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Mithun Chandran

Erlangen

Summary

  • Over 13 years of experience in the software industry, with a focus on leading large QA teams for more than 4 years.
  • Skilled in the development and implementation of QA processes, as well as leading software QA teams.
  • Proficient in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and QA methodologies including Agile, Waterfall Model and V Model processes.
  • Experienced in leading test automation projects with Java-Selenium SHED tool and Jenkins.
  • Expertise in IBM Sterling OMS, COM and IBM Store Order Management systems.
  • Proficient in Mobile Testing using smart phones and tablets.
  • In depth Business and Functional knowledge of the Banking and Retail sector.
  • Experienced in analyzing the Business Requirements, System Architecture Specifications (SAS), Functional Requirement specification (FRS), Design Documents to develop test plans, test strategies,test scenarios and test cases.
  • Demonstrates extensive proficiency in Functional testing, Integration testing, GUI testing, Regression testing and Exploratory testing.
  • Skilled in collaborating with Release Managers and presenting testing status updates during Go/No-Go decision meetings.
  • Possesses expertise in test management tools like HP ALM, QTest and Jira.
  • Offer guidance and support to newly onboarded team members to ensure their successful integration.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Onsite QA Lead

Infosys Ltd.
03.2022 - Current

Project: OMNI Regression Testing

Client: Adidas, Germany


  • Onsite QA Lead working from Germany leading 10 member offshore team in India
  • Accountable for the maintenance and execution of regression suites for the Adidas Order Management Solution(OMNI).
  • Engaging with the project stakeholders to define scope and Statements of Work(SOW), and obtaining sign-off.
  • Estimations/ Release Management/ Status Reporting.
  • Test strategy, planning, test case creation, test execution, defect and bug reporting and tracking to closure.
  • Responsible for regression and integration testing from Demandware, Payment Integration, IBM Sterling OMS validations and downstream SAP validations
  • Identifying automation candidates for Regression and getting it automated.
  • Preparing dashboards, burn down charts and daily status reporting.
  • Managing test resources and continuously evaluating processes.
  • Coordination with Release manager for weekly release activities and presenting Regression status in Go/No-Go meetings.


QA Lead

Infosys Ltd.
10.2019 - 02.2022

Project: TSC Post Order Management/ Application Testing

Client: Tractor Supply Company, U.S

  • QA Lead for incremental testing on Tractor Supply Company's E-commerce website leading a team of 8 offshore QA engineers
  • Analyzing JIRA epics and user stories, identifying requirements, creating test plans and test cases in JIRA for the Agile project.
  • Preparing dashboards and status reporting
  • Analysis of Requirements, Design documents from function specification and identifying the required tests and subsequently defining them
  • Integration between demand ware, payment systems, middleware, Order Management Systems, Sourcing and scheduling logic validation
  • Reduced defect leakage by effectively conducting regression testing after each release cycle.
  • Order processing from different systems like Warehouse Management System, Store Order Management System, Call Centre Order Management Systems etc
  • Payment and charge validation from Order Management System, downstream validation in SAP after order fulfillment
  • Extensive UI testing on Tractor Supply Company website using Android and iOS devices
  • Defect identification and tracking to closure with JIRA

Test Analyst

Infosys Ltd.
02.2014 - 09.2019

Project: Sterling OMS Implementation

Client: Tractor Supply Company, U.S


  • Offshore lead for a 10-member team spread across different locations
  • Represented the offshore team in meetings, gathering information about test requirements, defect triage and tracking defects to closure
  • Review all deliverables for adherence to standards
  • Requirement gathering & analysis, test planning, test data request, test data review, test scenario/case preparation, self/peer reviews, test case execution, defects reporting, tracking defects to closure, automation, regression suite maintenance, coordination of deliverables with team
  • Train team members and bring them to speed on any updates in best practices, technology or the application under test

Test Engineer

Infosys Ltd.
12.2011 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: Project: Emason Clarifire Application Testing
  • Client: SunTrust Bank, U.S
  • Review all deliverables for adherence to standards
  • Support UAT testing
  • Prepare testing closure documents and Requirement Traceability matrix
  • Team Management and Resource Planning
  • Carry out evangelization, training, knowledge sharing, best practices
  • Project: Emason Clarifire Application Testing
  • Client: SunTrust Bank, U.S

Test Engineer

Infosys Ltd.
09.2010 - 11.2011

Project: TiGA Migration

Client: ABN AMRO Bank, Netherlands


  • QA Engineer responsible for testing project which dealt with migration of customers from Fortis Bank of Netherlands to the ABN AMRO bank
  • QA Engineer responsible for testing project which dealt with migration of customers from Fortis Bank of Netherlands to the ABN AMRO bank
  • Worked on test case execution and Mainframe testing
  • Defect reporting and tracking till closure
  • QA Engineer responsible for testing project which dealt with migration of customers from Fortis Bank of Netherlands to the ABN AMRO bank

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Human Resource Management

Bharathiar University
05.2010

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science

M.G College
05.2008

Skills

  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Release coordination
  • Testing management
  • Functional Testing
  • Test Planning
  • Team Development
  • Manual Testing
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Agile Methodology
  • Test Reporting

Languages

English
Malayalam
Hindi
Tamil
German

Timeline

Onsite QA Lead

Infosys Ltd.
03.2022 - Current

QA Lead

Infosys Ltd.
10.2019 - 02.2022

Test Analyst

Infosys Ltd.
02.2014 - 09.2019

Test Engineer

Infosys Ltd.
12.2011 - 01.2014

Test Engineer

Infosys Ltd.
09.2010 - 11.2011

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Human Resource Management

Bharathiar University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science

M.G College
Mithun Chandran