Kavin Palanisamy
Gdynia,Poland
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in manual and business testing (UAT), defect management, and SQL testing. Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of T24 core banking systems and proficiency in SDLC methodologies including Waterfall, V-model, and Agile. Skilled in test planning, execution, control, and monitoring with a strong ability to adapt to changing priorities. Proficient in the Scrum framework, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and tools such as Jira and Confluence. Committed to leveraging skills in a dynamic environment to drive quality assurance excellence.
Driven professional with keen eye for detail and commitment to ensuring highest standards of quality. Proven ability to identify and resolve issues and enhance processes, coupled with strong leadership and communication skills. Ready to deliver substantial improvements and elevate overall quality in Scrum Master role.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
2014.06
- A dynamic and versatile Quality Assurance professional with 12 + years of work experience in Banking and Financial Services domain across geographies like Middle East, Poland & India.
- Expertise in handling System Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing USAT and UAT Testing on web-based application, Payments, Net Banking and actively involved right from the Initiation phase to implementation
- Strong business /domain knowledge on Retail banking Payments, Core Banking, Wealth Management.
- Played a crucial role from QA Team in terms of Test Planning and Execution and has a good experience in interaction with the client and business.
- Worked on Commercial Banking Products and applications –CBO (Commercial Banking Online) - Portal, Web series, Strategic Fraud, Payments (Domestic and International), SCAR (SEPA compliance and resilience), H2H (Host to Host) and CIACC (Customer Information and Compliance Assurance center)
- Worked on Retail Banking -FAB (First Abu Dhabi Bank – Integration) -PBW&M (Private Banking Wealth and Management) and involved in customer day 1 support.
- Worked on Payments (FI,SE,DK ,NO) and T24 in Nordea Bank –Payback (USAT) Coordination with SIT and USAT Team.
- ISTQB FL certified tester
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Senior QA Lead | Scrum Master
Nordea Bank
Poland
2019.05 - 2026.05
- Assisted in specific project 'Payback' within payments functional testing.
- Supported payments validation and initiation via MQ and Kafka topics and API-based testing.
- Contributed to daily reporting of project status during system integration and USAT execution.
- Participated in daily huddle, PI planning, and pre-planning meetings with clients and business stakeholders to discuss testing strategies.
- Prepared test design and test data requirement documents at the beginning of testing phase.
- Engaged in defect triage calls and testing meetings with development teams and stakeholders.
- Logged, tracked, and analysed defects using test management tools such as Quality Centre, ALM, and Jira.
- Executed USAT and SIT testing regression phases and conducted ad hoc testing to minimise defect leakage in applications/components like digital banking and CBC.
- Facilitated timely project delivery, ensured adherence to schedules.
- Participated in regular product reviews, suggested necessary modifications.
- Managed cross-functional teams to ensure product quality.
- Led successful quality assurance projects by implementing robust testing strategies.
- Nurtured self-organising culture within the team by providing necessary training.
- Managed stakeholder expectations, fostered good working relationships.
- Fostered a collaborative environment to enhance team performance.
- Evaluated project timelines and advised teams on best planning and estimating practices to achieve goals.
Test Analyst
FAB (First Abu Dhabi Bank – Integration)
Middle East
2016.08 - 2019.05
- Worked for the specific project called -PBW&M (Private Banking Wealth and Management). Merging of NBAD and FGB
- PBW&M project deals with wealth customer which involves placing an order for Subscription and Redemptions of wealth management products such as Bonds, Mutual Funds, NRE deposits, Banc-assurance products. T24 plays a major role in this project -Customer and account creation for wealth customer. Account management and statements entries, Loans creation of wealth customer, OD (Over Draft) Limit setup. in T24 etc. - Data Migration from Intellect to T24
- Reporting Daily status of the project during system test execution and UAT execution to the project stakeholders.
- Daily Client and Business users meeting to discusses on the testing strategic and planning for successful delivery for the PBW&M project.
- Preparing Test design documents, Run Plan at the start of testing phase
- Preparing test data requirement documents
- Active participation in defect triage calls and other testing calls with supporting team, development teams and stakeholders.
- Preparing End of Test Report (EOTR), post successful completion of business releases.
- Defect Management: Defect Logging, Tracking and Analysis using test management tools like Quality Centre/ALM, Retesting and Defect Closure
- Involved in UAT Testing (pre-pod Environment), Regression phases of test execution and have done adhoc testing to ensure there is no defect leakage
- Involved in ORT (Operation Readiness testing) for FAB
- Involved in Branch Support on customer day1
- Role: Test Analyst (leading the project of PBW&M from Onshore and Offshore)
- Applications: Alpha, FRS, Advent, Tradenet, GFP, T24(Core), BPMS(Process)
- TYPE: UAT & Business Testing
- Model: Iterative and Incremental
Offshore Test Analyst
LLOYDS -UK Bank
2014.07 - 2016.08
- Strategic Online Channel/ Commercial Banking Online Portal application was developed for assisting Customers in creation of Personal and Corporate accounts required for carrying out multi-banking, domestic payment and International payment transactions. My contributions to testing capabilities is for SOC application, responsible for System Testing, System Integration Testing, Risk based testing and regression testing. Group strategic review initiative to replace the existing COL, EBS, CPH System with single portal advanced technology and E2E payment applications (TMH, LCS, STP, IFCH, CS, CBS, GDW, SEPA, SWIFT).
- Reporting Daily status of the project during system test execution and SIT execution to the project stakeholders.
- Preparing Run plan and Test design documents at the start of testing phase
- Preparing test data requirement documents
- Active participation in defect triage calls and other testing calls with supporting team, development teams and stakeholders.
- Preparing End of Test Report (EOTR), post successful completion of business releases.
- Producing reports like Weekly PDB document.
- Defect Management: Defect Logging, Tracking and Analysis using test management tools like Quality Centre/ALM, Retesting and Defect Closure
- Involved in System testing, System integration testing and Regression phases of test execution and have done adhoc testing to ensure there is no defect leakage
- Applications: Webseries and CCMI
- TYPE: System Integration Testing, E2E Testing
- Module: Web series and Fraud
Offshore Test Analyst
Lloyds Bank
2014.07 - 2016.08
- Host to Host, a Group Strategic Review initiative to validate and exchange customer information or instructions in a secured way for payment end to end processing. Project involves validation of domestic payment types(IAT,FPS, Bacs and Chaps) by H2H engine and generation of various reports for end users/
- Reporting Daily status of the project during system test execution and ST execution to the project stakeholders.
- Preparing Test design documents at the start of testing phase
- Preparing test data requirement documents
- Active participation in defect triage calls and other testing calls with supporting team, development teams and stakeholders.
- Preparing End of Test Report (EOTR), post successful completion of business releases.
- Producing reports like Weekly PDB document.
- Defect Management: Defect Logging, Tracking and Analysis using test management tools like Quality Centre/ALM, Retesting and Defect Closure
- Involved in System testing, System integration testing and Regression phases of test execution and have done adhoc testing to ensure there is no defect leakage
- Applications: FTH, GTCASH and SWIFT
- TOOLS: HP ALM, Putty(Unix) and WinSCP
Education
Bsc - Computer Technology
PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore 2011.01 - 2014.01
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Sri Vidya Mandir Higher Sec School
Namakkal, TNMatriculation School Certificate - undefined
Rasi Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Salem, TNSkills
- Manual testing and business testing (UAT)
- Defect management
- SQL testing (basic)
- T24 core banking knowledge
- SDLC methodologies: Waterfall, V-model, Agile
- Testing planning, execution, control, and monitoring
- Sprint planning expertise
- Adaptability to changing priorities
- Scrum framework proficiency
- Backlog grooming
- Jira and confluence proficiency
- Scrum methodology mastery
Languages Known
English
Tamil
Certification
ISTQB
SAFe Scrum Master Course
Declaration
I hereby declare that the facts given in resume are correct to best of my knowledge and belief. Place: POLAND
Personal Details
- Date of Birth: 27 September 1993
- Nationality: Indian
- Sex: Male
- Current Address: 3 Maja 37E/16, 81-396,Gdynia
Timeline
Senior QA Lead | Scrum Master
Nordea Bank
2019.05 - 2026.05
Test Analyst
FAB (First Abu Dhabi Bank – Integration)
2016.08 - 2019.05
Offshore Test Analyst
LLOYDS -UK Bank
2014.07 - 2016.08
Offshore Test Analyst
Lloyds Bank
2014.07 - 2016.08
2014.06
Bsc - Computer Technology
PSG College of Technology
2011.01 - 2014.01
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Sri Vidya Mandir Higher Sec School
Matriculation School Certificate - undefined
Rasi Matriculation Higher Secondary School