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MARUTHU PANDIAN S

Chennai,TN

Summary

Detail-oriented ETL Test Engineer with 5.7 years of experience in ETL and Database Testing across retail and insurance sectors. Expertise in SQL-based data validation, source-to-target reconciliation, and validating ETL workflows and data pipelines. Proficient in Python and AWS services, including S3, Redshift, and Glue. Experienced in defect management, root-cause analysis, and collaboration with development teams.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work history

ETL Tester ( Senior Team Member)

COFORGE
Chennai
2024.04 - 2025.05

Client : Walmart | Domain - Retail & E-commerce

April 2024 – May 2025

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Executed ETL and backend data validation with complex SQL queries, ensuring reliable data transformations and enhancing data quality.
  • Ensured completeness, accuracy, consistency, and integrity of source-to-target data across ETL workflows.
  • Used Amazon S3 to validate source files, including record counts, file structures, data formats, null values, and duplicate records.
  • Performed source-to-target data reconciliation by comparing source records with transformed and target data using SQL.
  • Validated full and incremental data loads and verified ETL transformations against business rules and mapping documents.
  • Monitored scheduled ETL workflows using AutoSys, validating job execution status and dependencies to ensure timely completion of data processes.
  • Designed and executed ETL test scenarios and test cases based on business requirements and source-to-target mapping documents.
  • Performed upstream and downstream data validation to identify missing records, duplicate records, null values, and transformation discrepancies.
  • Applied Python-based data validation and automation concepts for repeatable data-testing activities.
  • Facilitated automated regression and data validation for ETL workflows and data pipelines, enhancing testing effectiveness.
  • Collaborated with developers, Business Analysts, and team leads to analyse data discrepancies, facilitating root-cause analysis and resolution of data issues.
  • Retested defect fixes and validated corrected data before defect closure.

QA Tester

Amazon
Chennai
2020.08 - 2024.03

Client - Amazon | Domain -Retail & E-commerce

August 2020 – March 2024

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Worked closely with business teams to understand application functionality, requirements, and expected business behaviour.
  • Reviewed BRD documents and prepared comprehensive test plans, scenarios, test data, and test cases, ensuring thorough requirement coverage.
  • Tested ETL mappings, mapplets, and reusable transformations for daily data loads.
  • Performed backend data validation using SQL queries to verify data accuracy and integrity.
  • Executed Functional, Integration, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, and End-to-End testing.
  • Validated data transformations and ETL processing against business requirements and design documents.
  • Validated data consistency and completeness, ensuring integrity across upstream and downstream application flows.
  • Supported automated regression and data-validation testing using Python-based testing concepts, enhancing testing efficiency and accuracy.
  • Validated structured data and integration payloads using JSON/API testing concepts.
  • Participated in defect analysis, root-cause investigation, retesting, and verification of fixes.
  • Identified, logged, tracked, and retested defects using JIRA.
  • Followed Agile Scrum, SDLC, and STLC processes.
  • Coordinated with developers and environment teams to resolve critical defects.

Operations Associate

Solartis Technology Services Pvt.Ltd
Madurai
2019.07 - 2020.04

Client - RT | Domain - Insurance

May 2019 – March 2020

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Collaborated with team to clarify insurance application functionality and business requirements.
  • Analysed user stories and requirement documents to create test scenarios, test cases, and test data.
  • Conducted functional testing of insurance application features and workflows to ensure quality.
  • Executed Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Regression, and End-to-End testing to validate insurance application functionality.
  • Performed basic SQL queries to validate backend data and verify key field values.
  • Validated basic data flow and consistency across insurance business modules.
  • Tested basic Policy Administration, Quote Generation, Customer Management, Premium Calculation, Claims, and Renewals workflows.
  • Performed basic validation of business rules, mandatory fields, input fields, and error messages.
  • Identified, logged, tracked, and retested defects to ensure quality assurance using JIRA.
  • Participated in requirement clarification meetings with Business Analysts and developers.
  • Conducted basic end-to-end testing to validate insurance business workflows.
  • Verified fixes and performed regression testing before release. Followed Agile Scrum, SDLC, and STLC methodologies.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Sethu Institute of Technology
Madurai, India

Skills

  • ETL / Data: Informatica, SSIS, ETL Testing, Data Warehouse Testing, Data Pipeline Testing, Source-to-Target Validation, Data Reconciliation, Data Quality Testing
  • Programming: Python, SQL, PL/SQL
  • Database: Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake
  • Cloud / Data Platforms: AWS S3, Redshift, Glue, Athena, Lambda, Airflow, CloudWatch
  • Automation / Testing: Python Automation, PyTest, Automated Regression Testing, Data Validation Automation, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, End-to-End Testing, Regression Testing
  • API / Data Integration: REST API, JSON, Swagger, Postman, API Validation
  • Testing Tools: JIRA, SQL Developer, SSMS, Power BI
  • CI/CD & Version Control: CI/CD Concepts, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Git
  • Master Data: MDM, Master Data Management, Reference Data, Data Quality
  • Data / Streaming Technologies: Kafka, Streaming Data, OpenSearch, ElasticSearch
  • Methodologies: Agile Scrum, SDLC, STLC

Timeline

ETL Tester ( Senior Team Member)

COFORGE
2024.04 - 2025.05

QA Tester

Amazon
2020.08 - 2024.03

Operations Associate

Solartis Technology Services Pvt.Ltd
2019.07 - 2020.04

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Sethu Institute of Technology
MARUTHU PANDIAN S