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Education
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Krishna Prasanth

Krishna Prasanth

Chennai

Summary

Experienced Software Quality Engineer with 9 years of experience in Automation , Functional and Performance testing, I am a dedicated Software Quality Engineer focused on ensuring the quality and reliability of software products. I specialize in designing test frameworks, developing automated scripts, and optimizing testing processes. I excel in mentoring teams, collaborating with cross-functional groups, and implementing strategies to enhance software quality.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Associate

Trustage
Chennai
11.2020 - Current
  • Highly skilled in Selenium WebDriver automation, specializing in end-to-end (E2E), regression, and in-sprint automation.
  • Proficient in designing and implementing API automation frameworks using REST Assured.
  • Experienced in performance testing with Apache JMeter, including executing tests, analyzing performance metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and recommending optimizations.
  • Expert in scripting with Cognizant Intelligent Test Scripter (CITS)—an open-source tool for UI and API automation. Skilled in planning, executing, and automating accessibility testing across projects.
  • Developed and integrated a custom XML comparison framework with CITS to meet specific client requirements.
  • Recognized as a key resource for coordinating test requirements, and serving as the go-to expert across multiple projects within the account.
  • Played a crucial role in enhancing automation coverage and adoption across projects.
  • Since January 2020, have been leading and coordinating entire project activities while aligning with client work timings, leveraging extensive experience in collaborating with clients, stakeholders, and cross functional teams, along with deep expertise in test project management.

Associate

CUNA Mutual Group
Chennai
11.2018 - 10.2020
  • Led offshore testing efforts and successfully delivered a major UI/UX project, developing extensive UI automation using CITS, along with accessibility and cross-browser testing.
  • Server Migration Projects - Performed data Integrity testing to verify that data in the database is accurate, consistent, and meets business requirements.
  • Cloud Migration Projects - Worked as a single point of contact for the migration from On-Prem servers to Azure Cloud. Handled various QA activities starting from Functional Testing, API Testing , Coordinating performance testing and Accessibility Testing.
  • Onboarding Loan Origination System - Created XML transformation framework which validates the data sent to different onboarded vendors.
  • Provided extensive training to junior resources in SQL, Java, Selenium, and other related technologies.

Programmer Analyst

CUNA Mutual Group
Chennai
02.2016 - 09.2018
  • Onboarded to team as entry level test engineer and performing manual testing tasks such as writing test cases, executing tests, and reporting bugs for the application.
  • Started learning and familiarizing yourself with automation tools like Selenium, TestNG and implementing basic automation.
  • Worked closely with senior automation testers and developers to learn automation best practices and assist in creating automated test scripts.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation

RMK Engineering College , Anna University
Chennai
04-2015

Skills

  • Selenium WebDriver
  • REST Assured
  • Functional Testing
  • Java
  • Cognizant Intelligent Test Scripter
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Jmeter
  • Test Automation Framework
  • Agile
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • TestNG Framework
  • Cross Browser Testing
  • Test Planning
  • Maven
  • Azure Devops
  • CI/CD Pipeline
  • Chrome Dev Tools

Accomplishments

  • BuildIT Hackathon (11/2024) - Presented the use cases of GitHub Co-Pilot in Quality Assurance in Trustage Hackathon.
  • Riding the Wave Award (05/2022) - Awarded by Cognizant Leadership team for excellent track record in increasing the Automation coverage across different project.
  • Pillar of Loanliner.com - QMC (09/2021) - Awarded by clients for the work in Lending Team.
  • Gold Badge Owner in Hacker Rank (09/2021) - Awarded with gold badge for completing SQL Challenge in Hacker Rank.

Certification

  • AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (02/2022)- Demonstrated foundational knowledge of cloud concepts in general and Microsoft Azure in particular.
  • DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals certification (04/2023) - Entry-level qualification that demonstrates a candidate's knowledge of data concepts and Microsoft Azure data services.

Cognizant Activities

  • Lead the Innovation team since 2022 and have been able to achieve 70% of the targets for Trustage Group. Contributed and Implemented ideas for clients and recorded major dollar soft dollar and hard dollar in Bluebolt portal.
  • Extensively trained and interviewed GenC in software testing skills and also contributed for external hiring drives.
  • As the primary coordinator of Business Continuity Processes, I played a pivotal role in securing the BCP award for CUNA Mutual Group through successful coordination of multiple business recovery plans.
  • Trained team members in Selenium and Java and designed posters for Cognizant, which have been widely published across teams and shared with QE leadership.

Timeline

Senior Associate

Trustage
11.2020 - Current

Associate

CUNA Mutual Group
11.2018 - 10.2020

Programmer Analyst

CUNA Mutual Group
02.2016 - 09.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation

RMK Engineering College , Anna University

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