Nithya Sangaraju Dasaradharaaju
Dunwoody,USA
Summary
Over 7 years of experience in testing (web, API, and mobile applications) and 6+ years in IT recruitment and project management, delivering high-quality solutions across diverse domains in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Proven expertise in manual and automation testing, with a focus on ensuring software reliability, scalability, and performance through end-to-end test strategies. Skilled in developing and executing test plans, test cases, and automation frameworks using industry-standard tools like Selenium, Postman, and JIRA Extensive experience in end-to-end IT recruitment, building high-performing teams by identifying and onboarding top talent across technical and managerial roles. Strong knowledge of compliance standards like PCI DSS and best practices for testing workflows, contributing to secure and reliable product development. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders, development teams, and QA teams, ensuring seamless communication and delivery of results. Hands-on experience in domains such as banking, and IT services, delivering solutions tailored to specific business needs. Hands on in Core Java and Selenium, and experience in test frameworks like BDD (Cucumber), Page Object Model, Data Driven, and TestNG. Well-versed in building automation tools such as Maven and various defect tracking tools, utilizing repositories SVN and GIT. Exposure to API Testing, showcasing an understanding of microservices architecture and communication principles. Strong communication skills contribute significantly to effective teamwork and successful collaboration on diverse projects.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Management Office (PMO)
Silicon Valley Bank
11.2019 - 03.2022
- Assist in coordinating project activities to ensure tasks are completed on time and within scope
- Maintain and update project schedules, track milestones, and monitor deliverables
- Prepare meeting agendas, document minutes, and follow up on action items
- Help enforce adherence to organizational project management frameworks and best practices
- Generate regular status reports and dashboards on project performance, progress, and risks for stakeholders
- Maintain accurate project documentation, including charters, schedules, and risk logs
- Consolidate updates from multiple projects for portfolio-level reporting
- Track resource allocation and availability across projects
- Highlight potential conflicts or resource gaps to project managers and leadership
- Maintain a centralized log of project risks and issues
- Monitor and report on the resolution progress of identified issues
- Facilitate communication between project teams, stakeholders, and leadership
- Act as a point of contact for project-related queries and updates
- Support stakeholder alignment by preparing materials for reviews and meetings
- Assist in documenting and evaluating change requests, ensuring approved changes are integrated into project plans
- Support governance activities by preparing for audits, reviews, and compliance checks
- Ensure adherence to governance standards and protocols across projects
- Assist in onboarding new team members to PMO processes and policies
- Share best practices and lessons learned from completed projects with the team
- Track project expenses and ensure alignment with allocated budgets
- Provide financial data and reports to project managers for budget reviews
HR Recruiter
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
12.2015 - 10.2018
- Company Overview: US Domain
- Design and implement strategic hiring plans aligned with the company’s IT needs and business objectives
- Identify high-demand and emerging IT skills to build a talent pipeline proactively
- Drive full-cycle recruitment for mid-level to senior-level IT positions
- Handle negotiations for complex compensation structures, benefits, and role expectations for senior positions
- Collaborate with the marketing team to enhance the organization’s employer branding
- Represent the company at job fairs, IT industry events, and conferences to attract top talent
- Stay up-to-date with trends in the IT industry, including salary benchmarks, emerging technologies, and skill shortages
- Provide hiring managers with market insights to inform hiring strategies
- Utilize advanced professional sourcing networks (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter)
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience by ensuring clear communication and timely feedback throughout the hiring process
- Address candidate concerns and queries professionally to maintain a positive employer image
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and department heads on workforce planning and recruitment strategies
- Conduct regular meetings with stakeholders to ensure alignment on hiring needs and progress
- Track and analyze recruitment data to identify areas of improvement, such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and quality-of-hire metrics
- Present detailed recruitment reports to leadership to inform decision-making
- Ensure that all recruitment activities comply with organizational policies and legal standards
- Maintain accurate documentation of recruitment processes and decisions
- Mentored junior recruiters, guiding sourcing techniques, candidate evaluation, and stakeholder management
- Lead training sessions to upskill team members in IT recruitment best practices
- US Domain
Lead Test Engineer
Citi Bank
09.2010 - 11.2015
- Develop a comprehensive test strategy to cover all migration, reengineering, and enhancement scenarios
- Define the scope of testing for ECS upgrades, including card data migration, transaction workflows, and fraud detection mechanisms
- Create a detailed test plan including regression and feature validation for new functionalities (e.g., Alerts and Queries)
- Lead a team of test engineers, assigning responsibilities and ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards
- Conduct daily stand-ups to monitor progress, address blockers, and provide technical guidance to the team
- Foster collaboration between QA, development, business analysts, and stakeholders to ensure clear communication and alignment
- Oversee the creation of test cases for Chip & PIN migration, ensuring coverage for key workflows such as issuance, activation, transaction processing, and fraud detection
- Review test cases for features, focusing on functional, usability, and integration scenarios
- Ensure comprehensive coverage for edge cases, backward compatibility, and negative scenarios
- Monitor the execution of functional, integration, system, regression, and UAT phases
- Coordinate the testing of EMV compliance for Chip & PIN transactions, validating data security and fraud prevention mechanisms
- Manage defect triaging, ensuring accurate prioritization and timely resolution of critical issues
- Collaborate with security teams to validate encryption, tokenization, and secure transaction handling for Chip & PIN cards
- Prepare and present test execution reports, defect summaries, and risk assessments to project stakeholders
- Experience in using JIRA for the review of user stories, creation of tasks and defects
- Environment: Integration System Testing(IST) Environment
Process Associate
Citi Bank
05.2008 - 08.2010
- Review volumes / ageing daily to plan and carry out work allocation
- Quality checking of cases worked by the team member as per the Client requirement
- Acted as an escalation gate to resolve team’s queries and concerns
- Taking Escalations for resolving critical issues and ensuring proper reply and actions within TAT
- Preparation of the process document and presenting the same to the client
- Handling and preparing of all audits related documents at TCS level as well as Client Level
- Handled unit level activities like Risk control Self-Assessment audits for the entire unit (Generic & Infosec) to ensure all the risks are identified & control measures are in place
- Preparation of training documents & Assessment documents for new joiners & team for refresher trainings
- Assist in both internal and external audits
- (IQMS, PRR, OCC, PMR, RCSA, TPRM)
- Leading and guiding 15 members and keeping a close check on their productivity & quality (KPI)
- Provide regular feedbacks on all latest procedural updates
- Environment: ECS+ Mainframe system
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Madras University
Chennai, TNHigher Secondary School -
CSI Bain Metriculation
Chennai, TNSkills
- Java Basics
- Python Basics
- Selenium Web driver
- Grid
- Cucumber
- TestNG
- Rest-Assured
- Postman
- Maven
- Jenkins
- SVN
- GitHub
- SQL server
- MySQL
- Splunk
- Linux
- Hp ALM
- Jira
- Other bug tracking tools
Certification
- ISTQB - Foundation
- SIX Sigma Green Belt Certified
Timeline
Project Management Office (PMO)
Silicon Valley Bank
11.2019 - 03.2022
HR Recruiter
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
12.2015 - 10.2018
Lead Test Engineer
Citi Bank
09.2010 - 11.2015
Process Associate
Citi Bank
05.2008 - 08.2010
Higher Secondary School -
CSI Bain Metriculation
- ISTQB - Foundation
- SIX Sigma Green Belt Certified
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Madras University
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