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Muthukumaran Sundar

Columbus,IN

Summary

16 years of Experience in the IT industry as a Automation and Functional Test Lead with strong experience in Test Automation framework design and automation tools : Selenium/WebDriver, QTP, TestNG, JUnit, RFT, RPT, RQM, Tosca, RRC, RTC, RTW, WebTop, HP Performance Center 12.0, AppScan Server, QTest, JIRA, CodedUI. Strong understanding of database schemas and SQL.Strong experience implementing test code within a continuous integration.Experience working in an Agile development environment.Understanding of the entire software testing life cycle.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Automation Test Lead

Emerson Inc
05.2023 - Current
  • Involved in end-to-end application testing including the Integration testing.
  • Designed the completed RPA (Robotic Process Automation) for end-to-end application functional Testing.
  • Involved in script design and creation for the robotic framework created in Python.
  • Responsible for the development and execution of test scenario, test scripts execution and maintained the test suite.
  • Supported the end-to-end Testing life cycle such as Test Strategies, Test Plan preparation, execution and delivering the product.
  • Reviewed and approve the Test plan, Test cases for Manual Testing.
  • Coordinated with systems partners to finalize the framework designs and confirm requirements.
  • Conducted test data setup, service testing, published test reports/test schedules/test metrics/ bug reports.
  • Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for the framework.
  • Coached team members for Test Automation and troubleshooting.

Automation Test Lead

Masonite Inc
10.2020 - 04.2023
  • Performed functional testing for Web Application using Automation Testing.
  • Involved in test case analysis, design review, keywords development, test cases and test suites build and execution, bug report and verification.
  • Participated in test automation code review meetings and provided input on colleagues' coding efforts.
  • Used POM to create Object Repository for Web UI Elements Performed data driven testing by using JDBC as a data source in SOAP UI and configured SQL queries to fetch data from the Oracle database.
  • Validated production deployment changes, providing reports on discovered issues to manager.
  • Guided the application team with their DevOps requirement and supported the tool Configuration.
  • Designed the CI/CD pipeline for automation functional testing.

Automation Test Lead/Architect

Cummins Inc.
05.2015 - 09.2020


  • Involved in Configuring the testing tools Such as Tricentis Tosca, IBM RFT/RPT/RQM, HP PC, HCL AppScan.
  • Researched and selected automation tools, prioritizing cost-effective solutions to shorten diagnostic workflows.
  • Designed standardized processes and protocols to continuously improve operational efficiency through positive iteration.
  • Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.
  • Created/reviewed test plans, test strategy, conducted RBT sessions, prepared/reviewed test cases and test data from functional and business requirements based on the Quality Management processes.
  • Installed and configured the TOSCA for functional automation testing.
  • Involved in completed integration of testing tools such as TOSCA and qTestfor end-to-end Devops pipeline.
  • Managed the configuration and set-up TOSCA for deployments, pods and services.
  • Integrated the Tosca with qTest for maintained the Test Plan and Test Strategies.
  • Worked on SAP functional testing for S/4 HANA with FIORI Testing.
  • Involved in complete E2E functional testing in SAP H4 with TOSCA.
  • Defined the Integration and API testing using SoapUI and Postman.
  • Discussed requirements and processes with project managers and developers.
  • Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
  • Applied Agile Delivery methods to simplify testing process decisions through iterative development.
  • Worked with Product Owners and Stake holders to enhance the requirement based on the business.
  • Guided the application team with their DevOps requirement and supported the tool Configuration.
  • Involved in implementing the various DevOps tool such as GitLab, JFrog, Maven, QTest, Tosca, JIRA via Jenkins.

Automation Tester

Cummins Inc.
11.2013 - 04.2015
  • Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing.
  • Involved in creating the Test Plan, Test case, Test Suite as per the project requirement.
  • Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
  • Completed automation of functional and regression testing.
  • Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.
  • Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.

Quality Analyst Engineer

London Life Insurance
01.2012 - 10.2013
  • Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
  • Partnered with senior management to analyze issues and find appropriate solutions.
  • Map Requirements to Designs, Test Cases & Work Items.
  • Coordinating with onsite and offshore team
  • · Traceability Matrix (For Requirements, Design, Issue, Change Request & Defects)

Test Engineer

Canadalife Insurance
06.2011 - 12.2011
  • Created plans for test method validation using research or field observations.
  • Engaged internal and external customers during planning and test phases to answer questions.
  • Developed comprehensive engineering documents for all projects.
  • Monitored and evaluated engineering performance to recommend improvements.
  • Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Bharathidasan University
Trichy , India
2004

Skills

Databases

Oracle Series, DB2, MySQL

Languages

Java, SQL, XML, HTML, Python, JavaScript, and AJAX

Servers

IBM Web sphere, WSAD, Web logic, Jboss, and Apache Tomcat

Automation Tools

HP PC, Load Runner, TOSCA, IBM RFT, RPT, RQM, RRC, RTC, HCL AppScan Server, RTW, NightwatchJS, CodedUI, Cucumber and Selenium

Test Management Tools

Jira, Azure DevOps, RQM, QTest, JIRA Confluence, Quality Center, HP ALM, Test Link Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI & Power Apps)

CI/CD Tools

Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, Maven, Jfrog, Dockers, Slack, SonarQube

Certification

● Certified in Atlassian Agile with JIRA.

● Certified in SAFe Agilist 5.0.

● Certified PMBOK 5 Project Management.

● Certified in IBM Rational Tools.

● Certified in Tricentis Automation Specialist (TOSCA).

● Certified in Tricentis qTest in Unified Test Management.

● Certified in ALMI Level 1.

Timeline

Automation Test Lead

Emerson Inc
05.2023 - Current

Automation Test Lead

Masonite Inc
10.2020 - 04.2023

Automation Test Lead/Architect

Cummins Inc.
05.2015 - 09.2020

Automation Tester

Cummins Inc.
11.2013 - 04.2015

Quality Analyst Engineer

London Life Insurance
01.2012 - 10.2013

Test Engineer

Canadalife Insurance
06.2011 - 12.2011

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Bharathidasan University
Muthukumaran Sundar