RAJESH PURUSHAN
+91-992******* Bhandup West (Mumbai), Maharashtra - 400078 *********@*******.***
PROFILE SUMMARY
An experienced Testing Manager with a proven record of testing and implementing complex systems within tight deadlines with expertise across a wide range of sectors particularly Banking, Finance, Insurance, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Utilities, Broadcasting, Telecom and worked with major clients like HMRC, Nationwide, BT, BSKYB, Lloyds Pharmacy, John Lewis, Harvey Nichols, Centrica, UBS, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Tata AIG, Novartis and Agilent.
Specialties: Technical Testing, Test Management, Build and Release Management. Excellent leadership, planning, coordination and problem management skills. Extensive experience of designing, testing, implementing and supporting business-critical systems.
Proven experience across the entire testing spectrum including Functional Testing (Manual and Automated), System Integration Testing(SIT),Exploratory Testing, E2E Testing, User Acceptance Testing(UAT), Load & Performance Testing (NFT), Failover Testing (NFT) and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT).
Experience working on Cyber Security-related projects within a large-scale environment/organization and advanced understanding of Cyber Security
Experience in Load Runner based performance testing for Volume, Load, Spike and Stress Testing
Experience using HP ALM, Microsoft MTM, Zephyr, JIRA, TFS, Test Rail for test management and bug tracking.
Experience on multiple platforms such as Client/Server, Multi-tier, Web/E-commerce, Acqueon LCM, CMS (Wordpress, Wiki, Magento), BI/ Data warehousing, Teradata, Pentaho, Cognos, ERP( Oracle ESB, Oracle HRMS, Kronos, Procurement), Unix, Databases (Oracle, DB2,Mysql, SQL).
Experienced in managing projects in Agile, AWS, Scrum/Kanban, SOA, TDD/BDD, TFS, JS, XML, XSD, JSON, Web services, REST/ SOAP UI, Spec flow Iterative/ Incremental, V Model and Waterfall development/testing models.
Demonstrable experience of contributing to improving Test methodologies, processes & technology, practical experience of agile methodologies, tools and test automation
Advanced understanding of the principles of software testing and strong problem solving, presentation & communication skills
Co-ordinated and managed distributed test teams globally based offshore and onshore resources.
Self motivated individual with good organizational and communication skills.
DOMAIN / COMPUTER SKILLS
DOMAIN : FX, Spots, Interest Rate Swaps, FX Options, Rates, Credit, Fixed Income, Securitized products, Commodities,Front Office Equities, OTC Derivatives, Credit Risk, P&L, Cash Equities, Wealth Management, Retail and Business Banking, Fund Accounting,Corporate Actions, Insurance (Life and Pensions, Claims), IRS ( Interest Rate Swaps), Wealth Management, Asset and Fund Management, GLOSS, Cash products
DATABASE : Oracle 10g, MS Access, MySQl, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL DB, TOAD
TEST AUTOMATION: Java,Javascript XML, XSD, .Net, SAP(CRM),HP QTP 11.0, HP Load Runner 11.0.
TOOLS : Algorithmic/Portfolio trading systems and FIX protocol, Equity DMA/ STP, Markitwire, Smartstream CMS, JIRA, Confluence, Unix, VSS, Clear case, Zephyr, Cognos 8,Informatica, Pentaho Integration, ETL,Teradata, Data Manager,BI, Cloudera Manager, Hive, Hue, Impala,Hadoop/HDFS, Sharepoint, Git Lab,TFS, Gherkin, Specflow, Cucumber,Github, Scala, Spark, SOAP UI, Oracle ESB, Oracle HRMS,Kronos, Visual Studio, API, OSS,Corporate Actions, Reinsurance, Dynamics AX 2012, SWIFT, Interest Rate Swaps, Swap Clear, Acqueon List & Campaign Manager,AWS(Amazon Web Services), RDS, Redshift, S3, Data migration, Data Modelling
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
University Degree in Science – Mumbai University – Year 2001
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
eSure Insurance Test Manager Jan‘22 to Till Date
Company : Infosys Limited
Technology: Oracle FAH, Oracle Financials, Zscaler, AWS, Git Lab,Oracle Developer, Apache Superset, Kafka, Oracle Ledger/GL, Blackline
Key Responsibilities:
Analyzing functional and non-functional requirements, doing business analysis for esure Insurance, defining entry and exit criteria.
Taking lead role in Project Planning, Create Test Plan for each projects, forward to PM and BA team for approvals
Creation of Test plan and Sprint Test Report for the test reporting for each sprint
Experience in testing accounting events, Oracle Ledger /GL, FAH
Knowledge of EIS Business process, Blackline processes, policy Claims
Test Reporting and Stake holder management
Support End to End testing for E2E, UAT and manage test data requirements
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Test Manager Jan‘19 to Apr’21
Company : Cap Gemini Limited
Technology: Business Object Data Services (BODS), Pentaho Integration (PDI) 11.0, Linux, Oracle, HDFS, Jira, AWS(Amazon Web Services), RDS, Redshift, S3, Data Migration, Data Modelling
Key Responsibilities:
Analyzing functional and non-functional requirements, doing business analysis for EU Exit Border contingency project, defining entry and exit criteria.
Taking lead role in Project Planning, Create Test Plan for each projects, forward to PM and BA team for approvals
Creation of Test plan and Sprint Test Report for the test reporting for each sprint
Experience in testing ETL’s within the Enterprise Data Hub and data modelling
Knowledge of HDFS and Advanced version control using Git (branching/merging models, submodules, tagging, bitbucket and gitlab interface features) for data migration
Test Reporting and Stake holder management
Support End to End testing for data migration and manage test data requirements
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Test Manager May‘18 to Nov ‘18
Company : Cap Gemini Limited
Technology: Pentaho Integration (PDI) 11.0, Linux, Oracle, Mysql, Hive, Hue, HDFS, Cloudera Manager, Impala, Gitlab, Jira
Key Responsibilities:
Creation of functional test scenarios, test data for each story and maintaining the test data on GitLab
Manage test/ requirements documenation in Confluence and defect management on JIRA
Creation of Test plan and Sprint Test Report for the test reporting for each sprint
Creating XML files and reading XSD schemas and validating xml files against them.
Usage of advanced text editors like Notepad++, sublime and vim
Reading and writing command line interfaces (bash)
Writing SQL queries and usage of generic SQL clients (DBeaver)
Knowledge of HIVE/IMPALA and the Hue interface to Cloudera Hadoop
Running kettle/spoon from the command line on both linux and Windows using Pentaho Data Integration
Experience in testing ETL’s within the Enterprise Data Hub
Knowledge of HDFS and Advanced version control using Git (branching/merging models, submodules, tagging, bitbucket and gitlab interface features)
Support End to End testing and manage test data requirements
Nationwide Building Society (NBS) Test Manager Jan ‘17 to Feb '18
Company : British Telecom (BT)
Technology: eGain v15, Cisco UCCE, Cisco Outbound Dialler, CUCM, Contact Centres, Acqueon List & Campaign Manager,Data Modelling
Key Responsibilities:
Hands on experience performing functional testing turning requirements and designs into test scripts for respective test phases, practical experience of agile methodologies and tools
Taking lead role in Project Planning, Create Detailed Test Plan for each projects, forward to PM and BA team for approval
Creating and assigning Testing activities for EGain Product V15, Cisco Outbound Dialler, Nationwide Omni channel testing - email, Web and Social and Knowledge Testing, Cisco UCCE, CUCM, Flow Testing of an On Premise Solution for eContacts
Performing ST/ SIT/ UAT /NFT/ OAT testing for eContacts Solutions and data modelling
Have experience in testing & building phishing campaigns in Acqueon Campaign Manager
In-depth knowledge of documentation, risk based testing and methodologies and great attention to detail
Performing System Integration Testing, End to End Testing & Non Functional Testing after each and every code release
Proven ability to interpret complex business systems and have experience developing & presenting blueprints to build a test capability
Execution of Test Scripts and raise bugs / issues in ALM
Taking customer User Stories and Use Cases and defining Test Scenarios and Test Scripts
Good Stakeholder Management, Project Management knowledge.
Manage daily stand-up defect status calls with client & development team.
Updating status and highlighting issues/ risks in daily status Meetings
Saudi Government Test Consultant Oct ‘15 to Jul ‘16
Company : British Telecom (BT)
Technology: Kibana, Hue,Hive, Scala,Spark Gateway,GitHub, Elasticsearch,Hadoop/HDFS, Cloudera Manager, Cisco ACS, Cisco UCS, Cisco ISE, Firewalls, Switches, CA Server, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft AD 2012, LDAP, Mcafee SIEM, Mcafee Web Gateway, Darktrace, Mcafee ePO, Fireeye, Check MK, Test Rail, Jira, Confluence,.Net, SQL, ETL
Key Responsibilities:
Hands on experience performing functional testing for each of the work packages forward to PM and BA team for approvals
Creating and assigning Testing Tasks for Test Team for Cyber Security infrastructure testing for KSA client
Preparing test case for testing & executing it with the help of Test Rail
Performing FAT/ SAT/ UAT and Exploratory testing for Cyber Security apps and Network security solutions testing
In-depth knowledge of documentation, risk based testing and methodologies and great attention to detail
Performing Factory Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, End to End Testing & Non Functional Testing after each and every code release
Experience working on Cyber Security-related projects within a large-scale environment/organization and advanced understanding of Cyber Security
Execution of Test Scripts and raise bugs / issues in JIRA with Business Owners
Understand the parameters of ticket management systems, vulnerability scanning, analytics, heuristic analysis(Hadoop), data ingest modules, web gateways, SIEM, HDFS, Fireye, Cisco Infrastructure such as Cisco ACS, Cisco ISE, Network access devices (SW, FW), Active Directory, LDAP, CA server and manage testing activities
Manage daily stand-up defect status calls with client & development team.
Updating status and highlighting issues/ risks in daily status Meetings
Celesio (Lloyds Pharmacy) Test Consultant July ‘15 to Sep ‘15
Technology: GK EPOS,Worldpay, SAP(CRM), HP ALM, SQL
Key Responsibilities:
Performed testing using GK EPOS( Point of Sale), Order management testing
Preparing test case for testing & executing it with the help of HP ALM
In-depth knowledge of exploratory testing techniques and methodologies and great attention to detail
Performing Acceptance Testing, Sanity Testing, Functional and End to End Testing after each and every code release
Update Regression Test Pack after each and every code release, critical analysis and definition of acceptance criteria and execute exploratory tests
Understand the parameters of acceptance criteria and creation of user Journeys for Point of Sale (EPOS), payment and backoffice systems
Updating status and highlighting issues/ risks in daily Project Meetings
Harvey Nichols Test Consultant May ‘15 to June ‘15
Technology: Enactor, Magento Platform, Merett ERP, HP ALM, EPOS, SQL
Key Responsibilities:
Perform functional testing for Loyalty app ecommerce solution in Magento Platform, EPOS ( Point of Sale) and mobile testing using iOS ( iphone 5/6) and Android (Samsung galaxy s5).
Design and Review test case for Loyalty app against business requirements and test execution
In-depth knowledge of exploratory testing techniques and methodologies and great attention to detail
Performing Exploratory Testing, System Integration Testing for each of the releases
Execution of Test Scripts and raise bugs / issues in HP ALM
Understand the parameters of acceptance criteria and creation of user Journeys for Loyalty Systems, Point of Sale (EPOS) and ecommerce transactions
Updating status and highlighting issues/ risks in daily team meetings
John Lewis Test Manager Dec ‘14 to April’15
Company : Cognizant Technology Solutions
Technology: Oracle HRMS, Oracle 10G, ESB, SOA,HP ALM, Sharepoint 2013,AX dynamics 2012, Kronos, SOAP UI
Key Responsibilities:
Analyzing functional and non-functional requirements, doing business analysis as BA for time attendance system/ HR portal, develop and maintain test scripts, creation of user journeys and defining entry and exit criteria.
Leading a team of 3 Test Analyst
Taking lead role in Project Planning, Create Test Plan for each projects, forward to PM and BA team for approvals
Creating and assigning Testing Tasks for Test Team and testing AX dynamics 2012, Kronos, Oracle ESB
Preparing test case for testing using SOAP UI & executing it with the help of HP ALM and data modelling
Performing SIT, E2E testing for newly implemented time & attendance system - Kronos and test integration of these systems with existing systems and test Sharepoint applications.
In-depth knowledge of exploratory testing techniques and methodologies and great attention to detail
Performing Exploratory Testing, Sanity Testing, System Integration Testing, End to End Testing for every release
Execution of Test Scripts and raise defects in HP ALM
Updating status and highlighting issues and impediments in weekly Project Meetings
Arrange weekly team meetings with whole team and update them with current project standings and forthcoming projects
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) Test Consultant Oct ‘13 to Nov ’14
Company : Cognizant Technology Solutions
Technology: .Net, SQl Server, Toad, TFS, BDD, Visual Studio, Gherkin, Microsoft Test Manager, Spec flow, HP ALM, SOAP UI
As a Senior Agile Test Analyst responsible for the System Integration Testing (SIT) and End to End (E2E) testing of Content Management System / Electronic Sell Through, Dynamic Playlist, VoD OTT, VoD EST and various SKY applications, producing estimates and planning and delivery of test preparation and execution, working with 3rd party suppliers etc
Key Responsibilities:
Analyzing functional and non-functional requirements, doing business analysis as BA for various sky applications to develop and maintain test scripts and defining entry and exit criteria.
Creation of Technical specifications, user stories/journey, BRDs, Test Plans and Test Cases
SIT and E2E testing which includes cross browsers (IE/Crome/FireFox/Safari) testing using SOAP UI the above mentioned websites, API Testing and other interfacing applications
Executing test scripts using MTM in Visual studio and logging defects in HP ALM, database testing using SQL.
Experience in writing Gherkin scenarios Utilizing BDD tools such as Specflow
Details planning, monitoring and tracking of the works for 5 Test Analysts.
Planned and exploratory testing of business-as-usual defect fixes and retesting.
Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Defect Management, liaising with other stake holders including 3rd party vendor
Preparation of daily testing progress report including RAG status.
CENTRICA Plc (British Gas) Test Manager Jul ‘12 to Sep ’13
Company : Cognizant Technology Solutions
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CNA; Utilities industry
Technology: Java, JSP, Unix, Oracle, Mainframe, Sharepoint 2013, Cognos 8, ETL, Tera Data, Data Manager, BI, Data modelling
As Test Manager working on agile and End to End testing, defining/implementing Test Strategy and approach, producing estimates, and planning and delivery of test preparation and execution, working with 3rd party suppliers and Off shore teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Day-to-day management of multiple project test teams. Project-managing the testing service to guarantee success, working with a team of 5+ test analysts, across multiple scrum teams, within an agile development environment, implementing and integrating multiple development pieces across smart metering systems.
Liaising with Project Managers, Analysts, Developers, Business and Users, playing an active role in delivering the business benefits of change.
Experience producing Test Strategies and Test Plans at the programme level/project level, and experience of working in a team and a project environment with a flexible and adaptable working style with multiple project managers.
Proficient in testing Share point, BI and ETL using Cognos in Teradata platform
Expertise in testing interactive dashboards,scorecards, ad-hoc analysis, and OLAP analysis in BI and data modelling
Test the job schedule for ETL interfaces from Source to Dimension/Fact,aggregate tables and manipulation of BI cubes
Producing test entry and exit criteria plans, defect management and defect progress reports for release plans.
Solid working knowledge of Agile methodologies and associated test practices and ability to define test techniques and coverage for testing of requirement
Organize status meetings and send status report
Derive data from HP ALM and produce test status reports for various stakeholders
Close working with Environments Delivery teams to identify test environment and support requirements, and to efficiently manage the allocated environments.
UBS Test Consultant Jan ‘12 to Jun’12
Company : Cognizant Technology Solutions
Testing Fix messages for Euronext, BATS, CHIX, LON, TRQ, Nordics, Emerging mkts
Technology: Java, Unix, SQL Server, HP ALM, FIX Messaging, Fund Management and corporate actions.
Key Responsibilities:
Key responsibilities include Requirements Study, Gap Analysis and SOA testing for fund management and corporate actions
Analyzing new requirements for CRS and identifying the functional scope, preparing the Test Case Design document with full coverage of new functionality and getting it reviewed by UBS team for FIX messaging
Execution of test scripts including regression testing, capturing requirements for Asset and Fund Management
Raise defects in the HP ALM with the details after the RCA and reporting the status of the regression runs to the stakeholders, updating the status to the Test Manager.
Created new SQL Traces to query the database using joins, Querying and updating data using SQL
Accurate and concise documentation skills, used for creating detailed test case design/plan, test reports and other documents required within the test process.
Direct regular liaison with the UBS test team to resolve, triage bugs and provide technical support on the issues.
CREDIT SUISSE Test Lead/Manager May ‘08 to Dec ‘11
Company : Cognizant Technology Solutions
Credit Suisse Plus is a single dealer platform for Fixed Income in FX, Spots, Swaps, FX Options, IRS, Swap Clear, Rates, Credit, Securitized products, Commodities and Emerging Markets and corporate actions
Technology: Java, Silverlight, Unix, Oracle 10g, HP ALM
Prepares detailed specifications, requirements, scope documents and logic flowcharts for the development and implementation of complex application programs and modifications
Perform test planning, test design and test execution on for corporate actions and securities / commodities.
Analyzing the requirements, User stories/ journey of the new business model, preparing Test Approach
Prepared the high level, detailed test cases and reviewed the test cases of team members.
Work independently and with a team as well as interface across teams and liaison to applicable team members to ensure cross team collaboration
Validating XML files, querying the database and checking the server logs for any errors.
Perform system-wide root cause analyses and drive improvements
Reporting defects using HP Quality Centre 11.0 and retesting of the defects on being fixed, running the regression test suite for any regressed functionality.
TATA AIG Test Manager Jun ’07 to Apr ’08
AIG Life insurance solutions for new business, claims, underwriting, pensions, micro insurance
Technology : Windows XP,IBM AS400, Oracle, ASP, HP Load Runner v9.0
Defining the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery
Good working knowledge of Agile Testing and experience of leading or implementing test automation and/or performance testing for Life, Pensions and claims applications
Demonstrated experience in project sizing and effort estimation process
Effectively communicate with all stakeholders to include technical, business and all levels of management
Document and manage Test plans and Test Strategies
Demonstrated proficient use of HP ALM as it pertains to report generation, metrics management, requirements management and test planning/execution
Effectively communicate any project risk(s) to the respective stakeholders and work with team to identify mitigation plan.
Work independently and with a team as well as interface across teams and liaison to applicable team members to ensure cross team collaboration
CITIGROUP INC Sr Software Specialist Jun ’06 to May ’07
CITI DIRECT for Securities is a one stop web solution which takes care of entire global transactions within Global Citi clients for trading, securities, asset and fund management and corporate actions .
Technology : Windows XP, Cognos, BI, Oracle 10g, HP ALM, HP Load Runner v9.0
Requirements Study, Gap Analysis,writing test plans and experience in SOA testing for fund management and corporate actions
Responsible for design, review of Test Scenarios and Test Cases
Proficient in testing BI and ETL using Cognos and BI development tools
Strong knowledge and working experience of BI, and ETL solutions in a QA context with ability to drive end to end with data integration to application tiers
Keen to take the lead in investigating issues using application documentation, subject matter documentation and internet sources; document findings informatively for the benefit of the team
Defect Management using HP ALM and defect resolution
NOVARTIS AG Software Engineer Apr ’05 to May ’06
Dragon is the web based application with a single point of reference providing worldwide regulatory status and
parameters for all global and local Novartis Pharma products. It supports the cross-functional business processes by
sharing regulatory values and status on Pharma products which is Centralized Global validated application (21 CFR Part 11)
Technology : Windows XP, Cognos,BI, Oracle9i, Load Runner v 8.0, Site scope & HP ALM
Coordinate functional activities and requirements with cross-functional teams for specific product releases.
Analyzes product test requirements and assists Test Manager with development of Test Plan
Maintaining the Test Defect Log for all the defects found during the testing for bug tracking.
Responsible for DWH and enterprise report testing using Cognos and BI.
Detailed and practical knowledge of Data Warehousing concepts and best practices
Using Site scope tool to monitor configurations, redundancy & failover testing
Creation of automation scripts, creation of test runs in Load Runner for performance& Fail-over Testing
checking for performance bottlenecks.
DELOITTE CONSULTING Analyst Jul ’03 to Mar ’05
Agilent is a globally diversified technology organization that provides enabling solutions to technology market within Communication, Electronics, Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Segments, Product lines include Semiconductor products, test and measurement equipments, and chemical analysis instruments. Services include R & D via Manufacturing, Product installation and Maintenance. Manual Testing of the Agilent Website. Preparing Test Data using tools Enput (Publishing Tool), Broadvision DCC
Technology : Windows 2000, Oracle 11i App, Oracle 9i, HP Load Runner 7.6, HP Site Scope
Creation of test cases, test data in flat files for batch jobs
Maintaining the Test Defect Log for all the defects found during the Testing for bug tracking.
Defect Management using HP ALM Tool, prioritizing defects
Writing Change Requests for the defect found in the system and tracking them.
Installation & Configuration of HP Load Runner Controller .
Documenting the vuser scripts for oracle reports
Reporting all issues related to testing to the On Site Project Lead.
Performing test runs for volume, stress, failover & resilience testing
Using Sitescope to monitor configuration, check for redundancy & Interpretation of test results