SOWMYA BHATT DASANAKODGE
Basking Ridge,NJ
Summary
Certified AWS and ISTQB QA Automation Lead, having 13 years of experience in working with Software development teams to develop excellent quality features for Web application, REST API, Windows application, Database and AWS. My expertise is Requirement Analysis, Identifying and resolving issues, REST API testing, Automation testing using different tools like selenium, UFT, karate, Fitness, JMeter, Load Runner and Postman. Worked on Healthcare, Insurance, Logistics, Trading, and E-Commerce.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Automation Lead Engineer
Fidelity Investment
Durham, NC
03.2022 - Current
- Work closely with business users at all levels to understand and document functional and non-functional requirements
- Analyze the new requirement to understand the changes required from the technical perspective and document in JIRA and confluence
- Developing scripts using tools like Selenium with Java
- Experience with the toolsets like Jira, SOAP UI, Java for API automation, Postman, Karate frameworks
- Extensively worked on functional and non-functional testing
- Work closely with development teams in analyzing, designing, building, and testing financial business applications
- Contribute to test and deploy of key common services (Restful Microservices)
- Managing and tracking work using management tools like JIRA
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Version Control tool Git
- Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile/SCRUM
- Experienced with database SQL queries for testing purposes
- Experienced with automating UI, REST APIs, web services and back-end processes
- Experience using API development/automation tools such as Postman
- Experienced in cross-training and mentoring other team members on the automation framework and scripts development
- Experienced in successfully automating smoke tests and regression tests suites
- Experienced with Monitoring Tools like AWS CloudWatch and Datadog
- Experienced in performing test automation assessments, identifying targets for automation, and recommending automation best practices
- Experienced worked on data manipulation as per the testing requirement
- Proficiency in database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL
- Understanding of Infrastructure-as-code and infrastructure automation
- Good analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, the ability to see the root of the problem and come up with efficient and creative, and solutions.
Automation Lead Engineer-SDET
ConnectiveRX
Whippany, NJ
10.2019 - 03.2022
- Designed the automation framework for the enterprise level in Java programming language using page object design pattern and Hybrid framework for all the Web application, Microservices, DB testing using different tools like Selenium, UFT and Karate
- Experienced with leading a team with Onshore and offshore testing model
- Experienced with database SQL queries for testing purposes
- Worked on smoke testing, functional, system, end-to-end, Security and load testing
- Responsible for leading and managing QA team for automation testing and identifying and converting the manual test cases into automation scripts
- Responsible for testing the product using SQL queries for Database validation
- Extensively worked on REST API testing for component level scenarios
- Extensively worked on automating in AWS cloud computing for Dynamo DB, S3 and Lambda using selenium with Java
- Experience in Agile methodology Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Experience in Azure devops for deployment
- Experience using API development/automation tools such as Postman
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Version Control tool Bitbucket
- Establish and evolve formal QA processes for automation, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices
- Experience with Git/GitHub and understanding of CI/CD processes
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, utilizing GCP tools for automation enhancements and optimizations
- Design and Develop the Automated solution for Smoke Testing and regression testing for various repeatable tests
- Implement QA process for Automation for all the projects to improve the overall utilization of automation scripts.
Computer programming analyst -SDET
UPS
Parsippany, NJ
11.2012 - 09.2018
- Actively participate in all the testing like writing test cases, identifying the edge case scenarios, execution, publishing reporting and all the Sprint activities
- Responsible for end-to-end QA testing and development and execution of automation regression script
- Design and Developed Hybrid Driven Test Automation Framework using UFT/QTP using VB script, worked on custom function, shared object repository, and descriptive programming
- Automated AS/400 mainframe application using Terminal emulator in UFT/QTP
- Experience with HP Load Runner, JMeter for performance testing
- Responsible for identifying test cases for manual and Automation for Smoke Test, Functional and Regression Tests
- Involved in testing UDP and MQ messages
- Created executable batch files to open multiple applications using VB script on a newly built machine
- Extensively worked on mobile application and worked on creating critical end to end enterprise scenarios based on production issues
- Created and Executed Automation Test Scripts for Functional, backend validation and Regression Testing.
Software Engineer
Century Link
Bangalore, India
06.2010 - 04.2012
- Extensive experience in reviewing and analyzing Business Requirements and creating Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Estimation & Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Professional expertise in Smoke Testing, Backend Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional testing, Positive/Negative Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Software Testing, Ad hoc Testing, Cross Browser/Platform Testing, UI Validation, Boundary Value Testing
- Reviewing database test cases according to assigned Requirements to validate reports by retrieving data with SQL queries from oracle database
- Involved in automating on the regression test cases for e-Commerce sites including Checkout Process & Registration process, user account using UFT/QTP.
Testing Engineer
Neurosynaptic systems
Bangalore, India
08.2009 - 05.2010
- Worked on network protocol testing for weather data transmission
- Extensively performed business workflow, ad hoc, regression, functional, integration, release and database integrity testing based on system test cases
- Interacted with the developers and project team on day-to-day basis to discuss about the defects and to make sure the reported defects were resolved
- Actively involved in requirement elicitations and acted as Single point of contact (SPOC) for all testing releases and operations
- Involved in Functional study of Application, Prepared work distribution plan for the team, performed gap analysis and documented them
- Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to map the test cases with the Requirements
- Generated various test metrics and shared with the Project Manager.
Education
AWS Foundation certification -
06.2023
ASTQB foundation level certified -
01.2014
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science -
01.2009
Job Type
Full Time
Personal Information
Visa Status: Green Card
Timeline
QA Automation Lead Engineer
Fidelity Investment
03.2022 - Current
Automation Lead Engineer-SDET
ConnectiveRX
10.2019 - 03.2022
Computer programming analyst -SDET
UPS
11.2012 - 09.2018
Software Engineer
Century Link
06.2010 - 04.2012
Testing Engineer
Neurosynaptic systems
08.2009 - 05.2010
AWS Foundation certification -
ASTQB foundation level certified -
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science -
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