Somrup Paulchowdhury

To manage project delivery and operational needs for multiple projects under Bank IT portfolio - Telephony Modernization & IVR systems , Active Directory Migration and MS Teams migration, Application migration over Cloud, Batch Remediation, DataStage Remediation , OS/ Application upgrade and Cyber Security

Responsibilities

• Managed multiple Test projects and Test Project Managers & team - Functional (manual / automation) , Non-functional (performance / OAT)
• Performed Project Initiation and Test planning/ Resource forecasting
• Performed Risk analysis due to change in project planning and working out additional efforts for Change management system
• Managed multiple stake holders & 3rd parties
• Liaised with offshore - onshore counterparts for project deliverables
• Worked on RFPs , Resourcing ,Financial Planning and Analysis
• Increased Cognizant account level value add initiatives for client like - ALM to Jira-Xray migration and innovations / automation,

Managed the project delivery and operational needs for multiple accounts in Middle East, India , Greater China & Hong Kong , ASEAN and ANZ region with forecasted revenue of more than USD 5M per year

Responsibilities

• Managed Test strategy / Planning/ Test execution and Defect management
• Reviewed Test Artefacts and Tracked Test Delivery across multiple teams
• Tracked Risks / Issues due to change in project planning and worked out mitigation plans
• Reported daily and weekly governance / status reports
• Worked on Financial Planning and Analysis
• Increased revenue potentials and margin by new opportunities and maintained Cost of Delivery

Worked as End -End Test Manager for more than 3 + Banking & Financial Services clients across multiple geographies in India , Singapore and Malaysia managing

Responsibilities

• Managed testing projects across various domains in Bank Back Office system , On-Boarding with Batch processing, Cash management - GIRO Collection / Payment , MEPS, TT, Account Summary/Details, Bill Payment, Trade management system, File Upload, Corporate & Retail Online Banking
• Managed Agile IT/DevOps Implementation with Test Automation
• Managed Test management for large-scale migration project for revamping Online Corporate banking portal for leading Bank in Singapore
• Managed Test Planning , Test artefacts reviews , RFPs , estimation and resource / demand management
• Managed test reporting

Managed large scale test activities for 4+ clients in Offshore - Onshore delivery model for sectors - Telecommunications , Media & Entertainment and Banking. Had onshore exposure to work in UK for Test Delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Managed customer stakeholders, test planning , test execution and Defect management
• Reviewed test artefacts
• Managed test reporting and tracking
• Team management
• Resource management and conducted Interviews

Worked as Test Engineer for 1 customer - Lexmark India

Responsibilities

• Tested printing services application
• Worked in test design, execution and defect management
• Worked on Test automation with WinRunner

Worked as developer for 1 government client in Banking & Financial services

Responsibilities

• Developed banking software package on Visual Basic and Oracle databases
• Worked on requirement understanding and coding
• Worked on application package installation and user training

Worked as Software developer for 2 customers to develop work packages

Responsibilities

• Involved in requirement analysis
• Worked on coding in in Visual Basic and Oracle tools, package installation
• Involved in post implementation support