Manikandan Panneerselvam

Dynamic Test Lead with a proven track record at HCL Technology Pvt Ltd., achieving a 65% reduction in manual testing through automation. Expert in JIRA Project Management and continuous integration, blending leadership with a positive attitude to enhance team efficiency and software quality. Veteran software tester well-versed in contributing to successful software development with strong evaluation, testing and problem-solving skills. Writes reports outlining software bugs, security vulnerabilities and design problems. Brings several years of experience in software development.

Date of Birth: 01/20/91

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• Verizon Data Services India Private Limited, HCL Technology Pvt Ltd., Test Lead, Verizon, Java-Selenium, Maven, POM, TestNG, JIRA, 11/01/23 - Present, developed and maintained automation frameworks for web and mobile applications, resulting in a 65% reduction in manual testing efforts and increased efficiency, created and executed test plans and test cases for functional, regression, progression, and system-level testing to ensure the quality of software releases, collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and product owners, to understand requirements and incorporate them into automated test scripts, implemented continuous integration processes, integrating automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline for regular and efficient execution, conducted root cause analysis of defects and provided detailed bug reports to assist in efficient resolution, actively contributed to continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance testing processes and methodologies, worked closely with the development team to identify, report, and track defects using JIRA, ensuring timely resolution and a smooth software release process
• Emergent Holdings Inc, Advantasure, HCL Technology Pvt Ltd, Test Lead, Emergent Holdings Inc, Selenium with TestNG framework, Postman, 04/01/21 - 11/30/23, developed and executed test cases for major program modules, executed and debugged existing scripts for various automation requests, monitored and provided analysis for daily link and smoke runs, involved in test case execution and bug reporting, fixed existing test scripts as per new changes and automation issues, raised defects in JIRA for identified defects based on automation results, collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and product owners, to understand requirements and incorporate them into automated test scripts, implemented continuous integration processes, integrating automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline for regular and efficient execution, conducted root cause analysis of defects and provided detailed bug reports to assist in efficient resolution
• Digital-BOS-Product Wire and Wireless - UI Automation, API (Web service), UST, QA Developer, Verizon, Salesforce.com platform, Selenium with Java, Maven, TestNG, Wireframe, Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence, Postman, Kibana, RPA Tool, API, Mobile, 01/01/18 - 06/30/20, Analyzed the manual test cases to check the feasibility for automation, Involved in designing the framework for test design using Selenium Core Java, Identified the keywords for test cases, Mapped the keyword to the test case, Prepared the script for auto-generation of function, Prepared the test data generation, Web services testing (REST API), Participated in knowledge transfer sessions, Daily standup meeting and triage calls, Prepared the reports for DSR and QBR meeting
• E-Track, ANB Systems, Inc., QA Developer, 20, Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, TestNG, 06/01/17 - 12/31/17, Energy, Analyze the manual test cases to check the feasibility for automation, writing Selenium WebDriver automation scripts in JAVA, creating an automation regression pack for manual test cases, creating reusability functions for functional-related queries, performing the code review and checking in to the centralized place using TFS, creating the quality delivery package for every milestone
• BI CONNECTOR, GUIDANZ SOLUTION PVT LMT., QA Developer, 6, JAVA, 06/01/16 - 12/31/16, Creating manual test cases for BI Connector., Locking bugs in Jira and Update test cases in Zephyr., Creating test plan and test environment for each release.
• Delta Application, UST Global, QA Developer, 26, Dell, Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, TestNG, 05/01/15 - 05/31/16, Analyze the manual test cases to check the feasibility for automation, Writing Selenium WebDriver automation scripts in JAVA, Creating automation regression pack for manual test cases, Creating reusability functions for functional-related queries, Perform the code review and check in to the centralized place using TFS, Creating the quality delivery package for every milestone
• Rewards, Recognition, & Accolades, Janus Technologies, QA Developer, 10, Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, 05/01/13 - 04/30/15, Automate test cases within the framework by writing automation scripts, Analyze the manual test cases to check the feasibility for automation, Create reusability functions for functional-related queries, Send daily automation status to the manager

10+ years of experience in software automation and manual testing using Selenium WebDriver, 8 years of experience in Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber (BDD), Selenide, 2 years of Postman for API testing, Salesforce, 6 months of experience in mobile testing using Appium (Experitest), 1 year of experience in TestComplete (SmartBear), 1 year of experience in Azure DevOps, keyword-driven, hybrid, BDD, data-driven

• Won the Best Performer Award at HCL
• Won the Best Employee Award at UST Global