Sivaprakash R
Chennai
Summary
Senior QA & Test Automation Lead with 10+ years of experience in software testing, covering functional, automation, API, mobile, and performance testing in the Retail Banking and Credit Card Rewards systems. Expert in designing automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD), with hands-on expertise in API testing (Postman, SoapUI), database testing, and mobile testing (iOS/Android). Skilled in leading QA teams, optimizing test processes, and driving quality initiatives in Agile/DevOps environments to deliver faster, more reliable releases.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Test Lead (Associate)
Standard Chartered GBS
08.2022 - Current
- Drove quality definition by collaborating with Product Owners to refine functional requirements and translate them into actionable, testable user stories within the sprint
- Spearheaded implementation of automation test scripts (Java + Selenium) for regression.
- Performed API testing using Postman and database verification using Oracle JDBC.
- Mentored a Quality Control team, establishing peer review standards that measurably improved automation code quality and maintainability.
- Ensured high-quality mobile releases by executing extensive functional validation on iOS and Android banking applications using Perfecto cloud and real devices.
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2019 - 08.2022
- Supported an England-based multinational bank, driving Agile testing for sprint deliverables.
- Built automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver + Java + Cucumber (Page Object Model).
- Developed performance test scripts with LoadRunner VuGen, executing via Performance Centre.
- Enhanced regression suite coverage by 40%, cutting manual testing efforts significantly.
- Conducted API testing with Postman; managed code & test cases in Bitbucket repository.
Test Engineering Analyst
Accenture Solutions Limited
07.2015 - 05.2019
- Delivered QA solutions for a North American Bank's credit card systems.
- Designed functional, database, web services, and mainframe test cases.
- Automated UI testing using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, and POM framework.
- Built Excel macros to streamline test data onboarding, reducing setup effort by 50%.
- Contributed to in-sprint automation, ensuring faster regression cycles.
Education
B.E. - Mechatronics Engineering
Kumaraguru College of Technology
01.2015
Skills
- Requirement Analysis
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- API Testing
- Mobile Testing
- Database Testing
- Mainframe Testing
- Performance Testing
- Selenium WebDriver
- Core Java
- TestNG
- Cucumber (BDD)
- Maven
- Gradle
- Postman
- SOAP UI
- Eclipse IDE
- IntelliJ
- TOAD
- DBeaver
- Jenkins
- GitHub
- ADO
- Confluence
- JIRA
- Quality Centre (ALM)
- Version One
- Retail Banking
- Credit Cards
Certification
- ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level v4.0
- Credit Card for Bankers - Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF)
- Basics of Banking - Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF)
Technical And Domain Expertise
Requirement Analysis, Functional, Regression, API, Mobile, Database, Mainframe, Performance Testing, Selenium WebDriver, Core Java, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD), Maven, Gradle, Postman, SOAP UI, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ, TOAD, DBeaver, Jenkins, GitHub, ADO, Confluence, JIRA, Quality Centre (ALM), Version One, Retail Banking, Credit Cards
Timeline
Senior Test Lead (Associate)
Standard Chartered GBS
08.2022 - Current
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2019 - 08.2022
Test Engineering Analyst
Accenture Solutions Limited
07.2015 - 05.2019
B.E. - Mechatronics Engineering
Kumaraguru College of Technology
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