Narasimhulu Perakam
Johannesburg
Summary
Around 8 years total experience in Quality analyst, Product Assurance and Quality Assurance. Rich experience in SAP MM and SD Modules. Selenium, Excel Marco and testing the Ecommerce applications, GK POS along with SAP modules and Finance applications In-Depth understanding of pricing configuration such as Condition types and condition tables Experience in Requirement Gathering, Requirement Analysis, Test Plan and Test Script preparation – both Manual and Automation and Test Script Execution In Depth knowledge of Software Testing using Waterfall and Agile methodologies, HP application life cycle, DEV PLUS, Qtest and JIRA Experience working within an Agile/Scrum workflow team. Reviewed functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of Individual deliverables. Focused on Shipping point determination and inbound and outbound deliveries Hands on experience with SAP ERP application, WMS and Retek Merchandising System Hands on experience on writing test cases and test scenarios based on requirements Involved in Customer data, Customer master data and Sales order processing Have utilized wait time and idle time to develop new testing strategies, Automation analysis etc. Proficient in Manual, Web, Functional, Integration and Regression testing Have an experience in giving training the new joiners into the project and tracking all knowledge related activities in the project. Participated in Agile sprint planning and coordinated individual and team testing Throughout to ensure quality deliverables by the end of the sprint. Provided support and feedback as needed to production teams ensuring that both internal and external client's needs are met Coordinated with management to establish performance metrics and developed training plans to address performance improvement goals Created and ran test cases/test scripts in ALM and SOLMAN Knowledgeable with strong background in ensuring product quality and process improvement. Demonstrated ability to lead quality assurance initiatives and drive continuous improvement projects. Proven expertise in root cause analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Quality Analyst
EXPLEO South Africa
02.2025 - Current
- Develop and execute test plans and test cases for financial software
- Perform functional, regression, and performance testing
- Identify, log, and track software defects, ensuring timely resolution
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
- Conduct risk assessments and report on software stability
- Automate test processes where applicable to enhance testing efficiency
- Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) and provide feedback on system usability
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices for financial software
- Improved product quality by implementing rigorous testing protocols and identifying areas for improvement.
Quality Analyst
EXPLEO South Africa
11.2024 - 01.2025
- Worked closely and collaboratively with users from all At Home departments and is involved with all aspects of the corporate systems lifecycle including design, development, testing, and support of the deployed solutions
- Worked closely with IT Management, Software developers, and business users to identify testing requirements for new systems and modifications to existing systems
- Collaborated with leadership, business stakeholders, internal and external partners, and the QA team to drive strategic deliveries
- Designed and executed manual test plans and scripts to ensure the solution worked as expected
- Performed thorough manual testing of POS systems across various devices and environments, identifying bugs, discrepancies, or performance issues
- Conducted regular regression tests on the POS system after new updates or patches to verify that no existing functionalities are broken
- Tested the integration of various payment methods (credit cards, NFC payments) to ensure they process correctly in the POS system
- Analyzed quality and performance data to support operational decision-making.
Quality Analyst
EXPLEO South Africa
11.2021 - 10.2024
- Created new stores and warehouses and creating purchase orders with the new articles and collaboration with other teams and providing store details to vendors and receiving the orders in store and validation of Incoming idocs and Outbound idocs from SAP
- Validating end to end scenarios based on requirements
- Mainly focused on GSC project which includes Builders EWM and MAKRO SAP SD
- Client requirements and gathering the functionality
- Test end-to-end flows to meet the Requirement
- Developing the test data and test scripts
- Creating Purchasing orders for newly created stores and Providing demo to the stakeholders
- Worked closely during requirements gathering phase with business and development departments to adequately define testing scope for projects
- Using the Automation scripts to create purchase orders
- Automation efforts within an Agile Iterative development environment
- Proposing the implementation plan for the Automation Test Framework creation or modification
- Providing knowledge transfer sessions to junior resources
- Mainly Focused on Customer data on return orders and Import orders
- Expert in customization of customer master data and material master data
- Functional Expertise – Shipping, Pricing and Sales order data
Quality Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2019 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: Chennai India
- Created new stores and warehouses and creating purchase orders with the new articles and collaboration with other teams and providing store details to vendors and receiving the orders in store and validation of Incoming idocs and Outbound idocs from SAP
- Client requirements and gathering the functionality
- Test end-to-end flows to meet the Requirement
- Developing the test data and test scripts
- Creating Purchasing orders for newly created stores and Providing demo to the stakeholders
- Worked closely during requirements gathering phase with business and development departments to adequately define testing scope for projects
- Using the Automation scripts to create purchase orders
- Automation efforts within an Agile Iterative development environment
- Proposing the implementation plan for the Automation Test Framework creation or modification
- Functional Expertise – Shipping, Pricing and Sales order data
- Pricing experience – Condition types and condition tables
- Chennai India
Quality Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2018 - 08.2019
- Company Overview: Chennai India
- Creating purchasing orders for BIGW banner with maintaining the distribution profile and validating the distribution profile in stores and warehouses and providing the ASN labels and GTIN numbers to the orders, receiving orders in store and warehouses and posting sales for the articles and focused on Pricing and Sales order data
- Client requirements and gathering the functionality
- Test end-to-end flows to meet the Requirement
- Developing the test data and test scripts
- Raising and tracking the defects and fixing defect reissues, collaboration with other teams
- Creating Purchasing orders for BIGW banner and receiving the orders in stores and warehouses
- Providing demo to the stakeholders
- Work closely with other members of the Development Team and Marketing to review the designs of systems, implement test plans, and test the quality of software products
- Performed workflow analysis, provided recommendations, and implemented quality improvements for test plans and processes
- Support activities from software quality assurance, test procedures, test plans, data verification and defect identification and statistics measurement
- Performs in accordance with established project standards and processes
- Using defect tracking and requirements tracking tools such as Rational, HP or JIRA
- Drafted functional requirement specification and sale order Processing
- Validated Sale Order and return sale order reports
- Chennai India
Quality Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2016 - 12.2018
- Company Overview: Chennai India
- Creating purchasing orders for vendors with maintaining the distribution profile and validating the distribution profile in stores and warehouses and providing the ASN labels and GTIN numbers to the orders
- Client requirements and gathering the functionality
- Test end-to-end flows to meet the Requirement
- Wrote production validation test cases for the new requirements and performed functional, regression, deployment, and integration testing
- Executed various testing methods such as black box, functional, regression and user acceptance testing to validate requirements are met
- Raising and tracking the defects and fixing defect reissues, collaboration with other teams
- Creating Purchasing orders based on vendor requirement
- Perform all aspects of automated testing for client engagements
- Participate in peer reviews of Test Cases, SQL structure, Test Plans
- Chennai India
Quality Analyst/Software Tester
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2016 - 11.2016
- Company Overview: Chennai India
- Creating the purchasing orders in retail merchandising system and applying promotions to the products and implementing the seasonal offers for the products, Requirement mapping in JIRA and Providing markdown promotions for the articles and validating the end to end procedures
- Client requirements and gathering the functionality
- Created test coverage matrix for regression and smoke testing of the product
- Documented and tracked defects found in the process of creating test matrix and writing automated tests
- Closely worked with various site and central groups to ensure control systems are designed, implemented, and maintained in a manner to ensure requirements are met
- Analysis of test requirement and automation feasibility
- Coordinated with peers in the team for clarity on the requirements
- Defect reporting and resolution
- Chennai India
Education
Master of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
SRM University
Chennai05.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
CBIT
Proddatur05.2014
Skills
- Notepad
- JIRA
- Oracle 8
- SAP ERP
- SAP S4 HANA
- SAP SD
- SAP MM Modules
- Windows
- XML
- CSS
- HTML
Competencies - Major Skills
Quality Analyst, Product Assurance, Quality Assurance, JAVA, C language, PL/SQL, SQL Developer, Notepad++, JIRA, Oracle 8/8i/9i/10g/11i/12c, SAP ERP, SAP S4 HANA, SAP SD, SAP MM Modules, Windows, XML, CSS, HTML
Personal Accomplishments
Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, 2016, Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, 2014, International software testing qualifications board certification, 2019, DevOps Golden Bridge Competencies, Internal, Retail: Digital Commerce Foundation Certification, 2018, Retail: Retail Merchandising Foundation, 2018, Process: Agile Way of Working Foundation, 2017, Test Automation Tools: Selenium Foundation, 2017, Digital / EIS: Internet of Things (IOT) for Energy Management Intermediate, 2017, Digital: HTML5-CSS3 Intermediate, 2017, Test Models – Assurance Essentials V2.0 (Waterfall, Black and White Box, Spiral and Testing Methodologies), 2017, Fresco Play Miles Award for completion of the certification, 2018, Applause for Team Award for outstanding contribution to the Organisation, 2019
Disclaimer
The above statements are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Personal Information
- Visa: Critical Skill Visa Work Permit
- Passport Date Of Issue: 01/21/25
Timeline
Senior Quality Analyst
EXPLEO South Africa
02.2025 - Current
Quality Analyst
EXPLEO South Africa
11.2024 - 01.2025
Quality Analyst
EXPLEO South Africa
11.2021 - 10.2024
Quality Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2019 - 06.2021
Quality Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2018 - 08.2019
Quality Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2016 - 12.2018
Quality Analyst/Software Tester
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2016 - 11.2016
Master of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
SRM University
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
CBIT
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