HIMA REDDI
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERING LEAD EMA
EMAIL: ***********@*****.***
CELL: 703-***-****
PROFILE SUMMARY
As a Head of Enterprise Quality Engineering has extensive experience facing off with senior business and IT stakeholders. Effectively created vision which was embraced by teams at all levels. Built technical solutions to accelerate QA practices throughout the organization. Created a culture to question the status quo and make a measurable impact. Implemented advanced testing practices in complex programs. Upgraded and updated talent and implemented innovative practices that resulted in changing how teams operated, creating enterprise-level impact and influencing the entire organization’s operating model.
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
Smoke, Functional, Integration, Sanity, Regression, System Testing
Release Management
Onshore/Offshore coordination.
DevOps
Cyber Security
Human Services
Economic Security Administration
Behavioral and social science research
National security community's online operations
Product Development, DHS (Sanctions domain)
Automation
Education Domain
Data Migration
Data Quality Control
Business Architecture- business capability models, business process framework, Workflow re- engineering
Vendor package evaluation and implementation
Innovation: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Exposure to Machine Learning and Blockchain TECHNICAL SKILLS
Java, JavaScript, Angularjs.
FogBugz, FileZilla, Jira, ALM, QTP, Unix
GUI Applications, Web based Systems and Client Server Applications on UNIX, Windows, and Virtual desktop environments.
Automation Scripts using Selenium WebDriver, Maven, IntelliJ and located web elements using Xpath
Page Object model frameworks in Selenium.
Quick Test Professional (QTP), Testing Anywhere and Selenium
Oracle, Sybase, MS-SQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
Tools like TOAD, DBeaver
Docker, Jenkins
Data Architecture, Cloud, Tableau, Data Lakes, Cloud Analytics
Tomcat Server, Eclipse, JDK, TestNG, JIRA and Rest Assured, HTML, CSS, XML, JSON EDUCATION
Master of Science (Mathematics) - Osmania University, India. HIMA REDDI
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERING LEAD EMA
EMAIL: ***********@*****.***
CELL: 703-***-****
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Quality Assurance Engineering Lead/SDET
Ntrepid LLC, Herndon, VA Sep 2018 – Present
Responsible for managing the Quality Assurance group in Ntrepid that manages long and short-term projects concerning regulatory, efficiency, and firm directives impacting the security product line. As the head of enterprise quality engineering supported the build out of the enterprise data lake. I defined the data quality framework that enabled the regulatory reporting and enterprise risk reporting from one consolidated platform. I defined the process for capturing the data lineage and business glossary for regulatory requirements. Provided technical direction for an enterprise-wide platform that supports cyber security. I am responsible for defining the platform and data strategy, implementation roadmap, and lead the agile execution teams. The platform strategy defined and implemented was the introduction of big-data technologies- Hadoop, MongoDB, Data Analytics/visualization, DevOps Tools, and the Cloud migration of lower environments. Lead the Testing efforts and ensured the team adheres to the QA processes. Managed Releases for every quarter as release Test Lead. Managed teams that developed Automation Scripts using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, IntelliJ. Implemented CI/CD pipeline for data engineering. QA Specialist (Master)/Lead
Synergetic Information Systems, Inc – DC Government-OCTO May 2017 – Sep 2018 Housed under the District Department of Human Services (DHS), Economic Security Administration, the project is to implement functionality updates to TANF (Temporary cash Assistance for Needy Families) case management application called CATCH. Reviewed Business Requirement Documents, priorities, risks and the Technical Specification for the CATCH (Sanctions) project. Identified functional and Non-Functional requirements and created the Functional System Design document (FSD). Developed detailed test plans and identified testing objectives. Built strategy, traceability matrix, test plans with test cases and results and various reports on defects. Lead Backend database testing using SQL Server environment including validation of jobs and developed SQL queries to extract the data from the database. Co-ordinated with developers to make sure the defects are fixed and moved to QA-Ready in JIRA to retest the fix. Documented test cases for every sprint and attended DSU to provide everyday status.
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
American Institute of Research, Reston, VA Jan 2015 – Mar 2017 Responsible for leading and executing test cases, recording results in defect tracking tools. Generated and analyzed standard and customized reports, graphs, and documentation. Interacted with Developers and Business Analysts regarding requirements, test scenarios and defects. Analyzed the Business Requirements of the system. Worked with the Development/Business Analyst teams to review requirements specification and design documents. Managed scrum calls, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective meetings in the process of Agile Methodology. Worked closely with users and program developers to ensure that the application development met the user expectations and ran User Acceptance Testing. Independently led functional and automated testing for modifications and new builds. Quality Assurance Analyst
Jump Soft Inc, Vienna, VA Nov 2009 – Nov 2013
Analyzed the Business Requirements Document, prepared detailed test cases for Jump Center Beta 1.4.0. Performed Manual HIMA REDDI
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERING LEAD EMA
EMAIL: ***********@*****.***
CELL: 703-***-****
Business Process Testing and created test cases including Functional Test Cases, Acceptance Test Cases & Regression Test Cases. Also involved in the verification of the Test Plan. Wrote and executed several SQL statements to validate the data integrity in the application. Performed Cross Browser Testing. Managed Defect Tracking process, which included prioritizing bugs, assigning bugs, and verifying “bug-fixes” using HP Quality Center. HONORS-AWARDS
• Certified Scrum Master
• Nominated for Talent, Innovation and Platforms (TIP) Awards in Ntrepid
• Best employee award in DC Government-OCTO
• Recognition of Excellence in Ntrepid LLC for Data Migration project
• Won award for best painting artist at the nation level in India