Rahul Nadarajan

18 Yrs of work experience in Software Automation Testing and Quality Assurance, PMP Certified. Have a solid experience in a position of QA Team Lead for various projects, sometimes being run concurrently. Extensively experienced in managing, working with and leading onsite, off site teams, preparing and running calls and meetings.

Performed Observability roles like log monitoring and alerts management.

Experience in Software Testing using test management tools like QTP/UFT, Selenium, JIRA and confluence.

Excellent understanding of Agile/Scrum Development including Waterfall and SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). Proficiency in testing GUI (windows\web)

Having good scripting Knowledge of Automation testing tools QTP/UFT and Selenium. Complete Automation framework development for various approaches like data-driven, keyword, Hybrid and modular.

A Good team player with strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills. Experience of working in an open and multicultural environment. Training resources for Agile, Automation testing and basic scripting.

• Testing the Platform migration of the core banking application process groups from mainframe system to API's, Performed Observability and Monitoring using tools like Datadog and Dynatrace.
• Testing Mortgage Applications, Performing Smoke, Functional, Regression testing, and interacting with the UAT teams for business related support. Implementing in-sprint automation and achieving 90%+ coverage automated using BDD, Cucumber and Selenium. Extensively implemented Page object models for UI automation and RestAssured api for web services testing. Execution of daily Regression suites via Jenkins., Responsible for project execution and status tracking/reporting., Author and manage project schedules including key deliverables, milestones, dependencies and resource allocation., Managing open issues and working cross-functionally to facilitate resolutions. Attending Agile Scrum calls, providing Sprint planning and execution., Participating in Release management and enabling successful Production releases and Production validation testing., Enabling Automation for maximum Regression coverage., Set up, prepare and lead various daily onsite and offsite Developers/Test teams' calls and meetings, often before and after hours due to time zones difference.
• Testing CFT Applications for Background Verifications, Responsible for project execution and status tracking/reporting, ensuring and creating comprehensive test plans, test suites, test scripts, test scenarios, test cases, end-to-end tests, and other SQA documentation., Participating in Release management and enabling successful Production releases and Production validation testing., Enabling Automation for maximum Regression coverage.
• Centralized Automation group for Projects across Cards technology, Data management Macro creations and creating utilities for various processes., Creating and managing a shareable library of reusable functional test components, Script functions library and Object repositories., Accelerating the movement of Component based testing and creating a repository of reusable test modules., Planning Data entry scope including input and output level test parameters, Reporting execution results and file transfers, and maintaining data security.
• SRCM Automation, Test Case creation using Keyword, Data-Driven and Hybrid frameworks with tools like Mercury Quality Center 10.0 and QTP/UFT 10., Estimating Automation build efforts, calculating ROI for new requests in development and maintenance projects for existing Automation. Regression testing and Automation script execution for production installations with QTP/UFT 10 and Quality Center 10., Defects tracking and follow-up with relevant developers for resolving issues., Production Validation supports and analysis of the Automation reports and Reporting to stakeholders.
• FEB Institutional QA, Automation scripting using VbScript and QTP/UFT., Efforts Estimation creation for new proposals in Automation development and maintenance projects., Performing Configuration Management activities.

• PMP Certified.
• Professional communication and working with Global Organizations.
• Six Sigma - Green Belt.
• Masters in Information Technology by education, 2009 graduation year.
• Implemented new framework in Automation using Selenium, BDD and Cucumber.
• Multiple "On the Spot" Awards for seamless deliverables and team management.
• Received Letter of Appreciation, Valuable Contribution Award from employer for extraordinary work on FWTG IQA project.
• Developed several utilities via Excel macro which helps reducing day to day redundant activities and automating data file generation for bulk volume.