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Karthik J

Bangalore

Summary

Experienced Quality Control professional with 9+ years in software testing and quality assurance, specializing in API and SQL Testing. Proficient in Manual QA, Web Testing, and Oracle SQL. Committed to leading projects at the forefront of technology in quality assurance. Committed to timely Delivery and recognized as an enthusiastic team player. Dedicated, detail-oriented and adept at collaborating across teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Quality Control

Synechron
10.2022 - Current

Role: Lead Quality Control
Duration: Oct'22 till date


Responsibilities:

  • Lead test execution and ensure software quality using Salesforce Cloud, Oracle SQL, and Postman
  • Utilize JIRA for defect tracking and Agile Methodology, enhancing team efficiency
  • Conduct comprehensive regression testing, delivering measurable improvements in software reliability
  • Analyse query logs using Linux, identifying and resolving issues promptly
  • Worked on migration project(GCP Migration)
  • Environments/Tools: MS Windows 10, Swagger, Oracle SQL, pgAdmin4, Postman, Jira, Unix, Java application, Tibco RV/FTL

Senior Quality Engineer

Publicis Epsilon
10.2019 - 09.2022

Project: US BANK (Loyalty Solution) | Team Size: 20
Role: Senior Quality Engineer
Duration: Feb'22 till Sep'22


Responsibilities:

  • Led a dynamic team of 5 QA members, fostering collaborative and innovative environment
  • Conducted comprehensive API testing to ensure optimal functionality
  • Oracle SQL for data validation
  • Managed batch processing operations for streamlined workflow
  • Strategically analyzed requirements and formulated comprehensive test scenarios Executed test cases with a detail-focused approach, ensuring product quality Implemented new additions in API web test framework for automation testing.
  • For enhancing efficiency Adapted the performance framework (JMeter) and ran performance suite and enhanced with new additional requests made for every run, where the load and the stress testing was performed.
  • Was rewarded with Going the Extra Mile ‘GEM’ Award for this Project.


Project: Hot Topic & Torrid | Team Size: 35
Role: Senior Quality Engineer
Duration: Oct'19 till Jan'22

Responsibilities:

  • Salesforce Data testing/Meta Data testing.
  • Oracle SQL for data validation
  • Loyalty program for the retail customers, UAT scenario validation/ END to END testing performed by only one person.
  • Worked on the transaction functionality testing which was the core of the project and logged most of the defects around this area and was able to deliver it defect free.
  • Managed batch processing operations for streamlined workflow.
  • Strategically analyzed requirements and formulated comprehensive test scenarios Executed test cases with a detail-focused approach, ensuring product quality Implemented new additions in API web test framework for automation testing.
  • Worked on validating the migrated data using aggregate SQL Queries.
  • Was rewarded with The Mission impossible Team Award for this Project.



Quality Analyst – 2

Publicis Epsilon
03.2017 - 10.2019

Projects: Uncle Bens | Team Size: 5, Purina | Team Size: 5
Role: Quality Analyst – 2
Duration: Apr'18 till Oct’19

Responsibilities:

  • Digital banners and Emails UI and functionality testing.
  • Dynamic web functional and ui testing
  • Functional testing and Data flow.
  • Worked on Device testing and browser Testing (Mobile, Tablet, Mac and Windows)



Projects: Genentech | Team Size: 5, AMEX | Team Size: 5, Uncle Bens | Team Size: 5
Role: Quality Analyst – 2
Duration: Mar'17 till Mar’18

Responsibilities:

  • Conducted comprehensive API testing, ensuring robust software performance and reliability.
  • Performed Oracle SQL queries to validate data integrity and optimize database operations.
  • Tested batch processing workflows, helped in creation of data at faster pace for testing.
  • Executed detailed reports testing, ensuring accurate data representation for business insights.
  • Led CSR testing, improving customer relationship management systems and user satisfaction.
  • Digital banners and Emails and dynamic web testing and functional testing were performed for uncle bens.

Quality Analyst – 1

Publicis Epsilon
07.2015 - 03.2017

Projects: Google Partners Connect | Team Size: 15, Chevron | Team Size: 25
Role: Quality Analyst – 1
Duration: Jul'15 till Mar'17

Responsibilities:
• Conducted functional testing, ensuring software reliability and user satisfaction.
• Executed API testing using Postman and SOAP UI, improving system integration.
• Performed website UI testing across browsers and mobile devices and responsive web testing (Browser Stack), enhancing user experience.
• Managed test suites, defects, and projects using VSTS, streamlining workflows.
• Utilized Oracle SQL for backend testing, ensuring data integrity and accuracy

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Cambridge Institute of Technology
Bengaluru, India
06-2015

Skills

  • Functional Testing
  • API Testing
  • DB Testing
  • Agile
  • Non-Functional Testing

  • Regression Testing
  • Smoke and Sanity testing
  • Defect Lifecycle
  • Test case management
  • Creation and execution of test Cases

Tools & Technologies:

  • Postman
  • Oracle SQL
  • Jira
  • Swagger
  • pgAdmin4
  • Sitecore
  • VSTS
  • TFS
  • SOAPUI
  • MTputty
  • WinScp
  • Beyond Compare

Additional Information

Achievements:


Synechron:

  • Received Star Award Thrice at the Synechron (For client recognition).


Epsilon:

  • Received 'Going the Extra Mile 'GEM' Award which was provided for leading the QA team and for learning and adapting the Performance testing parallel and managed to deliver things on time irrespective of the multiple obstacles faced.
  • Received 'The Mission impossible Team Award' for all the dedication and hard work as a Team to deliver things on time irrespective of multiple obstacles faced.
  • Received Sirius the Bright Star Award for outshining as an individual after joining as a fresher/Graduate.

Timeline

Lead Quality Control

Synechron
10.2022 - Current

Senior Quality Engineer

Publicis Epsilon
10.2019 - 09.2022

Quality Analyst – 2

Publicis Epsilon
03.2017 - 10.2019

Quality Analyst – 1

Publicis Epsilon
07.2015 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Cambridge Institute of Technology
Karthik J