Deena dayalan

Test Engineer
+919035013442 | deenadayalancs@gmail.com

Professional Summary:

Have 5 years 8 months of experience in Manual and Automation Testing.

Have 5+ years of testing in Teradata database with Oracle products, testing

big data products such as Hadoop and Teradata Aster database With OBIEE.

5+ years of hands on experience in using Linux (debian and redhat based)

and UNIX Operating Systems.

Have experience in writing shell scripts and good knowledge of python.

Have Extensive experience in Black box, Regression Testing and Integration

Testing.

Great exposure to Integration, System and Regression testing.

Have 3+ years of experience in testing Teradata database with Oracle

products.

Experience in Installation and configuration of Linux in VMware

Have worked in all phases of data warehousing Development, Testing and

resolving issues in Production environment.

International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certified Testing

Engineer.

Have good problem solving skills in testing and have good knowledge of QA
and testing methodologies.

Have good ability to work in team, individual contributor and quick learner.

Proficient in handling ETL tools like Informatica 8.6, 9.1 and Oracle Data
Integrator and Hadoop.

Extensive Experience in testing in big data tools such as Teradata Aster with
OBIEE (Integration Testing).

Hands on experience in OBIEE 11g administration, Informatica

Administration and Data warehousing and Administration Tool(DAC)

Have good experience in Hadoop and integration testing experience in

Teradata Aster with OBIEE.

Other:

Experience in using Bug Tracking Tool Bugzilla and HP Quality Center

Experience in Using Test Management Tool QC (Quality Center) & TFS

Good experience in writing SQL Queries and UNIX commands

Good experience in Teradata database administration.

Extensive Experience in writing SQL queries and optimization.

Experience in tuning Informatica Mappings to identify and remove

processing bottlenecks.

Proficient in installation and configuration of Oracle Business Intelligence

Enterprise Edition (OBIEE),Informatica 8.6.1,Oracle Business Intelligence
Applications(OBIA 7964,7963),Data warehousing and Administration
Tool(DAC)

EXPERIENCE
TEST ENGINEER | TERADATA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED | NOVEMBER 2011TILL DATE
Successfully completed Teradata Aster Testing with OBIEE
Successfully completed Testing of Teradata database products with Oracle
Business Intelligence Applications and Oracle business Intelligence Enterprise
Edition.
Achieved highest ratings for team work, Results orientation and Continuous
Improvement.
PROJECT ENGINEER | WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES | MAY 2009 NOVEMBER 2011

CERTIFICATION
ISTQB Certified Foundation Level: Certificate Number ITB-CTFL 0063295 India
MAPR Certified Hadoop Administrator
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING | MAY 2008 | ANNA UNIVERSITY
Major: Computer science, First Class

PRIMARY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Recent Roles
Operating System
Big data
OLAP
Automation Tools
ETL
Tools
Applications), DAC

: Test Engineer
: Linux(Red hat ,Debian and SUSE),UNIX, Windows
: Hadoop, Teradata Aster
: Teradata 13.10,14.0,14.10
: Selenium, Junit, QTP
: Informatica 9.01,Informatica 8.6.1, Informatica 9.5.1
:OBIA 7964,7963(Oracle Business Intelligence
(Data warehousing and Administration Console), Oracle
Business
Intelligence Applications 11.1.1.7.0

Languages
Databases

: SQL, Shell scripts, Python

: Oracle 11g, Teradata 14.0,Teradata 15.0

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

MAJOR PROJECTS
Informatica 9.01, Teradata and OBIA Integration Testing
Project 1: Integration Testing with Oracle Business Intelligence Apps,
Informatica and Teradata Database.
Description: Testing all the new version of the OBIA Apps Informatica mappings
with the new releases of Informatica and Teradata Database to check for new errors.
The data is validated against previous releases of database and test results for
errors.
Role: Test Engineer and QA

Tools and Technologies: Informatica 8.6.1,Infomatica 9.01,Teradata 13.10,14,

Oracle 11g, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA) ,Informatica 9.01 , Data
warehousing and Administration (DAC)
Responsibilities:

Setup the environment with DAC, OBIA, Informatica 9.01, Teradata and Oracle
11g

Responsible for testing and reviewing of ETL mapping and transformation

specifications based on the business requirements from various teams and
the business teams.

Developed bteq scripts to create tables in Teradata data warehouse and

performed data loading using the Teradata utilities.

Testing of ETL jobs that are scheduled for file transfers from Operational Data
Stores to designated file systems/directories.

Tested various Reusable ETL Transformations which facilitate Daily, Weekly &
Monthly Loading of Data.

Tested the performance bottle necks at sources, targets, mappings, and

sessions and employed required measures.

Managed all the config files of DAC, Informatica and OBIA.

Managed OBIA Adaptors : setup, install, config, maintain

Performed the Full run and incremental run for PeopleSoft, EBS and Siebel
Adaptors

Monitoring the OBIA run using DAC

Conducted Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration

testing, user Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Data validation testing.

Responsible for validation of Target data in Data Warehouse and Data Marts
which are Transformed and Loaded using Informatica Power Center.

Validated data in between source and target after running Mappings by the
Informatica developer team.

Raised bugs for the detected errors.

Performed Back-End Testing/Database Testing specifically in developing and

executing SQL queries to interact with Teradata and Oracle databases using
Teradata SQL assistant and SQL Plus respectively.

Provided weekly status report to the Project Manager and discuss issues
related to quality and deadlines.

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Teradata database

Automation Testing
Project 2: Testing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE),
Informatica 9.01 with Teradata.
Role: Test Engineer and QA
Description: Testing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with Teradata
to validate and verify the correctness of data, compatibility any new errors using
Informatica as ETL Tool.
Tools and Technologies: Teradata, OBIEE 11.1.1.7.0, Red Linux, Shell scripts, SQL,
and ant framework
Responsibilities:

Setup the environment from scratch including the installation, configuration

of OBIEE 11.1.1.7.0, Oracle database and Teradata database drivers in Oracle
enterprise Linux.
Configured all the driver information and path in ade framework which is
custom build framework based on apache ant.
Developed bteq scripts for creating Teradata data warehouse and loaded data
using Teradata Mload and Fast load depending on the business requirement.
Performed regression testing for the subsequent product releases.
Performed data validation for the output data and compared the test results
with the benchmark files.
Create the error report for the detected errors and followed up with
developers.
Export the processed data to perform Data validation.

OBIEE and Teradata Aster Integration Testing

Project 3: Testing and QA of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise
Edition (OBIEE) and Teradata Aster.
Role: Test Engineer and QA
Description: Testing data from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with
Teradata Aster to validate the correctness of data, compatibility and to enhance the
features.
Tools and Technologies: Teradata Aster, OBIEE 11g, SUSE Linux, batch scripts,
VMware, SQL
Responsibilities:

Setup the environment from scratch including the installation,

configuration of OBIEE 11g, VMware and Teradata Aster database.
Developed sql scripts to create the database and tables and to load the
data.
Import the data from CSV files to Teradata Aster using Sql.
Handled various data sources like RDBMS, flat files, CSV and sequence file
formats.
Performed Data loading into Teradata Aster database tables.
Tested SQL- Map Reduce functions with OBIEE for errors and data
inconsistencies.
Developed scripts to automate the database creation, table creation,
insertion and data loading.
Export the processed data to perform Data validation.

Project 4: CITRIX Informatica 7 to 9 Migration.

Description: Migration of Informatica 7 to Informatica 9 mappings on AS-IS Basis.
The new mappings are checked for consistency and errors ensuring the same data
are retrieved after the upgrade. The business logic should be taken care of while
deploying from Siebel 7.x to Siebel 8.x
Role: Project Engineer
Tools and Technologies: Informatica 7, Siebel 7.x, Siebel 8.x, Oracle, OBIA 7963,
Data warehouse and Administration Console(DAC), Informatica 9,SQL Server,
Teradata
Responsibilities:

Worked with user groups and business users to understand and analyze the
requirements.
Modified the existing Informatica mappings as per the business requirement
and created new mappings as per the requirements.
Developed scripts to create tables using BTEQ and loaded data using
Teradata Mload.
Developed Fast export scripts to export the data from Teradata database to
client systems.
Performed unit testing for the developed mappings and worked with testing
team to resolve issues.
Testing of ETL jobs that are scheduled for file transfers from Operational Data
Stores to designated file systems/directories.
Tested various Reusable ETL Transformations which facilitate Daily, Weekly &
Monthly Loading of Data.
Tested the performance bottle necks at sources, targets, mappings, and
sessions and employed required measures.

Validated the mappings migrated from Informatica 7 to Informatica 9 for

errors/inconsistencies.
Reviewed the Business Requirement Document to understand the process
and write Test Plan and Test Cases.
Formulate methods to perform Positive and Negative testing against
requirements.
Conducted Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration
testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Data validation testing.
Used Agile testing methodology for achieving deadlines in UAT.
Provided weekly status report to the Project Manager and discuss issues
related to quality and deadlines.

Project 4: MARSH Data warehouse Testing

Description: Testing of Marsh Data warehouse. Marsh is a worlds leading
Insurance broker and risk adviser. This project is to analyze the insurance fraud
claims. Worked with business analysts in understanding their requirements and
involved in testing the data loaded by the workflows. Worked with business users to
validate the loaded data and signing off the workflows to Production environment.
Role: Informatica ETL Tester
Tools and Technologies: Informatica 8.6.1, Oracle 9i, UNIX, Shell scripts, Toad,
SQL
Responsibilities:

Responsible for testing and reviewing of ETL mapping and transformation

specifications based on the business requirements from various teams and
the business teams.
Testing of ETL jobs that are scheduled for file transfers from Operational Data
Stores to designated file systems/directories.
Tested various Reusable ETL Transformations which facilitate Daily, Weekly &
Monthly Loading of Data.
Tested the performance bottle necks at sources, targets, mappings, and
sessions and employed required measures.
Used Toad and SQL Plus for testing execution of ETL Processes' PL/SQL
procedures, packages for business rules.
Tested Triggers which were enforcing Integrity constraints, stored procedures
for complex business logic complementing the Informatica sessions.
Created Integrated summary data from multiple Oracle tables to represent
the business perspective of the top management executives
Reviewed the Business Requirement Document to understand the process
and write Test Plan and Test Cases.
Formulate methods to perform Positive and Negative testing against
requirements.

Conducted Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration

testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Data validation testing.
Used Agile testing methodology for achieving deadlines in UAT.
Executed and managed test cases and reported bugs in HP Quality Center.
Performed Verification, Validation, and Transformations on the Input data
(Text files, XML files) before loading into target database.
Responsible for validation of Target data in Data Warehouse and Data Marts
which are Transformed and Loaded using Informatica Power Center.
Validated data in between source and target after running Mappings by the
Informatica developer team.
Developed SQL queries to check the database automatically and checking the
data integrity in accordance with business standards of the company.
Used TOAD for SQL Server to write SQL queries for validating constraints,
indexes.
Hands on work experience working with onshore-offshore team model;
coordinate my own efforts with team members in the off- site team.
Participated in User Acceptance testing (UAT) and involved in UA test cases,
Executed test cases, Documenting Defects, Resolved defects and Signed Off
from Application.
Provided weekly status report to the Project Manager and discuss issues
related to quality and deadlines.

Project 5: DISH Networks Data warehouse Development and Support

Description:
Dish Data warehouse is designed to get the insights about
customers subscription pattern for their channel packages. My roles include
working with business analysts to understand the requirements and developed
mappings in Informatica and created tables in Teradata using the bteq scripts. Also
involved in scheduling Informatica workflows in autosys.
Role: Informatica and Teradata developer.
Tools and Technologies: Informatica 8.6.1, oracle 9i, Hyperion 11, Autosys,
PL/SQL, Teradata 12, Toad
Responsibilities :

Worked with user groups and business users to understand and analyze the
requirements.
Modified the existing Informatica mappings as per the business requirement
and created new mappings as per the requirements.
Developed scripts to create tables using BTEQ and loaded data using
Teradata Mload and Tpump.
Involved in all phases of (Unit, Integrated and UAT) testing Informatica
mappings.

Tested Informatica folders, global sources, global targets, global ODBC

connections, global FTP connections workflows, data profiling and manage
metadata.
Tested data models and data maps (extract, transform and load analysis - ETL
analysis) of the data marts and feeder systems in the aggregation effort.
Compared the output ASCII files and directories to confirm and test the data
replication.
Participated in walkthroughs and reviewed the business requirements and
followed with the Business Analysts and worked towards the resolution of the
specification issues.
Responsible to oversee day-to-day activities, provide support, and facilitate
problem resolution for a team of Software Quality Assurance Engineers.
Scheduled the Informatica ETL jobs in autosys scheduler tool.
Provided support for the developed mappings and involved in production
support in managing daily loads.