
Vishwanath namasivayam
Technical Manager | QA & Test Automation
Salary / Daily rate
Freelance, open to permanent contract
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About me
Intro
Technical Manager with 18+ years in QA testing and project management, specializing in IPTV/OTT platforms and mobile applications. Expert in automation frameworks, team leadership across onshore/offshore models, and managing complex testing projects from banking to streaming media. Certified Scrum Master delivering end-to-end quality solutions with proven expertise in API testing, middleware troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration.
Work experience
R Systems
Feb 2016 - Present
10 years 9 months
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Technical Manager
Oct 2021 - Present
5 years 1 month
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Guided product teams on quality improvements, test processes, and strategies. • Designed automation frameworks to ensure full test coverage. • Managed large testing teams across onshore/offshore models. • Led pre-sales (RFP/RFI, solutions, client presentations with PPT/Visio). • Prepared QA reports, dashboards, and project health updates using JIRA, ALM, Excel. • Expertise in Functional, Regression, Stress, API, DB, Mobile, Automation, and Defect Management. • Experienced in banking, web, mobile, localization, accessibility & payment testing; proficient in SDET frameworks. • Skilled in scope, timeline, deliverables, risk & change management. • Ensured quality outputs from teams/vendors through task delegation & control. • Collaborated cross-functionally to resolve issues & optimize outcomes. • Coordinated bug reporting/fixes with clients & dev teams. • Strong in conflict resolution, employee engagement & motivation. • Partnered with QA managed services to mitigate risks & ensure SLA compliance.
Senior Project Lead
Feb 2018 - Oct 2021
3 years 9 months
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
▪ Expert in installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Middleware, VOD servers like Edgeware, CMS (Content ▪ Management Systems), NPVR (Network Personal Video Recording) and convergence IPTV setup. ▪ Ability to understand Functional and Business Requirements. • Prepared QA reports, dashboards, and project health updates using JIRA, ALM, Excel. • Skilled in scope, timeline, deliverables, risk & change management. • Ensured quality outputs from teams/vendors through task delegation & control. • Collaborated cross-functionally to resolve issues & optimize outcomes. • Coordinated bug reporting/fixes with clients & dev teams. • Strong in conflict resolution, employee engagement & motivation. • Partnered with QA managed services to mitigate risks & ensure SLA compliance.
Project Lead
Feb 2016 - Jan 2018
2 years
Experience in API testing. ▪ Good experience in analyzing client logs and root cause analysis of the issues found during testing. ▪ Experience of working in release and Production environment. ▪ Experience in utilizing Wireshark for Network analysis. ▪ Expert in troubleshooting of Application Servers like JBoss/Wildfly • Skilled in scope, timeline, deliverables, risk & change management. • Ensured quality outputs from teams/vendors through task delegation & control. • Collaborated cross-functionally to resolve issues & optimize outcomes. • Coordinated bug reporting/fixes with clients & dev teams. • Strong in conflict resolution, employee engagement & motivation.
Senior Test Engineer
R Systems International limited
Feb 2012 - Jan 2016
4 years
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Analyzing business requirements use case documents, functional specs. • Test case creation, modification and reviews, Test case execution. • Trouble shooting related to test bed or device, Management & maintenance of devices VOD sever, nPVR Server etc. • Testing of web services using SOAP UI & OPA calls • Backward Compatibility Test with older Middleware applications. • Daily team discussions over status and functionality of multiple features. • Hosting & Attending client calls for issues / Discussions.
NIIT Limited
Sep 2006 - Aug 2011
5 years
Senior Test Engineer
Jan 2010 - Aug 2011
1 year 8 months
Involved in Test Requirement Analysis. Coordinate with other Testing Team Members to review Test Cases. Build and Deployment Test Case Designing and Execution Build Verification Testing Responsible for reproducing production bugs and validate bug fixes Identify, define and execute specific tests including Integration testing, Regression testing, Localization testing and System testing. Review of any test documentation produced by other members of the team. Determine test results. Evaluate product quality – reviewing test scripts (across all drops). Prepare test summary report. Coordinating with Hosting team to deploy on production server Code Base lining in CVS & VSS
Software Engineer QC
Sep 2006 - Jan 2010
3 years 5 months
Build and Deployment Test Case Designing and Execution Build Verification Testing Responsible for reproducing production bugs and validate bug fixes Identify, define and execute specific tests including Integration testing, Regression testing, Localization testing and System testing.