Rahul Divekar

Rahul Divekar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Development Manager at SAS

  • Education

    • IST

      1996 - 1999
    • J.S.M. College Alibag

      1994 - 1996
      H.S.C. Science
    • K E S Industrial High school ,Alibag

      1987 - 1993
      S.S.C.
  • Experience

    • Sahir Projects

      Mar 2000 - Jun 2003
      Test Engineer

      Designing, development of master forms and tablesGenerating reportsDevelopment of Test cases & test data Test execution & defect reportingRegression testing

    • SNS Technologies

      Jul 2003 - Aug 2004
      Test Analyst

      Estimation & Test Plan creationTest case writing & Defect reportingAd hoc testing, Regression testing & Defect Verification

    • Zensar Technologies

      Sept 2004 - Sept 2014

      All People management aspectPreparing Test strategy and estimationsManaging and controlling 3 parallel Sprint tracks activities like - Planning, Execution, Reporting, Integration and ReleaseParticipating in daily scrum and bi-weekly sprint planning meetings Review System & Integration Test cases prepared by test teamUser story and design document ReviewTest data identification, preparation and maintenanceInterviewing new candidates and conducting KTReporting daily/weekly progress to Client Project Manager thru Testing dashboardControlling testing cost and timelineRelease management after each sprintLeading Functional Automation, performance and Web services testing teams Show less

      • Project Manager (Testing)

        Jul 2014 - Sept 2014
      • Sr. Test Lead

        Sept 2004 - Jun 2014
    • Fujistu services Bracknell

      Oct 2007 - Apr 2009
      Test Lead

      Worked for UK Post Office (Royal Mail Group) project in Fujitsu Services. Responsible for testing Retail banking & telephone top-up services

    • John Lewis

      May 2009 - Jan 2012
      Test lead

      Preparing Test plan and Test schedule and estimationsTest case and design documents reviewUse Cases and HLD ReviewTest data preparationOffshore Co-ordinationConducting system and Integration testsConducting weekly review and status meetings and reportingQuality Centre customisation and administrationConducting Compatibility & Regression testing Co-ordination with Business analyst, Infrastructure & support teamManaging monthly live releases cycles & support Show less

    • Assurant Solutions

      Mar 2012 - Nov 2012
      Sr. Test Lead
    • SAS

      Sept 2014 - now

      • Developed ETL testing automation testing framework in Python and SAS• Migration of UI automation to Robot framework• Preparing Test strategy and approach for Manual and automated testing for UI, REST API and ETL• Automate API and UI test cases and identify and log regression defects.• Identified new UI automation tool and integrated with CICD release pipeline.• Participating in scrums and contribute weekly status meetings, demos with various stakeholders• Work and interact closely with Product Managers, Sr. Management to provide product delivery updates, • identify and mitigate risks associated with product development and release.• Participate and contribute to discussions with various stakeholders related to Product development including defining business requirements, technology, and due diligence.• Preparing Test strategy and approach for Manual and automated testing for UI and API• Strategize and Implement in Iteration testing and N+1 automation testing for API & UI. • Managing and controlling Sprint activities like - Planning, Development, Execution, Reporting, Integration and Release.• Participating in scrums and contribute weekly status meetings with various stakeholders.• Conduct reviews on Test artifacts prepared by test teams. Guiding and mentoring team.• Test data identification, preparation, and maintenance.• Significantly improved testing team performance and quality Show less

      • Software Development Manager

        Oct 2022 - now
      • Senior Software Specialist

        Sept 2014 - Oct 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer)

      QAI,USA
      Sept 2005
    • DevOps Foundations: Containers

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • DevOps Foundations: Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Learning Data Science: Understanding the Basics

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • SAS IoT | Scrum Master - Intermediate | All Roles

      Cloud Academy, Inc.
      Jun 2020
    • Big Data Foundations: Techniques and Concepts

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2015
      View certificate certificate
    • Learning Data Analytics

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Containers and Kubernetes - Basic

      Cloud Academy, Inc.
      Jun 2020
    • Introduction to Containers and CI/CD - Beginner

      Cloud Academy, Inc.
      Jun 2020
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rahul Divekar
      Annual Excellence Award (Practice Category) - Aug 2013
    • Awarded to Rahul Divekar
      Quarterly award for Best Technical Trainer (Testing) - Apr 2013
    • Awarded to Rahul Divekar
      Quarterly award for Best project team in BFSI division - Jan 2013
    • Awarded to Rahul Divekar
      Best Team award for Quality Center and Rational tools synchronization (Test team) - May 2006