Swathi Reddy Chinthala
QA Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
Reliable QA Specialist with 9 years of progressive career, skilled in Software Testing, developing Test Strategies and handling projects spanning multiple domains, with an exceptional reputation for analytical approach in resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving team performance. Having sound understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC) with extensive experience and adaptation of waterfall and agile-scrum methodologies to software product development.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2022 - Current
- Developing and implementing Test strategies to achieve Software quality and business goals.
- Leading Testing Team, mapping business processes for the implementation of digital transformation of Teachers Pension Scheme for Department for Education, UK.
- Delivering trainings on testing techniques, tools and protocols to internal staff.
- Developing incremental and re-usable test suites using Selenium and TestNG automation framework
- Serving as Scrum Master for a team of 10 developers
- Providing reports on milestones, issues and test concerns to project managers for assistance.
- Coordinated work with various teams to solve problems and improve efficiency for software testing and automation.
- Provided consulting services to Gxp System Validation for Medical Information System - OneGMI, involving Data Migration from CARA to Veeva Vault Medcomms.
Validation Lead
Clario
01.2017 - 06.2022
- Documented entire validation process, noting changes or alterations completed.
- Analyzed pre-release clinical software applications for compliance with User Requirement Specifications (URS), referring any deficits to appropriate personnel.
- Participated in system design and planning phase, interfacing directly with client partners and stakeholders to ascertain clear, concise milestones for integration into development timelines.
- Collaborated with Medical Affairs, Project Managers and Clinical Data Management (CDM) team on data transfers, data clean-up and database locking activities.
- Assisting with research and resolution of identified personnel/training gaps, collaborating with senior management to implement performance metrics.
- Led risk assessment meetings, offering input on assessments such as system impact, component criticality, data integrity, and other factors.
- Trained and assisted staff in validation techniques, methods and testing processes.
- Introduced and implemented incremental software development model. reducing build to deployment time for critical client applications.
- Reviewed and approved validation binders, ensuring readiness of documentation for internal and client Audits.
- Served as Subject Matter expert (SME) in implementing Oncology, Gastrointestinal (GI) and CNS clinical studies.
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2014 - 01.2017
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing for web and mobile applications using Salesforce for CRM, Informatica and Reltio for cloud data management.
- Evaluated data sets for AbbVie's new integration sales application, 1Connect, connecting HCOs and HCPs with AbbVie's sales reps
- Identified bugs and issues within system and applied troubleshooting techniques for mitigation purposes.
- Prepared data sets for data migration testing, ran ETL jobs, API and Integration testing using Postman and JSON files.
- Performed functional, system integration and compatibility testing for web and mobile applications built on salesforce platform.
- Extracted data from SQL databases, applying filters and comparing data using excel functions and macros.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Worked closely with different departments to develop innovative solutions to functionality issues.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Osmania University, Hyderabad 10.2010 - 01.2014
Skills
Testing Management
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level, ASTQB
Timeline
Profession Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org
04-2023
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), KPMG India
12-2022
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2022 - Current
ISTQB Foundation Level, ASTQB
10-2022
Database Design and Basic SQL in PostgreSQL
08-2022
Python for Everybody Specialization, Coursera (2 out of 5 modules)
07-2022
Validation Lead
Clario
01.2017 - 06.2022
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2014 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
10.2010 - 01.2014
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