Engineer Test

PATHMANABAN GOVINDHAN

E-Mail: ***********.*********@*****.***

Address: ** * ******** ***, *****, New Jersey - 07470

Mobile: 201-***-****

Seeking assignments in Software Testing with a reputed organization, preferably in IT industry

Primary Skills: Selenium Testing (Automation testing)

VISA Status : L2 (EAD Card No : EAC1690005887)

Secondary Skills: Manual testing, Database Testing, Load Testing

Location Preferences: New Jersey, New York

Profile Snapshot

10+ years of experience in Software Testing and have expertise in Insurance, Healthcare, Media and Retail domain

5+ years of experience in Automation Testing (Selenium WebDriver – TestNG Framework, Maven, Jenkins, Junit with Cucumber(BDD Framework), PYDEV Framework)

Developed customized framework using Selenium (JAVA- TestNG) and used ATUReports, Apache poi apis

Demonstrated abilities in Software testing (System / Regression), setting up of test environment, creation of test scripts / cases, execution of Tests and tracking of defects using various tools.

Experience of using Automation tools SOAPUI, Jmeter, imacros, Black Box Testing Techniques, SQL Queries, SDLC process and Agile methodology in the projects

Experience in Database testing, Load testing & performance testing (Jmeter, PEGA DB trace, performance profiler)

Exceptional communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new technical concepts quickly and utilize the same in a productive manner.

Configuring and manually testing software applications and developing test plans and test cases

Conducting System / Regression testing for the software product under varying conditions and analyzing the behaviour of the system under multi user environment

Accepting testing for released projects and allocating resources

Creating quality assurance documents like Test Plan and Traceability matrix

Certification

TBA Diploma certificate (Healthcare domain) Test Engineer in Hewitt Associates

MCSE Certified Senior Test Engineer, MCTS certified Module lead in Mind Tree

Selenium 1.0 Certified Automation tester

Media 101 certified in Media Domain

PEGA v 7.2 CSA Certified PEGA Tester

IT Skills

Operating System : Windows 10

Languages : C, C++, JAVA

Database : MS Access, MYSQL, Mainframe

Testing Tools : Selenium Webdriver, QTP, Imacros, SOAPUI,Cucumber, JMeter, Cucumber,

PyDEV framework with Python

Test Management Tool : Test link, Maestro, Open Project

Build Automation tool : Maven, Jenkins, Ant

Bug raking tool : JIRA, BERT

Scripting Languages : HTML, VBScript, JavaScript

Development tools : PEGA 7.1

Education

2007 ME (Software Engg.) from College of Engg, Anna University, Guindy

2005 B.Tech. (Information Technology) from Mepco Schlenk Engg College, Sivakasi

Fipsar Inc, NJ USA as Automation Testlead

The Projects Handled

1. Co-Pay Relief Assistance Program (CPR) (Year : Mar 2016 – Sep 2017)

Client : Patient Advocate Foundation, Virginia, USA (PAF)

Platform & tools : Windows8, SQL, Open Project, PEGA 6.3

Database : SQL, Robo Mango 0.9.0, Talend 6.3, SAHI

Testing tools : Selenium WebDriver, Jmeter, Performance Analyzer, Performance Profiler, Robo Mango 0.9.0, Talend 6.3, Maven, Jenkins, Cucumber, Junit, Jmeter,SOAPUI

Automated Modules : PAF Internal portals, Co-Pay Relief (CPR), Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Co-Pay Assistance Program's (LLS) portals

Test methodology : Agile Model

Role : Automation Testlead & Load Tester

Team Size : 3

Description: PAF Co-Pay Relief (CPR) provides direct financial assistance to qualified patients, assisting them with prescription drug co-payments their insurance requires relative to their diagnosis. CPR call counselors work directly with the patient as well as with the provider of care to obtain necessary medical, insurance and income information to advance the application in an expeditious manner.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Involved in Feasibility study of PEGA CPR portals and providing estimation for test script development

Developed customized framework PAF using Selenium TestNG and JAVA

Developing automation test suites using TESTNG (PAF) Framework (selenium Webdriver) for automation testing of PEGA Healthcare CPM applications. Developed new PAF framework with Hybrid framework model which has cross browser testing feature, HTMLReports, Excel Reports, user friendly parameterization, loosely coupled components and libraries

Performed automation test suite deployment to Client system through Maven, Jenkins, Batch File and have experience in performing Automation environment setup in Client Machines

Developed Automation test suites for File Upload, Download testing CMS (Content Management System) integration with PEGA Healthcare CPM applications. Script developed for triggering concurrent users to do file upload, download with real-time scenario

Automated Work package user stories like COLI, Patient intents using Cucumber BDD Junit framework

Developed test suites using PYDEV Framework with Python

Performed Cross browser testing using SAHI

Performed performance testing of PEGA Healthcare CPM applications using PEGA tools like Performance Profiler, Performance Analyzer and DB Trace tools

Performing Load testing using tools like SOAPUI & Jmeter tools and captured statics of server performance. Did Server monitoring and shared load test reports to Client Team

Performed Database Testing for PEGA Server performance projects. Experience of executing SQL queries in Robo Mango, SQL, Talend Databases for verifying data consistency and correctness.

Using Configuration Management tools Git, SVN for maintaining Automation code

Developed POC (Proof of Concepts) using Automation tools for new PEGA projects

Following Agile 3 week sprints and attending scrum meeting daily

2.HBS (Year : Nov 2013 – Dec 2015)

Client : Harvard Business School

Platform & tools : Windows8, SQL, JIRA

Database : SQL

Automated Modules : Student Module, Admin Module, Report Module, Billing Module

Role : Automation Test Engineer

Team Size : 5

Description: Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The school offers a large full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, HBX and many executive education programs. It owns Harvard Business School Publishing, which publishes business books, leadership articles, and online management tools for corporate learning

Roles and Responsibilities:

Involved in Feasibility study of HBS portals and providing estimation for test script development

Developing automation test suites using TESTNG (SAF) Framework using selenium Webdriver

Performed code deployment to Client system through Ant 1.8.2 and have experience in performing Automation environment setup

Performing Automation Demos to Onsite client team weekly

Performing smoke testing using automation scripts

3. Talentbrew (Year : Sep 2011 – Oct 2013)

Client : TMP Worldwide, United States

Platform & tools : Windows7, DotNet, JIRA, Test link, BERT, Radar, Selenium WebDriver, imacros

Database : SQL

Automated Modules : Job Distribution, Work with me, CandidateHQ, Seo-Site, PMZ

Role : Automation Test Engineer/ Module lead

Team Size : 5

Description: It aimed at developing TMP Pathways which is a single sign-on platform designed to enhance the way companies source job candidates, manage assets and view reporting. Job Distribution is the core component of the TMP Pathways platform

Roles and Responsibilities:

Involved in automating test scenarios for Behavior-Driven Development

Developing automation test suites using Junit (Cucumber) Framework using selenium Webdriver

Developed test suites using Python (PYDEV Framework)

Using Maven tool for build deployment

Performing Automation Demos and log failures using JIRA

Performed Webservice testing for job importer verification

4. AIG APAC (Year May 2011 – Aug 2011)

Client : American International Group, Inc.

Platform & tools : Windows7, Sybase, JIRA

Database : SQL, Sybase

Role : Database tester

Team Size : 4

Description: American International Group, Inc. – also known as AIG – is an American multinational insurance corporation with more than 88 million customers in 130 countries. To address the issue of Client facing frequent problems in processing policies with coverage’s more than 100, performance tuning was proposed and testing was engaged to test the performance of application before and after remediation

Roles and Responsibilities:

Involved in status calls and providing QA task updates, QA blockers and anything QA team needs to discuss with client team

Performed Database testing to ensure new business, endorsement, renewal, cancellation & re-instate transactions working as stated in SOW and used Sybase tables for verifying transaction processing time

Performed Regression testing to ensure all the functionalities are working before and after Remediation

5. Allegiant Airlines (Year Jan 2011 – Apr 2011)

Client : Allegiant Airlines, United States

Platform & tools : Windows7, Java, J2EE, JDBC, JSP, HTML, JIRA

Database : SQL

Role : Senior Test Engineer/Module lead

Team Size : 4

Description: Allegiant Air is an American low-cost airline owned by Allegiant Travel Co. that operates scheduled and charter flights. Allegiant generates significant ancillary revenues from items such as baggage fees and on-board food and beverage service. Additionally, the airline generates revenues from partnerships with hotels, car rental companies and tourist attractions at its primary destinations

Roles and responsibilities

Involved in Daily scrum calls and providing QA daily status updates, QA blockers and anything QA team needs from Product team (any clarifications on Requirements)

Participated in Pre Estimation, Estimation sessions with Agile team to get knowledge on upcoming Sprint user stories

Prepared test plan for Regression testing

Prepared & Maintained Traceability Matrix for all user stories

Prepared test Metrics for every Sprint and sharing metrics to Onsite QA Manager

Performed QA Build to move code changes to QA environment from DEV

Acted as a bridge between QA and DEV team (Stature Team, Russia) regarding issue clarification, issue replication, test data preparation and any kind of support which QA team needs

Participated in CMMI Audit and contributed in developing test strategy, test plan, test case documents

Followed six sigma process for process improvement in testing

Used imacros tool to measure the response time of transactions

6. O4 Corporation - PDA Dev and Maintenance (Year Oct 2010 – Dec 2010)

Title : HM 4x (Benefits Administration)

Client : O4 Corporation, Australia

Platform & tools : Windows7, Java, J2EE

Database : SQL

Role : Senior Test Engineer

Team Size : 6

Description: O4 Corporation PDA Quofore, the world’s leading provider of mobile sales force automation solutions for retail execution. Sales territory managers in Sales Team are using the Quofore mobile technology solution to plan sales visits and manage in-store orders for their snacks products.

Roles and responsibilities

Preparing Test Scenarios and writing Test cases for enhancements in Kraft Quofore Application

Developed End to end test cases for business marketing using PDA

Involved in System Testing, Regression Testing of Kraft Quofore Mobile Application PDA

Raising Defects using Defect Tracking Tool RADAR

7. HM 4x (Benefits Administration) (Year June 2007 – Sep 2010)

Title : HM 4x (Benefits Administration)

Client : Edison International, United States

Platform & tools : Echo (Testing tool), Benefits Administration tools, Mainframe, Maestro 2.0, Echo

Database : Mainframe

Role : Test Engineer

Team size : 6

Description: It aimed at developing HM which offers a range of robust service platforms designed to meet companies’ specific health and welfare administration needs. These platforms power our solutions to enable innovative health care strategies, promote employee self-management and decision-making and facilitate third-party interactions

Roles and responsibilities:

Developed test File Extracts in a database and Inserting that Generation Group Data in other database for testing

Worked on SDLC Process model for testing

Conducted testing using automated test management tool, ECHO and thereby reduce the time for Regression Testing and Retesting

Personal Details

Languages Known : English & Tamil

Date of Birth : 15th June 1984

Passport : L6416748 valid upto Dec 25, 2023

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