Experience

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  Hewlett packard enterprise

  Jun 2004 - Apr 2006

  Software tester

  • Worked as an independent tester and a mentor to the new joiners.• Responsible for creating test plans, test cases and test reports. Tested SMA (Storage Management Appli-ance), SWCC (Sanworks Command Console) and internal projects.• Responsible for defining strategy, planning and execution of performance testing for various components. Wrote test cases and documented test results for quarterly releases and patch deployments.

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  Indibar

  Jun 2006 - Apr 2010

  Qa consultant

  • Gathered/analyzed data requirements and obtained the necessary data from various feeding systems• Created test strategy, test plan and responsible for backend testing for all the projects. Used Rapid SQL to create and run SQL queries to validate the data loaded.• Instrumental in Test documentation. Executed Sanity Check, Performance and Regression Tests as and whenever required.• Performed stress testing by varying loads on server by changing the virtual users and monitoring the serv-ers. Involved in Result Analysis, Identification & Isolation of the Defects. Show less

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  Harman international

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Qa analyst

  • Performed software qualification activities for Mercedes NTG 3.5 on infotainment modules Worked with global team of 16 people including 7 testers onsite and 9 developers offshore.• Intensive testing with the clients to find issues and improves the quality and standards of the software• Responsible for performance, stress, integration, module testing for Media and Telephone clusters. Identi-fied product requirement and product issues and report them into the tracking system.• Responsible for the coordination with company and client's associates and developers in different locations to identify and diagnose issues properly. Create and update specifications, use cases, user guides to create qualification procedures and checklist. Show less

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  Dataram

  Jun 2010 - Apr 2011

  Senior qa

  • Worked as a senior QA. Responsible for Installation and configuration of Linux machines, Cisco/Brocade switches, EMC clarion and HP EVA arrays• Implementation, configuration & troubleshooting Virtual Machines in VMware and windows clustering.• Responsible for creating test plans, test cases and reports. Conduct the defect status meeting and triage of bugs. Manage weekly meetings, create reports and send the update to the team.

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  Ibm

  May 2011 - now

  Ensuring team of local SREs are providing optimal production environment support and deployment for Watson AI, Planning and Cognos Analytics Services in the IBM Cloud public regions and dedicated environments.Driving incident management process.Partnering with development teams to improve services via rigorous testing and release procedures.Overseeing team of developers working on automation for deployments, upgrades and self-remediation.Ensuring that local team is aware of and adhering to IBM Cloud processes and security/compliance initiativesDeveloping metrics and reports that drive improvements in availability of the Watson AI, Planning and Cognos Analytics services as well as improvement in SRE team effectiveness. Show less • Analyzing workload for performance evaluation and creating optimization for Enterprise Systems, Linux (Kernel and Distros), SAP Hana; developing the mechanism to identify the defect prone components by frequent analysis of defects• Working on the hybrid cloud technology to run the critical workloads on IBM data centers and optimize the performance for the Power VC management. • Evaluate the memory bandwidth and IO performance by running Linux workloads for the OCP clusters 4.x and do competitive study and analysis.• Coordinating on-site & offsite tasks in a project and preparing Test, Risk & Change Control Plans and SOPs for Testing• Segregating the processes into phases and introducing retrospection to reduce the cycle time of fixing defects • Adopting Agile Methodology to increase efficiency ensuring the left shift of Sprints • Managing project dependencies, preparing project briefs, compiling reports and presenting to management globally• Interacting with stakeholders for requirement gathering, development & implementation of effective Test solutions • Preparing & executing Testing Methodologies for different hardware and software; verifying Change Requests• Performing UAT, Gap Analysis and Reviews to ensure that business requirements & specifications are tested & fulfilled• Publishing reports based on Test Findings for tracking & communicating test plans, test results & unresolved problems• Providing leadership & guidance to team members and motivating them to achieve assigned project goals Show less • Worked as Global Test Lead for IO Adapters and Storage for Power Hypervisor Team; successfully:o Developed technical skills within the team to create expertise for the Power 8 Systemso Improved the quality and the serviceability of the product with end-user quality as the goalo Led the complete lifecycle from design, to code, to functional testing and system testing• Led Test Coverage, Test Automation, Design Review by driving best practices and applying continuous process improvements• Effectively managed Functional Verification Test and execution with less than ~ 2% defect escape to System Test• Enhanced the Test Automation Framework by applying innovative ideas to the existing test module • Proactively participated in all stakeholder’s meetings/ design discussions to identify the risk and prepare mitigation plans Show less

  • Senior Manager - sustainability software

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Senior Manager - SRE for Watson AI, Planning and Cognos Analytics

    Apr 2021 - Oct 2023

  • Manager - IBM Power Systems ( Development, Test and Performance)

    Dec 2014 - Apr 2021

  • Test Lead - Adapters, Storage for IBM Power Systems

    May 2011 - Nov 2014