Udaya Kumar S

ANZ Bank - Liquidity Management System & Virtual Account Management System

Projects - HK, SG & IN Country VAM Implementation, APRA & MAS regulatory compliance

• End-to-End Ownership of QA domain. Took complete ownership of end-to-end QA practices for the project/product delivery, encompassing people management, process refinement, SIT, automation, and performance
• Formulated and documented comprehensive & customized test strategies, test plans, test data creation and execution approaches (manual/automation/regression testing/PnV) to ensure alignment with functional/domain aspects, product quality, performance & scalability goals.
• Managed Scrum & Kanban boards. Conducted Standup Calls. Updated Story Boards and Team Backlog
• Facilitated and Moderated Iteration and System Demos. Captured Improvement points into Team Backlog and implementing right changes
• Capturing, co-originating and tracking to closure of Team's Impediments. Providing Scrum Team with required information to have a continuous flow of value
• Managed conflicts within the Scrum Team and across Agile Teams using ROAM process
• Define, Track & Asses Sprint goals for SIT, Performance, Automation, Security testing areas. Updating Production run book for the releases.
• Understand, Simplify and Transfer technical & domain knowledge to Scrum Teams for effective delivery of Sprint goals
• Co-originated between different stake holders from different Agile Teams. Handled multiple testing projects with-in the Squad Team.
• Worked closely with 3rd Party Vendors for effective delivery of Code.

Projects/Enhancements Delivered -

Delayed Payment Process, Customer Defined Virtual Account Issuance, Multi bank Sweep Transaction with reversal, Liquidity Management System Full Uplift

E*TRADE & Tullet Prebon - Trade 360, Credit Default Swaps, Non Deliverable Swaps

Projects - Margin Calls Issuance & Tracking, New Fund Offering Engine, Independent Trading Advisor, Deal Management System Enhancements

• Responsible for Test Approach, Planning, Estimation, Test Scenarios/Scripts, Test Execution Cycle Plans.
• Provided functional expertise for in-house Trading platforms guided as per NYSE, NASDAQ & LONDON exchanges.
• Verified and Certified applications, interfaces & sub-systems for trading Stocks, Options, Mutual Funds & OTC products (Swaps & Forwards)
• Test Planning and guiding the Teams towards the release goals &
  delivery.
• Preparing Test Plan and Estimation. Write and execute test cases using QC
• Off shore Team grooming and training and catering to any resourcing
  demands from Clients.
• Reporting testing progress on weekly basis. Coordinating with external vendors for vendor related issues
• Production validation and participating in production installs

Fidelity Investments India Solutions - Active Trader Pro & Streaming News
Projects - Streaming Quotes Outsourcing, Options Symbology, International Release, Streaming Quotes Distributor Upgrade

• Resource identification, skill gap analysis and Training.
• Involved in Test Estimations, Test Plan Preparation, Test Cases Creation, Execution, Review, Defect Management and Test environments set up.
• Validation on Market Data & Streaming News sourced from Bloomberg and Comcast services for NYSE & NASDAQ listed Financial Products
• Test design and execution of test cases for validating daily trading ticks for US listed equities, options and mutual fund products
  Analyzing the Functional and Technical specifications to understand the architectural changes
• Preparing Test Plan and Estimation. Write and execute test cases using QC
• Retesting defect fixes and regression testing. Participating in Triage and Status Calls
• Writing and designing test cases to exercise CG/API, Authentication, subscribing/unsubscribing for streaming
• Reporting the progress of the testing on weekly basis. Coordinating with external vendors for vendor related issues