SUMALATHA GOLLAPALLY
Hyderabad
Summary
Dedicated QA Test Lead with 11 years of experience in leading testing teams, coordinating across departments, and managing multiple concurrent projects. Skilled in Scrum Master duties, Playwright, and Selenium Python. Proven track record of driving the transformation from waterfall to Agile methodologies. Adept at defining quality standards, metrics, and processes, ensuring timely quality checks, and maintaining system functionality. Recognized for creating and maintaining test data, developing comprehensive test plans, and focusing on both Manual and Automation testing. Strong leadership, decision-making, and multitasking abilities. Effective time management and exceptional communication skills. Proven ability to adapt to new technologies and industry best practices. Ideal fit for the Software Test Lead position.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Lead
Cubus Online Banking Solutions
Hyderabad
04.2019 - 07.2024
- Lead the interview and selection process for manual testing engineers, coordinate between Operations, Implementation, Product, and Project teams to ensure smooth production releases, and manage multiple projects concurrently.
- I have three years of experience as a Scrum Master, managing agile processes, and guiding teams to successful project completions.
- Review EPICS in JIRA for approved requirements, estimate requirements, and size the effort required for project tasks.
- Having two experiences on playwright (recorded and playback).
- Having knowledge on Selenium, Python.
- Creating and running basic Selenium scripts with Python.
- Define quality standards and metrics, ensure development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, execution, and issue tracking, and involve in review and testing before delivery to the team.
- Review risk items and approve necessary accesses to ensure smooth project execution.
- Lead the transformation and migration of the team from waterfall to Agile methodologies, ensuring efficient adaptation and process improvement.
- Assess the remediation of applications to maintain and enhance system functionality and performance.
- Showcase the Test Evidence Report to higher management, create a list of milestones and checkpoints with measurable criteria, and ensure timely quality checks.
- Work with all stakeholders to review, close, and agree upon quality metrics and resolve any queries from the QA team regarding the Quality matrix.
- Define processes for test plans and testing cycles, set up goals and objectives for QA Engineers, and continuously improve quality processes with each project.
- Ensure the team focuses on both automation and manual testing, explore new strategies for automation testing, and set quality standards for new testing technologies, and agile practices in the industry.
Sr. QA Engineer
Cubus Online Banking Solutions
05.2016 - 03.2019
- Provide detailed feedback on requirements, ensuring they are clear, comprehensive, and aligned with project goals
- Design test scenarios that cover all aspects of software functionality and performance, ensuring thorough test coverage
- Review and refine test scripts for accuracy and completeness, then assign test cases to testers based on their expertise and workload
- Monitor and review defects identified during testing, prioritize them based on severity, and collaborate with developers for resolution
- Execute automated scripts using tools like UFT for regression testing, ensuring consistent software quality and stability
- Act as a liaison between testers and stakeholders, providing clear and concise updates on testing progress and outcomes
- Approve comprehensive test plans that outline testing strategies, methodologies, and timelines to ensure adherence to project requirements
- Train new hires on testing processes, tools, and best practices to facilitate their integration into the testing team
- Develop and maintain lifecycle software for testing, conducting scheduled tests at various development stages to evaluate and report on results
- Analyze testing outcomes to prescribe recommendations for enhancing product quality, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with client expectations
Software Tester
Cubus Online Banking Solutions
Hyderabad
08.2013 - 04.2016
- Actively participate in requirement analysis meetings to ensure thorough understanding and alignment with testing objectives
- Develop comprehensive test plans outlining strategies for Smoke, Functionality, Regression, and End-to-End testing, ensuring coverage across all interfaces
- Write, execute, and manage test cases and scripts using Quality Center, documenting test results, and defects meticulously
- Prepare and present Test Evidence Reports to stakeholders, showcasing testing outcomes, findings, and recommendations clearly and effectively
- Assist senior engineers in creating robust test plans by collaborating with developers and team members to align testing efforts with development milestones
- Identify and log runtime issues, conducting detailed analysis and providing regular updates on their status, causes, and potential resolutions
- Assist in configuring test environments, including software installations and test data preparation, to ensure accurate testing conditions
- Document steps to reproduce defects comprehensively, including associated test data and relevant details, facilitating efficient resolution by development teams
- Conduct thorough regression testing to validate fixes and ensure no new issues arise due to implemented changes, maintaining application integrity
Education
MBA -
Osmania University
06.2012
Skills
- JIRA
- Selenium Python
- Scrum Master
- Playwright
- Banking Domain Expertise
- Functional Testing
- Unit Testing
- Test Strategy and Planning
- Requirements Analysis
- Test Case Design and Execution
- Defect Management
- Automation Testing (UFT)
- Quality Center (QC)
- Regression Testing
- Test Environment Setup
- Documentation and Reporting
- Test Management: JIRA
- Operating Systems: Windows, macOS,
- Programming Languages: Python
- ERP Software: Tally 90
- SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile
- Testing Techniques: Unit Testing, SIT, UAT
- File-Based Testing: Requirement Analysis, Flat Files
- Excellent communication
- Leadership skills
- People management
- Decision-Making Skills
- Time management
- Root cause analysis
Languages
- English, Proficiency
- Hindi, Proficiency
Timeline
Quality Assurance Lead
Cubus Online Banking Solutions
04.2019 - 07.2024
Sr. QA Engineer
Cubus Online Banking Solutions
05.2016 - 03.2019
Software Tester
Cubus Online Banking Solutions
08.2013 - 04.2016
MBA -
Osmania University
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