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Vivek DAMODARAN

Vivek DAMODARAN

Senior Engineering Manager
Chennai

Summary

PERFORMANCE TESTING/ TEST AUTOMATION/ PROJECT & TEAM MANAGEMENT Technically astute and detail-oriented Software Tester with more than 16+ years of experience in Automation and Manual Testing. Proficient in various aspects of software development cycles like Agile, Waterfall. Able to mentor/nurture the team in improving the technical skills in turn developing new strategies of improving testing and automation efficiency of team and engineers providing value to the organization. Driven Engineering Manager focused on project management and strategic planning.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications

Work History

SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER

TEMENOS INDIA PVT LTD
Chennai
01.2018 - Current
  • Fostered positive and performance-oriented environment by implementing successful reward systems.
  • Developed proposals for clients outlining project scope and timeline.
  • Oversaw 11-strong team of engineering personnel.
  • Evaluated existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands.
  • Lead for all the Nordea Performance Testing activities in offsite
  • Handling all the Nordea Projects from the initial Stages starting from C5 release
  • Architected and developed Test Cases for Performance testing using JMeter and Postman
  • Conduct Performance Testing and tuning of existing T24 products/APIs to ensure we have not degraded in Performance in terms of TPS/core
  • Technical Support for Nordea Performance Testing Activities
  • Plan for the Products/APIs to be tested/tuned for every month
  • Identify Key changes in every release and update the Application Software
  • Provide Weekly Status Update on achieved and planned activities to Nordea Performance Team and Project Managers
  • Provide Technical Guidance and product mentorship to the team members
  • Collaborate with development teams in fixing technical and functional issues
  • Technical Support in WebLogic Cluster for App and Web servers.
  • Lead the team to Create/Update Scripts in JMeter for conducting Performance Test
  • Adhering to key Performance Metrics like Response Time, TPS and throughput for key application flows to match NFRs
  • Ensure to Capture Key Resource Utilization's like CPU Usage and Memory Usage
  • Support to Identify Bottlenecks in each flow of the application/testing
  • Collaborate with Program Manager & external product teams to communicate issues/observations during Performance testing

TECHNICAL LEAD

ICU MEDICAL INDIA PVT LTD
01.2012 - 01.2017

ROLES AND RESPONSIBITIES

· Identify and define API fixes to support Test Development as part of Sprint Planning.

· Implemented Automation Framework to interact with real devices and update status in Infusion Status and Reports on MedNet Application.

· Understand the Pump Framework and implement Scriptlets to communicate with pump and simulate the infusion process using real infusion devices.

· Define and implement log capture in framework to convert Manual Test Protocols to Automation.

· Scrum Master for all framework activities in Sprint meeting to identify priority and apply team effort in closing issues.

· Provide Weekly Status Update on Automation tasks and API planned activities to Project Managers.

· Create, Maintain, and update JIRA dashboard and issue status for each sprint with burn down charts.

· Participate as a Quality SPA for Verification Team during Tool Validations.

· Provide Technical Guidance and product mentorship to the team members.

· Own API Tool Validation Activities along with Quality Assurance Team.

· Collaborate with development teams in fixing technical and functional issues.

· Developed and own Continuous Integration for MedNet project using Ant and Jenkins.

· Provide real time data of the execution on Jenkins and overall Pass percentage.

SENIOR SQA ANALYST

SYMANTEC SOFTWARE & SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Worked on all flavors of Norton products like NIS, NAV, N360 and Norton Online Family
  • Created test scripts based on the user specifications and design document
  • Tested Norton product on multiple browsers for compatibility and performance
  • Performed Localization/ Internationalization testing with Norton products
  • Provide Daily and Weekly Status Update to the Project Managers
  • Create and Maintain QTP Scripts for testing the end-to-end functional behavior of product
  • Provide Technical Guidance to the team members
  • Own Complete QTP framework Automation activities across the team
  • Derive Product Training for Fresh Engineers/ New Joiners
  • Collaborate with development teams to deliver quality product
  • Lead the testing team for PIF and Norton Facebook App Products
  • Tested Code coverage using Fortify
  • Tested product performance using Perfmon
  • Active Member in Customer Forum and received Kudos from Customers for Quick solutions
  • Tested and delivered the following Norton Products: NIS, NAV, N360, Norton Add on Pack, Norton Online Family, PIF, and Norton Safe Web for Facebook

SYSTEM ENGINEER

TEMENOS INDIA PVT LTD
01.2006 - 01.2008
  • ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Perform Code Fixes for the issues raised by clients
  • Work with the team in clearing the backlog issues
  • Release new product builds to the testing team after smoke test
  • Released T24 Desktop product as a Zero-Defect product on market
  • Create Test cases based on design and user specifications
  • Create Test plan document and perform Functional and Regression Testing on the product
  • Testing Performance of the Product through Boundary Conditions and exploratory testing
  • Derive Product Training for Fresh Engineers/ New Joiners
  • Collaborate with development teams to deliver quality product.

Education

BTech - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Skills

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Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Accomplishments

  • Earned "GEM Award" Award for Successful Product Delivery.
  • Developed Continuous Integration in Regression Lab resulting in Continuous Improvement and quick turnaround.
  • Increased business efficiency by implementing Ruby Framework to accompany individual product specs to avoid unwanted test case execution.
  • Collaborated with team of engineers in the development of Hybrid Scripts from Manual.

Additional Information

CERTIFICATIONS

· Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

· LinkedIn Certified: Project Management

· LinkedIn Certified: Performance Testing

· LinkedIn Certified: Software Testing / QA

· LinkedIn Certified: Leading Projects

· LinkedIn Certified: Agile Foundations

Timeline

SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER

TEMENOS INDIA PVT LTD
01.2018 - Current

TECHNICAL LEAD

ICU MEDICAL INDIA PVT LTD
01.2012 - 01.2017

SENIOR SQA ANALYST

SYMANTEC SOFTWARE & SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD
01.2008 - 01.2012

SYSTEM ENGINEER

TEMENOS INDIA PVT LTD
01.2006 - 01.2008

BTech - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Vivek DAMODARANSenior Engineering Manager