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Pragya Kumari

Summary

Adept Senior Software Test Engineer with extensive experience in Manual and Automation testing across major projects in Telecommunications and Banking at Accenture and TCS. Demonstrated expertise in designing, executing, and monitoring comprehensive testing procedures that significantly enhance system quality. Possesses strong debugging, problem-solving, and end-to-end testing skills, complemented by a proactive leadership approach in high-pressure environments. Dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that improve software reliability and performance.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Test Engineer

TCS - Project : Standard chartered Bank
Bangalore
04.2022 - Current
  • Responsibilities include understanding the new requirements for testing, effort estimation, supporting production defects, and ensuring code quality.
  • Responsibilities of integration, regression, and involvement in UAT.
  • Responsibilities of web testing for upstream and downstream applications, along with mobile testing.
  • Collaborating with businesses for their queries and clarifications, and check-in calls with the clients, conducting UAT, and post-deployment activities with the business.
  • Complete release process, along with approval and release support for every sprint.
  • Involvement in the Sprint Planning, Refinement, and other Agile ceremonies, along with test planning, test script creation, test execution, and defects management using JIRA and ADO.
  • Participated in peer reviews, periodic project meetings
  • Led small development teams, overseeing project progress and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Collaborated with UI/UX designers to improve software usability and user experience.

Automation and Functional Tester

Accenture - Project :Telstra (Telecommunication)
03.2020 - 03.2022
  • Analysed business requirements, functional specs, and designed the requirements. Responsible for the development and execution of test plans, test scenarios, and test scripts.
  • Automated the data sync verification related to Upstream, Business, and Downstream Applications using the Gauge and Taiko framework with JavaScript.
  • Worked on the automation and manual end-to-end testing of three applications simultaneously.
  • Coordinated requirements meeting involving Business Analysts and Business Users.
  • Performed tasks like configuring the test environment, creating test data.
  • Defect identification and defect management using JIRA.
  • Responsible for screening and conducting interviews of the new team members.
  • Responsible for providing application KT and training resources on the gauge and taiko automation framework.

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Accenture - Project: AT&T (Telecommunication)
Bangalore
08.2016 - 03.2020
  • Integral members of SDLC right from product requirements gathering phase to design reviews till the delivery of the product
  • Prepared test plans for testing different releases that cover GUI testing, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, interface testing, end-to-end testing, and user acceptance testing.
  • Maintained traceability of functional requirements, test cases, and automation test scripts.
  • Managed and drive daily, weekly progress reporting, and defect tracking and resolution progress.
  • Maintained regression reports, execution matrices, and test deliverables.
  • Lead and drive the definition, preparation, and execution of testing strategies for client project engagements.
  • Test data creation in XML.
  • Experienced in the Rapise RPA tool.
  • API testing using Postman, Insomnia, and SOAP UI tools.

Education

B.Tech - Civil Engineering

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Bhubaneshwar
04-2016

Higher Secondary Certificate -

Delhi Public School
Ranchi
04-2011

Senior Secondary Certificate -

Adwaita Mission High School
Bhagalpur
04-2009

Skills

Manual QA / Automation QA

  • Gauge & Taiko with Java Script
  • Selenium with Java
  • Azure DevOps (ADO)
  • JIRA
  • AgileCraft
  • Postman
  • SQL Server
  • Bitbucket
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • Confluence
  • SOAP UI
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Visual Studio Code

Trainings And Achievements

  • Received Client Appreciation for reducing manual effort.
  • Received Accenture recognition awards for excellence work.
  • Completed Automation Anywhere & Gauge and Taiko Training at Accenture.
  • Completed Agile training.
  • Innovation idea selected for the Final Review stage within Growth Markets.
  • Presented my selected idea to the Growth Markets Leadership Panel.

Timeline

Senior Software Test Engineer

TCS - Project : Standard chartered Bank
04.2022 - Current

Automation and Functional Tester

Accenture - Project :Telstra (Telecommunication)
03.2020 - 03.2022

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Accenture - Project: AT&T (Telecommunication)
08.2016 - 03.2020

B.Tech - Civil Engineering

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Higher Secondary Certificate -

Delhi Public School

Senior Secondary Certificate -

Adwaita Mission High School
Pragya Kumari