Siddhartha Panigrahy
Senior Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
An experienced Scrum Master with 5 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams in delivering high-quality software products under health care domain. Proven ability to facilitate Scrum ceremonies and implement Scrum framework to improve team collaboration, productivity and deliver projects on-time and within budget. Prior to being a Scrum Master, I have 4 years of experience in software testing, mobile application testing and database testing. Proven success in developing test strategies and plans, and leading testing efforts for various applications and products.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior QA Lead
HealthEC India Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - Current
- Worked with Senior Scrum Master to train a scrum team consisting of Developers, Testers and Product Owner during the organization's transition to Scrum framework
- Helped navigate Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective for a team of 5 members, and two other self-organized teams, ensuring that the teams lived Agile Scrum Values
- Interfaced with product owners actively to manage product backlog and sprint activities
- Ensured that user stories were ordered, refined and ready to be worked on by the scrum team
- Identified complex impediments and assisted team in identifying a path to deliver their sprint commitments
- Coordinated with business stakeholders, project managers, development and test leads to prioritize deliverables and deliver quality products to clients
- Managed 100% of the scrum process for 3 complex projects from initiation to management to delivery
- Tracked sprint metrics and communicated with teams on performance, challenges, accountability and recognition which increased their productivity.
Senior Test Engineer
HealthEC India Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 02.2020
- Assumed role of a Senior Test Engineer and understood the system requirements to efficiently validate the application as per requirement
- Actively involved in loading various types of files from backend by executing packages using Visual Studio and testing the Integration in front end of the mobile application
- Used Android Studio as an emulator to test the application in various android devices and Xcode to test in iOS
- Performed Test Case Execution, Functional Testing, Regression Testing and Usability Testing
- Reported bugs using internal bug tracking tool and tracked issue records
- Became part of a new project which involved database testing by writing Database Scripts and executing them in SSMS to get results of the test case
- Led a team of 4 members as part of the new project where I provided them knowledge training, gathered requirements from Business Analyst and initiated the tasks
- Worked closely with Database Development Team to get critical defects fixed ensuring a smooth release
- Provided testing status reports to the Project Manager
Test Engineer
Poletowin India
04.2016 - 07.2018
- Assumed role of a Test Engineer involving Manual Testing of Android and iOS applications
- Good knowledge on SDLC, STLC and bug life cycle
- Executed tests on both Android and iOS applications, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all functionalities and user scenarios
- Developed and maintained detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for mobile applications, facilitating clear communication and efficient testing processes
- Communicating with developers and business team clients on specific application issues
- Published test results as a comment and documented issues encountered in JIRA
- Sign off on testing in QA, Demo, Staging and Production environments during the release process
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Krupajal Engineering College
01.2011 - 01.2015
Skills
Scrum
Timeline
Senior QA Lead
HealthEC India Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - Current
Senior Test Engineer
HealthEC India Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 02.2020
Test Engineer
Poletowin India
04.2016 - 07.2018
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Krupajal Engineering College
01.2011 - 01.2015