Subhalina Panda
Test Lead (Manual & Automation)
Hyderabad
Summary
Test Lead with 10+ years of experience orchestrating end-to-end SDLC/STLC quality strategies across Agile, Scrum, and enterprise cloud ecosystems. Proven expertise in architecting robust automation frameworks, driving CRO A/B testing, and executing performance testing using VuGen and LoadRunner. Experienced in governing critical checkout buy-flows, analytics tagging, and peak-event reliability while accelerating sprint cycles using modern AI-assisted engineering tools (Devin, VS Code).
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra
06.2023 - Current
- CRO – A/B Testing (AT&T): Designed and executed A/B tests on high-traffic AT&T web applications; validated experimental logic, user segmentation, tracking parameters, and analytics tags.
- Performance Testing: Performed comprehensive load simulation and performance testing using VuGen and LoadRunner to identify system bottlenecks under peak event traffic.
- AI & Modern Tooling: Leveraged Devin and VS Code for accelerated test case drafting, AI-assisted automation scripting, and rapid defect resolution.
- AT&T Web Sales: Led QA for SPT-PDP buy-flow checkout; managed smoke, sanity, regression, and automation suites for bi-weekly deployments and iconic Apple launch events.
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
OpenText
10.2023 - 06.2023
- Automation Framework: Developed and executed automated BDD test suites for OpenText Core Content SaaS platform using Selenium with Java.
- API & CI/CD: Executed API testing via Postman and integrated automated regression test suites into TeamCity CI/CD pipelines, cutting regression time.
- Quality Governance: Conducted functional, accessibility, and cross-browser testing; logged and tracked defects in GitLab and JIRA.
Test Specialist
IBM
07.2021 - 10.2020
- RTP Immediate Payments: Validated Real-Time Payment multi-tenant workflows for US Bank immediate payment systems using IBM FTM, RFHUtil, and Eclipse.
- Data & API Validation: Executed source-to-target data validations, complex financial message parsing, and end-to-end regression test suites.
Test Analyst
Infosys Ltd.
06.2016 - 07.2021
- Apple Store Application (Apple Inc.): Validated storefront buy-flows, personalization engines, and workshop reservation systems across iOS simulators and web platforms using Xcode.
- ACAS (Aetna Healthcare): Tested automated claim adjudication workflows, mainframe policy processing via RUMBA, and managed complete defect lifecycles in HPQC.
- Mentorship & KT: Mentored new recruits and led KT sessions on domain architecture and test automation frameworks.
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science -
Silicon Inst. of Technology (BPUT)
04-2016
Skills
- Selenium WebDriver
- Java
- BDD Framework
- API Testing (Postman)
- JIRA
- Test strategy
- Automation framework design
- Defect triage
Timeline
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
OpenText
10.2023 - 06.2023
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra
06.2023 - Current
Test Specialist
IBM
07.2021 - 10.2020
Test Analyst
Infosys Ltd.
06.2016 - 07.2021
B.Tech in Computer Science -
Silicon Inst. of Technology (BPUT)