate activities in the

eCommerce application, iView, which provided a Web interface to grain

elevator information stored in a back-office accounting system;

simulated concurrent load through the Controller module of LoadRunner;

used test results to identify performance issues;

. Developed an automated regression suite using WinRunner7.x for another

client-server product written in VisualBasic;

Optio Software, Inc. - based in Alpharetta producing software products to

transition from paper-intensive commerce to electronic commerce.

Software Developer 12/99 - 4/01

. Programmed enhancements and repairs to a document customization

application that intercepts ERP outputs, customizes them to client

specifications, and delivers them to destinations electronically;

. Programmed in C on Windows using Visual Studio 6.x and Visual

SourceSafe.

Q-Labs, Inc. - subsidiary of Ericsson in Knoxville, TN; company's focus was

CMM (capability maturity model) training and auditing;

Software Engineer 9/98 - 9/99

. Performed maintenance and enhancements to the existing black box

testing tool; programmed in C on Unix;

. Consulted with a client company to automate the regression test suite

for its principal software application using WinRunner6.x;

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Graduate Teaching Assistant 8/96 - 8/98

. Taught laboratory courses in programming, data structures, and

computer architecture.

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