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KIRUTHIGA M

KIRUTHIGA M

Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Bengaluru

Summary

Adept QA Engineer with a proven track record at News Corp India, excelling in manual and API testing. Led test automation initiatives, improving efficiency by 30%. Known for mentoring peers and driving test strategy development. Proficient in TestComplete, JIRA, GitHub, and test management tools like TestRail and Zephyr, combining technical expertise with strong leadership skills.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

QA Engineer

News Corp India
Banglore
07.2021 - Current
  • Led the creation of test strategies and test packs for new projects, ensuring comprehensive coverage and efficient automation with TestComplete.
  • Automated test cases using TestComplete, leveraging both keyword-driven and scripting approaches to enhance test efficiency and accuracy.
  • Have been a subject matter expert in the QA team.
  • Responsible for onboarding and training new QA team members to ensure a smooth transition.
  • Presented demos during stakeholder meetings to explain new features and coordinated with on-site teams to gain knowledge of new products added to our portfolio.
  • Proactive monitoring of the production boxes and intimate the team in case of any service interruptions.
  • Getting knowledge transition from on site for more applications which are getting added to the production support.

Associate QA Engineer

News Corp India
Banglore
07.2018 - 06.2021
  • Using a licensed tool called “Methode” which is integrated with multiple tools Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, S3 Browser, AWS – CAPPS, WinSCP, CHP,Claro etc.
  • Methode is widely used for to develop contents for the top newspapers in UK like “The Times”, “The Sunday Times”, “The Sun”, and “TLS”.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Analyzed user stories and prepared test scenarios and test cases.
  • Executed those test cases by manually in multiple environments.
  • Raised bugs and performed a bug life cycle. Executed the Smoke, Sanity and Regression suite.
  • Reporting and tracking the defect using JIRA. Attending client calls on daily basis and update the current status.
  • Managing test suite.
  • Supported continuous integration efforts by maintaining test environments and updating test cases as needed.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering

University College of Engineering
Nagapattinam, India
06.2012 - 05.2016

Skills

Manual testing

Test Complete , Javascript

API Testing

Automation testing

Sanity testing

Integration testing

Mobile testing

Test case design

Smoke testing

Software development life cycle

User acceptance testing

Black box testing

System testing

Cross-browser testing

Test-driven development

Load testing

Exploratory testing

Performance testing

End-to-end testing

Test script creation

Agile methodologies

Bug tracking tools

Technical documentation

Continuous integration

Test plan development

Critical thinking

Documentation and reporting

Root cause identification

Team leadership

Tools

Test Rail, Zephyr

Jira

GitHub


Timeline

QA Engineer

News Corp India
07.2021 - Current

Associate QA Engineer

News Corp India
07.2018 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering

University College of Engineering
06.2012 - 05.2016
KIRUTHIGA MSoftware Quality Assurance Engineer