Rachithra R
Bengaluru
Summary
Solution driven professional with experience in solving complex problems and expertise in collaborating with diverse, geographically distributed cross-functional teams. Acquired strong foundation in project management from the Google Project Management Certificate, an intensive and practical programme that encompasses both traditional and agile project management methodologies throughout the project's entire life cycle.
With a fresh perspective and a steadfast commitment to learning and growth, I am eager to apply the leadership skills I've cultivated during the three years as Quality Assurance Lead, in conjunction with the knowledge acquired through the Project Management Certification, to drive successful outcomes in the new project management role.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technologies Pvt. Ltd
09.2020 - Current
- Worked with 4 geographically distributed teams to deliver products with utmost quality ahead of due date.
- Successfully led the team to deliver 3 major projects in deadline oriented environments
- Developed testing plan for projects
- Planning, prioritizing and scheduling testing activities for several milestones and releases
- Established quality standards for creating test cases and defects and motivated the team to follow process consistently
- Reviewed test documentations and automation scripts to make sure its up to date, complete and accurate.
- Maintaining cordial relationships between cross functional teams like development, project managers, scrum masters, product managers etc
- Collaborating with the project managers to ensure that the defects created by the team are reviewed, closed or risk accepted.
- Ensuring a highly motivated environment is created in the team and the team is recognized for their hard work
- Implement Scrum framework within the team and thereby improve focus and consistent performance
- Identified and helped the team mitigate risks, dependencies and impediments
- Monitored the project progress and improve transparency by radiating the information to the management and stakeholders
- Onboarding and mentoring associates on Quality assurance standards
- Developed automation scripts for both iOS and Android platforms for one of our leading Investment and Banking client using Java and Perfecto Quantum framework.
- Performed Functional and Regression test for both iOS and Android banking apps
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Cerner Healthcare Solutions India Pvt. Ltd
06.2013 - 08.2020
- Responsible for developing and maintaining TestNG Hybrid Framework and Data Driven Framework
- Implemented end-to-end automation workflows for Web and mobile apps (iOS and Android) using Selenium-Java, Perfecto quantum framework and Appium.
- Worked on effective Test Plan creation,Test Scenario Identification, Test Case Designing and Defect management using HP ALM and Jira
- Working experience on DevOps and CI/CD using Jenkins and GitLab
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
2013
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
2010
Skills
- Project management
- Project scoping and planning
- Risk management
- Process improvement
- Proficient in work management software and digital tools
- Effective stakeholder communication
- Budgeting and procurement
- Agile Scrum Framework
- Conflict resolution
- Atlassian Jira, Asana
- Confluence, Google Sheets, MS Office,HP ALM
Certification
- Google Project Management Certificate
- Certified Scrum Master
- ISTQB
Timeline
Senior Associate - Cognizant Technologies Pvt. Ltd
09.2020 - Current
Senior Test Automation Engineer - Cerner Healthcare Solutions India Pvt. Ltd
06.2013 - 08.2020
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology - Master of Computer Applications,
Mount Carmel College - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
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