Bharath Thodla
Seeking middle level assignments in Quality Assurance (QA) with a growth oriented organization in IT industry.
42 years old
Bangalore (560037) India
Employed
Open to opportunities
- Over 14+ years of IT experience which includes 9 years in Quality Assurance and 1+ years in Product Development activities.
- Experience of having worked in Agile and DevOps Projects for Devlopement and QA Activity.
- Extensive experience in Test planning, Tracking and Execution using Agile Methodology.
- Strong communicator with the ability to ensure execution of the time bound deliverables.
Senior Software Engineer
IBM India Private Limited
Since September 2010
Bangalore
India
- Project 1: IBM PowerVC
1.Contribute to Build activities of IBM PowerVC Virtualization Center.
2.Debug and fix issues seen during build failures.
3.Monitor and maintain Build hardware infrastructure.
4.Monitor and maintain Build Jobs and Build Tools.
5.Monitor and maintain very releases of the Product in Rational Team Concert and Github Enterprise.6.Work closely with Internal teams to correct build failures and improve features in Build.
Project 2: IBM PowerVC
1.Contribute to Install/Update activities of IBM PowerVC Virtualization Center built on OpenStack
2.Perform exhaustive Unit testing to ensure quality product is delivered to QA team.
3.Work Closely with documentation teams for updation of install/update documentation for each release.
4.Assist Internal teams for any issues faced during Product Install/Update scenarios of IBM PowerVC.
Sfaff Software Engineer (Development & QA)
IBM India Private Limited
Since September 2010
Bangalore
India
- QA: Contribute to Functional Verification testing (FVT) Productization. Handled Entire Test Life Cycle Process for 2 releases.
- QA: Contribute to FVT test automation through JUnit test framework.
- Dev: Contributed to Install/Update activities of IBM Systems Director VMControl through Agile process in Development/QA.
- Dev:Assisted Internal teams for issues faced regarding Product Install/Update scenarios of VMControl Development/QA.
- Dev: Contribute to Install/Update activities of IBM IBM PowerVC Virtualization Center through Agile & DevOps process in Development based on Openstack.
Software Design Engineer
HP India Software Operations Private Limited
October 2005
to September 2010
Bangalore
India
- Achievements:
Project 1: HP-UX Advanced Reliability Testing
Worked as an engineer in HP-UX Advanced Reliability Team. As part of this Job role was responsible for test ring hardware monitoring, test ring setup and maintenance, test planing and test case creation, working closely with US team to resolve connectivity and technical issues.
Project 2: HP System Insight Manager
As part of this Project gained experience in the management products of HP. Was primarily working with the Virtualization management solution of HP. Was responsible for the GUI automation of the product using Quick Test Professional. Had also performed integration of QTP test cases automated with HP Quality Center, which would help launch, monitor and gather test results from within HP Quality Center itself.
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Windows Application Development using VC#.Net
Strong communicator with the ability to ensure execution of the time bound deliverables
- Linux (Linux Power User)
- Linux System Administration
- Advanced Java Programming
- UNIX Shell Programming, Jul 2008
- Software Test Engineering, Dec 2005
- Dev: Shell scripting, Jenkins, LinuxEclipse, Open Stack, Agile, DevOps,Linux, GitHub, Rational Team Concert
- Testing: HP Quick Test Professional
- QA: Scripting & Documentation , Regression & Negative Testing, Test Strategies & Coverages, SQA Testing & Methodologies, Test Plans, Cases & Processes, Rational Quality Manager
- Ability to handle End-to-End Test Lifecycle in multiple test projects.
- Hands-on experience in Virtualization, Test environment creation.
- Extensive experience in Functional, Integration, and Regression testing on Linux/Unix OS
- Exposure to Automation using Junit, Quick Test Professional and shell scripting.
- Exposure to Test Plan creation and Test Tracking using Rational Quality Manager.
- DevOps
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Ability to handle End-to-End in Development Life cycle using Agile and DevOps Methodology.
Participated in Functional and Integration testing. Used both Manual and Automated method of testing. Experience of Manual testing in different domains such as Operating Systems (HP-UX Reliability Test), System Management Projects (HP System Insight Manager, IBM System Director VMControl).
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Hands-on experience in setting up Development Environment using Eclipse, SVN
Participated in Test Planning, Execution and status reporting for each Sprint. Provided timely status for Scrum meetings Work with development teams to ensure that defects raised in a sprint were addressed and if possible closed within the same sprint.
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Test Strategies & Coverages
Provided guidance to new Joiners. Helped them understand the Product Features. Provided Guidance and assistance to help new Joiners contribute early to the Project deliverables.
- Rational Quality Manager
- Ability to handle End-to-End in Build for Rational Team Concert
