RESUME
Name : Saranya Haridas
Email. : adlnrx@r.postjobfree.com
Phone.: 650-***-****
EDUCATION
Title of the Degree with Branch
College/University
Year of Passing
MBA - Human Resource Management
Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore.
2009
BACHELOR’S DEGREE –Electronics
PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.
2007
XII
S.B.O.A Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Coimbatore.
2004
X
S.B.O.A Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Coimbatore.
2002
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Project Management
Scrum Master, Agile Coach, KANBAN, JIRA, CICD pipeline, portfolio management, MS-Office Applications, Confluence
Testing Methodologies
Automation, Functional, Mobile, System, User Acceptance, Regression and Integration testing, Main Frame Testing (Front End)
Programming Languages
Java, SQL, Cucumber
Databases & Tools
HP ALM, Selenium, Cucumber, XML, PowerShell, SOAP UI, Apache Directory, SQL Management Studio, LDAP browsers, Postman
Other Utilities
Web based application, Black Box Testing, Software Testing, Project Management, Defect Management, Azure Services Testing
Location
San Jose, CA
EXTERNAL CERTIFICATIONS
ISTQB
CSM – Certified Scrum Master
PSM1 – Professional Scrum Master
SAFE – Scaled Agile Framework Scrum Master
SUMMARY:
Saranya Haridas has nearly 13+ years of diverse experience in the Software Industry. As a Scrum Master, her Project management experience includes Handing the Team with day to day sprint activities. Conducting Daily Standups, Backlog grooming meetings with Product Owners and Tech Leads, Sprint Kick Off, Retrospective meetings. Attending Project Portfolio meetings, preparing Gantt chart. Handling Jira and KANBAN board for creating and updating user stories, sprint activities and maintaining Backlog. She also handles Scrum management includes creating portfolio’s and project timelines and estimations. Her Scrum management experience includes capturing Test Requirements from Business and working towards targeting the roadmap that is set by Stakeholders. She has also coordinated the release management activities.
Her QA experience includes Test Estimates, Test Planning & Strategy, Analyzing Test Requirements and Functionality Testing, Mobile Application Testing, Developing Test Cases, Defect Management, Process and Management activities. Good knowledge in Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber automation. Expertise in API testing via Postman tool and she has automated the integration of API and Web using Selenium. Her Automation experience includes Designing Test scripts, Validating and executing the scripts after every code deployment. Good experience with Breeze Frameworks.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Name of the Company
Designation
Address of the employer
From
To
Duration(Years)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Sr. Associate - Projects
2525 North 1st Street, San Jose, CA - 95131
06/06/17
Till date
3
PROJECT PROFILE 1:
Project Title
eBay – STACI, Hub
Duration
06/06/2017 – Till date
Location
San Jose - CA
ROLE
Onsite Lead, Scrum Master, Project Manager
PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS – PM
Daily Standup, Retrospective, Portfolio, Agile Coach, Backlog readiness, Continuous delivery, JIRA
PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS – QA
Automation Testing, Functional Testing, Onsite/Offshore Coordination, Regression testing, Defect Management, Test Planning, Project Management
Programming Languages
Java, SQL
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
STACI – Incident Reporting Investigation System – Is a Salesforce application that allows the Investigators to verify the compliant field by police officers or legal persons. Once the case is submitted, Investigators will verify the case using eBay’s legal application tool to approve/reject the case based on the details provided. The portal is developed such a way that it can translate the documents into the preferred language of the Investigator. This project also involves migration of user data into Hadoop Database.
CLIENT DESCRIPTION:
eBay’s mission is to be the world’s favorite destination for discovering great value and unique selection. They provide sellers the platform, solutions, and support the need to grow their businesses and thrive. eBay Legal department is to deliver exceptional and responsive service by providing users a solid legal advice and legal risk management expertise. The team can assist users on a variety of legal matters and business ethics issues.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT:
Project Manager, Onsite Lead handling eBay’s Internal projects such as STACI, HUB. Involved in Test Planning activities (Estimates, Plan, etc.) and Test Design, Functional, Automation and Regression test cases. Conducting walkthrough on Design documents with Business and Tech Teams. Conducted walkthrough related to ALM (Reporting Tool) with Business. Performed Test case Execution (System, User Acceptance Testing). Execution support for Production Rolls and Emergency Change Request. Created Test Scripts for the Applications involved for testing using Selenium Web driver. Developed scripts for integrating Postman with Selenium for API validation. Validating the Automation results and updating the scripts based on change request. Involved in Mobile App testing for both IOS and Windows platform. Involved in preparing process related documents, Metrics, Project closure reports. Good working experience in PowerShell scripts for Data Validations. Worked on XML validation and validated the request and response using Postman 5.1.3 tool. Also playing a role as Project Manager to handle the Scrum, Portfolio’s, Retrospective, Sprint Grooming, Sprint Kickoff meetings with various client stakeholders at every stages of product. Handled multiple agile teams and complex projects with zero escalation. Expert in SAFe, Scrum, Kanban process and continuous delivery.
PROJECT PROFILE 2:
Name of the Company
Designation
Address of the employer
From
To
Duration (Years)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Testing Analyst
4500 Bohannon Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025
01/31/15
06/05/16
1.6
Project Title
E*TRADE Financial
Location
Menlo Park – CA
Duration
01/31/15 - 06/05/16
ROLE
Onsite Lead
PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
Cucumber Automation Testing, Functional Testing, Onsite/Offshore Coordination, Regression testing, Defect Management, Test Planning
Programming Languages
Ruby
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Equity Edge Online - which is web based integrated end-to-end equity compensation management platform which provides flexible, accurate and auditable financial reporting, enabling companies to save time, reduce costs and increase efficiencies in their employee stock plan solutions. Another is Serena -> Retail website which is used by E*TRADE customers(end user) to access the features provided to them like Retail trading, Stock Plan trading, etc.
CLIENT DESCRIPTION:
E*TRADE Financial Corporation is a U.S.-based financial services company. It is an innovative financial services company offering a full suite of easy-to-use online brokerage, investing, banking solutions, delivered at a competitive price.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT:
Onsite Lead. Involved in identifying the latest build in Jenkins and Installing the same in devices via Crashlytics. Involved in verifying of Android logs via Android studio. Compared E*TRADE app between Tablet and Smart Phones as part of Universal Project. Executed cases for Mobile testing via simulators. Testing in mobile handsets involved Performance, Laboratory, Load testing . Involved in preparing Test Planning activities (Estimates, Plan, etc.) and Test Design involving Test scenarios, BAT, Functional and Regression test cases. Conducting walkthrough on Design documents with Business and Tech Teams. Test case Execution (BAT, System, User Acceptance Testing, Client Acceptance Testing). Execution of the EEO system via Sauce labs with different combinations of OS and Browser versions. Execution support for Production Rolls and Emergency Change Request. Involved in YML to Cucumber conversion – Which involves running the code and validating the failures. Initiating the Cucumber Automation runs via Selaf/Electric Commander . Validating the Automation results via Internal web page called Cuanto. Preparing process related documents, Metrics (Daily and Weekly Project Status, Defect Aging, % Execution etc.,), project closure reports.
PROJECT PROFILE 3:
Name of the Company
Designation
Address of the employer
From
To
Duration (Years)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Testing Analyst
321 6 Ave SW #1200, Calgary, AB T2P 3H3, Canada
11/28/12
01/30/15
2.2
Project Title
Intact Financial Centre
Location
Calgary – Canada
Duration
11/28/12 - 01/30/15
ROLE
Onsite Lead
PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
Functional Testing, Onsite/Offshore Coordination, Regression testing, Defect Management, Test Planning
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Intact financial corporation is primarily focused on the strategic projects which targets to provide customers an outstanding experience by improving the Insurance business processes and capabilities and increase rate accuracy using applications such as Savers (web-based policy system) and Halcion (mainframe-based policy system). Savers application involved both web and mobile app testing
CLIENT DESCRIPTION:
Intact Financial Corporation is the largest provider of property and casualty insurance in Canada with close to $8.0 billion in annual premiums. The company insures more than five million individuals and businesses through its insurance subsidiaries and is the largest private sector provider of P&C insurance in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador. The company distributes insurance under the Intact Insurance brand through a wide network of brokers, including its wholly owned subsidiary, Broker Link, and directly to consumers through belairdirect.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT:
Personal Lines Projects: AB Migration, WEST Savers Monthly releases around 8 projects, Home Improvement – 3 Phases, MCY Rate Change, UBI Testing, Sun Life Financial and PPV Rate Change, Graph update on Smart Phone.
Involved in Test Planning activities (Estimates, Strategy, Plan, Risk management etc.,), Conducting walkthrough on Test Plan, Test Closure documents with QA and Development teams. And also involved in Test Design, Test case Execution (System and User Acceptance Testing), Review . Performed Offshore Coordination on discussing project related action items. Managed Onsite team with respective to tasks allocation on daily basis. Point of contact for project deliverables. Performed Regression testing of the existing functionality and Preparing Test case repository for reusable cases. Acted as Defect Prevention Coordinator for the projects handled . Training the Clients with respect to the Testing Process and Prepared process related documents. Responsible to implement ADPART tool for the projects handled for Test Design and Defect management activities.
PROJECT PROFILE 4:
Name of the Company
Designation
Address of the employer
From
To
Duration (Years)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Product Analyst Testing
63/1&2, Old Mahabalipuram, Navalur,
Cee Dee Yes IT Park,
Chennai 602103
Tamil Nadu
09/20/2011
11/26/12
1.2
Project Title
Guidewire BillingCenter
Location
Chennai - Navalur
Duration
09/20/2011 - 11/26/12
ROLE
Team Lead
PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
Functional Testing, Onsite/Offshore Coordination, Regression testing, Defect Management, Test Planning
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Guidewire BillingCenter is a web-based enterprise application that coordinates, executes, and records receivables transactions. A policy will be created in feeder systems and the transfer of policy data from feeder systems to BillingCenter is validated here. This process involves many services levels testing and integration of many sub systems.
CLIENT DESCRIPTION:
Guidewire BillingCenter is a web-based enterprise application that coordinates, executes, and records receivables transactions. Guidewire BillingCenter retrieves billing instructions from a policy administration system like Guidewire PolicyCenter, determines the amounts due on a policy or account, manages payments made by insured’s, links these payments to the amounts due, and manages the commissions that are payable to agents from these receipts
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT:
Preparing Test Planning activities (Strategy, Plan etc.,), Test Design, Test case Execution (Integration and User Acceptance Testing). Worked in Agile testing methodology. Coordinating with Onsite and managing offshore for allocating tasks on daily basis. Provided Knowledge Transition to offshore team with respect to project requirements. Writing/Reviewing Test Cases for the Test Conditions mapped to requirements. Handled internal process tool Cog 2.0. Coordinated between different Development team for the issue fixing. Involved in Validation of Dec pages for all transactions of policies. Editing of XML’s based on the requirements using XML Spy. Involved in QTP Automation for the web application, running and validating the scripts. Responsible for maintaining the Test metrics in HP ALM tool.
PROJECT PROFILE 5:
Name of the Company
Designation
Address of the employer
From
To
Duration (Years)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Product Analyst Testing
Saravanampatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
08/06/2007
09/10/2011
4.1
Project Title
Hanover
Location
Coimbatore - MVC
Duration
08/06/2007 - 09/10/2011
ROLE
Team Lead
PROJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
Requirement analysis, Functional Testing, Onsite/Offshore Coordination, Regression testing, Defect Management, Test Planning
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Hanover Insurance Group is a holding company for a diversified group of insurance companies comprised of stable, experienced, regional businesses committed to the Property & Casualty insurance markets. Hanover Insurance Group offer a full selection of insurance for automobiles, homes, boats, and businesses, providing personalized service through over 2,000 Independent Agents. A Fortune® 500 corporation, Hanover Insurance Group and its companies continue to earn some of the highest ratings in the industry (U.S. only).
CLIENT DESCRIPTION:
Guidewire BillingCenter is a web-based enterprise application that coordinates, executes, and records receivables transactions. Guidewire BillingCenter retrieves billing instructions from a policy administration system like Guidewire PolicyCenter, determines the amounts due on a policy or account, manages payments made by insured’s, links these payments to the amounts due, and manages the commissions that are payable to agents from these receipts
Handled Projects:
Personal Line: Auto parity, Nine Auto Limitation, Number of Coverage’s, Improved Book Profiling.
Commercial Line: Commissions
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT:
Coordinating with Onsite to discuss on project related action items. Preparing Test Design, Test case Execution (INT and User Acceptance Testing), Writing/Reviewing Test Cases for the Test Conditions mapped to requirements. Testing involving - Claim creation across LOB’s like Auto, Property, General Liability and Bonds. Screen validation of the application. Posting payments and reserves for the claims and validating the same. PMS (Mainframe) validation for the payments and reserves made after a batch cycle. Communicate the issues to the management and get it resolved right on time. Defect tracking and defect management . Participated in status meeting with Onsite team and update the status of the testing activities and follow-up on the open action items until it is closed . Responsible for performing IVR testing. Involved in Monitoring, risk mitigation, conflict management, change and release management. Worked on SOAP UI for validating Request Response of the applications.