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Vijay Balakrishnan

QA Lead • Chennai • k***********@gmail.com • +91*******334 • linkedin.com/••••• • drivetube.ai/•••••

Professional Summary

QA Lead with 14 years of experience delivering software quality, automation and business-analysis for Banking, Capital Markets and Treasury platforms. Strong track record testing trading/custody systems, treasury migrations and reporting pipelines; hands-on with Selenium, Cucumber, SOAP UI and Big Data testing using Hadoop, Hive, Spark and Kafka. Proven ability to lead agile QA teams, implement automation frameworks and coordinate SIT/UAT across business and technical stakeholders.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Scala,SWIFT
Databases: SQL,ElasticSearch,Data Warehousing,CSV,TXT data processing
Testing: Selenium,Cucumber,SOAP UI,HP ALM
Data and Analytics: Hadoop,Hive,Spark,Sqoop,Kafka,Apache NiFi
Tools and Methodologies: JIRA,Agile,Business Analysis,SIT,UAT,Test Methodology,Automation Frameworks
Capital Markets & Treasury Systems: Wall Street Suite,360T,FXall,ISS,CRIMS,T24

Work Experience

HTC Global Services
Chennai, India
Lead
IT services provider delivering QA, automation and business analysis for BFSI / capital markets clients; worked on Big Data testing and automation delivery.
Tech Stack: Selenium, Cucumber, Hive, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, JIRA, HP ALM
  • Led an agile QA team supporting capital markets and treasury applications, coordinating testers and business analysts to deliver functional and regression testing for production releases.
  • Designed and implemented test automation suites using Selenium and Cucumber to accelerate regression cycles and increase repeatable coverage for trading workflows.
  • Owned end-to-end test planning for Big Data ingestion and processing scenarios (CSV/TXT sources), validating ETL jobs across Hadoop and Hive to ensure data correctness.
  • Introduced test integration with JIRA and HP ALM for traceability, improving defect lifecycle management and stakeholder visibility during SIT/UAT.
  • Collaborated with architects and DevOps to validate Kafka streaming flows and Spark processing jobs in pre-production environments to catch data loss and ordering issues early.
  • Conducted business-analysis sessions with treasury SMEs to convert requirements into test cases for FIX/FX workflows and custody operations, reducing rework during UAT.
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
Chennai, India
Senior Associate
Large IT services organization; served on agile teams delivering QA and automation for banking and investment management clients with exposure to Big Data tools.
Tech Stack: Selenium, SOAP UI, Hive, Sqoop, Spark, JIRA, HP ALM
  • Acted as senior QA on agile delivery teams, executing functional, integration and regression test cycles for treasury and investment platforms.
  • Managed an automation delivery initiative: selected tools, defined framework structure and integrated Selenium and SOAP UI tests into CI pipelines.
  • Performed system and integration testing for trade processing flows, validating upstream/downstream interfaces and hand-off files to downstream back-office systems.
  • Led validation of ETL and reporting jobs using Hive and Sqoop to ensure accurate population of data warehouses and generated reports used by fund operations.
  • Authored and maintained detailed test artifacts (test plans, cases, trace matrices) and coordinated SIT/UAT with business users to confirm acceptance criteria.
  • Mentored junior testers in test design, automation scripting and Big Data test strategies to raise overall team capability on data-intensive applications.
Syntel
Chennai, India
Senior Test Engineer
IT services firm delivering software testing for Banking, Capital Treasury and Financial Services applications with emphasis on functional and integration testing.
Tech Stack: Selenium, JIRA, HP ALM, SQL, CSV, TXT processing
  • Executed functional and regression testing for capital markets applications, including trade capture, confirmation and settlement modules.
  • Carried out end-to-end SIT/UAT cycles validating upstream and downstream integrations, file handoffs and warehouse loads for trade data.
  • Built and ran test suites using Selenium to automate repetitive GUI test scenarios and reduce manual regression effort across releases.
  • Collaborated with business stakeholders and product owners to analyze requirements and convert them into executable test cases for treasury workflows.
  • Validated reporting outputs (PDF, Excel, CSV dumps) from middle-office systems to ensure performance fee calculations and investor reporting accuracy.
  • Tracked and triaged defects with development teams, driving fixes through environment replication and root-cause analysis to reduce production incidents.
InfraSoft Technologies Limited
Chennai, India
Senior Associate Consultant
Consulting engagement for CITI CORP IT SERVICES supporting treasury, trading and custody systems; focused on QA for trade processing and migration activities.
Tech Stack: Wall Street Suite, SOAP UI, Selenium, ISS, XML, JIRA
  • Provided QA and business-analysis support for Citi treasury/trading platforms, including testing of FX, MM and fixed income deal flows within dealer applications.
  • Coordinated functional testing for migration projects (e.g., source systems to Wall Street Suite), validating interface mappings and data reconciliation.
  • Executed automation for regression suites and SOAP-based interface tests to verify hand-off XML and flat-file integrations across downstream systems.
  • Validated middle-office reporting and incentive fee calculation flows in ISS to ensure accurate performance measurement and investor reporting.
  • Worked closely with operations and release managers to plan cutover test scenarios and perform end-to-end validations during production rollouts.
  • Analyzed defects and data mismatches from trade processing pipelines, collaborating with developers and business SMEs to resolve reconciliation issues.
Thinksoft Global Services Limited
Chennai, India
Test Engineer
Service provider engagement working on US-based client GE Corporate Treasury (GECT) for Debt & Derivatives and Forex simplification projects.
Tech Stack: Wall Street Suite, FXPRESS, Infinity, Selenium, HP ALM
  • Performed functional testing for GECT Debt & Derivatives Simplification and Forex Simplification modules, validating business workflows and controls.
  • Tested integrations between Infinity, FXPRESS and migrated targets to Wall Street Suite, verifying trade flows and settlement processes.
  • Prepared and executed SIT/UAT test cycles, coordinating with US-based business users to validate acceptance criteria and sign-offs.
  • Created and maintained test cases that covered advances, LOC workflow and custody operations to ensure end-to-end process integrity.
  • Verified output formats and reporting (PDF/Excel/CSV) for investor reports and corporate-action notifications to support fund operations.
  • Supported defect triage and regression testing during migration waves, ensuring migrated trades and reference data matched legacy systems.

Projects

Advances (SCD Advances and LOC)
Tools Used: Business Analysis, Functional Testing, SIT, UAT, HP ALM
  • Validated advances and letter-of-credit workflow implementations in SCD as part of the Advances project prior to production deployment.
  • Coordinated requirement analysis and business testing across multiple stakeholder teams to ensure correct workflow behavior.
  • Prepared test cases and executed business scenario validations to confirm deployment readiness for production release.
Custody Portal (AXIA)
Tools Used: Functional Testing, Custody Operations, SIT, UAT
  • Tested AXIA custody portal designed for FAB client, covering settlements, corporate actions, reporting and billing across local and international markets.
  • Executed end-to-end scenario tests for custody operations and validated migration from legacy Megara system to ensure data integrity.
SEI Wealth Platform
Tools Used: Integration Testing, Reporting Validation, Data Reconciliation
  • Tested integrated investment processing and operations workflows on the SEI Wealth Platform, validating asset management and processing functions.
  • Validated reconciliations between processing systems and reporting outputs used by investment operations teams.
CRIMS - Trade Processing
Tools Used: SIT, UAT, Automation, Trade Processing
  • Performed end-to-end testing for trade processing in CRIMS, covering upstream and downstream integrations and automation test coverage.
  • Created automation scripts and executed SIT scenarios to validate trade life-cycle events and downstream handoffs.
ISS Jasper QA / Migration
Tools Used: Reporting Validation, UAT, Performance Reporting
  • Tested middle-office reporting in ISS used by hedge fund managers for performance monitoring and incentive fee calculations.
  • Validated report generation in PDF/Excel/CSV formats and ensured accurate data dumps for downstream systems.
Dealer Application & DDS/FX Simplification
Tools Used: Functional Testing, Interface Testing, Business Analysis
  • Tested dealer/trading application used by Citi traders, validating trade initiation, rates feed handling and repository functions for upstream/downstream systems.
  • Supported Debt & Derivatives and Forex simplification efforts by validating migrated interfaces and ensuring parity with legacy sources.

Education

K L N College of Engineering
B.Tech/B.E. in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Certifications

ISTQB Foundation (basic)
Securities Market - Basic Module
Interest Rate Derivatives - Basic Module
Big Data: Hadoop and Hive

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