Experience

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  Valuelabs

  Aug 2004 - Jul 2007

  Software engineer - qa

  • Able to bring 6 positions from Microsoft as a Vendor.• Developed automation scripts for SMS Engines using QTP.• Well versed with testing all types of mobile contents from SMS, MMS, WAP, Live streaming of Academy Fantasia contests.• Attend DB Design meeting, Approach meeting, Review meeting, defect reporting and tracking.• Preparation of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution and Test Reports.• Involved in different types of application testing like Functional testing, Regression testing, Compatibility testing, Branding, Localization testing and Back-end Testing. • Test Cases review to ensure that all the requirements are covered.• Participating in weekly test team meeting and release meetings. Show less

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  Broadridge financial solutions india pvt ltd

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2010

  Senior member technical

  • Collaborated with various teams to build enterprise level Keyword driven automation framework (BRTest) using QTP.• Developed OTA (Open Test Architecture) to facilitate better traceability between requirements, automation test cases.• Having good functional knowledge on Financial applications like Purchase & Sales, Ascendis (Workflow management) and Dividends.• Worked with cross-functional engineering teams to resolve integration issues.• Resulted 65% effort reduction in code by developing re-usable functions.• Tool evaluation for automating Mainframes application and work on POC.• Preparation of Functional Test Plan and review of the testing deliverables. • Periodic review of the schedule variance, effort and cost for testing projects.• Participation in TRIAGE meetings with client.• Reporting of test execution status, testing and productivity metrics to the client.• Providing a focal point for testing related issues or queries.• Involved in interacting with various teams and building the framework which suites across the company. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2011

  Senior software development engineer

  • Developed API framework using WCF APIs from scratch which reduces 95% of manual testing efforts and attained 100% automation.• Initiated in developing CUITe(Coded UI Test enhancement) framework which reduces to < 10% of automation code from tedious UIMaps. • Awarded Best Project Delivery for high quality deliverables for SaaS (Security as a service) based product covering AD (Active Directory) and ADFS.• Develop Test Design Specification document and Test Plan.• Participate in all development process like Base lining and triaging.• Expanded application code coverage by 85%.• Preserve infrastructure for BU, Dev and Test departments using Hyper-V. Show less

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  Csc

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2016

  Professional 2 : application delivery

  • Played a key role building enterprise level Keyword driven framework which is being used by multiple projects and covering around 10K automated cases.• As a Senior Lead, managing 15 automation resources and acting as a mentor.• Led ~3M$ account (GAP) including Dev and involved in invoicing to customer.• Was part of Mobile CoE and built Mobile lab and demonstrated various tools, frameworks, initiatives in different client visits and events.• Implemented Omni channel testing for Backer & Taylor project.• Received best performer award from Monsanto client for developing more than 200 scripts in one month.• Attained customer focus and was able to bring 8 positions to the organization.• Project Management activities includes work on new Proposals, derive Estimations, devise Test Strategies and Test Plans.• Responsible for handling 3 projects in parallel.• Regularly interact with customer and provide QA progress status, identify gaps, triage defects, risk assessments, Go No-Go decisions and releases.• Ensured all quality checks with agreed SLAs and process tailoring. Show less

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  Cigniti technologies

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2022

  Sdet manager

  • Leading a team up to 25 members with budgets up to $1.5M and client Point Of Contact and overseeing all testing activities.• Work with ESG (Enterprise Sales Group) on new pursuits and won ~10 logos.• Augment and sustain multiple in-house frameworks and utilities. Built a Unified framework which reduces regression to less than < 5 mins from 3 days and increases automation coverage by 400%.• Strengthened Unit Tests and increased code coverage at 95% and used Mockito for service virtualization.• Built docker image for API suite which run after every Dev branch and provide early feedback.• Developed Data Driven framework and increased Signet Jewelers automation coverage by 500%.• To strive ~0 defect leakage, built a model for multiple levels of testing from Buddy testing, Local, Dev, Release, QAT and STG environments.• Compose Jira dashboard reports at end of every sprint to take Go, No-Go decisions and also prepare Test strategy, Test plan and Automation approaches.• Review all testing deliverables & Pull Requests and maintain 6 Git Repos.• Taking care of Weekly (WSR) & Monthly (SDR) & Quarterly (QBR) meetings.• Manages strategic and tactical testing relationship with stakeholders.• Recruit, training (>30 branches in automation), mentor, approvals, invoicing and appraisals. Show less

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  Cotiviti

  Feb 2022 - now

  Delivery manager

  Spearheaded a 35 member Global QE Center Of Excellence(CoE) team, driving automation for 23 Scrum teams delivering $100M revenue-generating applications through collaboration and innovation.Led an 18-member strategic delivery team, leveraging NLP to streamline workflows, eliminate 80% of manual redundant steps , and significantly enhance operational efficiency.Transformed quality engineering practices by fostering a Culture of quality, implementing optimizedAutomation strategies, and integrating Gen AI technologies, boosting team productivity by 40%.Provided Thought leadership in tracking KPIs by developing data visualization dashboards using DOMO, enabling data-driven decision-making and enhancing stakeholder visibility by 90%.Collaborated with Stakeholders, Senior leadership, Engineering, and Product management teams to drive initiatives, increasing stakeholder satisfaction by 90%.Built and led a high-performing team by hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and setting SMART goals, fostering collaboration, developing future leaders, and reducing attrition below 5%.Championed the adoption of advanced tools (Selenoid, Healenium, ReportPortal, JaCoCo), driving organizational efficiency, reducing Regression timelines by70%, and enhancing test coverage by 30%.Oversaw the development of AI-powered chatbot(Floraa), reducing SME dependency by 90%, and built an in-house NLP library with 70% higher accuracy than leading tools while protecting company IP. Show less