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PAROSH KUMAR PONGURU MANOHARAN

BENGALURU

Summary

  • Dedicated Test Lead bringing 13+ years of experience and diligence to handle needs of large and complex products. Solid history in both manual and automated testing. Seek to apply expertise to growth-oriented, dynamic position.
  • Proficient Automation Tester enthusiastic about applying technical knowledge and quality assurance skills to improving company software offerings. Bringing Expertise in BDD framework using Specflow & Cucumber. Thoroughly researched use of up-to-date application development technology trends.
  • Thorough quality assurance professional highly skilled in manual and automated application testing. Partners successfully with project management and development team members to put out high-quality software for customers. Decisive in identifying problems at any stage of production.
  • Accuracy-drivenin gathering subsurface materials for testing. Expert at safely conducting fieldwork to access geological samples to analyze and identify contents for test report. Strong background in successfully leading multiple projects.
  • Deadline-oriented critical thinker helps team members understand Agile scrum practices and principles. Comfortable leading large teams in process and product development.
  • Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Creative Test Lead with [Number] years tracking down flaws via rigorous automated and manual diagnostic protocols. Designs novel and experimental approaches to eliminate all weakness from products by proactively uncovering flaws. Adept at employing diverse methods, including artificial intelligence and focus groups to optimally assess and improve software and hardware solutions.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Test Lead

HCL Technologies Ltd.
Chennai
05.2015 - Current
  • Managed a team of testers in the execution of manual and automated tests.
  • Analyzed and documented business requirements to create test plans, cases, and scripts.
  • Conducted system integration testing to identify compatibility issues between components in complex systems.
  • Created detailed reports outlining results from testing activities and presented findings to stakeholders.
  • Produced test scripts for new automated software testing rounds.
  • Facilitated user acceptance testing sessions with internal and external customers.
  • Identified areas for improvement in existing processes and implemented solutions accordingly.
  • Tracked progress against project timelines and communicated any delays or risks appropriately.

Associate- Software Development

GAVS Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
04.2011 - 05.2015
  • Performed functional, regression and integration testing on various software components.
  • Implemented automated tools for monitoring system health and generating reports on any anomalies detected over time.
  • Identified system requirements and developed automation scripts accordingly.
  • Provided technical support for team members by providing guidance on best practices around test automation.
  • Documented bug fixes identified during testing cycles using defect tracking systems such as JIRA or Bugzilla.
  • Created automated tests using scripting languages such as Java, C#
  • Designed and implemented automated testing frameworks with open source tools like Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven and Jenkins.
  • Utilized SQL queries to verify data integrity between different databases and applications.

Project Associate

OKS Span Tech (P) LTD.
Chennai
08.2009 - 09.2010
  • Conducted functional, performance, stress and regression tests.
  • Compared and analyzed actual to expected results and reported deviations for resolution.
  • Maintained detailed recordkeeping and updated project documentation to compile reports.
  • Analyzed test results to detect issues and track root causes.
  • Assisted in developing automation frameworks using Selenium Webdriver.

Education

BACHELOR OF ARTS -

LOYOLA COLLEGE
01.2007

Skills

  • Agile Methodology
  • Test Automation Framework Development- Selenium BDD Framework
  • Programming Languages- Java, C#
  • Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)- Jenkins
  • Test Management Tools- Jira
  • Quality Assurance Standards
  • Test Reporting- Jira
  • Project Coordination

Project Details

Project #1:

Title : CBA

Domain : Banking

Client : Common Wealth Bank

Tool    : Selenium Web Driver with C#

Framework : BDD framework

Team Size : 8

Duration : May 18th 2020 to till date

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Leading the Team and make sure all task are distributed among the Team
  • Assure all committed tasks are completed within active sprint period
  • Proficient in testing and development methodologies and their interaction
  • Providing time / resource estimates for assigned tasks
  • Manage and interacts with Clients and business team
  • Stay up to date on established tools, techniques, and technologies
  • Executes tasks related to the production of the Test Plan, test cases, test scripts, and test data
  • Ensure Automation Test coverage, code consistency update in repository and ensure readiness of the code with CI/CD integration Tool
  • Responsible in automation testing sign-off and E2E delivery.

Project #2:

Title : Medtronic

Domain : Medical

Client : Medtronic

Tool  : Coded UI, C#

Team Size : 2

Duration : December 1st 2017 to May 17th 2020

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Providing resource estimates for assigned tasks
  • Manage and interacts with Clients and business team regarding project
  • Responsible in identifying Manual test case for Automation
  • Analysing and identify the reusability functions from existing framework
  • Debugging the existing scripts and analysing reason for the failures
  • Scripting new scenarios for automation irrespective to the manual test cases.
  • Ensure Automation Test coverage, code consistency update in repository
  • Responsible in managing Sprint planning and sprint retrospective

Project #3:

Title : Cisco Workload Automation

Domain : Manufacturing

Client : Cisco

Tools  : Selenium Web Driver with Java & TestComplete with JS, Jenkins

Team Size : 5

Duration : April 21st 2016 to November 30th 2017

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Managing and assigning task among team
  • Responsible in Automation deliverables
  • Maintaining Selenium and Test Complete code on repository
  • Implementing project’s best practices and maintaining coding standards
  • Review the code and providing feedback
  • Enhancing the Framework to achieve target on time
  • Providing solution for technical issues
  • Suggesting best practices to the team
  • Tracking the execution by scheduling the builds using Jenkins
  • Analyzing execution issues and fixing it

Project #4:

Title : SNTC

Domain : Manufacturing

Client : Cisco

Tools  : Selenium Web Driver with Java

Team Size : 18

Duration : May 21st 2015 to April 20th 2016

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Major role in managing team and assigning tasks within team.
  • Responsible in scheduling meeting with client and requirement gathering
  • Showcasing the automation progress during sprint planning with client.
  • Responsible for writing automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver.
  • Managing executions in TestNg.
  • Responsible for developing the hibernate framework.
  • Managing team for POC’s
  • Responsible in automation E2E delivery

Project #5:

Title : SILOS

Domain : Manufacturing

Client : Stericycle, Inc.

Tools  : Selenium Web Driver with Java

Team Size : 3

Duration : October 1st 2014 to May 18th 2015

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Actively Involved in Requirement gathering and Test planning
  • Identifying Test cases for Automation
  • Developed Test Case Design from complex Business rules defined in Use case document
  • Creating new Test Scripts using data driven framework
  • Executing the Test Scripts as Batch file
  • Debugging the code identifying the bugs and fixing the bugs
  • Providing Technical solution for automation issues
  • Actively participated in Sprint planning and Scrums
  • Participated in deliverable meetings

Project #6:

Title : Wiley Publication

Domain : WOL 1.x

Client : John Wiley & Sons, US

Tools  : RFT with Java

Team Size : 6

Duration : July 6th 2014 to September 30th 2014

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Requirement gathering and Test Planning
  • Creating new Test Scripts using Keyword Driven Framework with RFT
  • Executing the Test Scripts as Batch file using RFT
  • Analysing the Reports and identifying the bugs
  • Tracking defects in Jira and make sure defects are closed on time
  • Maintaining code stability
  • Managing framework to execute in various environment
  • Assure test scripts are ready state on various environment

Timeline

Test Lead

HCL Technologies Ltd.
05.2015 - Current

Associate- Software Development

GAVS Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
04.2011 - 05.2015

Project Associate

OKS Span Tech (P) LTD.
08.2009 - 09.2010

BACHELOR OF ARTS -

LOYOLA COLLEGE
PAROSH KUMAR PONGURU MANOHARAN