Rajender R Kommidi| CSM | CSTE, Automation Test Lead and Architect, TRICENTIS TOSCA | PANAYA | SAP HANA
Summary:
Rajender possesses more than 17 years of expertise in software testing, focusing on requirement analysis, test case development, test script creation, and defect identification. He has automated critical functional areas utilizing tools such as Work Soft Certify, Tricentis Tosca and UFT.
- Work experience in HealthCare, Energy, Pharmaceutical, Automative and software design Clients
- As a Automation Lead and Architect for last couple of years, focused on supporting the QA department by building the automation frameworks using advanced AI supported tools: Tosca Tricentis and Panaya. High skills in Worksoft, Microfocus-UFT and Performance Center and HP-ALM as well.
- Work experience working in SAP Greenfield and Brownfield implementations.
- Data validation: down-stream, up-stream applications, ECC, S4-Hana and Web based SAP Fiori.
- Other responsibilities: Collaboration with cross functional teams and PMO, Creation test plans, test strategy Plan, Entire QA project planning, build Gantt charts QA execution timelines etc. and seeking approvals from stake holders and PMO.
- Worked in Waterfall and Agile methodology. Also worked in scrum master role in couple of projects
- High-level experience in setting up GIT and Jenkins CI/CD, running automation through continuous Integration and deployment. Built Load/Performance test scripts, performed load testing, Used performance monitoring and metrics tools: AppDynamics, Spunk and Graphana.
Education:
- B. TECH (Graduate in engineering) –EEE from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
- Post Graduate Diploma in EEE from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
- PDGCA – Computer Applications
Certifications:
- SCRUM Certified (CSM) – Scrumalliance.Org
- HP/Micro Focus Automation UFT Tool – Certified
- CSTE – Certified Software Test Engineer from QAIUSA.COM
- Project Management Practicum – De Anza College, San Jose, CA
Software Environment
Data Warehouse: SAP BW, Oracle Business Intelligence
ERP: ECC, SAP-HANA, Modules: SD, MM, PP, QM, FI-CO, SAP-Concur and Oracle fusion
CRM: Sales force, SAP-CRM, Siebel and Clarify
OS: WIN NT, WIN 95, 98, 2000, XP, HP-UNIX, MS DOS, Apple-IOS
RDBMS: ORACLE 8.x, 7.x, SQL Server 6.5 & 7, AS400, IBM-AIX
Languages: ABAP/4, HTML, Java Script, C, Java, C++, SQL, Perl, Python and VB Script
Environment: Ariba, Ivalua, GEP, Sales force, TIBCO, J2EE, Java, SOAP, Fiddler, Junit, Dot Net, UNIX,
See Beyond. Clarify-PLM
Software Tools: Tricentis TOSCA, PANAYA, UFTOne, WorkSoft, Selenium, JUNIT, TestNG, python, AppDynamics, Splunk, Dynatrace, UIPath, Microsoft Team Foundation, HP-ALM, TOSCA, Para soft, SOAP, RESTful, Power BI and Tableau.
Professional Experience:
SC Information Systems, Columbia, SC Dec 2024 to Present
Automation QA/Test Lead
Business Vertical: IT Information Systems.
As a Sr. Automation QA, I’m responsible for Building Robust Tricentis TOSCA Automation scripts. Used Template design and TDM for Data driven testing. Made use of TBox functions and was able to build scripts that are more stable. Worked as Administrator for TOSCA, Configured Work Spaces for projects, User Management, Parallel execution through DEX Server and built the CI/CD Continuous Integration with Jenkins Infrastructure for automated scripts execution.
Apart from the above duties, I was highly involved in Azure Agile development practice and as well as JIRA creating user stories, Create Tasks and Sub Tasks, Create test plans, test scripts and test execution. I worked as an SME for SAP S4 Hana Test Automation Practice. High Involvement in System Integration testing and UAT testing, the various boundary Applications like Ariba, Ivalua and GEP that are tightly integrated with SAP.
Roche (Gene) Pharma,San Francisco, CA March 2024 to Dec’2024,
Automation QA/Test Lead
Business Vertical: HealthCare and Pharmaceuticals
- As a Sr. Automation QA, I was responsible for testing and test co-ordination of Enterprise applications, partner system applications that are tightly integrated. Built Functional automation scripts using Tricentis Tosca.
- Setup and managed Tosca Server, DEX server, Setup workspace, DB Repository and scripts execution on multiple machines to have parallel execution.
- Created functional test cases based on the SAP Business process documents covering all the RICEFW’s.
- Setup the automation framework using best practices for coding, setting-u configuration and business parameters thus passing different data as per the functionality, error handling and recovery scenarios.
- Follow the SAP ChaRM process for cutover and test validation, approving sap-delopyment transports.
- Created Test plan, defined, planned and directed testers for test execution, testing activities, test build cycles and test reporting. Tested Modules: SD, MM, PP, HCM, SAP-CRM and their integration.
- Wrote end-to-end test cases covering component level, integration level and system level testing. Reviewed all test cases, performed traceability test cases vis-à-vis requirements.
- Invoved in Testing the API with REST-API and SOAP Protocols
- Testing business simulation of material receipts at Conveyor, EWM receipts its integrations with MDM and Finance modules. Critical data validation: down-stream, up-stream applications and ERP
- Triaging defects and ensure they are assigned to developers in a timely manner and review the turn-a-round time of defect fix, testing and defect resolution.
Gilead, San Francisco, CA September 2022 to March 2024
Senior Automation QA/Test Lead
Business Vertical: HealthCare and Pharmaceuticals
- Built Robust Tricentis Tosca and PANAYA Automation scripts framework, Used in-built TBox functions, wrote custom functions, built reusable libraries so that scripts can be executed faster and error-free.
- As a Sr. Automation QA, I was responsible for test co-ordination of Enterprise applications and build
Automation regression suites.
- Build Tosca Object property repository as modules by XScan, build functional test cases, Manage execution lists and run automations on multiple servers as parallel execution and present the test reporting.
- Managed Automation Users, User administration, Tosca Server, DEX server, Setup workspace, DB Repository and parallel execution servers
- Developed Automated scripts for End-to-End functionality. Scanning modules, created a reliable and robust framework for building test cases and perform system integration testing
- Data validation from all layers of applications and verify end-to-end functionality is working.
- Testing carried out on premise servers and on the AWS Cloud.
- Full life cycle testing of SAP rollout for US, EMEA for S4-HAHA, HANA Upgrade, SAP-BRIM.
- Automated End-to-End Scenarios using Worksoft Certify and Tricentis Tosca
- Testing SAP modules: SD/LE, MM, PP, SAP-IBP, FICO including writing test cases and scripts.
- Built the most robust automation reusable automation framework work (RAFT) for SAP Modules
- Heavy SQL, PL/SQL testing for data quality and data accuracy
Autodesk, SFO, CA April 2020 to September 2022
Senior QA/Test Lead
Business Vertical: Visual Design and development
- As a QA Lead, I’m responsible for QA Testing and build automation suites and execution to ensure quality of product rollout in production for applications: SAP HAHA, HANA Upgrade, Snowflake, SAP-BRIM and testing all SAP Modules testing: SD, MM, PP, HCM, FI-CO and SCM
- Managed Users, Tricentis Tosca Server, DEX server, Setup workspace, DB Repository, Execution machines
- Automated End-to-End Scenarios using Worksoft Certify and Tricentis Tosca
- Automated End-to-End Scenarios using Tricentis Tosca and UFT
- Data validation from all layers and integration testing ERP and Web Applications. Testing on premise and AWS Cloud. SOAP API testing, REST API testing and used tools: Postman and SOAP UI.
- Wrote scripts in Python to validate the BI Reports data.
- Testing SAP flows Order-to-Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Goods receipts on WM and EWM.
- Ensuring that all test cases: Functional, Component, Integration and System level are executed during various builds and releases to achieve 95% test completion and test-pass rate.
- Build Robust Automation scripts in TOSCA, built framework, data-driven, Module driven and utilized in-built functions so that scripts can be fool-proof and execute faster.
Federal Reserve Bank (FRB), SFO, CA March 2018 to April 2020
Senior QA
Business Vertical: Banking
- As a Sr. QA, I was responsible for building automation framework using Tricentis TOSCA and UFT for enterprise applications and making sure most of the functionality is being tested with minimal workforce and quick validation during the build release process.
- Built automation test suites using Tricentis TOSCA.
- Managed Users, Tosca Server, DEX server, Setup workspace for project, manage DB Repository, Parallel execution servers. Involved in Tosca upgrades and latest patch deployments.
- Responsible for reviewing business requirements and prepare Integration, system level functional test cases.
- Testing MDM Survivor Rules, Elimination of duplicate records by ranking and increased confidence of data. Testing all aspects of enterprise applications deployed on- premise servers and AWS Cloud environment.
- SOAP UI tool to validate payload, parse data and use file comparisons for data accuracy.
- Tested roles: Data Steward, Admin and Approver in MDM for Data Accuracy, Integrity and cleansed data. Jenkins agent, security setup, configuring the listening ports to make sure main server able to communicate.
- Configure CI/CD for continuous integration, scripts deployment from GIT and update results to JIRA and Kanban board so that the whole team has the visibility of test coverage, defects and overall health of the system.
PGE, San Ramon, CA February 2017 to March 2018
Automation QA
Business Vertical: Utility
- As a Sr. QA, my responsibilities include build automation framework in UFT and make sure enterprise applications are tested and they are bug-free. Also, the execution is quicker and improved testing turn-a-round time. My duties also included: reviews and seeking sign-off,
- Created TOSCA and UFT key-driven, data-driven, hybrid and built custom function libraries and implemented descriptive programming in automation.
- Python Scripting for ETL Data loads compare of huge size that normally not possible with Excel.
- Created scripts for SAP ERP, SAP-Hana for various Modules- SD, MM, FI, ME, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, MDM, CRM and Fiori and Project Management.
- Setup the virtual AWS cloud slave machine instances for automation, install software, Hana DB Drivers, Jenkins agent, security setup, configuring the listening ports to make sure main server able to communicate. Configured CI/CD for continuous integration, scripts deployment from GIT, update results.
Kaiser Permanente, San Ramon, CA April 2016 to Feb’ 2017
Senior QA
Business Vertical: HealthCare and Services
- Review of Kaiser Customer Entitlements, Preferences, Health plans, financial assistance programs and service centers, created functional and non-functional test cases.
- High involvement in QA Automation for functional and Regression testing
- Help QA teams to build test cases and get them reviewed by stakeholders and BA’s.
- Build automations in UFT and Worksoft; apply best practices in script automation and development.
- Create driver scripts, function libraries, data-driven files and incorporate descriptive programming. Create robust scripts to minimize the scripts maintenance & high re-usability.
- Create Test Plans and Test Strategy documents; get reviewed by PMO and stakeholders.
- Attend customer review meeting, get the feedback and include related test scenarios.
- Attend JAD & JAR (Joint Application Development & Review) sessions conducted by various PMO’s and provide feedback, include scenarios & requirements in testing.
- Testing Vendor Patient records, entitlements, preferences and billing
- Managed testing effort, defects triaging & developing QA Dashboard reports for management.
- Create Dash Boards on testing efforts, status & risks: Tests executed, pass, fail regression etc.
Bank of the West,Sacramento, CA October 2014 to April 2016
Senior QA
Business Vertical: Banking
- Responsible for enterprise performance testing of various distributed applications and BW/BI
- Gathered non-functional requirements of applications by interacting with key stakeholders.
- Functional Testing, creating Hybrid frameworks, Build Regression for QA testing
- Created Workloads for performance test and designed Load & Performance scenarios.
- Created performance test strategy doc. describing scenarios, environment, tools, and resources
- Build automation test suites on UFT and Java scripts utilizing the native Browser DOM Objects
- Created various reports on Testing effort, pass/Fail metrics for each build and release.
- Conducted TRIAGE meetings, prioritize the defects, resolve issues effectively in a timely manner so that all tasks are completed within schedule timeline and aligning with global project timelines.
- Collaborate with teams effectively and ensure work is delivered to a high degree of satisfaction.
- Managed off-shore performance testing team, provided guidance and direction
AutoZone (All data Inc.)San Francisco, CA September 2013 to October 2014
QA Lead
Business Vertical: Automotives and Sales
- Review of SAP Business Blue print, Requirements documents, Functional documents Preparing project Scope Document and conduct Reviews
- UFT and WorkSoft Automation – SAP-HYBRIS, End-to-End Scripts creation, maintain scripts in HP-ALM, run automation through Jenkins CI-CD Pipeline. Testing Retail Master Data, Prices, Promotions, Availability, Order Capture, Order delivery, Pick, pack & Ship and Invoicing
- Testing Complete business flow testing – Ordering, Checkout, Fulfillment and Status tracking
- Testing for compatibility with SAP S/4HANA, including 40-digit material numbers.
- Manage on-site, off-shore teams, assign work, review and consolidate for reporting testing effort
- Create Test Plan & Strategy document for testing SAP Warehouse Management (WM), Mobile IOS platform, SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and SAP-Retail Sales Portal
- Functionality Test of OTC, ME, F2S, R2R, HCM and SAP-MDM and SAP-CRM
CLOROX, Pleasanton,CA October 2010 to September 2013
Senior QA
Business Vertical: Chemicals and Cleaning
- Review of business requirements, uses cases, technical design documents, BRD’s, FRD’s and notes from Product review and design meetings. Managed a team of off-shore and on-site QA and automation engineers. Created Test Cases for XSD and SOAP protocols and record them in HP-ALM. Build automation frameworks, apply best practices in script development.
- Created UFT custom function libraries, data-driven files and incorporate descriptive programming. Create robust scripts to minimize the scripts maintenance & high re-usability.
- Testing of Accounts, Entitlements, Inbound calls, Activities, Orders, Shipping, Billing, RMA and all customer facing activities in Sales force
- Reading XSD Schemas, knowledge of primitive and object data types
- Generating SOAP request messages and test functionality, Automate Test cases.
- Setting up SOAP Test Harness, root directory, ASPX file directory and other settings. Testing SOAP messages in TIBCO environment using Green Hat freeware Automation Tool. Message level testing VS.NET, ASP.NET and SOAP Test Harness.
JP Morgan Chase, San Francisco, CA November 2006 to October 2010
QA Lead
Business Vertical: Banking
- Review of business requirements, uses cases, technical design documents, BRD’s, FRD’s and notes from product review and design meetings.
- Testing SAP Modules: SD, MM, PP and SAP flows- Order to Cash and Procure to pay.
- Build automation framework in QTP, apply best practices in script automation and development.
- Created UFT custom function libraries, data-driven files and incorporate descriptive programming. Create robust scripts to minimize the scripts maintenance & high re-usability.
- Message level testing VS.NET, ASP.NET and SOAP Test Harness
- Configure SOAP requests by adding the required payload for individual test cases and testing the functionality.
