Praneetha Gulipalli
Atlanta
Summary
With a decade in IT, I've specialized in SAP, Microsoft technologies and testing methodologies. I've demonstrated leadership in guiding QA teams, while establishing impactful automation and performance frameworks. My robust technical skills, coupled with an inherent drive for efficiency and process optimization, are poised to contribute to your team's success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Architect / Performance Engineering Lead
Capgemini
11.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.
- Developed, implemented and maintained automated testware for scripts, functions and programs to boost testing efficiency.
- Teamed on planned tests and time-sensitive ad hoc requests.
- Supported test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.
- Owned non‑functional quality strategy for BDSI’s global SAP S/4HANA rollout covering 12 work streams (C2R, O2C, P2P, Pl2Pr, EHS, MDM, GTS, STM, etc.) and ~2,300 users in 65 sites.
- Built a LoadRunner‑based performance test factory (stress, endurance, spike) that baselined 300+ critical transactions and cut average dialog response time by 42 % pre go‑live.
- Extended the Worksoft + Selenium stack with SAP GUI virtual users and service‑virtualisation stubs, automating 85 % of smoke and regression coverage for overnight CI runs in Azure DevOps.
- Correlated SAP ST03n traces with AWR and OS metrics to eliminate systemic bottlenecks in Material Costing, Dynamic Transactional Pricing and MIGO postings—removing ~11 hours/week of manual triage.
- Led a blended team of 22 (Capgemini, Boeing IT, SAP, HCL); introduced burn‑down and risk heat‑maps that accelerated defect closure by 30 % and cut hyper‑care tickets by 47 %.
- Defined work‑stream‑specific performance SLAs and drove functional sign‑off across GL, AA, MSO, QM and IWM.
Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Contractor
Boeing
05.2018 - Current
- QA Automation & Performance Framework: Established and implemented a QA automation and performance framework, led regression test automation initiatives using Worksoft 10.0 and 11.0, and developed cross-browser test strategies for S/4 HANA and SAP Fiori.
- Test Recommendation & Gap Analysis: Formed a test recommendation system through gap analysis, integrated SAP Technical Bill of Materials with Solution Manager 7.1, and developed comprehensive test strategies and performance plans.
- Leadership & Team Management: As a Scrum Master, managed an agile team of 10 using JIRA, while also leading an offshore team of 8 from HCL and Capgemini focused on test automation, execution, and reporting. Maintained HP ALM data elements for new projects, emphasizing automation test execution and reporting.
- Project Coordination & Resource Estimation: Collaborated closely with Project Managers and Solution Managers to understand testing requirements. Conducted daily coordination with onshore and offshore team members, calculated high-level testing resource estimates, and worked with IT and Business Leads to procure necessary resources for successful testing.
- Test Strategy & Communication: Defined guidelines for test-ability of requirements, led review sessions of testing best practices, and worked with business leaders to advance testing initiatives. Responsible for designing test communication plans, test case creation/execution, creation and publication of test metric dashboards and monitoring schedule adherence.
Senior Test Automation Engineer - Contractor
Microsoft
05.2018 - 04.2013
- Developed E2E automation architecture for Microsoft's ERP systems using .NET toolsets and multi-browser compatible frameworks.
- Innovated in test automation, creating a SAP .NET GUI framework used across Microsoft, recognized with an HCL Innovation Award nomination.
- Streamlined testing by migrating legacy scripts to .NET SAP GUI framework and creating a VB Script to .NET unit test converter tool.
- Introduced performance optimization techniques for Azure-based PAAS applications, including dynamic partitioning and indexing.
- Developed and tested SSIS packages for data migration and transformation in Azure VM environment.
- Established performance test protocols for large-scale ERP applications and defined acceptance criteria and SLAs.
- Contributed to the integration of automation into the CI/CD pipeline, enabling automated testing for product releases.
- Managed optimal test environments, spearheaded performance tests for SQL Dev teams, and maintained server images.
Technical Program Manager/Scrum Master - Contractor
Microsoft
03.2013 - 05.2011
- Served as Technical Program Manager and Business Analyst, proficient in business systems analysis, producing Business Process Documents, User Requirement Specifications, and conducting GAP analysis.
- Contributed to Microsoft Dynamics CRM development and testing with effective coordination between onsite and offshore teams.
- Functioned as Scrum Master and Business Analyst, facilitating backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives. Ensured efficient communication between onsite customers and offshore development team.
- Conducted comprehensive business systems analysis, including crafting Business Process Documents, Business Requirement Documents (BRD), use cases, User Requirement Specifications (URS), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), and risk identification.
- Partnered with product management and associated teams to manage project timelines, prioritize tasks, and escalate issues as required.
Education
Masters - Computer Science
International Technological University
04.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Jawaharlal Technological University
04.2005
Skills
- JavaScript
- C
- Selenium
- JIRA
- SAP Functional Testing
- SQL
- SAP
- Load Runner
- Azure
- NET
- Tosca
- Test Automation
- Automated testing
Timeline
Test Architect / Performance Engineering Lead
Capgemini
11.2023 - Current
Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Contractor
Boeing
05.2018 - Current
Senior Test Automation Engineer - Contractor
Microsoft
05.2018 - 04.2013
Technical Program Manager/Scrum Master - Contractor
Microsoft
03.2013 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Jawaharlal Technological University
Masters - Computer Science
International Technological University
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