With over 13 years of experience in Software Testing, I have a strong background in test strategy development, execution and team leadership. Proficient in Agile methodologies. Well-developed skills in prioritizing, organizing and decision making with strong interpersonal and communication skills to work with all levels of the organization. Looking to leverage my expertise and passion for quality to drive excellence and contribute to company’s success.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Assurance Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corp
03.2017 - Current
Work in Agile Methodology with scrum process.
Lead the team and provide guidance and mentorship.
Participate in product grooming sessions, understand the requirements and nature of the Enhancement and Functional changes being proposed and use Subject Matter Expertise on US Medicare Healthcare Industry to and Product knowledge to estimate the effort required for testing.
Create Detailed Functional Test Plans and review with key stakeholders and use as basis for creating test cases during Sprint Execution
Involved in Release Planning, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospectives
Analyze requirements and Create test cases for each User Story that covers the positive, negative, functional, exploratory, and security testing scenarios based on the Requirements and the Acceptance Criteria of the User Stories.
Assigning work to team members and tracking to completion.
Providing trainings to team members and guiding them.
Timely review of test cases.
Test Services and Web API using SOAPUI, SwaggerUI
Use complex SQL to do backend data related testing on SQL Server Platform.
Learn and write Automation Test cases using Visual Studio in Gherkin language and Selenium WebDriver/IDE. Write Automation Test cases whenever possible during the sprints and help contribute to InSprint Automation work.
Research Assistant
University Of Central Missouri
08.2015 - 01.2016
Worked as Research Assistant under Prof Mahmoud Yousef for Fall - 2015 Semester
Test Analyst
Infosys Limited
07.2010 - 05.2015
Involved in gathering and analysis of Software Requirements and Design Documentation
Involved in Test Planning and Test Case scripting
Extensively automated regression and functional test suites on Vodafone web application using Selenium WebDriver
Implemented Page Object Model Pattern based automation testing framework utilizing Java, TestNG and Selenium WebDriver
Executed automation scripts on different browsers/environments & reported defects/results to the team
Involved in Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, GUI testing along with XML validations of both desktop and mobile applications
Involved in design and implementation of Selenium WebDriver automation framework for smoke and regression test suites (TestNG)
Involved in API testing
Software Engineer Intern
Infosys Limited
01.2010 - 07.2010
Technical training in Infosys Education & Research unit on Programming Fundamentals, Analysis of Algorithms, SDLC Methodologies, Testing, Quality, C#, .Net, Java, J2EE, JSP, RDBMS, Oracle, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Eclipse IDE
Soft skills training in Infosys Leadership Institute on Basics of Business, Business Etiquette, Professional Work Culture, Written Communication Skills, Articulation Skills, Effective Meetings.
Education
Masters in Computer Science -
University of Central Missouri (UCM)
Warrensburg, MO
12.2016
Bachelor of Technology -
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Vijayawada, India
04.2010
Skills
Team management
Test strategy development
Functional testing
API testing
Database testing
Test Automation
Certification
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level
IBM Certified Specialist – Rational Quality Manager
Microsoft Certified Professional - SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance
Awards and appreciations
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Rated top performer continuously for 5 years
Above and Beyond Award - 2023
Working as one - Cheers award - 2022
Always striving never settling - Cheers award - 2021
University Of Central Missouri, Research Assistant Award for Spring – 2016 semester
Best Communicator award at the Business Unit Level for the year 2014.
Above and Beyond Award from LexisNexis Client for the contribution in CAI project.
Timeline
Quality Assurance Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corp
03.2017 - Current
Research Assistant
University Of Central Missouri
08.2015 - 01.2016
Test Analyst
Infosys Limited
07.2010 - 05.2015
Software Engineer Intern
Infosys Limited
01.2010 - 07.2010
Masters in Computer Science -
University of Central Missouri (UCM)
Bachelor of Technology -
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level
IBM Certified Specialist – Rational Quality Manager
Microsoft Certified Professional - SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance
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