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Arya Prasanna Kumar Menon

Arya Prasanna Kumar Menon

Stockholm

Summary

Quality assurance Engineer with demonstrated expertise in designing, developing, and executing test cases and test processes fueling swift corrective actions.
An aspiring business analyst with passion and skills for business and data to improve the efficiency of the system. A good team player and team leader capable of handling processes and meeting tight deadlines. Built strong rapport with team members, management, and clients to facilitate efficiency and productivity.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Analyst- Group Products & Advice

Swedbank
03.2024 - Current
  • Improved business processes by analyzing requirements along with stakeholders and suggesting changes when needed
  • Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
  • Business requirements were effectively converted to user stories to help team understand the functionality and supported the team in implementing high quality products
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
  • Developed high-quality documentation to support team members and new comers understand the product

Pega Tester-Group Anti Financial Crime

Swedbank
11.2021 - 03.2024
  • Well-acquainted with SDLC and STLC
  • Prepared Test Strategies and test cases for effective testing
  • Design and development of test cases assuring 100% test coverage
  • Strong understanding and knowledge in the area of KYC for Corporate Customer through CLM
  • Proven experience in System Integration testing, API testing, Functional testing, and Regression testing for Pega CLM applications for Corporate customers
  • Strong experience in system testing involving integrations from complex systems such as Kärnan
  • Experience testing different APIs using the POSTMAN tool
  • Supporting business analysts to define requirements and test scenarios for applications
  • Led brainstorming sessions to outline new features and address system faults in subsequent updates
  • Coaching new team members and helping them in understanding the CLM application
  • Highly experienced in uncovering the maximum number of defects in application and thereby ensuring good quality
  • Supported PEGA upgrade testing
  • Reporting, Documentation, and reporting daily scrum calls
  • Assisted customers with resolving problems in their daily work with the CLM application and actively resolved production tickets
  • Good communication and collaboration skills in handling customers and clients
  • Proficient in working with Test Management tools like ALM, TFS, and JIRA
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Aspiring business analyst with strong technical skills in Pega Systems and excellent knowledge of the KYC applications within the financial section
  • Assisting business analyst in defining the scope and scenarios for the user stories
  • Suggested ideas to areas of improvement within the application

Quality Assurance Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
12.2016 - 02.2020
  • Strong testing skills in both web and mobile application testing(Manual and Automation Testing)
  • Worked with Waterfall and Agile projects
  • Developing test cases, executing and raising defects in TFS/ALM/JIRA.
  • 3 plus years of professional experience in testing with knowledge of automation framework implementation with Selenium Tool
  • Basic knowledge in designing and executing See Test Mobile Automation scripts
  • Designing and executing test scripts using See Test Automation Tool
  • Knowledge in API Testing using POSTMAN.
  • Enhancing and Updating the Selenium Test scripts for Cross browser testing
  • Involved in Smoke, Functional, and Regression Testing across different Web browsers and OS in mobile devices
  • Sound knowledge in Java Programming Language.
  • Worked with Major clients including E&Y and Lufthansa Airlines
  • Team lead for mobile test team from offshore and completed QA activities within time.
  • Performed Business analyst role in the team to identify enhancements and convert them to requirements for development
  • Analyze requirements and design test scenarios to determine project functionality

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Federal Institute of Science And Technology(FISAT)
Ernakulam, India
08.2016

Skills

  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Web and Mobile Application QA
  • Manual Testing
  • Automating testing-Selenium WebDriver
  • API Testing -Postman
  • Functional Testing
  • PEGA Testing
  • Test case preparation and Execution
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Agile methodology
  • Programming Languages: Java
  • IOS and Android Testing
  • Software Development Tools: JIRA, ALM,TFS
  • MS office Tools

Address

1201, Tomtegränd 4 19275, Sollentuna Stockholm

Interpersonal and Organizational Skills

  • Highly Adaptable
  • Time Management and Prioritization
  • Collaborative Team Player
  • Strong Problem Solver
  • Decision Making
  • Teamwork and Positive Attitude
  • Strong Verbal and Written Communication
  • Project Management
  • Team Mentoring

Certification

Certification in software testing in the Year 2016

Software testing process including test case creation ,execution and hands on experience in UFT automation tool.

Certified Foundation level Tester by ISTQB

Awarded as ISTQB Certification foundation level tester by International Software Testing Qualification Board.

Certificate in API Testing by Udemy

Certificated on completing API testing using POSTMAN tool

Business Analysis Foundation by LinkedIn

Swedish A1 by folkuniversitetet

French A2 Certification

Beginner level Certification(A1 & A2) in FRENCH language by Inlingua.

Accomplishments

  • Award of Excellence for best team in the Year 2018
  • Honored for completing a complex project within a short span of time with accuracy and 100% customer satisfaction.


  • 100% Customer Satisfaction report received in projects

Timeline

Business Analyst- Group Products & Advice

Swedbank
03.2024 - Current

Pega Tester-Group Anti Financial Crime

Swedbank
11.2021 - 03.2024

Quality Assurance Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
12.2016 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Federal Institute of Science And Technology(FISAT)
Arya Prasanna Kumar Menon