Sudha Kalakuntla

Senior QA Consultant and Specialist with innate ability in Test Design ,architect ,planning, Estimates with 15+ years of expertise in all types of testing and expertise in Telecom Domain. Excellent resource management and allocation skills with Outstanding communication, organizational and time management talents.
Familiar with handling multiple projects in highly competitive environments.
Solid interpersonal and collaboration skills. In-depth Quality Assurance Specialist with success in prioritization and multitasking.
Committed to paying impeccable attention to reviews and auditing procedures.
Experienced Test Manager with top-notch implementation and project management abilities. Highly organized, methodical, and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high-performance teams. Well-versed in Agile Methodologies, planning and deployment.
Technical :
Results-focused, Decisive professional, offering an experience of more than 15 years, experience in Quality Assurance, Reviews, Requirements Analysis, Solution Design & Production Support working in complex and highly competitive environments and holding strong Domain knowledge. Well versed in Telecom OSS BSS, Retail Domain Oracle BRM (Billing system), SOAP UI, Siebel CRM, Regression, Functional Testing, SDLC concept, Delivery Excellence. Proficient in software Development life cycle including Test Strategy preparation, Test Design, Test Planning, Test Scenarios creation, Logging of defects and Triaging. Tested web applications in waterfall and as well in Agile Model. 8 Plus years of experience specifically in BRM testing with key emphasis in Subscription Management, AR, Invoicing, Payments and solid experience in testing web based software applications. Basic knowledge on utility testing and firmware testing. Result Driven leader with excellent communication, negotiation and Interpersonal skills. Good academic background, excellent communication skills. Enthusiastic learner with an innate ability to quickly grasp concepts and technical skill.

• Achieved quality, defect free delivery within the stringent deadlines and helped customer's business hit the competition in the market with new software implementation, for BSNL.
• GST implementation testing done for first time in Telekom Malaysia and lead by me.
• Successful and Quality Delivery of regression done for the fixed and Mobile lines supported by Oracle to Dhiraagu.
• Successful completion of Transmission and IP Domain UAT and production data load

• Over 8 plus years of experience in managing and leading the test teams
• Analyzing the OSS/BSS solution and preparing Test Strategy, Test Scenarios, Test cases using Functional requirements. Conducting UAT of End to End testing.
• Review of UAT test cases, walkthrough and Signoff from client
• Test Metric preparation, Identifying & analyzing the defects, program functionality, outputs along with managing the smooth implementation and testing of the application

• Senior QA Consultant, Blue Rose Technologies, Jun 2019 - Till Date
• QA Consultant, Synthesis solutions PVT. Ltd, Jun 2017 to Jun 2019
• Senior Test Analyst, UST Global, June 2015 to June 2017
• Assistant Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, May 2007 to June 2015

• VIVA Telecom, Bahrain, Middle East, May-2011-July2012
• Telekom Malaysia, Kulalumpur, Malaysia, Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

• Blue Rose Technologies, Jun 2019 - Till Date, Senior QA Consultant/Testing Delivery Head
• Synthesis Solutions Pvt. Ltd.(Intuit, Inc), July 2017- Jun 2019, QA Consultant
• UST Global(Dell International Services), July 2015-July 2017, Senior test Analyst
• BSNL TELECOM, Jan2015-July 2015, Billing Lead/Audit manager
• Telekom Malaysia, Jan 2014 - Jan 2015, Test Lead/Onshore Coordinator
• TTSL India, Aug 2012 - May 2013, Module Lead /Backup PM
• VIVA Telecom, May 2011-July 2012, Test Analyst and Tester
• Duabi Telecom, May 2010-May 2012, End to End tester/Module Lead
• BSNL Telecom, May 2007-May 2010, EndtoEnd Tester/Module Lead/Trainer/UAT coordinator

• Experience in Quality review, Project planning phase for analyzing, estimating the resource requirements, time and cost.
• Experience in project risks identification, qualitative and quantitative risk identification and risk response planning.
• Significant experience in Integration management as connecting the team with different interlocking systems to avoid the gap in Business execution.
• Expertise in managing customer centric business improvement programs that deliver superior customer satisfaction, cost reduction and revenue growth
• Involved in improvement/change initiatives/ activities in a defined functional discipline and cross-business process for various product launches at the client's location

• Lead Medium size team and worked with Oracle NI , and UIM integrating with complex network integrations of VIL systems
• Participating all the Scrum Calls and ensure timely and quality delivery of the Sprints, as part of Agile process
• Contributing in Requirements Analysis & Solution Design so as to identify any gaps at an early stage
• Test Strategy & Test Plan preparation and approval from the customer
• Analyzing the OSS/BSS Solution and preparing Test scenarios & Test cases using Functional requirements and Solution Architecture
• Test Environment Design & Setup and Inter-Operability tests to ensure connectivity of interfaces
• Conducting Functional / Non-Functional Testing & Integration Testing of the End to End solution
• Reviewing the test cases for UAT, walkthrough with the customer for sign off
• Tariff, Roaming, Bill Comparison Test approach preparation and setup
• Preparation of Data Migration Test Plan and schedules as per the dry runs
• User Acceptance testing of the end-to-end solution in the Pre-Production environment
• Estimations and Resource planning as per the Project schedules and the Test Plan
• Daily and Weekly Activity Reporting
• Test Metrics preparation and Quality Audit clearance for the delivery
• Functional and Technical documentation
• Recruitments to on-board new resources and trainings
• Worked on Electric utility testing in project SCADA in ECIL during internship

• Developed and maintained an excellent relationship with key internal/ external customers and stakeholders as appropriate for ongoing business improvement initiatives/activities.
• Managed the SIT/UAT team and supported Requirements Analysis, Solution Design and Customer Training programmes.
• Managed and evaluated the team performance, performed team building activities and recognising and rewarding Team members.
• Significant experience in Integration management as connecting the team with different interlocking systems to avoid the gap in Business execution.
• Lead Medium size to a Large team of 20 members team which involved Integration testing on Telecom and Network end.