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Archana Chandramouli

Bengaluru

Summary

ISTQB certified ,Strategically-minded and Highly organized professional having around 12 years of complete IT experience in Software Testing with a solid understanding of Functional Requirements, Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting & Tracking.


  • 12+ years of strong experience in testing Web Application Testing
  • Highly efficient in Agile, Scrum methodologies.
  • Proficient in developing test artifacts such as Test Strategies, Test Plan, Test Case, Test Script, Test Data and maintaining the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Defect Reports and Test Summary Reports.
  • Well acquainted with all phases of SDLC and STLC.
  • Knowledge in Test Automation with Selenium Tools..
  • Knowledge in using Maven as build tool, GIT for version control, Jenkins for Continuous Integration.
  • Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery CI/CD pipeline.
  • Good written, communication, interpersonal skills, proven team player and analytical mind bent to problem solving and delivering solutions..
  • Self-motivated, highly energetic and task oriented to work independently with minimal supervision and perform as part of a team.
  • Capable to work under tight deadlines and rapidly changing priorities with proactive, creative & focused approach to business needs with high analytical and team playing skills.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Lead

Qa Mentor
06.2021 - Current

Client - Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Project : DISA SCREEN (Jan2024 - till date)

Responsibilities:

  • Well versed with Agile, scrum methodologies.
  • Interacting with Business Analysts/Designers to get imprecise requirements/solutions sorted.
  • Maintenance of regression suite.
  • Extensively worked on DataBase testing ,
  • Performed API testing using POSTMAN tool
  • Designing test cases , test data preparation and executing test scenarios in Agile methodology.
  • Following Test Schedules, publish daily status reports and make changes to plans, if necessary.
  • Organized reviews of test cases in Azure Devops and running web application directly.
  • Created and maintained knowledge repository of application overview for any future member to step into role.
  • Conducted Knowledge Transfer sessions with offshore team and reviewed their test cases before sending it to external review.
  • Actively participated in review meetings of various deliverables for releases/projects.
  • Identified and tracked defects with JIRA software and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.

Test Lead

Qa Mentor
06.2021 - 12.2023

Client - Shabbat.com

  • Extensively involved in all stages of testing life cycle(STLC), test driven development methodologies, software development life cycle(SDLC) using Agile methodology.
  • Responsible for GUI and Functional Testing, using Black box Testing Techniques.
  • Carried out Sanity testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Database testing and web Service testing.
  • Involved in preparation of Test Procedures, Test Scenarios, Cases and Test Data.
  • Orchestrated team of 10 members working from different locations.
  • Collaborated with interface development team to analyze impacts of requirement.
  • Interacted with client and users to understand Business Requirement, Test Strategies of various merged products and End-to-End flow.
  • Extensively used JIRA as Test Management tool and bug reporting tool.
  • Used Sentry for identifying root cause of the bug.

Test Analyst

Infosys Technologies
01.2012 - 01.2018

Client - Goldman Sachs

Project - Margining System

  • To design, develop and execute test cases as per BRD
  • Connected to UNIX servers to check developer log files and files sent by different system.
  • Conducted functional, regression testing which involves verifying the results with expected and confirm with predefined requirements.
  • Written and executed compounded SQL queries in order to fetch correct data.
  • Served as point of contact between Business and developers.
  • Worked in AutoSys tool for batch monitoring and Linux as backend, worked in shell scripting
  • Worked closely with software development and testing team
  • Defect management by providing status update through JIRA.
  • Played a lead role in providing signoff for the release cycle and preparing the production environment for the release
  • Co-ordinated UAT testing by directly interacting with the clients by working in client location
  • Collaborated effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple teams.

Software Engineer

HCL Technologies
01.2010 - 01.2012

Client - PFIZER

  • As an individual contributor - design, develop and execute test cases as per BRD
  • Established efficient communication channels within the team, leading to better collaboration among members during project development phases.
  • Conducted functional, regression testing which involves verifying the results with expected and confirm with predefined requirements through HP QC.
  • Collaborated effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple teams.

QA ENGINEER

Centris Mobility And Project Services
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • As an individual contributor - design, develop and execute test cases as per BRD .
  • Conducted functional, regression testing which involves verifying the results with expected and confirm with predefined requirements & defect management through QC.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering -

Mookambigai College of Engineering
Trichy
06.2007

Skills

  • Functional Testing - System Testing, E2E Testing, Sanity Testing, API/Web service Testing
  • Web Testing - Selenium Webdriver
  • API Testing: Postman
  • Bug Tracking: JIRA, QC
  • Test Management - Azure Devops
  • Database: SQL
  • CI/CD Tools: Maven, Jenkins
  • Control Systems: Git
  • Operating Systems: Window
  • Testing Concepts : STLC, Agile methodology

Certification

  • ISTQB Certification from Indian Testing Board
  • Scrum Master Certifcation from Scrum Alliance


Accomplishments

  • Received Employee of the Month award Feb -2024
  • Received client recommendation letters of the project worked.


Timeline

Test Lead

Qa Mentor
06.2021 - Current

Test Lead

Qa Mentor
06.2021 - 12.2023

Test Analyst

Infosys Technologies
01.2012 - 01.2018

Software Engineer

HCL Technologies
01.2010 - 01.2012

QA ENGINEER

Centris Mobility And Project Services
01.2009 - 01.2010

Bachelor of Engineering -

Mookambigai College of Engineering
Archana Chandramouli