JANAVI DEVAIAH A
QA Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
Results-driven QA professional with 9+ years of experience across Agile and Waterfall environments, specializing in end-to-end testing and quality delivery. Skilled in functional, regression, integration, API, exploratory, and smoke testing, with strong expertise in SDLC processes. Proven track record in test planning, test case design, defect management, and implementing automation strategies to improve efficiency. Analytical, detail-oriented, and highly collaborative, with a strong ability to adapt to evolving project needs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Manager
PWC Consulting
Bangalore
05.2021 - Current
- Improved overall efficiency of the QA department through strategic planning and resource allocation.
- Managed cross-functional teams to ensure seamless coordination between QA, development, and support departments.
- Conducted root cause analysis on recurring defects, implementing corrective measures to prevent future occurrences.
- Enhanced test coverage by identifying gaps in existing test plans and implementing strategic improvements, including developing custom GPTs to automate and strengthen test design generation.
- Mentored junior team members, providing guidance and support to help them excel in their roles and contribute effectively to the organization.
- Led the QA team of 10 members to independently own all testing activities and deliverables transitioned from the product company.
- Maintained a high standard of product performance by conducting thorough regression testing on each release.
Consultant
Attain Solutions
Bangalore
07.2020 - 04.2021
- Designing of test plan, test scenarios and test cases including preparation of test data.
- Provide accurate QA estimates for assigned works.
- Walkthrough the QA Test Cases and the QA Test Plan with the project team prior to execution
- Develop SQL queries for data validation.
- Document test results and provide test reports that will be used in assessing the completeness of the development effort.
- Development of regression test plan for the application. Execution of the identified regression test cases ensuring smooth functionality of the application.
- Contribute to sprint planning, sprint review/retrospectives and daily stand-up meetings.
SENIOR Member Technical
Broadridge Financials Solutions India Private Limited
Bangalore
11.2016 - 03.2020
- Define criteria for testing, develop test cases, scenarios, and scripts to ensure application quality.
- Execute test cases, document actual results, and evaluate compared to expected results
- Provide accurate QA estimates for assigned works.
- Walkthrough the QA Test Cases and the QA Test Plan with the project team prior to execution
- Mitigate risks to business through timely and precise execution of manual test scripts.
- Closely work with the delivery leads and team(onshore-offshore) to adhere to deliverables.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
Consultant
Wicked Ride
Bangalore
11.2015 - 09.2016
- Involved in test case design and execution, defect reporting, defect retesting
- Responsible for designing test cases using selenium Webdriver and TestNG.
- Created test cases using element locators and selenium Webdriver methods.
- Execution of selenium test cases and reporting defects.
- Create a detailed bug report and classify the bugs based on severity.
- Perform compatibility testing to test the application compatibility on different platforms and specifications.
Test Engineer
VHS Consulting solutions
Bangalore
08.2014 - 10.2015
- Involved in Test Case Design, Defect Reporting, Defect retesting
- Involved in execution of Test Cases for the complete reports.
- Performed Smoke, Integration, System testing and ADHOC testing.
- Creation of detailed defect reports using defect tracking tool.
- Focused self-starter with solid analytical problem-solving, planning, decision-making ability.
TEST ENGINEER
Tech Mahindra
Pune
06.2012 - 05.2013
- Understanding functional business requirements and understand the business process flow.
- Recognizing the relationship between data and how it relates to solving complex business problems.
- Testing and implementing the configuration part for various customers in the application.
- Involved in functional testing, integration testing and system testing.
- Reported defects, status, and test reports.
- Active participation in defect report meeting periodically.
- Involved in logging defects using defect tracking tool.
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Instrumentation Technology
R.N.S Institute of Technology
Bangalore, India01-2011
PUC -
Coorg PU College
Bangalore, India01-2007
SSLC -
St. Joseph’s Girls High School
Bangalore, India01-2005
Skills
Test Management Tools: CA Agile Central, JIRA
Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA, Bugzilla
Languages: JAVA
RDBMS: ORACLE 11g, Cassandra, MySQL
Testing Tools: Selenium, TestNG, Playwright
Test Reporting Tools: EXTENT Reports
Source Repository Tool: Perforce
Process improvement strategies
Requirements analysis and validation
Resource allocation and scheduling
API Testing with POSTMAN
Agile methodologies proficiency
Training and mentoring
GEN AI
Certification
ISTQB Certified
Timeline
ISTQB Certified
12-2023
QA Manager
PWC Consulting
05.2021 - Current
Consultant
Attain Solutions
07.2020 - 04.2021
SENIOR Member Technical
Broadridge Financials Solutions India Private Limited
11.2016 - 03.2020
Consultant
Wicked Ride
11.2015 - 09.2016
Test Engineer
VHS Consulting solutions
08.2014 - 10.2015
TEST ENGINEER
Tech Mahindra
06.2012 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Engineering - Instrumentation Technology
R.N.S Institute of Technology
PUC -
Coorg PU College
SSLC -
St. Joseph’s Girls High School