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Bhavana B R

Bhubaneshwar

Summary

Results-oriented QA Lead with 8 years of experience in the IT industry in agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, and a track record of success in fast-paced startup environments. Seeking to leverage my expertise in QA best practices with expertise in Karate automation for API testing and Scrum principles to drive quality and efficiency at a dynamic startup company. Holding experience in testing high-quality software products with profound experience in telecommunication and Fintech domain.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Program Manager-1

COINDCX
10.2021 - Current
  • As Technical Project Manager (TPM) at coinDCX ensured successful planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects which involved coordination with multiple cross functional teams and leading project teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet and exceed customer expectations
  • Ability to translate high-level business objectives into actionable technical plans and milestones.
  • Responsibilities as TPM: Led multiple software development projects from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to project scope and timeline
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA engineers, to deliver solutions that met client requirements and quality standards
  • Implemented Agile methodologies to improve project efficiency and adaptability.
  • Conducted risk assessments and mitigation strategies to proactively address potential project obstacles and ensure project success
  • Managed project communication and stakeholder engagement, providing regular updates on project status, milestones, and risks
  • Facilitated team meetings, sprint planning sessions, and retrospectives to foster collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement
  • Participated in retrospectives to gather feedback and insights for process improvement, contributing to a more efficient and effective team.
  • Helped teams to unblock many dependencies quickly and proactively and giving stakeholders more visibility into the status and ETAs of the tasks.

Senior QA Engineer-2/ QA Lead

COINDCX
11.2019 - 04.2024
  • As a QA lead at a leading Crypto fintech startup have actively Collaborated with cross- functional teams, including developers, product managers, and designers, to ensure that quality is built into the product from the outset
  • Being the first QA member from start , built QA team by conducting interviews and setting up QA processes.
  • Having strong knowledge on crypto and fintech domain worked with various teams Payment, Compliance, Growth, Acquisition and Futures.
  • Tested integration of multiple third party vendors like mobiwik,Gpay,Digilocker,koinX,
  • Tested both iOS and android fintech mobile application from developement cycle testing, beta testing and till product launch date.
  • Performed api testing using postman.
  • Led QA team of juniors in testing mobile application and ensuring app compatibility testing across multiple devices and operating systems using various tools.
  • Developed and maintained automated test scripts using Karate for API testing.
  • Identifying areas for process improvement and implementing measures to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the QA process
  • Led the QA team in developing and implementing test strategies, test plans, and test cases to ensure the quality of software products
  • Encouraging team to use debugging tools like burp suite, Charles proxy, android studio and ensuring the bug reporting process as all necessary information in order to fasttrack the debugging process
  • Managed the execution of test cases, including functional testing, regression testing, and integration testing, to identify and report defects
  • Designed QA process for the team and ensuring team follows the same
  • Designed weekly App release process for the team in order to adhere to smooth app release every week
  • Ensuring if any P0 prod bugs reported by users are RCA'ed on priority and coordinated with product owners to plan for hot fix release
  • Served as Scrum Master for agile development teams, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
  • Collaborated with product owners and stakeholders to define project requirements and acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with business goals

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra
12.2013 - 04.2024

PROJECT PROFILE:


1) OSD Testing Services Client : AT&T

Domain : Telecom Services

Database : Oracle SQL Developer

Tools Used : HP-Quality Centre, Telegence, SystemX


OSD Testing Services procures data and performs testing of Myatt OLAM portal

  • Myatt data portal is used to access AT&T Wireless, U-verse, Internet or Home Phone Accounts to View and Pay Your Bill, Check customer's Rate Plan, Usage and Upgrade Features etc
  • In this project we worked on both Waterfall model and Agile (Sprint) Model
  • Responsibilities: Analyzing and reviewing test data requirements from tester
  • Test Data identification, Extraction using Toad and SQL queries and raising suitable data requests
  • Analyzing and interpreting test data to verify different test scenarios
  • Providing KT to new joiners


2) RJIL E2E

Client : Reliance

Domain : Telecom Services, 4G UMTS

Tools Used : Rational quality Manager, Rational Team concert The Project involved End to End testing of web application My Jio portal. The project also involved testing off android applications MyJio and Jio Chat. MyJio is an application which manages Jio accounts to view plan details, recharge etc

  • The project also involved 4G network testing on different devices like IPhone, Sony, Samsung and LG
  • Responsibilities: In a team of 7 people, assigning tasks on a daily basis
  • Execution of test cases in RQM and raising defects and tracking of defects using RTC
  • Worked closely with the entire team to improve productivity and escalated the issues on time
  • Coordinating with the development team for defect tracking and closure of defects


3) VHA UAT Testing

Vodafone Hutchison Australia Client

Domain : Telecom Services

Tools Used : HP-Quality Centre, Siebel CRM


The Project involves Testing of Siebel 16.1 e Comm application which is basically customer relationship management application. Siebel is a vast tool where Business agents have to navigate through a number of screens just to view the relevant information about a customer whenever a customer called in. The purpose of this module was to test new functionality added in Siebel CRM. This in turn would translate to a greater customer satisfaction as well as enhanced productivity


Responsibilities:

Responsible for UAT project planning like creating testing scenarios, test plans, and test scripts

  • Handled the tasks of explaining UAT scope, criteria and entry/exit strategy to less trained professionals
  • Performed responsibilities of conducting research on IT requirements and business requirements in UAT areas
  • Handled the tasks of ensuring that the Pre-UAT activity is performed accurately and efficiently
  • Execution of test cases in HP QC as per plan and documenting test results with sufficient details
  • Handled the tasks of identifying defects and perform root cause analysis by analyzing data quality issues Handled the tasks of helping the organization staff in planning data sets for UAT
  • Worked closely with stakeholders and clients to meet project requirements and deadlines.

Education

Telecommunications

GSSS Institute of Engineering And Technology
01.2013

Skills

  • Testing skills- mobile apps- ios and android, website testing and API testing via postman
  • Debugging tools- charles proxy, Android studio, Burp suite, datadog
  • API automation- Karate
  • Analtyics tool- Amplitude, Moengage
  • Test Planning and Execution
  • Defect Management
  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Team Leadership and Mentoring
  • Problem-Solving
  • Jira and Confluence

Certification

  • ISTQB Certification
  • PSM-1

Timeline

Technical Program Manager-1

COINDCX
10.2021 - Current

Senior QA Engineer-2/ QA Lead

COINDCX
11.2019 - 04.2024

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra
12.2013 - 04.2024

Telecommunications

GSSS Institute of Engineering And Technology
Bhavana B R