Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Additional Information
Business Domains Experience
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Ragavi Ramaraj

Quality Assurance Analyst
Chennai,TN

Summary

An Agile trained personnel with 5 years of experience working as a Quality Assurance Analyst with firm knowledge on QA testing methodologies both manual & automation testing and other vital core skills, plus experience working in various business domain applications seeking for the role of Software Quality Engineer.

Overview

6
6
years of post-secondary education
5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai, TamilNadu
06.2016 - 02.2017

• Prepared detailed test scenarios & test cases for various functionalities developed.

• Experience in working in health insurance application developed on .NET framework.

• Tested data migration activities with main application along with it’s interface applications for oracle server migration project.

• Worked in data ingestion team and tested various source data feeds both inbound and outbound data's.

• Experience in testing both UI and database testing for applications.

• Experience in system, integration, regression and end to end testing on desktop application.

• Formulated effort estimations for user stories assigned and timely closure of testing activities in sprints.

• Experience in utilizing project management tools like ALM, Devplus, Rally for efficient tracking and reporting purposes.

Agile Tester / Quality Assurance Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03.2017 - 12.2019
  • Strong testing quality assurance experience within Agile environment.
  • Experience testing java based retail application for various UI version changes.
  • Participation and awareness of all agile ceremonies from sprint planning, user story grooming, stand up calls, product demo’s and coordinated with scrum masters, product owners and business stakeholders as a representative of QA team.
  • Experience working closely with product owners in discussions about the requirements and raised questions on requirement gaps found during testing.
  • Periodic checks and coordination with developers regarding code fixes and retesting functionalities during test execution phase.
  • Capable of understanding priority and severity of both simple & complex processes in application and knowing the business value linked to it, to ensure 100% end user acceptance criteria is achieved.
  • Knowledge in BDD framework to drive continuous improvement in test coverage and test effectiveness.
  • Always interested in finding defects, to learn about complex business functionalities and raising questions.

Agile Tester / QA Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
01.2020 - Current
  • Schedule daily scrum meetings with the team to track the work progress and address the blockers/impediments.
  • Develop, document and consolidate all test plans, timelines and sprint progress for management level reporting.
  • Monitoring if QA team is line with the testing timelines and conducted defect triage calls to arrive at optimum solutions for the defects raised, quicker fixes and defect closures.
  • Guiding QA team members in equipping them to gain business knowledge along with technical understanding.
  • As QA lead I contribute to the user story/backlog grooming sessions with scrum master, product owners, Tech leads to prioritize the features and stories to be taken for the upcoming sprints.
  • Conducting knowledge transition programs within teams in adhoc basis to build team spirit and connect by sharing lessons learnt, new technologies, practices to be followed.

Education

B.E. - Electrical Engineering

BIT
Erode
06.2012 - 04.2016

Master Of Business Administration - Human Resources

Alagappa University
Karaikudi
01.2017 - 12.2018

Skills

    Development and documentation of Test cases, Test strategies, Test data creations

Experience in both functional and non functional methods of testing - system,regression,integration,performance and end to end testing

Ability to collaborate with multiple interfacing teams, product owners, scrum master and effectively manage the project

Strong understanding of database concepts and SQL statements

Experience in developing basic automation scripts using Eclipse tool with Selenium for browser applications

Agile certified personnel at E1 proficiency level

Trained in using Apache JMeter tool for performance testing

Experience working in UFT tool for regression testing

Ability to understand and conceptualize new requirements bought into the system as features & user stories

Accomplishments

    • Got awarded for identifying many high severity defects in applications and historic bugs in the system.

    • Got client appreciation and certification for delivering projects with great quality and without delivery slippage.

    • Got selected for CMMI audit and showcased team’s best practices and policies.

    • Active participant of social, educational, environmental welfare programs conducted by organisation.

Additional Information

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Works efficiently in a collaborative, customer focused environment.

• Leadership ability.

• Strong focus on the responsibilities/assignments given to attain the objective.

• Good at organizing and managing tasks and reporting activities.

Business Domains Experience

  • Healthcare (Insurance) - 3 years ; Client - CIGNA
  • Optumera Retail (Product pricing) - 1 year ; Client - TCS Internal
  • Pharmacy Retail (Product pricing) - 1 year ; Client - Walgreens

Timeline

Agile Tester / QA Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2020 - Current

Agile Tester / Quality Assurance Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2017 - 12.2019

Master Of Business Administration - Human Resources

Alagappa University
01.2017 - 12.2018

Assistant System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2016 - 02.2017

B.E. - Electrical Engineering

BIT
06.2012 - 04.2016
Ragavi RamarajQuality Assurance Analyst