Hemavathi Kandasamy

Manual Testing Professional with over a decade of experience in functional, system, integration, and UAT testing across banking, telecom, insurance, retail, and utilities. Skilled in defining and executing test cases, preparing test plans and strategies, and managing test data. Strong hands-on testing expertise with JIRA, SOAP UI, Postman, and security testing principles.

Adept at collaborating with business stakeholders in regulated industries. Currently transitioning from Test Manager roles to a hands-on testing position to focus on technical delivery and support family priorities. I have lived and worked in the UK continuously since 2015.

• Worked as Test Analyst, Lead and Manager and have more than a decade of testing experience and worked in UK & India fulll time.
• Defined and executed ST, SIT, and UAT test cases for on-prem to cloud migration, payment gateway migration, and banking regulatory projects.
• Created and maintained test strategies, test plans, and test data for critical initiatives.
• Performed manual testing across functional, integration, regression, and performance phases.
• Conducted API testing using Postman and SOAP UI for financial and regulatory systems.
• Logged and tracked defects in JIRA, ensuring timely resolution.
• Collaborated with business stakeholders and developers to clarify requirements in fast-paced environments.

Bachelor degree in Mathematics

MBA in Technology Management

ISTQB Foundation TEster