Arya Panikar

Experience

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  Infosys BPO

  Aug 2006 - Feb 2007

  Process Executive

  Inventory Returns Co ordinationInventory Returns co ordination was a part of Vendor Management Project of Ingram Micro which is a distributor of Technology Products.As an Inventory Returns Coordinator my responsibilities were as follows -Requesting the Return Authorization of defective products from the vendors.Processing the debits for the received Return Authorizations and the Stock Balance for the different vendors.

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  Tech Mahindra

  Jul 2007 - Nov 2009

  Technical Associate

  o Preliminary discussion of the project with the core team. o Analysis and understanding of Requirements document, HLD and LLD. o Preparing Test Plan. o Interacting with the client to discuss the status of the module, clarify the queries. o Preparing and executing Test Cases with respect to the Requirements. o Performing End-to-End Testing. o Defect reporting and tracking using Mercury Quality Centre. o Performing Adhoc testing. Show less

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  SourceOne Management Services Pvt. Ltd, Accenture

  May 2010 - Jan 2011

  Software Engineer

  • Review and analysis of requirements document.• Personally responsible for the preparation of test plans and test cases, including the execution of the same in adherence with requirements and performing ad hoc testing when required• Reporting defects and tracking the same through the utilisation of Mercury Quality Centre

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  Syntel

  May 2011 - Sept 2013

  Testing Engineer

  o Analysis and Understanding of the requirementso Test Case Design & Executiono Defect reporting & tracking.o Performing adhoc testing.o Liaise with the development team to ensure timely resolution of defects and delivery of build.

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  Financial Conduct Authority, Syntel Europe Limited

  Sept 2013 - Jul 2023

  Test Lead

  • Participate in requirements workshop• Backlog planning and estimation• Requirements review and validation• Researching, consulting, analyzing and evaluating system needs• Identifying technology limitations and deficiencies in existing systems and associated processes, procedures and methods.• Gathering requirements for Functional Tests..• Personally responsible for the preparation of the test plan and high level scenarios on the project focusing on the development of a new framework implementing the regulatory rules developed by the client.• Testing and diagnosing errors and faults in an applications programming language within established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards to ensure programs and applications perform to specification• Effectively leading offshore team to draft and execute test cases in relation to the requirements and reviewing test deliverables drafted by offshore team• Drafting the process flows based on use cases and utilising HP ALM to track defects following the reporting of the same• Performing Adhoc testing and Interface testing, Performance Testing, presenting the test results to the client.• Liaise with the developers for Performance tuning if the Performance Test requirements are not met.• Ensure proper configuration management of the test ware produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis.• Make sure the test environment is put into place before test execution and managed during test execution.• Schedule the tests for execution.• Monitor, measure, control and report on the test progress Show less

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  PRA Health Sciences

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2023

  Sr Software Quality Engineer
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  Trekea Mobile

  Oct 2022 - Jun 2024

  Senior QA Consultant

  • Gathering requirements and preparing questions if there are any ambiguity.• Schedule meeting with the customer to get answers to the questions.• Update the JIRA story for any requirement changes.• Prepare the UAT test scenarios.• Follow-up with the developers regarding delivery of the requirement.• Lead the team in executing the test scenarios.• Report issues in JIRA and follow-up with developers.• Report on the test progress.• Ensure solid Traceability and coverage is included in the strategy. Show less

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  G10X

  Jun 2024 - now

  Associate Test Manager