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SIDDHARTH KISHAN

Senior Quality Assurance Professional | QA Team Lead
Bangalore,Karnantaka

Summary

Experienced Quality Assurance professional with over a 12+ years of expertise in delivering high-quality software solutions through strong leadership,manual and automation testing, currently leading a team of testers. Proven track record in managing global QA teams, building scalable automation frameworks, and ensuring software reliability in domains including Payments, Legal, Capital Markets, and Distributed Ledger Technology. Actively seeking a role to leverage leadership skills and drive quality strategies at a broader organizational level.



Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead: Quality Engineering

Iris Software Inc
01.2023 - Current
  • Led QA efforts for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform.
  • Led test design and execution for identity and access management (IAM).
  • Developed automation for backend and frontend using Selenium and RestAssured.
  • Managed QA deliverables, deployments, and team mentoring.
  • Recognized with Star Team Award and multiple client appreciations.

Senior Lead Engineer

FIS Global
07.2021 - 12.2022
  • Delivered automation and QA strategy for secure, high-volume transaction systems.
  • Mentored QA team and managed end-to-end testing lifecycle.

Senior Quality Analyst

Thomson Reuters
07.2018 - 09.2021
  • Built REST API automation with BDD.
  • Acted as Scrum Master promoting Agile practices across the QA team.

Application Development Senior Analyst

Accenture
02.2013 - 07.2018
  • Led trade integration testing, framework development, and team management.
  • Achieved in-cycle automation and received Rising Star award.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computing

Staffordshire University
05.2008 - 04.2012

Skills

  • Quality Engineering

  • Automation

  • Agile Delivery

  • Test Strategy

  • Release Planning

  • Defect Management

  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)

  • Role-based Access Control

  • Authentication Validation

  • Selenium

  • RestAssured

  • Jenkins

  • CheckMarx

  • SonarQube

  • CI/CD

  • Digital Currencies

  • Payment Processing

  • Legal Platforms

  • Java

  • PL/SQL

  • Kotlin

  • Selenium WebDriver

  • Cucumber (BDD)

  • Serenity

  • Git

  • Docker

  • Kubernetes

  • Oracle

  • SQL Server

  • MySQL

  • Toad

  • JIRA

  • Confluence

  • Kibana

  • Rally

  • Team Foundation Server

Test plan creation

Regression testing expertise

Certification

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft

Timeline

Lead: Quality Engineering

Iris Software Inc
01.2023 - Current

Senior Lead Engineer

FIS Global
07.2021 - 12.2022

Senior Quality Analyst

Thomson Reuters
07.2018 - 09.2021

Application Development Senior Analyst

Accenture
02.2013 - 07.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Computing

Staffordshire University
05.2008 - 04.2012
SIDDHARTH KISHANSenior Quality Assurance Professional | QA Team Lead