* Quality Engineering Lead in the BFSI domain at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd(TCS)
* 16+ years of experience with a combination of Solution Architect skills in Quality Engineering, Hands-on technical knowledge
* Expertise in Corporate Actions
* Proven excellence in delivering strategic projects in roles such as Quality Engineer, QE Lead, etc.
* Sound in multi-faceted Quality Engineering, technical and functional skills in the areas of Functional Testing, Non-Functional Testing and Test Automation
* Proficient in SDLC of strategic initiatives, customer-centric business, and new product strategies, digital transformation programs and projects in SAFe, Agile, and Waterfall
methodologies
* Having excellent analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
* Mentor, coach, and lead a team of Quality Engineers distributed globally
Project: Entitlements Processing Transformation (Phase-1, Phase-2, and Phase-3)
Client: Northern Trust, one of the largest and oldest Banking and Financial Institutions in the USA that
caters to corporations, institutional investors, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals
Overview: The client's current Corporate Actions Entitlements processing runs on different old legacy
systems which are not dynamic and not flexible. Also, duplication in reconciliation and repetitive
development is cost-effective. The client has chosen TCS BaNCS Corporate Actions product to implement
an industry-standard entitlements platform which will enable the future vision of the broader accounting
platform to operate on a real-time basis with greater efficiency.
Key Achievements:
- Designed test strategies and approaches to fit the delivery model transformations and defined the
metrics for the successful implementation
- Performed the ownership responsibility and accountability for test plans, test results, and postproduction
support
- Identified automation scope candidates and process improvements
- Hands on A
- Regression Automation Solution Design for the complex Corporate Actions processing functionality
- Implementation of a separate automation scrum and creation of ongoing backlog for outside scrum
automation
- Established performance testing process and provided, created in-house performance testing solutions
- Managed the resources, performance appraisals and conflict management
- Started as Quality Assurance Lead and transformed as Quality Engineering Lead along with the
program's transformation from Agile to SAFe
Project: Integrated Platform Services
Client: Indexium AG (SIX Group) - Zurich
Overview: Indexium AG together with Deutsche Börse, is performing a platform to efficiently calculate and maintain indices for STOXX, SIX Swiss Exchange. IPS is brand new platform for calculating and disseminating the index. The platform was targeted for other stock exchanges in the world.
Key Achievements:
- Worked closely with QA Manager and Technology Leads to create test strategies
- Facilitated creation of ST, SIT, and UAT Test Criteria
- Created SIT, UAT, and end-to-end test plans ensuring full coverage
- Performed reviews of SIT and UAT test plan, test cases to ensure adequate coverage of requirements
- Performed the activities of Scoping, Planning, Coordinating, Managing and monitoring the execution
- Performed the processes for Defect Management, Change Management and Quality Management
- Identified resource needs and coordinating resource planning
- Defined responsibilities for the team members and reviewed the deliverables
- Started as Quality Assurance Analyst and transformed as Quality Assurance Lead
Project: Retirement Planning - ALIS RA
Client: Lloyds Banking Group (LP&I) - Edinburgh
Overview: Eliminating the commission for Advisers and introducing the new Adviser charges concept for all the pension related policies. Changing the fund growth rate and applying new AMC rates for the Fund Supermarket Funds for all the pension policies
Key Achievements:
- Worked closely with QA Manager and Technology Leads to create test strategies
- Facilitated the creation of ST, SIT, and UAT Test Criteria
- Created SIT, UAT, and end-to-end test plans ensuring full coverage
Performed reviews of SIT and UAT test plan, test cases to ensure adequate coverage of requirements
- Performed the activities of Scoping, Planning, Coordinating, Managing and monitoring the execution
- Performed the processes for Defect Management, Change Management and Quality Management
- Identified resource needs and coordinating resource planning
- Defined responsibilities for the team members and reviewed the deliverables
- Started as Quality Assurance Analyst and transformed as Quality Assurance Lead
Project: Payroll Active
Client: Ceridian UK - London
Overview: Migration project – Migrating the existing Payroll system for different companies in the UK from Mainframes to .Net based application
Key Achievements:
- Worked closely with QA Manager and Technology Leads to create test strategies
- Facilitated the creation of ST Test Criteria
- Created Test cases and executed test cases
- DB Testing and code migration
- Automated DB comparison tool using RED GATE SQL
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Banking and Corporate Actions