Raghavendra Machani

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jun 2005 - Apr 2015

   As QA Team Lead, led the Testing team comprising Onsite and Offshore resources Reviewed business requirements and prepared testing deliverables (test objective matrices, test cases, test data setup) Managed Defect Life Cycle (HP ALM 11.0 as Defect Management Process System), Prioritised Regression Pack for future releases Documented functionalities for Knowledge Transition, part of Production Support Team  Key Accomplishments:◦ Overcame challenges such as Constant Requirement changes, testing during non-business days, team motivation by constant team communication, stubbing of APIs ◦ Nominated for Tester of the month award Show less  As a QA Team Lead, led the Agile testing team of three members Strategized and implemented testing activities such as ST during sprints, SIT, E2E, UAT and BVT on release and post release Involved in Testing of web-based applications on mobile devices (iPhone, Samsung) across different OS (iOS and Android) and on desktop browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari) across windows and Mac OS Manage Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) using HP QC and Rally tools, designed user acceptance criteria using Gherkin Key Accomplishments:◦ Strategized, authored the draft version of Mobile testing – later formalised by Test Manager ◦ Being the first agile project and no formal training, quickly adapted to Agile methodology, actively participated in Inception, Sprint Planning, 3-Way Hand shake and Sprint Review◦ Automated the application using QTP – later used as basis for automated regression tests Show less  As Automation Test Engineer, proposed Automation Feasibility Matrix, Estimated Script design based on the complexity of application under test (AUT) for windows based, web based and SAP based applications Developed efficient customized solutions falling outside of existing framework solution for Regression and Progression test cases Designed, Executed and Analysed automated test cases and shared the result across all share holders Key Accomplishments:◦ Being the first QTP project and no formal training, quickly adapted to design, implement robust automated test cases◦ Received “Beyond Excellence” Award Show less  As a Senior Test Analyst, reviewed business requirements, prepared testing deliverables (test objective matrices, test cases, test data setup) Involved in Testing activities such as ST, SIT, E2E, Cross Browser Testing across OS (Windows and Mac) Managed Defect Life, Documented functionalities, Prioritised regression pack for future releases  Identified Regression Test Cases that are candidates for Test Automation, Part of Production Support Team Key Accomplishments:◦ Started the practice of having a Tester onsite during Business Verification Testing on release day ◦ Received “Tester of the month” Award Show less  As project Lead, Led the team with the overall responsibility of managing the availability, performance of Resources of cross-modular team Identifying risks, defining problem solving and risk mitigation strategies, facilitating conflict resolution and incident reports Identifying, prioritising, seeking approvals and managing MTP (Move to Production - bug fixes, enhancements, projects) Mentoring the Testing Team on Silk Test Tool in Florida, USA for 2 months Key Accomplishments:◦ Being the first Silk Test project with no prior formal training, quickly learned to automate, implemented various functionalities to ensure the automated tests were robust and easily maintainable for the future executions◦ Promoted to role of “Project Lead” from “Module Lead” Show less

  • QA Team Lead

    Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

  • QA Team Lead

    Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Test Automation Engineer

    Jan 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Senior Test Analyst

    Mar 2009 - Dec 2011

  • Test Automation Engineer and Project Lead

    Jun 2005 - Feb 2009
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  TL Consulting Group

  May 2015 - Nov 2015

  QA Team Lead

   Involved in the automation of the regression pack in .net using C#, Selenium, SpecFlow and Gherkin Co-ordinated Testing Team with Developers and BAs for Inception, Sprint Plan and Review, 3-way hand shake, design of acceptance criteria using Gherkin language (Agile methodology) Involved in Testing of apps on mobile devices (iPhone, Samsung) across different OS (iOS and Android) and web applications Key Accomplishments:◦ Designed Automated regression pack using Selenium and C# effectively removing the manual effort to run the regression tests thereby increasing the productivity◦ As part of Test process improvement, implemented Service based Testing of underlying web services (API) Show less

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  Not Applicable

  Dec 2015 - Sept 2017

  Selenium and Appium Automation Tools Skill set upgrade

  Automation using Selenium include the below features: Selenium Setup and Configuration Element identification using locators such as id, xpath, css, linktext, partiallinktext, name, class and tagname Synchronization (Implicit and Explicit Wait) and Assertions Operations on dropdowns, tables, frames and Alerts Data Provisioning using excel and Database tables Actions for keyboard strokes and mouse over events Development of Hybrid Automation Framework using Page Factory design pattern (Page Object Model) Test Execution flow structure using Junit and TestNG Test Reporting using log4j and ExtentReport reporting tools Selenium Grid for parallel execution Browser Type include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge Schedule the execution of automated scripts using JenkinsAutomation using Appium include the below features: Appium Setup and Configuration Automation of Apps include Native, Hybrid and Web-based (Responsive) Element identification using locators such as id, xpath, name, classname Synchronization (Implicit and Explicit Wait) and Assertions Drag & drop operations, Screen orientation, Zoom & Pinch, Multi Touch, Start and Switch Activity Operations on dropdowns, tables, frames and Alerts Data Provisioning using excel and Database tables Actions for keyboard strokes and mouse over events Development of Hybrid Automation Framework using Page Factory design pattern (Page Object Model) Test Execution flow structure using Junit and TestNG Test Reporting using log4j and ExtentReport reporting tools Appium Grid for parallel executionAutomation involved the use of the below: Core Java to automate Selenium in Eclipse IDE C# (Basic) to automate Selenium in MS Visual Studio 2015 IDE Cucumber (BDD tool in Eclipse,  Specflow as BDD tool in MS Visual Studio Gherkin as BDD language Maven as Build Tools in Eclipse  Git (Basic) for source control Jenkins as Continuous Integration Tool Show less

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  Commonwealth Bank

  Jan 2018 - now

  Being passionate about Analysis, I have pro-actively stepped up to the BA role in addition to the Test Lead role in my previous and current project. The experience gained during this period has provided concrete foundation, confidence and belief to chart my career as a Business Analyst.  A highly skilled and experienced Automation Test Engineer,  I have upgraded my skill set to include Selenium and Appium thereby extending my capability to automate web applications on desktop and apps (native and hybrid) on mobile platforms.  I aspire to be Test Architect driving the future of Test Automation strategy at the organizational level utilizing latest technologies.

  • Senior Technical Business Analyst at CBA Services Private Limited

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Technical Business Analyst at CBA Services Private Limited

    Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Business Analyst

    Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Test Automation Engineer / QA Lead

    Jan 2018 - Feb 2021