Niraj Kumar

Associate Consultant

Kolkata, West Bengal, India6 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Proven ability to reduce costs through innovative strategies.
Strong analytical skills demonstrated in data-driven projects.
Effective communicator with a focus on team collaboration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Platform Security and Business Analytics expert with strong testing and operational optimization skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data AnalysisBusiness Process MappingSoftware TestingTest Automation

Other Skills

API TestingActivity Based CostingAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsAnxiety ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationAutomation TestingAzure DevOpsBasic 'C' ProgrammingBasic Network Management (Networking)BlockchainBusiness AnalyticsBusiness ReportingBusiness Strategy

About

Adaptable and fast learner, always interested in improving personal and professional skills. Able to analyze the situation fast and from various different points of view. Exceptional communicator. Reliable and dependable. Devoted to the team. Ready to work on individual level or as a part of a team under pressure.

Experience

6 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Pwc india

3 roles

Senior Consultant

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Consultant

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Intern

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

# PROJECT:- Deployment Strategy for Enterprise application in a public sector project's warranty and operation support phase.
# ACHIEVEMENT: -
1.) Suggested Activity Based Costing (ABC) Technique which reduced 22% of the cost involved in the deployment of the Technology and warranty support team at the client location.
2.) Proposed methods to minimize the efforts by 17% in handling change requests, service requests, and Critical Incidents.
3.) Recommended 5+ essential Industry standard techniques for Improving customer satisfaction by more than 25%.
# RESPONSIBILITIES: -
1.) Conducted data analysis on annual Bug-Report with 1000+ requests using Microsoft SQL Server to identify the bottlenecks in the software application.
2.) Identified applications causing top 70% issues using Pareto Analysis and forecasted potential regulatory & software feature changes thereby reducing the risks and helping in making informed decisions.
3.) Carried out RCA (Root Cause Analysis) on service & incident requests raised during the warranty period and applied value stream mapping to reduce these requests by 32%
4.) Performed DMAIC analysis to ideate the Digital strategic planning for operational optimization used in the six-sigma project.
5.) Analysed SRS (Software requirements specifications) using AS-IS analysis & presented 17+ solutions to PwC, including server bifurcation and automation adoption to minimize the efforts in Change requests, service requests, and Incidents reported
6.) Developed a quantitative model for cost-Benefit and effort analysis and ideate framework that reduced 400+ man-hours.

Data AnalysisActivity Based CostingPareto AnalysisRoot Cause AnalysisDMAIC AnalysisValue Stream Mapping+3

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2 roles

Test Engineer

Jan 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

#DOMAIN:-Digital Platform Security
#PROJECT 1:- Tatasky android STB - Binge+
(a) Writing scripts to automate end to end test, integration test, smoke test and user acceptance test.
(b) Perform Automation Testing, Performance testing using tool name STORM (Scripting language used – PYTHON)
(c) Test criteria & Test case development, test suite management, reporting, test execution.
(d) Test the software products with respect to :-
(i)API Testing,
(ii)Over the top(OTT) integration and testing
(iii)Conditional Access and Headend Scenarios Validation.
e) Make sure that the fully implemented deliverable are ready to deploy to the to the
Production environment during the testing phase once the code is frozen in the collaboration with the other QA Engineers & Software Engineer.
#PROJECT 2:- Tatasky cloudDVR
(a)Control Migration validation.
(b)End to End Integration testing of DVR feature on Binge+ platform.
#PROJECT 3:- Implementation of 9 OTT platform on Tatasky android STB(Prithvi Binge+)
(a)Worked closely with the 9 OTT firms as a third party client in making their apps solution live on Tatasky androidTV STB(Prithvi Binge+) successfully.
(b)The 9 top OTT platform on which I worked are - (i)Amazon Prime
(ii)Disney+Hotstar
(iii)Sony Liv
(iv)Zee5
(v) Voot Select & Voot kids
(vi) Eros now
(vii) Hungama Play
viii) Shemaroo me
(xi)SunNXT
#ACHIEVEMENT or APPRECIATION :-
1.) Received Bronze Award from the V.P Delivery(Ian Pickles) for playing a major role in successfully
bringing Binge+ STB to market for TataSky
2.) Accorded highest Team Impact & Trust point from Manager in product validation team.