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Chandrasekar Shankar

Chandrasekar Shankar

IT Specialist - Testing
Chennai

Summary

Professional experience of 7+ years in Software Testing, product handling, seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization

Professional Expertise :

Product Specialist – CRM – Testing – Debugging – Manual – Build acceptance – Accessibility Testing – Test plan creation – Bug Life Cycle – Team Lead – Validating the Customer Tickets - Sprint Planning

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Specialist - Testing

Mott MacDonald
Chennai
02.2022 - Current

Project Description :

Manage projects and people at the center of your business with CRM Applications. Enable teamwork and collaboration via a single tool, and empower users with a simple, intuitive experience.

  • Completed regression tests of new software builds to assess performance and success of bug fixes.
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
  • Worked with supervisors to improve testing capabilities.
  • Executed test cases and documented defects, confirming resolution and mitigation of defects.
  • Wrote detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases.
  • Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
  • Reviewed project specification documentation to create appropriate testing methodologies.
  • Provided reports on milestones, issues and test concerns to project managers for assistance.

Senior Test Engineer

Temenos
Chennai
04.2020 - 01.2022

Project Description :

Edge Connect UXP is a tool developed by Temenos which is predominantly used for frontend web application development.

Responsibilities:

  • Debugging web application developed with UXP tool and raising issues in RTC and Jira
  • Regression testing for every build and analyzing Script failures
  • Accessibility Testing done for every Regression Build with Assistive Technology Checklist
  • Tested Webservices /XML / SOAP and Restful services using SoapUI tool
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.

QA Engineer

Involvio
Bangalore
03.2019 - 04.2020

Project Description :

Involvio's powerful student experience platform helps schools bring the full campus experience to students’ devices & drive student success.

Responsibilities :

  • Test case generation and management
  • Test plan execution (regression, smoke, exploratory feature)
  • Bug logging and tracking through JIRA
  • Experience in leading team
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality
  • Created automated test scripts, using Python and Selenium Framework

Software Quality Associate

Amazon Development Centre
Chennai
06.2016 - 01.2019

Project Description :

Kindle is an E book reader developed by Amazon.com, launched with intent to provide book readers the freedom of mobility and availability of latest books in electronic format. Amazon provides the customers with wide range of contents to read including books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents.

Responsibilities :

  • Involved in Manual Regression testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional and Performance Testing to ensure quality of product.
  • Involved in identification of bugs and logging in JIRA and maintain SLA to follow up until resolved.
  • Identifying test scenarios with respect to new feature changes and updating Existing ones.
  • Optimized older test suites without affecting quality and increased productivity.

Network Engineer

Mindtree
Hosur
07.2015 - 02.2016

Project Description :

The Application Profiling Services (APS) team is responsible for providing access for the external vendors to the bank CORE network from a secured environment.

Responsibilities :

  • Handle service requests and incidents raised by clients and assigning it to respective teams.
  • Coordinating with multiple teams and Monitor request status/updates and SLA.
  • Classified ticket priorities to enable fulfilment of organization level SLA.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering
Chennai
04-2014

Skills

  • Python
  • Test Case Enumeration
  • Agile methodology
  • Manual Testing
  • JIRA
  • TestRail
  • CRM
  • Product Management
  • Test Planning
  • Regression Testing

Timeline

IT Specialist - Testing

Mott MacDonald
02.2022 - Current

Senior Test Engineer

Temenos
04.2020 - 01.2022

QA Engineer

Involvio
03.2019 - 04.2020

Software Quality Associate

Amazon Development Centre
06.2016 - 01.2019

Network Engineer

Mindtree
07.2015 - 02.2016

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering
Chandrasekar ShankarIT Specialist - Testing