K. GOVARDHAN
Hyderabad,AP
Summary
QA/Test Lead with 10+ years of experience in Software Testing, including 7+ years in Automation and 3+ years in Manual Testing. Proven expertise in automation framework design, AI-assisted test optimization, API testing, and CI/CD integration. Strong leadership experience managing QA teams and driving quality across complex, multi-domain enterprise applications.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Specialist
LTM
Hyderabad
09.2024 - Current
- Contributed to API quality assurance initiatives, validating functional behaviour, error handling, and integration points across API and UI layers.
- Supported the design and execution of Test Data Management (TDM) automation suites, ensuring data readiness for sprint level regression testing.
- Executed smoke, sanity, and full regression suites through Azure DevOps Pipelines, ensuring release stability.
- Identified, logged, and tracked defects uncovered during API validation and regression cycles, collaborating closely with development teams for resolution.
- Prepared and maintained sprint and regression documentation, including execution reports and test evidence.
- Client: Progressive Auto Insurance
Test Lead
Trianz Holdings Pvt Ltd.
Hyderabad
06.2018 - 08.2024
- Led end-to-end QA ownership across the delivery lifecycle, from PI planning to production release and post-release support.
- Provided strategic effort estimations for epics and features during planning and stakeholder discussions.
- Managed module ownership across multiple PODs, overseeing sprint backlog alignment and directing sprint-level QA activities.
- Championed AI-assisted test case generation, identifying automation-ready scenarios and improving test coverage.
- Implemented AI-driven automation script generation, achieving a 30% reduction in scripting effort and faster delivery cycles.
- Enabled CI/CD quality integration through Jenkins pipelines, ensuring continuous regression execution.
- Git branch strategies, including branch creation, maintenance, code reviews, and merges to the master branch.
- Collaborated closely with Business Analysts and Product Owners to resolve requirement gaps, clarify ambiguities, and unblock delivery.
- Defined, updated, and enforced test strategies, QA processes, and best practices aligned with project needs.
- Delivered comprehensive sprint and release reports, including execution status, defect metrics, risk assessment, and quality sign-off.
- Client: CHUBB P&C Insurance
Software Test Engineer
HP
04.2016 - 05.2018
- Designed and developed automation scripts using Selenium and maintained all automation assets, scripts, and execution results within Bit bucket.
- Executed automated test suites from Quality Centre, monitored test runs, and analysed execution results.
- Enhanced and updated automation scripts to align with application changes across multiple releases.
- Identified, reported, and tracked defects in Quality Centre, collaborating with development teams through the defect resolution lifecycle.
- Participated in client meetings, providing clear status updates on automation progress, test execution results, and overall quality metrics.
- Client: American Airlines – Travel
QA Analyst
Primus Global
11.2015 - 03.2016
- Developed and maintained HP UFT automation scripts and managed Shared Object Repositories and governed automation assets within Quality Centre (QC).
- Executed and analysed automated regression suites from QC, performing failure analysis and root-cause validation.
- Enhanced automation scripts to support application changes across multiple releases and participated in Sanity, Functional, and Regression Testing.
- Logged and tracked defects in QC and communicated automation status, execution results, and quality metrics to clients and stakeholders.
- Client: Hydro One
Education
MTech -
SJCET
12.2013
Skills
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Quality Center ALM
- AzDO cloud
- Git
- ALM
- Bitbucket
- Eclipse
- Postman
- Visual Studio
- Selenium-Java
- Cucumber
- Playwright-Type script
- UFT – VB Scripting
- CI/CD Integration
- Jenkins
- SQL Server 2008
- JAVA
Custom Section
Automation Testing:
Selenium WebDriver (Java) – 6+ years,
Playwright (TypeScript) – 2+ years,
UFT 11.5/12.02 (VB Script) – 2+ years.
API Testing: REST Assured – 3+ years, Postman, API automation with Rest Assured, Java & Cucumber.
Frameworks: Data-Driven, Keyword-Driven, TestNG, POM, Cucumber, HP QC BPT
AI Enablement: AI-assisted script generation and Framework generation, dynamic payload validation, schema verification, framework optimization
Test Leadership: Test Lead for 15-member QA team supporting multiple POD-based products
Test Management: Test strategy creation, test artifact management, reporting via Confluence, Azure DevOps, JIRA, ALM
DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub; build and release validation
Databases: SQL queries for data validation and integrity checks.
Testing Types: Smoke, Sanity, Functional, UI, Regression, Exploratory, Database Testing
Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Iterative; active participation in all Agile ceremonies
Domains: Duck Creek Insurance (P&C, SME, A&H, Auto), SAP, Travel (Airlines), IBM Mainframe
Client Interaction: PI planning, sprint ceremonies, release meetings, stakeholder discussions, Preparing the Sprint and Release reports.
Timeline
Senior QA Specialist
LTM
09.2024 - Current
Test Lead
Trianz Holdings Pvt Ltd.
06.2018 - 08.2024
Software Test Engineer
HP
04.2016 - 05.2018
QA Analyst
Primus Global
11.2015 - 03.2016
MTech -
SJCET