Software Testing
Umapathy Rajendran
Agile Business Analyst
Pune
Summary
- Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
- Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
- Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills.
- To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
- Good Business Analyst offering 10 + years of Banking experience. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing and end-user training. Accomplished at leveraging past lessons to inform future decision-making.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
14
14
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Agile Business Analyst and SCRUM MASTER
HSBC Software Pune
Pune
02.2015 - Current
- Projects Delivered –
- Client On boarding and Account Maintenance (COBAM)
- Investment Banking and Static Data (ISD)
- Big Data Analysis to build Data Repositories
- Client Data Operations
- Working with the Product Owners to build key aspects on the functional requirements and gathering key elements
- Working with Project Stakeholders and establishing communication channel for requirement gathering
- Developed business workflow diagrams
- Worked collaboratively with IT teams and Business operation users to develop interactions and user-flows
- Developed and implemented requirements for new and existing applications
- Researched and resolved data discrepancies with troubleshooting teams
- Worked well independently and collaboratively
- Building workflows and capturing JIRA stories on requirement confirmation
- Running the daily SCRUM, managing the Sprint Planning and running the Retrospective meetings
- Providing Weekly summary report of the project progress using JIRA tool
- Enhancing subject knowledge and skills by handling business challenges
- Guiding the other Business Analysts and collaborate with peers to provide value for our customers and enhance their significance in the organization
- Working with Compliance and Regulatory teams on the sign off aspects for the HIVE data repositry and data restrictions
- Working on the Product backlog refinement and planning the Sprint
- Running the daily SCRUM, managing the Sprint Planning and running the Retrospective meetings
- Providing Weekly summary report of the project progress using JIRA tool.
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Produced business requirements, master story list, sprint planning and design documents.
- Combined business and systems knowledge to create functional designs.
- Analyzed business requirements to understand business needs.
- Worked with Scrum team to test and certify application features before deploying to production.
- Supported leadership team with reporting, analysis and business presentations to inform divisional strategies.
- Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.
- Assessed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
Test Manager
HSBC Software Pune
Pune
08.2007 - 05.2014
- Updated ongoing testing procedures for software to account for changes resulting from post-release patches.
- Maintained bug reporting system for logged faults, delegating issues to development personnel for remediation.
- Designed scenarios and procedures for human testing of pre-release software products for [Type] industry.
- Performed compatibility testing on [Software], verifying absence of conflicts.
- Reviewed bug reports and error logs, translating data into digestible reports for senior leadership personnel.
- Analyzed historical testing results to isolate failure patterns for long-term investigation into possible development protocols improvements.
- Tested pre-release [Type] modifications to reduce possibility of end users experiencing crashes or bugs.
- Coordinated with off-site staff to verify correct use of test procedures and confirm accurate reporting.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
- Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
Senior Software Test Analyst
HSBC Software Pvt Ltd
Pune
03.2004 - 05.2007
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
- Identified bugs and issues within system and applied troubleshooting techniques for mitigation purposes.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Documented current production methods to identify points of limitation to target for quantification through testing procedures.
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
Senior Test Analyst
SNS Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2002 - 03.2004
- Collaborated to cross functional teams to understand the system and prepare Functional test packs followed with Test implementation
- Worked with multiple IT stakeholder teams in terms of Functional walk-through, Preparing test packs , performing Regression and Risk Based testing activities. Met with quality assurance, developers and project managers to assess scope and sequence of project.
- Tailored testing procedures to obtain data most relevant to understanding underlying causes of production limitations.
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Identified bugs and issues within system and applied troubleshooting techniques for mitigation purposes.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
Software Analyst
Lincwise Softeware Pvt Ltd
06.1999 - 10.2002
- Completed software development lifecycle from requirement analysis to test planning, test case development and test execution.
- Worked closely with business users and business analysts to understand functionality and propose creative solutions to meet business needs.
- Performing Analysis and preparing the Functional Specification Document.
- Interacting with the UI team and Dev/Implementation team
- Testing the framework built test included the planning and execution of functional and regression tests.
- Delivery & implementation of the product at the Client location.
- Post delivery providing maintenance support.
- Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
- Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
Education
MBA - Finance
Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU)
01.2008 - 01.2010
BE - Electronics
D Y Patil College of Engineering
01.1994 - 01.1998
HSC - undefined
Nowrosjee Wadia College
01.1993 - 01.1994
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St Ursula High School
Skills
Scrum and Agile proficiency
Business processes understanding
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
Physically fit and agile
Business processes and procedures
Testing procedures
Excellent Communication
Active Listening
Interpersonal Communication
Agile project management
Team coordination
Quality assurance
Documentation skills
Certification
Currently Working With
Accomplishments
- CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst) in 2003
- Diploma in ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Management System – 2004
- ISEB Certification in 2006
- Business English Certificate (BEC) in 2008
- Certified SCRUM Master (CSM) in Apr-2012
- Certified SCRUM Product Owner (CSPO) in July-2016
- Project Management Professional (PMP)® in Nov-2020
- Agile Coach Certification (ICP ACC) in Nov-2022
- Undergoing training for SAFe Agile
Software
Business Analsysis
Quality Assurance
Interests
Long Distanc Running , Sports enthusiastic and Love travelling
Running , Cricket and Travelling
Have been consistently participating in 10K events over the last 4 years.
Preparing for Half Marathon for 2023
Enjoy playing and coaching in the game of Cricket
Love travelling to nearby historical places and love Trekking.
Timeline
Agile Business Analyst and SCRUM MASTER
HSBC Software Pune
02.2015 - Current
MBA - Finance
Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU)
01.2008 - 01.2010
Test Manager
HSBC Software Pune
08.2007 - 05.2014
Senior Software Test Analyst
HSBC Software Pvt Ltd
03.2004 - 05.2007
Senior Test Analyst
SNS Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2002 - 03.2004
Software Analyst
Lincwise Softeware Pvt Ltd
06.1999 - 10.2002
BE - Electronics
D Y Patil College of Engineering
01.1994 - 01.1998
HSC - undefined
Nowrosjee Wadia College
01.1993 - 01.1994
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St Ursula High School