RAJENDRA KUMAR.A

Summary

Software professional having More than 16 years of professional experience withexpertise in design, implementation, strategic planning, project management, monitoring and evaluation in the areas of Application Development,Product Development, Data Management, and Test Automation for the different clients across the world.

Brief skills:

  • Designed and Developed Test Automation Frameworks for different technologies using the latest Test Automation Tools.
  • Designed and Developed different Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence projects for different client for different geographies
  • Designed and Developed Tools for tracking and monitoring the enterprise applications.
  • Managed complex projects and Programs involving Enterprise applications as per the contractual SLAs and SLOs.
  • Implemented standards and procedures to establish TestAutomation Penetration for different clients.
  • Assigned technical work and Executed Project Management activities for smooth and scalable delivery.
  • Expertise in writing Strategic Proposal and won several projects by demonstratingTechnical Expertise
  • Developed Continuous Integration and Custom Applications in the areas of Banking, Insurance, Telecommunication, Healthcare, Finance and Retail industry.
  • Expertise knowledge in Test Automation Frameworks,TestData Management using IBM OPTIM.
  • Strong technology background with the leadership and people skills enabled me to effectively manage clients, recruitment and engagement teams to deliver Quality solutions that meet business requirements.
Technical Proficiency
Technology / Tools
Data Warehousing Tools / Crystal Reports, IBM OPTIM
Databases / Oracle, DB2, MS SQL 2000 and MS Access
Development/Productivity Tools / Lotus Notes, MS Office, MS Project, SQL*Plus, Shell scripts, VBA, Visual Basic, CVS, SVN, ER Win, Java, Flex Builder, Visual Basic, Scripting, Webmin, Sterling commerce,Access points
Functional Areas / Sales, Ordering, Billing, Provisioning, Service Assurance, Revenue Assurance, Asset Management, Business Process Management, Finance, IT Project Management, Inventory, Product Lifecycle Management, Retail.
Industries / Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Finance, Telecommunication and Retail
Regression Analysis Tools / Vtune, ITM, SUN Workshop, EMON
Defect Management Tools / Clarify, Clear Quest, Remedy, BugDB, and HP Lifecycle Management.
Test Automation Tools / RFT, Selenium, QTP, Load Runner,IntelleTest,RS Test client, Monster tool, QA Tool,SOAP UI,WST Tool for API testing
Operating Systems / HP-Unix, SUN-Unix, HP-IA, Linux, Windows Family
Mainframe / Extra 7.0, CICS, IDMS, Versata 5.5, AS/400
Test Management Tools / HP Quality Center 9.0,HP Test Director 8.2,Open STA, iMBT Defect Tracker, Continuus, ESN Bug Tracker, WEST, Bugzilla DTS, DOORS, Lotus notes, Rational ClearQuest.
Educational Qualification
  • MCA from Malnad College of Engineering, Mysore University
  • BSc from Vijayanagara College, Gulbarga University
Work Experience

IBM India Pvt Ltd

may 2011 – till date

Delivery Manager:Involvedin an agile environment on a large strategic Custom Development, Enterprise Test Automation, and Program Delivery for (IBM ISL)HDFC Bank,E-Commerce clientsHannes and Mauritz ( H & M),LOWES,Kohls andtelecommunicationsclients -America Telephone and Telegraph (Mobily and AT&T). As a part of the engagement with the client, some of the key accomplishments were

  • As Delivery Manager, managed complex portfolios and delivered projects having enterprise applications.
  • As Delivery Manager, designed and implemented processes to improve the speed and quality of delivery with geographically distributed teams.
  • As Technical Manager of Tools and Automation Team, managed development of Platform independent Automation suite and the implementation of Automation practices across ITO with 800+ professionals. Also, twoInnovations have been proposed for IP Protection.
  • As Technical Manager of Automation Team, helped client to realise an annual saving for every major application through LEAN implementation.
  • Won several projects by demonstrating technical expertise in the area of Test Automation and Environment management
  • As Principal Consultant, Designed and implemented processes for reducing the Production issues.
  • Prepared Data Migration and Business Intelligence Strategy documents aligning to the best practices of agile development.
  • Designed and implemented the continuous integration processfor the different development, testing and production environments.

Synechron Technologies Pvt Ltd

september2010 – April 2011

Test Manager:The strategic aim of the COE is to develop frameworks, tools that will increase the efficiency of testing there by early release of product to the market as per the established baseline.

Supported on-going project requirements by providing the reusable test deliverables such as test suites, test plans, test cases, test automation, test reports, etc.

Also, as part of the Functional testing group, I was performing the Project Management activities. As part of the efforts, some of the key responsibilities were

  • Involved in People management and Project Management for the testing Team.
  • As Test Manager in COE Group, managed Testing of Different Projects and Products across platforms.
  • As Test Manager, project management support to onshore team for – Applications Server, Collaboration and Functional Testing.
  • As Individual Contributor, Developed a framework for various features supporting testexecution of manyFeaturesin a day
  • As Individual Contributor, was responsible forAnalysis, identification and fixingthe performance regressions on a weekly basis

Ge Healthcare

may2009 – Augustay 2010

Consultant: Worked forMAX, FLEX, CICpatient monitoring system and Web Applications for upgrading existing customers from previous versions of the software Product/package to the latest version in the Hospital preoperative environments.Other included care areas are ICU’s, pediatric and neonates. Cardiac care unit, emergency department are some of the other areas where these products are extensively used.

worked as Project Lead to certifyMAX, FLEX, CIC Monitors - Data – Version. As part of these efforts, some of the key responsibilities were:

  • As Consultantfor MAX, Flex, CIC & Web Application, certified the product by setting-up environments across multiple platforms to perform Functional Testing, Installation and License Testing, Documentation Testing, and Regression Testing.
  • Responsible for all the testing deliverables and achievement of testing milestones.
  • As Individual Contributorin Upgrade Testing ofPORTAL,activities included Environmentsetup, Data Back-up and restore and ensuring sanity of the Upgraded platform by usage of regression suite.
  • As Individual Contributor, Involved in execution of Test Cases viz., Sanity, Functional, Regression Testingand Defect reporting using Lotus Notes and Clear Quest.
  • Monitored the progress of testing and generated appropriate reports to provide the overview of the testing progress.

Igate Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd

february2005 – March 2009

Test Analyst:Worked for Nokia, Maxis-Malaysia, Cummins and RBC – Royal Bank of Canada, is the heart of Digital broadband Delivery System. Through the DNCS all the elements of the DBDS can be provisioned so that various Digital Services can be delivered to the Digital Home Communication Terminals. Some of his key responsibilities were:

  • As Project Lead Interacting with client, onsite, offshore team for the Projects /Prodcuts/ Builds/Components , issues and defects for one of the Biggest Bank in Canada.
  • Taking responsibility for the approval of all QA and testing deliverables and achievement of QA and testing milestones during a project.
  • As Project Lead for Kenon Arbor and BSCS billing projects at client site KL-Malaysia.
  • Certified different services offered through Interactive Services.
  • Integrated and tested interfaces, which is responsible for Billing of Services availed by the end customers.Certifying Conveyance Features – Pre-Processing, Rating, Post-Processing and Billing.
  • Prepared estimation using FP method and SMC Estimation tool and Coordinated Testing Project, Preparing Plan, Strategy, Requirement Traceability Matrix and Test summary Report.
  • Automating Customer Setup and Sanity certification of environment using Automation frameworks.
  • As Onshore SpocAssigned,Managedand Monitored progress of tasks/activitiesand generated appropriate reports to the client.
  • Given Knowledge transfer to the client on key project activities and Lead a team for maintenance QA product release cycles

Mahindra British Telecom,

march 2004 – february 2005

Technical Associate:EMW-STAA BT Retail is a platform has been used by BT Retail Applications accessing the various systems and middleware for various Telecom Services and Products in British Telecom Plc. BT offers products and services - Conveyance, Broadband, IX&RPC, LLU, Intelli Plus, Booster and Control Panel. The events coming from different systems will be processed as per the services to fulfill the BT’s Ongoing Enterprise application integration strategy. Some of his key responsibilities were

  • As Sr. Software Engineer certified product features and analysed the software requirements
  • Involved in in test estimation and project planning for test activities.
  • Resolving issues with respect to Offshore Connectivity and Latency
  • Prepared Test strategy, test plan and test cases for review and execution purpose.
  • Delegating work to the team and assisted in resolving issues/concerns.
  • As Individual Contributorinvolved in activities included Environment setup, Data Back-up and restore and ensuring sanity certification of environment using Automation frameworks.
  • As Individual Contributor Written, Executed, manual and automation viz., Sanity, Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Performance & E2E ,shared the report and helped Clients for UAT
  • Application is tested with Business perspective,monitored the defects and reviewed with stakeholders.
  • Analyzing the results, gathering metrics and producing test reports.

Nouvelle Technologies Pvt. Ltd

september 2000 – march 2004

Sr. Software Engineer:Finance and Ecommerce applications for different clients,customer services and Products using ASP and Visual Interdev. Which provides various details about Industry, Interesting links by the various web pages and Technical Stuff to display and navigation to other pages provided for this site. Some of his key responsibilities were

  • As Sr. Software Engineer developed web applications,unit tested and involved in white box testing for Web Application, certified the product by setting-up environments across multiple platforms to perform Functional Testing, Adhoc Testing and Regression Testing.
  • As Individual Contributorinvolved in activities included Environmentsetup, Data Back-up and restore and ensuring sanity of the Upgraded platform by usage of regression suite.
  • As Individual Contributor Written, Executed,shared the report and helped Clients for UAT
Achievements and Awards
  • Honoured with Certificate of appreciation - Best of IBM Award- from the Leadership Team for the Delivery Excellence for two consecutive years.
  • Honoured with IBM Manager’s Choice award – 2014, under the category Dare to Dream.
  • Honoured with IBM Bravo award – 2013, under the category Dare to Dream.
CERTIFICATIONS:
  • Certified in both ITIL V3F in IT Service Management and ISTQB.
  • Brainbench certified Software Testing Professional.
  • IBM Certification on Project Management Fundamentals – PM10G.
  • IBM Certification on Risk Management – PM55G.
Personal Information
Date of Birth / Nationality / Marital Status / Personality
18May 1977 / Indian / Married / Sincere, Hard working, Committed, Ambitious, Team Player, & Leadership Charisma

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