Vani Arulmani
Mason,OH
Summary
Accomplished Senior Software Engineer at The Kroger Co. with a focus on automating testing processes and refining CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record of effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, employing JIRA and Agile methodologies to produce high-quality software solutions. Committed to ongoing improvement and efficient project execution.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
The Kroger Co.
Cincinnati, OH
05.2022 - 03.2025
- Diagnosing key challenges and resolving business issues and relaying updates, challenges, and roadblocks to management and project teams.
- Develop test strategies, create test cases, and design test scripts based on functional specifications and requirements.
- Identify and log bugs and glitches encountered during testing, providing detailed descriptions and steps to reproduce them for developers.
- Clearly document defects and conduct a Root Cause Analysis to detect the underlying cause of the issue.
- Ensure that new features or code changes do not negatively impact existing functionalities.
- Create comprehensive test scripts that can be automated considering the stability of the application.
- Execute and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipeline for seamless testing throughout the development process.
- Collaborating with the development team to ensure quality throughout the sprint, effectively aligning testing activities with the overall sprint goals.
- Actively participate in all Scrum events to facilitate discussions and resolve conflicts.
- Adhere to the company established QA methodologies and standards.
Quality Assurance and Release Specialist
Total Quality Logistics Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
08.2018 - 05.2022
- Performed Lead testing activities for complex projects or programs, across multiple teams and business units including Test Planning, Design and Execution.
- Continuously assess the test automation suite to identify opportunities for improving efficiency and effectiveness and document any detected defects.
- Work efficiently in a dynamic environment with changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that vary over time.
- Automate functional and regression testing approaches to streamline production.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to fully understand intended features and functionality.
- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
- Release and Deployment Management for all Environments.
QA Engineer
Fidelity Investments
Covington, KY
12.2012 - 04.2018
- Lead the QA team by participating in Release Planning Meetings to obtain necessary technical requirements including design review, test execution and timeline.
- Involved in DevOps processes to target faster development, product delivery, continuous testing, and reliability.
- Coordinate with QA resources both onshore and offshore, across multiple Scrum teams to organize test efforts.
- Facilitate resource allocations, work assignments for team and maintain timelines and product releases.
- Conduct Scrum Processes including Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings.
- Participated in development of application user interface designs based on client functionality requirements.
- Attend Change Management Meetings to verify QA Sign Off principles for CM Tickets.
QA Analyst
Cincinnati Financial
Cincinnati, OH
06.2011 - 12.2012
- Work closely with Development teams to support testing strategies and activities.
- Translate business and technical requirements into test scenarios and test cases.
- Execute system Integration and regression test cases through automation per scheduled releases.
- Work closely with development engineers as needed and document issues found in Quality Center.
- Ensure optimal quality and successful product delivery via removing impediments and challenge.
- Work with cross functional team members to resolve data issues and performance of automation tools.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZMaster of Science - Journalism/Mass Communication
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore, IndiaBachelor of Arts - English Literature
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore, IndiaSkills
- JIRA
- Visual Studio
- Playwright Automation
- Postman
- SoapUI
- Trello
- Mural
- Quality Center
- Rational Team Concert
- Azure DevOps
- Microsoft Office
- SDLC
- Agile Methodology
- Scrum Framework
- Feature Driven Development
- Onshore/Offshore Coordination
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance.Org, 2025
- Professional Agile Leadership, Scrum.Org, 2022
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
The Kroger Co.
05.2022 - 03.2025
Quality Assurance and Release Specialist
Total Quality Logistics Inc.
08.2018 - 05.2022
QA Engineer
Fidelity Investments
12.2012 - 04.2018
QA Analyst
Cincinnati Financial
06.2011 - 12.2012
Master of Business Administration -
University of Phoenix
Master of Science - Journalism/Mass Communication
Bharathiar University
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Bharathiar University
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