Philip Lazaro

Responsibilities Handled

• Facilitated creation of governance policy for adoption of SDET testing by product owners across Mobile / Web & API Channels.
• Managed team of 25 engineers to provide test deliveries across 4 domains within Mobile / Web & API Channel
• Reviewed, identified, updated and prioritized strategic initiatives to provide comprehensive support to senior leadership.
• work to reduce defect leakage to less than 5%.
• Increased work force efficiency by 20% YOY, by adopting automation & CI/CD techniques.
• Communicated with leadership teams to assist with administrative initiatives and decisions and attended weekly meetings to support policy changes.
• Attended weekly meetings and special sessions of Leadership and Executive Leadership Teams and contributed to major testing initiatives and decisions.
• Defined and tracked quality assurance metrics, including test results, defect counts and performance discrepancies.
• Researched and acquired testing frameworks to speed quality assurance timeframes.
• Integrated collected data into business process enhancements to address ongoing business goals.

Client : Citi Bank Singapore

Role : Client Manager for delivery and transformation of SDET

Responsibilities Handled:

• Identified delivery risks for ongoing projects, developing strategies to avoid delays.
• Collected data for use in software process evaluation and improvements.
• Wrote test case parameters, including test scripts and automation guidelines.
• Drafted detailed problem reports, defining factors such as Code Quality and TAT to defect fixes to aid in remedial efforts.
• Performed quality audits across multiple internal Mobile Digital functions, including Android and IOS.
• Developed formal test plans for SDET Process initialization
• Maintained QA expertise in several programming languages, including Java, Groovy, Selenium, APPIUM.
• Operated API testing tools such as SOAP UI and POSTMAN
• Created accurate and efficient test scripts in BDD to manage automated testing of Digital Mobile products and features.
• Directed off-site teams completing Code assessment and Reviews to support successful product development stages and releases.
• Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
• Increased and improved knowledge of Digital Validation software's and Digital Testing tools by engaging in all available trainings and seminars.
• Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every Mobile product against design standards and customer needs.
• Tracked, prioritized and organized defects with QC & JIRA, working with development team to facilitate timely corrections.
• Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities and reported all findings, including improvement recommendations.
• Completed in-depth usability testing on Android and iOS mobile devices.
• Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful SDET approach.
• Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases every Quarter and well-organized sprints.
• Planned and devised cohesive test plans for Mobile projects using BDD and TDD technologies.
• Effectively interacted with Mobile and API departments regarding software defects and working closely to develop innovative solutions.
• Reduced overall testing hours to 50% by writing and optimizing automation test scripts in Selenium, APPIUM.
• Debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
• Performed Sanity, Integration and Regression tests on modules and full software implementations for Core 63, Mobile 63 & Odyssey Implementations.
• Helped to fix Mobile issues effectively using Automation and Virtualization, increasing productivity and boosting workflows.
• Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of code validation with consistent, thorough approaches.
• Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with resolution techniques in documentation to enhance code quality

Client : Citi Bank

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Lead QE Engineer, Leading validation of Digital journey for CITI bank in lower and higher environments, for both UI and API's separately and also validating it's integration layer.
• Understanding automation needs and building Automation frameworks for UI using APPIUM as Back Bone and for API Automations using SOAPUI, building custom scripts as per tests requirements using Groovy Scripting Integrating UI and API automation frameworks through Jenkins to facilitate continuous integration and continuous development model.

Client : Bank Of America

Roles & Responsibilities : Requirement gathering, Preparing HLTS & LLTS, Automation Designer for Web Services, Automation Test Lead., QTP SOAP UI Oracle SQL Languages: Java , Groovy An Test Analyst working as an individual contributor to validate the mapping of the web services response with the values present in the DB and ascertain if the web services is responding as expected Automating the Process using QTP and capturing the results and updating them on JIRA.

Client : EE & British Telecom

Roles & Responsibilities : Offshore Lead, Automation Engineer for SOAP Services, Build Deployments for Lower environments, Logs Analysis, Requirement gathering, Preparing HLTS & LLTS, Defining Test Entry Criteria, Closure of Test Exits with Clients.