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Kaarthick Ramamurthy

Kaarthick Ramamurthy

Almere Stad

Summary

  • 16+ Years of Quality, Telecom & Entertainment Expertise.Meticulous Technical Lead strictly adheres to both client-provided technical requirements and internal business goals. Balances project prioritization to fulfill both contractual obligations and internal revenue requirements. Provides foresight and management designed to grow satisfied customer bases and revenue figures. Have delivered multiple large testing deliveries in telecom domain OSS/BSS, willing to experiment new ideas considering minimal impact to the project. Good knowledge of CPE, STB and Mobile app testing (iOS and Android) manual and automation using Appium and Python scripting.Have played a crucial role in delivering Horizon go and set top box functional and automation test scripts for liberty global.Align with Operations team on the newly rolled out software, try to understand the difficulties within the team to make their life easier. Collaborative SkillsPerform all levels of testing (manual & automated) for thorough coverage and risk-based testing where required.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Tech Lead

Prodapt Solutions for Liberty Global
06.2018 - 12.2023

Project description:

The project is all about testing certifying and scheduling the Firmware deployment for different hardware provided by Liberty global for their B2C and B2B customers in The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, UK The hardware set includes different Cable modems, Wireless Access points, wifi Boosters, Power line Adapters etc., The testing includes physical , protocol, performance, provisioning, diagnosis and functionality of the devices. The testing also includes Speed test using Spirent, Wifi Performance using Octoscope and CD-Router

  • The job is to be part of Technical Field Trial support team with CPE, STB testing and Mobile APPS automation testing and coordinate TFT activities.
  • The hardware set includes different Cable modems, Wireless Access points, wifi Boosters, Power line Adapters etc., The testing includes physical , protocol, performance, provisioning, diagnosis and functionality of the devices.
  • Mobile App Testing of Horizon Go app on iOS and Android Mobiles and Tabs.
  • Develop test cases and get reviewed in JIRA. Prepared E2E test cases to check the integration of all systems. Use Postman for backend API calls to test E2E functionality.
  • Provide technical input regarding projects, development of test documents, test reports and defect reports.
  • Understand the needs from operation team to make their life easier on their day to day job.
  • Support development/ integration teams for defects reproduction, analysis and debugging using manual and Automation scripts.
  • Generate TFT reports for Go-No Go and convince customer team to accept the software from TFT. Raise CRQ’s to deploy software in to FUT and Production.
  • Robot framework and python were used for automation scripts to verify regression test cases for STB.
  • Client: Liberty Global

Tools/Technical environment

Spirent

Python, GIT

JIRA

CD-Router

STB, Ziggo modem

Android /ios devices

Test Manager

Prodapt Systems
12.2014 - 07.2016

Project Description:

UPC Germany decided to upgrade their legacy stack with the cloud solution based on sales force platform. This will help their customers, operations and employees to translate sales in to order book quickly and easily. With the sales force cloud enormous capabilities lot of enhancements were delivered

  • Lead the SIT CARE test team as test manager for the B2B sales force solution where in we managed to capture 99% of the defects and earned a great reputation.
  • Part of the UAT team in testing activities.
  • Daily Status reports to stakeholders.
  • Present the entire management with Go no go calls and decide upon the software release.
  • All regression cases were executed in Katalan studio to enhance the test coverage.
  • Client: Liberty Global


Tools/Technical environment

Sales force cloud

Kenan

Katalan studio

Java

Lead test Engineer

Prodapt Solutions private limited
12.2014 - 07.2016

Project description

As part of Ziggo Acquisition by LGI, in order to expand the Horizon Product for Ziggo Customers the Sunrise project initiated continue to that Re-Branding Day project was initiated changing the brand of UPC NL to Ziggo which involved the integration and interface testing of OSS systems and BSS systems involved in both the stacks. After RBD Data Migration (Migration of customers) and New Ziggo Integration project started in order to use the same BSS stack for UPC and Ziggo. The Data Migration and NZI Projects involve the testing of provisioning flow for the migrated and newly created customers.

Rebranding Day, Data Migration and NZI projects are Sprint based Scrum Projects involving Solution Architects, developers, Scrumleads of different systems, Test Team involving Multi Vendors

  • Responsible for Test planning, Test automation and delivery management.
  • In capacity of UAT Tester to liaise with business analysts, Designers and Products team for understanding requirement (Projects and CTR’s).
  • Preparing Estimation/Preparing Test Plan.
  • Preparing Test scenarios (Manual Test Cases / High Level Automation Test cases / High Level Test Scenarios).
  • Maintaining RISK / RAID register for that release and keeping it up to date.
  • Tested Migration of Systems along with its interaction with various OSS/BSS Systems.
  • Preparing test data/application dependencies document.
  • Getting TRH signed off from E2E BA/Business & address review comments.
  • Client: Liberty Global


Tools/Technical environment


Jira

Soap UI SQL

Selenium, Test NG

BSS – PEAL, OPT, OVC, Kenan Billing, Clarify CRM

OSS – C-spire, ASAP DTV, Compal DTV

Manual and Automation tester

Tech-Mahindra
01.2011 - 12.2014

Project description

BT Wholesale enables service providers to monitor and manage the connected home through the design and production of reliable and highly interoperable hardware and software solutions. As an early innovator in TR-069 remote management technology, BT Wholesale offers the finest in managed broadband and home networking solutions.

We as BT Wholesale QA Partner will perform Reliability, Performance, Functional and configuration testing of BT Retail CPE’s by means of both Manual and Automation.

  • Understanding the Device built and defining test scenarios
  • Install and maintain LAB environment devices involving CPE’s, CD-Router tests, DSLAM and Switches
  • Create & maintain TestNG Automation Framework using Selenium to minimize the manual testing effort
  • Perform Protocol, Performance, Functional and configuration testing on the CPE
  • Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
  • Client: British Telecom


Tools/Technical environment


JIRA

CD-Router

CPE

Test Analyst

Tech-Mahindra
06.2007 - 12.2010
  • Test Design & Execution: Created test scenarios/cases, RTMs, and executed tests in QC. Defined critical risks/issues for the business.
  • Performance Optimization: Collaborated with BA/developers to resolve performance issues in app, network, and environment.
  • Project Lifecycle: Involved in test estimates, planning, execution, and management. Set up and maintained test environments, created test data.
  • Reporting & Defect Management: Led defect management for various project streams, ensured QC adherence, triaged defects & provided detailed analyses.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaised with BA, designers, product team to design, create, and test complex business scenarios. Facilitated client interaction during UAT and status calls.
  • Advanced Skills: Created complex test data sets based on business rules, key member in test environment maintenance team, extensive mobile app testing (TV Everywhere App) on iOS, Android phones/tablets.
  • Client: British Telecom


Tools/Technical environment

Siebel CRM

Kenan

JIRA

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science and Engineering

Anna University
Chennai
03.2007

Skills

  • Programming Languages: Python
  • Automation: Java Based Selenium Web driver
  • Proficient in Windows and Linux operating systems
  • Continuous Integration: Pipeline CICD - Jenkins
  • Version control and Code management: GIT, SVN
  • Project and Defect Life Cycle: Confluence, JIRA, HP ALM
  • API Testing: SOAP, REST
  • Database query optimization using SQL
  • Domains: Telecommunications, Networking
  • Device Testing (CPE, CM, DSLAM, SWITCHES) & Protocol Testing (L2 & L3)
  • Methodologies/Norms/standards : STLC, Agile (Scrum), Waterfall

Certification

  • Certified ISTQB tester from UK testing board
  • Certified Agile project management from Prince2
  • Certified Scrum master from Prodapt (Internal certification)

LANGUAGES

English: Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Nederland: Beginner (A2)
Tamil: Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Senior Tech Lead

Prodapt Solutions for Liberty Global
06.2018 - 12.2023

Test Manager

Prodapt Systems
12.2014 - 07.2016

Lead test Engineer

Prodapt Solutions private limited
12.2014 - 07.2016

Manual and Automation tester

Tech-Mahindra
01.2011 - 12.2014

Test Analyst

Tech-Mahindra
06.2007 - 12.2010

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science and Engineering

Anna University
Kaarthick Ramamurthy