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Venkatesh Sekar

Venkatesh Sekar

IT - QA Lead
Chennai,TN

Summary

An Accredited Project Quality Manager with 11+ years of experience making sure products and services meet internal and external standards. Skilled in project management, DevOps and Automation Testing for Real-Time applications for Global clients in Telecom and Insurance Domains.

Overview

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1
Certification
3
3
years of post-secondary education
12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Lead

NLGIC Support Service Pvt Ltd
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
08.2020 - Current
  • Working with all stake holders to ensure that the quality metrics is reviewed, closed and agreed upon.
  • Create a list of milestones and checkpoints and set measurable criteria to check the quality on timely basis.
  • Ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, test execution, quality assurance and issue tracking.
  • Work closely on the deadlines of the project.
  • Ensure the team is focusing on automation along with manual testing.
  • Keep raising the bar and standards of all the quality processes with every project.
  • Setting up goals and objectives for QA Engineers.
  • Motivating team for achieving continuous Improvement.

Spec-IT Quality Assurance

Infosys
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
12.2018 - 07.2020
  • Responsible for conducting test of software components by coordinating with client.
  • Handle the tasks of interacting with engineers in performing automated testing.
  • Perform the tasks of assisting agile tester in preparing test cases, validating software by defining automated testing components.
  • Responsible for estimating test effort, and running test validations.
  • Handle the tasks of preparing defect reports, developing automation strategies, and perform automated testing and demonstrating to client.
  • Responsible for finding out enablers to the test script in DevOps delivery pipeline.
  • Provide suggestion to improve user experience.

Spec-IT Quality Assurance

VERIZON
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
10.2014 - 12.2018
  • Responsible for conducting test of software components by coordinating with product engineers.
  • Handle the tasks of interacting with engineers in performing automated testing.
  • Assigned responsibilities of preparing test scripts and analyzing software to provide testing solutions.
  • Perform the tasks of assisting agile tester in preparing test cases, validating software by defining automated testing components.
  • Responsible for estimating test effort, and running test validations.
  • Handle the tasks of preparing defect reports, developing automation strategies, and perform automated testing of back end systems, and demonstrating to higher management.
  • Provide suggestion to improve user experience.

Quality Assurance Analyst

VERIZON
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
08.2012 - 10.2014
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Created and achieved product quality objectives and met product specifications.
  • Created accurate and efficient test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
  • Performed responsibilities of defect identification, and reporting metrics.

Software Engineer

VERIZON
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
06.2011 - 08.2012
  • Assigned the tasks of performing test suite, and gathering technical requirements to meet project requirements.
  • Handled responsibilities of writing test cases.
  • Responsible for conducting manual exploratory testing under the guidelines of senior testing staff.
  • Performed responsibilities of defect identification, and reporting metrics.

Test Engineer

STC Technologies
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
09.2009 - 06.2011
  • Analyzed the Business specifications document and supportive initial documents.
  • Provided Reverse KT to onsite POC to ensure proper understanding of project expectations.
  • Prepared Test cases and run plan.
  • Provided end to end test coverage by writing Test conditions for System Testing and SIT.
  • Prepared detailed test data to suffice all test conditions.
  • Provided Status report to lead.

Education

B.C.A - Computer Application

Ponnaiyah Ramajayam College
Thanjavur
03.2004 - 03.2007

M.C.A - Computer Application

SASTRA University
Thanjavur
04.2009 - 04.2009

Skills

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Certification

Accredited Project Quality Manager

Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Accredited Project Quality Manager

02-2021

QA Lead

NLGIC Support Service Pvt Ltd
08.2020 - Current

Spec-IT Quality Assurance

Infosys
12.2018 - 07.2020

Spec-IT Quality Assurance

VERIZON
10.2014 - 12.2018

Quality Assurance Analyst

VERIZON
08.2012 - 10.2014

Software Engineer

VERIZON
06.2011 - 08.2012

Test Engineer

STC Technologies
09.2009 - 06.2011

M.C.A - Computer Application

SASTRA University
04.2009 - 04.2009

B.C.A - Computer Application

Ponnaiyah Ramajayam College
03.2004 - 03.2007
Venkatesh SekarIT - QA Lead