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Shilpa Reddy Gudipati

Pickering,ON

Summary

  • Over 19 years of experience in the field of IT encompassing strong QA and strong exposure in various web based and client Server applications in multiple environments in both Banking and Telecom domains.
  • Primary expertise in Project & Team management and provide weekly updates to customer facing stakeholders, Senior program managers and Directors.
  • Experience in Migration projects from WebLogic to Jboss and Oracle version upgrade.
  • Experience in Test automation Tools like HP LoadRunner, HP Performance Center and Radview WebLoad, JMeter, Parasoft SOA Test Tool, PostMan, SOAP UI, HP QTP and HP ALM.
  • Experience in doing manual and automation testing on the various domains like Java, .NET, SAP, Oracle Apps, Java and Siebel applications.
  • Having experience in doing Functional testing and Load testing in middleware applications using SOAPUI and Parasoft SOA Test Tool.
  • Having experience in creating manual and automated BPT components using QTP and run the scripts in LoadRunner.
  • Having good experience in writing Groovy scripting, SQL Queries, XML scripting and C language scripting. Having experience on QA Administration activities like License Management, User and Project Management in HP ALM.
  • Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall and Agile Methodologies and QA life cycle.
  • Created internal QA process documents like Performance Test Process Handbook and training/QA questionnaire on Sitescope and performance testing questions.
  • Experience in creating documents on Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Estimations, Test Case Design, Test Data, and Test Execution, Defect Tracking and Defect Reporting.
  • Experience in shakedown testing, smoke testing, black box testing, sanity testing, user acceptance testing, compliance testing, performance testing , database testing, web service testing and Regression Testing.
  • Quick learner and excellent team player having ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
  • Good interpersonal skills, commitment, result oriented, hard working with a quest and zeal to learn new technologies and undertake challenging tasks.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Delivery Lead, Engagement Manager

TCS
04.2022 - Current

Client: CIBC

  • Managed complex engagements involving multiple teams and large budgets, consistently meeting or exceeding expectations.
  • Collaborated with sales, delivery and service teams to manage seamless client experiences.
  • Managed client expectations and mitigated potential conflicts, ensuring high level of customer satisfaction throughout engagement process.
  • Consulted with teams on established best practices and process improvements.
  • Developed strong relationships with key stakeholders, resulting in long-term partnerships and increased revenue.
  • Met with clients to understand needs and develop proactive solutions.
  • Cultivated culture of collaboration within team, enabling seamless execution of project deliverables at each stage of engagement process.

QA Consultant

TCS
09.2017 - 03.2022

Client: CIBC

  • Increased efficiency in testing procedures by developing and maintaining automated test scripts.
  • Assessed new feature releases against established acceptance criteria, validating that functionality met or exceeded customer expectations before deployment into production environments.
  • Participated in detailed design meetings and provided solutions based on domain level expertise knowledge on applications.
  • Enhanced product reliability through meticulous identification, documentation, and reporting of defects.
  • Maximized test coverage through careful prioritization of test cases based on risk assessment and impact analysis.
  • Streamlined QA processes by conducting thorough root cause analysis and recommending corrective actions.
  • Championed quality assurance best practices within organization, promoting culture focused on delivering exceptional products to customers.
  • Involved in proposals for solving customer faced challenges within applications by using domain and technology level expertise.
  • Enhanced client satisfaction by effectively managing cross-functional teams and delivering high-quality solutions.
  • Provided estimates to various level of change requests, intakes and projects

Test Coordinator

TCS
09.2013 - 08.2017

Client: CIBC

Project: Rates System, Offer Management

  • Handled automation testing projects for client using SOAP UI and Parasoft SOA Test tool
  • QA Services include Test Planning, Risk Assessment Analysis, designing the scripts, execution, analyzing results and report generation
  • Established strong communication channels with stakeholders, keeping them informed on testing progress and potential issues.
  • Worked on various Web applications and web services in areas like Oracle, Java applications.
  • Worked on migration projects like Weblogic to Jboss using Openshift and Oracle version upgrade
  • Created SQL queries to validate data and automated using SOA Test tool.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.

Performance Test Engineer

TCS
06.2013 - 09.2013

Client: Blackberry

Project: Blackberry projects

  • Handled performance testing projects for client
  • QA Services include Test Planning, Risk Assessment Analysis, designing scripts, execution, analyzing results and report generation
  • Worked on various Web applications and web services in areas like SAP, Oracle, Java applications.
  • Created VuGen Test scripts and executed load testing using LoadRunner and monitored using Sitescope.
  • Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
  • Regularly communicated project progress with stakeholders through detailed written documentation and oral presentations, ensuring alignment and transparency.

Test Lead

TCS
09.2012 - 01.2013

Client: Ericsson

Project: IT Service Catalog application is used by the Ericsson employees to create the products by the local product/global product owners and those products are reviewed by the editor before publishing the product

  • Assisted team with development of web-based applications in Agile environment.
  • Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
  • Verified acceptance by developing and implementing automated and manual application features and regression tests.
  • Conducted regression testing of existing products.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.

Automation Test Specialist

TCS
03.2012 - 08.2012

Client: Rogers Communication Inc

Project: Family Sharing application to receive one bill with shared usage requires a less restrictive structure to allow the addition of data-only devices within the Family Plan offering.

  • Create Test Plans and Test Strategy
  • Analyze User Stories and create test cases in Rally
  • Create automated Test Cases by using Groovy scripting in SOAPUI
  • Created and executed load testing in SOAPUI
  • Executed scenarios in Eclipse and log defects in Clear Quest.
  • Generate Test Reports from Eclipse.
  • Create Regression test suite by converting manual to automation test scripts
  • Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.

Performance Test Engineer

TCS
11.2009 - 02.2012

Client: Research in Motion

Project: RIM applications like Incident Management, Change Management, Asset Management

  • Handling performance testing projects for client
  • QA Services include Test Planning, Risk Assessment Analysis, designing scripts, execution, analyzing results and report generation
  • Worked on various Web applications and web services in areas like SAP, Oracle, Java applications using LoadRunner.
  • Involved in creating Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Reports
  • Involved in creating Risk Assessment Analysis
  • Involved in setting up and monitoring the tools like Sitescope
  • Performed performance testing for Remedy, Oracle, Java and SAP applications.
  • Working on Quality Center for bug tracking
  • Provide Knowledge Sharing sessions to offshore team
  • Create Re-usable assets in the areas of performance testing and Administration tasks.
  • Created and executed web service testing using Soap UI.
  • Recording, analyzing, and verifying test results using HP QTP
  • Analyze test cases and creating manual BPT components

QC Administrator

TCS
04.2009 - 10.2009

Client: Ericsson

Project: QC Admin

  • Handled Production Accreditation activities for complete Ericsson IT account
  • PA Activities include License Management of Automation Tools, Assigning roles to user, setting up test environment, training resources on automation tools and handling Project Administration tasks in Quality Center.
  • Studied and identified requirement of functional and performance testing on various applications that were handled by Ericsson IT account
  • Preparing Test Scripts using QTP and JMeter
  • Involved in creating Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Reports
  • Provided Knowledge Sharing sessions to offshore team

Performance Test Engineer

TCS
07.2008 - 03.2009

Client: Motorola, Qualcomm, IDRBT

Project: TCS Assurance Service Practice helps clients and enterprises adopt systematic approaches, streamlined automation procedures and standardized process during testing

As a Performance Test Engineer

  • Conducted Load Test, Scalability Test and Stress Test using tools like LoadRunner, Performance Center, and WebLoad, NeoLoad, JMeter.
  • Involved in creating Performance Test Cases and Test Reports.
  • Evaluated performance testing tools and identified advantages and disadvantages
  • Involved in identifying bottlenecks.
  • Given Training/demos on Performance Testing Tools to rest of team
  • Given Performance Testing support to different projects in terms of technical and basic level.
  • Moderated HP LoadRunner Discussion Forums
  • Created Performance Test Process Handbook
  • Involved in running QTP RAFT scripts in LoadRunner
  • Analyzed complex system behavior to identify performance anomalies and recommend remediation strategies.
  • Managed multiple concurrent projects while meeting stringent deadlines due to effective task prioritization skills.

Software Test Engineer

Rofous Software Pvt Ltd
02.2008 - 06.2008

Client: nVidia

Project: System Health Checkup for the intranet users in NVIDIA to raise tickets for their system problems

  • Involved in Functional Testing, Performance Testing.
  • Design Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Summary Report.
  • Execution of Test Cases.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify system requirements and develop effective test strategies.
  • Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
  • Reporting and Tracking Bugs.

QA Lead

Sigma Solutions Pvt. Ltd
09.2005 - 01.2008

Client: Adayana Systems Inc

Project: Leadership Competency Development Toolkit, Mass Mailing Software, US Cellular

  • Supported timely project completion through efficient prioritization and execution of test tasks.
  • Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.
  • Involved in Manual Testing
  • Modified and executed scripts and developed new scripts as per test requirements.
  • Preparing test cases and executing them as per Test plan.
  • Involved in Functional and Regression testing.
  • Reporting and Tracking Bugs using Bugzilla.
  • Identified critical bugs and worked closely with developers to ensure timely resolution, resulting in more stable product.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science and Information Technology

Vaagdevi College of Engineering (JNTU)
04.2004

Skills

  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Business Analysis
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Automation design
  • Technical Support
  • Testing scripts
  • Production Support
  • Python Programming
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Java programming
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Data Migration
  • Marketing Cloud Management
  • SOAP Web Services
  • Security and Authentication
  • Enterprise Service Bus
  • UNIX Shell
  • Test Monitoring
  • Application Analysis
  • Performance Testing/reporting
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Teamwork and Positive Attitude
  • Test Plans and Test Methodologies
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Project Management
  • Web and Mobile Application QA

Certification

  • HP LoadRunner 9.0, 08/2008
  • HP Performance Center 9.5, 09/2010
  • ISTQB, 09/2011
  • ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing - 11/2011
  • Six Sigma - Green Belt Foundations - 06/2015
  • Agile Way of Working Foundation - 06/2016
  • Digital: Microservices - 11/2020
  • Digital Python - 06/2022
  • Professional Scrum Master, 07/2022
  • Domain: Open Banking - 01/2024

Assignments

TCS – Consultant,  09/2008 – Present

Rofous Software Pvt. Ltd, Software Test Engineer, 02/2008 – 08/2008

Sigma Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd, QA Lead, 09/2005 – 01/2008

Timeline

Delivery Lead, Engagement Manager

TCS
04.2022 - Current

QA Consultant

TCS
09.2017 - 03.2022

Test Coordinator

TCS
09.2013 - 08.2017

Performance Test Engineer

TCS
06.2013 - 09.2013

Test Lead

TCS
09.2012 - 01.2013

Automation Test Specialist

TCS
03.2012 - 08.2012

Performance Test Engineer

TCS
11.2009 - 02.2012

QC Administrator

TCS
04.2009 - 10.2009

Performance Test Engineer

TCS
07.2008 - 03.2009

Software Test Engineer

Rofous Software Pvt Ltd
02.2008 - 06.2008

QA Lead

Sigma Solutions Pvt. Ltd
09.2005 - 01.2008

B.Tech - Computer Science and Information Technology

Vaagdevi College of Engineering (JNTU)
Shilpa Reddy Gudipati