Divya

Results-driven SDET and Agile Automation Test Lead with 10 years of experience leading Agile transformations across travel domain and mid-size airline organizations. Strong ability in designing scalable automation frameworks, leading cross-functional QA initiatives, and improving test coverage across Web, API and backend systems. Experienced in Agile/Scrum environments, test strategy definition, defect management and ability to reduce regression effort, improve release confidence, and accelerate delivery through robust automation and quality practices.

Agile Automation test lead - TCS

(2021-11)

JAZEERA AIRWAYS -Middle East Airline

• Collaborated with Product Owners, Developers and Business Analysts during sprint planning, grooming, and release readiness reviews.
• Facilitated all scrum ceremonies Mentored QA engineers and SDETs on automation best practices, code review standards, and test design techniques.
• Improved regression execution efficiency by automating critical test flows and prioritizing high-risk business scenarios.
• Managed defect triage, test reporting, and release sign-off activities to support timely and stable deployments.
• Designed and maintained scalable test automation using Playwright/JavaScript and Cucumber to support functional and regression testing.
• Supported release planning and stakeholder communication.
• Facilitated Agile defect free delivery for Flight Ticket booking on web.
• Reduced regression cycle time by 30% through workflow optimization.
• Enabled successful migration from Waterfall to Agile delivery model.
• Implemented Agile metrics Test dashboards providing leadership visibility into delivery performance.

SENIOR Automation Test Engineer - TCS

(2021-11)

ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC -Oracle Forms and Migration, ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC -Greenlight Admin Enhancements and Maintenance

• Built and enhanced automation suites for UI and API testing, increasing coverage for core business workflows.
• Created reusable test components and utilities to reduce maintenance effort and improve framework scalability.
• Executed functional, integration, smoke, and regression tests across multiple releases in Agile sprints.
• Collaborated with developers to identify root causes of failures and accelerate defect resolution.
• Supported test planning, test estimation, and release validation for complex product enhancements.
• Contributed to continuous improvement initiatives that improved test stability and reduced flaky test failures.
• Reduced regression testing effort by 25% through automation of high-value test scenarios.
• Improved release confidence by integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Increased test coverage across critical user journeys and API endpoints.
• Helped reduce production defects by strengthening early testing and shift-left practices.

Automation Engineer - COGNIZANT

(2016-03 - 2021-10)

PERKIN ELMER- Healthcare

• Automated critical end-to-end regression and smoke test suites, reducing manual testing effort and accelerating release cycles.
• Increased automation coverage for high-priority business workflows, resulting in improved release confidence and product quality.

QA Analyst - COGNIZANT

(2016-03 - 2021-10)

3M- Enterprise

• Analyzed business requirements, functional specifications and user stories to prepare comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
• Performed functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, and user acceptance testing for web applications.

Bachelor of Engineering - Anna University affiliated