1. Varsha Hiremath
Email : varsha.h.19@gmail.com
Phone No: +919738348014
Professional Details
Quality Test Engineer with 5.8 Years of IT Industry experience seeking position in testing
groups with responsibilities including managing functional modules, coordination and
communication with team and stakeholders.
Employment Details
• Functional and ETL Tester at Thomson Reuters from April 2014 to current date.
• Functional and ETL Tester at TESCO HSC from November 2010 to April 2014.
Profile Summary
• Vast experience in Finance and Retail domains.
• Gained immense knowledge in Finance's stock market domain by analyzing the data
given by exchanges and understanding end to end working of the same.
• Good knowledge in retail domain with understanding of end to end lifecyle of a
product from depot to stores.
• Proficient in ETL testing having worked on tools like SSIS and Ab Initio.
• Good knowledge on Informatica tool.
• Good Exposure to Data Warehousing concepts.
• Experience in System Testing, System Integration Testing, Performance Testing, UI
testing and In-Country (UAT) Testing.
• Hands on Experience in Microsoft/Oracle SQL and Stored Procedures.
• Worked on defect tracking tools like HP Quality Centre and JIRA.
• Strong knowledge in SDLC, STLC & Bug Life Cycle methodologies.
• Extensive client handling experience obtained by working in client location,
performing client specific testing.
• Experience in leading team, planning, status tracking and reporting.
• Experience in the creation and execution of test cases for functional, regression,
integration and system testing.
• Involved in Peer review of test cases.
• Excellent productive relation with Management, Team members and Clients.
• Good problem solving skills with good technical background.
• Able to work independently and effectively in dynamically changing test environment.
• Keen towards learning and implementing new testing tools.
• Ability to quickly grasp the functionality of Application under test.
Technical Skills
Operating Systems Windows 7 and 8
Programming Languages/Internet
Technology
C Programming, SQL.
XML, Web services basics.
Data Bases SQL Server 2008, Oracle.
Development Tools ETL Tools:
1.SSIS (Knowledge on Development and
testing)
2.Ab Initio
Other Tools JIRA, HP QC 10.0, Rational Clear Case.
2. Project Summary #1: KATE
Client : Thomson Reuters
Duration : April 2014 – Till Date.
Tools Used : JIRA for release tracking and QC for Defect tracking and
test case maintenance
Team Size : 10
Role : Quality Analyst
Description: Thomson Reuters is world's leading source of intelligent information for
business and professionals. It provides solutions which deliver critical news, information, and
analytics and bring together communities that allow trading, investing financials (stock
brokers) and corporate professionals to connect.
KATE (Kapow And TREIE Engine) is custom developed tool built by Thomson Reuters which
helps in Extracting, Transforming and Updating (ETL) stock exchange provided information
into downstream databases.
About more than 100+ stock exchanges are on boarded onto our application which provides
stock informative data in different formats and files. This data is applied to business logic
and transformed as per exchange requirement and distributed in downstream system
databases by calling relevant web services. These stock exchanges are then made live on
product called EIKON.
Key features:
• Collecting and Extracting data from different sources ( Web, FTP, Email)
• Applying the Transformation Rules on the extracted data
• Handling GUI for setting up the Rules (Extraction, Transformation and Distribution)
• Loading the data in Database and delivering to the downstreams
• Notifying the end user in case of exceptions
Responsibilities:
• Test planning and execution with team. Tracking status and reporting.
• Configure, verify the rules and data map new stock exchanges in QA environment.
• Reviewing requirement documents, designing the test cases and providing test
estimates based on complexity of test cases.
• Executing test cases using KATE UI, defect reporting and tracking using JIRA, test
results reporting and logging using Quality Center.
• Identifying the issues and risks and reporting them effectively.
• Performance testing of KATE application starting from test data creation, log
monitoring and performance test report generation.
• Analyzing the root cause of the issues found in QA environment as well as in
production environment and helping the dev team in fixing them.
• Participated in UAT calls during UAT testing and provided resolution to issues.
• Regular reporting to management.
• Mentoring new joiners and helping them with resolution of their issues.
• Introduced new processes in team for better requirements tracking for better test
case coverage which helped improve testing process and reduction in production
defects.
3. Projects Summary #2: Scan As You Shop
Client : Tesco - UK
Duration : Oct 2013 – Mar 2014
Tools Used : Ab Initio, UNIX, QC 10.0
Team Size : 5
Role : Software Engineer
Description: Scan as You Shop is a process wherein a customer can scan all the items by
himself and pay the amount in a dedicated self-service checkout till. When a customer scans
the items, all the data are loaded in Oracle DB.
Being a part of Integration layer team, our role is to integrate Oracle to Data Warehouse by
transferring data to Teradata, for data to be available, for report generation to analyze the
trends in business.
My Contribution:
• Requirements Analysis (by going through Business Specification Document)
• Creation of Test Strategies document and Test Cases uploading in QC.
• Executed Ab Inito Graphs through GDE and from UNIX.
• Verified the data in target database according to business rules.
• Performed column data mapping between source & target database.
• System Testing, Regression Testing and Integration Testing.
• Defect logging and tracking using QC.
• Interacted with BA and development team to discuss and resolve issues.
• Updated daily status of testing to stakeholders in status calls.
• Preparation of Test Completion Report and getting stake holder's signoff.
Projects Summary #3: Smart Voucher And Clubcard Coupons
Client : Tesco - Turkey
Duration : Feb 2013 – Sep 2013
Tools Used : BizTalk, RTI, SQL Server2008, Web services, QC 10.0
Team Size : 5
Role : Software Engineer
Description: Vouchers are issued to customers at the store as a means of reward on buying
something above the threshold set. These vouchers should be redeemed only once. To
prevent vouchers being redeemed multiple times, a smart voucher solution has been
designed as a systematic check which will prevent voucher being used more than once.
Clubcard Coupons:
Currently when a coupon is issued there is no control over the number of times that it could
be redeemed or who redeems it. The business would like to be able to issue coupons that
have the capability to be assigned the following properties:
• Have a limit to the number of times they can be redeemed
• Issued only to customers presenting a particular Clubcard for from a particular
account (household)
Integration layer (IL) stands the center of the project, integrating smart voucher/coupon
solution to store, by sending and transforming data as required by the store.
4. My Contribution:
• Being a part of Integration layer, was the SPOC for this project.
• Deployment and testing of SSIS, BizTalk, RTI interfaces.
• Test Data preparation to validate all possible scenarios.
• Running ETL jobs for ETL process.
• Verified data in target database according to business rules.
• Verified column mapping between source and target.
• Root cause analysis of frequent Issues.
• Handling the existing functionality defects as well as new Change requests in
functionality.
• Performed smoke testing, system integration testing, and regression testing.
• Updated daily status through conference calls with UK team.
• Gave a presentation of working of this project to the entire team.
• Was appreciated by UK stakeholders for the work done as a SPOC from integration
layer.
Projects Summary #4: Tesco Operating Model
Client : Tesco - Lotus Thailand
Duration : Feb 2011 – Jan 2013
Tools Used : BizTalk, SSIS, RTI, SQL Server2008, QC 10.0
Team Size : 15
Role : Software Engineer
Description: As a part of Retail business, this project architecture had been designed to
support the retail business in an effective way without any limitation of customer
expectations. There are mainly eight systems in this architecture namely RMS (Retail
Merchandise System), RPM (Retail Price management),RIB(Retail Integration Bus), IL
(Integration Layer), OFI (Oracle Financial), RDS (Range Data Store), Back Feed, and
downstream systems.
Every system has its own functionality and runs with different technologies. IL stands in the
center of all the systems and responsible for the data upload and download between the
systems. It uses technologies like SSIS, BizTalk, RTI, Ab Initio. The main theme of this
project is to run the business in the store line via operating model. There are 100+ interfaces
developed to transfer different types of data across these systems.
My Contribution:
• Involved in deployment and testing of SSIS, BizTalk, RTI interfaces.
• Running ETL jobs for ETL process.
• Verified data in target database according to business rules.
• Verified column mapping between source and target.
• Handling the existing functionality defects as well as new Change requests in
functionality.
• Understand the business requirements through transition call and prepare transition
checklist.
• Preparation of Test Strategy Document.
• Discussing with the Business Analyst (BA) and functional Analyst (FA) to prepare test
cases and obtaining the final review signoff for them.
• Participating in test preparation activities (such as Environment setup, identifying test
data) for Functional / Automation / Performance testing.
• Responsible for System Testing and System Integration testing.
• Test Cases execution and Defect logging using HP QC tool.
• Training new resources by giving KT on existing functionalities.
5. Achievements and Awards:
• Was awarded best performer in Thomson Reuters team for simultaneously managing
multiple projects.
• Awarded Tesco Value Award for best team player and managing multiple works.
• Was sent to Thailand within 1 year of working in Operating Model project.
• Apart from work, organized extracurricular activities in team & organization.
• Was awarded TESCO Value award for Smart Voucher project.
• Was appreciated for following right procedure and was an example for the team.
Trainings and Certifications:
• Trained by Microsoft certified institute in MSBI.
• Achieved Bronze and Silver level certification in retail test.
Bachelor of Engineering/Technology (B.E/B.Tech)
Major : Computer Science Engineering
Institute/University : BVBCET, Hubli, India
Grade : Distinction
Graduation Date : July 2010
XII Standard (Higher Secondary/Junior College)
Major : Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology
Institute/University : PC Jain, Hubli, India
Grade : First Class
Graduation Date : Apr 2004
Personal Information
Date of Birth : 19-Sep-1987
Nationality : India
Marital Status : Married
Languages : English, Hindi, Kannada
Declaration
I hereby declare that the information given above is true and to the best of my knowledge.
Varsha M Hiremath
6. Achievements and Awards:
• Was awarded best performer in Thomson Reuters team for simultaneously managing
multiple projects.
• Awarded Tesco Value Award for best team player and managing multiple works.
• Was sent to Thailand within 1 year of working in Operating Model project.
• Apart from work, organized extracurricular activities in team & organization.
• Was awarded TESCO Value award for Smart Voucher project.
• Was appreciated for following right procedure and was an example for the team.
Trainings and Certifications:
• Trained by Microsoft certified institute in MSBI.
• Achieved Bronze and Silver level certification in retail test.
Bachelor of Engineering/Technology (B.E/B.Tech)
Major : Computer Science Engineering
Institute/University : BVBCET, Hubli, India
Grade : Distinction
Graduation Date : July 2010
XII Standard (Higher Secondary/Junior College)
Major : Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology
Institute/University : PC Jain, Hubli, India
Grade : First Class
Graduation Date : Apr 2004
Personal Information
Date of Birth : 19-Sep-1987
Nationality : India
Marital Status : Married
Languages : English, Hindi, Kannada
Declaration
I hereby declare that the information given above is true and to the best of my knowledge.
Varsha M Hiremath