Kalaivani J

Cell: +91-988*******

Email: ac9ot2@r.postjobfree.com

TEST LEAD

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Dynamic Software Engineer having around 9+ Years of work experience in Software Testing currently spearheading the task as a Test Lead in HCL Technologies, since Mar’ 10.

Received Letter of Recommendation from Client for the Testing Performance.

Analytical thinker, consistently resolving ongoing issues, often called upon to consult on problems that have eluded resolution by others.

Have extensive technical expertise with respect to the umpteen amount of professional exposure in projects/ technology implementation as part of professional involvement.

Expertise in Manual testing, Mobile App Testing and Hewlett-Packard’s Defect Management tools along with proficiency in writing test plans, test cases and test execution. Also worked in Jira Tool.

Deft in analyzing Requirements / User Stories, creating trace-ability matrix for ensuring requirements coverage and Test Planning and performing risk based testing.

Expertise in testing of Android, iOS, iPad, Mac, Windows, Web, SQL Developer applications in Server / Desktop virtualization environments and VMWARE.

Also having experience in Soap UI,Putty tool & Worked in Unix Commands.

Expertise in analyzing foreseen risks along with identifying the plan to mitigate the risk to avoid issues.

Work experience with major players of Gaming, Insurance and Supply Chain Management domain.

Deft in maintaining the standard / process in the Deliverables, Documents to ensure Compliance.

Excellent communicator with talent for problem solving and ability to handle multiple functions and activities in high pressure environments with tight deadlines.

Diligent team builder, dedicated, hardworking and focused individual with sound analytical skills of self-defining performance parameters and ability to objectively evaluate results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Manual Testing

Jira

HP Quality Center 9.2

Bscreened Tool

iPad Testing

Mac Testing

Android & iOS Testing

Mobile App Testing

EDUCATIONAL:

B.E (COMPUTER SCIENCE), 2006

Sri Sairam Engineering College, affiliated to Anna University 76%

HSC, 2002; Sri Sankara Vidhyashramam, Chennai. State Board of Tamil Nadu; 79.4%

SSLC, 2000; Sri Sankara Vidhyashramam, Chennai. State Board of Tamil Nadu; 76.3%

CERTIFICATIONS

Testing Process – ISTQB Certified Tester

Successfully completed training and certification course of CSTP, Oct’2006 at STC Technologies, Chennai

Notable Accomplishments

Participated in eWIT Excellence Award 2019 & got selected for the final round by competing almost more than 150 IT companies paper submission.

Received the Employee of the year award for the year 2013 at HCL Technologies Ltd

Six Value ADD ideas have been submitted in the Boss media Project at HCL Technologies Ltd.

Case Study has been submitted in the Boss media Project at HCL Technologies Ltd.

Got Letter of Recommendation from Client as an appreciation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HCL Technologies, Chennai Mar’10 - Till Date

Test Lead

Project Undertaken

IGT May’17 – TillDate

Test Lead

Précis: IGT International Game Technology PLC is the global leader in gaming. Involves Online lottery, Instant games along with the IGAMING product line “Poker, Bingo and Casino”. IGT Project is for Gaming Applications developed using Dot net, Java and C++ to support their customers.

Accountabilities:

Involved in all the stages of the project life cycle to ensure quality and process

Leading the Test Team

Involved in the Test estimation based on the Functional Requirement Specification (FRS)

Looked after review of the Test Cases Test data.

Involved in Test cases execution for various modules along with defect tracking

Responsible for publishing the Test Summary Report which also includes the risks and issues to the client on daily basis during the test execution

Supporting the client during the UAT phase

Also gave value ADD ideas.

Boss Media Mar’14 – Apr’17

Test Lead

Précis: Boss Media Project is for Gaming Applications developed using Dot net and C++ for GTECH account to support their customers. The main games used are Poker where we will be testing the games in Windows, Mac and IPad. Also we are using BScreened Tool which is used for detecting the Fraudulent activities of online Poker. Whenever there is any new version released by Apple we will Test the games in the latest versions and provide the support to the Customers.

Accountabilities:

Involved in all the stages of the project life cycle to ensure quality and process

Leading the Test Team

Involved in the Test estimation based on the Functional Requirement Specification (FRS)

Looked after review of the Test Cases Test data.

Involved in Test cases execution for various modules along with defect tracking

Responsible for publishing the Test Summary Report which also includes the risks and issues to the client on daily basis during the test execution

Supporting the client during the UAT phase

Also gave value ADD ideas and Case Study on Poker Platform.

CS-WF&I, Lloyds Banking Group (UK) May’12 – Mar’14

Senior Test Engineer

Précis: CS -WF&I (Customer Service Workflow & Imaging) is a Web based application developed using PEGA for Lloyds Banking Group to support their customers. An Agile Methodology, followed to validate the OLTP data manipulation between the Application and Data server in all the 28 business process includes the Life, Pension, Protection etc… along with the reports. Report validation includes both Canned reports and Ad-hoc reporting engine along with report scheduling and integration with UI using PEGA.

Accountabilities:

Involved in all the stages of the project life cycle to ensure quality and process

Leading the Test Team

Understanding the functional requirements and user stories tracking the Q&A to ensure the Requirement Clarity Index(RCI) is 100%

Prepared the Test Strategy and Test Plan

Involved in the test estimation based on the Middle Level Platform Design (MLPD) and Functional Requirement Specification (FRS)

Handling the task of Test cases preparation and documentation for various modules along with SQL Scripts and supporting the test team on the same

Looked after review of the Test cases, Test data and SQL Scripts

Involved in Test cases execution for various modules along with defect tracking

Responsible for publishing the Test Summary Report which also includes the risks and issues to the client on daily basis during the test execution

Responsible for Self Functional Audit at end of the SIT execution to ensure the quality of the build

Supporting the client during the UAT phase

Wealth Management, Lloyds Banking Group (UK) Mar’10 – May’12

Senior Test Engineer

Précis: Wealth Management solution is used by Lloyds Banking Group to manage its business such as Pension, Protection and Insurance and serves their client through paper based folio. The requirement is to migrate the existing store procedures used for ETL to Informatics workflow. The data is loaded from several source systems to the Data Mart through various layers including the Staging and Operational Data Store (ODS).

Accountabilities:

Stretched the role as a Test Lead

Analyzing the existing Store Procedures and Functionalities

Involved in the Test Plan preparation

Responsible for preparation of the Test Scenarios, Test Case, Test Data and SQL Script for several modules

Involved in the execution of the Test Cases, Regression suite and SQL scripts for various modules of the solution

Looked after review of the Test cases & Test Result (Evidence Document)

Defect tracking

Coordinating with the onsite team on clarifications and tracking them to closure

Supported the Client’s test team on UAT

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 22nd May

Language Known: Tamil & English

Permanent Address: D15/127, Thirunagar villivakkam. Chennai-600049

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