Manivannan Gajendran Resume

Highlights

Certified ISTQB Technical Test lead and Scaled Agile Practitioner.
Experience building and leading virtual team of Automation Developers & QA Analysts.
Experience in building, testing and releasing software every two weeks
Expertise in UI automation using Selenium Webdriver and Restful API Automation using JMeter/Postman.
Experience in testing Kubernetes/Docker based applications.
Experience in moving projects from waterfall model to Agile methodology
A wealth of experience in QA on Deep Learning , Banking and Aerospace domains.
Expertise in applying and maintaining quality standards for projects with CMMI process model.
Advanced command on a wide variety of tools and technology including HP Quality Center( ALM ), Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Jira, Youtrack, Confluence and Testrail

Accomplishments

Introduced QA metrics, project management controls, and requirement traceability to technology projects resulting in repeatable outcomes and a significant reduction in defects.
Developed and implemented an IT scorecard in the areas of project execution, operational excellence, risk management.This effort resulted in a heightened awareness of quality initiatives and led to improvements in effort hours, task duration, and change control procedures.
Star Award under individual category in Infosys Rewards program- Q1-2010 for Project Delivery and Process management.
Developed and Implemented Self review checklist and frequently occurring defects to reduce process and functional defects slippage
Responsible for designing custom test automation solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into organization existing and new projects using Selenium Web Driver, Rest Assured API test framework.
Have taken part in multiple CMMI level external Audits as a quality representative and leveled project to CMMI level 5.

Certifications

SAFe 5.0 Practitioner

ISTQB Technical Test Analyst

ISTQB Testing Foundation

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Technical Skills

This is what I am good at

Being Curious and fast learner, I can master any Tool or Technology in short span of time

Docker/Kubernetes

Excellent

Selenium

Excellent

Jenkins

Excellent

JAVA

Good

Restful API Testing

Excellent

MySQL

Good

Redis

Good

Machine Learning

Good

Youtrack/Confluence/JIRA

Excellent

Work Experience

Current and previous employers

QA Director

Canada Drives

Period: Sep 2017 - Present
Job type: Full-Time

Hired, Mentored and Lead self-driven teams of QA Managers, QA Leads, Automation Engineers, and QA Analysts across multiple locations in Canada and Overseas.

Responsibilities

Worked closely with the Engineering teams to develop the processes to ensure that quality is built into everyday work from Requirement Analysis to Release.
Ensured that the contents of each release are understood, scheduled, tested, and aligns with the established quality standards.
Defined OKRs/Key metrics that drive accountability of the teams and provide transparency to the quality of our code, releases and effectiveness of our QA process.
Researched and adopted various QA Automation and Management Tools to augment Quality Assurance efforts.
Tools: Salesforce, Selenium Web Driver, Postman, Rest Assured Framework, Jenkins, jMeter, SQL Developer, Putty

Senior QA Lead

Istuary Innovation Group

Period: July 2016 - Sept 2017
Job type: Full-Time

Playing role of QA Lead and Release manager, responsible for building, testing and releasing software version every two weeks.

Responsibilities

Recruit, mentor and manage team of QA Analysts and DevOps.
Test deep learning models for accuracy and performance on Kubernetes/Docker based environment.
Requirement analysis, testing and test estimation.
Responsible for designing custom test automation solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into organisation existing and new projects using Selenium Webdriver, Robot framework and JMeter.
Implement build/deployment automation using Jenkins.
Knowledge management and training of resources.
Prepare status and metrics reports for the management.

Technical Test Lead

Infosys Ltd, Client: Aeroinfo, A Boeing Company

Period: January 2015 - Present
Job type: Full-Time

Served as a key member of Aeroinfo’s Quality Assurance team. Responsible for test planning, estimation, execution and onsite-offshore coordination.

Responsibilities

Requirement analysis and test estimation.
Offshore team management, task allocation and review of deliverables.
Knowledge management and training of resources.
Test case preparation, tractability matrix setup, perform smoke testing, functional testing, system integration testing and regression testing.
Log defects in JIRA/ClearQuest and attend RPB meeting to triage defects.
Prepare status and metrics reports for the management.

Test Analyst / Onsite Co-Ordinator

Infosys Ltd, Canada

Period: April 2010 - July 2012
Job type: Full-Time

Served at client office as a part of Bank of America's Independent Verification and Validation team, Responsible for requirement analysis, client showcase, onsite-offshore coordination

Responsibilities

Analyse and review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
Develop test plans and QA processes.
Knowledge management and training of resources.
Client-Offshore co-ordination, task assignment to offshore and review of deliverables.
Design automated testing scripts in QTP/Selenium using JAVA and SQL.
Raise defects in JIRA, triage and track it to closure.
Create quality assurance documentation and reports using test management tools such as HP Quality Center and JIRA.

Techinical Test Lead

Infosys Ltd, India

Period: August 2012 - December 2014
Job type: Full-Time

Served as a key member of Independent Verification and Validation team, Responsible for team management, creating and executing test cases and managing all activities in the plan to ensure that all the objectives are met and that the solution works as expected.

Requirement analysis and test estimation.

Test case preparation and requirement traceability matrix to map requirement to test cases.

Knowledge management and training of resources.

Maintain QA Process such as configuration management and defect prevention as per CMMI model.

Team management and review of deliverables.

Raise defects in JIRA, triage and track it to closure.

Create quality assurance documentation and reports using test management tools such as HP Quality Center and JIRA.

Education

An overview of my educational background

Machine Learning - Stanford University

11 Week online course at Coursera.org

Infosys - Global Education Center

6 Months of Residential Program on Various Programming Languages and Tools

Employees undergo rigorous training across diverse areas, notably in project management and business analysis.They are imparted soft skills and learn how to implement new technologies, platforms and development methodologies.

Anna University

From June 2003 - May 2007

Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication.

This program trains students in broad areas of Electronic Circuits, Embedded Systems / SoC, Communication Systems and Networking, Digital Signal Processing, Fiber Optics. This also covers Computer Architecture, Applications and Languages

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