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Madhavi Sirisha Ganesna

Test Specialist
Bangalore

Summary

  • Accomplished QA professional with 10+ years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in manual and automation testing across Agile and SAFe environments.
  • 3 years of experience in manual testing, including test planning, execution, and defect lifecycle management.
  • 4.9 years of automation experience using Selenium WebDriver with Java, BDD with Cucumber and Gherkin, in a CI/CD pipeline with tools like Jenkins and Maven.
  • 2 years of experience in Java REST Assured for automating APIs in end-to-end test cases, including backend validations, API chaining, request/response validation, and integration testing alongside UI automation.
  • Strong expertise in functional and regression testing, with a proven track record of automating end-to-end test cases using tools like Applitools, Postman, and version control with Git/Bitbucket.
  • Experience with BrowserStack for mobile and browser compatibility testing, integrating cloud execution into the automation framework.
  • Good knowledge of LambdaTest for cross-browser and cross-platform testing in cloud-based environments, including parallel test execution and debugging using logs, screenshots, and video recordings.
  • Experience in Jira Xray for test case management, execution tracking, and reporting test coverage against requirements.
  • Actively involved in all phases of the QA lifecycle: requirement analysis, test planning, test case design and review, defect logging, and closure using tools like Jira.
  • Participated in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and team reviews in Agile teams.
  • Skilled in developing, executing, and maintaining robust, reusable automation scripts, along with code reviews, pull requests, and collaborative code delivery.
  • Responsible for scheduled execution, test maintenance, and continuous monitoring of automation results.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Specialist

Qualitest
05.2023 - Current

Client : Asure Software

Project Overview: The Asure portal serves as a comprehensive self-service platform for both employees and managers.It offers intuitive access to essential features such as benefits management, allowing users to easily view and update personal information

Responsibilities:

  • Contributed to the design and development of a scalable, reusable, and maintainable data-driven Selenium-Java BDD automation framework built from scratch
  • Developed automation scripts for end-to-end (E2E) business flows using the newly built framework
  • Conducted manual execution of E2E scenarios to validate business logic before automation implementation
  • Performed API testing during integration phases using Postman to verify data exchange and backend responses
  • Automated API tests using Java with Rest Assured and validated complete end-to-end flows across integrated systems
  • Performed automated cross-browser testing on BrowserStack to validate application compatibility across various browsers and operating systems
  • Reported, tracked, and managed defects using JIRA while collaborating closely with development teams
  • Integrated automation scripts with BrowserStack, Jenkins, and JIRA Xray for seamless execution, continuous integration, and real-time test reporting
  • Handled defect reporting using JIRA and managed test planning, execution, and traceability through JIRA Xray
  • Managed version control through Bitbucket by indexing, committing, and pushing code; initiated pull requests for code reviews
  • Held regular walkthroughs and reviews of automation scripts with clients for alignment and feedback
  • Actively participated in Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
  • Maintained and updated JIRA Xray dashboards to provide clients with a clear overview of execution results, reported bugs, and test coverage.

Tools Used: Selenium, Cucumber, Java, Postman, Rest Assured, JIRA-Xray, Bitbucket, Intellij, Jenkins

Specialist

Qualitest
10.2021 - 03.2023

Client: Ashley Madison

Project Overview: Ashley Madison is the world's most open-minded and discreet dating community

Millions of members in more than 50 countries use Ashley Madison to find discreet relationships of all kinds

  • Involved in developing of automation scripts for Web Application
  • Involved in maintaining and developing API Regression test cases using POSTMAN
  • Involved in maintaining and developing Visual tests using Applitools eyes
  • Automated scripts using Selenium-Java BDD framework
  • Involved in Regression Testing for Web and Mobile
  • Defect reporting through JIRA
  • Continuous execution of automated scripts through JENKINS
  • Indexing, Committing and pushing the final development code to BIT BUCKET and creating pull request from Git Hub for code review
  • Continuous review with client on automated scripts
  • Involved in Daily Status, Sprint Planning and Review, Backlog Grooming, Retrospective meetings.

Tools Used: Selenium, Cucumber, Java, Postman, JIRA, Applitools eyes, Newman, Bitbucket, Test Rail, My SQL, Jenkins, Intelli J

Testing Analyst

Publicis Sapient
01.2020 - 09.2021

Client: TESCO

Company Overview: People Transformation programme is to earn the trust of colleagues in a simple and helpful way. This is based on Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management which is a complete solution connecting every human resource process from hire to retire

  • Analyzed test scenarios to assess automation feasibility and determine suitability for script development.
  • Worked on different modules like HCM-JML, Payroll, Absence API, WSA API, Colleague API testing
  • Creating common actions
  • Automated scripts using Selenium-Java BDD framework
  • Involved in self and peer review
  • Involved in Functional and Regression Testing
  • Defect reporting through JIRA
  • Continuous execution of automated scripts through JENKINS
  • Maintaining version control through GIT
  • Continuous review with client on automated scripts

Tools Used: Selenium, Cucumber, Java, Postman, Rest Assured, JIRA, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Intelli J

Testing Analyst

Publicis Sapient
02.2018 - 11.2019

Client: Shaw

Company Overview: Shaw is a leading Canadian telecommunications company focused on connecting its customers to the world through a best-in-class, seamless connectivity experience

  • Preparing Test Scenarios and test cases
  • Involved in self and peer review
  • Involved in API testing using Ready API
  • Involved in Accessibility testing using NVDA plugin
  • Coordinating with onsite team
  • Defect reporting through JIRA
  • Involved in Automation scripting using Selenium-Java BDD framework
  • Involved in Mobile testing both iOS and Android

Tools Used: Selenium, Cucumber, Java, Postman, Ready API, JIRA, Quality Center

Testing Engineer

Publicis Sapient
09.2015 - 02.2017

Client: Ralph Lauren

Company Overview: Ralph Lauren is an e-Commerce project using Hybris.The application supports entire range of functions involved in the business of e-Commerce.

  • Identification of scenarios for the Requirements
  • Preparing Test Scenarios and test cases
  • Involved in self and peer review
  • Executing the Test cases and reporting the bugs through defect tracking tool
  • Aid Developers in debugging defects
  • Involved in Regression Testing
  • Coordinating with Onsite team

Tools Used: Selenium, Cucumber, Java, JIRA

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

JNTU University

Skills

Selenium WebDriver

Cucumber

Applitools Eyes

Smart UI

ReadyAPI

Postman

REST Assured

Appium

BrowserStack

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Timeline

Specialist

Qualitest
05.2023 - Current

Specialist

Qualitest
10.2021 - 03.2023

Testing Analyst

Publicis Sapient
01.2020 - 09.2021

Testing Analyst

Publicis Sapient
02.2018 - 11.2019

Testing Engineer

Publicis Sapient
09.2015 - 02.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

JNTU University
Madhavi Sirisha GanesnaTest Specialist