¨ Responsible for delivery of quality engineering and test program management services covering a portfolio of 90+ applications that are part of data & analytics domain, overseeing a global 170+ SDET, infra and program management professionals with complete operational and P&L accountability.¨ Ensured successful cloud migration of 10+ data and analytics applications from Teradata / oracle / SAP BO on premise Snowflake / Oracle / Power BI on MS Azure.¨ Drove the design & implementation of platform agnostic test automation framework (Auto Cloud) in support of cloud migration efforts, accelerating time to market for testing function by ~70% and enabling standardized test approach 100% high volume data set validation.¨ Achieved 99% SLA targets by ensuring focused continuous improvement process driven based on periodic QE maturity index measurement based on well-defined KPI metrics.¨ Consistently achieved high CSAT in range of 8.7 to 9.0, which also reflects trusted advisor positioning with client.¨ Strong focus on continuous resource training aligned to future roadmap, enabling ability to effectively deliver on dynamically changing technology landscape and delivery model ¨ Built & fostered strong relationship between business clients, client IT leadership and solution delivery teams enabling improved collaboration across several strategic initiatives.¨ Served as global practice lead for quality engineering services – data & analytics, mentoring delivery teams for methodology, strategy, tools & custom automation frameworks.¨ Established capacity management system to manage work pipeline and resource needs, thereby enabling monitoring of timely delivery and optimal resource staffing.

¨ Leading an agile, geo diverse, team of 55+ quality engineering professionals, responsible for testing activities across a portfolio of 20+ applications. Delivering projects in domain of big data ingestion, traditional DWH ETL, BI & analytics covering full spectrum of functional, operational and E2E testing.¨ Strong focus on high quality delivery and customer engagement, ensuring strong relationship based on robust service delivery, effective risk management & clear communication.¨ Success of QE services engagement aided expansion into design & development services.¨ Delivering testing efforts spread across several strategic LOB data integration & platform migration projects; as well as BAU ongoing & integrated release efforts.¨ Provided leadership in several agile programs by contributing to the design and strategy efforts by establishing the overall dataflow of the program, ensuring the overall objective and scope understood across scrum teams, as well as the program increments (PI’s) are well defined for logical slicing of the overall program effort. ¨ Established custom test automation framework for cross platform data validation, achieving 90% progression automation & 100% regression automation.¨ Enhanced the test automation framework for alignment to CI/CD (DevOps) delivery model.¨ Established professional Test data management practice focusing on quality data, relevant data volume as well as self-service enablement for TDM. Designed and facilitated development of synthetic test data generator tool to support shift left (early testing) efforts.¨ Developed estimation model for effort estimation of QE services provided.¨ Participated and actively supported several pre-sales efforts, RFP response support, though leadership sessions & pre-engagement assessments.

¨ Instituted a customized QE methodology for ETL and BI / Analytics focusing on 'what to verify', 'how to verify' & ‘test data mgmt.’.¨ Define end to end data flow, check points & validations; enabling resources to perform 100% data set validation covering all function & operational scenarios on appropriate test data bed.¨ Responsible for ensuring high quality delivery, review of various test artifacts as well as test cases execution results.¨ Responsible for UAT Support and end to end testing / related support activities.¨ Accountable for obtaining customer acceptance to testing performed upon completion of testing activities in support of project supported.¨ Established new teams providing quality engineering services for additional applications added as scope expansion. ¨ Responsible for strategy & oversight for seamless migration to alternative test management platforms.¨ Conduct technical interviews in support of hiring process.

¨ Test Planning: Analyzing requirement documents & technical specs. Preparing test plan documents. Designing functional, non-functional test cases and end to end testing scenarios. Plan adequate regression testing.¨ Technical Validation Scripting: Creating and maintaining SQL scripts for validation of defined test cases.¨ Test Execution: Executing planned tests and identifying defects. Defect retest. ¨ Offshore Co-ordination: Liaison with offshore team for testing and knowledge sharing.