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SUGANYA RAVI

Chennai

Summary

Service-oriented Associate Manager with commitment to excellence and more than 13 years of experience. Effective collaborator promoting great technical and management skills. Proven history of efficiency and reliability.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Manager

Accenture
02.2017 - Current
  • Managing a team of eight members, played the role of SRE lead.
  • Automation lead, handling Selenium automation.
  • Framework changes and report enhancements to the existing Selenium codebase.
  • Mobile test automation.
  • TDD, BDD concepts.
  • CI/CD integrations using Bitbucket.
  • 508 Automation.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for development and rewarding achievements.
  • Managed team of 10+ associates, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
  • Provided exceptional leadership during crisis situations, minimizing impact on operations.
  • Conducted regular performance evaluations of staff members, providing constructive feedback and identifying areas for growth.
  • Successfully managed multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines ensuring optimal resource allocation.
  • Led team meetings regularly to discuss progress updates, identify challenges or roadblocks, and provide guidance towards successful project completion.

Associate-Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2016 - 01.2017
  • Managed a team of five members, played the role of Test Lead.
  • UI automation using the CA Lisa tool.
  • Created POCs using Selenium and handled the migration of UI scripts to Selenium.
  • Involved in end-to-end framework development for Selenium automation.
  • Provided clear communication of project updates and progress to clients and team members.
  • Conducted thorough risk assessments to identify potential issues and develop mitigation strategies.

Automation Test Engineer

Infosys Ltd
12.2011 - 10.2015
  • Have done Defect reporting and tracking to closure in the provided tracker
  • Involved in Analyzing the User requirements
  • Involved in deriving the Test Scenarios and designing the manual test cases
  • Involved in manual test execution and was involved in various testing phases like Functional, Regression and Network Testing
  • Involved in peer reviews and preparation of traceability matrix
  • Performed Bug Tracking using Bugzilla
  • Reduced manual testing efforts for faster product delivery with the creation of robust automated test scripts.
  • Achieved higher levels of test accuracy by designing and executing data-driven tests for various input scenarios.
  • Enhanced automation test coverage by implementing new testing strategies and approaches.
  • Enabled faster issue resolution, providing detailed bug reports with clear steps to reproduce and suggested fixes.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

Anna University
04-2011

Skills

  • Experience in a pressured environment
  • Ability to learn new software and technology quickly
  • Understanding of the software development process
  • Knowledge of software testing life cycle
  • Experience in AGILE methodologies
  • Experience in the AGILE Manifesto
  • Budget administration
  • Experience in Scrum processes
  • Skills in Leading and training teams
  • Test Management
  • Strong communication
  • Interaction with Clients
  • Interaction with developers
  • Interaction with Business Analysts
  • Interaction with management
  • Ability to work individually, or as part of a team
  • Problem-solving
  • Process improvement activities
  • Analytical skills
  • Reporting
  • Ability to handle a team
  • Automation Testing Tools
  • Selenium IDE, WebDriver & RC
  • Cucumber
  • BDD/TDD
  • QTP
  • ANT
  • TestNG
  • Maven
  • JAVA
  • JUnit
  • Bug Tracking Tools
  • BugZilla
  • Management Tools
  • HP QualityCenter/ALM
  • Jira
  • Bamboo
  • Bitbucket
  • Jenkins
  • CA LISA
  • TOSCA
  • VB Script
  • Telecom
  • Health insurance
  • Public Industry
  • Leadership skills
  • Process implementation
  • Staff management
  • Strategic planning
  • Customer rapport
  • Operations management
  • Staff training and development
  • Test automation expertise
  • Test automation proficiency
  • Robotic process automation
  • Proficient in selenium webdriver
  • Expertise in selenium
  • Automation anywhere experience

PROJECTS

  • Elevance Health is a major US-based health insurance company. It offers a wide range of plans, including medical, pharmaceutical, dental, and behavioral health coverage. The project mainly involves Agile techniques and extensive automation methodologies such as Selenium with Java, BDD/TDD techniques integrated with tools such as JIRA, Bamboo for E2E integration.
  • Telstra, Australia, 10, Bugzilla, Telstra is an Australian based telecom service provider offering 2G/3G and LTE International Roaming Services. The project mainly involves checking various reports such as Link Utilization, Link Performance and Traffic Dispersion. It also involves Device Monitoring and Alarms., Have done Defect reporting and tracking to closure in the provided tracker., Involved in Analyzing the User requirements., Involved in deriving the Test Scenarios and designing the manual test cases., Involved in manual test execution and was involved in various testing phases like Functional, Regression and Network Testing., Involved in peer reviews and preparation of traceability matrix., Performed Bug Tracking using Bugzilla.
  • Comcast, US, 2, QTP, QC, Comcast is an US based telecom service provider offering TV Service, high speed internet and digital phone in most areas for commercial and Residential customers., Involved in Analyzing the User requirements., Derived the Test Scenarios based on the user requirements., Implemented automation using QTP 10.0 and VB Script., Used Hybrid Framework(Data Driven and Keyword) for automating the scenarios., Written custom functions in order to meet the requirements., Involved in manual test execution and was involved in various testing phases like Functional and Regression Testing., Performed Defect Tracking using QC.
  • DirecTV, US, 15, Selenium WebDriver, ALM, Eclipse, DirecTV is an US based service provider which provides television and audio services to subscribers through satellite transmissions., Implemented automation using Selenium WebDriver and JAVA., Extensively automated regression and functional test suites by developing over 237 test cases, 16 test suites using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, TestNG., Developed Keyword Driven and Data Driven frameworks to retrieve test actions, test data from Excel files., Worked with Jenkins team and used ANT to execute Selenium automation suites on different platform, browser combinations in parallel., Identified weaknesses in QA Processes, Web testing, Selenium Automation. Suggested & implemented improvements., Worked on API testing using SOAPUI.
  • AMFAM Insurance, US, 8, LISA, AMFAM is an US based Insurance provider which provides Auto and Property Insurance to its customers located in various regions of United States., Performing functional web service automation using LISA., Utilized JavaScript in the tool to perform various functionalities., Automated regression and functional test suites using LISA tool., Extensively used SQL queries to add or update data in the database.
  • Anthem, US, 9, Selenium with Java, Tosca, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jira, Anthem is an US based health insurance provider which provides health Insurance in various regions of United States., Performing functional testing and automation using selenium., Performed continuous integration using Atlassian tools such as bamboo, bitbucket and Jira., Performed API automation using rest-assured and postman., Accessibility automation using AXE., Used maven as build tool to manage the various resources in automation., Followed agile methodologies and practiced all agile ceremonies., Received multiple appreciations from the client on the seamless work performed.

Disclaimer

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Timeline

Associate Manager

Accenture
02.2017 - Current

Associate-Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2016 - 01.2017

Automation Test Engineer

Infosys Ltd
12.2011 - 10.2015

B.Tech - Information Technology

Anna University
SUGANYA RAVI