![Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210
Rathna Arun Solomon
Business Analyst / Data Analyst
Get me by following the links below,
OBJECTIVE
TECHNICAL COMPETENCY
WORK EXPERIENCE
PROJECT PRIOFILE
ACHIVEMENTS
QUALIFICATION
Easy reach,
Call me +91 8056000210
Mail me: rathna.arunsolomon@gmail.com
Name Rathna Arun Solomon
Nationality Indian
Current occupation Business Analyst / DA / QA
Currently Sitting Cognizant Technologies, Siruseri SIPCOT, Chennai - India
Employer Cognizant Technologies, Siruseri SIPCOT, Chennai - India
Job Experience 8 years (4.5 yrs in Retail/Supply Chain domain, 3.5 yrs in BFS)
Educational background
(month and year of passing)
Bachelor of Science (Physics with spl. In Hardware & Networking) (April
2008)
Passport No. (valid Until) G8081903 (02/06/2018)
Onsite Experience 1 year experience with UK client [2011 – 2012]
Permanent Address
4-16-21, S.S.Illam, Park Town 1st
street,
P&T Nagar, Madurai – 625017
Tamil Nadu – India
Communication Address
4-16-21, S.S.Illam, Park Town 1st
street,
P&T Nagar, Madurai – 625017
Tamil Nadu – India
Marital status Married
OBJECTIVE:
Aspire to drive Software Quality assurance with technical vision, design and implementation to ensure the
organization and engineering efforts put forth conform to best customer experience.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Company Name: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Role: Senior Test Analyst
DOJ: 12th
Jun 2014
Experience: 2 year (BFS domain)
Company Name: Polaris FT
Role: Senior Test Engineer
DOJ: 12th
Aug 2013
Experience: 0.9 years (BFS domain)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/d7e9d5ac-54d5-435e-96a4-01a629e81107-160623104928/85/Rathna-Arun-Solomon_BA-1-320.jpg)
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- 1. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 Rathna Arun Solomon Business Analyst / Data Analyst Get me by following the links below, OBJECTIVE TECHNICAL COMPETENCY WORK EXPERIENCE PROJECT PRIOFILE ACHIVEMENTS QUALIFICATION Easy reach, Call me +91 8056000210 Mail me: rathna.arunsolomon@gmail.com Name Rathna Arun Solomon Nationality Indian Current occupation Business Analyst / DA / QA Currently Sitting Cognizant Technologies, Siruseri SIPCOT, Chennai - India Employer Cognizant Technologies, Siruseri SIPCOT, Chennai - India Job Experience 8 years (4.5 yrs in Retail/Supply Chain domain, 3.5 yrs in BFS) Educational background (month and year of passing) Bachelor of Science (Physics with spl. In Hardware & Networking) (April 2008) Passport No. (valid Until) G8081903 (02/06/2018) Onsite Experience 1 year experience with UK client [2011 – 2012] Permanent Address 4-16-21, S.S.Illam, Park Town 1st street, P&T Nagar, Madurai – 625017 Tamil Nadu – India Communication Address 4-16-21, S.S.Illam, Park Town 1st street, P&T Nagar, Madurai – 625017 Tamil Nadu – India Marital status Married OBJECTIVE: Aspire to drive Software Quality assurance with technical vision, design and implementation to ensure the organization and engineering efforts put forth conform to best customer experience. WORK EXPERIENCE: Company Name: Cognizant Technology Solutions Role: Senior Test Analyst DOJ: 12th Jun 2014 Experience: 2 year (BFS domain) Company Name: Polaris FT Role: Senior Test Engineer DOJ: 12th Aug 2013 Experience: 0.9 years (BFS domain)
- 2. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 Company Name: Infosys Limited Role: Senior Test Engineer DOJ: 7th July 2008 Training: Manual and Automation testing concepts trained by QSIT Experience: 5 years (4.5 yrs exp with Retail/Supply Chain & 0.5 yrs in BFS Domain) TECHNICAL COMPETENCY: Test /Data/Business Analyst Expertise Testing Methodology Water fall Spiral Agile SCRUM Test / Business Management Requirements Gathering and Analysis Creating Requirement documents Contribution to Test Planning: Test Strategy Report generation and analysis Organizing the work flow Controlling project execution Tracking and reporting progress Defect Management & Defect prevention Quality Management Issues Management & Issues solving Communicating to stakeholders Software Testing User Acceptance Testing System testing / System Integration testing ETL Testing Database Testing Functional testing Regression testing UAT Development UAT Test Suite Test Procedures UAT Test Scenarios/ Test Cases UAT Test Scripts Configuration management Configuration Identification Status Accounting Review Process Management Environment Management Software Development Skills Operating System: Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP DBMS: Oracle 8i, Oracle 10g, SQL+, SQL Developer, PL/SQL, Netezza, DB2 Scripting Languages: SQL Web Technologies: HTML Test & Defect Management Tools: Quality Center (QC), Test Director, Informatica (ETL tool), IBM App Scan (Security test tool), Bugzilla, ClearQuest (CQ), Quickbase and JIRA PROJECT PRIOFILE:
- 3. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 Project #1 Role: Offshore ETL UAT Test Lead Project: Netezza Migration Client: AMEX – American Express Duration: 24 months (Jun’14 – Till Date) Project Description: American Express Company, known as AmEx, is a diversified global financial services company headquartered in New York City. One of the first large companies which aims at developing IT vendors as Strategic global partners. As of the Netezza Migration project is to upgrade all BIDW applications from DB2 to Netezza. This includes the history data migration from DB2 to Netezza database and the re-engineering of existing Informatica mappings to point to the Netezza database. In addition to this, the MSTR reports will be re-engineered to pull data from the Netezza database. Contributions: Requirements Gathering and analysis Creating Test Strategy, Test Plan(s) and Test Bed ETL Test Scripting ETL Test verification using Informatica Data Validation Using DVO tool Backend Testing using SQL commands at DB2 and Netezza environments BI Testing using Microstrategy (MSTR) Reports comparison in Integrity Manager (IM) Co-ordinating the End to End testing Team Mentoring Communicating to stakeholders and Business team Project Status reporting Defect & Issues Management Test Documentation Business and Technical Analysis for critical issues User Acceptance Testing Project #2 Role: Offshore S/W Application Consultant -Testing Project: GTR 2.0 Client: DTCC, Depository Trust Clearing Corp., Duration: 11 months (Aug’13 – Jun’14) Project Description: DTCC, through its subsidiaries, provides clearing, settlement and information services for equities, corporate and municipal bonds, government and mortgage-backed securities, money market instruments and over-the- counter derivatives. In addition, DTCC is a leading processor of mutual funds and insurance transactions, linking funds and carriers with their distribution networks. Contributions: Requirements Gathering and analysis Creating Test Strategy, Test Plan(s) ETL Test Scripting ETL Test Execution Backend Testing using SQL commands Co-ordinating the End to End testing Team Mentoring Project Status reporting Defect & Issues Management Test Documentation Business and Technical Analysis for critical issues User Acceptance Testing Project #3
- 4. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 Role: Offshore S/W Application Tester Project: SPIDER Client: CITI Corp U.S Duration: 10 months (Oct’12 – Aug’13) Project Description: CITI Bank is the largest bank and well known in world wide. The objective of our project Global Billing System Management is to organize the individual billing units across different regions and have bill into an common portal. SPIDER is an online web application which supports the Regulatory compliance system which has complete and accurate equities and equity liked data for all regions globally in order to accurately report on the firm’s Disclosure of interest reporting requirements. It also holds the holding details of all countries which are all associated with the system for the regulatory compliance. Contributions: Requirements Gathering and analysis Assistance in Creating Test Strategy, Test Plan(s) Parallel UAT Test Execution Backend Testing using SQL commands Co-ordinating the End to End testing Team Mentoring Communicating to stakeholders & Business team Project Status reporting Defect & Issues Management Test Documentation Business and Technical Analysis for critical issues User Acceptance Testing Feats: • Initiated Daily Triage Calls with Development team to understand ETA (Priority Defects) & impacted area of the bug fix. • Light weight DTER to all the stakeholders. • Suggested Hybrid estimation style which suited client and working mode Project #4 Role: Onsite-Offshore Software Test Lead/ Business Analyst Project: Enterprise Web Strategy (EWS) Online stream Client: CarphoneWarehouse (CPW), UK Duration: 24 months (Oct’10 – Sept’12) Project Description: Project is End-End testing of CarphoneWarehouse web application and ‘Geek Squad’ application. Java Based application and testing involves TIBCO interface, database implementations and web interfaces. Most of the projects are of SCRUM agile testing. The project objective is test, sign off and give a go to live of Sales, Service delivery, Order Management Systems (OMS), Warehouse Management, PIE application components and various interfaces between the components. • Distribute report with summary of key indicators and recommendations to Key Account Managers, Merchandise Management, Merchants, and Replenishment Teams. • Forecast and analyze current/historical performance trends for application to Brand/Category/Style product flow plan. Contributions: Requirements Gathering and analysis ETL Test Scripting ETL Test Execution (Informatica) Report Analysis Communicating to stakeholders & Business team Co-ordinating the End to End testing Project Status reporting / Team Mentoring
- 5. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 Business and Technical Analysis for critical issues Documentation User Acceptance Testing Feats: • Introduced Web Application Security Testing in the projects. • Familiarized Test Reporting and RCA for issues generated by tool for all the projects handled. • Initiated Security Awareness quiz within the project team • Received Innovation Week Participation Awards. Project #5 Role: Onshore Software Test Lead/ Business Team contribution Project: System Testing of ATG BCC Client: TESCO, UK Duration: 13 months (Oct’09 – Sep’10) Project Description: Project is system testing of Oracle E-Business suite (PIM), ATG BCC application and web online application. Testing involves xml generation through SOAPUI, TIBCO interfaces and part of system integration testing. The project objective is test, sign off and give a go to live of Sales, ecommerce web application, PIM – Oracle apps, ATG BCC solution, RBP, Product Listing with SOAP UI, xml generation, TIBCO components and various interfaces between the components. Challenging approaches like stubbing and mocking embraced for Data Set-up activity. • Leverage retailer reporting to support the sales teams with actionable data as well as Excel pivot table dashboards for executive management. • Analyze current styles sales/inventory at store level to suggest replenishment parameter updates, make recommendations for new or alternate style/door combinations, and highlight growth. Contribution: Requirement traceability Matrix ELT Test execution (Data Migration Project) Test Data set-up Test Suite Maintenance in QC Team management Reporting progress Tracking Defect in QC / Preventing defect Business Analysis User Acceptance Testing Feats: • Received Value Award from Client (TESCO) • Developed End-End tool with Excel VBA Project #6 Role: Software Test Engineer Project: IMPACT media source upgrade Client: Sears & Kmart, USA Duration: 4 months (Jun’09– Sep’09) Project Description: Project is functional, End-End testing of Aprimo Enterprise 8.0 tool. The project objective is test, sign off and give a go to live of Sales, designing and finalizing a monthly/ weekly/seasonal/festival basis offers, Media formats, Banners/ circulars/ pamphlet workflows, e-commerce marketing components and various interfaces between the components. Contribution: Requirements traceability Matrix Test Scripting Test Validation/ Test Verification Test Execution
- 6. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 Defect tracking / Issues tracking Offshore Project Status reporting Feats: • Laid road to project automation for Data Migration through QTP. • Introduced Accessibility & Usability testing with available Freeware in the market. • Set project values by forming ‘Knowledge Management Forum’. Project #7 Role: Test Executive Project: E-Commerce enhancement programme Client: Sears & Kmart, USA Duration: 5 months (Jan’09 – May’09) Project Description: Project is Functional, End-End, and Regression testing of Sears web application. The project objective is test, sign off and give a go to live of Sales, e commerce web based application and it’s interaction with other sister sites. Contribution: Requirements traceability Matrix Test Scripting Test Validation / Test Verification Functional Test Execution & Regression Test Execution Defect tracking / Issues tracking Offshore Test Status reporting Feats: • Handled Client calls for defects resolution. • Testing related communication with all the individual component teams and internal planning for the work packages. Project #7 Role: Onshore Software Test Lead Project: SOCOMM Client: Sears & Kmart, USA Duration: 6 months (Jul’08 – Dec’08) Project Description: Project is Functional, End User testing of social commerce web application. The project objectives is test, sign off and give a go to live of socom application and it’s interaction with other social network sites. Contribution: Test Scripting Test Validation/ Test Verification Test Execution Defect tracking Feats: • Defect logging and tracking with Build versions. • Introduced standard templates for all the trackers. ACHIVEMENTS: • IVS, Certificate of appreciation for the cycle Apr '10 to Sep '10 • TESCO value award • CPW Team Player Award three consequent quarters
- 7. Rathna Arun Solomon Rathna.Arunsolomon@gmail.com +91(0)8056000210 QUALIFICATION Educational Background Course / Pass out year University / Institute Qualification Bachelor of Science (Physics with spl. In Hardware & Networking) / 2008 Madurai Kamaraj University / Lady Doak College., India Distinction 81.8 % Standard XII /2005 Seventh Day Adventist Matric. Hr. Sec. School 86.5 % Standard X/2003 Seventh Day Adventist Matric. Hr. Sec. School 81 % PGDMBA in Operational Management (Continuing in correspondence) Symbiosis, Pune -NA- Soft Skills Skill Area Proficiency Algorithms Excellent Assertiveness Skills Good Planning & Prioritising Skills Very Good Team Building Very Good Active Listening Skills ( Interpersonal Skills ) Good Effective Meetings Good Telecom and Video Etiquette Very Good Time Management Very Good Cross Cultural Sensitivity UK Fair Certifications Certification Type Grades/Remarks ISTQB – Foundation Level Certification External (75%) Infosys IQ Foundation Certification Internal (79 %) Infosys Certification: IT OPS-IVS T100 Technical Internal (84%) Infosys RETL Basics of CPG Retailing Certification Internal (83 %) Infosys RETL Basics of Transportation and Logistics Internal (77 %) Infosys Independent Validation Solutions (IVS) Technology Internal (76%)