TCS BaNCS
Anand Pachamuthu
Test Manager
Peterborough,CAM
Summary
Accomplished Test Manager, Test Lead, Data Migration Lead, Service Management Lead with over 13+ years of successful track record in Test Delivery, Quality Assurance, Test Data Management, Migrations Support and Service Management Support.
Ability to deliver large transformational projects
Ability to lead multiple vendor onshore/offshore testing teams.
Experienced in handling functional testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing etc.
Volatile to work in challenging projects with positive approach
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Test Manager
TCS, Diligenta Ltd
Peterborough
05.2018 - Current
- Successful test delivery of 6 large insurance transformation programs
- Worked in Test Project team setup
- Defined overall test strategy
- Customer correspondence Test Lead
- Managed team of 40+ resources.
- Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues with on-time quality delivery.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, and procedures.
- Created concise and useful defect reports and test quality metrics reports to showcase testing progress for senior leadership perusal.
Functional Test Lead
TCS Colruyt
Chennai
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Worked in Project setup
- Defined Functional Test strategy
- Defined Resource planning
- Defined Functional Test Plan
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
- Developed and maintained effective working relationships.
Data Migration Lead
TCS, TalkTalk Ltd
London
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Data Profiling
- Quality checks on Migration Data in Source Systems
- Netezza SQL code development for profiling and reconciling migration data
- Analyzed existing system databases and created data mapping documents that helps in building migration strategy.
- Coordinated with internal, external stakeholders to determine data migration schedules to minimize business process disruptions.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend shifts
Test Lead
TCS, TalkTalk Ltd
Manchester
04.2015 - 01.2016
- Established Risk Based Testing
- Implemented daily status reporting across organization
- Established daily standup meetings to understand scope of work for any given day
- Test Consultant for TalkTalk Business and TalkTalk Residential customers
- Engaged in Environment Setup, Environment Connectivity, Test Data Usage, and Credential Management
- Directed teams to complete regression tests to ensure code changes doesn't regress base code.
Test Lead
HP e-Commerce Transformation, TCS
Chennai
04.2014 - 03.2015
- Involved in scoping of test activities
- Developed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for entire project release in collaboration with HP stakeholders.
- Managed team of 20+ resources
- Planning and coordinating Sprint testing, Live testing, Performance Testing for each release.
- Worked with supervisors to improve testing capabilities.
- Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers in resolving issues by providing QA perspective.
Service Management Lead
TCS, British Telecom
Ipswich, UK
11.2011 - 03.2014
- Monitoring more than 2000 Physical & VDC servers through Nagios Monitoring Tool
- Coordinated Incident Management, Problem Management, Service Requests.
- Planning & coordinating planned outages to carry out server maintenance activities
- Coordinated application, DB, patch upgrades with Infrastructure team, application support team and test teams.
- Facilitated communication between internal stakeholders, external stakeholders and senior leadership for transparency on any environment related activities.
Tester / Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services, British Telecom
Chennai
03.2009 - 10.2011
- Preparing Test cases referring to test scenarios, design documents
- Executing required functional and regression test cases to ensure all requirements are tested
- Proper defects reporting against bug found during Functional & Regression testing
- Performed Static Testing to identify issues before start of test execution by understanding requirements with respect to design, application.
- Conducted defect triage to validate incorrectness of application and derived resolutions with better communication.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Sri Sairam Engineering College
Chennai, India 07.2005 - 05.2008
Skills
Managed 40 members team across the globe
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance 2016-2018
- Acquired Certified Scrum Master certification in 2016 and it was valid upto 2018
- Implemented crisp daily stand-up meetings
- Implemented test retrospectives to understand improvements in testing process, reporting standards, continuous learning
- Now working on to renew Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance
Software
SQL
MS Office
JIRA
Nagios tool
HP Agile Manager
HPCM
Netezza Aginity Workbench
Timeline
Test Manager
TCS, Diligenta Ltd
05.2018 - Current
Functional Test Lead
TCS Colruyt
07.2017 - 04.2018
Data Migration Lead
TCS, TalkTalk Ltd
01.2016 - 07.2017
Test Lead
TCS, TalkTalk Ltd
04.2015 - 01.2016
Test Lead
HP e-Commerce Transformation, TCS
04.2014 - 03.2015
Service Management Lead
TCS, British Telecom
11.2011 - 03.2014
Tester / Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services, British Telecom
03.2009 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Sri Sairam Engineering College
07.2005 - 05.2008
Similar Profiles
Bhushan WaghBhushan Wagh
Power BI Developer at TCS, DiligentaPower BI Developer at TCS, Diligenta
Amol PhansekarAmol Phansekar
Business Analyst at Diligenta (TCS- UK Subsidiary), TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES(TCS) PVT.LTDBusiness Analyst at Diligenta (TCS- UK Subsidiary), TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES(TCS) PVT.LTD
Eve MarshallEve Marshall
Customer Operations Representative at Diligenta (Standard Life)Customer Operations Representative at Diligenta (Standard Life)
Howard CordingleyHoward Cordingley
Skills and Business Relationship Manager at Cambridgeshire &Peterborough Combined Authority.Skills and Business Relationship Manager at Cambridgeshire &Peterborough Combined Authority.
Nishwan NajimNishwan Najim
Delivery driver at Areel Co LtdDelivery driver at Areel Co Ltd