Naina Kishnani
Pune
Summary
Engineering professional with a strong background in quality assurance and team leadership. Demonstrated success in driving process improvements, ensuring product reliability, and fostering collaborative environments. Skilled in implementing effective testing strategies, managing cross-functional teams, and adapting to changing project needs. Recognized for consistently delivering high-quality results and maintaining exceptional standards of performance.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Manager QA
PT.JULO Indonesia
11.2023 - Current
- Develop and implement the overall QA strategy for the organization
- Define QA processes, standards, and methodologies
- Lead and manage the QA team, including recruitment, training, and performance evaluation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality standards are met throughout the software development lifecycle
- Oversee the creation and execution of comprehensive test plans and test cases
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of the QA process
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the QA team
- Develop and implement an automation strategy aligned with the organization's goals
- Select appropriate automation tools and frameworks for efficient test automation
- Oversee the creation of automated test scripts and frameworks
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate automation into the CI/CD pipeline
- Ensure the maintenance and scalability of automated test suites
- Provide training and mentorship to the automation team members
- Monitor and analyze automation metrics for continuous improvement
- Plan and coordinate Android release schedules in alignment with project timelines
- Collaborate with development, QA, and product management teams to ensure release readiness
- Conduct risk assessments and implement risk mitigation strategies for releases
- Manage the release process, including versioning, tagging, and branching in version control systems
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of release documentation
- Coordinate with stakeholders to communicate release timelines, progress, and potential issues
- Participate in post-release reviews to gather feedback and improve future release processes
Senior QA Lead
PT.JULO Indonesia
10.2020 - 11.2023
- Collaborated closely with clients by attending daily scrums, providing project status updates and addressing any completed work, current assignments, and critical issues
- Served as a Scrum master, leading a team of 29 individuals across 11 squads, including permanent and subcontractor members, fostering knowledge enhancement and promoting Agile practices
- Led a team of four automation experts, developing comprehensive plans for API integration and Mobile UI automation testing
- Streamlined the testing process by integrating automated test scripts on CI/CD (Jenkins) and creating scheduled reports for efficient test execution and reporting
- Implemented Zephyr (Test Management tool) and performance testing using JMeter and Locust, enhancing testing processes and ensuring stress testing as per squad needs
- Validated entrance and exit criteria, conducted positive and negative testing, and ensured timely resolution or deferral of reported bugs
- Conducted regular training sessions to improve technical and soft skills of team members
- Improved resolution and response times for bugs reported on production, reducing daily data fixes requested by agents
- Conducted regular regressions for Android releases within all squads, ensuring software quality
- Introduced a test case review process to reduce the introduction of bugs on production
- Contributed significantly to the successful delivery of high-quality software by leveraging leadership and expertise in building and managing quality systems
- Manage the end-to-end release process for Android applications, including planning, coordinating, and executing releases, ensuring compliance with quality standards, managing version control, and coordinating with cross-functional teams for timely deployment
QA Lead
Prudential Insurance
07.2018 - 09.2020
- Utilized Agile methodology by attending daily scrum meetings with clients and keeping the team informed of completion status, ongoing assignments, and critical issues
- Led a team of six by fostering a cooperative work environment and ensuring understanding of Agile methodology
- Maintained a comprehensive Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure complete coverage of all requirements
- Validated entrance and exit criteria and performed both positive and negative testing
- Verified bug reports and ensured that all bugs were either passed or deferred
- Participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure quality of the product
- Created and maintained test case documents for both the database and front-end modules
- Focused on improving the technical and soft skills of the team through regular training sessions
- Introduced the use of Selenium with Cucumber automation framework for regression testing
- Identified the root cause, planned and took corrective actions to make the product delivery smooth
Senior QA
Altius Data solutions
03.2016 - 10.2017
- Specialized as a consultant tester in ETL testing for SSMS and Azure data platforms, based in Pune, India
- Planned and designed end-to-end testing processes for data loading, processing, and storage
- Conducted ETL, regression, performance, and system testing using SSMS and Azure portal
- Interacted directly with UK clients to understand requirements and deliverables
- Managed documentation, reported defects, and ensured data accuracy in target databases
Senior QA Engineer
Saama Technologies
11.2013 - 01.2016
- Provided oversight for quality-assurance testing and teams for client software and systems development projects
- Accelerated average QA testing turn-around time by 25% or more, allowing the company to accept more testing projects without increasing staff
- Designed and implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests, and usability
- Documented software defects using bug tracking systems and reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen, and content to software developers
- Delivered thorough QA testing reports that determined product quality and release readiness
- Conducted system, unit, performance, load, regression, stress, and data interface testing and ETL testing
- Collaborated closely with other Agile teams on establishing testing guidelines, implementing QA best practices, evaluating different testing tools, and choosing the overall automation strategy for the company
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
Bhopal, India07-2007
Skills
- Test case design
- Quality assurance expertise
- Functional testing
- Regression testing
- Test automation management
- Mobile application testing
- Requirements analysis
- Configuration management
- Release management
- Cross-functional team leadership
Certification
- Certified tester Foundation level (ISTQB)
- Microsoft certified technology specialist
- Advance programming in Python by Sever Mentors
Timeline
Engineering Manager QA
PT.JULO Indonesia
11.2023 - Current
Senior QA Lead
PT.JULO Indonesia
10.2020 - 11.2023
QA Lead
Prudential Insurance
07.2018 - 09.2020
Senior QA
Altius Data solutions
03.2016 - 10.2017
Senior QA Engineer
Saama Technologies
11.2013 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
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