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Elan Chandrasekaran

Cambridge

Summary

Highly skilled and dedicated QA Lead with a wealth of experience and a strong commitment to achieving exceptional results. Possessing an ISEB Advanced Level Certification and over 18 years of hands-on experience, I have honed my abilities to meet deadlines and effectively coordinate work within a structured testing environment. My forward-thinking approach consistently delivers high-quality results while adhering to defined testing methodologies. Natural inclination towards self-motivation drives me to excel in my role and contribute to the team's success.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

OAT and Functional Test Lead (Contractor)

HMRC
04.2024 - Current
  • Develop the Test Strategy based on the OAT and Functional requirements for the release
  • Automate the Test Scenarios via ReadyAPI
  • Integrated the automated tests with the GitLab
  • Work on Disaster Recovery, Alerting, Monitoring, DB recovery and resilience as part of OAT testing on the AWS and Kubernetes platform

Product Lead/QA Lead (Contractor)

IAR (SECURETHINGZ)
04.2023 - 07.2023
  • Understand the features and prepare a Market Requirement Document
  • Prepare the Impact Statement for the features
  • Prepare the Detailed Requirements Document
  • Transfer the features in the Detailed Requirements Document to JIRA Tickets
  • Organise 3 Amigos meetings to clarify the requirements and feature refinement
  • Help the project managers and SCRUM Masters towards the completion of the features on time
  • Product User Testing

QA Automation Engineer (Contractor)

BRIGHTSIGN
12.2022 - 03.2023
  • Enhancing the current Python Test Automation framework designed for the Video devices
  • Fixing the automation test failures

Lead Test Automation Engineer (Contractor)

IAR (SECURETHINGZ)
12.2021 - 12.2022
  • Automating Tests using BDD and Python
  • Automating API Tests and Hardware Chip Boards
  • Test the features using the Windows CLI commands
  • Improving the CI Jenkins process
  • Implementing Agile methodology across the QA Team
  • Improving the QA process by introducing the 3 Amigos approach

Head of QA (Contractor)

TRUSTONIC
09.2021 - 11.2021
  • Implementing Agile methodology across the QA Team
  • Improving the QA process by introducing the 3 Amigos approach
  • Managing the QA team across onshore and offshore and building effective communication
  • Visiting the offshore team to improve the team bonding across the teams
  • Enhance the visibility across the defects reporting and management process
  • Improving the Requirement Coverage between Stories and Test Cases
  • Introducing Bug Triage process for effective bug priority and classification

Test Architect/Automation Engineer (Contractor)

ARM
01.2021 - 08.2021
  • Create a Test Strategy for the Inhouse Performance Tool
  • Manual Testing & Automate Test Cases in TestRail
  • Test the features using the Linux commands

Test Architect/Automation Engineer (Contractor)

MOTEEFE
10.2020 - 12.2020
  • Create BDD API Automation Framework in CodeceptJS and Javascript
  • Automate tests using CodeceptJS and Javascript
  • Visual Regression Testing

Test Architect/Manager (Contractor)

TRUSTONIC
03.2020 - 09.2020
  • Managing a QA team of 7 resources located in the UK, Ukraine and India
  • Managing a QA for AWS cloud based product that enhances the security of Android devices and offers better control for the MNOs via Web Portal
  • Create Test Strategies for Product Release and Test Automation
  • Test Planning, Test Coverage improvement, Test Execution, Test Monitoring, Test Reporting and Requirement Traceability Monitoring
  • Test the features using the Windows CLI commands
  • Cloud Migration Testing from Alibaba to AWS and Kubernetes
  • Created Automation Test Framework using Python, Behave and Selenium in Linux
  • Implemented build scripts to create local test environments using Docker Images in Linux
  • Introduced and Migrated Test Cases in BDD to XRAY Test Management Tool
  • Integrated XRAY with Jenkins and automated publishing the test results

Test Automation Lead/Architect (Contractor)

HSBC
02.2019 - 02.2020
  • Improved the automation test coverage and overall quality of a greenfield regulatory reporting project
  • Lead a QA Automation team of 10 people across the UK, India and Poland
  • Create Automation Test Strategy for cross functional testing teams
  • Create, add and manage BDD API Automation Frameworks in Cucumber, Rest Assured, Spring Boot and Java
  • Structured the Test Frameworks and the test coverage and integrated them in Jenkins for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
  • Created Performance Tests using JMeter
  • Manual Testing by creating Test Cases in JIRA ( Zephyr)

Software Developer in Test (Contractor)

ARM
07.2018 - 02.2019
  • Create BDD UI Automation Framework in Cucumber, Selenium, and Java
  • Automated tests using C#, Specflow and Selenium
  • Create Performance Tests using JMeter and Blazemeter
  • Integrate the frameworks in Jenkins and Teamcity
  • Execute tests in Docker and Virtual machines
  • Manual Testing by creating Test Cases in JIRA (X-Ray)

Lead QA Engineer

REDCLOUD TECHNOLOGIES LTD
10.2014 - 06.2018
  • Created Test Strategy with 7 Quality Gates for the Projects from design to delivery
  • Introduced the Test processes and strategies and enforced them across the teams
  • Reported on test group activities to Project Managers, Development Managers, and Product Owners
  • Managed a team of 6 testers across Africa and Asia
  • Conducted Interviews, performance reviews and assessments
  • Team leader responsible for determining and managing the work of other QA representatives, plus coaching and mentoring junior members of the team to best practices
  • Test Planning, Test Coverage improvement, Test Execution, Test Monitoring, Test Reporting and Requirement Traceability Monitoring
  • Test the Mobile money payments across different devices including Midlets, Open SMS, iOS and Android Apps
  • Test the different features of Websites including the mobile payment transactions statements, SSRS Reports, and usability across different browsers
  • Assist and support major releases and maintenance patches' testing
  • Design Test documents and automate Test Cases using Java, Selenium and Appium
  • Investigate test results including verifying error logs against the SQL database and report issues in TFS
  • Work with an Agile team and participate in Daily Sprint Calls
  • Fixed Bugs in iOS and Android Applications

Test Analyst

SUNGARD ADAPTIV
03.2010 - 04.2014
  • Set up test environments on Virtual Machines, desktops, and servers
  • Carry out manual testing of the Riskbox |Market Data Manager |Adaptiv Analytics|Adaptiv360 software with the main focus on the Riskbox - a post-trade middle office application with full enterprise market and counterparty credit risk functionality
  • Worked on products like FX, Bond, Cash, Futures, Options and Swaps
  • Investigate test results including verifying error logs against the SQL database and report issues
  • Design and document tests for test automation
  • Support off-shore automation team in tests set up, execution and troubleshooting
  • Supported and Organised UATs for Top tier Bank Customers across the globe and carry out any client-specific testing
  • Work with an Agile team and participate in Daily Sprint Calls

Software Developer in Test

ICENI TECHNOLOGY LTD
06.2006 - 06.2008
  • Develop and Test both Standalone and Web GUI components using VC++, MFC, Carbon, PHP, and JAVA in Windows and MacOSX
  • Crash fixing, bug reporting, documentation, writing test cases for the products, Unit Testing and System Testing

Education

MSc - Mobile and High-Speed Telecommunications Networks

Oxford Brookes University
01.2005

Bachelor - Electronics and Communication Engineering

AVC College of Engineering
01.2004

Skills

  • Agile Methodology
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • SAFe
  • Test frameworks
  • API testing
  • UI testing
  • Java
  • Selenium
  • RestAssured
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Behave
  • Cucumber
  • WebdriverIO
  • CodeceptJS
  • VMWare
  • Hyper V
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Alibaba
  • Docker
  • Acceptance testing
  • Technical investigation
  • Exploratory testing
  • Agile Test environments
  • Visual Studio Team Service (VSTS)
  • Test management tools
  • UAT experience
  • Writing test reports
  • Cross Browser Testing
  • Mobile Apps Testing
  • AngularJS Application Testing
  • Postman API Testing
  • AWS Cloud Testing

Preferred Role

Contract

Personal Information

  • Available: Immediate
  • Nationality: British
  • Driving License: Full

Certification

ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Analyst (CTAL)

Timeline

OAT and Functional Test Lead (Contractor)

HMRC
04.2024 - Current

Product Lead/QA Lead (Contractor)

IAR (SECURETHINGZ)
04.2023 - 07.2023

QA Automation Engineer (Contractor)

BRIGHTSIGN
12.2022 - 03.2023

Lead Test Automation Engineer (Contractor)

IAR (SECURETHINGZ)
12.2021 - 12.2022

Head of QA (Contractor)

TRUSTONIC
09.2021 - 11.2021

Test Architect/Automation Engineer (Contractor)

ARM
01.2021 - 08.2021

Test Architect/Automation Engineer (Contractor)

MOTEEFE
10.2020 - 12.2020

Test Architect/Manager (Contractor)

TRUSTONIC
03.2020 - 09.2020

Test Automation Lead/Architect (Contractor)

HSBC
02.2019 - 02.2020

Software Developer in Test (Contractor)

ARM
07.2018 - 02.2019

Lead QA Engineer

REDCLOUD TECHNOLOGIES LTD
10.2014 - 06.2018

Test Analyst

SUNGARD ADAPTIV
03.2010 - 04.2014

Software Developer in Test

ICENI TECHNOLOGY LTD
06.2006 - 06.2008

Bachelor - Electronics and Communication Engineering

AVC College of Engineering

MSc - Mobile and High-Speed Telecommunications Networks

Oxford Brookes University

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