Manu Pillai

Experienced Senior Test Analyst with 10+ years of expertise in software testing across consulting, telecommunications, financial services, medical aid, health insurance, education, and government sectors. Proficient in Agile and SDLC methodologies with strong capabilities in manual testing, functional testing, API testing, performance testing, and automation testing using Java Selenium.

Senior Test Analyst - Zulzi (Shoprx) - South Africa

(2024-01)

• Agile methodology Testing
• Participate in BDD session
• Participate in PI planning
• Attend Sprint ceremonies
• Create Test Plan document
• GUI testing
• Web Browser Testing
• Mobile App Testing
• Nonfunctional Testing and verification of Google analytics dashboards
• Performance testing using SOAPUI
• Payments testing using zulzi. Checkers sixty 60 App
• Create Test cycle and Test cases on Jira
• Execution of Test cases
• Communicate effectively in all sprint ceremonies and with various stakeholders and development team
• Functional testing including both Front end and Back-end testing
• System Integration Testing
• Service/API Testing using tools SOAPUI, Postman
• Testing using SQL
• Review test cases
• Knowledge of automation testing using Java Selenium, Eclipse
• Practical experience for 3 months on automation testing

Test Analyst - BB&D - South Africa

(2016-02 - 2023-08)

Client: Vodacom - Teams: CMS, CRM, Omnichannel, Vodapay financial Services. Nature of Business: Consulting, Telecommunication including Financial Services

• Agile methodology Testing
• Participate in BDD session
• Participate in PI planning
• Attend Sprint ceremonies
• Analysing Requirement specification on confluence
• Check and review the test cases with the Business Analysts
• Keep track of the new requirements/Change In requirements of the project
• Create Test Plan document
• GUI testing
• Web Browser Testing
• Mobile App Testing
• Nonfunctional Testing and verification of Google analytics dashboards
• Performance testing using SOAPUI
• Payments testing using Vodapay App
• UAT Business Testing for Vodapay App
• Create Test cycle and Test cases on Jira
• Execution of Test cases
• Communicate effectively in all sprint ceremonies and with various stakeholders and development team
• Functional testing including both Front end and Back-end testing
• System Integration Testing
• Service/API Testing using tools SOAPUI, Swagger, Postman
• Testing using SQL
• Send out daily test Reports for testing
• Mentor Junior Test Analysts
• Review test cases
• Knowledge of automation testing using Java Selenium, Eclipse
• Practical experience for 3 months on automation testing

Test Analyst - BB&D - South Africa

(2015-05 - 2016-01)

Client: Discovery, Team: Discovery Health Web portal. Nature of Business: Consulting, Medical aid and Health Insurance

• Agile methodology Testing
• Attend Sprint ceremonies
• Analysing Requirement specification on confluence
• Check and review the test cases with the Business Analysts and System Analysts
• GUI Testing
• Web Browser Testing
• Mobile App Testing
• Communicate effectively in all sprint ceremonies and with various stakeholders and development team
• Functional testing including both Front end and Back-end testing
• System Integration Testing
• Service/API Testing using Discovery's service tool
• Send out daily Test Reports for testing
• Communicate with Project stakeholders

Test Analyst - BB&D - South Africa

(2014-11 - 2015-04)

Client: SARS, Team: E-filing system. Nature of Business: Consulting, Government Sector

• Testing using SDLC methodology
• Analysing requirement specification
• Creating Test cases through excel and Quality Centre
• Executing Test cases
• Defect Tracking
• Sars E filling web portal Testing
• Functional Testing, Regression Testing

Intern Test Analyst - Time Quantum - South Africa

(2014-03 - 2014-10)

Client: Unisa. Nature of Business: Consulting, Education Sector

• SDLC methodology testing
• Designing Test cases using excel
• Test Execution

BSC - Informatics - Unisa (2021)