Hi, I’m
AJITH ALEX
Swansea,Wales
Summary
Passionate and technical Test Automation Engineering manager with nearly 12 years’ experience with test management, automation, agile, non-functional testing, cloud experiences, performance tuning, data engineering, ETL for Products as well as client facing Web/Mobile projects. Played the role of Cloud architect with pipeline setups, data migrations, app services, Kubernetes, Visualization services especially with Azure and GCP.Detail-oriented Release Manager focused on providing defect-free products to clients. Working closely with development, QA and business teams to accomplish goals and exceed customer expectations.Responsible for leading the team in performance tuning and monitoring, code static analysis, Penetration testing and Vulnerability scans for applications hosted on Cloud and on premises. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
12
years of professional experience
1
Certificate
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Accenture Technologies
Test Automation Engineering Manager
05.2018 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Accountable for whole testing process as Quality leader i.e Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Test case preparation, Test design , Test Execution and Test reports
- Responsible for building Automation frameworks like Cypress, Selenium and BDD frameworks like Cucumber, Robotium
- Accountable for implementing E2E testing using automation frameworks and non-functional frameworks
- Set release management lifecycles according to internal business goals and ongoing development realities.
- Chaired daily project meetings using Agile methodologies and Scrum formats.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases every 2 weeks and well-organized sprints
- Produced test reports and release notes each weekly/biweekly, updating customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Taken complete ownership and lead teams on different testing strategies like Functionality,UI, Compatibility,Accessibility, Regression, Smoke testing, Sanity testing and Production Testing
- Maintained bug reporting system for logged faults, delegating issues to development personnel for remediation
- Implemented end-to-end automation for E2E application diagnostics, reducing test costs by 60%
- Collaborated with project developers, quality assurance team members and business analysts.
- By automating test scenarios, resource use was improved to 40%, and the project's cost was reduced by 30%
- Managed simultaneous and multiple releases across various platforms and within diverse portfolios.
- Improving on digital transformation by migrating application and data into Clouds like Azure,AWS and GCP
- Identified innovative and automated approaches to routine tasks, making suggestions that were widely received.
- Debugged code and located the root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs
- Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices
- Performed ETL, API ,Security and Performance tests on modules and full software implementations for more than 10 projects per year
- Used monitoring tools like Memory profiler, Insights, perfmon and cloud monitoring tools on frequent basis
- Developed and deployed test load scripts with Jmeter and Loadrunner
- Conducted load, stress and endurance tests using Jmeter and Loadrunner to simulate realistic user activities
- Designed and implemented system security and data assurance
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications
- Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities which comes under OWASP (SAST and DAST) using tools like OWASP ZAP,Burpsuite, Veracode, Sonarqube
Happiest Minds Technologies Private Ltd
Test Lead
08.2011 - 04.2018
Job overview
- Recorded test results in Testrail, Redmine, Jira detailing testing processes, results, and suggestions for production team
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches
- Maintained extremely low defect detection rate of 5% in customer-facing products
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality
- Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features
- Guided team of 15 testers in QA/UAT environment, coaching employees to maintain best-in-class testing
- Debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Documented diagnostic findings in reports to inform stakeholders of product performance
- Responsible for detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases.
Education
Anna University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science And Engineering
06.2005 - 07.2009
Cisco Certification
Certification from CCNA
03.2010
Skills
- Python
- HTML & CSS
- SQL
- JavaScript
- E2E Automated Testing
- BDD frameworks (Robotium, Cucumber)
- Cypress Automation Mocha Framework
- Selenium with Java
- Appium
- Web/Android/IOS testing
- Git/Bitbucket
- Release management
- CI/CD using Jenkins
- Maven/Gradle
- Domain Knowledge (Finance, Consumer , Retail)
- Decision Making
- Analytical and Problem solving
- Root Cause Analysis
- JIRA
- Test Management
- Security Testing
- Performance Engineering
- Loadrunner/ Jmeter
- Sonarqube/ZAP/Burpsuite/Qualys
- Microsoft Azure/GCP/AWS
- Agile Methodologies
- Unix
- Test management
- Test plan
- Test strategy
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Acceptance Criteria
- Best Practices and Methodologies
- Quality Assurance Leadership
- Excellent communication
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Data Analysis
- Cross-Platform Testing
- Scrum Methodology
- Bug Tracking and Resolution
- OWASP Security Testing/ Penetration/Vulnerability
- Requirements Analysis
- Document Design
- Team Mentoring
- Product Development Testing
- Infrastructure Upgrades
- System Integration Testing
- Cross Browser Compatibility
Certification
- Completed DS220: Data Modeling with Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise certification.
- Azure Fundamentals Certification.
- GCP Cloud Engineer.
Timeline
Test Automation Engineering Manager
Accenture Technologies
05.2018 - 04.2023
Test Lead
Happiest Minds Technologies Private Ltd
08.2011 - 04.2018
Anna University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science And Engineering
06.2005 - 07.2009
Cisco Certification
Certification from CCNA
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