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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.
Herzogenaurach, Germany
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.
Trivandrum, India
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.
Trivandrum, India
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.
Mysore, India
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.
Mysore, India
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