Saravanakumar Ramachandran
Test Lead
Summary
Creative Test Lead with 12 years experience on tracking down defects via rigorous automated and manual testing process. Designs novel and experimental approaches to eliminate bugs from products by proactively identifying them. Adept at employing diverse methods, including exploratory testing and focus groups to optimally assess and improve testing approach and test suites.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra (Canada)
Toronto, ON
10.2021 - Current
- Leading the QA team and enabling team members to make informed decisions.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Provided reports on milestones, issues and test concerns to project managers for assistance.
- Developed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
- Worked with different to improve testing capabilities and defect prevention measures.
- Actively review test cases and close any gaps.
- Implement test automation using selenium and performance testing using Jmeter.
Senior Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra Americas
Virginia, USA
08.2015 - 10.2021
- Defined and tracked test results, defect counts and performance discrepancies.
- Trained junior testers in company standards, test design and testing software.
- Identified delivery risks for ongoing projects, developing strategies to avoid delays.
- Wrote test scripts and automation scripts and integrate with CI/CD pipeline.
- Led failure investigations and root-cause analyses for showstopper production defects.
Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
Maharashtra, India
08.2012 - 08.2015
- Created comprehensive test plans to support testing objectives.
- Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
- Advised developers on problems with databases, performance and other issues.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
Junior Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
Maharashtra, India
08.2010 - 08.2012
- Participate in Cross functional team meetings & understand the requirements.
- Creation of Test Cases and Test Data .
- Test execution & defect logging.
- To create and maintain regression test suite .
- Execute automated regression test suite and maintain.
Education
Master of Technology - Software Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
01.2011 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Anna University
India 06.2007 - 06.2010
Skills
Test planning
Automation testing
Test Design
Agile Scrum
API testing
Functional Testing
Accomplishments
- Received ACE(Associates consistently Excel) Award in 2019 for consistent positive performance.
- Received “Pat on the Back” award for FY14-15-Q1.
- Awarded as” Valuable Team player” for FY11-12-Q3 .
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level- International Software Testing Qualifications Board
Timeline
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra (Canada)
10.2021 - Current
Certified Blockchain Developer-Idealabs FutureTech Ventures
02-2021
UiPath-RPA Developer Foundation Diploma
09-2017
RPA Developer - UiPath Orchestrator
09-2017
Senior Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra Americas
08.2015 - 10.2021
ISTQB Foundation Level- International Software Testing Qualifications Board
07-2014
Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
08.2012 - 08.2015
Master of Technology - Software Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
01.2011 - 01.2015
Junior Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
08.2010 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Anna University
06.2007 - 06.2010