AAKANKSHA V
Tirupati
Summary
QA Engineer with 3+ years of experience in enterprise-scale manual and API testing within Agile environments. Strong expertise in test strategy, REST API validation, defect governance, and backend data testing, with hands-on exposure to CI/CD pipelines and cloud data platforms. Automation-ready professional with solid understanding of automation frameworks, test design patterns, and shift-left testing practices.
Overview
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Certifications
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years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
08.2022 - Current
- Client: NielsenIQ (NIQ)
- Owned end-to-end QA activities for enterprise analytics applications, ensuring functional accuracy and data reliability.
- Designed and reviewed test strategies, test scenarios, and test cases aligned with business and technical requirements.
- Performed extensive REST API testing using Postman and Swagger, validating contracts, payloads, and error handling.
- Led defect triage and defect lifecycle management, logging and tracking 200+ defects using JIRA.
- Supported multiple UAT and regression cycles, contributing to stable, on-time production releases.
- Executed backend data validation using SQL, ensuring consistency across UI, API, and database layers.
- Collaborated closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps teams in Agile ceremonies.
- Monitored CI/CD pipelines and job executions in Jenkins, validating builds and deployment readiness.
- Validated cloud datasets in Snowflake and supported workflow monitoring via Apache Airflow.
- Managed test execution, traceability, and reporting using Zephyr/TestRail integrated with JIRA.
- Actively upskilled in test automation concepts and framework design to support transition toward automation.
Education
Master of Science - Mathematics
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati 04.2001 -
Skills
Testing: Manual, API (REST), Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity
Software development life cycle (SDLC)
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Snowpro certification
01-2026
- GitHub Copilot Training
08-2025
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
09-2024
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
08.2022 - Current
Master of Science - Mathematics
Sri Venkateswara University
04.2001 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Strengths: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, quick learner, effective communicator, adaptable in Agile environments