Expert in Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, DevOps and Cloud technologies in banking, Health care, finance, retail and Capital markets domains. Strong, committed, accountable and passionate leader. Expertise in Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum methodologies, Lean product and project management. Performance-driven and detail-oriented with strong technical, analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills in a matrix team environment.
Development, Testing and Migration Strategy and Planning:
Test Driven, Behavior Driven, Data Driven Testing and Development, Front End, API, Database, Mainframe, End to End, Regression, Mobile and Performance testing, Test Data Management, Business process, Automation first, Test Pyramid, Test Power hours, Pipeline as Code, Infrastructure as Code, Application and Database Migration through Cloud Adoption Framework, Native and Hybrid cloud implementation, 6R-Migration Patterns
Experience
05/2020 to Current
Technology LeaderCelanese – Enoree, SC,
As a Senior Technology Leader, developed and implemented IT Quality Assurance and DevOps strategies On-prem and Cloud platforms that enable teams to have precision digital transformation into IT products and services
Perform Assessments, Product evaluation and qualification on leading edge technology components and provide strategical solution on automation and DevOps improvements in compliance with Quality standards
Interacts with Business Domains and IT Systems Engineering to analyze and provide strategical and technical leadership in building customer product related solutions
Leading the teams in Cloud Infrastructure to success through test design and technical workshops and planning
Creating and driving IT Quality strategies and initiatives that impact multiple applications within portfolios
Measure, analyze and evaluate data and information that identifies and influences and evangelizes IT QA best practices and processes
Guide teams to utilize tools and processes to build quality systems at a rapid pace
Improves technical competencies within IT QA, Testing and DevOps
Provides hands-on technical leadership and expertise
Evaluate and assess the maturity levels of the project teams on technical, automation, quality, deployment, cloud infrastructure capabilities and determine the improvement and success plans
Conduct workshops to address dependencies and state the scope of work and roadmaps
Build and implement Quality and DevOps standards
Detect root cause of issues and propose long term action
Identify areas of improvement and materialize the action plans to build maturity in teams
Establishes relationships that balance short-term gains with long-term considerations
Initiate repeatable processes that streamline quality practices enhancing productivity
Serve as a change agent that cultivates product delivery, promotion of quality, and endorsing DevOps practices
Influence strategy through statistical process control methods and metrics
Create and maintain organization KPIs and strategize the improvement of metrics in quality and delivery
Mentor the teams to adopt to new technologies, processes, and Cloud platforms
Optimize the value to the programs, quality advancements and strategical approach towards quality and DevOps
Promote strategies and approaches to improve quality at speed
Educate and train people at all levels on tools and methodologies to achieve improvement objectives
Collaborate with others to create plans that improve quality maturity
Determine, measure, and monitor key indicators to demonstrate performance
Make decisions on moderately complex to complex issues with a customer focus
Build relationships and maintains a high degree of engagement
Exercise considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
07/2015 to 05/2020
Director/Principal QA, DevOps and Cloud Migration Engineer, Sr. ManagerFIDELITY INVESTMENTS – City, STATE,
Engineering Efficiencies and Assurance, Principal Test Architect
Reporting directly to the Vice President Delivery and Development
Leading multiple projects and teams on Taxes, Life Events and Wealth Management in personal investing
Recruited, trained and managed multiple teams with more than 40 software professionals across the globe
Evaluate and assess the maturity levels of the project teams on technical, automation, quality, deployment, cloud migration capabilities and determine the improvement and success plans
Created portfolio, platform and project strategies on Automation, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployments and Continuous Monitoring to achieve deliverables, milestones and timelines
Plan and implement application, database and data migration from legacy systems to AWS cloud through Cloud Adoption Framework and 6R-migration techniques i.e
Rehost, Replatform, Repurchase, Refactor, Retain and Retire
Build and execute test strategy and planning through automation first, test pyramids, test driven, behavior driven and data driven testing, test power hours with stakeholders, continuous testing and integration, integrate vulnerability, performance and post prod validations in the pipeline
Define and design engineering efficiencies and quality assurance best practices in the teams and guide them to maintain code quality, code base integrity and to grow cross-functional and cross-technical
Setting up the Test KPIs and targets for the achievement of the visionary aim and business objectives
Architect, design, build and integrate most efficient and robust tools and processes in test and project management
Upgrade the technical stack to the best needs of the organization
Owned and improved the Test delivery
Passionate about smart work and creativity that drives business success
Investigate and invest on latest tech stack and tools, directing the team to adopt new test frameworks and tools to create proof of concepts on upcoming and new technologies, platforms and frameworks
Implement processes and technology through strategic initiatives in digital transformation through motivating and inspiring the teams to believe in and work towards innovations and discoveries
Mentor and coach the teams on effective way to use Agile, SAFe, test planning and implementation
Design and implement the self-service product deployments and automated change management systems for projects on their maturity levels
Established processes and tools to adhere to security and compliance of the organization
Efficiently hired the resources for the projects, recruiting and maintaining the contracts and SoWs of the vendor partners and trained the professionals on their career tracking and improvements through regular one on ones, providing better solutions and helping them succeed in the organization and personal career growth as well
Created data management in-house utilities and tools that helped the teams to minimize the manual efforts
Performed release planning, support and prepared post production validation plans.
05/2013 to 06/2015
Quality Assurance Lead ManagerICONMA LLC, Capital One Bank – City, STATE,
Managed and led multiple teams of 16+ software engineers
Accountable for resource estimation, test planning, scheduling and implementation
Mentored teams on agile processes and values to utilize scrum methodology
Implemented test automation and development best practices and led teams to success
Built test automation strategies and plans for teams ensuring quality and product production
Coordinated teams in different locations and solved issues and impediments through off-site and off-shore daily meeting utilizing scrum methodology
Validated resource and project health by conducting one-on-one and skip level meetings
Identified and prepared risks and mitigation plans allocating resources ensuring on-time delivery
Identified suitable Framework and scripting according to the requirements
Developed UI Components and consumed the REST APIs and micro services using technical stack
Leveraged virtual assets where required through test data management
Trained QA teams by implementing agile methodology cross-functionally ensuring tasks such as code reviews, building and deploying the code were consistent across all functions.
02/2006 to 04/2013
Test Lead, Test Analyst, Software DeveloperINFOSYS LIMITED, Wells Fargo, Wachovia – City, STATE,
Collaboration with global occupied teams to drive testing needs of different clients
Developed different components on e-commerce frontend applications and mainframes green screens to support retail, banking and capital market needs
Building testing strategy and planning for e-commerce business implementations
Used QTP and Selenium to enhance the automation script creating and enhancement
Performed code reusability to avoid repetition of lengthy functions and test scripts
Followed Descriptive Programming for object identification and created and maintained Function Libraries in early phases of the application when designs had changed and application snapshot were not ready
On-site and off-shore coordination of teams to drive the tasks to closure.
Infosys PR101 and PR201 Certification in Mainframes
IVS Technical Foundation Certification, Infosys Testing Basics and Quality Foundation Certification
Dev-Ops and MongoDB Certification from Edureka
AWS and Microsoft Azure Professional Training
Domain: - , GPA:
Expected in to to
Infosys-BCM Banking and Capital Markets certification
Infosys-RETL Retail e-commerce certification: - , GPA:
Additional Information
Received Infosys - Spot award in 2011 and 2008.
Received Infosys - Star award in 2009
Received Key Player award in 2007.
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School Attended
V.R.SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, AACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY
Job Titles Held:
Technology Leader
Director/Principal QA, DevOps and Cloud Migration Engineer, Sr. Manager
Quality Assurance Lead Manager
Test Lead, Test Analyst, Software Developer
Degrees
Bachelors
Infosys PR101 and PR201 Certification in Mainframes
IVS Technical Foundation Certification, Infosys Testing Basics and Quality Foundation Certification
Dev-Ops and MongoDB Certification from Edureka
AWS and Microsoft Azure Professional Training
Domain
Infosys-BCM Banking and Capital Markets certification
Infosys-RETL Retail e-commerce certification