Scrum Master And Technical Test Manager
CurrentClient:- USBankWorking with Mainframe(Hogan, ICS), Postman, Karate Framework, Test Café , Cassandra etc.
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Argha Das is listed as Scrum Master and Technical Test Manager at Cognizant | Certified ScrumMaster with Experienced Prompt Engineer at Cognizant, a with 278214 employees, based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Argha Das.
Argha Das previously worked as Scrum master and Technical Test Manager at Cognizant and Scrum Master and Technical Test Manager at Cognizant. Argha Das holds Advanced Certificate In Software Engineering, Software Engineering, A+ from Ibm Education Center Bangalore.
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At the forefront of Agile methodologies, my role as Scrum Master and Technical Test Manager at Cognizant has me steering pivotal migration projects and database testing initiatives with precision. Having honed my expertise in Scrum and database testing, I ensure the seamless transition of services for significant financial organizations, notably USBank and a renowned US financial institution. My approach is systematic and collaborative; by facilitating Agile estimations and optimizing automation workflows, our teams achieve high productivity and expanded test coverage. We're committed to advancing quality assurance and delivering excellence, always in pursuit of innovation within the dynamic landscape of financial technology.
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Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Client:- USBankWorking with Mainframe(Hogan, ICS), Postman, Karate Framework, Test Café , Cassandra etc.
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Client:- Renowned US Financial Org.Migrating from Tibco APIs to Spring Boot involves shifting the programming paradigm as Spring Boot utilizes a simpler, faster architecture with better community support. While recommended, it requires proper planning as rewriting existing APIs, testing, and deploying new code modules can be complex. Goals must be set for systematic migration through analysis of current APIs, incremental code transition, and rigorous testing of each component before… Show more Client:- Renowned US Financial Org.Migrating from Tibco APIs to Spring Boot involves shifting the programming paradigm as Spring Boot utilizes a simpler, faster architecture with better community support. While recommended, it requires proper planning as rewriting existing APIs, testing, and deploying new code modules can be complex. Goals must be set for systematic migration through analysis of current APIs, incremental code transition, and rigorous testing of each component before systemwide deployment. Schedule tasks across teams for API assessment, rewrite sprints, QA, and final integration. Continuous testing across units, regression, performance, security, and user acceptance enables smooth transition by validating functionality at each stage to meet quality standards, performance needs and compliance requirements while reducing disruption.• Enabling teams to offer Agile estimations through dev/test workshops.• Helping decompose user stories from a Quality perspective focusing on test scenarios.• Advising on optimal automation approaches for web and mobile test suites.• Implementing Continuous Testing workflows minimizing overall stabilization phases.• Facilitating root cause analysis for escaped defects and instituting preventive actions.• Utilize various technologies including Java, JUnit, JMeter, Postman, DB2, and SQL Server to ensure high quality software.• Create automation scripts using open-source tools like Karate framework to accelerate testing. • Monitor metrics like open defect counts and defect densities to continuously improve QA processes.• Emphasize database testing to validate data loading and analytics functions.• Specialize in examining non-compliant software and provide instructions to fix issues. • Use Splunk Dashboards for basic and advanced reporting and analytics to enable transparency in testing and bug identification.• Writing Junit cases with Mockito. Show less
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The role of Agile Quality Manager would be taken up for leading a distributed test development & delivery group with high test productivity and coverage for application enhancements as well as new product innovation initiatives.Responsibilities would entail:• Enabling teams to offer Agile estimations through dev/test workshops.• Helping decompose user stories from a Quality perspective focusing on test scenarios.• Advising on optimal automation approaches for web and mobile test… Show more The role of Agile Quality Manager would be taken up for leading a distributed test development & delivery group with high test productivity and coverage for application enhancements as well as new product innovation initiatives.Responsibilities would entail:• Enabling teams to offer Agile estimations through dev/test workshops.• Helping decompose user stories from a Quality perspective focusing on test scenarios.• Advising on optimal automation approaches for web and mobile test suites.• Implementing Continuous Testing workflows minimizing overall stabilization phases.• Facilitating root cause analysis for escaped defects and instituting preventive actions.• Mentoring testers on interpreting specifications and applying boundary condition coverage.• Tracking categories of test cases planned vs executed and missed test events.• Managing escalations concerning data, environment availabilities or showstopper defects.• Analyzing metrics reflecting test case productivity, test debts, and velocity trends.• Motivating teams to uphold optimized processes that balance release speed with reliability.• Identifying areas for test process enhancements in alignment with emerging DevOps practices.• Championing adoption of innovative testing tools and technologies through global pilot projects.• Apart from that worked with Automation resources LambdaTest, Testng, Selenium, apppium, Postman etc.By applying adaptive leadership skills coupled with extensive hands-on testing experience, excelling at leading high performing QA teams to attain faster release cycles without compromising software quality or test coverage would be ensured. Show less
Greater Bengaluru Area
Client - INGThe role of a Test Lead driving agile quality processes across distributed scrum teams would be taken up with a focus on scaling efficient testing best practices to meet current speed and innovation needs.Key responsibilities would involve:• Enabling offshore test teams to deliver high-quality software through improved agile workflows.• Reviewing of upcoming feature scope and advising product owners on feasibility.• Authoring of comprehensive test plans spanning… Show more Client - INGThe role of a Test Lead driving agile quality processes across distributed scrum teams would be taken up with a focus on scaling efficient testing best practices to meet current speed and innovation needs.Key responsibilities would involve:• Enabling offshore test teams to deliver high-quality software through improved agile workflows.• Reviewing of upcoming feature scope and advising product owners on feasibility.• Authoring of comprehensive test plans spanning 1000+ test cases tracked in JIRA.• Analyzing of defects metrics and addressing of test environment bottlenecks.• Performing exhaustive user acceptance testing for new functionality.• Automating regression suites aligned to continuous delivery pipeline.• Coordinating security validation, performance benchmarking and scalability testing.• Mentoring onshore/offshore resources on optimizing test data and test debt reduction.• Managing large programs involving 25+ testers through risk-based test strategies.• Monitoring team velocity via actionable dashboards and instituting improvements.• Staying updated on latest QA trends and tools to recommend adoption through pilots.Adaptive management style backed by hands-on experience in streamlining end-to-end testing. processes would enable leading of high-performing teams to achieve agility at scale. Show less
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
CaterpillarWorking with MineStar , HDV and Technical Toolbox applications1) Taking on the role of Agile test lead.2) Participating in a scrum call.3) Mentoring Junior resources for the application.4) Thorough functional and database testing (SQL Server).5) Using Jira, Azure Devops, and ALM.6) Distributing daily status updates to stockholders.7) Database testing, such as data mapping, checking data from the MDB database and Postman, and finally merging… Show more CaterpillarWorking with MineStar , HDV and Technical Toolbox applications1) Taking on the role of Agile test lead.2) Participating in a scrum call.3) Mentoring Junior resources for the application.4) Thorough functional and database testing (SQL Server).5) Using Jira, Azure Devops, and ALM.6) Distributing daily status updates to stockholders.7) Database testing, such as data mapping, checking data from the MDB database and Postman, and finally merging into the SQL server.8) Taking care onboarding and exit process for whole team.9) Configure the Dashboard, Sprints Board, Queries, Backlogs, Retrospectives, and work with the team, Test Cases, Test Suites (Sanity Test Suite, Regress Test Suite), and post various graphs (Burndown chart, defect status, test case status, work item status, tester progress per head) for higher management. Show less
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Cargill INCClient upgrading Oracle Database from 12c to 19c. Worked as UAT Test Lead for this project.• Working as a Test Lead for that project. For this upgrade, a total of 10 + applications are affected directly or indirectly.• First, understand what BRD from B A means, how this upgrade affects every application and what the testing scope is.• The upgrade will happen at Dev, QA, and Prod.• From the beginning, I needed to discuss with every team with BRD and… Show more Cargill INCClient upgrading Oracle Database from 12c to 19c. Worked as UAT Test Lead for this project.• Working as a Test Lead for that project. For this upgrade, a total of 10 + applications are affected directly or indirectly.• First, understand what BRD from B A means, how this upgrade affects every application and what the testing scope is.• The upgrade will happen at Dev, QA, and Prod.• From the beginning, I needed to discuss with every team with BRD and application architecture to understand the effects of this change and ask for a test plan for every deployment.• Create one master test plan for all teams in SharePoint with a dashboard for stockholders to view the progress of the project.• Create one defect tracking log and a test closure memo for exit criteria.• To make progress, meet with the product owner and the tech lead BA daily.• Every day, I call all the teams to discuss their progress and, if there are any issues, I introduce them to the ap- propriate person if they can't find it.• Sending daily status reports to all stakeholders every day.• Helping the teams to understand the testing process.• Before every deployment, we call for a kickup meeting with the deck and discuss with all the team what the duration is, when it starts, how long it will last application wise, and when we will start testing and with whom we need to communicate. Show less
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Macy's and Bloomingdale's working API call to the data center. Implementing slowly all modules calls are diverted from the Datacenter to GCP.As a tester our role to test the application function side and API level Function -level - Ui sideApi side - Postman and Charles log1)Client changing their internal API call from the data center to GCP.2)Using Charles and Postman to verify API calls3)Taking build from dev branch, clone at local mac, with pod install and… Show more Macy's and Bloomingdale's working API call to the data center. Implementing slowly all modules calls are diverted from the Datacenter to GCP.As a tester our role to test the application function side and API level Function -level - Ui sideApi side - Postman and Charles log1)Client changing their internal API call from the data center to GCP.2)Using Charles and Postman to verify API calls3)Taking build from dev branch, clone at local mac, with pod install and XCode 11.3 create build and open at the simulator and testing application. Using Charles's proxy tool check xpai call and verify it.4)For Android Apps, taking build from client link, install at Android emulator and using Charles proxy tool check xAPI call and verify.5)Discuss with the Product owner and tech lead daily to understand stories.6)Daily call twice with the client.7)Read full epic from Jira, wrote test cases with testing.8)Complete testing and upload test result and testing process video at client Jira9)Attending Release call means akamai testing, Backdoor testing, 10)Attending Experiment Ramp-up Treatment call means 1%, 5%, 10% 15%, 25%, and 50% and testing with ios and android device.11) Understanding devops work and did documentation for full flow Show less
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Client :- Macys and Bloomingdale Inc.Client changing their internal api call from legacy api to xapi. Our testing team working on this.Testing Process for iOS Mobile apps:-Taking build from dev branch , clone at local mac, with pod install and xcode 11.3 create build and open at simulator and testing application. Using Charlesproxy tool check xpai call and verify it.For Android Apps , taking build from client link, install at Android emulator and using Charlesproxy… Show more Client :- Macys and Bloomingdale Inc.Client changing their internal api call from legacy api to xapi. Our testing team working on this.Testing Process for iOS Mobile apps:-Taking build from dev branch , clone at local mac, with pod install and xcode 11.3 create build and open at simulator and testing application. Using Charlesproxy tool check xpai call and verify it.For Android Apps , taking build from client link, install at Android emulator and using Charlesproxy tool check xapi call and verify.Responsibilities:- 1) Discuss with Product owner and tech lead daily to understand stories.2) Daily call twice with client3) Read full epic from Jira, wrote test cases with testlink.4) Complete testing and upload test result and testing process video at client Jira Show less
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Client :- Macy's inc.Heroku to GCP Migration Project.This project basically changing Macy's campaign from Heroku to GCP Env. OffShore work:- Discuss with team. manager and onsite coordinator , means which software need to install for automation, automation framework, system details, work coordination for mobile testing actual and online device , coverage of testing for every phase of testing , regression testing scope etc.Then understand database side. means Heroku… Show more Client :- Macy's inc.Heroku to GCP Migration Project.This project basically changing Macy's campaign from Heroku to GCP Env. OffShore work:- Discuss with team. manager and onsite coordinator , means which software need to install for automation, automation framework, system details, work coordination for mobile testing actual and online device , coverage of testing for every phase of testing , regression testing scope etc.Then understand database side. means Heroku to GCP Database change. Configure local machine to access client GCP account with help of ssh and Deaver client.1) Everyday morning we have call with team and divide work with team.2) Executed automation scripts and then do manual test to capture issue.3) Test at actual android and ios device along with google mobile and appetize.4) Every day evening call with onsite and client to discuss every-day's progress.5) And some campaign having form submission and need to check that GCP database. Show less
Bangalore
Client :- Macy's Digital System.Working with White Box testing with Ready API - 2.8.2.1) Configured four JBoss Servers, Dockers, Cassandra, DB2 Scheme and Ready API at MAC Book.2) Executing different whitebox testing suites.3) Before deploy at client system, conducting WB testing at my configuration.3) Daily call with Client and local Dev manager.4) Conducting KT session for Client, different team and my team.
Bengaluru Area, India
Client:- Macy'sUnderstand application from Functional and Dev team.Complete feasibility for automation scenario’s wise.Take locator from Appium Inspector with device.Wrote scripts for at selenium/java/appiumExecute scripts at Mobile device and emulator.Daily sent status report to QA Manager, Dev Manager and Onsite coordinator.Demo client/On-site coordinator every 2 weeks
Bangalore
Working with Oracle Public Cloud. Here are different component like Tas, SDI, Nuivaq, IDCS.Kibana dashboard 3.x and 5.x version. 1) Analyze the logs of all components.2) Logging issue on that component.3) Mostly my job has to work with different component with logs and analysis it log bug at Jira and bugdb. Main work to see all component are work properly or not. Apart from that working with UI side testing with Selenium Webdriver and Testng.
Bengaluru Area, India
Working at Oracle Public Cloud. Working with Paas Services like Java and Database Services (Oracle 10g Express Edition) Testing and Big Data Testing.Testing IDM, Apex Database, Java Console.Involved in test estimation (test plan development, test plan execution), resource estimation, defects tracking, using Quality Center 9.2 and BugDB (in-house tool).Working as Acting Scrum Master and Test Lead for Saas and Paas Team.Working with Big Data testing for Oracle Signal… Show more Working at Oracle Public Cloud. Working with Paas Services like Java and Database Services (Oracle 10g Express Edition) Testing and Big Data Testing.Testing IDM, Apex Database, Java Console.Involved in test estimation (test plan development, test plan execution), resource estimation, defects tracking, using Quality Center 9.2 and BugDB (in-house tool).Working as Acting Scrum Master and Test Lead for Saas and Paas Team.Working with Big Data testing for Oracle Signal Application(CI).Working with Oracle Social Relatioship Managment Team.Leading a team of 10 members. Show less
Bangalore Area, India
Participating in User Story discussions and estimates.Certify the features and rollout to Production.Working in-line with the sprint developments and maintenance list.Gained thorough understanding of Oracle (Marketing On Demand) and concepts to provide functional support in application development, functional specifications and solution options and workflow Admin/Configuration and database testing.Involved in test estimation (test plan development, test plan execution), resource… Show more Participating in User Story discussions and estimates.Certify the features and rollout to Production.Working in-line with the sprint developments and maintenance list.Gained thorough understanding of Oracle (Marketing On Demand) and concepts to provide functional support in application development, functional specifications and solution options and workflow Admin/Configuration and database testing.Involved in test estimation (test plan development, test plan execution), resource estimation, defects tracking, using Quality Center 9.2 and BugDB (in-house tool). Handled test plan, test cases and execution, track and analyse the defects, conduct acceptance testing, system testing, integration testing.Very good understanding at Data import & export, Configuration application as Admin and help other developer and other team member.Configure other Admin, Adv User and business user and able to configure with Oracle CRM On Demand Marketing and Oracle Ebiz. Show less
Hyderabad Area, India
Requirements collection and scope discussions with Product management team.Deliver plan for every product release to PM’s.Functional reviews with PM’s. High Level Design review with delivery team.Proposing Enhancements based on Customer Requirement and Competitor Products.Impact analysis covering the project scope and affected integrating modules based on Business Requirement document, Functional Design Document and Technical Design Document for new product… Show more Requirements collection and scope discussions with Product management team.Deliver plan for every product release to PM’s.Functional reviews with PM’s. High Level Design review with delivery team.Proposing Enhancements based on Customer Requirement and Competitor Products.Impact analysis covering the project scope and affected integrating modules based on Business Requirement document, Functional Design Document and Technical Design Document for new product release.Product Certification Responsibilities Handled: Test Plan Preparation for System testing and Regression.Validation and Verification of observed behaviour against expected functionality and reporting bugs and follow-up.Conceptualization and Simulation of various business scenarios and execution of the same while testing various assignments viz. system testing.Customer Bugs QA and analyzing the customer issues to bridge the gap in test plan.Played a prominent role in Test Case Repository Optimization to helping qa.Certify the product release. Support of Advanced Pricing on Oracle Release 12.0,12.1 and 11.5.10.Support of Order Management on Oracle Release 12.0,12.1 and 11.5.10. Show less
Hyderabad Area, India
Requirements Analysis with Clients to chalk out the Gaps and High Level Scenarios.CR Management for the assigned module.Scoping discussion and High Level design reviews with the Design and Development team for product release.Detailed Level Scenario and Test Case Preparation.Active Part in Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Negative Testing and Regression Testing.Work Assignment and resource allocation for Negative Testing Phase.End-To-End Integration Test Strategy and… Show more Requirements Analysis with Clients to chalk out the Gaps and High Level Scenarios.CR Management for the assigned module.Scoping discussion and High Level design reviews with the Design and Development team for product release.Detailed Level Scenario and Test Case Preparation.Active Part in Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Negative Testing and Regression Testing.Work Assignment and resource allocation for Negative Testing Phase.End-To-End Integration Test Strategy and Management for Non-TOS Modules.Assist Clients in Pre-Acceptance Testing.Training Clients and New Joiners on Product Features.Working clients like Bear Stearns, Cigna, Cisco. Show less
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Argha Das works for Cognizant.
Argha Das is listed as Scrum Master and Technical Test Manager at Cognizant | Certified ScrumMaster with Experienced Prompt Engineer at Cognizant.
Argha Das is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India while working with Cognizant.
Argha Das has worked for Cognizant, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd, Oracle India, Oracle, and Satyam Computers.
Argha Das's colleagues at Cognizant include Niña Lene Mantilla, Harish Kumar, Naresh Biradar, Imran Ali Kugshia, and Pushparaj Pushpanathan.
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Argha Das holds Advanced Certificate In Software Engineering, Software Engineering, A+ from Ibm Education Center Bangalore.
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