MEYYAPPAN KARUNANITHI
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Amazon, Tempe, AZ, USA
Software Development Engineer in Test Automation V (Oct 2022 to till date)
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/meyyappan-karunanithi-40663193/
Professional Experience
Proven goal-oriented QA leader who is passionate about leading teams & leveraging best practices of Cloud transformation to enable users to have exceptional user experiences with the products I help build. I have been a leader helping build software for over 16 years in Insurance (Policy Administration Systems) and banking domains.
Lead the largest technical implementation of a prioritized roadmap of the AWS cloud transformation journey in CSAA for PAS, CAS, PC, DocM for 18 scrum teams. Increased the speed of the execution by 3x with the implementation of AWS Cloud. Provided the architectural support for various teams with innovative solutions.
Initiate the Project; define, reviews the project statement of work, develop and/or review an audience list, determine how much involvement is vital from the partners, SMEs and other team members, as well as determine and assess need for additional staff and make the appropriate recruitments during the project cycle.
Lead multiple initiatives and multi-functional teams of resources spread across multiple geographical locations through meetings and progress measurement activity which bring specific projects to completion both on time and within budget.
Enthusiastically delivered system’s high quality and reliability with zero defects, focused on the key inputs of the requirements/user stories and delivered the perfect quality in a timely fashion with maximum Business satisfaction consecutively more than 5 big projects in last 5 years
Identify risks, restrictions and constraints of the project and develop a project strategy to mitigate risks. Conduct and present a feasibility study / cost-benefit analysis to the business partners. Clearly define project objectives. Set goals and resolves measures to track progress.
Define strategy, Vision, Design and execution process. Planning, develop project schedules, estimate span times for all activities in all projects, identify all dates that must be met. Develop a schedule for regular project-updates and reports and review Gantt Charts for all projects.
Quality Manager for two of the product lines in the company, I made sure that the products are fit for purpose, are consistent and meet both internal and external Automation Quality standards. Managed a team of 136 folks at onshore/offshore.
Develop, implement, and maintain the product line quality practices including procedures, metrics, standards, specifications and reporting meeting various industry specific standards.
Recommend quality improvement practices and processes based on current and emerging technologies improving performance and efficiency with more than 50% and reducing costs and administrative time with more than 30%
Focused on deliverables, work closely, track and follow up with Business/Client and Technical team to understand the requirements/use cases, needs and delivering the business benefits.
SME -Test automation design patterns, achieved aggressive goals having developed & maintained robust automation framework using Selenium & QTP for industry leading web applications.
Ownership of driving end to end Quality assurance projects and insisting on the highest quality standards, earned trust from business stakeholders. Developed bias for action strategy and made my ideas happen from a drilled down view to aggregate view of customer transactions.
Excellent communication skills, strong analytic & problem-solving skills, quick learner.
Proven results in diverse roles including QA Engineer, QA Analyst, QA Lead, Technical Manager for Major clients.
Work Profile
1.Amazon Services Inc (Oct 2022 – till date)
2.CSAA Insurance (May 2020 – Oct 2022)
3.Xavient Inc working with Client Union Bank (2 Years - Jan2018 to May 2020)
4.Technical Test Lead with Amex via Infosys Ltd (11 Years - Nov 2006 to Jan2018)
Project Details
1.Amazon Services Oct 2022 to till date
1.Automate Amazon Business Applications using Selenium and Java Page Object Model framework.
2.Excel based macro automation for the validation of vendor and supplier management systems and inventory systems
3.Perform Rest assured based API validation for Amazon web applications.
2.CSAA Insurance (May 2020 – till date)
1.Lead team of 108 team members to transform on prem VDM to AWS Cloud migration. Analyze the scope, define milestones, design schedule and timelines, prepare work break schedule, Identify, and mitigate the risks, produce sign off reports with metrics and sign off. Successfully lead the AWS Cloud Transformation for 18 teams and transformed about 240 virtual desktop machines to 240 AWS Cloud instances which increased the speed and reduced the budget and the time to market.
2.Implemented AWS Cloud pipeline with DevOps, EM, Continuous Development and Continuous Integration.
3.Analyze the root cause of the problem, initiate Bias for action to achieve the objectives on time within defined budget.
4.IT Crowd Team – Design Java Automation framework using AWS Cloud, Java, Jenkins, intellij, Unix, Oracle DB. Perfecto Mobile automation testing for various applications such as PPF, Digital Channels, Transaction Banking, Retail banking.
5.Performed automation regression testing and incremental automation testing
6.Implementation of migration from Java 8 to Java 11, Oracle 12c to Oracle 19c. Enable the team to implement the automation test best practices and standards across the union bank
3.Client - MUFG via Xavient Digital Inc, working with Client Union Bank (Jan2018 to May 2020)
1.Use AWS Cloud to diversify systems and applications without any disruptions to business processes and functionality.
2.CBT (Core Banking Transformation) Automation, analysis and segregation of applications which are already automated, which are not automated, which has the QE coverage and which does not have QE coverage. This includes the automation analysis and automation development of mainframe applications, Delphi applications, AWS Cloud and Pega cloud services. Played the role of automation test manager and managed 2 teams (Perfecto team and Digital channels automation team) with 136 resources. Ownership of Overall responsibility for on-schedule delivery
3.Perfecto Mobile automation testing and implementation for various applications such as PPF, Digital Channels, Transaction Banking, Retail banking.
4.Implementing automation test best practices and standards across the union bank
5.Selenium test automation using Java, Selenium, appium, QTP, UFT, continuous integration tools such as Bit bucket, Jenkins.
6.Tools used are UiPath, Confluence, Selenium Web Driver, Cucumber, appium for mobile test automation, Junit, TestNG, Github, bit bucket, Perfecto mobile test automation.
4. Client - American Express via Infosys Limited, Quality Assurance Lead–Cards & payments–Global Data Repository (Phoenix-AZ) Feb2013 - Dec 2017
1.Basel III Advanced Approach Compliance Project, OFSAA
2.Basel II to Basel III Migration Project, ODS,OFSAA
3.Basel web-applications automation Project
Successful UAT execution for a huge project which includes coordination of Business, Client, Technical & testing team. Made this an awesome UAT Execution for business stakeholders.
4.Designed a POC for Mobile testing MYCA with Amex cards and payments.
5.Developed extensive robust automation suite using Selenium & HP QTP, HP UFT
6.Basel 3 Advanced automation suite using Selenium across various browsers, owned end to end responsibility.
7.Test analyze, document test strategy and plan, High and low level test Design, design automated regression & incremental framework and execute test cases, UAT, PIV & Warrant testing.
8.Defect life cycle management & reported/monitored test execution dashboard.
9.Document test results report and implement the release, provided UAT and warranty support
10.Developed UI Path Suite and Java, JSP, Java script, html, xml, css based Selenium test automation suite using Spring MVC Architecture for Amex cards and payments which has reduced the yearly cost of $340K and reduced time to market.
5. Client - RBS via Infosys - Technical Test Lead – Basel II Technical delivery (Gurgaon-Haryana-India) Jun2011-Jan2013
1.Basel II Data warehouse Testing Project - Liquidity Compliance, Group Risk Data warehousing
2.Developed UI Path Suite and Java, JSP, Java script, html, xml, css based Selenium test
3.Gather requirements from Business team, develop test design, interact with client & Infosys Team, deliver quality products to Business.
4.Project was a huge success and it's a win-win success for both RBS and Infosys during the Financial crisis
5.Testing Leadership experience with an outstanding track record of managing IT projects, Software Testing, Test team Management, delivering on time.
5. Client - DBS via Infosys Test Analyst – Infosys Finacle & Universal Core Banking solutions Nov2009 to Jun2011 - Finacle UBS WMS - Wealth Management Solutions
-Analyze end to end requirements thoroughly, relate these requirements in real life scenario. Prepare High level Test design, test scripts & execute test cases.
-Prepare valid data for positive testing. Involved in functional testing & verify accounting entries for specific set of transactions. Track test execution in QC & BBU Tools/Firestone - Projects include Equities, Bonds, and Insurance Modules. Clients are DBS, SOCGEN
6. Client - CTCB via Infosys - Software Engineer – Finacle Retail Banking & Wealth Management Solutions (Nov2006 - Dec2009)
-Sharpened my skills on Banking basics, software testing life cycle, UNIX & SQL
-Analyze test requirements, white box testing. Defect Management cycle through HP QC
Technical Expertise
Operating System
Windows XP
Business Areas (Domain Knowledge)
Universal Banking, Insurance domain – web applications,
Software Technologies
Oracle, Web based Front end applications using Java, JSP, HTML, XML, UNIX, Java script, JSON, Java spring, Rest API, VB scripting.
Database
Toad 11g, SQL Developer
Testing Tools
QC, Eclipse oxygen, UFT, Selenium web driver, project management tool JIRA, intellij, CICD using Jenkins
Testing Methodology
Waterfall Model, Agile Model (Scrum, Kanban)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics from Anna University, year 2006
H.Sc from Tamil Nadu state board, India - year 2002
S.S.L.C from Tamil Nadu Matriculation Board, India - year 2000
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above mentioned information is correct to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above mentioned particulars.
Yours Sincerely,
(KR. MEYYAPPAN)