Sandeep Varma

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About Sandeep Varma

QE Lead, 17+ years Hands-On experience, strong delivery track record in Enterprise Cloud, Containers, Kubernetes, HCI, Enterprise Storage, Servers, Virtualization, Backup & Recovery domains. Driven major product requirement plans with new functions and features in Kubernetes, OpenStack, VSS, and other projects. Strong in SDLC, Agile, End-to-end delivery for Enterprise products. Hands-on QE leader in Product requirement analysis, Feasibility analysis, Project Feature Prioritizations, Effort Estimation, Feature Implementation prioritization, Feature / Bugfix Risk assessment, QE Test Plan + QE Strategy, Task allocation, project milestone creation, Sprint activities, and Execution Strategy. Successfully Interacted & Influenced Program Management, Release Management, Customer Facing Representatives, Development Team, Backend Storage (PowerMax) Release manager to include customer-focused functionality/features in live projects. Handled all QE Manager roles and responsibilities for the entire product release life-cycle over consecutive releases. Experience in automation using Python and Nose framework. Successfully handled a breadth of roles across QE, Support, Release life cycles. Passionate, Accountable, High ownership - Aligned with Business goals. At-ease with stretch goals, changing priorities, and fast-paced environments Good communication, multitasking, and presentation skills, Collaborative and self-motivated. Broad exposure in handling cross-team coordination daily. Experience in System testing, Integration testing, Functional/Black box testing, Regression testing, Automation Testing, and Manual testing. Mentoring Junior Engineers and helping them resolve any blockers in their daily activities (Technical and non-technical) Love to balance project requirements & ensuring "Customer Delight" with high-quality QE deliverables