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Utham Kumar N S

Lead SDET with 13+ years experience in Test Automation, DevOps and Service Virtualization and Generative AI with a passion for the innovative use of technology for Quality Assurance

Currently working at DBS Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, IN as Vice President.

Certificates
CA Accredited Lab Accredited Service Virtualization Associate (LISA / DevTest)
Professional Summary
Test Automation
  • •Sound knowledge and hands-on experience in design and development of scalable test frameworks (BDD) for Web, Mobile (Android and IOS) ESB, API Testing, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ and Service Virtualization. Hands on experience with DevOps
  • •Created cross platform scripts during migration of legacy mobile apps from Native (Android, iOS) to hybrid ReactJS apps
  • •Implemented automated test management scripts using Zephyr API’s and JIRA SDKs
  • •Designed, Implemented and maintained testing infrastructure like in-house mobile device farm, docker based browser grid, AWS S3 based test artefact storages
    • Service Virtualization
  • •Implemented feature-rich data & service mocking framework with CA (Broadcom) DevTest
  • •Optimized virtual services (mock services) for performance testing
  • •Implemented service virtualization OSS framework Spring Boot
    • DevOps
  • •Implemented CI Jenkins pipeline for on-demand, scheduled test executions and auto-management of artifacts into Nexus cloud
  • •Implemented in-house and SaaS mobile/web cloud (Seetest, BrowserStack) for seamless execution
  • •Worked on AWS EC2, CodeCommit for app deployments, test bed setups with docker containers
  • •Bitbucket repository management with established guidelines on code quality and code review
  • •Established continuous integration (CI) practices and standards
    • Test Data Management

    Designed and implemented central automated test data management framework analyzed bank’s multi layered systems involving 15+ teams and incorporated into E2E business flows leveraging Finacle, Component API’s.

    QA Metrics
  • •Real time testing monitoring with metrics using Grafana dashboard
  • •Improved the ROI on automation by identifying the areas of improvement, administered necessary controls, and implemented best practices to realize full benefits of test automation
  • •Saved 3x Regression testing efforts by implementing parallel execution, creating custom Jenkins jobs, setting up Jenkins nodes/Selenium GRID to perform the script execution 24/7
  • •Reduced build verification time to 1/4 by automating latest Android/iOS app build download and installation, execution of smoke tests in CI pipeline and automated reporting
    • Machine Learning & Generative AI
  • •Applied machine learning engineering expertise to design, develop, and deploy production-ready models, optimizing data pipelines for forecasting demand
  • •Conducted in-depth Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to unearth valuable patterns and trends, empowering data-driven decision-making
  • •Developed machine learning models and deployed them at scale using AWS SageMaker to drive data-driven insights and automation
  • •Utilized Azure's OpenAI Service to leverage the cutting-edge GPT-4 model for advanced natural language understanding and text generation
  • •Expert in data visualization techniques to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights using Tableu
    • Domain Expertise

    Exposure in Banking(Payments & Retail Banking) , Retail & Airlines domains. Bootstrap and drive the testing efforts involving enhancements across omnichannel retail banking, Service, Caching, Database layers. Has knowledge of SWIFT payments

    Project Management
  • •Worked directly with stakeholders, and management across geographies to coordinate and deliver
  • •Leading a team of twenty members across geographies
  • •Managed upscale/downscale of scrum teams and supported scrum teams horizontally as well. Guided the team with Agile methodologies and resolve tech blockers.
  • •Involved in recruitment and onboarding process for permanent and vendor staff, project cost/timesheet management and facilitating necessary training for new team members
  • •As part of people management responsibility, conduct 1:1 session with direct reports, providing support and direction to achieve the agreed objectives and to create a joyful work culture within the team
    • Skills
    Programming Language

    Java

    Python

    Cloud Computing

    AWS

    Azure

    Test Frameworks

    Selenium

    Appium

    RestAssured

    Karate

    Jbehave

    Cucumber

    Mocha

    TestNG

    Extent

    reportportal.io

    Customized csv\html reports

    Test Management

    Jira

    Zephyr

    X-Ray

    Service Virtualization

    CA DevTest

    Springboot

    Reporting

    Tableu

    Power BI

    Grafana

    DevOps

    Jenkins

    Docker

    git

    Maven

    NPM

    Data

    Python Libs - Numpy, Pandas, Seaborn

    Machine Learning - ScikitLearn, TensorFlow

    Deep Learning

    Statistical Analysis

    Awards
    “SPOT” Award for Test Architect, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
    METS Star Performer 2013, CAPGEMINI INDIA PVT LTD
    Best Individual Contributor, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
    Education
    2009
    Bachelor of Engineering, Sathyabama University

    Electronics & Instrumentation

    Chennai, India
    Work Experience
    Aug 2018 – present
    Vice President, DBS Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd
    India
    Sep 2016 – Jul 2018
    Specialist, DXC Technology (pka Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
    India & USA
    Jan 2014 – Sep 2016
    Senior Analyst, Accenture
    India & UK
    Oct 2012 – Jan 2014
    Associate Consultant, Capgemini India Private Ltd
    India
    Mar 2010 – Sep 2012
    Project Engineer, Wipro Technologies
    India
    Visa
  • •Hold valid USA B1 Visa