Annamalai Senthil Murugan

A highly focused and dedicated Senior QA Software Tester with consulting experience, able to work in strict deadlines and cope well under pressure. 

• Holding overall 12+ years of experience in Software Testing.
• Experience with industry standard testing and quality assurance methodologies and verification and validation processes
• Worked in Application Testing as a service to the end client. 
• Experienced in Different methodologies of STLC including Waterfall, Agile.
• Through knowledge in SDLC and Defect Lifecycle.
• Strong analytical skills for analyzing the business requirements, business rules/processes, and system specifications to identify scope of testing, objectives and testing timelines.
• Expertise in managing the defect tracking lifecycle process (STLC) - logging defects, prioritizing defects, estimation, follow ups and generating summary reports using Quality center.
• Hands on experience in building Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure system is adequately tested.
• Veteran in drafting Test cases and ensuring Test coverage.
• Worked in various phases of testing including, Test design, Test data preparation, Test Execution, Defect lifecycle, and Test report preparation.
• Well versed in conducting technical sessions, test review meetings, defects review meetings, Retrospective meeting and walkthrough sessions.
• Strong experience in SDLC interaction, Change Control, Production onsite support, Release Planning, Process Improvement, etc.
• Hands on experience in assisting Project Manager in iteration schedules, testing updates and maintaining issue log.
• Proficient in collaborating with Business Analysis team to analyze business requirement and Use Case to get clear understanding of the proposed application.
• Organized and facilitated Team member training sessions in each new application to implement process.
• Worked in HP ALM, JIRA.
• Performed ST, SIT and UAT.
• Excellent eye for detail.
• Knowledge on SQL queries, HTML, SOAP, Postman XML and GitHub.
• Basic Knowledge on Selenium Web driver with Python & Power Platform – Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate.

Basic knowledge on cloud technologies –AWS, Azure concepts.

• #1. CGI – working as a Senior Test Engineer since July 2015 to till date at Reading, United Kingdom.
• #2. L & T InfoTech Ltd – Worked as a Test Engineer since July 2013 to July 2015 at Chennai, India.
• #3. Polaris Software Lab Ltd – Worked as an Associate Consultant since June 2010 to July 2013 at Chennai, India.

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science [1st Class] (2005 - 2009), Anna University, India              

UK Equivalent Qualification level – Bachelor (Honours) degree.