Manigandan Kanniyappan

LEAD CONSULTANT- Automation\Manual Tester

Automation & Functional Tester with 10+ years of experience in the Insurance and
Healthcare domain. Developed, maintained and executed the automation scripts and
performed functional testing of software products. A creative problem solver with self-
motivation and quick learner.

manijaga1991@gmail.com +91-9566180789
Chengalpattu, India https://www.linkedin.com/in/manigandan-kanniyappan-3502478a/
https://github.com/Manijaga/

SKILLS:
Selenium Webdriver with Java TestNG Cucumber Apache POI Page Object Model GitHub

API(Basics) Agile Waterfall Excel VBA MS Excel Formulas Automation Testing JIRA

System Integration Testing Testing in IBM Mainframe SOUP UI Guidewire HP Quality Centre

UFT(Basics) SQL(Basics) Ruby (Basics) Ruby Mine Maven End to End Testing
SQL

OneShield Test Strategy Test Planning Test Estimation Test Execution Test Reporting

WORK EXPERIENCE
LEAD CONSULTANT - Senior I
EY Global Delivery Services India LLP, Chennai
02/2022 – Present
US based Insurance Company – Guidewire Policy Centre
Roles & Responsibilities
• Responsible for In-Sprint automation and execution of scripts in Ruby Maine application.
• Getting involved in requirement analysis, test design, test case review, automation, script enhancement,
execution and defect tracking
• Enumerated test scenarios and test data for User Stories. Ensured test coverage presenting through Hexawise
tool.
• Helping the team on debugging the issues came across the test framework and providing quick fixes.
• Providing training to the new team members.
• Exploring areas to add test coverage in the automation perspective.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate – Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
06/2015 – 02/2022
US based Insurance Company – Main Streat Of America (OneShield product)
Roles & Responsibilities
• Responsible for script preparation and execution of scripts in CITS\Eclipse tool
• Prepared excel rating tools to provide the accurate premium to the customers and it reduce the manual premium
calculation for the team members.
• Managed end-to-end new product rollout validation, system enhancements, for multiple lines of business for
Personal Lines covering multiple modules including Producer, Underwriting, Claims, Billing & Reports
• Involved in test strategy, test estimation, test plan, test design, test case review, test execution and defect
management using JIRA.
• Application owner of the PL – Run and Maintenance application OneShield where the code check-ins on critical
deliverables validation and sign off
• Single Point of Contact from Offshore to ensure on time delivery for PL Legacy Streams
• Analyse the monthly scope of the release and provide a test plan based on the capacity-based approach to prioritize
the maintenance tickets/logs
• Involved in the Planning of Project deliverables and accomplish tasks on daily/weekly/sprint basis
• Prepare daily status report and Weekly status report and publish to the customer
• Knowledge Management of the team members by providing mandatory project trainings
• Involved in JCL setup, Daily batch runs, purging of jobs, validation in output file, manually rating of the policy based
on the rating algorithms and calculation of premium

Programmer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
02/2012 – 05/2015
US based Health Insurance Company – Anthem
Roles & Responsibilities
• Process different type of transaction as per the client requirements.
• Developed a tool to automatically process the bulk custodial parent requests from the clients and load the data into
mainframe application (Technology: VBA)
• Worked as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in US health insurance domain.
• Working cohesively with all teams to ensure a smooth and successful deliverable for the project and any Short cut
method and Automation works.
• Mark an error and provide feedback given to processor and Report to Team Leader
• Have been in quality control and played a checker role based on client requirement.
• Prepare Root Cause of Errors (RCA) and 5WHY Analysis
• Initiatives to improve process (Production / Quality) & Report regular error feedback

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Appreciations from both External and Internal Customers for VBA tools.
• Won two times Phoenix award in Cognizant for best innovator.
• Appreciation Award for outstanding contribution during the year 2014.
• Have received appreciations from Business, QA and Project Manager for delivering the legacy mainframe
• projects successfully without any production leakages
• Have received “QEA Pillar of the Quarter” for Q1 – 2017
• Spotlight award in Cognizant for best performer - 2021
EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree in B.Sc. Math’s from D.B. Jain College of Arts & Science with aggregate of 70% marks.
• +2 from Hindu Higher Secondary School in 2008 with 58.66% marks.
• 10th from V.K.R.T Government Higher Secondary School in 2006 with 78% marks.

LANGUAGES
English Tamil
Full Professional Proficiency Native or Bilingual Proficiency

INTERESTS
Blogging Gardening Listening Music

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Date of Birth : 8th March 1990

• Gender : Male
• Father’s Name : Kanniyappan .R
• Marital Status : Single
• Nationality : Indian
• Present Address : 9/1 Angalamman Kovil Street, Chinnakkadai High Road, Chengalpattu - 6003002

Declaration
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Place: Chennai

Date: (Manigandan K)