Siva Talla

About Siva Talla

Summary of Profession Experience- Over 8 years of professional experience in Information Technology with extensive experience in performing Manual and Automated Testing- Experience in testing Mobile Wireless technology implementation (PCRF, Context Router, and Charging Gateway)- Experience in testing high availability billing applications- Working knowledge of Mobile data technologies (MMS, SMS, 3G, LTE, GPRS)- Working knowledge of GPRS core network elements and interfaces (GGSN, SGSN, PGW, SGW CSG, Gx, Gy, Sp etc.)- Experience with Diameter protocol AVP’s and message flows (CCR, CCA, RAR, RAA, AAR, etc.)- Experience in testing Web-based and Client-Server applications- Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)- Experience in Scrum, Agile methodology, Test Driven Development and Pair Programming- Strong experience in developing Test Plans, Test cases and Test Scripts using Functional specifications and technical design documents- Experience in developing and implementing testing scripts in Integration, System Testing, Regression and User Acceptance Testing- Proficient in Data Driven Testing and Parameterization in test Automation- Knowledge of Relational Database Management Systems- Extensive working knowledge in UNIX platforms- Proficient in SQL and PL/SQL Programming for testing database integrity- Experienced in GUI/IDE Tool using Eclipse and NotePad++- Excellent team player and team leader with strong problem-solving and trouble-shooting capabilities, ability to work efficiently in both independent and team work environments- Exposure to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web services Using SOAP, WSDL- A self-starter with positive attitude, willingness to learn new concepts and acceptance of challenges- Excellent communicative, interpersonal, intuitive, analysis and leadership skills - Expertise in Telecom Domain and Auto Finance domain.

Experience

1. Test Analyst 4

   Costco Wholesale

   Jul 2013 — Present · Issaquah, WA, US

   Costco wholesale corp. is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing members the best possible prices on quality brand-name merchandise. With hundreds of locations worldwide, Costco provides a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make the shopping experience a pleasurable one. Worked on a POC for scheduling automated nightly test execution via Jenkins Using HP ALM OTA framework created several scripts to automate various repetitive tasks in HP ALM Created and maintaining a script to execute nightly automated regression suite in ALM and report test execution results Design and develop automated web services tests using HP UFT Work in a Continuous Integration environment comprised of SVN and Jenkins. Test and validate APIs using XML and soapUI Worked on evaluating automation tool (Ranorex, Parasoft SOA Test) Provided an overview of SOAP and test automation with HP UFT to Ecommerce QA team. Work with tools team to design and develop scripts for supporting test automation.

Education

• Nalanda Jr. College

  GED

  1996 — 1998

• Wayne State University

  B.S, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Sql
• Linux
• Vbscript
• Soap
• Selenium
• C#
• Telecommunications
• Test Cases
• Eclipse
• Software Quality Assurance
• Ibm Soliddb
• Unix
• Oracle
• Hp Quality Center
• Pl/Sql
• Testing
• Subversion
• Wireshark
• Mysql
• Awk
• Quality Assurance
• Agile Methodologies
• Toad
• Squirrel Sql Client
• Integration
• Tomcat
• Test Automation
• Web Services
• Xml
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Java
• Test Planning
• Telecom Mediation
• Jira
• Sdlc
• Shell Scripting
• Python
• Scrum
• Dsd