Ramarao M. S
Summary
12 years +: SDET Lead (Manager), Sr. SDET
Position Looking for:- SDET Lead (Manager),Sr. SDET Overall SDET: 6 yrs, Functional Test & Test Management: Rest of experience….Playwright ( 1 yr ):- Playwright typescript…
Python (3 yrs. ):- Python-selenium, python API automation, python unit test framework (API Test)
Java( 3 yrs ): Junit with Mockito – 6 months, Selenium with Java – 2.5 years,Exposure to automation of REST Assured automation.
Good Exposure: CICD tools also I have background / knowledge of C with UNIX implementations…
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Consultant
Ellucian Higher Education Systems Pvt Ltd
02.2025 - 05.2025
- Ellucian’s Higher education software tracks the student’s enrollment, classroom schedule, grading till alumni. Working with playwright framework, developing POM (page object model) based framework for the student personal and course registration
- Environment: Playwright Typescript
Sr SDET- python, SDET Lead
Unify technologies
12.2022 - 01.2025
- IDFC First bank’s Commercial banking application – CAS (Customer Acquisition System, a LOS- Loan Origination System) and LMS – Loan Maintenance System, BRNET for Rural Banking – automated using python selenium, API and NGN Tests on AWS environment also using EC2 service
- Automated Issuer part of IDFC First’s Etoll system (Electronic Toll on Highways) using Python selenium, API using python proprietary framework
- Environment: Playwright, Python – Python-Selenium, API Test using REST Assured, AWS, Jenkins, JIRA
Principal Test Engineer
Dell from Collabera technologies
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Dell’s Open Manage Enterprise – Modular Edition (OME–Modular) is the systems management software that runs on the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX-series chassis. OME–Modular shares a common codebase with OpenManage Enterprise and delivers an agile, reliable, and comprehensive platform to manage PowerEdge MX-series servers, storage, and networking products
- Automation Test Engineer in Postman manual Test, Python API Automation using REST Assured and Junit with Mockito Unit Test
- Environment: Python – API Test using REST Assured, Manual Test, Junit, GIT, gradle, and JIRA
Automation Test
Wells Fargo
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Wells Fargo’s commercial banking application – Automation Test in Selenium Java, Backend Testing
- Environment: Java, Selenium, GIT, Maven, and JIRA
Tech Lead Test
Dominos
03.2019 - 01.2020
- Dominos Pulse store application has modules Order Entry, Makeline, Payment, Pickup
- Test lead with technical contribution in Manual, Automation Testing (UI, API) in Normal & NGN test stream. Review of Test scripts, Test case consolidation.
- Environment: Java, Selenium, GIT, Maven, and JIRA
Test Lead Role
Lloyds Banking Software Solutions, UK
06.2017 - 08.2018
- Lloyd’s banking is a customer-centric core banking system providing retail business functionality for both front and back office. Preparation of Test Plan and Test execution with the team
- Environment: Java, Selenium
Automation Test Lead
MypointHR
08.2016 - 03.2017
- Features include Leave, Time and attendance, Performance Appraisal. Worked with Frameworks and API Test automation using REST Assured
- Environment: Java, Selenium and REST Assured
Project Manager
British Telecom
01.2016 - 05.2016
- Tracking the migration of Go live of British Telecom – Functional (CIOT) migration & Nonfunctional migration (Retail B2B Gateway Migration from VDC to MI or EC (which is a cloud environment). Retail B2B is an OSS Gateway of BT
- Tracking project progress, monitoring the resource utilization, fund utilization, raising Quotes
- Release scoping of end-to-end Test environments for getting to e2e tested, getting sign off (proving the change in the e2e environments will reduce the risk in taking the same migration to Live)
MMSC Test role
Comverse
08.2015 - 12.2015
- As a QE Engineer, was involved in performing the part of test execution for DTAG Greece, regression for Slovakia, part of Telecom Serbia – the functionalities involve different variations at all the interfaces of MMSC like MM1 –MM1, MM1 to MM4, MM1 to MM3 and vice versa, MMSC features like Content adaptation, copy received, copy sent ...etc. with verification of events in CDR (Call Detail Record) generated
- Environment: Linux Based Test Products, Customized MMSC Client simulator (Multi Media Service Center)
Test lead
Telecom signaling
03.2015 - 08.2015
- Self-trained at high level on LTE (with the background of 2G, 3G), Python during waiting period for Newnet client (SS7) getting finalized. Used python to create small cell – logically on SUT (System under test) using python
Functional Test lead
NHPRI (neighborhood of Rhode Island)
01.2014 - 03.2014
- Manual testing for various health care HIPPA interfaces between Provider, Payor, CMS, HBE (health benefit exchange) of enrollment, claims Test Management
- Environment: Health care HIPPA 5010 Interfaces, Filezilla
Functional, Automation Test Lead
Best Buy
01.2012 - 09.2013
- Development of scripts, Manual Test
- Environment: Java, Selenium
Test lead
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
12.2010 - 12.2011
- CRS (Central reservation system) Functional Test lead. Reviews, Test management. Built RLM (Rate list merchandising) Test strategy; Support to Performance Management team in Starwood Hotel production SLA tracking
- Environment: Starwood Applications
Product Test Management, 3rd Party Vendor Management of COTS
Huawei
03.2009 - 10.2010
- Approved the product - IMPS (Witnessed Acceptance Tests from vendor Comviva on IMPS product per Open mobile alliance OMA) in Acceptance Test from vendor; Rendered technical support on product, presales support (RFP responses for customers, BOQ support).
- HP’s Device Management Transition (built test strategies); proposed for SMSC elements of Aircel proposal from Aircel requirements
- Tracked / monitored BSNL delivery project for product IMPS (sending clarifications on BSNL tender to BSNL and vendor Mobile Tornado). And clarifications were also dealt about integration of IMPS with the elements OCS (Online charging system – the protocol being Diameter), Billing system and other COTS products in the field
- Environment: UNIX based test products; Proprietary tools
AIN (advanced Intelligent Networks) Testing
Alcatel Lucent
11.2008 - 02.2009
- Key sheet preparation / test design for SCP 8.0 (AIN application porting to new Telecom Platform 9, Signal ware 9, and Solaris 10).
- Finalized the requirements by proactively communicating with the client, given problems are classified and critical, major fixes are ensured to be tested by writing detailed Test procedures.
- Clarified details of CRSP in the team.
- Environment: UNIX based test products; Test tool Equipment (AIN INET)
Testing Unisys-VMS (Voice Mail Server) Application
Sprint Labs, USA
09.2007 - 04.2008
- Managed Feature and Solution Testing end to end of VMS (Voice Mail Server) Application Voice call flows. This is SIP, LDAP based VMS for communication between the components in it.
- Tested VMS (Voice Mail Server) Application Voice call flows manually. Troubleshooted issues faced in the customer lab
- Environment: UNIX based test products; SJ Phone, Xlite
Sr Test Analyst
Alcatel-Lucent
10.2004 - 08.2007
- Test design and execution for features of various software releases of Alcatel-SSG, a class 4 switch
- SSG features like IN Provide Instructions Service handler in 2 releases, IS41 Service Handler, Special Link Set (SS7 Network Management), accounting enhancements in SSG for “Multiple OPC with Super link set”, Insert OPC in Logical networks
- Sanity features like SS7 Signaling messages accounting for that STP using in the signaling path which has a financial impact for Operators for using the Operator network, M3UA Network Management, Switch Consolidation, Node Restart, MOPC with Super link set (a concept of switch consolidation), validation of SS7 Protocol
- Environment: Alcatel’s Proprietary OS based STP/SCP (signaling transfer point/ signaling control point) Products, Test tool INET
Feature/Sanity Testing on MCI-MM Soft-Switch or Class 5 Switch
MCI
01.2004 - 09.2004
- Tested Basic Call Processing of SIPT, ISUP to SIP interworking using and SIP. Executed sanity tests with MCI-MM as SUT, Signaling Gateway (SG) simulator (In house developed Test Manager) with WATTS generating the Signaling Protocol messages of SS7, ISDN, ISUP, INBAND (CAS), VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Signaling Protocol messages SIP, SIP-T, Megaco
- Responsible for System Test Design / Procedure / Execution for 3 phases in a release include SIP-PSTN Mapping: Test Design Features Call-transfer and study of other class 5 features
- Testing transition of 5020, a class switch of Alcatel
- Environment: Alcatel’s Proprietary OS based VOIP Products, Test tool equipment
CDMA based Motorola’s Supercell (RAN – Radio Access Network) Test
Motorola India Electronics Limited
12.2002 - 09.2004
- Carried out regression tests on call processing, CP-O&M, hand off features (IS2K Standards) on Motorola Supercell for various releases Guide / Tester for Call-Processing (CP), O&M Regression Test Execution.
- Carried out various types calls with different rates both voice and data using circuit, packet RAN elements and various types of hand offs based on IS 2K standards.
- Environment: Test tool equipment (SVT - System validation Test), UNIX (Solaris)
GSM based (RAN – Radio Access Network)
Lucent BSS & Acquaintance with 3gpp
12.2000 - 11.2002
- GSM - O & M testing involving BCF fault management (best effort algorithm), BCF configuration management, BTS configuration management, BCF performance management as part of BSS (Base station subsystem), and OMC application testing as part of OSS (Operational Subsystem system). Used customized TCL scripts to create the logical cell for Testing based 900/1800 parameters of typical cell.
- Engaged in O&M feature background load of BTS, Abis Stabilization and Fault Correlation of BTS-test design / execution.
- Conducted regression test execution on BCF (O & M) for various releases-manual testing / scripting with validation of MOC (Mobile Originated Call), MTC (Mobile Terminated Call) calls. Exposure to handover scenarios at the call flow level.
- Got trained on Conformance Test Tool TTCN (Tree and tabular Syntax Notation); study and preparation for making ATS for the 3gpp layer RANAP using TTCN.
- Environment: Test tool equipment (Lucent customized test tools), Unix (HP), TTCN-2
System Test Validation Engineer
ITI Limited (Indian Telephone Industries Limited)
09.1997 - 11.2000
- C.DOT Products (Center for Development of Telematics): Involved in basic validation tests / acceptance tests / load tests for C.DOT (SBM)/C.DOT (RAX); Switch Card / various Signaling Card Level Testing.
- CTMX Billing (Computerized Trunk Manual Exchange): Handled testing of the Billing Software & writing test routines in ‘C’ & Support at field (Part of Acceptance Test team).CDR (Call Detailed Record) is fed as an input to the Billing.
- Environment: Test tool equipment, UNIX
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication
G.P.R. College of Engineering
Anantapur01.1996
Skills
- Playwright-Typescript, Python-Selenium, Python API Automation, API Test (Python - Unit Test Framework)
- Web services Test (Selenium with Java)
- Exposure/knowledge on REST Assured – API automation
- Test expertise – Automation, Manual - UI, Services
- Domains Worked: Commercial banking, Dell Storage Servers, Food Delivery, Human Resources Management, Travel services, Banking exposure, Telecom Signaling
- Testing – Presales (Responding to RFP), Post sales
- Telecom Signaling Test– Protocols: Signaling system number#7(SS7), VOIP
- Value Added Services-VAS in Telecom (Voice Mail Servers, MMSC-Multimedia messaging service, IMPS- Instant messaging and presence service)
- AIN (Advanced intelligent networks - Prepaid Billing, Postpaid Billing
- Technologies: GSM (O&M, BSS-Base station subsystems, OSS-Operational subsystem), Exposure to call processing, CDMA (3G1X), exposure to 3gpp layers
- Got trained on PMP (Project Management)
- Cloud Computing
- Unit Testing (Junit – Java Unit Test framework with Mockito)
- Exposure to different Test Automation frameworks
- Knowledge on systems implementation- Unix
- Exposure to CI/CD
- Domains: E-Commerce, Enterprise Telecom, Healthcare, Enterprise Telecom – BSS (Business Support System)
- Test Management,3rd Party vendor management-Test, Product Test transition
- System Testing – White box, Black box, System Integration Testing, Acceptance Testing
- Performance Testing – Customized tools
- Performance Engineering (Dimensioning of the products of VAS – Value Added Services) Products, BOQ-Bill of Quotation review of same products
- Part of CMMI Assessment, Six sigma
- SDLC: Waterfall, V model, Agile
- Process improvements
- Production SLA tracking (Help to IT Service Management) - ITIL Certified in 2013
- Playwright-Typescript, Python selenium, Python API
- Automation API Test (Python - Unit Test Framework)
- Selenium (Java) with Web driver
- Exposure/Knowledge on API Testing REST Assured
- Exposure to Java, C with Unix (User, systems knowledge), Exposure/ knowledge on C
- SQL (till Joins and Unions)
- Tricentis - TOSCA Certified - (AS1, AS2, TDS1, TDS2, API) – codeless tool
- Knowledge on QTP
- Signaling system number#7(SS7) Various layers – MTP3, ISUP, VOIP protocols - Session Initiation Protocol -SIP, Megaco, ISDN, SS7 over IP (M3UA, M2PA)
- RFCs referred: 3261 (SIP),3298(SIP to PSTN mapping)
- Telecom Test Tool Equipment (INET-SS7 protocol Simulator, WATTS - Protocol simulator, K1297 (GSM A interface simulator & monitor), MA 10 – GSM abis monitor
- Telecom Networking: Ethereal or Wireshark, SJ Phone-Xlite
- AWS (Amazon Webservices)
- API Manual Test using Postman
- Unit Testing using Java Unit Test framework – Junit with Mockito
- Cucumber BDD
- Code review tools – Code collab
- CICD Dev ops Tools (used: Git, Stash, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, got trained/exposure on: ansible, docker)
- Test Management – JIRA, Quality Center Rational Test Manager, Editors: Intelli-ide, Eclipse editors
- Got trained on React JS at high level
- Bug tracking tool – Clear Quest, FileZilla, vax, DDTS, Synergy
- TTCN - 2 (Testing & Testing control notation) for Conformance Testing
- Performance Test tools – Grinder (customized tool from comviva), SRE tool (With Unisys voice mail servers)
- OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) standards for VAS products
- Telecom standards referred: ETSI (ITU-T, Q series – Q932 etc), ANSI (GRs: GR1299etc
Certification
- ISTQB CTFL - Certified professional
- Got appreciation from client for Product Test Management
- Got appreciations from client for challenges faced - on Cost savings for Testing, on Scope clarifications done
- Lead in Toast masters club at Organization level
Timeline
Principal Consultant
Ellucian Higher Education Systems Pvt Ltd
02.2025 - 05.2025
Sr SDET- python, SDET Lead
Unify technologies
12.2022 - 01.2025
Principal Test Engineer
Dell from Collabera technologies
09.2021 - 11.2022
Automation Test
Wells Fargo
04.2021 - 09.2021
Tech Lead Test
Dominos
03.2019 - 01.2020
Test Lead Role
Lloyds Banking Software Solutions, UK
06.2017 - 08.2018
Automation Test Lead
MypointHR
08.2016 - 03.2017
Project Manager
British Telecom
01.2016 - 05.2016
MMSC Test role
Comverse
08.2015 - 12.2015
Test lead
Telecom signaling
03.2015 - 08.2015
Functional Test lead
NHPRI (neighborhood of Rhode Island)
01.2014 - 03.2014
Functional, Automation Test Lead
Best Buy
01.2012 - 09.2013
Test lead
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
12.2010 - 12.2011
Product Test Management, 3rd Party Vendor Management of COTS
Huawei
03.2009 - 10.2010
AIN (advanced Intelligent Networks) Testing
Alcatel Lucent
11.2008 - 02.2009
Testing Unisys-VMS (Voice Mail Server) Application
Sprint Labs, USA
09.2007 - 04.2008
Sr Test Analyst
Alcatel-Lucent
10.2004 - 08.2007
Feature/Sanity Testing on MCI-MM Soft-Switch or Class 5 Switch
MCI
01.2004 - 09.2004
CDMA based Motorola’s Supercell (RAN – Radio Access Network) Test
Motorola India Electronics Limited
12.2002 - 09.2004
GSM based (RAN – Radio Access Network)
Lucent BSS & Acquaintance with 3gpp
12.2000 - 11.2002
System Test Validation Engineer
ITI Limited (Indian Telephone Industries Limited)
09.1997 - 11.2000
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication
G.P.R. College of Engineering