Sivakumar Balasubramanian

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivakumar-balasubramanian-70b44026/

+91 - 900-***-****

adl04o@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Self-driven professional targeting for Senior QA level assignments with a growth-oriented organization of repute.

Profile Summary:

Result-driven Quality Assurance professional with 8.0 Years of experience in Enterprise Web Application and Product testing which includes Anti-Virus, IPTV and Networking domain(s).

Extensive working experience on all phases of Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), applied methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile models.

Coordinating with on-site and off-shore development team on accomplishing tasks and bug fixing.

Developed test strategy and plan which leads to effective estimation and completion of tasks and prominent on-time deployment to the client.

Experience in developing automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver, TestNG Framework, Maven and Java for existing framework.

Proven experience using test management tools such as Testlink, Bugzilla, Fogbugz, Confluence, JIRA and Pivotal Tracker.

Career Experience:

Completed Udemy Rest API Automation Certification December 2020 - March 2021.

Completed Udemy Test Automation Training in Advance Selenium and Framework Certification May 2020 - September 2020

Worked as Freelance Tester from August 2017 - June 2019.

Worked as Lab Instructor and Placement Assistance in MNM Jain Engineering College, Chennai [Jan 2017 - Apr 2017].

Worked as Tester in Solarwinds India Pvt Ltd, Chennai [Aug 2014 - Apr 2015].

Worked as QA Engineer in Fatpipe Networks Ltd Chennai [Aug 2010 - Sep 2013].

Worked as Associate for K7 Computing Pvt Ltd, Chennai [July 2008 - July 2010].

Worked as Software Testing Engineer for “Rudra Security Technologies Pvt Ltd” Chennai [Mar 2007 - Jun 2008].

Worked as Software Test Engineer for “Elementus Technologies”, Chennai [Dec 2005 - Mar 2007].

Academic Details:

M.C.A (Master of Computer Application) from University of Madras with an aggregate of 77.09 % in 2000 – 2003.

B.Sc. Statistics (Bachelor in Science) from University of Madras with an aggregate of 67.28 % in 1997 – 2000.

Technical Skills:

Automation Tools

Selenium Web-driver/GRID, TestNG, Maven.

Test Management Tools

Testlink, Confluence, JIRA, Bugzilla, Fogbugz.

Languages

JAVA, HTML, SQL

IDE

Eclipse.

Web Debugging Tool

Firepath, Firebug.

Data Bases

SQL Server.

Operating Systems

Windows (XP, Vista & 8) Linux.

Professional Experience:

Freelance Tester Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

Roles & Responsibilties

Involved in testing E-Commerce websites with static and non-static contents

Performed Functional and UI testing.

Tested websites across browser and platform to verify the compatibility.

Developed Java test scripts to existing frameworks using Selenium Webdriver and TestNG framework.

MNM Jain Engineering College Jan 2017 - May 2017

Roles & Responsibilities

Involved in Setting up the lab to provide practical session in “Information Technology” Department.

Installing and upgrading necessary software for mobile application development.

Coordinating along with Lab in charge in the lab-sessions and assisted students regarding the programs and clarified the doubts.

Maintaining good rapport with the students and guiding them to complete their lab sessions.

Involved in placement training process for placement selected students.

Conducted sessions on QA Process and programming.

Conducting online exams on the respective technologies across departments.

Solarwinds India Pvt Limited Aug 2014 – Apr 2015

Solarwinds develop networking products which is useful for network administrator to identify and troubleshoot the issues in the network through the interactive web user interface.

Roles & Responsibilities

Identifying test cases for Manual and Automation execution for Smoke Test, Functional and Regression Tests.

Developed test scripts in Java language using Eclipse IDE and TestNG framework. Used the Firebug to inspect the XPath of the web elements.

Responsible for writing and maintain Selenium Web driver scripts for regression and functional testing using data driven framework.

Identified the defects and reporting through defect tracking tool and coordinating with developers to get the issue resolved.

Performed End-to-End testing of database to check data integrity using SQL queries.

Verified product compatibility by performing Installation and un-installation in different environments.

Performed various testing such as Smoke, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional and Regression Testing, Cross Browser/ Cross Platform Testing and UI Validation.

Fatpipe India Limited (Client: iBahn) Aug 2010 – Sep 2013

iBahn is a leading ISP provider which serves in hospitality domain by providing broadband internet access to the hotel rooms through HSIA and E-TV(IP-TV) products.

Roles & Responsibilities

Involved in preparing Test plan and strategies based on business requirements.

Preparing test status report during test execution process and participated in weekly status meetings through scrum call.

Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression and Integration testing.

Developed test scripts using Selenium Webdriver and java API.

Documenting test scenario’s based on business requirements & technical specification and other operating conditions in testing environment.

K7 Computing Private Ltd Jul 2008 – Aug 2010

K7 Security is a Antivirus product which detects and eliminates malware. The product provides business and home solutions across platform like Windows and Macintosh and also provide mobile security solution.

Roles & Responsibilities

Peformed extensive product testing which includes the testing the UI, product updates and virus definition update process.

Involved in product installation testing which includes verifying the registration, evaluation and activation process.

Involved in preparing virus update(s) definitions for the AV product and testing against the malware activities.

Coordinated with the development team in testing and executing the queries which is used to populate data’s needed for the update process.

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