A seasoned ISTQB-qualified Testing professional with 10 years of experience in IT Industry. Have lead and mentored the QA team consisting of 5 Test Engineers. Defined and managed the QA processes to ensure all standards are met. Hands-on experience in Agile way of working across cross-functional teams; supported Scrum Master activities including running daily stand up meetings, sprint planning and retrospective and reporting iteration progress. Have also been instrumental in helping many project teams to smoothly transition from the traditional waterfall SDLC methodology to adapt and embrace the modern Agile way of building software. Conducted interviews and recruited newer Test Engineers for various Scrum teams in the account.
Experience
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Test Analyst
Infosys BPM LimitedFeb 2018 - Till Date● Test Lead activities: Lead, mentor 5 Test Engineers in the Scrum team. Define and manage the QA processes to ensure all standards are met. Conduct interviews and recruit newer Test Engineers for various Scrum teams in the account. ● Testing Methodologies: Thorough testing of the web application- Manual Testing, Functional Testing, API Testing, Regression Testing, Web Testing and Browser-compatibility Testing. Also supported clients with UAT testing. ● Test Automation: Created effective automated test cases through TOSCA Automation tool for the web application of a product. ● Additional Role: Played the role of a Scrum Master as well for several sprints. Conducted scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Stand-Up Meetings, Sprint Review (Demo), Product Backlog Grooming meeting along with the Scrum team and other stakeholders (Product Owner, Business Analyst and Project Manager) when required.
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Test Engineer
OSI SystemsDec 2015 - Feb 2018● Testing methodologies: Performed Web Testing, Mobile Testing, Functional Testing, Cross-browser Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing and Exploratory Testing of the product and all its modules. ● Test Automation: Created automated test cases through Selenium and Python. ● Test Cases: Prepared functional Test Cases for the web application and all of its modules. ● Defects identification: Reported defects and recording them in JIRA sprint after sprint, preparing bug reports and traceability matrix. ● Additional Role: Played the role of a Scrum Master as well for several sprints. Conducted scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Stand-Up Meetings, Sprint Review (Demo), Product Backlog Grooming meeting along with the Scrum team and other stakeholders (Product Owner, Business Analyst and Project Manager) when required. ● Review: Ensured that the fix delivered has been reviewed properly and tested in all possible scenarios. ● Documentation: Facilitated quality check for the software being tested, updating the test specifications, test reports and bug reports.
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Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy ServicesNov 2010 - Nov 2015● Testing: Executed functional and regression test cases for every new build delivered. ● RCA: Supported developers with Root Cause Analysis of bugs, both critical and simple. ● Review: Ensured that the fix delivered has been reviewed properly and tested in all possible scenarios. ● Documentation: Facilitated quality check for the software being tested, updating the test specifications, test reports and bug reports.
Education
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B. Tech. Computer Science & Engineering
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & TechnologyJul 2006 - May 2010