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BHAVANI ANNAMALAI

BHAVANI ANNAMALAI

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Summary

Senior Test Engineer with 10 years of experience designing and implementing quality assurance tests. Evaluated test objectives to develop and implement test procedures optimized for relevant results. Reported on test results and suggested interpretations relevant to product applications and further test development. Oriented towards streamlining testing and reporting processes to lower costs and optimize production efficiency.

Core Technical Competencies

Testing tools

  • POSTMAN
  • READY API
  • SOAPUI

Programming

  • SQL
  • Groovy
  • Python Fundamentals

Test Automation Tools

  • Postman with Newman Runner
  • Pycharm
  • Eclipse
  • Selenium with Python (Basics)
  • GIT
  • Jenkins

Database

  • Oracle

Application Interfaces

  • SOAP Services
  • REST API

Test Management & Defect Tracking Tools

  • Jira-Xray
  • HP Quality Center
  • Mastercraft ALM

Monitoring Tools

  • Graylog
  • Grafana
  • Dynatrace

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Test Analyst

TATA Consultancy Services-Client: Belgium Railways
09.2020 - Current
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Interact, gather, understand business needs and vision with business owner and convert them into acceptance criteria and test analysis document by adhering to agile principles ·
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
  • 3 Amigos sessions are conducted at the start of sprint to mitigate the GAPs in the user story.
  • Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
  • Directed team members to follow specific testing standards and guidelines as outlined in project requirements.
  • Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
  • Documented current production methods to identify points of limitation to target for quantification through testing procedures.
  • Create Automated Test suite for Regression test-cases with Ready API using groovy and POSTMAN using basic java scripts and integrate with bitbucket to trigger the nightly run
  • Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
  • Worked closely with different teams of different components to develop innovative solutions to functionality issues.
  • Identified bugs and issues within system and applied troubleshooting techniques such as Root cause analysis for mitigation purposes.
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.

Test Engineer-API Automation Tester

TATA Consultancy Services-Client: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
11.2018 - 04.2020
  • Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
  • Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work with POSTMAN and integrate with bitbucket to trigger the nightly run
  • Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
  • Preparation of test cases for the user stories in Gherkin language and conduct reviews
  • Both Black box and white box testing is performed
  • Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
  • Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
  • Database management in production based on functional requirements
  • Incident management is done based on the priority and severity of the issue .
  • Live activities are taken care which includes, regression testing, creating change request, Pre-live and Live validation and provide 24X7 support in rotational and have a track of LIVE gray log daily.
  • Maintenance Testing and impact analysis for Maintenance is performed for few applications
  • DOD is done for every user story
  • Sign off to scrum team for the LIVE deployment
  • User Acceptance Testing is done and Validations done after the LIVE deployment
  • Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.

Team Leader

TATA Consultancy Services -Client KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
10.2015 - 10.2018
  • Monitored team performance and provided constructive feedback to increase productivity and maintain quality standards.
  • Supervised team members to confirm compliance with set procedures and quality requirements.
  • Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings.
  • Managed leave requests and absences and arranged covers to facilitate smooth flow of operations.
  • Preparation of test cases/test scenarios and preparation of test suites in SOAPUI.X
  • XML Testing using SOAPUI.
  • Test and Defect management using HP Quality Center.

System Tester

TATA Consultancy Services- Client: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
10.2012 - 09.2015
  • Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.
  • Carried out tests to identify, report and repair bugs and glitches.
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Regression run with the Soap UI automated scripts
  • Test data creation using QTP with test data scripts.
  • Test Execution and defining the reports based on the regression run and updating the detailed report with the success and failure percentages to the clients for every automation run that happen.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

R.M.K Engineering College Anna University
India, Chennai
2012

Skills

  • Structure Query Language (SQL)
  • Defect Investigations
  • Security Testing
  • Test Strategies and Coverages
  • Manual Test Analysis
  • Lean Manufacturing Processes
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • HTML and XML
  • Configuration Management
  • Project Proposals
  • REST Assured
  • Usability Testing
  • Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
  • Scrum Methodology

Certification

  • ISTQB – Software Testing Foundation [20-CTFL –174029-12]
  • ISTQB – Certified Tester, Advanced Level -Test Manager [CTAL-TA-230652-12]

Timeline

Senior Test Analyst

TATA Consultancy Services-Client: Belgium Railways
09.2020 - Current

Test Engineer-API Automation Tester

TATA Consultancy Services-Client: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
11.2018 - 04.2020

Team Leader

TATA Consultancy Services -Client KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
10.2015 - 10.2018

System Tester

TATA Consultancy Services- Client: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
10.2012 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

R.M.K Engineering College Anna University
BHAVANI ANNAMALAI