Kiran Deram

About Kiran Deram

With over 14 years of experience in quality assurance and agile project management, I…

Experience

1. Package Consultant

   IBM

   Aug 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Project Name: SIRIUS CREDIT CARDSDuration: Oct 2024 – Till DatePosition: UAT Lead – OffshoreClient: Bank of Montreal (Canada)Roles and Responsibilities:• Assessed testing requirements and devised comprehensive test strategies, including effort estimation and test planning based on both functional and technical specifications.• Conducted peer reviews of test cases to ensure quality and completeness.• Collaborated with third-party vendors to create and validate test data for integrated systems.• Executed test cases through GUI interfaces and meticulously tracked testing progress in HP ALM (Application Lifecycle Management).• Performed data validation on mainframe systems, ensuring data integrity during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).• Prepared, reviewed, and executed end-to-end UAT test cases, ensuring business process coverage.• Maintained a centralized Test Repository for all applications using ALM for seamless version control and audit tracking.• Acted as a key point of contact with onsite teams, effectively communicating test plans, scenarios, and status updates.• Authored comprehensive Application Knowledge Documents to support team onboarding and knowledge transfer.• Utilized IBM DB2 for executing SQL queries to validate database content and support backend testing.• Leveraged IBM FOCUS and Combinatorial Test Design (CTD) to optimize test coverage while reducing resource utilization.• Created and managed manual test cases with IBM Rational Manual Tester, ensuring traceability and test accuracy.

Education

• Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

  2003 — 2007

• SCSVMV Unviersity

  B.E

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Single Eview
• Sql
• Quality Lead
• System Testing
• Business Support System (Bss)
• Telecom Testing
• Integration Testing
• Peoplesoft Crm
• Test Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Test Lead
• Billing Testing
• System Integration Testing
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Regression Testing
• Erp
• Agile Methodologies
• Test Strategy
• Management
• Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Consulting
• Test Cases
• Manual Testing,
• Test Automation
• Sdlc
• Defect Tracking
• Hp Quality Center
• Requirements Gathering
• Telecom Crm
• Crm
• Software Quality Assurance