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Sowmya Arumugam

Summary

Experienced ETL, Automation Tester and PowerBI Developer with a passion for data analysis and visualization. Skilled in SQL, PowerBI, and ETL validation processes, with a solid understanding of data warehousing principles. With 7+ years of ETL Testing experience and recent focus on PowerBI development, expertise has expanded to include Artificial Intelligence. Holding certifications such as Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) and Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900), dedicated to enhancing processes to minimize post-deployment defects. Performed Automation Testing with Selenium and CTAS application. I build my career with starting as a Programmer Analyst Trainee and progressed myself to Associate Projects Lead in ETL and Test Automation.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Projects Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
09.2024 - 03.2025
  • Developed automation scripts for the end-to-end testing, for both Web UI and API testing using Codeless Test Automation Suite application.
  • Developed Automation Testing framework, Test Review and Estimation, Test Execution Cycle plans and Product Designing.
  • Responsible for Daily Status Reporting and handling release activities in the project.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Actively participated in product shaping meetings with UX designers and product owner.
  • Trained and supervised my team members to automate the applications and supported them with the project deliverables.

Associate Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
12.2020 - 09.2024
  • Working as both a PowerBI Developer and ETL Test Lead.
  • Responsibilities include preparing complex SQL queries, validating UI and functional requirements, report enhancement activities, and managing user stories using Jira.
  • Worked hand in hand with the development team right from the requirements discussion, identifying potential future defects in the initial stages, which ensured smooth project flow within the timeline.
  • Worked on report enhancement activities, including creating new relationships in the semantic model, creating calculated columns in the table as per the requirements, and updating existing DAX measures or visuals based on requirement changes.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
02.2019 - 12.2020
  • Worked as an ETL, Functional and Report tester.
  • Worked on Qliksense and PowerBI report testing and was also involved in PowerBI migration projects (migration from Qlik Sense), ensuring functional components were also migrated as per requirements.
  • Worked on functional testing of the record creation process workflow between Veeva CRM and Reltio MDM, covering all possible scenarios based on the requirements.
  • Appreciated for identifying important observations in report KPI validations and the UI part.

Programmer Analyst Trainee

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
02.2018 - 01.2019
  • Worked as an ETL tester.
  • Responsible for preparing testcases and executing them.
  • Worked on ETL validation processes in different layers.
  • Analyzed customer needs to create and implement appropriate solutions.
  • Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality prior to release.

Education

B.E. -

PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore

Skills

  • Database management MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle

  • Concepts: Data Warehousing, Query Optimization, Cloud Databases (Azure, AWS), Backup & Recovery

  • Automation Testing: Selenium, CTAS

  • Automation Testing Tools: CTAS, Selenium

  • Language: Python, SQL

  • CRM Applications: Valign, Veeva, Reltio MDM

  • API Testing: Postman, Splunk

  • Git repository management: GITHub

  • Test management tools: HP ALM, QTest, JIRA

  • Reporting Tools: PowerBI, Confluence

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL – 300), 7CCS26-F521C6
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI 900), 4A85ED-F9M3F2
  • Hands-on Microsoft Lab course on ‘Generative AI solutions’
  • Trainings - AWS Technical Professional, AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials & AWS Well-Architected Best Practices

Timeline

Associate Projects Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
09.2024 - 03.2025

Associate Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
12.2020 - 09.2024

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
02.2019 - 12.2020

Programmer Analyst Trainee

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
02.2018 - 01.2019

B.E. -

PSG College of Technology

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