Senthil Kumar M
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Software Development Manager with extensive experience at Oracle India, specializing in project management and test strategy. Led initiatives to improve QA processes, resulting in significant efficiency gains through automation tools. Skilled in team coaching and outcome optimization, utilizing cloud testing methodologies and critical thinking to enhance quality assurance standards.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager Quality Engineering
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2014 - Current
- Provided leadership for testing and quality assurance services.
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and streamline processes.
- Developed strategic plans aligning departmental goals with organizational objectives.
- Coordinated stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment on key initiatives and projects.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and increase productivity.
- Streamlined QA department during critical transition phase.
- Conducted continuous assessments to enhance testing practices.
- Ensured compliance with testing and quality standards.
- Selected and implemented automation tools to boost efficiency in QA services.
- Managed quality activities, resources, and test management processes.
- Collaborated with HMH business to prepare QA estimates and test plans.
- Configured quality center tools for requirement management and defect tracking.
Senior Software Engineer
Sun Micro Systems/Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
12.2007 - 08.2014
- Test Lead for NAS Unified Storage product line.
- Mentoring, Training and guiding team members on the product line.
- Test plan creation and tracking progress.
- In-depth debugging to assist developers in defect resolution.
- Coordinating with US counterparts for project progress.
Senior Engineering Analyst
Dell India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
07.2004 - 11.2007
- Lead multiple projects at product test level on Dell line of Storage products.
- Develop, deliver and support optimal test coverage plans for Dell Storage line of products.
- Planning test strategy for new products based on the scope.
- Mapping test cases and system configurations to test coverage requirements.
- Providing weekly status of the projects and doing post project analysis.
- Mentoring and Training the new hires and Project team members for test execution.
- Guiding the test execution team to defect root cause and interlock with development team for Defect resolution.
- Reviewing test cases and writing up new test cases for newly added products to the portfolio.
- Responsible for maintaining the infrastructure servers like DHCP, PXE, Exchange and DNS servers which would be required for testing purposes.
Software Engineer
Dell India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
07.2002 - 06.2004
- Joined as a Test Engineer and was trained on PowerEdge and Power vault line of Server and Storage line of servers and storage products.
- Testing of SCSI&SAS series of RAID controller on PowerEdge and Power vault line of Server and Storage line of servers and storage products.
- Testing of supported RAID levels on SCSI&SAS series of RAID controller.
- Testing SCSI,SATA and SAS hard drives of multiple vendors like Seagate, Western Digital and Maxtor for the compatibility with the RAID controllers.
- Testing firmware/driver for the RAID controllers with the latest firmware/driver available.
- Validation of firmware/driver of Dell range of Tape products on SCSI and SAS Controllers.
- Validation of firmware/driver of Fibre and Ethernet switches on Dell range of blade servers.
- Testing of end to end solution of Dell’s NAS portfolio which involves validation of NAS solution with SAS JBOD with embedded Raid controller and Dell/EMC arrays as the backend storage solution.
- Validation of the clustering feature using the DELL NAS solution.
- Validation of backup solution for NAS solution connected to DELL Tape libraries using ISV’s like Symantec Backup Exec,Yosemite and Commvault.
- Validation of the ISCSI boot and ISCSI virtual disks connectivity on windows clients for DELL’s NAS solution using Microsoft Target and Initiator.
- Testing of firmware and management software of Direct attached storage(SCSI,SATA and SAS) products.
- Managing KVM and KVM over IP for testing environment.
- Build verification testing and promoting the build to PXE environment for testing purposes.
Enterprise Storage/Server Specialist
Dell International Services
Bengaluru
07.2001 - 06.2002
- Joined as Server Support Specialist, and trained on Server+ and Network+ certifications, and the Dell PowerEdge and Power Vault line of servers and storage products.
- Responsible for resolving Hardware and Network Operating System issues and providing technical know-how on Dell PowerEdge servers, Power Vault Storage, including troubleshooting Adaptec and AMI/LSI SCSI/RAID storage subsystems, Tape Backup units, complex network configurations including failover, load-balancing, and Remote Management using Dell Remote Access Cards.
- Responsible for Product Captures, and escalating issues quickly to Product Design group, to provide excellent product quality and Systems uptime.
- Supported configuration and troubleshooting of server software such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Active Directory Services, Terminal services, Veritas Backup Exec, and the Dell Open Manage suite of Management softwares, including Array Manager (Veritas Volume Manager) for Storage devices, and Server Administrator for Datacenter Management.
Onsite Engineer
Transtek Automation
Bengaluru
03.2001 - 07.2001
- Assembly of Intel x86 based systems, installation and configuration of Operating Systems and Application software, installation and configuration of LAN and shared Internet connectivity, resolving hardware and software issues onsite.
GIS Engineer
Infodesk Manipal Ltd
Bengaluru
11.2000 - 02.2001
- Registration of Maps, Raster to Vector convergence, Edge matching, Quality Control of Digitized maps using MapInfo and AutoCAD software.
Education
B.E - Mechanical
Sir.MVIT
BengaluruSkills
- Project management
- People management
- Test strategy and planning
- Python automation
- Data center management
- Network-attached storage (NAS)
- Storage area network (SAN)
- Object storage
- Cloud computing experience
- Operating systems: Hypervisors, Windows, Linux, Solaris
- NFS and SMB protocols
- FC and iSCSI protocols
- Kerberos authentication
- Active Directory administration
- Cloud testing methodologies
- Data replication techniques
- Snapshot management
- Cloning processes
- Monitoring tools expertise
- Outcome optimization strategies
- Critical thinking skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Challenge resolution strategies
- Innovative solutions development
- Decision-making capabilities
- Coaching and mentoring techniques
- Talent management strategies
Certification
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer on Windows 2000
- Network+ and Server+ training course at Dell Computer Corporation
- Oracle Cloud Infra associate Certified
- Certified Scrum master
Accomplishments
- Customer Engagement Partner of the month Award for Excellence in defining ZFSSA Micro release Test Processes
- Leadership excellence award for driving excellence in ZFSSA system testing
- Co-Authored 11 DELL Recognized invention disclosures
- Appreciation award in DELL for Build verification testing
- Oracle Corporate Security Aware 2020
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Malayalam
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 07/14/79
Timeline
Senior Manager Quality Engineering
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
09.2014 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Sun Micro Systems/Oracle India Pvt Ltd
12.2007 - 08.2014
Senior Engineering Analyst
Dell India Pvt Ltd
07.2004 - 11.2007
Software Engineer
Dell India Pvt Ltd
07.2002 - 06.2004
Enterprise Storage/Server Specialist
Dell International Services
07.2001 - 06.2002
Onsite Engineer
Transtek Automation
03.2001 - 07.2001
GIS Engineer
Infodesk Manipal Ltd
11.2000 - 02.2001
B.E - Mechanical
Sir.MVIT
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