Saravanan Jaikumar
Chennai
Summary
Accomplished Senior Test Analyst with a proven track record at Payoda Technologies and Cognizant Technology Solutions, specializing in functional and automation testing. Expert in Agile methodologies, SQL, and team leadership, I've significantly enhanced software quality and efficiency. Renowned for mentoring junior QA members and streamlining test processes, my approach combines technical prowess with strategic team management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Test Analyst
Payoda Technologies
02.2024 - Current
- Experience in functional and automation design, and execution of various applications in mortgage and lending.
- Guiding the offshore team as a subject matter expert for functional testing using Agile Sprint methodology.
- Handled team issues, escalations, as part of team management.
- Performed end-to-end data validation exercises on databases including Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL.
- Collaborated with developers and other stakeholders to identify potential issues in software applications.
- Provided technical guidance to junior members of the QA team regarding best practices for software testing processes.
- Participated in sprint reviews with agile teams to provide feedback on product features.
Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2016 - 02.2024
- Excelled in the Software Testing Life Cycle in Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, Defect Management, and Test Execution Closure.
- Delivering project assignments within the project deadlines, and responsible for the feasibility study for new requirements.
- Involvement in system integration testing, end-to-end scenario testing, regression testing, results analyzing, and defect management.
- Lead the team as a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
- Assisted in test planning, estimation, preparation, automation, execution, defect tracking, and reporting.
- Reviewed user stories, designs and requirements documents for accuracy of information.
Education
B.E - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sri Sairam Institute of TECHNOLOGY
01.2015
Skills
- JAVA
- Selenium
- TestNG
- Cucumber
- Page Object Model
- Agile
- Manual Testing
- SQL
- JIRA
- Database Testing
- UI Testing
- API Testing
- Rally
- Zephyr
- Team Management
- ETL Testing
- Functional testing
- Test data management
Hobbies and Interests
- Cricket
- Riding
- Driving
- Travelling
Honorawards
- Associate of the Quarter, Cognizant, Awarded 'Associate of the Quarter' for outstanding achievement on Automation support and Functional testing to provide excellent test coverage.
- Client Recognition, Payoda, Been recognized and appreciated by Client for delivering at a strike of continuous critical releases in the project in the stipulated timeframe. Received 2 spot excellence awards in 2021 and 2022.
Accomplishments
- Awarded "Associate of the Quarter" for outstanding achievement
on Automation support and Functional testing to provide excellent
test coverage - Been recognized and appreciated by Client for delivering at a strike
of continuous critical releases in the project in the stipulated
timeframe
Timeline
Senior Test Analyst
Payoda Technologies
02.2024 - Current
Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2016 - 02.2024
B.E - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sri Sairam Institute of TECHNOLOGY
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