Alagarsamy K Prince2 practitioner & PMP

Sr. Test Manager

Eligibility to work: British National; Mobile: 07574246866; alagarsamy.uk@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
 Diligent and result driven professional with 14+ years of IT experience in Software engineering and Quality Assurance,
which includes System integration testing, Automation Testing, Interface front end testing, Site Acceptance Testing,
Business Acceptance Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Non Functional Engineering including Performance, Usability,
Accessibility, Compatibility and Security, Penetration(OWASP) Testing and Operational Acceptance Testing.
 Wealth of total 10+ years’ experience in banking, financial and insurance domain for high profile reform engagements.
 Retail banking and digital transformation experience which includes Current account, Savings Account, Credit Cards, CC
Loyalty services, Mortgages, Savings and Investments.
 Defining and executing the QA framework and change assurance framework for the testing portfolios and programme.
 Ability to break down complex problems into core components to resolve the issues.
 Excellent Stakeholder management with a Business partnering approach.
 Extensive experience in Business Acceptance Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
 Proven ability to deliver under highly pressurized work environment with tight project schedule.
 Managed the multiple concurrent projects across different towers and platforms which include Plan
Management, Risk Management, Communication management, Change management, schedule management, stakeholder
management, Budget Management, Resource management and Test release management.
 Seasonal experience in Application study, Test Strategy, Test planning, Test estimation, Test data, Test environment,
Test Preparation, Test Execution and Delivery Assurance management across Test Phases.
 Extensive knowledge and experience to work with various SDLC projects and TLC projects (Waterfall Model, V Model,
Spiral Model, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Sprint, TDD, BDD,CI, Verification and Validation methodologies.
 Expertise in building and managing TCoE and programme Test management distributed where team involves in multi
geography delivery management, Onshore and Offshore model delivery.
 Having extensive knowledge for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMi), Testing Maturity Model Improvements
(TMMi), Test Driven development, Behavior Driven Development and Software Engineering.
 Project and Portfolio Management(PPM) using PRINCE2 methodologies and PMI PMP techniques.
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
 Certified project management PMP professional of PMI, PRINCE2 practitioner of APMG, UK and ISTQB
 Engineering Graduation, Bachelor of Engineering, Annamalai University, 1998 to 2002
 First Time Managers, Delivering Powerful and Charismatic Presentations – IIR Management, London
 certified professional for QTP and Managing Projects using Microsoft office project – PMI .
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Test Management Tools
Test Director, Quality Center 9.2, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), JIRA, ADPART, MS office, MS Project, SharePoint
Testing Methodologies
Manual Testing , Automation Testing, Mobile browser/native application Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Infrastructure Testing,
Interface and Sitecore/Content Testing, Web Services testing, Cloud SaaS testing, Client Server testing, Agile Testing, Functional
Testing, Interface Testing, ST, SIT, NFT, UAT, OAT.
Automation Tool
Win Runner, Quick Test Professional, Selenium WebDriver , Junit, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Eclipse, Sql server, SQL, IBM DB2,
Sybase SAP database, Business Objectives, SAP data integrator, Jmeter, Load Runner, Total Validator, W3C Accessibility Tools,
JAWS, SUPERNOVA, DRAGON, Hansoft, MSP,Postman for API Testing, Rational Policy Tester, Sitecore CMS testing, DevOps
workflow & CM, Multivariate testing and Adobe analytics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Miura Financial Services Regulatory Nov 2016- Present
Programme Test Release Manager – Trading system and Regulatory Reporting
 Review of specifications (BR, TRUP, RTS & ARM) and conduct GAP analysis to derive traceability matrix.
 Analysis of requirements which includes definition of business test objectives, list of products, data mapping between
systems fields and TRAX messages, validation of TRAX input messages, data migration and cutover parallel testing.
 Developed agile automation framework from scratch to test functional and performance test scenarios using Selenium
Webdriver, Java, TestNG, JIRA, Confluence and LoadRunner. Delivered FT and NFT for MIFID programme.
 Designed test pack for end to end automated MIFID II regulatory solution covering trade files generation, MOND
configuration, TRAX ARM reporting solution. MIFIDII reporting solution includes data mapping across systems(OMS,
Trading system, F2B systems, Peoplesoft CRM), DB repository, SAP data mapping, cleansing, data integration, Business
 Objective validation validation and ETL inbound and outbound for MIFIDII systems and heatmap(RTS, Delegated acts,
ITS), traceability and MIFID Controls.
 Defined and executed test approach for IFRS9 accounting for asset classes(FX, bonds, derivatives) which includes FVOCI
debt instruments, Impairment and hedge accounting features.
 E2E test approaches for extracting data from multiple systems and built independent DB repositories for MIFIDII
reporting and web testing. Developed and executed MIFID test scenarios to cover Trnx Rep, Best Execution, Systematic
Internaliser, Client order handling, pre & post trade transparency. Tested the customized MIFIDII reports through SAS.
 Developed Business Analysis, Test Strategy, Test Plans(ST, SIT, UAT, NFT) and test cases for Calypso trading platforms for
asset classes(Bonds,IRS, FX and commodities) which includes business function for deal station, Currency Futures, Spot
reserves, Bulk trades, FX curve/deal station,IRS trade, cashflows, Market data, Commodities swap and OTC option.
 Developed and executed F2B office work flow for various asset classes using JIRA and Confluence systems which
includes trade configuraiton, Market data, pricing, trade, Position & Risk, Reports, Deal Mgmt, trade life cycle, Collateral
mgmt.(pricing, allocate, optimize, reconcile), margin call trade and Trade allocation manager.
 Developed JIRA management reports and metrics on various levels (Epic Burndown, Epic Report, Release Burndown,
Sprint Report, Velocity Chart & Version Report)
 Effective collaboration with DevOps to ensure right level of controls in automation workflow and config management.
 Developed agile kanban & scrum workflow, confluence to collaborate and traceability link with JIRA epic/user stories.
Nationwide Building Society Jan 2016- Nov 2016
Programme Test Manager – Finance business Transformation for Personal Loans CCA regulatory compliance programme
 Developed and executed the end to end agile test strategy for Collection and Recovery to build PL SQL repository to
remediate the customer PL accounts and integration of multiple systems to ensure remediation values reflecting across
the system. The strategy includes ETL, SAS technologies, PEGA, SAN storage infra,SAP, workflow management, pre-
migration testing, formal design review techniques, sql repository, post migration testing with the principle of Parallel
and Cutover testing and seamless integration of multiple systems (RBS, OMDC, RECONCILIATION, General Ledger,
FinHRDC, PeopleSoft CRM, POWDC, CCS, Communisis, CIS, CAIS, 3rd party services and data migration).
 Developed business readiness testing framework using JIRA, Confluence and traceability across the business functions
and linking with epic/user stories.
 End to end test strategy delivery includes System Testing, System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, CTC dress
rehearsal live proving, Operational Acceptance Testing, Nonfunctional testing, pre and post implementation approach
includes Financial modelling techniques to resolve the customer redress, financial tools for remediation.
 Designed and executed the testing framework to deliver PL accounts remediation on cost effective approach by applying
both automated solution and manual financial modelling approach within timeframe.
 Payment testing to ensure system handles cleared (trx 37, cash, faster paym) and uncleared payments (DD, SD, Cheque)
 Agile testing practices and test deliverables are aligned to scaled agile framework
 Leaded business user acceptance testing for the financial modelling tools, manual financial calculators, financial utility
calculators, automated redress solution in various phases and business stakeholder’s management.
 MI report extract from Adobe analytics and testing with functions to ensure required analytics captured appropriate.
 MI report presentation to stakeholders and providing assurance of the testing to participate in Go/No Go decision.
Boots IT Aug 2015 – Dec 2015
Test Manager – Retail Digital Transformation
 Developed and executed the agile test strategy for retail applications which supports multiple digital devices (Android
mobiles & Tablets, Mac iOS, iPad & Phones, Microsoft OS) includes business functions test approach, agile methodology
framework and reuse of test functions artifacts on optimal test coverage and integration test for Peoplesoft CRM.
 Test artifacts produced within Scrum methodologies to meet the stakeholders expectation of collaborative approach,
continuous integration and continuous delivery.
 Approach to ensure application functions works consistence across digital systems and supports functional
responsiveness across the digital devices
 Identifying GUI objects using Firepath, Firebug, browser developer tools, cssSelector, Xpath and XML schema
 Automation test strategy to deliver the solution across digital devices and conducted POC using automation
tools(Monkey talk, Appium & Calabash).
 Created JIRA workflow including business testing workflow, field configurations and notification schemes.
 Developing confluence pages to collaborate across business team and link with JIRA epic/user stories.
 Delivery of Test Plan, Test estimate, Test scripts, Test schedule, defect management and Automation framework.
 Implementation of Automation framework using tools API testing tools, Java, JSON, TestNG, Cucumber, Maven and
Selenium WebDriver 2.0 with effective collaboration of DevOps.
 Developed and executed agile framework to accommodate the test delivery within scrum methodologies which includes
continuous integration, continuous delivery principles to meet the customer expectations.
Miura Financial Services Regulatory & Evvnt Mar 2015 – Aug 2015
Test Manager – Digital transformation, OTC derivatives, Asset Classes and Regulatory Reporting
 Developed end to end agile test strategy for digital systems and responsiveness across the digital devices (desktops,
mobile, tablets) which includes API testing, Kanban boards, cards on estimation point, planning flexibility, metrics for
business functions test approach and reuse of test artifacts on optimal test coverage.
 Overall test delivery management across desktop, mobile and digital devices with respect to functional, non-functional
and business functions. Agile approach includes iterative and incremental model, User stories, Iterations, Epics,
estimation size & duration of the delivery.
 Strategically defined the end to end Agile Test Strategy which includes the Functional, Non Functional testing,
Automation,ETL Test management,Application data migration,Test data and defect management approaches
 Developed Business Analysis, Test Plans and test cases for OTC Calypso trading platform and the E2E implementation
including business stakeholders management and User Acceptance Testing.
 As part of strategy, Definition and the implementation of digital front end testing, Automation frame work, market data
integration, Contract for differences(CFD), Payment services integration testing, Repetitive test strategy, Device Testing,
Responsiveness, Browser Compatibility, Device Responsiveness and Accessibility test approaches.
 Wrote & executed tests for End of day positions fed in Calypso, mainly for VAR calculation, Murex & Calypso reporting.
 Tested the End to end flow of trade booking from upstream trading platform MARKITWIRE to Calypso till trade and
payment (MT202,MT210,MT501,MT502,MT900,MT910,MT920, MT950) settlement & reconciliation.
 Validation of data mapping of internal client files and the development of mapping interface to CME format for Trade,
Valuation, Collateral Messages across all asset classes (fixed income).
 Designed test pack and completed End to End testing for the application with IFRS9 accounting for asset classes(FX,
bonds, derivatives) which includes FVOCI debt instruments, Impairment and hedge accounting features.
 Developed test strategy for the implementation of MIFIDII including unit test of Java code for data mapping conversion
from internal format to ARM reporting and regulatory reporting.
 Responsible for UAT testing the AIFMD FpML report, EMIR reporting solution using Mystique and MIFID submission
using ARM system TRAX
Nationwide Building Society Nov 2014- Feb 2015
Test Manager – Digital Channels/Banking and Business Transformation
 Strategically defined the end to end Test Strategy which includes multiple digital devices testing to cover Functional, Non
Functional testing, Test management and defect management approaches.
 Developed the strategy to build the content managed sitecore applications and the optimal test coverage across
multiple digital systems (Android devices, iOS mobile, Mac iOS, Android tablets, Microsoft systems).
 QA process improvements in Agile Scrum methodologies without impacting the BAU process.
 Scrum master responsibility to ensure agile techniques (story point estimation, scrum board, standup meeting, agile
sprint planning, burndown chart, measurement) and process applied appropriate.
 As part of strategy, Definition and the implementation of Automation frame work, API Testing, Repetitive test strategy,
Device Testing, Responsiveness, Browser Compatibility, Device Responsiveness and Accessibility test approaches.
 The implementation of end to end Agile Test Strategy includes Web Content Management Testing, Web Front end
testing, Automation framework delivery for digital testing and transformation programme.
Financial Conduct Authority May 2013 – Nov 2014
Test Manager (Business) – Information System Investment Programme and GAABRIEL Programme
 Developed the strategic test approach on programme level, test management of all the test phases SAP, ST, SIT, UAT,
Performance, OAT, Penetration Testing, Pre-Production Testing, Post implementation Testing and warranty support.
 Worked across technological projects which includes Java, J2EE, Exadata, WCM, Vignette, Linux, Solaris, Salesforce
integration, ETL, BI ODI, SaaS COTS product, Ericsson PBX server, Business Obejectives, data base integrator, Telephony
integration with CRM, NiceLog, Internet Partitioning, Applets, Data Migration, Data centre migration, Service
Virtualization, Software/Hardware/ Server/ Environment new build and upgrades, Infrastructure and Telecom remed..
 Platform migration testing which includes pre-migration testing, formal design review techniques and post migration
testing with the principle of Parallel and Cutover testing.
 Hands on experience in delivering test products Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts.
 Defined and executed test approach IE browser and Microsoft office infrastructure upgrades across the organization.
 Defining the scope of the testing across multiple system component, Schedule management, budget management,
Resource management, Scope Management, Risk Management.
 Single point of contact for technical testing queries and testing related activities
 Ensure early visibility of requirements/solution/build/design issues by applying static testing methodologies through
formal Walkthrough, Inspection and Peer review.
 RAID assessment across phases and the integration of business and technical components to achieve testing delivery
  Organizing the Acceptance Testing workshops, user acceptance test script sessions and show/tell sessions with Business
Users, Service Transitions, Service Delivery, Infrastructure, Application vendor partners.
 Risk assessment of the outstanding activities and recommendation for Go/No Go decision.
 Delivered total 10+ projects within the programme by direct engagement with Business Users for end to end UAT.
 The controlled end to end Test Management strategy implemented where multiple 3rd party vendors and suppliers
involved and highly inter dependency of testing activities.
 Implemented Web Content Management delivery systems across web portals.
Lloyds Banking Group Sep 2008 to May 2013
Test Manager – Digital Banking Transformation and Mobile Banking
 Business and technical Analysis to attain the testable components and testing delivery.
 Impact Assessment and QA delivery across Initiation, Study, DBTR phases.
 Hands on experience in Test Plan preparation, Test hierarchy, test script preparation and test execution.
 Review of key test deliverables (MTP, FTP, Test Design/Cases, Test Reports, EOTR) with respect business requirements.
 Defining and implementation of overall Test Strategy for digital testing, desktop, mobile browsers and mobile native
apps to align Business Releases across Portfolio.
 Defined and executed test approaches for security and fraud theme including device identification and fraud validation.
 Delivered the Test Plan and Test products for Agile cross functional projects with agile principles
 Test delivery analysis and management across desktop, mobile, tablet and digital devices based on the usage metrics.
 Creating management products including stage plan, project plan, Checkpoint reports, Highlight reports, end stage
summary, Issue and Risk analysis and reports, etc.
 Digital test delivery across cross functional testing areas including functional, digital front end testing, system integration
testing, end to end testing, performance, accessibility, compatibility, penetration and OAT.
 QA Resource management (Demand and Supply forecast, Prioritizing the task and resource Allocation, Monitoring the
Performance, Team motivation and organizing the Training wherever applicable)..
 Multiple projects test delivery in agile project environment with the supported practices like Acceptance TDD, Backlogs,
cross functional team, scrum board, burndown chart, scrum events, use case, user story and retrospectives.
 Test strategy for multiple types of payments Faster payment, CHAPS and BACS through Core banking systems for
Internet Banking payment system services.
 Perform day to day management of the test team at onshore and offshore delivery team.
 Management to implement the new process for RFQ projects which are cross platform projects for digital.
 Platform migration testing which includes pre-migration testing, formal design review techniques and post migration
testing with the principle of Parallel and Cutover testing.
 Ability to investigate causes of defects at a technical level which includes JSP, Java coding, Web Applications server,
Apache server logs, Application server logs, DB logs, JVM and working with stakeholders to resolve the defects.
 Test coverage/Gap analysis, Client management, Schedule management, budget management, Resource management,
Scope Management, Risk Management and Stakeholder expectation management.
 Track and prepare the report of testing activities like test results log, test case coverage, required resources, defects
discovered and their status, review against baselines artifacts.
 Developed test process for the programme to adopt delivery model to Agile methodologies from V-model which
includes on adopting enterprise scaled agile framework.
 Designed and implemented end to end Test Management strategy for managing the largest banking integration in
Europe which includes risk based test strategy which includes test data delivery management.
 Built capability within LBG to deliver HTML Interface Services and integrated the existing internal services to align BR.
 Delivered aprox 43 projects portfolio per year which includes 13 projects in DBTR phase and projects worth ~ £1 million.
 Implemented defect prevention approach and reduced cycle where programme benefited £100k per year.
Inter-American Development Bank, JP Morgan Chase, InfoComp Dec 2006 to Aug 2008
Test Lead (Business) - STREAM & PROMIS, Property &Causality Insurance, MiniMe wealth management
 Preparation of Test Plan, Preparing Test cases for PEGA and P&C insurance application in Agile environments.
 Preparation of Test Plan, Integration, System and Authorization Test case generation.
 Automation test script preparation, execution, defect management and Test reports.
 Maintaining traceability matrix, Test Management and status reporting to stakeholders.
CambridgeSoft, Cheminformatics services Sep 2002 to Dec 2006
Test Lead - E-Notebook
 Defining the Test Strategy and developing the test plans to meet project objective.
 Preparing test data, Ad-hoc testing, Form testing, Retesting, Manual and Automated testing.
 Functional System Test case preparation, Manual and QTP Automated test script preparation and execution.
 Installation and Uninstallation of Application in 3- tier and 2-tier client/server architecture.