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Harigovindan Nadancheri Sarvothman

Bentonville,AZ

Summary

Results-driven Senior Software Quality Analyst with 13+ years of experience leading QA strategy, test execution, and Agile Scrum delivery across Point of Sale, enterprise cloud, device management. Skilled in defining end-to-end test strategy, managing defect lifecycles, and driving functional, regression, and API quality validation. Hands-on experience on POS Automation using Eggplant, Mobile Automation, Backend Automation. Proven track record of leading QA teams, improving release predictability, and strengthening product reliability through structured testing practices and continuous process improvement.

Overview

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Certification
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15
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer 3

Walmart
09.2022 - Current
  • Project Xerox Workplace Cloud Fleet Management (WCFM) - cloud-based platform for managing and securing enterprise printer fleets with centralized, zero-footprint monitoring and compliance enforcement.
  • Team Leadership: Led and mentored a QA pod of 5 engineers within a core Scrum team, strengthening sprint delivery and release readiness. Coached QA engineers on best practices, skill development, and continuous learning.
  • Strategy Ownership: Defined comprehensive test strategy, scope, and quality standards to maintain consistent testing practices across releases.
  • Sprint Planning: Allocated sprint-wise QA workload and resource assignments, optimizing team productivity and test coverage.
  • Requirement Alignment: Partnered with Product Owners and developers to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria, improving first-pass test accuracy.
  • Defect Management: Directed end-to-end defect triage, prioritization, and resolution in Azure DevOps, minimizing release risk.
  • Process Improvement: Streamlined QA processes to reduce testing cycle time and strengthen product quality.
  • Compliance Validation: Evaluated functional, performance, and design compliance against standards prior to release sign-off.
  • API Testing: Executed API-level quality validation using Postman across service integrations.
  • Stakeholder Connection: Collaborated with Product Owners and System Engineers to resolve requirement gaps and strengthen testability.

Senior Quality Analyst

UST Global
06.2015 - 09.2022
  • Quality Analysis | Amanatech Technologies - Kochi, India | Dec 2014 - Oct 2018
  • Test Ownership: Owned QA activities for Amanat-HRMS, validating employee lifecycle workflows. Converted business requirements into detailed test scenarios and test cases across HR and payroll modules.
  • Release Coordination: Estimated effort and coordinated test execution planning across release cycles.
  • Delivered on-call SIT/UAT support, accelerating issue validation and acceptance closure.
  • Regression Testing: Executed end-to-end functional and regression testing, publishing structured test reports.
  • Logged and tracked defects, driving timely resolution through coordinated follow-up with development teams.

Quality Engineer

UST Global
06.2011 - 06.2015
  • Test Execution & Documentation: Executed requirement-based test scenarios and test cases for QBICS PRO, an ERP platform for retail billing and inventory management. Authored user manuals and product documentation to support adoption. Delivered installation support and end-user training to enable smoother onboarding.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Cochin University Of Science And Technology
01-2009

Skills

  • Automation and Testing Tools: Playwright, Selenium C#
  • API & Performance Testing: Postman, Apache JMeter
  • AI-Augmented Testing: GitHub Copilot, Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • DevOps and CI/CD: Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, GitHub
  • Test Management Tools: Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server
  • Databases: SQL
  • Software Development: C#, Java, SDLC, STLC

Certification

Google AI Professional Certification

Key Achievements

  • Innovation: Implemented AI-based automation tools (MCP, GitHub Copilot), directly influencing enterprise-level strategy decisions and modern tool selection.
  • Time-to-Market: Streamlined the automation reporting process within Agile ceremonies, leading to a significant 20% improvement in time-to-market for major sprint releases and product deployments.
  • Team Leadership: Built a QA pod of 5 engineers within a core Scrum team from scratch by recruiting, onboarding and mentoring engineers on daily QA activities.
  • Release Governance: Evaluated functional, performance, and design compliance prior to release sign-off, safeguarding product reliability.
  • API Quality Assurance: Expanded service-level validation coverage through Postman-based API testing across platform integrations.
  • Core Performance Testing: Engineered and executed comprehensive end-to-end performance and load testing strategies using Apache JMeter.
  • Cross-Project Delivery: Delivered QA support across 2 concurrent Scrum product lines, Xerox Device Agent and Xerox Cloud Fleet Management, sustaining uninterrupted release validation.

Timeline

Software Engineer 3

Walmart
09.2022 - Current

Senior Quality Analyst

UST Global
06.2015 - 09.2022

Quality Engineer

UST Global
06.2011 - 06.2015

Master of Science - Computer Science

Cochin University Of Science And Technology
Harigovindan Nadancheri Sarvothman