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Phaneendra Kumar

Summary

Sr. Test Engineer with 15 years of comprehensive expertise in functional and integration testing in Banking and Insurance domains. Seeking an opportunity to leverage my skills and experience within a growth-oriented organization.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Lead

Citi bank
Irving, Dallas, TX
12.2020 - Current
  • Strong understanding of software QA process and Agile methodologies
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment
  • Comprehensively tested the Zelle, Wire and Autopay payments from online and mobile digital channels via Kafka real-time integration, collaborating closely with the Salesforce application team
  • Experienced in using Selenium WebDriver, Git, Maven, TestNG, CI/CD-Jenkins, Eclipse, Java, and Jira
  • Tested Rest API calls using functional and automation approaches
  • Hands on experience in data validation testing using SQL (RDMBS) and No-SQL (Document based).
  • Participated in code reviews to ensure adherence to coding best practices.

Agile Test Lead

US Bank
Portland, Oregon
03.2016 - 12.2019
  • Project: Money Movement- The purpose of this project is to incorporate the EWS Brand X experience into USB P2P
  • This will allow customers to send money to a Visa or MasterCard debit card in an enhanced OMNI user experience between Online Banking & Mobile devices
  • MM team also would be involved in the end-end testing and work with back-end teams to validate the end- end functionality
  • The end- end scenarios are identified and would be shared with all the back-end teams
  • Initiating the payments that are required for back-end teams to validate and should share all the required payment information
  • As a Quality Engineer, Responsible for writing the test cases for stories for the allotted for the sprint
  • As Mobile QE, I was Responsible for identifying the devices and OS combinations based on the usage report
  • Collaborate with product Managers, UX, product specialists and Development team through all phases of the testing cycle
  • Performed end-to-end Payment testing to ensure seamless integration between different Money Movement features such as Zelle, Transfers, Wires, BillPay in web, mobile, channels
  • Tested payment transfers between their own accounts and external accounts within the same bank or different banks
  • Validate the processing of bill payments to various types of payees (e.g., utilities, credit cards, loans)
  • Test for compliance checks, including AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements
  • Plan strategy to test different locales for both iOS and Android
  • Tracking the defects in JIRA and provide the required inputs including device logs, screenshots, crash logs
  • Using the necessary tools to take the crash reports from the iOS and Android
  • Test the endpoints using POSTMAN for different services endpoints
  • Create defects to backend dev team if needed and track till closure
  • Responsible for completing the UAT & Regression testing with no unknown defects.

Test Lead

Wells Fargo (WFIS)
Charlotte, NC
12.2014 - 01.2016
  • Responsible for functional and integration in an Agile development environment
  • Participating in all project level technical/functional walkthrough and discussion meetings
  • Created the Test Plan and Test cases
  • Identifying the test data for validation from NID Reports to maximum test coverage
  • Execution of Data Validation Test Cases Defect Reporting Coordinating with the Wells Fargo BA’s
  • Reviewing the CAT Validation results and ensuring issues logged by CAT users are valid or not
  • Pro-actively sharing the other team members works on need basis
  • Actively participating in Production validation activities.

Sr. QA Test Analyst

British Petroleum
Houston, Texas
01.2011 - 01.2014

QA Analyst

TIAA-CREF
Charlotte, NC
01.2007 - 01.2011

QA Analyst

IEEE
New Brunswick, NJ
01.2005 - 01.2007

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science -

ICMT College Canada
01.2004

Graduated in Computer Science Engineering -

Osmania University
01.2001

Skills

  • Automation Testing: Selenium WebDriver, Appium, TestNG, JUnit
  • Programming Languages: Java, Python
  • Test Management Tools: JIRA, TestRail
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Jenkins, Travis CI
  • Version Control: Git
  • Agile/Scrum Methodologies
  • Performance Testing: JMeter
  • Mobile Testing: Android and iOS
  • Test Data Management
  • SQL and Database Testing
  • Cloud Platforms AWS
  • Strong Problem-Solving Skills
  • Team Leadership and Mentoring

Certification

Member, International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)

Member, American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB)

Timeline

Test Lead

Citi bank
12.2020 - Current

Agile Test Lead

US Bank
03.2016 - 12.2019

Test Lead

Wells Fargo (WFIS)
12.2014 - 01.2016

Sr. QA Test Analyst

British Petroleum
01.2011 - 01.2014

QA Analyst

TIAA-CREF
01.2007 - 01.2011

QA Analyst

IEEE
01.2005 - 01.2007

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science -

ICMT College Canada

Graduated in Computer Science Engineering -

Osmania University
Phaneendra Kumar