Saranya Sriram

Software tester with 5+ years of dedicated experience in manual and automation testing, supported by prior experience in Platform Engineering. Strong hands-on experience in functional, regression, integration, and API testing within Agile environments. Contributed to automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, and Cucumber (BDD), with strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based systems.

Passionate about delivering high-quality, reliable, and user-focused solutions through a shift-left testing approach.

Software Tester - SAI CLOUDOPS Ltd - UK

(2022-03 - 2025-12)

• Worked within Agile Scrum teams, participating in sprint ceremonies and test planning activities.
• Designed and executed manual test cases and scenarios, logging and tracking defects using Jira.
• Performed end-to-end functional, regression, and integration testing of web applications.
• Contributed to maintaining a Cucumber BDD automation framework using Java, Selenium, Maven, and Page Object Model design.
• Gained hands-on exposure to Playwright with JavaScript for UI automation as part of ongoing skill development.
• Conducted API testing using Postman to validate backend integrations and service responses.
• Performed cross-browser testing using Lambda Test to ensure consistent behaviour across environments.
• Validated data integrity using SQL queries and database verification.
• Collaborated with developers and BAs to support shift-left testing and early defect detection.
• Performed accessibility testing for DB from the application end.

Software Tester - BPDTS

(2020-12 - 2022-02)

• Delivered manual testing across multiple applications, ensuring high functional coverage.
• Created and maintained test cases, test scenarios, and defect reports using Jira and Zephyr.
• Performed compatibility and integration testing across different environments.
• Supported development teams through early defect identification & feedback during code reviews.

Platform Engineer - Allstate - Northern Ireland

(2016-06 - 2019-05)

• Design a branching strategy for developers to check-in the code in the source code repo.
• Configure and deliver Continuous CI/CD pipeline for Digital Claim File Solutions using GitHub, Jenkins and Docker, Ansible and AWS.
• Integrated quality tools such as SonarQube and JUnit into CI workflows.
• Implemented monitoring solutions using Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, & Sensu.
• Configure and implement monitoring system using Grafana and Sensu.
• Mentored graduate engineers on DevOps practices and Agile methodologies.
• Work within an agile methodology and promote this approach to Developer community.

B. Tech - Information Technology - Anna University (2014-05)