About

Murali Krishnan Elango is an experienced ICT Test Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. With over 5 years of experience, Murali has implemented IT consulting and solutions for Fortune 500 companies in the insurance and banking sectors. He has conceptualized software development life cycle processes and delivered quality software products and services ranging from $400,000 to $1 million in budget. Murali's core competencies include STLC, SDLC, and its principles, test plan, functional and non-functional testing techniques, regression testing, API testing, continuous integration and development, Google Cloud platform, requirements elicitation, requirements modelling, stakeholder engagement, and agile methodology. He has technical skills in tools such as HP Quality Center, Selenium, Postman, Jira, Jenkins, Confluence, MS Power BI, MS Office Suite, and Informatica. He is proficient in programming languages such as Python and SQL and has experience working with applications such as Guide wire - Policy Center & Claims Center and Oracle - People Soft EGL. He has also gained experience in cloud services such as Google Big Query and Amazon Web Services – S3. Currently, Murali is working as a Test Analyst (LPS) at ACC New Zealand, where he is focused on functional testing of MYACC web application. He has carried out database testing on Azure database using Debeaver as a database tool and utilized Postman as a tool to carry out testing on Restful Apis. He has gained good exposure to Atlassian tools - Confluence and Jira, and has consistently engaged with stakeholders. He has a unique perspective on Agile ceremonies like Sprint planning, PI planning, and Refinements and has actively participated in Sprint Demo sessions by explaining the functionality of the MYACC application. He has gained good exposure to the continuous release process by consistently delivering the team objectives. In the past, Murali has worked as a Customer Service Officer (Madison) at Inland Revenue NZ and as a Business Analyst at Brelext Technologies. He has a post-graduate diploma in Applied Informatics from Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Amrita University, and a Higher Secondary degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Satchidanandha Jothi Nikethan. Murali has a diverse tech stack that includes test, web, SQL, integration, Azure, Selenium, CI/CD, Python