Swaminathan Meenakshisundaram
Tempe,AZ
Summary
- Seeking positions in Software Development Engineer in Test to contribute in releasing high quality engineering products.
- Over 28 years of delivering robust server software in complex scalable cluster environments. Efficient in evolving automated QA environments with customer focus.
- Solid understanding in QA methodologies like Blackbox, Functional, Load/Stress and Automation testing.
- Strong expertise in RDBMS, SAP ABAP, SAP JAVA, SQL, Tcl/Tk, Shell Scripts, LoadRunner, WinRunner, Silk Tests, Python.
- Deep Functional knowledge in data loading and cluster products of Oracle/SUN, IBM and HP.
- Expertise in Sybase ASE database administration.
- Leading a team of 10 in automating, supporting and to ensure CI/CD in product developing.
Analytical Software Developer with 28-year background in software design and architecture. Researches and evaluates new software, frameworks, and techniques to provide recommendations. Focused and driven collaborator skilled in mentoring onboarding employees and upgrading and debugging existing software.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Development in Test
Sun Smart Systems Pvt Limited
Coimbatore, TN INDIA
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Team Lead in charge of writing and validating the test written in automation
- Review and test the code before merging to the master
- Integrated with Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for running test on regular basis automatically
- Experience in using Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server to configure with GitHub
- Good knowledge on Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concept
- Extensively used Ruby for test case automation
- Analyzed the use cases provided by analysts and wrote test cases
- Developed the features, scenarios, step definitions for BDD (Behaviour Driven Development) and TDD (Test Driven Development) using Cucumber and ruby
- Involved in UI Automation testing using Selenium.
Principal Software Engineer, Software Quality Analyst
SAP Labs India Pvt Limited
01.2011 - 01.2018
- Worked on a team in charge of validating strategically all kind of latest NetWeaver products/instances, HANA Software kits, SL Toolset (SWPM/SUM) on all supported OS/DB combinations before release to the market/customers
- Validation of the new NetWeaver products / SL Toolsets before release to the market
- Installed and tested all (7.0,7.x) SAP NetWeaver (ABAP/JAVA) systems over all the possible OS/DB combinations
- SAP system Release/EHP/NetWeaver Upgrade/single component upgrade
- Installation and Upgrades of HANA (1.0/2.0) systems including DBCC, SDS, SDI, scale out systems
- Executed system, integration, end-to-end and user acceptance test cases web front end
- System Rename/ System copies done using DB restore and SWPM export/import method
- SBOP DS/IS system installation and upgrades
- Used Maintenance planner tool (MOPZ) to update/upgrade all systems
- Analysed results and interacted with developers to fix product bugs
- Setup a Customer Like Landscape systems for Testing end-to-end scenarios which includes Sybase, Oracle, Hadoop and HANA
- Executed functionality like verification checkpoints, synchronization checkpoints and parameterized data were used in the tests
- Worked in setting up the System Landscape for HANA and ASE on Cloud environment.
Consultant QA development and Testing
RMS LABS LLC
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Created and reviewed test assertions based on the specifications and requirements gathered from development team
- Developed, executed test scripts and automated test
- Executed system, integration, end-to-end and user acceptance test (UAT) cases web front end
- Performed regression and load test of the entire product
- Analysed results and interacted with developers to fix product bugs
- Used Mercury interactive tools like Quick Test Pro (QTP), LoadRunner for development, recoding and execution of tests
- Utilized verification checkpoints, synchronization checkpoints and parameterized data were used in the tests
- For load, stress tests used LoadRunner and Virtual Users
- Manually verified the data using SQL queries.
Software Development engineer II
Sybase Inc
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Developed functional tests using Sybase automated test harness (QuasR) for bulkcopy data scenarios in Shared Disk Cluster database server
- Enhanced Custom and packaged applications tests
- Specifically, PeopleSoft Payroll, General Ledger and other SQL Queries were modified to include load/stress scenarios in shared disk cluster environment
- Executed load/stress tests using Sybase automated tools, analysed the results and created bug reports
- Product Installation testing on Solaris
- Testing scenarios include install from CD/DVD, configuration, upgrade, side by side, compatibility with lower versions of the server.
Release Architect
Sybase Inc
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Created release test plan for full product testing on all supported platforms
- Worked with Product Development teams in triaging and prioritizing bugs
- Worked on PeopleSoft Payroll Application testing using internal automated Tool Quasr
- Reviewed, Developed test assertions, scenarios for Sybase Federated Data Access functionality for Sybase ASE and IBM DB2
- Worked on manual and automated High Availability Cluster testing on IBM (HACMP), Solaris (VCS, SUN CLUSTER), and Veritas (VCS)
- Used Silk Test automated tool to test GUI functionality of management components (Sybase Central) and Section 508 conformance
- Awarded multiple Star Awards (Gold & Silver) for initiative, teamwork and releasing a high-quality product.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Sybase Inc
01.2000 - 01.2005
- Developed scenario testing plans and executed manual and automated tests of High Availability Cluster components on IBM, Solaris for product regressions
- Installation testing on Solaris, IBM and Windows
- Performed DBA functions in addition to the QA responsibilities
- Installed, configured and monitored ASE servers
- Managed logins, users, permissions, ran daily scheduled backups, Database Consistency checks (DBCC), established disaster recovery procedures
- Awarded two Star Awards (Gold) for team contributions.
QA Engineer (Consulting)
Launchpad Software Inc
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Performed black box testing using tools like T-SQL, Perl and tested new features and functionalities using in-house test harness
- Responsible for identifying production regressions on assigned platforms
- Executed functional/installation/acceptance testing.
Programmer Trainee, Programmer
HCL-HP Limited & Accell Automation Limited
01.1994 - 01.1997
- Member of project team-built data entry screen for Product Entry Systems using PowerBuilder and Oracle/Sybase/Microsoft database servers
- Developed parts of the Product Data Management (PDM) and Financial applications using PowerBuilder.
Education
Skills
- TCL/Tk, QuaSR (Sybase Test Harness), LoadRunner, WinRunner, Silk Test, Cucumber, Selenium, Git
- Linux RedHat, SuSE, Windows Server 2003, HP UX, SOLARIS, and AIX
- Agile Development Methodologies
- Team Leadership Abilities
- Technology Integration
- Problem-Solving
- Customer-Oriented
- Application Development
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Test Automation
- SQL Expert
- Testing and Debugging
Databases
Sybase Database Server (ASE) 11.x, 12.X, 12.5.X, 15.0.X, 15.X
Skill Summary
- Trained in ABAP language, System Conversion to SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Leonardo IoT.
- Well versed in established software engineering concepts, principles and processes (Waterfall, Iterative, Scrum, and Prototype).
- Used best practices in testing methodologies like Blackbox, Functional, Load/Stress testing.
- Established and maintained productive working relationships with management, team members, QA testers, and Engineering developers.
- Excellent team player with good communication skills and a self-starter with latest technologies.
- Experience in and contributing within a fast-paced, technologically aggressive, highly skilled and collegial development team.
Hardware
- Intel/Linux, HP (HPUX, HPPA), SUN (Solaris, Sun Cluster, Veritas VCS)
- IBM (AIX, HACMP cluster), PC (Windows)
Languages
ABAP, SQL, Perl, Tcl, Shell Scripts, Ruby, python
Timeline
Senior Software Development in Test
Sun Smart Systems Pvt Limited
01.2019 - 01.2022
Principal Software Engineer, Software Quality Analyst
SAP Labs India Pvt Limited
01.2011 - 01.2018
Consultant QA development and Testing
RMS LABS LLC
01.2008 - 01.2010
Software Development engineer II
Sybase Inc
01.2007 - 01.2008
Release Architect
Sybase Inc
01.2005 - 01.2007
Quality Assurance Engineer
Sybase Inc
01.2000 - 01.2005
QA Engineer (Consulting)
Launchpad Software Inc
01.1998 - 01.2000
Programmer Trainee, Programmer
HCL-HP Limited & Accell Automation Limited
01.1994 - 01.1997
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