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PRIYANKA K S

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic Senior Associate at JP Morgan Chase, with over 10 years of experience in software testing across diverse domains. Demonstrated leadership in Agile environments, successfully optimizing testing frameworks to boost efficiency. Proficient in both automation and manual testing, with a strong grasp of SDLC and STLC processes. Skilled at driving cross-functional collaboration and mentoring junior testers, significantly enhancing overall team performance.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Associate

JP Morgan Chase India Services Ltd
07.2021 - Current

Project: Commercial Real Estate Banking

Domain: Banking

Applications: Commercial Real Estate Originations System (CREOS), CRE Tax Credits (Pierpont), CRE Asset Management (CREAM), CRE Loan Administration (CRELA), CREVAL.

  • Participated in product design reviews, providing input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, and potential risks, resulting in a 15% reduction in post-release defects.
  • Authored and maintained 25–30 manual test cases per sprint, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, and boosting team efficiency by 20%.
  • Developed and optimized automated testing tools, reducing repetitive tasks, and cutting regression testing time by 40%.
  • Automated regression test suites for five applications, leading to a 35% increase in test execution speed.
  • Established automation frameworks that reduced manual testing efforts by 30%, enhancing team productivity.
  • Refined existing test automation frameworks, improving test execution speed by 25%, and reducing false positives by 40%.
  • Identified and reported an average of 50 to 60 defects per quarter, enhancing software quality before deployment.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring 100% test coverage for all major product features.
  • Analyzed test results, identifying trends that led to a 20% decrease in recurring defects, and improved test efficiency.
  • Monitored all phases of the software development life cycle, from requirement gathering to production deployment, reducing release delays by 20%.
  • Worked within Agile and Scrum frameworks, achieving a 100% sprint completion rate, and meeting all project deadlines.
  • Documented, triaged, and managed an average of 150 defects annually, ensuring timely resolutions, and reducing backlog.
  • Trained over 100 users on new system functionalities, increasing user adoption rates.
  • Generated detailed reports on acceptance test results, providing actionable insights that improved pre-release decision-making.

Senior Analyst

HCL Technologies Limited
09.2015 - 06.2021

Project 1: Ashoka (02/2018 – 06/2021)

Domain: Android Application and Feature Testing.

Applications: Screen mirroring, DLNA, IPTV, Internet browser.

  • Developed comprehensive test plans, analyzed requirements, and authored over 200 test cases per project, ensuring over 95% test coverage using industry-standard testing techniques.
  • Set up and optimized test environments, reducing test setup time by 30%, and ensuring seamless execution across multiple Android devices.
  • Executed smoke testing, system testing, regression testing, stability testing, exploratory testing, globalization testing, and localization testing for 10+ Android applications and features, improving product reliability.
  • Designed and implemented 50+ automated API test scripts, increasing test execution efficiency by 40%, and detecting early-stage defects.
  • Tracked and managed over 100 reported issues per release, ensuring timely resolution and reducing defect leakage by 25%.
  • Executed automated tests using Appium, reducing manual effort by 60%, and delivered detailed test execution reports to clients, improving transparency and decision-making.
  • Led a team of 12 junior testers, conducted hands-on training sessions, and mentored new recruits in Android testing and the DTV (Digital TV) domain, improving team competency and reducing onboarding time by 50%.

Analyst

HCL Technologies Limited
01.2016 - 12.2017

Project 2: Deutsche Bank

Domain: Banking

Applications: Tested various Deutsche Bank-specific applications, like vSphere Client, Director, and dbRAS, for different regions

  • Reviewed requirement specifications, identified test scenarios, and authored over 50 test cases per project using industry-standard design techniques.
  • Executed and validated approved test cases, ensuring over 95% test accuracy and adherence to project requirements.
  • Conducted black-box, compatibility, and platform testing across multiple platforms, including Tanium, GPO, Director 7.6, dbRAS, and dbFlight, improving system stability.
  • Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for critical applications like vSphere Client and Microsoft Office Suite, ensuring seamless integration in the bank’s virtual environment.
  • Logged and tracked an average of 15+ defects per sprint in JIRA, collaborating with developers to ensure timely resolution, and zero critical defects in production releases.
  • Provided detailed test execution reports to the testing team and senior developers, improving visibility into test coverage and defect trends.
  • Actively participated in retrospective meetings, contributing insights that led to process improvements and faster defect resolution.

Education

Bachelors - Computer Science and Engineering

Sambhram Institute of Technology
07.2015

Skills

  • Agile methodologies
  • Manual Testing
  • User acceptance testing
  • Java
  • Gherkin
  • SQL
  • Selenium
  • Smartspec(SpecFlow)
  • BDD Cucumber
  • Playfast (Playwright)
  • CI/CD
  • Jenkins

Timeline

Senior Associate

JP Morgan Chase India Services Ltd
07.2021 - Current

Analyst

HCL Technologies Limited
01.2016 - 12.2017

Senior Analyst

HCL Technologies Limited
09.2015 - 06.2021

Bachelors - Computer Science and Engineering

Sambhram Institute of Technology
PRIYANKA K S