T H U LAS I RAD HA MANAVALAN
Bellevue, Washington-98005
848-***-**** l t ******.***@*****.***
Quality Assurance Tester
• Close to 6.6 years of experience in Manual testing both as a tester (4.5 years) and
test module lead (2 years)
• Performed GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Functionali ty Testing, Sanity Testing,
Smoke Testing, In tegration Testing and Adhoc Testing.
• Good exposure to software testing life cycle (STLC), bug life cycle and conversant
w ith various levels and methods of testing.
• Delivered multiple Testing projects on target and with utmost quality, meeting the
p lanned scope and effort.
• Expertise in effective test plan & functional test cases creation.
• Involved in Test data preparation and data validation.
• Involved in developing and maintaining Requirement Traceability Mat rix.
• Experienced in handling change requests.
• Experienced in handling Defect Tracking meetings, analyzing bugs and interacting
w ith development team members in fixing the defects and managing Defect L ife
cycle.
• Strong expertise in Test management tools like Test Director, HP Quality center,
J IRA.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to grasp new things quickly.
• Good team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Adopt to standards and best practices.
• Anchored t raining and induction programs for new joinees to the team.
COMPETENC I ES:
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F unctional Technical
• M anua l Testing types
GUI Testing
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Regression Testing
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Functionality Testing
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In tegration Testing
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Operating systems: W indows
Adhoc Testing
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Test M an agement/Defect T r acking
Smoke Testing
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tool: Test Director 8.0, HP Quality center
Sanity Testing
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(QC), JIRA
• Domain knowledge
Financial Services – Retail
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Banking
Payments & Processing systems
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Certifications:
No Board Certification Name
1 Indian Testing Board – External Testing – Foundation Level
Cognizant Certified Professional -
2 Software Testing Foundation Level
I n ternal
Cognizant Certified Professional -
3 Retail Banking
I n ternal
Awards and appreciations:
• ‘Star of the month‘ award for July 2008 at Cognizant Technology Solutions
• Rewarded with word of appreciation and cash award from the Client H alifax Bank
of Scotland, U K for “spontaneous response for resolving complicated, challenging
issues - Faster Payment Systems”
PROJECTS H ISTORY:
COMPANY: Label Master Software
2
DGIS- Dangerous Good Information System
T I T LE
Seattle, WA
LOCAT IO N
18 months [Sept 2013 – Present]
D URAT IO N
Tester
ROLE
E NV I RON M E N T
JIRA
A ND TOOLS
U SE D
Performed Functional testing and Regression testing
Test Requirement Analysis, Prepared test scenarios, test cases, test
RESPONS IB I L I T
I ES scripts and test data.
Test Execution, logging test results and defects in JIRA.
COMPANY: Cognizant Technology Solutions
PROJECT
Project Unity – System and System In tegration Testing
T I T LE
Richmond, Virginia
LOCAT IO N
18 months [December 2009 – June 2011]
D URAT IO N
CapitalOne
CL I E N T
Tester and Module Lead
ROLE
Project Unity was a program to migrate the customer accounts that
belong to Chevy Chase Bank, from the NCA (New Current account)
DESCR I P T IO N
p latform to the Core Banking System of Capital One.
E NV I RON M E N T
HP Quality Center, Mainframe
A ND TOOLS
U SE D
R ESPONS IB I L I T
I ES Performed functional testing, smoke testing, sanity testing,
regression testing and integration testing
Test Requirement Analysis, Prepared test scenarios, test cases, test
scripts and test data.
Developing and maintaining Requirement Traceability Mat rix.
Review of Test deliverables prepared by offshore team.
Test Execution, logging test results and defects in HP Quality
center.
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Preparation of Daily & Weekly status reports on testing progress.
Faster Payment Services
PROJECT T I T LE
Chennai (India), Edinburgh (UK)
LOCAT IO N
33 months [Chennai: April 2007 – May 2009, U K: June 2009 –
D URAT IO N
November 2009]
L loyds Banking Group (HBOS & LTSB)
CL I E N T
Tester and module lead
ROLE
The objective of Faster Payment Service (FPS) is to provide U K
consumers with a same-day service faster than BACS (Bankers'
A utomated Clearing Services) at a significantly reduced cost compared
DESCR I P T IO N
w ith the present CHAPS (Clearing House Automated Payment System )
system
E NV I RON M E N T
Test Director 8.0, ACI payment Gateway (BASE24-es)
A ND TOOLS
U SE D
Performed functional testing, smoke testing, sanity testing,
regression testing, integration testing and adhoc testing. Fully
responsible for couple of change requests.
Test Requirement Analysis. Knowledge acquisition from the onshore
RESPONS IB I L I T
and t ransfer the same to the team at offshore.
I ES
Preparation of test scenarios, test cases, test scripts and test data.
Developing and maintaining Requirement Traceability Mat rix.
Review of Test deliverables prepared by the team.
Test Execution, logging test results and defects in Test Director 8.0.
Preparation of Daily & Weekly status reports on testing progress
PROJECT
Sanctions In tegration Testing
T I T LE
Chennai, India
LOCAT ION
8 months [August 2006 – March 2007]
DURAT ION
L loyds Banking Group (HBOS & LTSB)
CL IENT
4
Tester
R OLE
The objective of testing is to verify the routing of SWIFT (Society for
Worldwide In terbank Financial Telecommunication) messages
DESCR IPT ION
t h rough the new orchestration layer, for sanctions checking.
E NV IRON MEN
Test Director 8.0
T AND TOOLS
U SED
Test Requirement Analysis
Preparation of test scenarios, test cases, test scripts and test data.
RESPONSIB I L I
Developing and maintaining Requirement Traceability Mat rix.
T IES
Test Execution, logging test results and defects in Test Director 8.0
Preparation of Daily & Weekly status reports on testing progress.
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