Aparna Kamalakkannan
Senior QA Engineer
Summary
A technically competent and Industry savvy IT professional with 9 years of experience, offering profound understanding of Test Processes and Methodologies across various platforms which Includes Regression, Load, Functional testing and Automated UI.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Brightcove
08.2020 - Current
- In depth knowledge working across platforms such as iOS, Android, Web, AppleTV, FireTV, AndroidTV, Roku.
- Streamlined the QA process and authored the Wiki Confluence page by documenting the work processes and curated 95% of the test cases across projects into Test Repository resulting in better optimization.
- Fostered the idea of Offline Playback Feature, Owned the complete feature as QA lead executed the STLC and Bug Life cycle processes and delivered the complete feature thereby exceeding the expectations which eventually stimulated the customer growth by 68% in that quarter.
- Handled Features like 'Continue Watching', 'Skip Intros/Credits', 'Audio Only' and other 16 major features which Includes Identifying and reporting potential risks at story grooming sessions and delivering a highly customer satisfied product.
- Created test cases and test scripts to maintain cohesive team approach to product development.
- Spearheaded the Monthly Sprint demo to showcase the QA Metrics and dashboard for the past month.
- Volunteered and Strengthened my knowledge in Google Analytics Domain to better understand the business trend to build a more efficient customer driven product.
- Supported product managers and development teams across phases of testing from planning to execution, troubleshooting and reporting within high-volume, agile environment.
- Mentored junior team members in QA methodologies, tools usage, and effective communication skills for better collaboration with developers.
Associate Consultant
Virtusa
10.2015 - 08.2020
- As a Senior tester, analyzed the requirements of the project, Involved in FRD walk through and raise queries on the requirement and get them clarified from PO.
- Prepared Impact Analysis document (IAD) of the Change Request (CR) raised in the application and also estimated the Test effort based on the requirements of the project
- During the design phase, written Test Scenarios and Test Cases for the Test scenarios identified and reviewed the Test Design.
- Executed field and business level validations for many Payment Types such as CBFT, DFT, SEPA, BKT etc., during execution phase.
- Log issues in defect management tools and tracking the defects until closure.
- Automating the feasible Test case using Selenium Web Driver (TestNG integrated with POM).
- Conducted root cause analyses on critical defects, recommending improvements to prevent future occurrences.
- As a part of the scrum team, ensured responsibility by actively participating in client demos, Retrospective meetings and timely delivery of the Modules and providing Sign-off.
Education
B.E. - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Anand Institute of Higher Technology
04.2011 - 01.2015
Skills
- STLC
- Agile-Scrum
- Functional Testing
- Sanity Testing
- Regression Testing
- Smoke Testing
- System Testing
- Core Java
- Google Analytics
- Selenium
Certification
ISTQB - Foundation level & AGILE Extension
Tools & Domain
- JIRA
- Xray
- Figma
- Miro
- HP ALM
- RALE
- Studio
- My SQL
- OTT
- Banking
Accomplishments
- Best Employee CEO Recognition Award, 2022
- DREAM TEAM AWARD for Exemplary performance as a part of Citi - BE Payments Team & Citi - BE Payments EMEA Team, 2018-2019
Timeline
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Brightcove
08.2020 - Current
Associate Consultant
Virtusa
10.2015 - 08.2020
B.E. - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Anand Institute of Higher Technology
04.2011 - 01.2015
ISTQB - Foundation level & AGILE Extension
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