Engineer 3 (Team Lead)
Current Engaging various engineering teams, product line managers and product owners to transform concepts and high-level requirements into optimized test coverage and enhanced customer experience. Collaborating closely with multi-disciplinary teams throughout the release cycle to ensure thorough test coverage, in compliance with requirements and functional specifications. Developing test strategies for Ciena’s MCP product primarily, packet services and infrastructure along with detailed testing of Network elements like Ciena Packet devices, 6500 devices. Involved in test planning via Testrail and defect analysis through Agile JIRA. Investigating software defects and highlighting critical issues that can have potential customer impact and consult with software development engineers in finding resolution or to address problems related to specifications and/or test plans/procedures. Collaborating with QA peers in In-scrum and RQA team for end-to-end completion of the test cycle Mentoring QA peers of the team whenever required.