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title: "Balakrishnan M - Quality Assurance Lead in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Balakrishnan M, Data Analytics | Oracle | Spark SQL | Gen AI | Power BI | Data Quality | Tosca Automation | Qlikview | PSM | PSPO | CTAL | CTFL based in Bengaluru."
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# Balakrishnan M on Tal

## Headline

Data Analytics \| Oracle \| Spark SQL \| Gen AI \| Power BI \| Data Quality \| Tosca Automation \| Qlikview \| PSM \| PSPO \| CTAL \| CTFL

## About

With over 14 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Lead at Tata Consultancy Services, I specialize in QA methodologies, test automation, data validation, and reconciliation testing\. My role includes collaborating with clients and senior management to achieve project milestones, setting up test environments, managing multi\-location teams, and leading capacity planning for project assignments\. Proficient in using tools like Tosca Test Automation, Power Apps, and Palantir Foundry, I focus on cost\-saving initiatives, minimizing manual efforts, and delivering value\-added solutions for clients\. By leveraging data analysis and reconciliation testing expertise, I strive to drive operational efficiency, maintain data quality, and align deliverables with organizational objectives\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Quality Assurance Lead at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2014 \- Present · 12 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, \- Proven track record of delivering complex projects and closure\. \- Closely work with Client stakeholders and internal senior management team for various project milestones\. \- Responsible for setting up test environment, new hires, Grooming up and capacity planning for various project assignments\. \- Key responsibility on focusing the cost saving and minimize manual effort and value adds to clients\. \- Well vesed in managing multi\-location teams\. \- Data extraction using scheduled jobs and maintenance of Test data environments\. \- Validation of attribute mapping between Source and target datasets \- Data Testing and Reconciliation Testing \- Performed TOSCA Test Automation for Reporting applications\. \- Involved in Test Scripts Execution using Selenium Web Driver for the Market Risk applications\. \- Market Risk VaR reports, Limits, Sensitivities Reports, BCBS239 Regulatory Reports validation \- Profit & Loss Reports testing, Adhoc Reports validation using backend process \- Involved in Stress Testing along with UAT user group\. \- Responsible for Finance Workflow application used for BO, FO day to day activities\. \- End to End testing of Dataflow using various interfaces\.

Test Lead at Nielsen, Jul 2011 \- Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Kochi, Kerala, India, The SMS \(Sample Management System\) application defines, maintains the survey, frame, determines the amount of sample, orders the sample from the vendor, selects the samples and applies the treatments \(characteristics required for the survey\) and also send the samples to other systems\.\. The Sampling department prepares the company to recruit Households for inclusion in Arbitron conducted surveys\. They define the sampling units and sample frames for a survey, determine the amount of sample needed, order sample from the vendor, and set up the treatment plan\. The Mailing Resources department prepares mailing materials \(e\.g\. letters\), builds sequences, and implements all mailing treatments\.

## Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Periyar University

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