Shankar Vankipuram Rangaraj

QA Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India21 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

19 years of experience in Quality Assurance management.
Achieved 50% increase in automation test coverage.
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt with strong process optimization skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Assurance Manager with expertise in Software Testing and Automation in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Quality AssuranceTest AutomationProject Management

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)API TestingPerformance MetricsPerformance ReviewsAgile MethodologiesQuality AssuranceTest PlanningSystems EngineeringProgram ManagementTest ManagementSix SigmaRequirements AnalysisAerospaceSDLCDefect Tracking

About

As a Quality Assurance Manager at Amazon with over 19 years of experience, I lead a team of QA engineers and SDETs who are responsible for ensuring the quality of various products and features using agile methodologies and test automation tools. I hold a Six Sigma Green Belt certification and have a strong background in software engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. My core competencies include designing and implementing test automation frameworks, mentoring and training QA engineers, establishing and monitoring quality metrics, and optimizing QA processes to reduce cycle time and enhance quality. Some of my notable achievements include increasing automation test coverage by 50%, improving quality by 30%, and reducing production defects by 75%. I am also passionate about learning new skills and technologies, and I have recently developed an interest in DevOps, Terraform, and Kubernetes. My goal is to deliver bug-free products to customers and to connect with other QA professionals and enthusiasts who share my passion for quality and innovation.

Experience

21 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

7 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Zuora

Sr Quality Assurance Manager

Nov 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Managing a team of Quality Assurance Engineers and SDETs
Developed Test Strategy for new features
Proficient in Software Life Cycle tools & Test Life cycle tools such as JIRA, TestRail, Confluence
Proficient in Software Project Management
Optimised Quality Assurance processes to reduce cycle time by 50%
Co-ordinated automation of features which reduce regression cycle time by 60%
Mentored Quality Assurance Engineers and trained on automation
Implemented Agile Methodologies
Reviewed automation test cases and improved the quality of automation code

Performance MetricsPerformance ReviewsSoftware Quality AssuranceProject Management

Amazon

Quality Assurance Manager

May 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 1 mo · Greater Chennai Area

Managed a team of Quality Assurance Engineers and SDETs
Designed test automation framework
Mentored quality assurance engineers and SDETs
Implemented Requirement Analysis process and test estimation
Established Scrum and Agile practices
Facilitated the increase in automation test coverage by 50%
Developed process for monitoring quality metrics which improved quality by 30% in 2 weeks
Established process to detect 50% more defects in testing phase and facilitated increase in unit testing coverage by 25%

Artificial Intelligence (AI)API TestingPerformance MetricsPerformance ReviewsSoftware Quality AssuranceTest Automation

Boeing

Avionics System Engineer, Maintenance Product

Apr 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

Designed Avionics Maintenance systems
Mentored Avionics System Engineers
Adopted best practices in designing avionics systems
Automated test cases to increase regression test coverage
Developed 1000+ system requirement in a time span of 1 month
Tested Avionics products as per DO-178B guidelines
Review automation code to improve quality of automation

Amazon

Software Quality Assurance Manager

Jan 2017 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chennai

Managed a team of Quality Assurance Engineers and SDETs
Designed test automation framework
Mentored quality assurance engineers and SDETs
Mentored 3 engineers to promote to next level
Established process for monitoring quality metrics

Honeywell technology solutions, inc.

4 roles

Software Testing Lead - Avionics Systems

May 2014 – Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

System test architect:
Designed and managed the test environment.
Reviewed system requirements to design and plan test activities.
Refined test strategies to reduce cost and improve defect identification.
Implemented testing process improvement which resulted in 0 post release defects
System test management :
Managed a team of test engineers to develop tests, execute tests, report system defects identified. Tracked the defects to closure.
Co-ordinated test activities at various locations around the globe.
Continuously tested the system builds and shared feedback to system developers which prevented defects creep.
System test automation:
Developed a scalable, robust test automation framework using Sikuli, Python, SQLite.
Implemented kaizen, six sigma principles to continuously improve test practices.
Integration lead:
Conducted integration testing of various modules and report the defects to development team.
Facilitated development teams to debug the defects and provide test infrastructure to debug the defects.
Developed databases to integrate various modules.
Test mentor:
Mentored test developers to develop robust and effective tests.
Trained engineers in newly started programs to develop test strategies, test architecture.

Tech Lead, Avionics System Testing

Promoted

May 2009 – May 2014 · 5 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Test lead, analyzing requirement and develop test cases, execute test cases. Automated functional testcases using perl, Java, SQLite, msaccess. Discussing with customers to understand the usecases and design the tests to increase defects identification. Designed test cases based on DO-178B guidelines. Test efforts are estimated, planned and identified automation opportunities at the beginning of the program.
Requirements Lead - Developed software requirements for a Honeywell hosted webportal. Followed agile methodology to develop requirements and testcases. Co-ordinated with development team, customers to implement the webportal as required by customers.

Senior Engineer, Avionics System Testing

Promoted

Mar 2007 – May 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Certified web portal hosted at Honeywell and part of test team which tests Airplane maintenance product.
Developed system test architecture
Developed automation tools which reduced testing cycle time by 25%
Developed test cases and executed the test cases