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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Professional Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline
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Harini Subramanyan

Harini Subramanyan

Bengaluru

Summary

Results-driven IT professional with over 11 years of industry experience in software testing, automation, and process optimization. Proficient in Test Automation and CI/CD integration, with familiarity in AWS.

Collaborative approach to aligning business objectives with quality standards. Well-versed in Agile methodologies, cross-functional collaboration, test management, mentoring junior engineers, and effective stakeholder communication. Specializes in creating scalable automation frameworks, refining test strategies, and guiding junior engineers to elevate product quality standards.

Actively seeking roles in Engineering Leadership to capitalize on technical expertise and business acumen for driving impactful solutions.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Manager

Quest Global
05.2025 - Current
  • Communicated cross-functionally with technology leaders across analysis, architecture, build, quality assurance, deployment and support teams on project execution.
  • Managed implementation of new technological improvements resulting in increased efficiency.
  • Enhanced team productivity by implementing agile project management methodologies and streamlining workflows.
  • Built trusted relationships with stakeholders through clear communication and collaborative problem-solving efforts.
  • Developed suggestions for technical process improvements to optimize resources.
  • Developed technical strategies to align with business objectives, driving growth and innovation within the organization.

Technical Lead - QA

QuEST Global
04.2021 - 04.2025
  • Managed a team of 4-5 QA Engineers to successfully deliver high-quality software projects on time and improve the test coverage.
  • Mentored and guided junior testers for improving the automation coding practices and reducing defect leakage.
  • Led successful launch of multiple product releases, meeting all project objectives and ensuring robust QA Strategies and early defect detection through Bug Bashes.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features, resulting in more robust and faster releases.
  • Partnered with Developers, Product Managers, and key stakeholders to define project requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs and implement QA Best practices.
  • Designed and implemented end-to-end test strategies, ensuring on-time and high-quality releases.
  • Worked in Agile (Scrum) environments, aligning testing efforts with iterative development.
  • Spearheaded test automation adoption, reducing the manual effort by 85% test execution time from 60 hours to 35 hours.
  • Developed and optimized automation frameworks using Selenium, C#, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Worked closely with DevOps for integrating Automation into Azure DevOps, ensuring seamless CI/CD Execution.
  • Automated complex workflows, reducing manual intervention.

Lead Engineer

QuEST Global
08.2019 - 03.2021
  • Developed and maintained automation frameworks using BDD, Selenium, C# and API Testing Tools like Postman.
  • Led Test Planning and Requirement Analysis, ensuring alignment with business needs and technical objectives.
  • Increased Test Automation Coverage to 85%, improving overall test efficiency and significantly reducing manual testing efforts.
  • Executed comprehensive test strategies, ensuring robust functional, regression, and integration testing.
  • Identified and resolved critical defects, reducing production issues.
  • Integrating automated tests into Azure DevOps.
  • Worked in Agile (Scrum) environment, collaborating closely with developers to enhance test automation.
  • Supported root cause analysis discussions, improving defect detection and resolution timelines.
  • Optimized regression testing by implementing risk-based testing strategies, reducing execution time by 18 hours per cycle.
  • Performed API Testing using Postman and BDD Selenium, improving backend test coverage.
  • Performed Database Testing (SQL and Oracle), ensuring Data Integrity.
  • Validated data consistency across multiple environments.
  • Supported UAT (User Acceptance Testing), ensuring seamless product releases.
  • Generated detailed Test Reports & Defect metrics, improving visibility into quality & release readiness.

Senior Test Engineer

Wipro Technologies
12.2016 - 08.2019
  • Developed and executed manual & automated test cases, improving test coverage by 30%.
  • Executed functional, regression, and integration testing, ensuring 25% fewer defects in production.
  • Designed and maintained test automation scripts, enhancing reusability and reducing test execution time by 40%.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring smooth defect resolution and reducing turnaround time.
  • Contributed to CI/CD pipeline automation, integrating regression suites and reducing release cycles by 15%.
  • Generated detailed Defect metrics, improving visibility into quality & release readiness.
  • Documented Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Reports for traceability.

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
11.2016 - 12.2016
  • Managed infrastructure services, ensuring seamless system performance and uptime.
  • Handled incident and problem management, troubleshooting issues and coordinating resolutions.
  • System administration & maintenance.
  • Process documentation & reporting (SOPs, compliance, audits).

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications

SRM University
Kattankulathur, Chennai
05.2013

Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Applications

NSHM Business School
Kolkata
05.2010

Skills

  • Proficient in BDD frameworks
  • Skilled in C# with prior Java experience
  • Postman expertise for API testing
  • Database management expertise in SQL and Oracle
  • Proficient in Azure DevOps and JIRA
  • Experienced with multiple integrated development environments

Certification

  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level

Professional Skills

Methodologies : Agile (Scrum)

Process Optimization : Continuous Improvement, Continuous Deployment

Agile Practices : Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews, Backlog Grooming, Impact Analysis, Stakeholder communication

Team Leadership : Mentoring, Knowledge Sharing & Implementing Best Practices

Test Management : Test Planning, Test Strategy Development, Defect Management, Risk-based Testing, Test Metrics & Reporting, UAT Support

Accomplishments

  • Customer Accolades: -
  • On the Fly Award
  • Star Performer Award

Timeline

Technical Manager

Quest Global
05.2025 - Current

Technical Lead - QA

QuEST Global
04.2021 - 04.2025

Lead Engineer

QuEST Global
08.2019 - 03.2021

Senior Test Engineer

Wipro Technologies
12.2016 - 08.2019

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
11.2016 - 12.2016

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications

SRM University

Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Applications

NSHM Business School

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