About

Surendra Sahu is an experienced DevOps Engineer/Senior Test Engineer with over 14 years of IT experience in software development methodologies, including both Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall models. He is currently working at Rabobank in Utrecht, Netherlands, where he has been involved in various projects in the banking and finance domain, serving clients like JPMC, Nationwide Building Society, and Rabobank. Surendra has rich experience in both manual and automated software testing using UFT/QTP and Selenium/Cucumber. He is an expert in web service testing and service virtualization, with hands-on experience of 'Rational Integration Tester' and 'SOAP UI' tool. He has also worked on compliance projects like the UK-based Bank's compliance with the requirements of Payment Card industry Data security Standard (PCI DSS). At Rabobank, Surendra has set up testing methodologies, analyzed and understood requirements and functional specification documents, created test scenarios in Cucumber format, and identified regression packs. He has been actively involved in the scrum process, preparing test data in ST/UAT environments, and creating stubs for web service virtualization using Rational Integration Tester (RIT). He has also performed system testing, user acceptance testing, and regression testing using automation tools like Cucumber and HP LoadRunner. Before joining Rabobank, Surendra worked at IBM as a Test Specialist in both DevOps and Software Testing Services. He managed the testing work of resources, allocated assignments, and monitored the status of work completed on a daily basis. He also participated in test planning, estimation, monitoring of testing activities, and metrics collection. He has experience in test case writing, test execution, defect logging, and defect management using Mercury Quality Center. Surendra holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronic and Telecommunication from University Institute of Technology Bhopal, India, and a Bachelor's degree in Electronic and Telecommunication from Vikram Higher Secondary School - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He has a strong technical background in test, SDET, DevOps, integration, web, Selenium, UI, and software engineering. With 18.62 years of relevant experience, Surendra is a highly skilled and knowledgeable professional in the field of DevOps and software testing.