Navitha Pinnamraju

Accomplished Quality Engineer with extensive experience in manual and automated testing, including Selenium with Python, across diverse industries. Proven track record in defect identification and bug tracking using Azure DevOps, enhancing software quality and reliability. Demonstrated expertise in leading test automation efforts with BDD frameworks, significantly reducing manual workload. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet delivery timelines and ensure seamless project execution. Career goal: to leverage strong analytical skills and technical proficiency to drive innovation in software quality assurance.

• Proficient in Microsoft Project, MS Office Suite, and JIRA.
• First of Many Technology Awards - Honored for Technology Innovation as part of the Class of 2023.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and with clients.

• Collaboration & Requirement Understanding: Actively collaborated with Business Analysts and Developers to gain a deep understanding of application architecture, workflows, and requirements, ensuring comprehensive test coverage across all functionalities.
• Manual Testing & Test Execution: Led extensive manual testing efforts for Functional and System Integration testing across multiple environments, identifying critical issues early in the development cycle.
• Socotra Insurance PAS System Testing: Played a key role in testing the Socotra insurance Policy Administration System (PAS), ensuring seamless integration and flawless system functionality.
• Comprehensive Testing: Conducted front-end testing, functional testing, regression testing, and reports validation, ensuring the application’s UI/UX, features, and backend processes functioned as expected across various test scenarios.
• Parallel System Validation: Conducted parallel runs of the current and upgraded systems to validate that new system outputs aligned with the existing system, ensuring smooth upgrades with minimal risk.
• Data Staging & QA Integration: Led the staging and integration of data from multiple sources into the QA environment, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of test data for rigorous validation.
• Test Case Development & Execution: Utilized Quality Centre for gathering requirements, developing comprehensive test cases, executing tests, and tracking defects to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Defect Tracking & Issue Resolution: Employed Azure DevOps (ADO) for efficient defect tracking and issue management, working closely with developers and end-users to resolve identified issues and ensure software stability.
• Positive & Negative Testing: Performed both positive and negative testing to verify that the system handled valid inputs appropriately and gracefully managed invalid data or unexpected behaviour.
• Security Testing: Conducted basic security testing to evaluate vulnerabilities and ensure the protection of sensitive user data and application integrity.
• Test Automation (BDD Framework): Contributed to the test automation efforts by implementing and maintaining tests using the Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) framework, increasing test efficiency and coverage.
• Stakeholder Communication: Actively participated in design walkthroughs, review meetings, and stakeholder discussions, ensuring alignment between development teams and customers on application features and performance.
• Project Management & Time Management: Demonstrated strong organizational and decision-making skills, efficiently managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously under tight deadlines, ensuring all deliverables were met on time.
• Test Documentation: Thoroughly reviewed requirement documents, developed and finalized test cases, ensuring full alignment with the product specifications.
• Test Environment Setup & Cross-Browser Testing: Set up and configured the test environment for seamless testing operations. Conducted functional testing across multiple browsers (e.g., Chrome, Firefox) to ensure cross-platform compatibility for publisher and advertiser interfaces.
• UI & Functional Testing (UAT): Tested the application's UI and core functionality both locally and on the staging (UAT) environment, ensuring readiness for production.
• Regression Testing: Conducted thorough regression testing after bug fixes, covering all relevant scenarios to verify that changes did not impact other parts of the system.