ASIMANANDA MOHANTY
Summary
- Experienced QA professional with years of industry expertise. Passionate about staying ahead of the curve in technology trends and leveraging them to enhance organizational success.
- Robust knowledge in Python and SQL
- Familiar with the procedures involved in all stages of software testing, as well as with all the relevant industry standards
- Hands on experience in End to End Solution Testing
- Expertise in Scaling/Performance/Stability testing
- Experience in designing and building modules in Continuous Testing (CT) framework
- Mentoring team members
- Technical ownership of various releases
- Sound understanding of End to End Software testing life cycle in Agile (Scrum) as well as Waterfall model.
- Good knowledge of product life cycle and testing life cycle.
- Expertise in protocol understanding and system integration.
- Proven record of acquiring knowledge in a short time on different technologies and delivering the result.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior SDET
Microsoft
01.2022 - Current
- Proposed, designed and implemented the idea to automate performance validation, thus by reducing the manual validation effort in each RVT cycle.
- Proposed the initial design for the "Pulse" (observability) module as part of the Continuous Test (CT) framework "Endorse". Worked on the implementation as well. Integrated Azure Data Lake Storage into the framework.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful test strategies for entire team.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work, like script to collect CPU/Memory statistics from Azure Log Analytics etc.
Technical Lead, QA
Parallel Wireless
04.2017 - 01.2022
- Prepared, planned & reviewed Test Specifications for the features across releases.
- Conducted reviews on the test specifications.
- Executed & automated the test cases with constant check on the quality of features.
- Assisted team members in all technical roadblocks.
Senior Technical Lead, QA
Cisco Systems
03.2010 - 03.2017
- Tested different interfaces/Protocols over LTE Gateways like S5, S11, Gn/Gp etc.
- Involved in system level call flows/features (Attach/detach, Handovers, Recoveries) testing for LTE core nodes SGW/PGW.
- Worked on many customers reported issues and recreated them in thew QA Lab for faster resolution.
- Won accolades for faster recreation in many critical issues reported which caused outage like situations sometimes.
Technical Lead, QA
Alcatel-Lucent
03.2006 - 02.2010
- Executed test cases for many releases of AGCF (Access Gateway Control Function), a node that helps PSTN Users to connect to IMS Users.
- Developed a Performance Automation Portal using LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack.
Software Engineer
Reliance Infocomm
03.2004 - 03.2006
- Developed a portal using LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack which was being used across the BU to track employee work status.
- Involved in complete testing activities for MMSC products.
Education
B.E - Computer Science & Engineering
Utkal University
Skills
- Languages: Python, SQL
- Framework: Microsoft Internal CT framework Development (Python)
- Tools: Spirent Landslide, Wireshark, iPerf, JMeter, Various in-house tools
- OS: Debian Linux, CentOS Linux, SUN Solaris
- Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
- Telecom Technologies: 5G-SA Core, LTE-EPC, UMTS, GPRS
- Soft Skills: Collaboration, Communication, Analytical Thinking, Mentoring
- Certifications: CKAD certified (Dec 2023), Azure AZ-900 certified (Jan 2022), Hacker-Rank Python (Basic) and SQL (Basic) Certified
- Misc: Test Strategy & Execution, Requirements Study, Effort Estimation, Project Execution, Quality Assurance, Client Interaction & Satisfaction, Test Automation
Accomplishments
- Quality Star award in Microsoft for successfully delivering private 5G solution.
- Proposed a solution for performance and system test validation which was implemented and is being used currently to validate test results in automatic manner in Microsoft.
- Hacker-Rank Python (Basic) and SQL (Basic) Certified
- Cisco CAP award for overall excellence in handling complex subjects like Gn-Gp Handover (EPC-3G/2G) during my tenure
- Worked on multiple complex customer escalations and recreated/verified them successfully in Cisco Systems.
- Developed various portals in Reliance Communications (general purpose employee management) and Alcatel-Lucent (load automation suite) using LAMP stack.
Certification
- CKAD Certified (Dec 2023)
- Azure AZ-900 Certified (Jan 2022)
Extracurricular Activities
Out of self-interest, explored the Data Science Domain. Worked/Analyzed a sample data set, which can be found at https://github.com/asimanandamohanty/lendingclub
Timeline
Senior SDET
Microsoft
01.2022 - Current
Technical Lead, QA
Parallel Wireless
04.2017 - 01.2022
Senior Technical Lead, QA
Cisco Systems
03.2010 - 03.2017
Technical Lead, QA
Alcatel-Lucent
03.2006 - 02.2010
Software Engineer
Reliance Infocomm
03.2004 - 03.2006
B.E - Computer Science & Engineering
Utkal University
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