Security Clearance Hands-On

Santhi Syrillantony

Mail: *********@*****.***

Mobile: 703-***-****

Visa Status: US Citizen.

Security Clearances: USPS Sensitive Security Clearance.

Summary:

Over 2.5 years of Functional Lead experience.

Over 17.5 years of QA Testing experience in Mobile, Web based and Client/Server applications.

Comprehensive understanding of various SDLC methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.

Experienced in analyzing Business Requirements and Specifications. Worked with Development and Requirement teams to ensure test requirements are correct and complete.

Worked with developers and managers to create an Epic Overview document.

Extensive experience in manual testing, which includes Functional, Regression, Integration, Interface, and API testing. Solid hands-on experience in User acceptance testing, Ad hoc, Smoke testing and Compatibility testing.

Experience in Risk Assessment, SIT/ CAT planner and TSLC Artifacts creation.

Worked with Client and other teams during interface testing.

Strong knowledge in concepts of database design, development and testing of various Client/Server Applications using ORACLE and Sybase.

Excellent organizational, technical, and problem-solving skills and can multitask various projects. Self-motivated and ability to master new technologies.

Hands-on experience in testing scenarios in Telnet using TCP/IP connections.

Good experience in Configuration Management.

Education:

Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India.

Technical Skills Summary

Test Management / Defect tracking Tools:

Mercury Quality Center, Team Track, BLT (Bug Logging Tool), ISMARTS, Redmine, ALM (Application Lifecycle Management), JIRA, Zephyr, VersionOne.

Wireframe Tool:

Axure

Automation Software and Framework:

Selenium Web Driver, Test NG

API Testing Tool:

Postman, Rest UI

Build Automation Tool:

Maven, Jenkins.

RDBMS:

Oracle, Sybase.

Programming Languages:

SQL, PL/SQL, VB 6.0/5.0, Crystal Reports, JAVA, JavaScript, XML, HTML, and Shell Script.

Operating Systems:

Windows 10/XP, Sun Solaris, Linux.

Browsers:

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome.

Servers:

WebLogic.6.X/7.X, Web Sphere, Apache, IIS.

Version Control:

Subversion – Tortoise SVN.

In Memory Data base

Redis

Data Stream

Kafka

Cloud Infrastructure

Blob Storage, Container

Professional Experience:

Functional Lead

Company – Accenture (AFS), Client - USPS, Arlington, VA, Oct’22 – Current

Surface Visibility (SV): SV is a mobile-scanning and web-based application that enables Postal Service Personnel at SV sites to scan trays, tubs, and sacks of mail into containers and onto trailers and to track the mail across the surface network the application was handheld device that has a touch screen and an integral barcode scanner/2D imager. Yard Visibility is a piece of the greater SV puzzle, which aims to create visibility data to support planning, management and optimization of the surface transportation networks. YV creates visibility data for trailers and drivers starting with their arrival and following their departure on any given site.

Environment: SQL, Java, JSP, Oracle, ALM, VersionOne, Benthic, Toad, Qlik, Axure, Share point, Unix, Kafka, Redis, Postman, Rest UI, Message Handler, Putty and WinSCP.

Responsibilities:

Built a solid foundation in product quality and reliability through hands-on leadership in quality engineering.

Led a 4-6- member team for each release, guiding planning, execution, and delivery activities.

Drove an AI-focused project on Azure, learning AI functionalities and cloud best practices.

Actively participated in all SDLC ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure alignment and continuous improvement.

Reviewed functional documents and user scenarios, mentoring team members to fully understand requirements.

Enforced story acceptance criteria rigorously, ensuring testers covered all edge cases.

Prepared detailed test instructions for data preparation and specialized system testing (e.g., Kafka, Azure and Redis).

Escalated technical issues immediately to the solution architect, facilitating rapid resolution.

Senior Software Tester

Company – Accenture (AFS) with Experis, Client - USPS, Arlington, VA, Dec’20 – Sep’22

Surface Visibility (SV): SV is a mobile-scanning and web-based application that enables Postal Service Personnel at SV sites to scan trays, tubs, and sacks of mail into containers and onto trailers and to track the mail across the surface network the application was handheld device that has a touch screen and an integral barcode scanner/2D imager. Yard Visibility is a piece of the greater SV puzzle, which aims to create visibility data to support planning, management and optimization of the surface transportation networks. YV creates visibility data for trailers and drivers starting with their arrival and following their departure on any given site.

Environment: SQL, Java, JSP, Oracle, ALM, VersionOne, Benthic, Toad, Qlik, Axure, Share point, Unix, Kafka, Postman, Rest UI, Message Handler, Putty and WinSCP.

Responsibilities:

Reviewed user stories, tasks, and technical specifications in VersionOne.

Developed and maintained artifacts such as functional designs, test scenarios, and test results in SharePoint.

Created UI wireframes for reports using Azure.

Designed and executed test scripts in ALM.

Developed SQL queries to perform back-end testing.

Executed batch files on Unix servers to retrieve the required data for application testing.

Verified server logs to ensure batch jobs are executed without issues.

Performed functional, integration, regression, compatibility, ad hoc, and smoke testing.

Conducted interface testing using message handlers, Postman, and Kafka.

Participated in daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, and retrospective sessions.

Demonstrated story changes to the client and collaborated on pilot changes.

Tracked defects using VersionOne.

Senior Software Tester

Company – Accenture (AFS) with Experis, Client - USPS, Washington DC, Aug’20 – Nov’20

Global Business Systems (GBS): The GBS Dispatch, Receipt and Reconciliation Systems will be used to manage the mail processing and reconciliation functions associated with international mail flow. I worked in Receipt system. The receipt application will be used for managing the Arrival, Receiving and Opening mail functions. International Receipt and Verification will be used to record the receipt of international receptacles and items from foreign postal administrations.

Environment: SQL, Java, JSP, Oracle, ALM, VersionOne, Benthic, Share point, Unix, Putty and WinSCP, Telnet.

Responsibilities:

Reviewed User Stories, Tasks and Technical Specifications in Version One.

Developed and maintained artifacts like Functional Design, Test Scenarios and Test Results in Share point.

Prepared data.dat file and ran batch files in the Unix server to get the required data to use in application.

Verified logs in the Unix server to make sure batch ran without any issues.

Verified Test Scenarios in Telnet using TCP/IP connection.

Created and executed test scripts in ALM.

Developed queries to perform back-end testing.

Performed Verification and Validation of the application.

Performed Functional, Integration, Regression, Compatibility, Ad hoc and Smoke testing of the application.

Actively participated in peer reviews for user stories, test scenarios and design documents.

Participated in daily standup meeting.

Tracked bugs using ALM.

Senior Software Tester

Company – Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Client - USPS, Merrifield-VA, Aug’08 – June’20

Mail and Image Reporting System (MIRS): MIRS provides users with the ability to generate reports and, where applicable, to drill-down from the National data to Area, District, and Site level data. In addition, the user can view, print, or export the reports to Microsoft (MS) Excel, MS Word, Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe PDF formats.

MIRS provide USPS management with a convenient analytical tool that is accessible from the Postal network. It automatically assembles and compiles data nationally.

Environment: SAP Crystal Report, SQL, Java, JSP, Oracle, ISMARTS, Redmine.

Responsibilities:

Reviewed Business Requirements and Technical Specifications.

Developed and maintained artifacts like Test Plan and Test Data.

Created and executed Test Cases based on the business requirements.

Developed queries to perform back-end testing.

Performed Verification and Validation of the application.

Performed Functional, Integration, Regression, Compatibility and Smoke testing of the application.

Actively participated in peer reviews for requirements and design.

Participated in weekly DCCB (Development Control Committee Board) meetings.

Prepared System Integration Test (SIT) document for Customer Acceptance Test (CAT) release.

Worked on the alternative week SIT build to support Configuration Management lead. Processed checklists (moved code from working source code to source code), Created EAR file and published in WebLogic server, ran database scripts and Published crystal reports in Business Object server during the SIT build.

Tracked bugs using ISMARTS and Redmine.

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PostalOne: PostalOne is a suite of services that offers Web-based initiatives for business mailers and business mail acceptance employees. Business Mail Entry Units (BMEUs) is one of the systems for Mailers. Electronic Postage Statement Mailers (mail.dat, mail.XML, Postal Wizard) - Mailers who normally submit their postage statements electronically through mail.dat, mail.XML or Postal Wizard will submit a Customer Mailing Log in lieu of hardcopy postage statements to the acceptance unit at the time of mailing. The Customer Mailing Log may be in either hardcopy or electronic format and must contain enough information (Permit Holder, Permit Number, Total Pieces, Total Postage, and Mailer Job ID) for accepting employees to reconcile the entries on the USPS Record of Mailings Log to either an electronic or hardcopy postage statement.

Environment: MicroStrategy, SQL, Java, Oracle, Team Track.

Responsibilities:

Reviewed Business Requirements and Technical Specifications.

Created and executed Test Cases based on the business requirements.

Submitted Mail.dat and Mail.XML jobs to create Postage Statements.

Performed Functional, Integration and Regression testing of the application.

Developed queries to perform back-end testing.

Performed Verification and Validation of the application.

Actively participated in peer reviews for requirements and design.

participated in weekly team meetings.

Tracked bugs using Team Track.

QA Tester

Company - ICS, Client - AOL, Ashburn-VA, Jul’05 to Jul’06

Client Performance Reporting Phase 3: CPR Phase II was a web based, user friendly and graphic intensive tool that provides convenient, accurate and timely reporting on AOL Ad Campaigns. CPR Phase III was created to handle both AOL and Double Click Ad reports. CPR produced reports based on the Data Warehouse (DW) data. ORACLE database was used to pull the data from DW. Significant Database design implementation changes were involved in this project.

Environment: BLT (Bug Logging Tool), Mercury Quality Center, SQL, Java, Oracle, UNIX, WebTrak.

Double Click Accounting Systems Integration Phase II: The goal of this project is to modify the current accounting systems to allow integration with the Double Click in order to maintain similar system functionality that currently exists between the suites of applications within Advertising Management System and Advertising Revenue Management System.

Environment: BLT, Mercury Quality Center, SQL, Visual Basic, Sybase, UNIX, WebTrak.

Bullseye is a web-based tool created for managing DART fulfilled inventory. This tool is integrated with the DART system via the DART API. Double Click (DCLK) has added some functionality to the API on AOL Media Network’s (AMN) request and Bullseye application needs to be enhanced to tap into this functionality. Additionally, there were several items left out from the original scope in the first release of the product and the inventory planning team would also like to roll the left-out items as well as some usability and productivity

Environment: BLT, Mercury Quality Center, SQL, Java, Sybase, UNIX, WebTrak.

RichMedia QA Tools Migration: The primary objective of this project was to build a testing environment for existing Interactive Marketing tools website used by AOL advertisement business team. MySQL database was migrated to Sybase.

Environment: BLT, Mercury Quality Center, SQL, Java, Sybase, UNIX, WebTrak.

Responsibilities:

Reviewed Business Requirements and Technical Specifications.

Developed Modified Request for Bullseye application.

Developed Test strategy for Rich Media QA Tools application.

Created and executed Test Cases based on the business requirements.

Developed complicated queries (especially for CPR applications) to pull the data from database and compared with front end data.

Performed Functional testing to ensure all functions specified in the requirements and designs are present and works as intended developed documentation based on technical design.

Performed Regression testing to make sure the new enhancement did not break anything and to verify the bugs are fixed.

Involved in User Acceptance Testing, Integration testing & End to End Testing.

Actively participated in the discussion of technical problems with the development team.

Interact with developers, users, and business analysts to prioritize, and resolve defects.

Tracked bugs using BLT (Bug Logging Tool).

We used WebTrak to write EOD (End of Day) comments that detail the status and issues on a day-to-day basis.

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