AI tools, AI testing, DevOps
VAIBHAV KANAVALLI
Senior QA Analyst
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Quality Analyst with 10+ years of software testing experience across decision management, insurance, food service and enterprise applications. Hands-on experience in functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing of web and mobile applications, Also well worsed with Testing using AI tools like claude, claude cowork, prompt writing, API validation with Postman and SoapUI, and defect management. Supports release quality through test design, requirements traceability, defect triage and test completion reporting. Experienced in Agile delivery, customer collaboration, mentoring new QA members and providing team leadership coverage.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sapiens Decision
05.2023 - Current
- Translate solution design documents in Confluence into test cases for complex end-to-end business scenarios; clarify requirements with business analysts, solution architects and developers.
- Execute tests, report defects and coordinate with development teams on issue resolution and validation.
- Prepare release-level epic traceability matrices and test completion reports to document coverage and execution status.
- Perform single-user performance testing and use Linux commands, Jenkins, PuTTY and WinSCP for daily testing and environment activities.
- Provide QA team leadership coverage in the test lead’s absence and communicate daily test progress through status reports.
- Business logic management platform covering decision modeling and deployment through Decision-as-a-Service.
- Business logic management platform covering decision modeling and deployment through Decision-as-a-Service.
Senior Quality Analyst
Sapiens Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2021 - Current
NEST: Consolidation Master
06.2021 - 04.2023
- Designed and executed complex end-to-end test scenarios based on solution design documents and cross-functional requirement discussions.
- Performed single-user performance testing, logged defects and communicated execution progress to the project team.
- Maintained epic traceability and release test completion reports; provided team leadership coverage when required.
- Insurance platform for administration of legacy policy portfolios and integration with digital components.
- Insurance platform for administration of legacy policy portfolios and integration with digital components.
Senior Test Engineer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Created test plans and cases, executed requirement-based testing and generated test reports for enterprise application delivery.
- Participated in defect triage, root cause analysis and defect classification; scheduled triage discussions to align defect severity and priority with development and business teams.
- Contributed to Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, grooming, planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
Senior Test Engineer
Imperial Brands
05.2019 - 07.2020
- Tested web application modules through functional, regression, sanity, ad hoc and API testing.
- Prepared and executed test cases, reviewed team-reported defects in Jira and coordinated bug resolution with developers.
- Identified XPath locators and contributed to test case automation.
Senior Test Engineer
Whataburger
10.2015 - 05.2019
- Validated payment gateways, accounts in Beanstalk and web administration configurations against application requirements.
- Verified application event tracking in Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel and designed JMeter scripts for identified scenarios.
- Supported defect triage, root cause analysis and classification; built TFS dashboards using custom queries to track product backlog items and team/resource capacity.
- Contributed to iteration planning and estimation using story points.
MAGSyfe
02.2015 - 10.2015
- Created requirement-based test scenarios and cases; performed smoke, system, regression and retesting on mobile devices.
- Validated web service requests and responses, analyzed HTML logs and error messages, and tracked defects in Mantis and Redmine.
- Created and executed automation scripts through the DT Robo framework for device features including browser, camera, music and settings.
- Clarified use cases and acceptance criteria through client discussions and shared bug summaries and weekly progress reports.
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science
VTU
06-2013
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) - Computer Science
Karnataka University
07-2010
Skills
- QA delivery: Test plans, test scenarios and cases, SDLC/STLC, Defect management, requirements traceability, test comTraceability reports
- Testing: Manual testing, functional testing, integration testing, system testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, Exploratory testing, GUI testing and defect retesting
- API & performance: Postman, SoapUI, Service validation, multi-user performance testing and Jperformance test automation
- Test automation
Software
Timeline
Sapiens Decision
05.2023 - Current
Senior Quality Analyst
Sapiens Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2021 - Current
NEST: Consolidation Master
06.2021 - 04.2023
Senior Test Engineer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
08.2020 - 05.2021
Senior Test Engineer
Imperial Brands
05.2019 - 07.2020
Senior Test Engineer
Whataburger
10.2015 - 05.2019
MAGSyfe
02.2015 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) - Computer Science
Karnataka University
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science
VTU