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Experienced Quality Engineering Leader | Expertise in Test Automation & Performance

About

I have been in the software testing industry for 18+ years and my path has been forged by curiosity, learning and attempting to adapting to change. Software testing is pretty much a thankless job which focuses on trying to gather more information on systems especially with the focus being on what could go wrong. My focus areas across multiple projects has been on usage of tools to help with testing activities - with primary expertise on usage of tools like Selenium, Playwright, HP UFT, Jmeter etc to help find functional as well as performance issues. I believe that automation is a force multiplier and I have seen its benefits put to use first hand in helping us testers ensure a good quality product on a lot of occasions. That is why I am pro usage of tools to assist in testing for this purpose. Gen AI in the current age is also a potential force multiplier in the same way and am exploring and using it to further propel teams to grow using this. In the recent years, a lot of my focus has also been on testing strategy which helps set the path forward and not just have testing activities be a shot in the dark. I am continuing to mentor individuals as well in the area of software testing so that they can learn and grow in this field.

Location

Greater Hyderabad Area

AI stack

claude code

codex

gemini

Work experience

Principal Test Engineer at Oracle, Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos, Setting up and Overseeing the Testing process for a module of the product with a team of 10 One Engineers (who take care of Development and Testing activities both). Driving the upgrading of legacy Test Automation, Performance and Unit Testing activities for the product. Evaluating AI tools and models for usage in Test case writing, test automation etc.

Senior Test Consultant at Microsoft, May 2019 - Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos, Managed multiple projects for Complete Testing Teams (Functional + Automation + Performance) involved in testing of Desktop Application for Audit domain client for 2+ years. Teams consists of both FTEs and Vendor Partners and between 10-30 members. Successfully delivered 7 releases with minimal defects in production. Learnt performance testing as a part of this project and leading and contributing to performance testing activities too using Visual Studio Load Test Tool. Started as a Test Consultant. Promoted to Senior Test Consultant in September 2022.

Consultant at Microsoft, May 2019 - Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos, India, • Managed a testing team consisting of 25-30 Functional, Automation, and Performance Testers across 3+ releases with minimal (single digit) leaked high severity bugs in production. • Managed Activities as a Performance Test Lead across 1+ releases with 0 leaked performance bugs in production. • Tools Used – Selenium with C#, Visual Studio Load Test Tool, Microsoft Azure, and Azure Devops.

Quality Assurance Lead at Expleo Group, Jul 2014 - Apr 2019 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Successfully delivered multiple projects (10+) as QA Manager/Lead in the Product Lifecycle domain – ranging from pure functional projects to pure automation projects (using HP UFT and Selenium with Java and C#) to a mix of both. Team sizes varied from 3-20 members. Ensured good hands-on exposure to tools, technologies and domains throughout the projects.

IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services, Jul 2012 - May 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos, • Supported Functional Testing and Test Automation activities for two projects for the same customer across different domains – Human Resources and Wealth Management. • Supported development and maintenance of around 1000 Automation Test Cases across 2 releases for Desktop and Web Applications across these projects resulting in saving of around 40-50% effort per run. • Tools Used –HP UFT and HP ALM.

Test Analyst at Infosys, Dec 2010 - Jul 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Supported multiple projects and POCs across multiple domains – Insurance and Capital Markets – as Test Automation Engineer and Functional Tester. Involved in development of Test Automation frameworks for multiple projects – using HP UFT. Worked as onsite co-ordinator for 1 project for around 1 year – supporting the offshore teams in requirement clarification and building rapport with the customer. Awarded the “Star Awards” under the monthly recognition system as recognition for key contributions to the project.

Test Engineer at Infosys, Jul 2007 - Nov 2010 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Involved in development of Test Automation frameworks for multiple projects – using HP UFT. Worked as onsite co-ordinator for 1 project for around 1 year – supporting the offshore teams in requirement clarification and building rapport with the customer.

Education

B.E; Sir M.V.I.T; S.C; C.S.E, Computer Science; 2003, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology

ICSE, St. Xavier's School Bokaro

Public links

github: https://github.com/ravs788