QA Lead - RM Education - Trivandrum, India
(2021-07 - 2026-04)
Key Achievements: Achieved 10% reduction in post-release defects through improved testing process by early detection of defects in project life cycle. Developed traceability matrices to map requirements to test cases, improving defective detection rate by 15%.
Implemented Automaton Testing
Framework and quality gates, resulting in good improvement in testing efficiency. Leveraged AI tool to automate test case generation and test script development, reducing manual effort by up to 40% and improving test coverage.
- Test Plan preparation including identifying Types of testing- Functional, Performance, Penetration (VAPT), Automation feasibility etc.
- Understanding Resourcing Needs
- Identifying Infra Structure Requirements
- Schedule Preparation for QA and U AT environments execution including Estimation, resource allocation, timeline planning, also considering integration requirements across multiple projects
- Identification of potential Risks, Constraints and Dependencies
- Doing vendor management to establish operating terms and KPIs for penetration testing
- Collaborated with DevOps to manage test environments and optimize infrastructure costs
- Led a team of 18 Test Engineers across Sprint, UAT, and Production teams focused on Functional and Regression Testing- Manual and Automation using selenium
- Lead the design and implementation of selenium Web Driver automation framework(page object model)
- Lead the team to Automating test script using selenium
- Used TestNG for grouping test cases, parallel test execution etc.
- Using Maven for building the Web Driver project
- API Test Execution using POSTMAN
- Worked on SQL server, maintaining tables and writing SQL Queries
- Penetration Testing coordinating with external vendors
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality assurance standards are met
- Worked closely with development and DevOps team to identify and resolve software defects and software issues faced
- Working closely with stakeholders and deciding about Defect fixing phase
- Weekly Status Reporting including Include Execution Status across each stream (RAG Based)
- Highlighting pass/fail rates, defect severity distribution, and recommendations for quality improvements using Azure
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify remediation plans and prevent reoccurrences in future execution cycles
- Used RTM (Requirement Traceability matrix)to confirm test coverage
- Risk or Issues and their corresponding Mitigation Plan
- Highlight Constraints and Dependencies
- Publishing Release Note and Defect Report
QC Analyst - Thoughtline Technologies
(2020-10 - 2021-07)
Domain: Fleet Management. Tools & Technologies: Selenium, Azure, Database: SQL Server 2005
- Team Leader
- Work scheduling and Tracking
- Test Scenario preparation
- Test Case Review
- Test Case Execution – Manual and Automation
- Automation mainly focused for regression testing
- Using Maven for building the Web Driver project
- Used TestNG for group test, parallel execution, priorities test etc.
- Part of Rollout support team
Software Tester (Automation) - CMS Computers LTD
(2015-08 - 2020-10)
Domain: Traffic and Transport. Tools & Technologies: Bugzilla, Selenium. Database: PostgreSQL
- Understanding requirements
- Test Scenario preparation
- Test Case preparation
- Test Case Execution – Manual and Automation
- Primarily focusing on Automating test script using selenium with Java
- Involved in design and implementation of selenium Web Driver automation framework(page object model, Data Driven model)
- Used TestNG for grouping test, parallel execution, priorities test etc.
- Using Maven for building the WebDriver project
- Manage Defects in Bugzilla
- Maintaining latest bug sheet
- Release Management – Maintaining report for each version execution
- Multiple Products currently being handled
- Emergency Call Box - Leading the software testing along with a team
- Traffic view - Software Functional End to End Testing
- Traffic Controllers - Firmware Functional End to End Testing
Test Engineer - Wipro Technologies
(2010-10 - 2012-08)
Project Title: Functional and Regression Testing Engagements. Domain: Banking & Financial Services (BFSI) - core banking platforms. Platform: Windows, UNIX, Mainframe. Tools & Technologies: Quality Center (QC). Database: SQL Server 2005
- Understanding requirements
- Preparing Test cases
- Test Execution
- Reporting on the test execution status through Status Report
- Interaction with onsite team for collection/clarifications on requirements/scenarios
Data Analyst - IDS Softwares Pvt Ltd
(2008-07 - 2009-07)
Project Title: PMS. Client: Multiple leading hotel chains in India. Database: SQL Server 2005
- Testing of issues as per release schedule
- Database Testing
- Functional Testing
- Coordinate the release schedule with the customer and receive the UAT sign off on releases
- Analyze issues/requirements reported/raised by customer and classify it as; User education, Issues and Change requests
