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Rajeev Jha

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Dynamic leader with extensive experience at FireEye, specializing in software quality assurance and project management. Proven track record of enhancing operational efficiency and achieving over $3 million in annual savings. Expert in Agile methodologies and adept at fostering high-performance teams, driving significant improvements in product quality and delivery.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Project Manager

RBC
Toronto, Canada
10.2022 - Current
  • Managed project delivery and quality assurance for RISK IT components in U.S. Cash Management.
  • Established processes to gather requirements from USCM value streams and document them in JIRA.
  • Led development of test scenarios and end-to-end validation processes for deliverables.
  • Directed team in testing procedures and test automation initiatives.
  • Tracked project progress through regular Scrums, Steercos, and status reports.
  • Removed impediments to ensure timely achievement of project goals within budget constraints.
  • Collaborated with upstream teams as functional partner to ensure on-schedule delivery with high quality.

Director, Product and Delivery

Lucinity
Toronto, Canada
02.2021 - 10.2022
  • Managed project delivery assurance for clients, ensuring top-tier quality and efficiency.
  • Drove implementation of AML solutions for Goldman Sachs, enhancing client engagement and engineering management.
  • Revamped product features and delivery processes, achieving zero-bug UAT within six months.
  • Increased product quality through QA best practices, automation, and early testing methodologies.
  • Secured annual revenue of $1M+ from Goldman Sachs by improving customer satisfaction from low to high.
  • Oversaw annual budget of $2M+, optimizing resource allocation and expenditure.

Lead Consultant

Krista Software
Toronto, Canada
04.2020 - 02.2021
  • Championed design and implementation of project management processes, enhancing product quality by over 90%.
  • Increased project delivery efficiency by 80% through automation of processes and tracking.
  • Supervised projects focused on end-to-end CI/CD and RPA for DevOps and Engineering teams.
  • Led vision and roadmap development in collaboration with Product, Development, and QA teams.
  • Fostered high-performance learning environment by mentoring team members on career development.
  • Overhauled management reports to improve tracking of project deliverables and quality metrics.
  • Utilized natural language processing and machine learning to model automations as conversations.
  • Managed an annual budget of $2M+ while optimizing resource allocation.

Director, Engineering

FireEye (iSight Partners / Mandiant)
Toronto, Canada
08.2016 - 03.2020
  • Built and led Research Services, Security Content Engineering, DevOps, QA, and Infrastructure teams, enhancing deployment performance from weekly manual processes to automated on-demand execution.
  • Transformed chaotic project execution in Research Lab into a productive environment within six months.
  • Achieved over $1 million annual savings through improved operational efficiencies.
  • Increased efficiency of Security Content delivery to FireEye customers by more than 200%.
  • Eliminated customer escalations, reducing incidents from over 15 annually to zero.
  • Migrated from commercial to open-source software, realizing over $0.5 million in yearly budget reductions.
  • Defined and groomed requirements for detection efficacy products for Security Researchers.
  • Led cross-team product and project management among Security Research, Support, Engineering, QA, Development, and Customer Engineering.

Director, Quality Assurance Engineering

FireEye (iSight Partners / Mandiant)
Toronto, Canada
11.2013 - 08.2016
  • Led Software QA Engineering and DevOps teams to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Managed global engineering operations and delivered technical presentations for Executive Leadership.
  • Implemented comprehensive QA processes, including test case management and automated deployment.
  • Established new office in Pune, India, onboarding 16 engineers within two months.
  • Achieved annual savings exceeding $3 million through optimized processes.
  • Reduced testing and DevOps efforts significantly by prioritizing automation initiatives.
  • Streamlined automated build and release systems to improve release cycles.

Sr. Manager, QA Engineering

Symantec Corporation
Pune, India
12.2002 - 11.2013
  • Managing the Quality Assurance Engineering for Cyber Security Products of Symantec

Sr. QA Engineer

Cybage Software
Pune, India
08.2001 - 12.2002
  • Member of the Quality Assurance team for validating the software applications.

Education

Master of Computer Management (MCM) -

Symbiosis
Pune, India
04.2001

Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) -

Fergusson College
Pune, India
05.1999

Skills

  • Software quality assurance and test automation
  • Project management and planning
  • Agile and waterfall methodologies
  • Security services expertise
  • Consulting and staff augmentation
  • Vendor and budget management

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)

Affiliations

  • National Level Sports Referee in Karate Canada
  • Second degree black belt in Karate (Martial Arts)
  • Was a lead singer in a music band

Timeline

Sr. Project Manager

RBC
10.2022 - Current

Director, Product and Delivery

Lucinity
02.2021 - 10.2022

Lead Consultant

Krista Software
04.2020 - 02.2021

Director, Engineering

FireEye (iSight Partners / Mandiant)
08.2016 - 03.2020

Director, Quality Assurance Engineering

FireEye (iSight Partners / Mandiant)
11.2013 - 08.2016

Sr. Manager, QA Engineering

Symantec Corporation
12.2002 - 11.2013

Sr. QA Engineer

Cybage Software
08.2001 - 12.2002

Master of Computer Management (MCM) -

Symbiosis

Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) -

Fergusson College
Rajeev Jha