Occupation:Quality Assurance Specialist |
Location:Alpharetta, GA |
Education Level:Master |
Will Relocate:YES |
Description
Professional Summary * ITIL certified professional, 11 yrs experienced in Risk Assurance Analyst & Test Lead, In depth knowledge of SDLC, Testing Methodologies, Telecom Domain & POS. * Proficient in Backend, System, Functional and Regression testing Web Based applications. Capability to understand the design specifications of the Product to be tested and design very complex test cases and visualizes extensive scenarios for Sales force -CRM application. * Facilitated Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome resulting in enhanced performance. Also, Client facing role & the have regular interactions with various client. * Efficaciously guided teams through transition from Waterfall to Agile Methodology. Responsible for two Agile Scrum teams and one Kanban team. * Resolved a complex infrastructure issue by creating and utilizing a professional network of Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Technical Leads within ATT. * Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective. * Lead the testing team to develop customized macros and test suites to automate tasks in DB running over several networks & platforms, accessing information for different RDMS systems. * Worked with the B2C and B2B product teams and other cross-functional teams, Also bring innovative ideas that communicate product benefits to customers and internal stakeholders. * Setup for Quality Assurance and formed a central QA organization supporting multiple development projects on Mobile (iOS, Android) & Web platforms including REST APIs * Established Quality Guidelines for project types, implemented them in different ongoing & new projects. Hands-on troubleshooting applications within Tomcat, JBoss or WebSphere * Managed quality metrics, monitor outcomes and develop strategies for addressing any deficiencies, own resolution of localization issues. Generate data-driven insights for improvements, definition and implementation of best practices. * Implemented & Enforced Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of Cycle time by 20% thus increasing team's throughput in less than 4 weeks. Projects 3rd Party RAN Hosting by ALU and Ericsson - Objective of project is to provide recommendations on a security design that will limit the 3rd party operator OAM/EMS access privileges to only the nodes it will own operate maintain and monitor. Threat Manager Release (TMLA) - Cyber Security portfolio is building towards a consolidation effort which will both deliver next generation features and being leveraging the data lake developed in phase. Multiple applications or solutions are being targeted for a push into the Threat Manager portal as well as a variety of new data sources. * Series of improvements to the solution stack application and lake related to Threat Manager Log Analysis Big Data Analytics and all tie-in products and related features. Security products Network and Premise based Firewalls Advanced Wireless Devices and a preemptive solution for Internet Of Things security device log ingestion. Responsibilities: * Led teams for over 10 successful small and large waterfall & agile projects involving VoLTE BVoIP virtualization solutions & third-party testing within AT&T's Tech Dev organization. * Coordinates and oversees between 10 and 15 on and offshore resources coordinate between dozens of other app teams and hundreds of other assets. * Instigated End to End testing of Service Assurance Service delivery Inventory and Notification systems viz. AOTS Canopi/Cramer LPP Instar and C-BUS on enhancement. * Devise project budgets by estimating hours needed and manage the annual equivalent of $2-$3M for resource engagement and allocation required for test support. * Establishes expectations and reports execution status updates to PMO and business executives for high priority revenue generating projects. * Initiated Agile Implementation methodology which is being increasingly used in AT&T for all upcoming projects and proficient in daily scrum meetings managing and grooming backlog facilitating and planning meetings. Met goals for quality schedule & cost. * Manage and motivate teams of professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds. Consistently deliver quality client services by monitoring progress. * Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Maintain long-term client relationships and networks.