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Latha Madhavi Balanagu

Hyderabad

Summary

Accomplished, results-driven Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with extensive experience at FedEx ACC, Micron, specializing in automation frameworks and API testing. Proven ability to enhance testing processes and lead Agile teams, leveraging skills in SELENIUM, RestAPI Testing and CI/CD pipelines. Adept at problem-solving and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

FedEx ACC
Hyderabad
06.2024 - Current
  • Strong experience in debugging issues and identifying the root causes.
  • Involved in analyzing business requirements, converting them to technical specifications, and providing seamless and smooth deliveries.
  • Experience in coordinating with Product Owners and Scrum Masters of multiple Agile teams, and managing the dependencies accordingly.
  • · Mostly involved in reproducing the PROD level issues and collaborating with Application owners/architects to identify the proper root cause in the most optimized way.
  • · Responsible for maintaining the Regression Suite and running the suite for releases and deployments
  • Developed an Automation framework for facilitating API testing and DB testing, which is now used at the ART (inside portfolio) level.
  • · Continuously working to identify the cons and enhance the developed framework.
  • · Extending the active support for performing E2E testing across multiple portfolios in the organization.
  • · Performing the performance or load testing on the APIs and continuously monitoring the same at PROD level.

Lead Software Test Engineer

Micron Technologies
Hyderabad
03.2022 - 05.2024
  • Expertise in Web Automation Script Development using SELENIUM with Java and C#, HttpClient and Rest Assured
  • Having experience in Selenium with Java, C#, Specflow, SQL, Cucumber framework.
  • Experience in using JMeter for performance testing.
  • Leading the SQA for supporting the legacy server migration project to the Red Hat OpenShift cloud environment.
  • Intense and in-depth working knowledge of Ingress Handler testing on the OpenShift cloud environment.
  • Proper working expertise in CI/CD using Azure DevOpsPipelines.
  • Proficient in converting test design steps to executable automation scripts.
  • Good experience in API testing using Postman and API automation using Selenium with Java.
  • Working knowledge and hands-on experience in DB test case validation, execution, and DB automation with SQL Server.
  • Working experience in version control tools such as GITand Azure DevOps.
  • Acting as Openshift SME for SQA team as almost all the applications/APIs are being containerized and leading multiple Agile Teams SQA.
  • Involved in coordinating and gathering the requirements from Architects and Stakeholders regarding the containerization, continuously improvising the test cases, test scripts, and planning the deliveries accordingly.
  • Leading the SQA Testing for all the servers with Ingress Handler Integration.
  • Converting the user stories to Test Scenarios and Test cases using Azure DevOps Boards
  • Automating the Test cases using internal framework ANG (Automation NextGen)
  • Involved in Automating WebUI and Windows (Standalone) Applications.
  • Created a Reusable utility program for API Automation.
  • Working Knowledge on DB(SQL) Testcase Validation and Automation.
  • Responsible for maintaining the Regression Suite and running the suite for releases
  • Implementing and maintaining the CI/CD pipeline for Regression Testing
  • Leading the Buddy Program which is launched to train the new joiners and guiding the team
  • Monitoring test execution, finding and fixing the failed scripts
  • Preparing the TestPlan for End to end, Smoke Test and Regression Testing and responsible for monitoring the execution runs.
  • Involved in providing the major fixes and enhancements to the framework
  • Enhanced the Reporting methodology by inserting screenshots for better maintenance.
  • Managing multiple Agile Teams and co ordinating for Testing Requirements and Automation Inputs

Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services
Hyderabad
08.2015 - 03.2022

● Understanding the business requirements and applications flow and gathering test data

● requirements.

● Involved in Test Scenario Design and test case designing.

● Responsible for Automation script development, execution and maintenance

● Monitoring test execution, finding and fixing the failed scripts

● Preparing the test strategy for End to end, Smoke Test and Regression Testing and also responsible for monitoring the execution runs.

● Involved in development of Account specific Test framework

● Adding/ Enhancing the framework features according to client requirements.

● Responsible for Sprint Demo and Client walkthroughs.

Involved in Manual Backend Testing using Postman.

● Testcase Development for the user stories assigned

● Involved in Test Data Collection when required.

● Executing the testcases and updating the testcase status in ALM

● Analyzing and raising the defects and reporting the bugs to Lead

● Involved in Regression Testing for the releases

Education

B. Tech - Information Techonology

Godavari Institute of Engineering And Technology
Rajahmundry
04-2015

GED -

Vikas Junior College
Rajahmundry
04-2011

High School Diploma -

St Ann's EM School
Rajahmundry
04-2009

Skills

  • SELENIUM
  • Rest- Assured, HTTPClient libraries
  • Automation framework
  • Jmeter
  • Cucumber
  • Specflow
  • Regression testing
  • API automation
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • GIT
  • SQL DB
  • Openshift Ingress handler
  • Azure DevOps
  • Eclipse
  • Visual Studio

Accomplishments

  • Promoted within 1.5 years in Micron based on exceptional performance and impact.
  • Received Culture Champion Award for successful SQA support for the pivot Project of Ingress handler Integration.
  • Received TopNotch TeamMember Award for timely deliveries and proper maintenance of Automation test scripts.
  • Recieved Bravo Zulo award for supporting extensive E2E Testing across multiple portfolios in FedEx

Timeline

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

FedEx ACC
06.2024 - Current

Lead Software Test Engineer

Micron Technologies
03.2022 - 05.2024

Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2015 - 03.2022

B. Tech - Information Techonology

Godavari Institute of Engineering And Technology

GED -

Vikas Junior College

High School Diploma -

St Ann's EM School
Latha Madhavi Balanagu