Yuvaraju B S

Experience

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  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Electronics Division, Bangalore

  Sept 1996 - Sept 1997

  Apprenticeship

  High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power transmission project testing support

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Oct 2001 - Oct 2015

  𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭: Data Protector (DP), backup and recovery software • Led & coordinated the team of geographically distributed individual contributors in design, development, implementation and maintain test automation framework, test environment suites and test automation deliverables.• Improved QA processes/tools/techniques for the qualification of a highly scalable, heterogeneous, distributed, Enterprise-class Backup and Recovery Software with a ~$200M revenue, Server Data Protection solutions that includes Hypervisor and business applications including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, SAP, SAP HANA, IBM DB2, Sybase, and MySQL.• Led the team responsible for deliverables of Product Implementation and Platform Rollout (IPR) interoperability certification of existing functionality with a new version of operating system, application, storage systems, etc. to stay competitive in the marketplace in collaboration with PM on prioritization, product architect on technical feasibility and pre-sales/tech-marketing for on-site certification.• Adopted Agile/Scrum methodologies and ownership of releasing product support matrix to the customers.• Coordinate certification activities with internal and external (SAP, NetApp, EMC) Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) Show less 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭: Data ProtectorAs Technical lead, responsible for design & development of platform independent test automation framework and extend for future releases, to be used by geographically located R&D functional teams (QA/Certification/Dev/Build/Sustenance). • Implemented auto refreshing of systems and environment for every CI/CD run on VMWare infrastructure for Windows and Linux OS. HPUX VM and Solaris VM refresh were also accomplished on respective native hardware’s.• Implemented a portable VMware environment with all prerequisites configured for product release qualification by teams across geo, including parallel execution on their respective infrastructure that saved cost and time• Mentored junior engineers, facilitating their professional growth and contributing to the team's skill development. Show less

  • Software Engineering Manager

    Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Sept 2008 - Jul 2013

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Sept 2007 - Aug 2008

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Nov 2005 - Aug 2007

  • Senior Software Engineer

    May 2004 - Oct 2005

  • Systems/Software Engineer

    Oct 2001 - Apr 2004
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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Nov 2015 - May 2017

  Software Engineering Manager

  𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭: Secure Content Management - Information Archiving and Content Analytics (From Nov’2016)• Led and contributed to the team responsible of cloud-based Information Archiving and Content Analytics application micro-services qualification and test automation. Design and implement tools, infrastructure, and automation in collaboration with the geo distributed development teams.𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭: Data Protector, backup and recovery software • Led & coordinated the team of geographically distributed individual contributors in design, development, implementation and maintain test automation framework, test environment suites and test automation deliverables.• Improved QA processes/tools/techniques for the qualification of a highly scalable, heterogeneous, distributed, Enterprise-class Backup and Recovery Software with a ~$200M revenue, Server Data Protection solutions that includes Hypervisor and business applications including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, SAP, SAP HANA, IBM DB2, Sybase, and MySQL.• Led the team responsible for deliverables of Product Implementation and Platform Rollout (IPR) interoperability certification of existing functionality with a new version of operating system, application, storage systems, etc. to stay competitive in the marketplace in collaboration with PM on prioritization, product architect on technical feasibility and pre-sales/tech-marketing for on-site certification.• Adopted Agile/Scrum methodologies and ownership of releasing product support matrix to the customers.• Coordinate certification activities with internal and external (SAP, NetApp, EMC) Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) Show less

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  Micro Focus

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2022

  𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭/𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: Digital Safe Suite of Products (Compliance archiving) comprising of 4 products (Digital Safe, DS Mail, Supervisor, Reporting & Insights)• Build, Lead and mentor a team of 30+ members in India/UK/US, ensuring effective communication & alignment to automate and qualify highly scalable, secured, enterprise next-gen compliance archiving SaaS based private cloud product having ARR of ~$100M. • Build Test Automation team from scratch to accelerate release cadence and time to market while maintaining quality.• Provide technical leadership to build automaton framework, features and complex test automation.• Acted as a change agent by setting up QA processes from scratch to streamline activities resulting in reduced cost & time from 2-mths to 2-wks and 90% reduction in post-release defects.• Implemented Shift Left, improved product quality and release cadence by optimized testing with strong focus on test automation and CI/CD. Encouraged open communication and knowledge sharing. • Establish KPIs that accurately depict the state of product quality and operational excellence for stakeholders• Initiated collaboration with Operations/Support for production exposure and review artifacts for releases.• Introduced RCA by Dev and Escape Analysis by QA for all non-engineering found defects to support CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) for QMS to create a culture of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.• Drive business wide employee upskilling initiatives, that aims to keep up with workplace changes and enhance their performance. Show less

  • Software Engineering Manager

    Apr 2018 - Jan 2022

  • Software Engineering Manager

    Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
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  Smarsh

  Feb 2022 - now

  Senior Software Engineering Manager

  𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 /𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: Digital Safe, Compliance Archiving SaaS based private cloud solution• Led India team of 20+ including managers to develop new-features and enhancements.• Led the group in shortening the key engineering cycles and COGS reduction by use of appropriate process/tools, practice shift left & test automation for accelerated deliverables by reduced QA cycle from 2-wks to 2-days.• Drove the team through a significant process shift that produced 80% reliable and timely deliverables.• Collaborate globally across business and cross-functional groups (SRE/Ops) for synergy, instituted to adapt cost effective tools like Power BI for DORA metric collection/reports to visualize performance of Engineering and Operations teams saving $35 per user/month and XRAY for TC management that saved ~$40K/year. Show less

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  OpenText

  Feb 2024 - now

  Engineering Manager

  Leading a team to deliver Fortify Static Code Analyzer (SCA) product, an industry-leading Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solution that empowers organizations to build secure software product.