Sundaramoorthy Ponraj
Randburg
Summary
Accomplished ISTQB certified professional with a track record of leading quality assurance initiatives in software testing. Successfully drove the qualification of a major OTT application, implementing effective test strategies that achieved zero defects. Key contributor to cross-functional team efforts, ensuring alignment with product requirements and enhancing overall testing workflows.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Architect Decoder Quality Control
Multichoice Support Services Pty Ltd.
Johannesburg
01.2018 - Current
- Successfully Led the Manual and Automation testing team in qualifying Africa’s next gen OTT App- Showmax 2.0 on Multichoice Decoder and Streaming Platforms by ensuring the team follows the QC process in each testing phase.
- Recent contribution includes developing the Acceptance Tests for the Showmax2.0, Lighting UI for Stream platform, Explora Ultra decoder to qualify the browser stack and OTT stack (note: Explora Ultra is a Hybrid decoder that supports both the Satellite and OTT stacks.
- Developed test strategy for each work package, guiding cross-functional testing, regression, end-to-end, and automation teams through testing activities until market deployment.
- Collaborated with product manager to translate requirements into system use cases and user acceptance tests, facilitating implementation and deployment of work packages.
- Broke down the work package into deliverable user stories with acceptance tests and guided the CFT teams to verify that user stories were tested.
- Introduced processes and procedures that enhanced workflows, streamlining operations for internal teams and improving customer interactions.
- Introduced Test Case Naming standard that helped the team to produce Test Case of extremely high quality and helped both the Development and System Integration Team.
Senior Test Analyst
corpus MEDIA LAB’S Pty Ltd.
Johannesburg
10.2012 - 01.2017
- Led the Deployment Readiness Testing team as the key QC tester for development projects on MultiChoice’s Next Generation Decoder for the South Africa and African market.
- Created and executed manual software test plans, test cases, and scripts to identify and document potential software issues and their root causes.
- Led QA testing that identified flaws in existing QA process for Software Migration test, developed guidelines, and effectively uncovered showstoppers and critical bugs during early project stages.
- Integrated exploratory test cycle into every sprint to identify potential software bugs that could impact customer experience.
- Conducted daily DRT (Deployment Readiness Testing) team stand-ups to monitor tester progress and resolve concerns promptly.
- Active participation in Scrum Meetings/SI daily stand up to consolidate all the testing effort and present them to the Release Managers, Product owners, development teams and other Testing Teams.
- Conducted formal and informal product design reviews throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, and potential issues and Positive and Negative Testing at the early stage of the software development to make the software component stronger.
- Framed the guidelines for the Stress and performance tests across the QC team to prove the stability of the STB.
- Demonstrated expertise in middleware testing and MPEG-2/MPEG-4 standards for DVB-S/DVB-S2 set-top boxes.
- Possessed expertise in next-generation features, including Showmax, OTT video on demand, and remote recordings for set-top boxes.
Senior Product Engineer
Symphony Services
Bengaluru
09.2010 - 10.2013
- Led quality-assurance testing for STB software and systems development projects as a Senior Product Engineer.
- Designed automated testing tools and programs for database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests, and usability.
- Detected Showstopper issues during Sanity or Regression Testing and measured software component performance.
- Conducted overnight stress testing for Tuner and PVR stability, measuring performance to ensure compliance with service level agreements.
- Executed testing in Jerusalem for Media Server feature, emphasizing UPnP/DLNA integration.
- Specialized in HD PVR and Video on Demand technologies, including Progressive Download.
- Contributed to Home Networking project enabling user access and playback of media files from shared devices via Set-Top Box, enhancing user experience.
- Conducted monthly Knowledge Transfer sessions on STB feature set and addressed clarifying questions.
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant technology solutions
Chennai
11.2009 - 05.2010
- Gathering Non-Functional requirements for Performance Engineering and preparing non - Functional Test cases.
- Performance Test Environment design and test data preparation.
- Utilized LoadRunner tool for performance testing tasks.
- Tested performance, load, and stress for nonfunctional testing of banking application.
- Understood performance testing concepts to inform testing strategies.
Intern
Cisco Systems India Pvt., Ltd.
Chennai
06.2008 - 09.2009
- Assisted in system testing, user-acceptance testing, and defect tracking for ATSC compliant cable set top boxes in the American market.
- Developed understanding of digital broadband delivery systems to effectively support technical tasks.
- Tested and troubleshot all DBDS elements, including DNCS, app server, and client (set top box).
- Familiar with provisioning all the DBDS elements like QAM, GQAM, QPSK Modulator and Demodulator with the Head End.
- Verification of System Stability and Recording Management.
- Acquired expertise in digital content management, emphasizing HDCP and Macrovision protections.
- Testing End to End Switched Digital Video Server and Client.
Junior Software Engineer
Anadocs IT Solutions
Chennai
06.2007 - 05.2008
- Developed and tested software applications using Java and Python programming languages.
- Collaborated with team to design user-friendly interfaces, enhancing overall application usability.
- Verified and validated dynamic web interfaces to ensure functionality and user experience.
- Prepared and executed test cases based on system functional requirements.
- Participated in code reviews, ensuring code quality and adherence to industry best practices.
Education
B. Tech - Information Technology
DR. SIVANTHI Aditanar college of Engineering, ANNA University
Chennai01-2007
Advanced Diploma - Management Practices
Henley Business School
South AfricaSkills
- Quality control management
- Quality control
- Quality assurance strategies
- Regression testing
- Testing methodologies
- Testing team management
- Defect prevention
- KPI oversight
- Data-driven decisions
- Reporting and analysis
- Process optimization
- Resource allocation
- Cross-functional leadership
- Stakeholder engagement
- Mentorship programs
International Exposures
Travelled to Jerusalem, Israel at NDS office for a period of 6 months and travelled twice for supporting Media share Project from Onsite and demonstrated customers on Demonstrated NDS Testing Life cycle & out Test Environment Set-up
Technology Skills
IMB Jazz-QM, Mercury Quality Center, Test Link, IBM Jazz – CCM, HP Quality Center, Clarify 12.5, Mantis, Rational Clear Quest, Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, AWS
Telephone
+27 11 289 4451, +27 643941483
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 04/05/86
- Nationality: Indian
References
- Jo-Anne Sujee-Govender, +270735466741, Senior Manager Quality Control – Consumer Devices, Multichoice Support Services Pty., Ltd.
- Karan Singh, Engineering Manager at Technicolor, +91 9841504111
Skills Summary
QC Deliverables, Management, Testing, Test Strategies (Manual & Automation), Product & E2E Requirement Analysis, System Use Cases, User Stories, Acceptance Tests, Test Process Improvements, Technical documentation, Test Reviews, Creation and Enforcing of Process Adherence, Mentorship/Training, Testware, Testing and Methodologies, Regression and Negative Testing, E2E Testing, User Acceptance Testing, System Verification Testing
Summary Of Experience
Certified ISTQB Professional with 15 years of Experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance. Well acquainted with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and in Quality Control – Testing (STBs). Recent contribution includes leading a Team of 5 QC resources (Manual & Automation) in Qualifying Africa’s next generation OTT App – Showmax 2.0 on our own platform Explore Ultra (Hybrid STB) and Streama (OTT Platform). Being a member of the Architecture Forum group of the Consumer Devices - Decoder Development Team and worked closely with the Product Team to conduct activities such as Requirement Analysis, Creation of the System Use Cases, and the relevant User Acceptance tests. Extremely proactive and active contributor to fix the gaps in the QC team with appropriate process and procedures. Responsible QC Arch member having experience in preparing and handing over the Manual and Automation Test Strategy for a given work package and ensures that the product is tested and deployed with Zero defects. Good presentation skills include presenting the Test Strategy and User Stories to the CFT (Cross Functional Teams) team and making sure that the work package requires testing effort is well understood by the Team. Responsible for Defect prevention via effective Requirement Reviews and Test Case Reviews. Key member in Architect forum to represent the QC and provide continuous feedback to the Decoder Product team for any improvements. Experienced in effective team management and utilization of resources to fulfil business requirements by performing Risk Based Testing to shorten the Test Schedules without compromising the quality. A Star member in the team and single point of contact for all QC activities and contributing to QA to bring up the new guidelines, frameworks, procedures & metrics management.
Accomplishments
- Best Outstanding Student
- Top Performer - QC
Timeline
Senior Architect Decoder Quality Control
Multichoice Support Services Pty Ltd.
01.2018 - Current
Senior Test Analyst
corpus MEDIA LAB’S Pty Ltd.
10.2012 - 01.2017
Senior Product Engineer
Symphony Services
09.2010 - 10.2013
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant technology solutions
11.2009 - 05.2010
Intern
Cisco Systems India Pvt., Ltd.
06.2008 - 09.2009
Junior Software Engineer
Anadocs IT Solutions
06.2007 - 05.2008
B. Tech - Information Technology
DR. SIVANTHI Aditanar college of Engineering, ANNA University
Advanced Diploma - Management Practices
Henley Business School