Sudharshan Reddy Kallam
Manager
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
Skilled Test Manager versed in planning and overseeing testing operations under tight deadlines. Organized and well-researched approach to solving problems. Collaborative and open mindset with 11 years of demonstrated industry success.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
ETL Test Lead
Capgemini Technology Services India
Hyderabad, Telangana
04.2021 - Current
- Client - Zurich North America a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider
- I happened to work in Transformation project, decommissioning of legacy systems project & whole Data warehousing eco system migration project. Prepared Test plans/strategy for three projects & executed tests for initial and Incremental loads
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work
QA Environment Manager
Capgemini Technology Services India
Hyderabad, Telangana
07.2019 - 03.2021
- Client - The Auto Club Group (ACG) is part of AAA Group
- Good exposure on policy flow in guidewire, its integrations (internal/3rd party) & Admin data related dependencies
- Tested Business intelligence reports using COGNOS & SAP BODs
- Running initial loads and incremental loads of Data hub and Info centre and validating them accordingly on test environments
- Reviewed, Approved and deployed the regular builds on 15 QA environments using Jenkins, GitHub – Policy center and Billing center, ATL files under Data Hub through shell scripts and DB-SQLs
- Facilitated new environments creation for QA teams
- Deployed builds timely & facilitated Environmental issues with supporting logs from QA to Application integration teams
- Loaded Admin data during DB drops or on-going releases
- Restarted Guidewire PC and BC applications
- Maintained QA Environment Dashboard Day to day
- Smoke tested through open-source automation tools – Selenium web driver and Run them daily
Automation Test Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services UK
Darlington, UK
12.2018 - 06.2019
- Client - Department for Education (DfE) UK. Worked in "Send data to DfE" project an Efficient way of getting data from MIS suppliers, I have created Test Plan, Test case and executed the same
- Feasibility analysis of Functional & Regression cases for automation
- Created and maintained Test Automation Framework with Page objects & reusable functions through TDD & BDD frameworks using Selenium WebDriver with Protractor, SpecFlow and Fluent Assertions & Rest API automation using RestSharp, fluent assertions, Newtonsoft and SpecFlow
- Database test automation using Entity Framework
- CI / CD implemented for automation tests using VSTS 2017/19 through Pull request and resolve any merge conflicts while committing the changes(using Azure Devops & GIThub)
- Monitored the test results on daily basis for overnight runs, assessed and fixed the issues in pipeline
- Defects reported and followed up for closure
UAT Test Lead, HQA Test Lead
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited/UK PLC
Hyderabad/Manchester , Telangana/UK
04.2016 - 11.2018
- Client - TalkTalk is the third largest Telecommunications provider offers home phone and broadband business service providers in Uk- Telecom market
- Capgemini India came up with Horizontal QA model to provide cluster of QA services to Talk Talk & I have transitioned to facilitate the services to client
- Managed Test data and Environment facilitation for multiple teams in the Organization (Approval/Processing for the requests)
- Co-ordinated and Facilitated Reseller onboarding programme (30+ resellers) on a suitable test environment with APIs/DBs and establishing their connectivity through firewall tickets/Sanity checks on
- Incorporated Automation on various business areas using free tools b/w teams either with web application or API’s and brought value to the client. Showed 24k £ ROI through Automation yearly
- Created Test plans for projects Residential and B2B projects
- Issued & Published the daily, weekly monthly reports
- Collaborated details from multiple QA teams & issue Monthly reports for Capgemini and Talk Talk for managerial data
- Transitioned knowledge to the team members
- Conducted cross knowledge sessions for the team of 20 members approximately – Monthly
- Utilization of resources across HQA on daily basis and track their efforts accordingly through burner index
- Managed & Mentored a QA team of 8-10 members
- Ran defect calls with multiple stakeholders and expedite the fix for priority issues to enable testing
- Involved in few operational activities like Service, Queues and server restart at windows – RDP where test services were hosted
- Smooth Transition to client’s team during closure of HQA programme at Client location
E2E Test Lead, E2E QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services India/UK
Chennai/Manchester, India
09.2011 - 03.2016
- Client - TalkTalk is the third largest Telecommunications provider offers home phone and broadband business service providers in Uk- Telecom market
- For 4 and half years I have worked on various programmes (Major and Minor releases for ‘land lines’ and ‘SIMs & Mobiles’ products. Also worked on Individual projects - like Mobile app – Talk Talk to Go/compliance/Data migration/DB rationalization/new generation products like FTTP and EAD/EFM/EoFFTC along with Digital transformation projects)
- Since FTTP platform and infrastructure used for this programme was entirely new, I had an opportunity to setup an end to end test environment interacting with lab devices for actual test lines and facilitated data for whole organization either with Multiple Dev or QA teams by assessing their dependencies with all combination data types
- Understanding releases for concerned project/ programme and ensure the required packages were deployed on to necessary test environment
- Experienced on Pega Tool testing as part of Lightning product
- Performed Static/sanity/connectivity/Environment health check before starting of the respective E2E iteration phase
- Prepared daily execution reports & shared them to relevant stakeholders
- Supported for the E2E network Trial testing
- Triaged the issues based on priority with necessary parties and ensuring smooth deliverables
- Worked on POC with tools like Selenium/Jmeter to improve the quality and reduce the time for everyday test activities
- Experienced on Device testing with routers and Setup boxes & also on Mobile Application testing for Talk Talk (Talk Talk to go App)
- Created 4 FTE opportunities
Education
Advanced Management In Business Analytics - Data Science
Indian School Of Business
Hyderabad, Telangana 03.2020 - 12.2022
B.E - Electronics and Communication
Anna University
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 09.2007 - 04.2011
Skills
Languages: C#, Java (For test scripting) & Python/R
Tools: Microsoft Azure, Selenium, Specflow, Restsharp, JIRA, Bugzilla (Admin), Postman, SOAP UI, SQL server, Orcale, PostgreSql,Eclipse, Pycharm, Visual Studio, Anaconda, R studio, Google colab
Methodologies: Agile-Scrum, DevOps and Waterfall
Types of QA: E2E,SIT,UAT,Device and Mobile App testing
Critical Thinking
Dependable and Responsible
Automation knowledge
Problem-Solving
Data validation
Data formatting
SQL
Teamwork and Collaboration
Organization and Time Management
Multitasking Abilities
Defect monitoring
Accomplishments
- On the Spot Award Awards for Excellence - Jan 2014
- TalkTalk Hero Award Awards for Excellence - Nov 2016
- Creating Value for the Customer IEvolve Certificate - Dec 2016
- Creating Value Organization Through Continual Improvement IEvolve Certificate - Dec 2016
Certification
ISTQB Certified Tester: Foundation Level
Timeline
Tosca - Automation Specialist Level 2
09-2022
ETL Test Lead
Capgemini Technology Services India
04.2021 - Current
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
11-2020
Advanced Management In Business Analytics - Data Science
Indian School Of Business
03.2020 - 12.2022
QA Environment Manager
Capgemini Technology Services India
07.2019 - 03.2021
Automation Test Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services UK
12.2018 - 06.2019
Tosca - Automation Engineer Level 1
09-2017
Tosca - Automation Specialist Level 1
09-2017
UAT Test Lead, HQA Test Lead
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited/UK PLC
04.2016 - 11.2018
ISTQB Certified Tester: Foundation Level
02-2013
E2E Test Lead, E2E QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services India/UK
09.2011 - 03.2016
B.E - Electronics and Communication
Anna University
09.2007 - 04.2011