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Saravanakumar Shanmugam

Minneapolis,MN

Summary

Accomplished and results-driven IT professional with 14+ years of software testing experience across diverse domains, including ERP, CRM, Banking, Finance, Insurance and Annuity, Retail and Manufacturing. A hands-on lead with a proven ability to effectively direct and enhance quality programs, resulting in improved efficiency and productivity.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead – Quality Engineer

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
06.2020 - Current
  • Working for a client “Ameriprise Financial Inc” for Secure site application as Lead – Quality Engineer.
  • Leading Quality Engineering team for Secure site online application
  • Managing team members and testing activities through entire portfolio
  • Automated the regression UI scenarios in Selenium Webdriver with Hybrid (Keyword + Data driven) Automation framework. Currently, we are migrating those test scripts to Cypress Automation tool using Java script for UI – Test Automation.
  • Perform Load and Endurance Test for API services with service virtualization using WireMock and ensure that performance test meets defined SLA
  • Perform Static and Dynamic scan using Veracode to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in software applications.
  • Automate accessibility testing using Axe tool to identifying code accessibility issues
  • Perform Visual testing using Percy and Cross browser testing on BrowserStack tool

Automation Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
03.2019 - 05.2020
  • Worked for the client “Ameriprise Financial Inc” for Bank – Mortgage project as Automation Test Lead.
  • Delivered the high-quality Mortgage Product to Ameriprise Bank from scratch and Successfully launched the Pilot phase for Mortgage with zero critical defects and got appreciation from Business Stakeholder for successful Pilot Launch
  • Automated testing of the Mortgage Components using Java.
  • Setting up a data-driven test will allow us to store and pass the input/ output parameters to test scripts from an external data source, such as Excel Spreadsheets, Text Files, CSV files, SQL Tables, or ODBC repositories.
  • Automated the regression suites which will run frequently for every subsequent release on Mortgage to save cost and effort to get rapid feedback to Tech Team.

Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
02.2018 - 03.2019
  • Worked for Client “MoneyGram Payment System Inc.” for Rewards and Loyalty membership project as Test Lead.
  • Prepared Test Scenarios, Run Plan in addition to Test Cases and maintained in HP Quality Centre (ALM)
  • Performed Automation scripts using selenium WebDriver with customized automation framework.
  • Prepared and executed the script using Serenity BDD with RestAssured for API Automation
  • Reporting the test execution and do continuous integration using Jenkins CI.

Senior Automation Engineer

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
10.2014 - 02.2018
  • Worked for Client “Bank Of America Financial Center” as Senior Automation Engineer.
  • Responsible for testing of Banking applications as 'Sales and Service Application'.
  • Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes.
  • Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
  • Develop Reusable Custom Automation framework using Selenium with Appium for both Web and Mobile application to automate the testing activities

Senior QA Associate

Group FiO India P Ltd.
09.2011 - 10.2014
  • Worked in “Group FiO India P Ltd.” as a Senior QA Associate.
  • Understanding the Requirement Specification.
  • Involved in Test Case preparation and execution using Selenium WebDriver with Appium.
  • Participated in on call support with the Client for new implementation and Production Support.
  • Ecommerce Project Reference - Linen chest (www.linenchest.com) & HSU Ginseng - Multilingual website (http://www.hsuginseng.com)

QA Associate

FiO Software Solution P Ltd.
03.2011 - 08.2011
  • Performed Testing on ERP & CRM based web application
  • Performed Web Automation using selenium 2.0 with customized FiO accelerator framework.
  • Tested the Functional, Graphical User Interface and Security testing for payment gateway system.
  • Defects Reporting in the Defect Tracking System

Test Engineer

Kelly Service India P Ltd.
05.2010 - 02.2011
  • Worked at client location “Nokia Siemens Network” as a Test Engineer.
  • Performed Testing on Network Alarm monitoring tool 'NetAct Monitor' - Telecom based web application

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Erode Sengunthar Engineering College
Erode, India
05.2009

Skills

  • Web Automation - Selenium WebDriver, TOSCA & Cypress
  • AWS Migration Testing
  • API Automation - RestAssured, Postman & SOAPUI
  • Load and stress testing using Apache JMeter for API Performance
  • Percy tool for Visual testing
  • BrowserStack for browser compatibility testing
  • Agile Methodology
  • Core Java and Javascript for test scripting
  • SQL Server and MySQL for database validation and ETL
  • BitBucket for Version controlling & Jira for project management
  • Jenkins for CICD pipeline integration
  • Veracode tool for Security Scan to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities
  • Project Coordination and management abilities

Certification

  • Certificate in US Banking
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Software Tester Certifications: Certified Tester - Foundation Level

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 02/29/88
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Lead – Quality Engineer

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
06.2020 - Current

Automation Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
03.2019 - 05.2020

Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
02.2018 - 03.2019

Senior Automation Engineer

Tata Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd.
10.2014 - 02.2018

Senior QA Associate

Group FiO India P Ltd.
09.2011 - 10.2014

QA Associate

FiO Software Solution P Ltd.
03.2011 - 08.2011

Test Engineer

Kelly Service India P Ltd.
05.2010 - 02.2011

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Erode Sengunthar Engineering College
  • Certificate in US Banking
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Software Tester Certifications: Certified Tester - Foundation Level
Saravanakumar Shanmugam