Summary
Key Strengths
Accomplishments
Overview
Work History
Skills
Software
Education
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Certification
Volunteer Experience
Clearance Certificates
Timeline
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Bhagya Senanayake

Software Tester
Greenacres,SA

Summary

Delivery-focused Quality Assurance Engineer with 9+ years of experience in both manual and automation testing. Well-versed in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), with a strong ability to align testing strategies with business goals to ensure product reliability, customer satisfaction, and smooth delivery. Experienced across industries including insurance, food and beverage, apparel & textile, and government services in Australia, the USA, and Sri Lanka. Recognised for strengths in collaboration, accountability, decision-making, and teamwork. Committed to delivering exceptional results and enhancing the customer experience through diligent work and a focus on continuous improvement.

Key Strengths

  • Quality Assurance Delivery: Well-rounded end-to-end QA experience across both manual and automated testing projects, including test planning, estimation, execution, defect management, test reporting, and automation. Committed to ensuring high test coverage, effective risk mitigation, and quality delivery within deadlines
  • Leadership & Collaboration: Effective in both independent and team-based roles, with proven experience leading QA teams and coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders. Skilled in guiding on-time test delivery, resolving quality risks, and fostering strong collaboration across development, business, and test teams to ensure project success
  • Business Analysis & Stakeholder Engagement: Experienced in business analysis and stakeholder collaboration, having worked with major Australian clients such as the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the Department of Primary Industries - NSW (DPI), and Bega. Known for translating business needs into clear test requirements and supporting smooth, on-time project releases
  • Continuous Improvement and Learning: Enthusiastic self-learner with a can-do attitude and a strong focus on continuous improvement. Regularly explores emerging tools, techniques, and industry best practices to enhance testing efficiency and adapt to evolving project environments

Accomplishments

  • Led diverse teams, guiding, prioritizing, and delegating tasks while mentoring team members ensuring 100% on-time delivery of testing milestones while maintaining high product quality
  • Led end-to-end test automation for the Manufacturing module of the Infor ERP system for a leading Food and Beverage (Dairy) client in Australia, while also supporting testing across Finance, Procurement, Logistics, and other integrated ERP modules
  • Worked as the sole QA engineer on multiple projects, completing all testing activities within defined timelines while ensuring 100% test coverage and delivering releases with zero production issues
  • Developed an automated regression suite covering over 350 test cases, reducing manual testing effort by 90% across major upgrades and minor software releases
  • Consistently delivered UAT-ready products with no major functional issues reported by clients

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Tester

Wild Mouse (Pty) Ltd.
06.2023 - Current

Responsibilities:

• Design test plans, scenarios, and test cases to ensure complete coverage of functional requirements
• Perform peer reviews to reduce oversight and improve test quality
• Conduct Smoke, Regression, Functional, UI/UX, Repeated, Prioritized, and Browser Compatibility Testing
• Consistently delivered UAT-ready products with no major functional issues reported by clients
• Acted as a Business Analyst to gather, refine, and document requirements in close collaboration with the client, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Applied risk-based testing during tight release cycles
• Track and manage defects in Azure DevOps
• Release deployment in Azure DevOps
• Validate expected outcomes through API calls using Postman (API testing)
• Query and validate database data using SQL
• Monitor logs and workflows in Azure DevOps to troubleshoot issues
• Participate in release, sprint, and retrospective meetings (Agile & Scrum framework)
• Initiated and continue to develop test automation for the platform using Selenium as a self-driven initiative to reduce manual regression effort and improve testing efficiency

Tools Used: Postman, Azure Dev Ops, Azure Pipelines, Azure Logic Apps and Function Apps, Azure Storage Explorer, SQL, Kusto Explorer, Figma

Associate Test Lead

Fortude (Pvt) Ltd.
01.2022 - 02.2023

Achievements:
• Recognized with multiple Certificates of Excellence for Accountability, Execution, Decision Making, and Teamwork (2021–2023)

Responsibilities:

• Led diverse teams, guiding, prioritizing, and delegating tasks while mentoring team members ensuring 100% on-time delivery of testing milestones while maintaining high product quality
• Worked as the sole QA engineer on multiple projects, completing all testing activities within defined timelines while ensuring 100% test coverage and delivering releases with zero production issues
• Experience in project planning and effort estimation
• Engaged in risk Identification, escalating the risks to the leadership & doing mitigation planning
• Designed, developed, and executed manual test cases
• Created, reviewed, and maintained detailed test plans and test strategies
• Conducted a range of testing types including Smoke, Functional, Regression, End-to-End (E2E), Ad-hoc, and Database (SQL) Testing
• Performed Shift-left Testing to find important bugs early in the development process, which helped prevent major issues from going into production and reduced the need for fixes after release
• Logged, tracked, and managed defects using bug-tracking tools like JIRA, collaborating with developers for quick resolution
•Tracked and maintained quality matrices (RTM - Requirement Traceability Matrix, RCI - Requirement Clarity Index, DSI - Defect Severity Index, etc.)
• Ensured compliance with agile/scrum methodologies, actively participating in sprint planning and retrospectives
• Provided daily & weekly test reports to both offshore and onsite teams, summarizing testing activities and key findings
• Conducted hands-on training sessions on tools and testing best practices, helping improve team productivity and streamline onboarding for new members

Tools Used: Selenium (Test Automation), JIRA, Infor M3 (Enterprise Resource Planning), Azure DevOps, Jenkins, SQL, Confluence, Microsoft Excel (Execution Dashboard)

Senior QA Engineer

Fortude (Pvt) Ltd.
03.2019 - 12.2021

Responsibilities:

• Led end-to-end test automation for the Manufacturing module of the Infor ERP system for a leading Food and Beverage (Dairy) client in Australia, while also supporting testing across Finance, Procurement, Logistics, and other integrated ERP modules
• Engaged with subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure a clear understanding of the Manufacturing module and overall ERP process, and designed automation test cases as reusable, modular components during test script development phase
• Prepared and managed test data sets to ensure smooth test execution
• Created test scripts focusing on implementing reusable functions to enhance reusability and maintainability of automation scripts
• Integrated test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for continuous testing
• Monitored automated test execution, analyzed results, and maintained structured test reports
• As a result, developed an automated regression suite covering over 350 test cases, reducing manual testing effort by 90% across major upgrades and minor software releases
• Guided the automation team in resolving issues encountered during test script development
• Designed an end-to-end process flow diagrams, which helped the team troubleshoot issues more effectively and enabled leadership to track and communicate progress efficiently

Test Analyst

Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd.
11.2015 - 02.2019

Responsibilities:

• Developed and executed automated test scripts using Behavior Driven Development (Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG) to introduce test automation in the project and help other QA team members understand its benefits
• Participated in end-to-end software testing activities, including test planning, estimations, test execution, and defect management
• Conducted Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, UI/UX Testing, and Functional Testing
• Performed data migration testing for an insurance client transitioning their business operations to a new vendor
• Performed database testing, data validation, and volume validation
• Maintained QA documentation and quality matrices, providing regular test execution and defect status reports
• Provided onboarding and technical mentorship to new team members through Knowledge Transfer (KT) documentation and functional training sessions

Tools Used: HP Quality Center, Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Visual Studio Code, Git, Toad for Oracle (PL/SQL), Tortoise SVN, SharePoint

Skills

  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
  • Manual Testing
  • Automation Testing (Selenium)
  • Test Planning
  • Estimation
  • Functional Testing
  • Defect Management
  • Test Reporting
  • Risk Identification & Mitigation
  • Leadership & Collaboration
  • Business Analysis
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Self-Learning & Continuous Improvement

Software

Selenium

Cucumber

Postman (API)

Azure DevOps

SQL

JIRA

Infor M3 (ERP)

Jenkins

Confluence

HP Quality Center

Java

Visual Studio Code

Git

Toad for Oracle (PL/SQL)

SharePoint

Azure Pipelines, Logic Apps and Function Apps

Azure Storage Explorer

Kusto Explorer

Figma

Education

Master of Science - Computing And Innovation

The University of Adelaide
South Australia
02.2023 - 11.2024

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University College Dublin
Sri Lanka
10.2010 - 09.2014

Certification

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB):

Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) - 2018-12-01, SL-CTFL-1812-1820, no expiration

Volunteer Experience

Community Volunteer - Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, South   Australia (Dec 2023 - Present)

Supported digitisation, visitor engagement, and garden maintenance   activities; enhanced teamwork skills, attention to detail, and public   education

Clearance Certificates

Working with Children Check (WWCC) - Department of Human Services SA (Issued: Nov 2023)

Timeline

Software Tester

Wild Mouse (Pty) Ltd.
06.2023 - Current

Master of Science - Computing And Innovation

The University of Adelaide
02.2023 - 11.2024

Associate Test Lead

Fortude (Pvt) Ltd.
01.2022 - 02.2023

Senior QA Engineer

Fortude (Pvt) Ltd.
03.2019 - 12.2021

Test Analyst

Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd.
11.2015 - 02.2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University College Dublin
10.2010 - 09.2014
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