Rakesh Krishna704-231-5519

rakesh.krishna1484@gmail.com162 Durant’s Neck Ln, Morrisville, NC 27560

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Summary Technical QA Lead, with 10 years of experience in various types of Functional and

technical Testing including Middleware Testing, Performance testing, WebApp Testing, Web Services Testing, ECA Testing, Mobile testing & SOA Testing.

Experienced in leading all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) from Requirement Review, System Testing, Integration Testing, Coordinating Performance and Operation Readiness Testing (ORT) to User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Java coding- Selenium experience . Worked on project integrating Dynatrace with Automation Selenium Framework Expertise in Test Strategizing, Resource Planning, Risk and Conflict Management, Project

Execution and Control. Performance testing with Dynatrace6.2 Tool Expertise in using industry standard tools - Ready API, SOAP UI Pro, Selenium, Dynatrace,

IBM (Appwatch, Pathwai message simulator tool, HP QC 11.0 (HP Quality Center). Experience in Agile and Waterfall testing methodologies. Experience in banking domain, commercial banking involving Payments services and Treasury

Payment Services and Capital Market domain. Involved in Production Validation of the application hosted in various slices/servers. Expertise in requirements gathering & analysis, traceability matrix preparation, effort & schedule

estimation, test plan & test case preparation, reviews, environment setting, validation / execution, defects tracking and reporting.

Proficient in Unit Testing, Connectivity, Integration, Functional, System, Ad-Hoc, Regression, End to end coordination and GUI testing.

Extensively executed SQL queries on SQL server, tables in order to view successful transactions of data and for validating data. 

Demonstrated ability of steering the Organization into its mission with expertise in GAP Analysis to identify Strength, weakness, Opportunities, threats providing appropriate recommendations to close the Gaps.

Managed design, development, and execution of the entire test process; track and report progress of test execution; document and coordinate the detailed execution plan for all cycles to support testing.

Coordinated execution of testing activities with 3rd party Services Integrator Managed usability testing with business clients, gathers feedback, review with Business

Analyst and prioritize results. Managed Business Acceptance Testing; obtain required business client sign-off at

completion of testing. Ecommerce application front end testing experience Develop test strategy for each project using a risk-based approach, coordination method,

and mitigation. Configuration Management Activities - Maintaining the Project and reusable artifacts so

that it can be used for future projects with same business requirements. Testing of various web applications hosted over servers at different locations. Manage Defect Triage Meetings, prioritizing and assigning defects; track defect

analysis and resolution status; report on resolution progress against key business objectives.

Technical Skills:

Testing Tools

Ready API, Selenium, Dynatrace, SOAP UI Pro, IBM Appwatch, Pathwai message

Simulator, HP QC 11.0 ,mRp (Message Request Processor), fRp (file request processor ),

Defect Tracking Tools HP Quality Center 11.0

Version Control Tools Visual Source Safe

Operating Systems Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, MVS (OS\390)

GUI Application Global PAYPlus (FundTech Product)

Web Languages HTML, XML, XSLT

Hardware Pentium, Pentium II, III, IV

Databases Oracle, SQL, and MS Access

Protocols MQ, SOAP, HTTP, HTTPS, FIX and TMES

Vendor Applications ATP (Active trader Tool)

Mobile test Tools Perfecto tool

Education:

Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (B. E.) ANNA University, Chennai, 2006Achievements

Awarded with “Awards of excellence 08 “at regional level in “People development category”. Star award winner for month of Oct-08 and May-09. Awarded with “Most Valuable Player – MVP award”. Awarded with “Certificate of appreciation for outstanding performance - 2012”.

Professional Experience:Client: Fidelity Investments, Durham, NC Oct ‘12 – Till DateRole: Technical Test Lead (Web services Testing, SOA testing, ECA testing)

Project: Personal Investments –Alert Optimization, Server migration to Linux, Active trader Tools, Google Voice.

Responsibilities: Involved in middleware and web services testing, for Trading Applications using SOAPUI

Pro. Worked as a key Test Lead in the multiple vendors, multiple team environment, and worked

closely with different teams to successfully perform end of end testing which spread across different applications.

Involved in Production Validation of the application hosted in various slices/servers. Leading an offshore team of six people. Worked on project integrating Dynatrace with Automation Selenium Framework Involved in writing the Test Plan and Test Cases. Coordinated execution of testing activities with 3rd party Services Integrator. Provided guidance to the test team to ensure proper execution of test plans and adherence to

quality standards. Recommended and implemented appropriate tools for Test Planning, Test Execution,

Business Process Testing and design, Defect Tracking and Reporting Recommend and implement appropriate tools for performance, load testing

Managed workload to keep the team on schedule Closely collaborated with developers and end users to ensure quick resolution of defects. Ensured all code released to production systems meet or exceed pre-defined quality

standards. Coached and mentored team members in HP Quality Center 11.0.

Responsible for providing Technical Testing Signoff/ Approval for all Projects deployed in Production after a thorough and Stringent Testing following the Quality standards set by the Fidelity Project Lifecycle Management Process.

Client: Bank of America, Charlotte, NC Jan 2011- sept 2012 Feb 2008 to Dec 2011( bangalore- india)Role: Test Lead & Automation test Coordination

Project: RP Middleware testing (mRp testing), Bank of America Merrill Lynch Payments Rewrite, SWIFT 2012, Wholesale Retail bank remediation, Request Processor Envelope Adaptor implementation, Migration of GBS initiative, and Sales Logic to Safesand

Responsibilities: Automating RP (Request processor) middleware testing. Came up with QTP frame work to perform regression testing on end to end flow of

various banking transactions within RP. Participating in standing meeting and brainstorming to analyze client requirement. Building framework and automating test scripts. Ecommerce application front end validations Preparation of Functional Test Plan and Test strategy doc and test scripts review. Leading an offshore team of four people. Conducting review, exit-entry meeting and coordinating with dev. and business. Participation in Go/No Go decision of the production deployment. Automation execution and issue resolution. Responsible for providing Technical Testing Signoff/ Approval for all Project deployed in

Production Documentation of implementation. Configuration Management Activities - Maintaining the Project and reusable artifacts so that it

can be used for future projects with same business requirements.

Client: Fidelity Investments. Bangalore, India Oct’ 06 – Jan ‘08 Role: Test Engineer (Functional Testing)

Project: Personal Investments –Alert Optimization, Server migration to Linux, Active trader Tools.

Responsibilities:

Requirement analysis and RTM preparation. Involved in Web Services testing, System Testing and Functional Testing Regression testing was performed after each new build of application. Manage defect tracking and defect maintenance and perform defect root cause analysis. Configuration Management Activities - Maintaining the Project and reusable artifacts so

that it can be used for future projects with same business requirements. Testing of various web applications hosted over servers at different locations. Written Comprehensive test Cases and Review ,Test Case Execution and Defect

tracking Prepare status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases. Root Cause analysis and post implementation review.