Sasikanth Manavarthi

• Quality Engineering Leader executed end-to-end quality assurance of complex, multi-ecosystem solutions.
• Led teams that validate critical business platforms supporting multi-million-dollar operations, ensuring reliable integrations, scalable test automation, and release confidence across the full solution lifecycle.
• Established AI-enabled quality engineering processes and tool adoption, accelerating delivery and enhancing product readiness.
• Designed and developed a framework of Evals for LLM Observability
• Orchestrated systems and practices that improved cloud-infrastructure testability and observability, enabling earlier issue detection, stronger release readiness, and more reliable end-to-end performance.
• Led quality transformation initiatives as a trusted partner to leadership, delivering data-driven insights, KPI visibility, and strategic recommendations that strengthened quality maturity across the organization.
• Created test automation framework, streamlining testing processes for product portfolio and improving overall quality assurance.
• Executed automation test strategies, increasing testing coverage and driving more robust quality evaluations.
• Conducted and participated in workshops across the organization to showcase and promote GCC-built products.

I have played a role as Test Automation Architect and Lead Quality Engineer to ensure the delivery of high-quality Insurance products of Client Travelers. Following are my responsibilities.

• As a Lead Quality Engineer, performing analysis on automation tools in market and providing POCs and suggestions to Team for adopting necessary changes.
• Designs/ideas/ discussions for Integrating Automation solutions across multiple platforms, Test Automation Feasibility analysis and Test Automation Architecture.
• Built processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management.
• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Mentoring QE team and guiding them in Manual / Automation test preparation and execution.
• Designed and wrote test automation scripts for testing new or existing software using specialized tools and frameworks.
• Used CI and CD automation testing to effectively assess application function and user experiences.
• Designed, developed and supported frameworks for test infrastructure and provided automation expertise to development teams.
• Implemented standards and specifications for test automation processes
• Planned, designed and implemented automated test scripts used for functional and regression test execution.

I've worked as a Senior Quality Engineer for an Internal Communication platform of Client Travelers Insurance.

• Defined Test Strategy and Test plans for high-quality product delivery.
• Adopted standard and efficient Agile practices into the Quality Engineering team.
• Wrote detailed test scenarios and cases, accurately logging errors and defects in comprehensive test reports.
• Carried out automated and manual test execution, delivering relevant test coverage.
• Coordinated exploratory testing with developers and external testers to proactively assess viability.
• Prioritized bugs through focused data collection and analysis, driving continual innovation.
• Designed and wrote test automation scripts for testing new or existing software using specialized tools and frameworks.
• Prioritized and executed tests based on different criteria, meeting milestone targets and delivery timelines.
• Managed Quality Engineering team of 8 people
• Developed smoke tests for continuous integration and continuous Deployment

Role: Software Development Engineer in Test

Technologies: C#.net for Automation testing, SQL Server 2012, MDM, SVN

• Defined Test Strategy and Test Plans for high-quality product delivery.
• Wrote detailed test scenarios and cases, accurately logging errors and defects in comprehensive test reports.
• Reviewed and validated requirements and technical specifications to develop and execute test plans.
• Worked with Development team to understand code flows and developed effective Unit tests
• Planned and Performed Product Integration and Product Acceptance tests in Device labs.
• Planned and tested possible failure scenarios to understand system behavior in Critical failures.
• Test Team training and Management.

Volume Licensing Contract Management is a sub-component of Volume Licensing and is responsible for agreement/contract creation for Microsoft customers. This application is used by Microsoft Licensing channel partners and Microsoft Regional Operating centers to enable customers to do business with

Microsoft. The application has two sub-components

Smart Client - A WPF application that lies in client's machine and used to create agreements

WebUi - A Web portal used by Microsoft to authenticate and Authorize the agreements created by partners

Technologies Used: C#.Net, SQL server, Glider framework ,CodedUI Automation, SVN

Role: Functional/Automation/Performance/Database testing.

• Performed end-to-end system tests to asses validity of code changes and system improvements.
• Implemented quality assurance testing methodologies and controls.
• Designed and wrote tests using Coded UI and Glider framework in front-end test automation frameworks.
• Worked closely with stakeholders and partners on defect and issue resolution to meet timescales.
• Worked on Test Data Framework, Test Data governance and Test Data maintenance.
• Led new staff onboarding and training, enhancing product knowledge and setting best practices.
• Performed ETL testing

Microsoft Fulfillment Service is an internal WCF service which assigns product keys to licenses created by Microsoft’s Volume Licensing solution.

Technologies Used: .Net, SQL server, Automation using Microsoft Internal Frameworks (Raspberry and Glider)

• Set up automation frameworks, tools and methodology.
• Managed, troubleshot and improved automation programs.
• Became subject matter expert in testing through exposure to variety of tools and technologies, allowing continued education and development.
• Performed Business Requirement Analysis and Test plan preparation for SIT(System Integration Testing)
• Conducted Defect Triages and Prioritized defect fixes.
• Published Detailed Test report execution.
• Prepared SQL scripts for Test Results Validations and Test Data extraction.

VLSC(Volume Licensing Service Center) is a customer portal for Volume Licensing Customers to check their Product Orders, and to download Product Keys etc.

• Requirement scope discussion with business teams
• Business Requirement Analysis and Test plan preparation for UAT(User Acceptance Testing)
• Time and Test Effort estimation
• User management for testing effort
• Test team management
• User scenario execution and defect tracking
• Go/No-go discussions