Sharmila Janarthanan

• Functioning as offshore & Onshore Coordinator to support team in India.
• Carrying out walk through about products to all business stakeholders.
• Preparing equipped interaction matrix and high-level product matrix
• Evaluation test design produced by team and accomplishment of sign off from business.
• Understanding product and user stories
• Identifying any gaps in functionality
• Reporting any shortfall in terms of application understanding, test environment, infrastructure, etc.
• Conducting User Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, API Testing & Mobile App testing
• Requirement gathering & analysis.
• Functional test design, Critical test scenarios & test conditions
• Business test cases for change requests testing
• Critical functionality test suite for regression testing
• Defect reporting.
• Test Effort estimation, COB plan and execution plan.
• Daily status and management reports for project monitoring and timely delivery
• Looking after test execution & defect logging and test execution reporting
• Agile – Participating in Daily Scrum SU, Biweekly Sprint Planning and Spent Review and sprint Retrospective.
• Client : Qatar National Bank,Qatar
• EPH Upgrade – MT to MX Migration (ISO20022)
• Payments Test Consultant | QNB (Qatar National Bank)
• Led comprehensive testing of EPH Payment Hub and Equation Core payment systems, ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency for QNB's domestic and international payment transactions.
• Conducted detailed SWIFT CBPR+ MT to MX message structure validation in line with ISO 20022 standards to ensure accurate message conversion, mapping, and routing across payment systems.
• Validated payment messages (MT/MX formats) to confirm compliance with SWIFT CBPR+ guidelines, ensuring smooth transitions from legacy SWIFT messages (MT) to newer ISO 20022 MX formats.
• Performed testing for GS-Global Screening for fraud detection, including AML checks, OFAC screening, and compliance with global regulatory frameworks.
• Tested HRSC (High Risk Screening) system to appropriately handle high-risk payments, ensuring proper handling of flagged transactions per security protocols.
• Led testing of Transaction Monitor for QARTGS to identify and prevent fraudulent transactions in real-time, ensuring robust fraud detection mechanisms across payment flows.
• Collaborated closely with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify payment rules, and resolve issues related to payment authorization and transaction processing.
• Conducted volume, regression, and performance testing for payment applications to validate system stability under high transaction loads and ensure smooth operational performance.
• Created and maintained comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, test cases, defect logs, and test reports, ensuring all issues were clearly tracked and communicated to stakeholders.
• Supported successful go-live of payment systems, validating production deployments and monitoring real-time transactions to ensure smooth operation on Day 1 and beyond
• Environment / Tools:
• SIT, UAT Support, EPH,Equation,GTP,GS(SaaS),SWIFT Alliance

• Lead team of 5+ testers in end-to-end testing of Finacle’s internet banking and mobile banking systems, ensuring seamless integration with core banking modules.
• Developed test strategies, test plans, and schedules for various releases of mobile banking apps and internet banking portals, ensuring compliance with functional and security requirements.
• Oversaw functional testing and Automation Regression Testing for mobile and internet banking platforms, identifying critical issues in transaction handling, user authentication, and system performance.
• Automated over 50% of test cases using Selenium and Cucumber Framework, reducing testing time for regression cycles and increasing test coverage.
• Managed testing of integrations with external payment gateways, mobile wallet providers, and SMS/email notification services to ensure smooth operation of digital banking services.
• Led User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new features and enhancements, collaborating with business users to ensure functionality meets requirements and expectations.
• Developed detailed defect reports and collaborated with development teams to resolve critical issues affecting system performance or user experience.
• Delivered regular test status reports and metrics to stakeholders, including defect trends, testing progress, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Environment / Tools:
• QAT, UAT& Prep Support.
• T24 R23, Edgware Finacle Admin, IBMB, SIB App (Android & IOS)

• Creation of physical and digital cards, initiated via NN App. Following client journeys are required for F&F: card order request, activate, view pin code, temporarily block and unblock.
• Supported testing of ISO 8583 messages for POS and ATM transactions.
• Conducted chargeback and dispute resolution testing in acquiring platform.
• Utilized tools like Visa/Master Card Simulator for test transaction generation.
• Administration Processes (DOF, SRAABMO, CAMT).
• Validated processing of monthly collection file.
• Testing and/or Sign-off of various required services Test management.
• Environment / Tools: SIT, UAT& Pre-Prod Support.
• T24 Transact, World line card management System, Go Anywhere, Master card Simulator (IA08583)
• NN App (Android & IOS)

• Led QA efforts for card issuing and acquiring systems during implementation of new EMV debit and credit products.
• Oversaw testing of end-to-end transaction flow: issuance, personalization, authorization, clearing, settlement.
• Coordinated with Visa/Mastercard for compliance and certification testing (CDET, M-TIP).
• Worked closely with development, business analysts, and third-party vendors to resolve defects.
• Implemented test automation using Postman and Selenium to streamline regression cycles.
• Tesco Bank Cards Regression:
• Objective of Regression testing is to ensure that following Migration of Route to Live servers within SIT, UAT and PPE environments that there is no impact on current functionality following migrations
• SHR Migration Project: instance of SAN and Hypervisor Replacement (SHR) is being migrated to newly deployed VM-Ware x86 platform in Star wood and Park Royal data center.
• Falcon Cloud Migration: Fraud prevention and detection system, it is payment-based web application. It detects any suspicious, fraudulent transaction and non-monitoring activity’s as well. And upgraded version of Falcon (6.5) migrated into cloud from version of Falcon (6.3.2) On Prem.
• Environment / Tools: SIT, UAT& Pre-production Support and JIRA, HPALM.
• Application: TSYS - TS2 and FICO - Falcon fraud detection software
  Fiserv - Signature, Aperio agent system, Falcon, FCRM -CAMs & Lexis Nexis Risk Solution: Theart matrix
  Splunk – Policy Decision Point, and Ping access TIBCO – SSCA Logs,TSBB,TBMB Logs

• T24 Test Lead –Cards & TPH
• Industry: Banking (Payments & Cards):
• T24 and TS2 – Master Card transformation program from Voca-ink to TSYS – TS2 and Delivered new cards platform for 500,000 customers with £6 million budget.
• Environment / Tools: Technology – ESB/IIB, POS, IEMV, Voca-link, PCI, XML, mainframes, terminal emulators, T24, Oracle, Master Card, Card Chips, Clearing files

Banking (Payment)

• SWIFT – Payment Bank to Bank and Single customer implementation (MT103, MT202) Payment Message Validations
• Environment / Tools: Intellect Payment Service Hub

Industry: Banking - SWIFT Payment Implementation

• Responsibilities:
• SWIFT MT 103 : Single customer payment Changes in option K and F fields
• Developed comprehensive test plans and test cases to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Environment / Tools: Intellect Payment System, Phoenix, Clear Quest Defect tool.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects in software applications.
• Conducted thorough functional and regression testing to validate system functionality and performance.

• Banking – Finance Testing (GL report, P&L report, Division wise Balance Sheet etc…. )
• Responsibilities:
• Working with business Managers to analyzing and Validation of various GL report from Finacle
• Various batch report validation & Finance Functionality checks and Customization.
• Surround System Validation (Including flex cube to Finacle reconciliation)
• Various other GL checks verification integrity of GL from Finacle.
• Environment / Tools:
• Flex cube core banking application, Quality Center, Pl-SQL Database.

• Banking – Trade Finance, Payments, LCs, SWIFT, Investment Services and Clients’ Monies Service.
• Involved in payments Department (Cash Management Services)
• Environment / Tools: RBS&NWB Cash Application, ZEBRA, Score, Test Director 8.0 and Quality Centre Version 9.2
• Led comprehensive test strategies to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Mentored junior engineers in testing methodologies and best practices to foster professional growth.
• Analysed test results and provided actionable insights to stakeholders for informed decision-making.
• Executed extensive functionality checks leading to improved user experience.
• Assured customer satisfaction by validating end-to-end processes.

• Allied Irish Bank – CASA, TD, Clearing and CIF
• Involved in Interface Testing and System integration Testing
• Led comprehensive test strategies to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Analysed test results and provided actionable insights to stakeholders for informed decision-making.
• Enhanced product quality with meticulous bug detection and resolution.
• Coordinated with developers for seamless integration of new features.
• Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts and use cases to reflect testing objectives.
• Environment / Tools: Flex cube, SQL, Automation tracker (Oracle tool), JIRA – Defect management tool, API and Soup tool

• Monitoring of all operations within Team.
• Involved in Singapore Country base Operation in Payments Department.
• Involved foreign outward remittance in Singapore country based.
• Handled Online Local Transaction in Singapore country.
• Attending all inward and outward messages
• Environment / Tools:
• GTP, Hogan Payment System