Ananthanarayanan Srinivasan
Chennai
Summary
Software-savvy quality assurance professional committed to confirming proper functionality and usability of software products before release. Plans test schedules and strategies according to project scope and delivery dates and monitors and tracks bug resolutions. Reviews software documentation to verify technical accuracy and completeness and to mitigate risks.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Test Lead/Manager
NatWest Bank
08.2008 - Current
- Responsible for Offshore deliverable and escalation point at offshore
- Currently responsible for UAT of different projects delivering primarily in core payments systems involving payment engine, SWIFT, settlement mechanisms such as EBA, TARGET, CHAPS, SEPA and correspondence
- End to end testing involving inward payments, outward payments, customer and bank transfers, interfaces using various settlement mechanisms
- Delivered UAT for projects in Trade involving collections, letters of credit, guarantees and reimbursements
- Piloted with COE team to come up with Selenium automation framework and also automated for internet banking applications
- Initiated and managed automation of mainframe applications for regression test cases using attach mate with support of COE teams
- Prepared test strategy, test plan, scheduling, ensuring test environment availability, test readiness
- Preparation of test scenarios, test design, test data.
- Track and monitor test execution, providing test metrics, track defects and ensure closure
- Manage performance of team and training new team members
- Manage performance and deliverables of vendor teams
- Mentoring new team mates, providing training and helping them to understand framework, tasks and resolving issues faced by team
- Maintaining, updating automation framework and scope of automation test cases
- Review automation code and assess quality
- Implement test lab infrastructure to make sure continuous build and testing happens daily
- Look for improved ways from open source community and implement them for continuous improvement of framework
- Increasing scope of automation by reviewing regression pack and increasing automation coverage
- Onboarding new resources and providing them KT.
Test Lead
IGate Global Solutions
08.2005 - 07.2008
- Responsible for analysis and testing of POS machine and Merchandise systems in DFS venture, Singapore
- Performed database testing for validating complex reports
- Performed ETL Testing for securities project
- Managing transition activities and ensuring smooth KT phase
- Analysis of BRD and Test Planning
- Ensuring proper and timely delivery of Test Scenario and Conditions
- Participating and Conducting Scenario and Condition Reviews
- Reviewing and delivering the Test Scripts and updated Requirement Traceability Matrix
- Supporting Test Execution, providing appropriate status reports
- Providing Test Metrics, SIT updates and attending defect management meetings and calls
- Supporting Test Manager on Resource Management activities
- Performed system, integration and regression testing.
Analyst
Scope International
06.2002 - 07.2005
- Requirements Analysis
- Coding and Implementation in Java/J2EE
- Deploying application using websphere
- Post Implementation support and developing enhancements
- Develop crystal reports
- Preparing Functional / System Test Scripts Performing System Testing and Regression Testing
- Reporting the defects through DTR Submitting the Test Summary Report Updating and Maintaining Requirement Traceability Matrix Develop country specific functionality for further phases
- Implementations across regions.
Education
MBA - Technology Management
Anna University
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Vivekananda College
Skills
- Dynamic leader of application testing teams offering 20 years of experience in managing high revenue, mission-critical projects, overseeing team’s/projects application testing activities
- Provide end-to-end testing support for time and business critical projects by leading test strategy, plan, execution, documentation, defect management and status reporting
- Scrum master PSM1 certified and experienced in agile projects using Jira
- Sound knowledge of Banking domain covering Core banking, payments – (swift, chaps, target, eba, sepa), loans, investments, Letter of credit, Remediation
- Experience in automation feasibility, benefit analysis, selection of tool, gathering automation requirements, framework development
- Experience in driving and managing automation projects using Coded tools such as Selenium (BDD Framework), Attachmate, Silk test and Low code tools such as UI Path and Power automate
- Experience in database and API testing
- Experience in driving non-functional testing such as performance testing, accessibility and penetration
- Knowledge of MS Dynamics CRM, Power Apps
- Knowledge of Devops – CI/CD pipelines, Release/Deployment Management, Jenkins, GIT Hub
- Experience in cloud computing on Azure and AWS
Certification
- ISTQB advanced test manager
- Azure cloud fundamentals
Timeline
Test Lead/Manager
NatWest Bank
08.2008 - Current
Test Lead
IGate Global Solutions
08.2005 - 07.2008
Analyst
Scope International
06.2002 - 07.2005
MBA - Technology Management
Anna University
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Vivekananda College
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