Raj Kamety

Ph: 248-***-**** (Mobile)

email: adz9hh@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Extensive IT Work Experience managing and leading major testing efforts/programs.

Very good knowledge and experience in Testing processes and procedures in IT industry.

Working knowledge of systems development life cycle (SDLC) phases and deliverables.

Extensive experience handling projects in Agile & Waterfall methodologies.

Good exposure & knowledge in Manufacturing, Finance, PD, HR, Marketing & Sales, Welfare and Human Services domains.

Extensive knowledge of all the activities, tasks, tools, and techniques for testing applications to ensure adherence to Business requirements.

Hands on experience in working with large databases such as ORACLE, DB2, SQL SERVER, Teradata & IMS.

Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and an excellent team player.

Experience in Analysis, Design, Development and Testing various projects.

Education:

Bachelor of Technology from National Institute of Technology–NIT, REC Warangal, INDIA.

Certification: Certified Scrum Master SAFe 6.0 and PMP Trained.

Visa Status: US Citizen

Technical Skills:

Testing Tools: JIRA, Postman, Dev OPS, TFS, ALM/QC, Xray, QTP/UFT, Selenium

Operating Systems: UNIX, MS-DOS, WINDOWS

Data base: ORACLE, SQL Server, DB2

Other Tools: SQL+, TOAD, Teradata SQL Assistant, File-Aid,

Ultra-Edit, MS Office products - Access, Excel, Word & Power point

Professional Experience:

General Motors June 2013 – July 2023

QA Test Manager

Projects worked:

36837 Paint Surface Performance Management - PSPM

54900 Global Production Information Method – GPIM

Office 2016 & Windows 10 Migration project

54123 Diagnostic Trouble Code Deviation Approval System - Deviator

53889 Integrate Machine Tool information with EDW to Enable Reporting and Analysis

30994 Next Gen Manufacturing Throughput Simulation Workbench - TSW

38937 Assembly Processing System Ergo & Web Deploy projects – APS

Responsibilities:

Developed Test Approach & Test Strategy doc & Test Execution plan documents and reviewed with Management Team & Business and got their Approvals

Lead a team of Senior Test Specialists & Testers both manual and automation testing teams, assigned tasks, tracked their progress, mentored & motivated the team and managed performance of the team

Performed different levels of testing – Functional, SIT-System Integration testing, Smoke Testing & Regression Testing and UAT-User Acceptance testing.

Executed manual and automated tests following the test plans

Experience testing COTS – Commercial off the Shelf applications and Mobile software testing

Used Postman for API testing. Postman is a standalone software testing API (Application Programming Interface) platform to build, test, design, modify, and document APIs. It is a simple Graphic User Interface for sending and viewing HTTP requests

Created RTM-Requirements Traceability Matrix and mapped test cases to the requirements and made sure all the requirements are covered with relevant test cases.

Well experienced with Cloud, Web, UI with relevant backlog and testing tools

Aligned the Test Execution plan with the Project Plan with all the upcoming change requests and project scope changes

Provided weekly status reports to the management team regarding the progress on various testing tasks, project risks, issues and any escalations

Reviewed requirements documented in the TFS and designed the test cases accordingly and made sure test cases covered all the requirements

Provided estimates for the testing activities on the project

Responsible for all the testing activities including Test Scenarios Planning, Test Cases development, Test case Execution & Defects creation and Defect triage

Held Test Case review meetings with the BA/Business team and made sure the test cases are covering all the requirements using a requirements traceability matrix and got the approvals.

Effectively communicated the defects to the Development team capturing the screen shots, log files etc.

Lead the daily defect triage meetings during the test execution time and made sure the defects are closed in a timely manner

Provided training to the testers & users on TFS

Made sure all the testing activities are completed as per the agreed upon schedules

Responsible for tracking quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and provide daily reports to the management during test execution

Effectively communicated & coordinated with all the cross functional teams on the project – PM, Dev, Business, BA, Environment, Security test, Performance & automation test teams

Worked on Automating the Regression Test Cases and executed the automation scripts

Performed Patch Testing on the apps after the monthly Security patches

Was actively involved in Training the new hires during the Testing Boot Camps

Was part of the Hiring Team for the Eastern Michigan University and conducted Job Fairs and Interviews

Mentored the new resources on the Testing best practices & procedures and brought them up to speed

Worked on the deliverables for the Toll Gate meetings

Worked on the QA Exit report at the end of the project and shared with the project team

Experience working with the Vendors

Created presentation decks for the Sr. Management and reviewed with them

Worked closely with the PM, Dev, BA teams and the Business Customers as One Team and worked towards the One Goal – Successful launch of projects with On Time Delivery and with highest Quality

Ally Financial Inc., Auburn Hills, MI May 2012 – May 2013

Test Manager (Contracted thru Matlen Silver)

Ally Financial Inc. is one of the world's largest automotive financial services companies. The company offers a full suite of automotive financing products and services in key markets around the world. Ally's other business units include commercial finance, and the company's subsidiary Ally Bank, offers retail banking products.

Project: DODGE – Infrastructure Standup

Project Dodge is part of the IT restructuring program acquiring new Data Center space and moving all Bank and Ally Financial Inc. assets, applications and services out of the Lewisville and Shady Oak Data Centers to the two new Data Centers San Antonio (Model) and Carrollton (Prod). Both the above data centers are built simultaneously with around 1600 Servers.

Other Projects worked: Windows-7 Workstation migration

Responsibilities:

Worked closely with the Business Partners to understand their requirements and documented the requirements in TFS as User Stories.

Developed QC plan & Test Strategy documents and reviewed with Test Manager & Project Team and got their Approvals.

Aligned the QC plan with the Project Plan with all the upcoming change requests and project scope changes all along the project life cycle.

Worked with project teams and various vendor teams involved in the new infrastructure/Data center standup and tracked the testing status on a weekly basis.

Responsible for all the testing activities including Test Case Development, Test Execution, Defect tracking.

Hosted the daily defect triage meetings during the test execution time.

Provided training to the testers & users on the Quality Center tool.

Responsible for different levels of Functional testing like SIT-System Integration testing, UAT-User Acceptance testing, and PVT-Production Validation Testing and Regression testing.

Added the test cases in the Quality Center and executed them.

Followed the process as per Apex-2.0 and received all the approvals for all the docs – Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Results, RTM, Test Readiness Evaluation form, WTEDs and uploaded into team room.

Responsible for getting all the testing activities done as per the agreed upon schedules.

Responsible for tracking quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.

Review requirements in the requirements tool Caliber and generate RTM documents.

Responsible for creating Test Readiness Evaluation forms and mapping test cases to the requirements in the RTM-Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Analyzed test results and prepared GoNoGo Test Summary Deployment Readiness slides/defect reports for the deployment readiness meeting.

Provided weekly status to the management.

Created WTED-weekly dashboard/Reports.

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI Jan 2003 – May 2012

Business Analyst/Test Lead (contracted thru SYNOVA)

During my duration at Ford I worked on various projects in different domains with different technologies.

Projects:

Projects that I worked at FORD Motor Company are:

Global Commodity Hub – Product Development (PD) System

SYNC Program – SYNC My Ride (SMR)

Single Order Edit (SOE) – Marketing & Sales Global System

PSBI – HR PeopleSoft Benefits system

GCAMP – Global Recall System

WAS 4.0 to WAS 5.0 Migration Project

HR Online Suite of Applications

Responsibilities:

Lead a team of testers from North America & Asia Pacific regions.

Involved in the detailed requirement meetings/workshops with the BA’s and Business customers

Reviewed the requirements in ALM tool and linked the requirements to the test cases and made sure all the requirements had the test coverage.

Developed QC plan & Test Strategy documents and reviewed with QC Managers & Project Managers.

Lead the defect triage meetings, coordinated with all the cross functional teams and made sure all the defects are closed in a timely manner.

Aligned the QC plan with the Project Plan with all the upcoming change requests and project scope changes all along the project life cycle.

Responsible for all the testing activities including Test Case Development and Test Execution.

Handled the projects using agile methodology, had daily standup meetings with all the teams involved.

Involved extensively testing the ETL Jobs and ran the SQL Queries using Terada SQL Assistant and validated the results.

Performed database validation (back end) testing running SQL Queries using TOAD/SQL PLUS and verified the data.

Responsible for different levels of testing namely Functional testing, Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing and UAT.

Mentored the testers, assigned tasks and tracked their status.

Created Work Packages & Work Plans for the testers.

Responsible for test case Internal Reviews and made sure all the test cases adhere to

QC Guidelines and standards and uploaded the review checklists to team room.

Involved in Test Case Formal reviews & Technical Inspections with the Dev/Business team and got their Approvals.

Involved in the Business Requirements discussions and analysis of the application and provide input from the Quality Control perspective.

Responsible for getting all the QA/QC activities done as per the agreed upon schedules.

Responsible for tracking quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and testing status.

Analyzed test results and prepared defect reports to the Management.

Provided weekly status, project risks, issues and escalations to the management team.

Created QC Final Report and reviewed with QC & Project Management towards the end of the project.

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