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Vennela Kolla

Dallas,TX

Summary

Accomplished QA Engineer with expertise in mobile testing (iOS & Android) and experience in web/desktop applications.Proven experience in Agile, CI/CD, and BDD frameworks, ensuring high-quality software through comprehensive testing strategies. Skilled in identifying and resolving defects, ensuring software reliability, and enhancing user experience. Known for effective team collaboration, consistent delivery of results, and adaptability to changing project needs. Proficient in automated testing, manual testing, and using tools like Xcode, Selenium, JIRA, and SQL. Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives. Recognized for analytical thinking, problem-solving.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Mobile QA Engineer

Experian
02.2022 - Current
  • Analyzed business requirements and functional documents, created the test strategy document that defined the test environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into different phases of testing and resources required to conduct the effort
  • Worked on Agile environment participating in daily standup, grooming, Sprint Planning, Retrospective meetings and collaboration with Product Owner's
  • Managed 4 different OKR pods parallel as QA lead, Experienced leading scrum ceremonies.
  • Experience in the usage of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework to develop Cucumber Step Definitions, Scenarios and Features using Gherkin language
  • Conducted compatibility testing across multiple devices and platforms to ensure seamless user experience
  • Led integration testing for new partner applications, ensuring smooth onboarding and data flow
  • Logged detailed defect reports with reproduction steps, severity classification, and priority assessment
  • Monitored logs and analyzed data using Splunk and Datadog to identify performance bottlenecks and system issues
  • Performed Automation testing in different layers of Web-based applications such as Front-end, web service API
  • Collaborated with end-users for UAT testing, gathering feedback to refine the final product
  • Optimized test coverage by maintaining a well-organized, up-to-date library of test cases corresponding to application requirements changes over time.
  • Ensured compliance with industry standards and regulations, maintaining company's reputation for quality and reliability.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.

QA Analyst

Citi bank
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Assist in the design review and user experience, testing, and documentation of new software and enhancements of existing applications
  • Performed functional and regression testing for web applications to ensure alignment with business requirements
  • Partner with the developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and issues are clearly logged and prioritized consistently.
  • Conducted SQL data validation using Oracle tools to verify data consistency and integrity for web application workflows.
  • Participating in developing and documenting User Stories, including testing estimates and validation tests using tools like Jira, IntelliJ, Cucumber, Gherkin, Postman, Gradle, Splunk, Git, Amazon web services (AWS),Android studio
  • Developed BDD tests using Cucumber automation framework design using Selenium WebDriver, Python, TestNG Cucumber, and Eclipse using Page object model
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
  • Tested, automated and whitelisted software to be used in secure environments.

Associate QA Engineer

American International Group
11.2017 - 04.2019
  • Understood Business Requirements Document and participated in preparing Test Plans for all assigned project releases
  • Involving in testing the new functionalities based on Test Cases and coordinating with the development team in fixing the issues
  • Ensured that all the test cases are updated in TFS
  • Strengthened cross-functional relationships through active participation in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Extensive experience in dev tools to locating different Web-elements by using different techniques such as ID, Name, Partial Link Text, XPath and CSS
  • Achieved seamless integration between applications and third-party systems through diligent API testing efforts.
  • Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Acharya Nagarjuna University
AP, India
03.2015

Skills

  • Functional testing
  • Performance testing
  • Confluence, Jira
  • Selenium, Cucumber
  • Xcode IDE, XCTest
  • Android Studio
  • Swift Programming Languages, Python, Java
  • Automation testing
  • User acceptance testing
  • A/B testing
  • SQL data validation
  • Database testing
  • Charles Proxy, Proxy man
  • Insomnia, PostMan
  • AWS DynamoDB
  • Version control - Git, source tree
  • WireMock
  • Xray, TestRails
  • Datadog, Splunk
  • Black/white box

Certification

  • Tableau Analyst
  • Tableau Developer

Timeline

Software Mobile QA Engineer

Experian
02.2022 - Current

QA Analyst

Citi bank
01.2020 - 01.2022

Associate QA Engineer

American International Group
11.2017 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Science -

Acharya Nagarjuna University

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