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Kavitha Arumugam

Chennai

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Experienced in fast-paced environments and adaptable to last-minute changes. Thrives under pressure and consistently earns high marks for work quality and speed. Dedicated and adaptable professional with a proactive attitude and the ability to learn quickly. Strong work ethic and effective communication skills. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Test Manager

Accenture
Chennai
11.2009 - 05.2025
  • Reviewed project deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards.
  • Documented lessons learned from past projects in order to improve future efforts.
  • Managed multiple concurrent projects while ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
  • Compiled and reviewed integration, automation and performance testing roadmaps to maintain compliance with organizational and regulatory objectives.
  • Integrated automated assessment software using CI/CD processes to support continuous operation.
  • Collaborated with professionals to conduct research, gather requirements, and implement testing procedures to meet company thresholds.
  • Crafted and executed organizational QA processes, procedures and best practices to maintain enhancement and standards testing programs.
  • Developed test plans, strategies and schedules for software testing projects.
  • Collaborated with product owners to define acceptance criteria for sprints based on customer feedback.
  • Reviewed test results prior to release in order to verify accuracy before deployment into production environment.
  • Analyzed system specifications and identified potential risks associated with the development process.
  • Coordinated with developers, testers, project managers and other stakeholders throughout the entire software testing life cycle.
  • Ensured that all test cases are properly documented according to established standards.
  • Implemented best practices for defect tracking using JIRA bug tracking tool.
  • Conducted user acceptance tests by working closely with end users to validate functionality as per their expectations.
  • Evaluated new technologies and tools that could improve overall efficiency of the testing process.
  • Developed comprehensive reports on application performance metrics for senior management review.
  • Monitored progress of each sprint and provided regular updates to key stakeholders.
  • Performed root cause analysis on defects in order to identify underlying problems and recommend solutions accordingly.
  • Provided technical guidance and support to junior team members on all aspects of manual and automated testing activities.

Education

BE Computer Science - Quality Management From BITS

St Antony's Girls Higher Secondary School
Chennai
06-2008

Skills

  • Test planning and management
  • Risk assessment and analysis
  • Automated testing techniques
  • Wireshark test proficiency
  • Cybersecurity testing expertise

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Automation Experience

  • Lead a team with 60 members consists of both Manual, Automation and Performance testing.
  • Implemented Automation from the core using Ranorex with C#
  • Handling a automation team with Selenium Java
  • Perceiving Python
  • Interested in learning Cyber security

Affiliations

  • Spending time with the terrace garden
  • Reading books and watching videos about stocks and investments to improve my knowledge about wealth creation
  • Reading books about horoscopes

Timeline

Test Manager

Accenture
11.2009 - 05.2025

BE Computer Science - Quality Management From BITS

St Antony's Girls Higher Secondary School
Kavitha Arumugam