Muthu Kumaran Rajaram has over 10 years of experience in software quality assurance, including roles as a QA lead, QA analyst, UAT lead, and UAT tester. He currently works as a UAT analyst and lead for Fannie Mae, testing their Equator Platform web-based system. He has extensive experience with agile testing methodologies and tools like Selenium, Java, Quality Center, and ALM.

1. Muthu Kumaran Rajaram
805-444-0648, muthufm@gmail.com, TX
Summary:
 10 Years of software industry experience in Software Quality Assurance. Played
major roles as QA Lead, QA Analyst, UAT Lead and UAT Tester.
 Experienced in QA Agile testing with extensive knowledge of agile software testing
and development lifecycle. Seeking a responsible position as an Agile tester in a
renowned and fast paced working environment.
 Currently working in web-based system that allows Fannie Mae to manage REO
Assets through a task based workflow system.
 Exposure in Selenium and Java Programming.
 Well exposed to QA process and Testing Methodologies.
 In depth technical understanding of Data Warehousing, Data Validations, OLAP, SQL
Server, Oracle and ETL.
 Expertise in writing SQL Queries using Oracle, SQL Server and Teradata in
validating data into Data Warehouse/ETL applications.
 Experience with working tools like TOAD 10.0, MS SQL Server Management
studio, Win SQL for creating and executing SQL Queries.
 Experience in RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server (T-SQL), Oracle (PL/SQL), MS Access
and associated SQL Programming Knowledge.
 Worked with ETL groups and Acquisition team and business analyst for
understating mappings for dimensions and facts
 Tested a number of complex ETL mappings and reusable transformations for daily
data loads
 Strong Domain experience in Mortgage, Banking, Insurance, Mutual Funds, legal
and Health applications.
 Excellent relational database design knowledge and SQL querying skills utilized for
backend testing of Oracle
 Involved in System Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing and
functional testing.
 Expertise in creating Test Plans, High level Test Scenarios and Test Scripts.
 Demonstrates excellent troubleshooting and analytical abilities, outstanding
interpersonal and communication skills.
 Excellent Coordination through Client and User interactions, experienced in
Requirement Analysis & Design, and Mapping of Business Processes to Technical
Requirements.
 Hands on experience with documentation in different stages of SDLC.
 Quick learner with an ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies and new
environments.
 Mentored a team of 7 in efficiently meeting the project delivery timelines.

2.  Involved in Triage calls with Dev Team and UAT Team to support any issues in QA
environment.
 Expert in problem solving and Bug Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tool HP
Quality Center ,ALM and Clear Quest
 Performed Cross Browser Testing
 Exposure in Automation tool selenium .
Technical Skills:
Operating Systems : Windows, UNIX
Languages : C,C++ and VB script
Database : SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i/10g
Configuration Management : Changeman, IBM Rational Clear Case, MS VSS 4.0,Clear
Quest.
Software/ Tools : Mercury Quality Centre,Application Lifecycle management.
Education:
 Master of Science in Software Engineering , Periyar University, Tamil
Nadu,India:2003
Professional Experience:
Client: Fannie Mae, Dallas, TX Feb 2014 – March 2016
Employer: National Systems and America L.P, Dallas, TX
Role: UAT Lead.
Equator Platform is a web based system that allows Fannie Mae to manage REO Assets
through a task based workflow system. There are three different sites in Equator
Application. The workstation URL is used by Fannie Mae employees to update the property.
It also allows a user to view All the information about the property. Agent/Vendor Sites
only allow agent and vendors to see certain attributes of the property and they can see
properties that they are assigned.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Currently working as a UAT Analyst and Lead for FNM IBAT Testing
 Experience assessing testing processes, creating, implementing testing strategies
using Agile-testing methodology
 Participated in Sprint Planning meetings where the Testers will identify the
strategic features of the user stories and review the current sprint user stories
during the Sprint Planning
 Participated in daily scrum meetings where all the testers will address any blockers
blocking testing and discuss the status of assigned tasks.
 Work with the FNM Business SME to identify and prioritize UAT test cases

3.  Working on ALM for creating and documenting Test Plans and Test Cases and
register the expected results
 Working on Clear Quest to log defectsRequirement TaskEnhancement.
 Coordinate execution of UAT test scripts and documented results
 Manage defect tracking.
 Participate in daily UAT test status meeting
 Escalate testing issues to Test Manager
 Preparing Test Summary Report after IBAT completion.
Client: Bank of America, Addison, TX Dec 2011 – Feb 2014
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, USA
Role: Quality Assurance Lead
Document Management Technology Platform was defined and developed over a 3 year
period representing an accelerated delivery timeline per Enterprise Content Management
(ECM).ECM is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization documents and
other content that relate to the organization.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Currently Working as QA Lead for Document Management Technology Process
 Processing batches in edelivery and non edelivery channels(Scan,Fax,FU)
 Validating the batches in ATMOS Cloud
 Validating the Mq Messages Published to the topics and Appwatch local
Queues
 Involved in testing the application from SIMI and Fort Worth Scanning
Centers.
 Validating the Loan Documents Ingested in to P8 File net Repository.
 Involved in UAT Support.
 Validating the batches in Fulfilment and Post closing division.
 Leading a team of 7 members to test various projects running under the Banking
domain.
 Preparing high level Test Plan, Scopes and Objectives, Assumptions/Limitations,
Establish Timelines.
 Analyzed Source to Stage and Stage to Target mapping document and validating
the Counts, Not Nulls, Duplicates, and business rules to be applied on target tables.
 Involved in BRD and HLD Reviews and prepare estimation for the Testing Tasks and
Deliverables.
 Prepared Test Strategy for every release.
 Involved in QA testing with Bank Vendors URBAN, STEWART, SHOV and XEROX.
 Involved in Offshore and Onshore model. Ramping up the team with project
objectives and deliverables
 Involved in Triage calls with Dev and UAT Team to bring the issue to closure.

4.  Conducting Daily Status call with Onshore and Offshore team.
 Involved in Preparing Test Closure Documents in every successful release.
 Conducting Defect Status meeting with Dev,SA,Release Management,DB Team on
daily basis
 Created and Executed Test Scripts in HP Quality Center.
 Extensive used Microsoft office suite (MS work, Excel and power points).
 Involved in Testing Complex Web Application.
 Accessing AS400 PTS box and validate the Loan Data for the batch process.
Client: Bank of America, India Nov 2009 – Nov 2011
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: Quality Assurance Lead
The Fusion Initiative is ML (Merrill Lynch’s) next generation strategic reference data
repository for financial product data. The Fusion solution must be as stable as current
environments in order to support existing clients but flexible enough to meet the ever
increasing demands of front office business strategies.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Worked as QA Lead in Fusion Project
 Leading a team of 9 members on the Fusion Project running under the Banking
domain.
 Preparing high level Test Plan, Scopes and Objectives, Assumptions/Limitations,
Establish Timelines.
 Involved in BRD and HLD Reviews and prepare estimation for the Testing Tasks and
Deliverables.
 Performed data validation testing writing SQL queries.
 Analysis of ETL Mappings from Source to target tables for directs moves and
indirect moves based on transformation rules & lookup tables.
 Developed SQL queries for Back-end testing/Database testing and participated in
end to end testing.
 Prepared Test Strategy for every release.
 Involved in Various Feed Testing including Wells Forgo, Bloomberg etc
 Involved in Offshore and Onshore model. Ramping up the team on New Feeds
 Involved in Triage calls with Dev and UAT Team to bring the issue to closure.
 Conducting Daily Status call with Onshore and Offshore team.
 Involved in Preparing Test Closure Documents in every successful release.
 Conducting Defect Status meeting with Dev, Business Analyst and QA Manager.
 Created and Executed Test Scripts in HP Quality Center.
 Extensive used Microsoft office suite (MS work, Excel and power points).
Client: Bank of America, India Sep 2009 – Nov 2009

5. Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: Quality Assurance Lead
The Goal of ABC Expense Detail Project is to migrate the 178 Feature Codes of Profit Item
Codes from CLPR to MART database. Making all the Feature Codes available in MSTR for
the Business to do report. The migration of data is from CLPR to ACM and then to
MART.Seperate CSV file will be FTP by client so that if any feature code is not matching it
leads to exception.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Worked as QA Lead in ABC Expense Detail Project
 Preparing high level Test Plan, Scopes and Objectives, Assumptions/Limitations,
Establish Timelines.
 Involved in BRD and HLD Reviews and prepare estimation for the Testing Tasks and
Deliverables.
 Prepared Test Strategy for every release.
 Involved in Data Integrity testing across different DB like Oracle and Teradata.
 Involved in ETL testing by Validate the source and target table structure against
corresponding mapping doc.
 ETL Testing-Compare records counts between source and target. Check for any
rejected records
 ETL Testing-validate the complete data set in source and target table using minus
query
 Involved in Offshore and Onshore model.
 Involved in Triage calls with Dev and UAT Team to bring the issue to closure.
 Conducting Daily Status call with Onshore and Offshore team.
 Involved in Preparing Test Closure Documents in every successful release.
 Conducting Defect Status meeting with Dev, Business Analyst and QA Manager.
 Created and Executed Test Scripts in HP Quality Center.
 Extensive used Microsoft office suite (MS work, Excel and power points).
 Good working experience with Accessibility Testing for ADA Compliance
Client: Bank of America, India Jun 2009 – Sep 2009
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: Quality Assurance Lead
The acquisition of Merrill Lynch requires the sales and Trading Investment Banking the
Client List from ML to be added to the CED. The Goal of the Project is to relocate the
identified clients in currently housed COPER into enterprise client data system of record
called CED.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Worked as QA Lead in Sales and Trading IB Conversion Project

6.  Preparing high level Test Plan, Scopes and Objectives, Assumptions/Limitations,
Establish Timelines.
 Involved in BRD and HLD Reviews and prepare estimation for the Testing Tasks and
Deliverables.
 Prepared Test Strategy for every release.
 Involved in Data Integrity testing across different DB like Oracle and Teradata.
 Involved in Offshore and Onshore model.
 Involved in Triage calls with Dev and UAT Team to bring the issue to closure.
 Conducting Daily Status call with Onshore and Offshore team.
 Involved in Preparing Test Closure Documents in every successful release.
 Conducting Defect Status meeting with Dev, Business Analyst and QA Manager.
 Created and Executed Test Scripts in HP Quality Center.
 Extensive used Microsoft office suite (MS work, Excel and power points).
 Tested various Reusable ETL Transformations which facilitate Daily, Weekly &
Monthly Loading of Data.
Client: Vanguard, Charlotte, USA Apr 2008 – Jun 2009
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, USA
Role: Quality Assurance Analyst
Vanguard is an Investment Company which ultimately helps the clients to be successful in
investment Goals. The Application Beacon is a internal Annuity application in which client
can purchase any Annuity product. Two types of Annuities can be created using this
application ie) Fixed and Variable. This application is a desktop application.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Worked as QA Analyst in Beacon LifeCad Project
 Involved in Test Case writing in Mercury Quality Center 9.2
 Performed Cross Browser Testing
 Preparing Job Aids for Various Functionalities.
 Preparing Test Case Design and Test Execution Metrics.
 Involved in testing ClientServer Application
 Involved in Scrubbing Production Defects.
 Working on the interface files Created in Unix Test Region.
 Identifying the Break in the Test Case due to requirement Change and Posting
Inspection Defects.
 Requirement Analysis and getting clarification Directly from the Business.
 Executing System Test Cases.
 Involved in Regression Testing.
 Fixing and Upgrading QTP Scripts.

7. Client: Wolters Kluwer, Phoenix, USA Oct 2007 – Mar 2008
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, USA
Role: Quality Assurance Analyst
The Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH) Transformation Project is a joint endeavor between
Wolters Kluwer and Acxiom Corporation (Acxiom). The purpose of the Project is to Extract
Data from outside Sources then Transform it to fit in the operational Needs and load in to
end Target.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Analyzing system requirements and developing Test plan to test Functional, GUI
Requirements. Designed, and Executed Test Cases effectively.
 Worked on Waterfall models as a part of project.
 Responsibilities include Interacting with Project Leader for testing schedules.
 Written and reviewed test case based on functional specification.
 Interacting with Business manager for technical and functional requirement
 Good knowledge in developing SQL queries for backend testing, used UNIX to verify
data in log file and for debugging.
 Attending the Weekly status meeting with WK Business Team.
 Involved in Presenting the Test Result to the Business Team.
 Involved in Regression Testing.
Client: Walters Kluwer, India Aug 2007 – Oct 2007
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: Quality Assurance Analyst
ARROW (Accounts Representation Records on Web) is a web application used by CT-
Corporation internally for managing Representation records. Statutory representation
services satisfy the requirement that most states impose on business entities to name a
statutory representative or designate an agent or office, usually within that state, for
service of process (SOP) and other official communications
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Analyzing system requirements and developing Test plan to test Functional, GUI
Requirements. Designed, and Executed Test Cases effectively.
 Worked on Waterfall models as a part of project.
 Responsibilities include Interacting with Project Leader for testing schedules.
 Written and reviewed test case based on functional specification.
 Used TOAD for SQL Server to write SQL queries for validating constraints, indexes
 Interacting with Business manager for technical and functional requirement

8.  Good knowledge in developing SQL queries for backend testing, used UNIX to verify
data in log file and for debugging.
 Attending the Weekly status meeting with WK Business Team.
 Involved in Presenting the Test Result to the Business Team.
 Involved in Regression Testing.
Client: Walters Kluwer, India Aug 2006 – Aug 2007
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: QA Lead
EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs
automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by
companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness
of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by
accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive
corporate information filed with the agency.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Analyzing system requirements and developing Test plan to test Functional, GUI
Requirements. Designed, and Executed Test Cases effectively.
 Worked on Waterfall models as a part of project.
 Managed all the Project Deliverable
 Responsibilities include Interacting with Project Leader for testing schedules.
 Written and reviewed test case based on functional specification.
 Interacting with Business manager for technical and functional requirement
 Good knowledge in developing SQL queries for backend testing, used UNIX to verify
data in log file and for debugging.
 Attending the Weekly status meeting with WK Business Team.
 Involved in Presenting the Test Result to the Business Team.
 Involved in Regression Testing.
 Performed Internal Quality Audit for Test Cases and Test Results.
Client: Walters Kluwer, NY, USA Mar 2006 – Jul 2006
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: QA Lead
EDGAR Ease Docs a unique software application designed to substantially reduce the time
and effort required to convert Microsoft Word documents to SEC-compliant HTML. CT
EDGAR Ease Docs is part of the suite of CT EDGAR Solutions and integrates seamlessly with
CT EDGAR Ease+ allowing user to submit user converted filing documents to the SEC from
user desktop.

9. Roles and Responsibilities:
 Analyzing system requirements and developing Test plan to test Functional, GUI
Requirements. Designed, and Executed Test Cases effectively.
 Worked on Waterfall models as a part of project.
 Managed all the Project Deliverable
 Responsibilities include Interacting with Project Leader for testing schedules.
 Written and reviewed test case based on functional specification.
 Interacting with Business manager for technical and functional requirement
 Good knowledge in developing SQL queries for backend testing, used UNIX to verify
data in log file and for debugging.
 Attending the Weekly status meeting with WK Business Team.
 Involved in Presenting the Test Result to the Business Team.
 Involved in Regression Testing.
 Performed Internal Quality Audit for Test Cases and Test Results.
Client: Dow jones, NY, USA Nov 2005 – Jan 2006
Employer: TATA Consultancy Services, India
Role: QA Lead
Barron’s online have a relationship with Market Grader(MG) a 3rd party vendor based in
Florida, in which MG will build, host and maintain co-branded product called StockGrader.
Stock Grader is a research tool that performs a fundamental analysis of a stock in seconds.
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Analyzing system requirements and developing Test plan to test Functional, GUI
Requirements. Designed, and Executed Test Cases effectively.
 Worked on Waterfall models as a part of project.
 Managed all the Project Deliverable
 Responsibilities include Interacting with Project Leader for testing schedules.
 Written and reviewed test case based on functional specification.
 Interacting with Business manager for technical and functional requirement
 Good knowledge in developing SQL queries for backend testing, used UNIX to verify
data in log file and for debugging.
 Involved in Regression Testing.
 Performed Internal Quality Audit for Test Cases and Test Results.