Name: Nilesh Shukla
e-mail: *************@*****.**.**
Mobile: +1 - 732-***-****
Current Location: Middletown, NJ, USA
CURRENTLY EMPLOYED with Tech Mahindra Americas Inc. as Technical Lead at
New Jersy, USA on H1B VISA
HIGHLIGHTS:
. Over 6+ years of IT experience spanning End to End Quality Analysis,
Requirements review, Analysis of functional
specification/System/Process workflow/system architecture, Coding,
Reviews, Project coordination & management, Testing and Implementation
of full software life-cycle.
. Extensive training and advanced certifications in software testing
procedures and theories. ISTQB Certified tester.
. Training and Exposure to wide range of enterprise systems. 4+ years of
experience with Seibel CRM system and other AT&T's in-house Enterprise
systems.
. Extensive training and experience in SQL and Unix
. 5+ years of experience with Test Automation. Including but not limited
to tools like QTP and Selenium.
. Experience with building an independent Test Automation Framework
using VB and Java
. 5+ years of experience with Web services testing using tools like SOAP
UI
. 2+ years of experience in Model based testing using tools like
CONFORMIQ, which facilitates Test design automation
. Practical experience in Waterfall and Agile Software Development
process
. 4+ years of web development experience using HTML5, CSS, OO
JavaScript, JQuery, and Java.
. Wide exposure across technologies, systems and operations. Delivery
planning, management, execution and delivery.
. Self motivated with strong collaboration and relationship building
skills along with excellent communication skills.
. Leadership roles in creation and execution of QA and testing
processes, test strategies and plans, bug documentation and
regression.
. Comfortable working solo as well as in a team.
. Knowledge of CMM process implementation. Worked on CMM - Level4 and
Level5 implementation.
. On my own, I am currently getting trained in Peal Scripting, Mobile
Application development and Mobile test automation
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
. Functional Test Automation Tools: HP Quick Test Professional, Selenium
and IBM RFT
. Model based test tools: CONFORMIQ
. Defect Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center, Clear Quest, Red Hat, JIRA,
Bugzilla
. Agile Project Management Tool: Rally
. RDBMS Database: Oracle 9i/10g, TOAD, SQL Server, MS Access, My Sql
. Software Q/A: Standards & Procedures Development, SDLC Testing, Test
plan, Design & Development, planning Automated Testing Strategy.
. Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/Vista/Win7
. Programming languages: C, C++, Java, ASP.net, VB, HTML5, OO Javascript
. Scripting languages: VBScript, JavaScript, JQuery
. E-Commerce: Search engine optimization(SEO), Social Bookmarking
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Tech Mahindra
Test Manager & Technical Lead Aug-2013 to Present
Client : AT&T Inc.
Project : Sales Express (Sales Information on the Go)
Description : Sales Express project developed a mobile application
that interfaces with all the ATT enterprise sales
applications, providing sales users a unified mobile
platform to access all the applications and exhibit
ATT's capabilities to the customers on iPad and other
Mobile devices.
Technical : aMind Framework, Seibel, Quality Center v11.0, Rally
Environment
Responsibilities:
. Develop Test Strategy based on the Business/System requirements and
Project Goal.
. Prepare project estimates and get it approved
. Work with Technical staff to validate test requirements, resolve
Design issues and software defects.
. Review test cases written for unit, System, integration and UAT
testing.
. Conduct Web Services testing using SOAP UI
. Analyze and identify Regression test cases that can be automated.
Identify tools for mobile test automation
. Conduct database testing using Toad
. Log and monitor defects in HP Quality center.
. Arranging war room calls with all the interfacing applications to
resolve defects.
. Get Daily updates from the team, prepare and present status report to
clients.
. Conduct defect root cause analysis and document lessons learned and
monitor team's performance over each release.
Tech Mahindra
Test Manager & Technical Lead Sept-2008 to Present
Client : AT&T Inc.
Project : eSignature and Seibel CRM
Description : eSignature is a tool that allows the ATT's customers to
sign the contracts using voice, web or fax and the
contract specialists to countersign thus reducing the
overall sales time and increasing customer
satisfaction. Seibel CRM tool is customized to the
ATT's needs and is widely used default CRM tool for
AT&T
Technical : JSP, My SQL, HP ALM Quality Center, QTP, selenium,
Environment Clear Quest, Rally, JIRA, Toad, UNIX.
Responsibilities:
. Develop Test plan, Test scenarios and detailed test cases based on the
Design documents, Business requirements and functional requirements.
. Review of the test cases written for unit, integration, system and UAT
testing.
. Assist Business analyst in writing Business Use cases/ Business
requirements.
. Review and actively contribute to the Application Design and interface
specifications for each release.
. Testing and Defect tracking using HP Quality Center, JIRA and Rally.
. Conduct database testing using Toad
. Assist developers in Defect investigation by investigating Logs and
databases at UNIX server.
. Arranging war room calls of interfacing applications to resolve
defects.
. Plan and Prepare test automation scripts for regression Test cases
using Selenium Webdriver and Test NG Framework
. Track and improve Test automation script performance
. Prepare and Present status reports to the clients.
Tech Mahindra
Transition Manager - Thunderbird March-2013 to September - 2013
Program
Responsibilities:
. Prepare Transition Plans for all the applications assigned to me
. Understand application functionalities, technology. Identify Key team
members from current team.
. Identify offshore team members qualified for the application to come.
. Prepare Knowledge transition topics and schedule
. Present Knowledge Transition status to the Program management and
Client
. Post Knowledge Transition, Arrange Forward shadow and Reverse shadow
exercises.
. Review Final Reverse presentation
. Get the steady state approval from the Client
Tech Mahindra
Software Developer Feb - 2013 to Aug - 2013
Project : Software Quality Audit and reporting tool
Client : AT&T
Description : This tool collects all the quality data from AT&T's
various Service Assurance applications on a real-time
basis and generates alarms if any of the quality
thresholds is breached. It presents real time quality
reports to the executives.
Technical : HTML 5, Java script, JQuery, Java
Environment
Responsibilities:
. Worked on collecting requirements and designing robust service
oriented architecture.
. Worked on coding in HTML5 Javascript and Jquery part of the code
. Worked on its unit testing, database testing and Web services testing
. Prepared and presented a Proof Of Concept to AT&T
Tech Mahindra
Test Lead Nov-2009 to Feb-2010
Project : CIBNA
Client : AT&T Inc.
Description : CIBNA is a tool that generates Circuit Id and is a
widely used tool at AT&T.
Responsibilities:
. Conduct Penetration testing using SQL injection.
. Develop Test plan, Test scenarios and detailed test cases based on the
Design documents, Business requirements and functional requirements.
. Work with the development team to design User interface and get it
approved by the client.
. Testing and defect tracking and closure
Tech Mahindra
Software Developer Feb - 2010 to Aug - 2010
Project : Project Goals Tracker
Client : Techmahindra
Description : This tool helps the project managers to keep track of
the project goals, analyze team performance, plan
improvements and helps the higher management to get
various customized reports instantly.
Technical : PHP, My Sql, APACHE, Quality Center v10.0, QTP
Environment v10.0, Load Runner v 8.0, Clear Quest, Win XP, Win 7
Responsibilities:
. This was an internal development work and was done along with my
primary responsibility, testing.
. I contributed in almost all the phases of the project, Collecting
Requirements, Preparing Design, Coding and Testing
. This tool became highly popular among project managers and is still
being used.
. This tool was presented as an Innovation and is also available in the
IDU knowledge Bank.
Tech Mahindra
Software Developer Sep - 2010 to April - 2011
Project : CMPM Audit Tool
Client : Techmahindra
Description : This tool Validates the Time entered in to CMPM (AT&T
Time entry tool) to the Planned Hrs and sends an email
to the individual upon mismatch. This ensures that all
the Time entry happens correctly and on time
Technical : HTML, PHP, JavaScript, My SQL
Environment
Responsibilities:
. This was an internal development work and was done along with my
primary responsibility, testing.
. I contributed in almost all the phases of the project, Collecting
Requirements, Preparing Design, Coding and Testing
. This tool became highly popular among project managers and is still
being used.
. This tool was presented as an Innovation and is also available in the
IDU knowledge Bank.
Education:
Degree University Year of
passing
Bachelor of Engineering Mumbai 2008
in Computer Science University
H.S.C in Science Stream Maharashtra 2004
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S.S.C Maharashtra 2002
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Personal Details:
Name : Nilesh Shukla
Date of Birth : 16th October 1986
Residence : 404 Knollwood drive, Middletown, New Jersey 07748, USA
Marital Status : Married
Hobbies : Reading, Hiking, Mountain climbing, Travel, Adventure
Sports
Sports : Cricket, Football
Nationality : Indian
Achievements:
. Consistently awarded an outstanding grade during TechMs annual review.
. Multiple Client appreciations throughout my career
. Active contributor to Technical blogs and forums
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