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Alan Sam Mayfus. K

Alan Sam Mayfus. K

Chennai

Summary

Accomplished TOSCA Test Lead with a proven track record at Nous, leveraging skills in TOSCA, Selenium, and Agile methodologies to drive successful test automation and DB migration projects. Excelled in fostering team collaboration and enhancing test efficiency, demonstrating a strong blend of technical proficiency and leadership.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

TOSCA Test Lead

Nous
02.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: I am currently working for Nous as a TOSCA test lead for IDB bank.
  • End-to-end test automation and implementation using Tosca UI and Tosca DI.
  • Create, manage, and execute the TOSCA DI suite for DB migration projects.
  • Set up the ODBC connection and configuration parameters for the new DB to be linked to Tosca.
  • Set up CI/CD with the help of QTEST and the automation host.
  • Perform Tosca server maintenance checks
  • New agent setup and maintenance via DEX
  • Tosca DI report validation, failure analysis
  • Track requirements to closure in JIRA
  • Version upgrade and maintenance.

Senior Tester

Cognizant (Pearson Global)
05.2018 - 01.2020
  • Company Overview: Pearson plc is a British multinational publishing and education company, headquartered in London.
  • It is the largest education company, and was once the largest book publisher in the world.
  • Involved in functional testing and regression testing.
  • Planning and estimating the effort required (Test Plan, Automation Test Cases Estimation Plan, and Execution Plan Documents).
  • Involved in the preparation of test scenarios and test cases.
  • Performed testing on cross-platforms for the application, such as on desktop, Android app, iOS app, portable app, and iPad.
  • Performed smoke tests for every new build.
  • Executing the scripts using Maven, and integrating them in Jenkins with GIT.

Senior Associate

Fiserv
02.2020 - 01.2022
  • Company Overview: Fiserv is a global fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale.
  • Test design and implementation in the PLP (Premier Loyalty Platform) application.
  • Implement recovery scenarios, and clean up scenarios when required.
  • Test data creation using TDM and set needs TCPs at the test case and execution list level.
  • Implement instances/classes via TDS for repetitive test cases.
  • Perform mainframe automation via the Classic engine.
  • Configure agent machines for distributed execution.
  • Implement CI/CD via Jenkins for test event execution.
  • Perform admin and maintenance tasks on agent and AWS machines.
  • Jump-start Tosca, Jenkins jobs, servers, or Dex agent when required.
  • Link requirements and bugs with Jira/Qtest.

Test Lead

Cognizant (Discover Bank)
01.2018 - 05.2018
  • Company Overview: Discover Financial Services, Inc.
  • It is an American financial services company that owns and operates Discover Bank, which offers checking and savings accounts, personal loans, home equity loans, student loans, and credit cards.
  • Functional support on Finacle to other modules.
  • Handling Agile Towers.
  • Preparation of agile metrics at the end of every sprint.
  • Participation in various agile ceremonies, such as Grooming, Planning, and Retrospection.
  • Test data preparation for user acceptance testing.
  • Execution of system test cases.
  • Peer review of test scenarios and execution logs.
  • Tracking defects in ALM and following up with the developer until closure.
  • Discover Financial Services, Inc.
  • It is an American financial services company that owns and operates Discover Bank, which offers checking and savings accounts, personal loans, home equity loans, student loans, and credit cards.

Test Lead

Cognizant (GSK)
12.2016 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: GSK is a science-led global healthcare company that conducts research, develops, and manufactures innovative pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
  • As part of the GSK AVM team, I have handled project enhancements, change requests, and bug fixes for over 50 applications.
  • Analyzing the requirements from the client and ensuring the project follows compliance, GxP’s, and standard GSK/Cognizant testing SOPs.
  • Preparing test plans and test scenarios.
  • Preparing test cases for module, integration, and system testing, along with test data.
  • Preparing the test cycle index document.
  • Preparing the test environment to execute the test cases.
  • Prepare the test cycle summary document.
  • Preparing Test Summary Reports.
  • Prepare UAT test scripts, documentation, and assist the business with UAT execution.

QA Software Tester

Cognizant (Biogen)
09.2015 - 12.2016
  • Handled COTS products of Biogen, like PharmaCM.
  • Analyzing the requirements from the client and preparing test scenarios.
  • Preparing test cases for module, integration, and system testing.
  • Preparing test data, test environment, and test case execution.
  • Defect creation and tracking until closure.

Education

M Tech - Nanotechnology

Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore
01.2015

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engg

Karunya University
Coimbatore
01.2013

Skills

  • TOSCA
  • Eclipse
  • Selenium
  • Core Java
  • GIT HUB
  • BIT bucket
  • JENKINS
  • JIRA
  • HP ALM
  • QTEST
  • Cucumber
  • Falcon
  • Junit
  • TestNG
  • Agile scrum
  • Waterfall
  • SQL
  • SoapUI
  • Salesforce

Projects

IDB BANK,Fiserv,Discover bank,Pearson Global,GSK,Biogen

Technicalexpertise - Technicalskills

TOSCA, QTEST,Eclipse (Selenium), Core Java (Selenium), GIT HUB, BIT bucket, JENKINS, JIRA, HP ALM, Cucumber, Falcon, Junit, TestNG , Soap UI, Salesforce

Certification

  • Tosca AS1,AS2,TDS1,TDS2,QTEST,AE1,TDI

Timeline

TOSCA Test Lead

Nous
02.2022 - Current

Senior Associate

Fiserv
02.2020 - 01.2022

Senior Tester

Cognizant (Pearson Global)
05.2018 - 01.2020

Test Lead

Cognizant (Discover Bank)
01.2018 - 05.2018

Test Lead

Cognizant (GSK)
12.2016 - 12.2017

QA Software Tester

Cognizant (Biogen)
09.2015 - 12.2016

M Tech - Nanotechnology

Vellore Institute of Technology

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engg

Karunya University
Alan Sam Mayfus. K