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Rohini Sudeendran

Summary

Detail-oriented, ISTQB-certified software quality professional with over 10 years of experience leading QA teams and formulating effective QA strategies. Demonstrates deep expertise across the retail, banking, and insurance domains and the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including test planning, execution, and defect analysis. Highly skilled in developing and sustaining automated test frameworks utilizing Selenium, Python, and Robot Framework, consistently driving reductions in manual testing time, while enhancing test coverage.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst & QA Lead

The Home Depot Canada
Toronto
09.2020 - Current
  • Contributed to the development of quality assurance processes and best practices, improving overall software quality, and reducing post-release defects by 50%.
  • I automated the regression suite using the Selenium and Cucumber frameworks to perform execution after bug fixes and enhancements were implemented, which reduced the manual testing effort by 60%.
  • Implemented the TDD approach using the BDD framework in feasible projects, with the help of user stories written, which reduced the functional testing timelines by 30%.
  • Involved in trying emerging technologies such as GitHub Copilot and Generative AI to understand their usage in the QA lifecycle.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry best practices and emerging technologies in QA methodologies.
  • Collaborated with product managers and developers to create clear and testable requirements, ensuring alignment between business goals and technical implementation.
  • Creating knowledge base documents to level the knowledge across the team.
  • Trained new QA engineers on QA processes, tools, and techniques used within the organization.

QA Lead

Capgemini solutions Inc
10.2018 - 09.2020
  • Responsible for managing the team and drive the QE effort by engaging with relevant teams to sort out the test approach, plan and analyzing the needs of the customer in validation of user experience and automating the process of manual testing for effective management of resources
  • Conducted thorough regression testing for major releases, identifying and reporting critical defects before production to ensure quality.
  • Participated in agile ceremonies, like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, to stay informed on project progress and goals.
  • Create detailed test cases covering most of the functionalities of the application.
  • Work to create automated test scripts using Python, using the framework.
  • Maintained test environments by setting up data, configurations, and tools needed for testing activities.
  • Performed root cause analysis on recurring issues to propose improvements in coding practices or processes.

Technical Lead (Automation Testing)

STAPLES INC.
Framingham, United States
09.2016 - 10.2018
  • Worked on writing user stories from the requirement summary to have a one-to-one mapping.
  • Responsible for leading the team and driving the effort by engaging with relevant teams to sort out the test plan and analyze the needs of the customer for testing the web services and automating the process of manual testing for effective management of resources.
  • Also, automating the testing of e-commerce applications using a framework built on Selenium and Java with TestNG.
  • Provided technical support during system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and post-deployment phases.

Test Automation Engineer

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY
Bloomington, United States
10.2012 - 07.2016
  • Developed test scripts for use in case studies and test scenarios.
  • Reviewed requirement documents in order to create accurate test scenarios.
  • Built a test framework using Selenium Webdriver and TestNG for web-based application.
  • Worked on mobile testing using Perfecto Mobile Tool and also worked on automating test cases with Appium.

Education

Bachelor of Technology -

SASTRA University, Thanjavur
India

Skills

  • JAVA
  • Python
  • Javascript, Typescript
  • ROBOT Framework
  • Agile Methodolgies
  • Software development tools: JIRA, confluence
  • Project management
  • API Testing using Postman

Certification

  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level - ISTQB
  • Certification on Foundations of Business Analysis from University of Toronto

Timeline

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst & QA Lead

The Home Depot Canada
09.2020 - Current

QA Lead

Capgemini solutions Inc
10.2018 - 09.2020

Technical Lead (Automation Testing)

STAPLES INC.
09.2016 - 10.2018

Test Automation Engineer

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY
10.2012 - 07.2016

Bachelor of Technology -

SASTRA University, Thanjavur

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