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Work History
Education
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Tools & Technologies
Certification
Accomplishments
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Leninraj Ganesan

Downingtown,PA

Summary

  • Senior Test Automation Architect with total IT industry experience of 17+ years
  • Experience in Banking, Telecom domain related applications
  • Roles Played : Automation Engineer, Automation Lead, Automation Architect, SDET, QA Lead & Engagement Manager
  • Experience in creating multiple types of Frameworks in UFT,Java Selenium Automation & Robot Framework
  • Experience in executing Automation Programs & Projects
  • Experience in TDD & BDD approach of development teams
  • Proficiency in developing Automation Framework with CICD implementation using Jenkins, GitLab etc
  • Experience in automating API, Frontend, Backend and Mainframe or Linux applications using Terminal Emulators



Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Engagement Manager

TCS - BNYM
King of Prussia, PA
07.2019 - Current
  • Manage and guide delivery team to develop new automation solutions
  • Manage automation consultation activities
  • Review and contribute to customer deliverables(RFP,RFI)
  • Perform leadership guidance to improve the quality of deliverables
  • conduct monthly portfolio review
  • Manage and review project scope, develop budget and layout deliverables
  • Manage project milestones and delivery of work
  • Manage SOW & CRs of the contracts

Automation Architect

TCS - BNYM - Subaccounting
King of Prussia, PA
04.2018 - 06.2019
  • Design and develop an automation framework.
  • Identify the scope for automation. Provide an automation solution for the identified scope.
  • Recommend and create a tools strategy. (Robotframework, CICD - Jenkins, BDD)
  • Create an automation strategy, approach, and process.
  • Coordinate with offshore development team(s) to identify priorities, and update the scope and delivery schedule.
  • Create data management/system integration strategies, and review the deliverables as per the standards.

Automation Architect

TCS - Northern Trust - EHUB
Chennai, Tamil Nadu,India
11.2016 - 03.2018
  • Responsible for creating a technical automation strategy and the upkeep of all automation technical assets.
  • Ensure all required SDLC technical documentation is in place per Northern Trust standards for the automation program.
  • Advise and support TCOE – automation estimation and processes (executive execution dashboard, test results, communications, and resource allocation input).
  • Responsible for automating the end-to-end corporate action life cycle, involving multiple interfaces with various technologies.
  • Responsible for the overall Java/Selenium code test strategy.
  • Responsible for quality design and code reviews.
  • Ensures that technical documentation is achieved and sign-offs are provided.
  • Responsible for implementing parallel execution, and providing weekly status to the PM.
  • Escalate risks and issues to the PM by documenting them in the issue and risk log.

Automation Architect

TCS - Northern Trust - APV
Chicago, IL
07.2011 - 10.2016
  • Responsible for the technical automation strategy and the upkeep of all automation technical assets.
  • Ensure all required SDLC technical documentation is in place, per Northern Trust standards, for the APV automation program.
  • Advise and support TCOE – automation estimation and processes (executive execution dashboard, test results, communications, and resource allocation input).
  • Responsible for the overall APV UFT code test strategy.
  • Responsible for quality design and code reviews
  • Conduct a POC to ensure UFT or Selenium compatibility with Northern Trust platforms and processes.
  • Accountable for the application ID's password management strategy.
  • Ensures that technical documentation is achieved and sign-offs are provided.
  • Provide a weekly status to the PM.
  • Escalate risks and issues to the PM by documenting them in the issue and risk log.

Automation - Engineer, Lead & Architect.

TCS - Northern Trust - EDM
Chicago, IL
01.2011 - 06.2011
  • Understand the Business requirements & create the QTP Test Framework.
  • Design & Develop a Hybrid (Modular + Data driven) QTP Framework for the EDM application.
  • Build the robust scripts and take care of execution

Test Engineer, Test Lead

Tech Mahindra
Pune,Chicago, India, USA
06.2005 - 12.2010
  • Design & Develop a Hybrid QTP Framework for the MW application
  • Created test data for validating scenarios based on functional requirements.
  • Created and submitted detailed bug reports about encountered anomalies in builds.
  • Evaluated test results and prepared system-level reports to detail findings and validate system performance.
  • Automated functional and regression testing approaches to streamline software production.

Education

Government College of technology
01.2005

Skills

  • Agile Development Practices
  • Automated Testing Frameworks
  • Performance Testing
  • API Testing and Automation
  • Prompt Engineer
  • Mainframe and Unix Test Automation
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Troubleshooting and diagnostics
  • Test Management Tools
  • Budget forecasting
  • Performance evaluations
  • Strategic Planning and Alignment
  • Pricing strategies
  • Contract negotiation and management
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Agile Principles
  • Contract Management

Tools & Technologies

  • Languages : Python, Core Java, SQL, Shell, Powershell, VB Script, Gherkin
  • Tools : Robotframework, RPAFramework, SSH Library, Remote Library, Cucumber, Selenium, TestNG, Extend Reports, Jenkins, JMeter, Jira, UFT, HP ALM
  • IDEs : Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, Pycharm
  • Databases : Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, Postgres, CTREE, DB2
  • OS : Windows, UNIX, Mainframe, MAC

Certification

2008 Six Sigma – Green Belt Certification on Quality

2018 Transcend - Program Management

2023 Prompt Engineer - Open AI

Accomplishments

  • Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Implemented APV (Automated Production Verification) across the organization for 100+ apps to bring the stability and availability for users
  • Promoted three times consecutively in less than 5 years
  • Awarded the top Band A in the annual appraisal consecutively for 7 Years due to outstanding performance and team contributions.

Timeline

Engagement Manager

TCS - BNYM
07.2019 - Current

Automation Architect

TCS - BNYM - Subaccounting
04.2018 - 06.2019

Automation Architect

TCS - Northern Trust - EHUB
11.2016 - 03.2018

Automation Architect

TCS - Northern Trust - APV
07.2011 - 10.2016

Automation - Engineer, Lead & Architect.

TCS - Northern Trust - EDM
01.2011 - 06.2011

Test Engineer, Test Lead

Tech Mahindra
06.2005 - 12.2010

Government College of technology
Leninraj Ganesan