Manager, Engineering

HighLights:

**yrs of experience in Software Quality Assurance

o6 years in India

o4 years in the Netherlands

Certifications:

oCertified Scrum Master by ScrumAlliance

oCertified Advance Level Test Manager by International Software Testing Qualifications Board

oCertified Tester by International Software Testing Qualifications Board

Experience in building and leading teams.

Experience in leading & management of QA for software projects.

Experience Summary:

Currently employed as Manager, Engineering at Informatica, Bangalore.

oManaging an R&D team of 5 engineers.

oScrum Master and R&D lead for 2 teams of sizes 6 and 5

oSupport Champion (R&D contact for GCS, Sales & IPS) for B2B DataExchange and Data Integration Hub

oTest Management Tool administrator

oRelease Manager.

5+ years of experience in agile methodologies.

Extensive experience in BlackBox testing using both Manual and Automation tools

Extensive experience in Design, Development and execution of test cases.

Experience in Front End automation using Sahi, Selenium and Silk, backend automation using JUnit framework and continuous integration using Jenkins.

Experience in building automation from scratch using Sahi & JUnit4.

Experience in administering Test Management tools.

Experience in Managing releases, planning, hardening, execution, risk identification & developing mitigation plans for the same and report and track defects

Experience in building teams and training newly joined engineers.

Experience in providing leadership and direction to junior members of the team.

Experience in analyzing external bugs reported by Customers, GCS, IPS, Sales and providing solutions

Experience in helping GCS & IPS in solving customer issues related to DX & DIH.

Experience in building & publishing EBFs

Professional Experience

Manager, Development- Informatica Bangalore – from October 2015 till date.

Principal QA Engineer – Informatica Bangalore - from March 2014 till September 2015.

Lead QA Engineer – Informatica Bangalore - from January 2013 till March 2014

Senior QA Engineer – Informatica Nederland – from January 2009 till January 2013

Senior Software Engineer – Informatica Bangalore – from March 2008 till January 2009

Software QA Engineer – Informatica Bangalore – from February 2006 till March 2008

Software QA Engineer Intern – Informatica Bangalore – from November 2005 till January 2006.

Strength

Committed and motivated team player.

Pro-active attitude.

Good planning and prioritization skills

Good inter personal skill.

Career oriented and hardworking.

Good knowledge in test methodologies and Test techniques.

Analytical mind, work well under pressure with minimal supervision.

Technical strengths:-

Operating System : Windows, Unix

Database Skills : Oracle, SQLServer, DB2

Programming Skill : Core Java

Testing Frameworks : JUnit4

Testing Tools : Sahi, Silk, Selenium

Source Control : Perforce

IDE : Eclipse, IntelliJ

Build tools : Maven

Bug Tracking : Jira, DevTrack

Test Management : QAC, QC, TestLink

Products:

Informatica Data Integration Hub versions 1.0, 1.0 HF1, 9.6.0, 9.6.1, 9.6.2 and 10.0

– 2012 till date.

Summary: Informatica DIH is the first out-of-the-box integration hub using the publish/subscribe model in a data integration context. Informatica DIH enables enterprises to decouple data sources and destinations and as well as leverage logical models to reduce the number of interfaces. The innovative architecture approach reduces on boarding time and complexity by empowering application owners to self-subscribe to a centralized catalogue of published data sets.

Informatica B2B Data Exchange versions 8, 8.6, 8.6.2, 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.5, 9.5.1 – 2009 till date

Summary: Informatica B2B Data Exchange enables IT organizations to make business partner data accessible for improved efficiency while also allowing the flexibility to define processes that empower users to configure processes per partner and source. IT and business collaboration can monitor the data events for each partner and process and effectively respond to changes.

Informatica Data Analyzer versions 4.1, 5, 8, 8.1, 8.5 – 2005 till 2008

Summary: Informatica’s Business Intelligence tool for Dashboard & Reporting

Responsibilities:

• Collect and document users' requirements and develop logical and physical specifications

• Design, Develop and Execute functional, and performance test cases based upon requirements, development specifications and field use cases

• Design, Create and Maintain test cases for automated tests

• Research, evaluate and synthesize technical information to design, develop and test computer-based systems

• Lead and co-ordinate teams of information systems professionals in the development of software and integrated information systems.

• Plan, design and co-ordinate the development, installation, integration and operation of computer-based systems

• Understand, troubleshoot and recreate customer issues in house

• Problem solving issues uncovered during testing and providing clear reproduction instructions

• Work with cross-geographical software R&D engineering and QA teams

• Assess, test, troubleshoot, document, upgrade and develop maintenance procedures for software applications

• Understand underlying technologies and take ownership for testing and sign off of functional areas

• Lead and manage the development of overall test strategies/test plans, and estimations for automated and manual testing - including definition of test phases and multi-year schedules, change management, test data approach and risk management

• Develop and present test progress reports, metrics, test strategies, and plans

• Provide test process assessments and process improvement recommendations and strategies.

• Manage the defined QA processes to ensure all standards are met

• Participate in release meetings for maintenance and development projects ensuring all platform requirements are met

• Ensures delivery against R&D goals and objectives, i.e. meeting commitments and coordinating overall quality assurance schedule

• Work with peers in the technology leadership team to coordinate activities and solve issues as they arise

• Manage the planning and execution of product testing efforts, including all associated resources to meet committed delivery dates

• Provide effective communication regarding issues, objectives, initiatives and performance to plan

• Anticipate program release problems and takes corrective action, escalating as needed, to resolve and achieve commitments

Education

University Level

2000 - 2004 –Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineer – Andhra University

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 27th June 1983

Languages known : English, Hindi, Telugu

Nationality : Indian

Sex : Male

Marital Status : Married

Declaration

I here by declare that all the above things are true to the best of my knowledge.

Date: 09-11-2015 (signature)

Place: Bangalore Diwakar Devarakonda

Email: ************@***********.***

Alternate Email: *********@*****.***

Cell: 959*******

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