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POORVA GADDALE

Hyderabad

Summary

Automation Lead with over 10 years of experience in testing, specializing in test development and management. Expertise in utilizing advanced technologies such as GenAI and LLM to enhance testing workflows and product quality. Proficient in tools including Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, BDD (Cucumber), SQL, and JIRA, with a history of leading successful Agile projects that drive efficiency and reduce costs. Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and build strong relationships with clients and team members, contributing to overall team success.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Automation Tech Lead

Accenture Solutions
Bangalore
01.2021 - Current
  • Leveraged GenAI to analyze product rules and UW rule sheets for extracting essential requirements and test scenarios.
  • Utilized LLM to create thorough test cases that ensured comprehensive coverage while minimizing manual work.
  • Conducted extensive testing using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG to execute smoke, functional, integration, and regression tests.
  • Implemented BDD (Cucumber) framework for improved readability and maintainability of tests.
  • Employed GenAI to evaluate test outcomes, identifying critical defects for swift resolution.
  • Created automated test scripts in Java and maintained them with TestNG for enhanced reliability.
  • Facilitated continuous testing by integrating automated tests within the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Executed SQL queries to validate database records for accuracy.

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Tech Mahindra Ltd
Bangalore
01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Understanding of FSD requirements by ST team
  • Walk through of FSD by BA and Maintaining Query log
  • System Test Scenario Creation, Review and Signoff
  • Create Automation Test Scripts
  • Execution of test scripts using TestNG
  • Defect creation in ALM for failed test cases and tracking till closure
  • Integration with Jenkins for nightly execution
  • Developed TestNG Framework Using Selenium Web Driver and Java for Data Driven Testing
  • Identifying Test cases from Regression suite that can be automated
  • Involved in Development, maintenance and Execution of Automation Test scripts
  • System Test Exit Report Creation, Review and Signoff
  • Representing team in Status Calls, Triage calls, closer calls & signoff calls

Test Engineer

Accenture Solutions
Bangalore
01.2014 - 01.2018
  • Create Test Scripts for groomed User Stories
  • Attend daily sync-ups, Grooming, Demo and Retrospection meetings
  • Participate in Sprint test execution
  • Co-ordinating Defect/Status calls with clients
  • Weekly Agile status reporting
  • Providing KT to the E2E team members of the Sprint changes introduced and highlighting the regression impact

Junior QA Engineer

Accenture Solutions
Bangalore
01.2014 - 01.2018
  • Identifying the test scenarios from the design document
  • Framing high level scenarios and low-level scripts
  • Execution of the scripts (Regression and new functionality)
  • Raising defects and chasing it up with component teams for closer
  • Representing team in Status Calls, Triage calls, closer calls & signoff calls

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering

PDA College of Engineering
Gulbarga
07-2013

Skills

  • Selenium webdriver
  • Core Java
  • TestNG
  • Generative AI
  • Prompt engineering
  • LangChain Framework
  • LLM
  • RAG
  • Test automation
  • Agile methodologies
  • Defect tracking
  • Behavior driven development
  • CI/CD Pipeline
  • SQL (basic)
  • Maven and Jenkins

Tools

  • JIRA
  • Git
  • HP Quality Center/ALM

Domain knowledge

  • Telecom domain
  • Logistics domain
  • Personal insurance domain

Languages

  • Hindi, Native
  • English, Proficient

Passion

Travelling

Accomplishments

  • Remained the top performer every year in Accenture from FY 2014 to FY 2017.
  • Received multiple appreciations and awards from clients for providing excellent deliverables.
  • Received Standing Ovation award for my work from my manager in Tech Mahindra Ltd.
  • Received Excellence award in Accenture in 2023.

Timeline

QA Automation Tech Lead

Accenture Solutions
01.2021 - Current

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Tech Mahindra Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2021

Test Engineer

Accenture Solutions
01.2014 - 01.2018

Junior QA Engineer

Accenture Solutions
01.2014 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering

PDA College of Engineering

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