Sandhya Karthik
QA Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Software professional with 14+ years of experience as a Principal Quality Engineer and Scrum Master in US Mortgage/Title Insurance and Health Care Domains. Lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, Release Management and ensure quality and timely delivery of project deliverables. Proficient in developing Quality improvement plans with commitment to fostering Organizational Goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Principle Quality Engineer
First American India
09.2015 - Current
- Strong knowledge on Agile Methodologies
- Effective collaboration with Product Owners
- Drive Backlog Refinement calls
- Involved in User Story Design from Client Requirements
- Actively engaged in Feature estimation and Capacity planning
- Responsible for Individual Task assignment and driving them to closure
- Played role of Scrum Master for onshore and Offshore Teams
- Drive all Agile ceremonies including Daily Scrum calls, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospection
- Manage and Assist QA team of 12 members (Onshore/Offshore)
- Co-ordinate with AppDEV Team to expedite delivery and Issue resolution
- Collaboration with DEVOPS and DBA Team for Implementation Plan and Production Releases
- Perform Impact /Gap Analysis, Test Case Reviews and assist QA Team in improving Test Coverage
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis on Production Defects and implement corrective action and recommend Process improvements
- Reported Security and non-compliance issues and worked on bringing them to closure
- Identified Performance impacted modules based on customer usability and included in our Regression Plans
- Publish Test reports and metrics.
- Proficient in API Testing on middleware applications
- Proficient in Database testing
- Hands on experience in Automation using Python Selenium with BDD Framework
- Maintenance and execution of Automation scripts during Regression phases
- Trained and mentored New Joiners/Freshers
Tech Lead
Trigent Software Ltd
01.2015 - 09.2015
- Responsible for Test Planning, Test Estimation, Test Execution and Defect Management
- Perform Regression and System Integration Testing to verify Software Quality
- Responsible for Defect Management and Status Reporting
- Perform Internal Audits and Reviews for all project Test deliverables
- Working as a Test Co-Ordinator between Onshore and Offshore teams
- Maintenance and execution of Automation scripts during Regression phases
- Working closely with business team as part of UAT
Sr. Quality Engineer
Allscripts India Pvt Ltd
05.2009 - 07.2014
- Review and Analysis of FDS
- Database Testing using SQL for Web based Applications
- Perform Internal Audits and Reviews on Test Assets in MTM
- Responsible for creating Test Plans
- Involved in Test case Creation and Execution
- Responsible for Functional, Regression, Integration and Compatibility Testing
- Task Prioritization and assignment to QA Team
- Owning Defect Review Meetings
- Responsible for drawing QC Metrics and publish Monthly/Quarterly status reports
- Maintain Automation scripts and Run Automated Regression suite in QTP
- Training and Mentoring QA Resources
Quality Engineer
Misys Connect
03.2008 - 05.2009
- Review and Analysis of Business Requirement Document.
- Involved in Functional, Integration and Regression Testing
- Effectively used Test Management Tool – Quality Center for Test Case Creation Execution and Defect logging.
- Responsible for Generation and deployment of builds in required environments.
- Responsible for Creation of Test Environment setup for Manual and Automation testing.
- Involved in Creation and testing of Cluster Environment.
- Automation testing through Keyword Driven Automation Framework.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT)
Hyderabad 06.1999 - 05.2003
Skills
API Testing
Database Testing
Defect Triage
Postman
BDD
Python
Scrum
Kanban
JIRA
MTM
Test Planning
Automation Testing
JENKINS
GITHUB
Confluence
Agile Methodology
Timeline
Principle Quality Engineer
First American India
09.2015 - Current
Tech Lead
Trigent Software Ltd
01.2015 - 09.2015
Sr. Quality Engineer
Allscripts India Pvt Ltd
05.2009 - 07.2014
Quality Engineer
Misys Connect
03.2008 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT)
06.1999 - 05.2003