Sowmeya Rajendran
Hyderabad
Summary
Quality Engineering Lead with 14 years of experience in enterprise technology delivery, focusing on system testing and defect governance. Expertise in validating complex digital platforms and ensuring data accuracy. Proven track record in enhancing system reliability and implementing effective process governance. Strong alignment with technology transformation initiatives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2024 - Current
- Organized and facilitated Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
- Facilitated adoption of Agile principles and Scrum practices to improve team alignment.
- Identified and eliminate obstacles that hinder the team’s progress.
- Fostered open communication and collaboration among team members and stakeholders to enhance engagement.
- Ensured meetings are productive and time-boxed.
- Provided transparency to stakeholders about team performance and impediments.
- Collaborated with Product Owners to refine backlog and prioritize deliverables.
- Established metrics tracking (velocity, burndown charts) to provide visibility into team progress and delivery.
Manual Test Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2015 - 01.2024
- Led a team of 10 testers in planning, designing, and executing test cases for complex applications.
- Defined the test approach for manual testing based on project requirements.
- Prepared test plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, and resource allocation.
- Ensured clarity and completeness of requirements for effective test coverage.
- Assigned tasks to team members, monitored progress, and mentored junior testers on best practices to enhance testing effectiveness.
- Conducted regular meetings to track status and resolve blockers.
- Oversee creation of test cases, test scenarios, and test data.
- Ensured test cases cover all functional and integration aspects.
- Ensured documentation and communication of issues, tracked defect lifecycle until closure, and prioritized defects to maintain testing quality.
- Prepared daily/weekly status reports for stakeholders to provide visibility into testing progress and project status.
- Provided test summary reports at the end of each cycle.
- Acted as a point of contact between QA team, developers, and project managers.
- Communicated risks, issues, and progress effectively.
- Identified Regression test cases and suggested automation team to automate for Regression testing.
Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Contributed to the creation of the overall test strategy and test plan.
- Developed detailed test cases, test scripts, and test data based on requirements.
- Ensured coverage for functional, integration, regression, and sometimes non-functional testing.
- Logged test results accurately and track defects in tools like JIRA, octane, Azure devops.
- Collaborated with developers and business analysts to resolve issues.
- Prepared test summary reports and metrics.
- Communicated progress and quality status to stakeholders.
- Review and understand business requirements, functional specifications, and technical documentation.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) - Biotechnology
Government College of Technology
Coimbatore05-2011
Skills
- Test strategy development
- Functional testing
- End-to-end testing
- Integration testing
- Regression testing
- Agile methodologies
- Scrum practices
- Test planning
- Execution and reporting
- Defect management
- Root cause analysis
- Team leadership
- Mentoring and coaching
- Stakeholder communication
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Process optimization strategies
- JIRA and Octane proficiency
- Azure DevOps expertise
Certification
- Google Cloud Generative AI Leader Certification
- Professional Scrum Master I & II Certification
- Certified Business Analyst Foundation
- ISTQB Certified Tester
Languages
- English
- Tamil
- Telugu
Hobbies
Cooking
Availability
90 days
Timeline
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2024 - Current
Manual Test Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2015 - 01.2024
Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2011 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) - Biotechnology
Government College of Technology