Kiran Ramachandran
Collingwood Park,QLD
Summary
Experienced Australian citizen based in Brisbane with 26 years of IT experience, specializing in manual and automation testing. Strong leadership skills with 5 years of test leadership experience. Proficient in Cypress, PactumJS, Selenium WebDriver, Postman, Java, C#, Ruby (Capybara), and NodeJS. 2 years of experience as an Azure DevOps Engineer and 3 years in software development of web applications using Java and Microsoft Technologies. Transitioned from Software Developer to Quality Assurance roles, always eager to learn new technologies and advocate for Agile QA practices focused on risk identification and team confidence building through test results exposure.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QBUILD-QLD GOVT
06.2024 - Current
- Contract
- TRADE SUPPLIER SELECTION TOOL
TEST LEAD
Queensland Police Service
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Contract – 12 Months
- Effective planning and executing test activities by reviewing and assessing test coverage.
- Coach and mentor testers on the project
- Ensure traceability, quality assurance and quality completeness across various interfaces results in coverage of End to End test scenarios, test cases and traceability requirements for operational systems.
- Collaborating with BAU and project stakeholders to ensure project deliverables and milestones are achieved.
- Reporting test preparedness and execution results to management. Designing and implementation of automated testing suites using TEST COMPLETE tool to reduce manual testing and improve the quality of test activities.
- Keyword driven testing approach in Test Complete Develop, review, and execute test plans and automated scripts to ensure the efficient delivery of high- quality solutions.
- Drive the implementation and ongoing development of automated testing and manage the development of test plans and test cases for multiple systems and environments.
- Skills: Test Leadership
- Test Automation
- Test Planning
- Test Execution
- Regression Testing
QUALITY ENGINEERING LEAD
Flight Centre Group
09.2022 - 06.2023
- Contract – 8 Months
- A Principal Quality Lead Role and Focused on continuous delivery initiatives as part of focused platform enablement squad
- Contribute to build test automation strategy as part of continuous delivery strategy
- Spearhead test practices, processes, tools & frameworks across teams
- Test automation development
- Contribute to the Engineering & Quality Engineering strategies
- Help build QE culture across teams
- Establish test automation reporting & quality metrics
- Implement Shift Left Mindset & Test Automation Pyramid
- Assist in Hiring Quality Engineers into the digital commerce teams
- Coach and Mentor multiple QAs while imbibing them with Shift Left Quality mindset
- Skills: Quality Leadership
- Quality Management
- Test Automation
PRINCIPAL QUALITY ENGINEER
Dominos Limited
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Full Time – 4 Months
- Working Closely with Agile development team
- Follow Kanban Agile Development
- Working with different roles by pairing/coaching & instilling quality ownership - worked with developers on code reviews, built the right test pyramid in all systems, improved CI/CD practices, and worked with BA’s to share and understand domain scope better
- Focus on putting in place the right automated systems and CI/CD systems using Selenium WebDriver (for Web) and C# (for API testing)
- Managed activities including quality health checks across multiple teams, manual and automation testing and other quality improvement workshops
- Coach and Mentor multiple QAs while imbibing them with the right quality focus mindset through one on one meetings
- Working with DevOps team in delivering New Pipelines in Azure Devops and focusing on how teams use the pipelines from a Automation test perspective
- Skills: Quality Leadership
- Quality Management
- Test Automation
SENIOR TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER
Comtrac Limited
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Full Time – 4 Months
- Working Closely with Agile development team
- Follow Lean Agile Development
- Creation of Nightwatch Test Automation Framework from scratch using Selenium webdriver and NodeJS for the VUEJS application
- Creation of Cypress Test Automation Framework from scratch using NodeJS for the AngularJS application
- Writing Wrappers and test scripts for the Comtrac Investigation application in the framework
- Working with GITHUB and Octopus Deploy.
- Skills: Test Automation Frameworks
- Test Auto Execution
- Test Automation
- Test Planning
DEVOPS ENGINEER - SENIOR QA
MYOB Limited
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Full Time – 2 years
- Experienced with Azure technologies
- Have worked with Azure Cloud Services, VMs, Storage Accounts, Azure Active Directory, SQL Elastic Pools, Azure SQL Servers, Azure Subscriptions, Azure KeyVaults and Resource Groups etc
- Experienced with Resolution of Support Incidents for Production
- Skills: Microsoft Azure, Powershell
SENIOR QUALITY ANALYST / PRINCIPAL QA
MYOB LTD
09.2015 - 06.2019
- Full Time – 4 years
- Operated in and advocated for Shift-Left mentality by detecting potential roadblocks and steering the team clear of risks by analyzing, predicting and assessing them early on
- Consistently worked with different roles by pairing/coaching & instilling quality ownership - worked with developers on code reviews, built the right test pyramid in all systems, improved CI/CD practices, and worked with BA’s to share and understand domain scope better
- Focused on putting in place the right automated systems and CI/CD systems using Selenium WebDriver (for Web), Postman (for API testing) and Gatling (for Performance testing) Developed and Maintained Selenium Automation Framework, Performance Framework and API Automation Framework
- Managed activities including quality health checks across multiple teams, manual and automation testing and other quality improvement workshops
- Coached and Mentored multiple QAs while imbibing them with the right quality focus mindset through 1.
- Skills: Quality Leadership
- Quality Management
- Test Automation and Test Automation Frameworks
AUTOMATION TEST ANALYST
SIMPLOT AUSTRALIA
02.2015 - 08.2015
- Contract – 6 Months
- Worked Closely with Agile development team with BDD approach
- Created Selenium Automation Framework using R-Spec and Capybara
- Writing Wrappers in the framework for capybara (Minimises maintenance)
- Experienced working with GITHUB and JENKINS
- Co-ordinate and train the testers in the team on Selenium Framework
- Written methods in Ruby for Page Objects
- Liaise with Business for User Story Verifications.
- Skills: Test Auto Execution
- Test Automation
CONSULTANT
Revolution IT
06.2008 - 02.2015
- Full Time – 7 Years
- I worked in Revolution IT for 7 Years as Test Consultant
- Worked with Following Clients of Revolution IT
- COLES, Melbourne – AUTOMATION QA | NOV.2013 – OCT.2014
- Selenium Automation with C-SHARP & RESHARPER
- SENSIS, Melbourne - AUTOMATION TEST LEAD | NOV.2010 – AUG.2013
- Test Leadership – Selenium Automation with JAVA & JIRA
- VICROADS, Melbourne - SENIOR TEST ANALYST | JULY.2010 - AUG/2010
- Skills: Test Automation Frameworks
- Test Leadership
- Test Automation
- Test Consulting
SENIOR TEST ANALYST
Hyro Limited
07.2007 - 06.2008
- Full Time – 12 Months
- System and regression testing of web applications using Selenium on Windows
- Involved in automation testing by writing JUnit / HTML test scripts in Selenium IDE
- Used Rational Performance Tester , JMeter & open-STA tool for Performance testing of the application
- Actively involved in document reviews and documentation of the test strategy and test plan document as well as test summary report.
- Skills: Manual Testing
- Test Automation
SENIOR TEST ANALYST
Linx Ads Pty Ltd
10.2006 - 03.2007
- Contract – 6 Months
- Regression testing of web application using HP QTP 9.0
- Coding of test scripts for the identified test scenarios in QTP
- Executed test cases and logged the defects in Quality Center 9.0.
- Skills: Manual Testing
- Test Automation
SYSTEM INTEGRATION TESTER
Ericsson Hutchison Telecoms
04.2006 - 07.2006
- Contract – 3 Months
- SIT and regression testing of Web and WAP applications on 3G network
- Manual testing of Hutchison 3G applications on the 3G handsets
- Design & execution of manual test cases & logging defects in Quality Center 8.0.
- Skills: Manual Testing
TEST ANALYST
OPTUS TELECOMS
10.2005 - 04.2006
- Contract – 6 Months
- SIT and regression testing of Web and WAP applications on 3G network
- Manual testing of OPTUS 3G applications on the 3G handsets
- Design & execution of manual test cases & logging defects in Quality Center 8.0.
- Skills: Manual Testing
TEST ANALYST
Harvey World Travel
10.2004 - 01.2005
- Contract – 3 Months
- Involved in testing life cycle from beginning to end in a Waterfall environment
- Documentation of test plan and test summary report in MS-Word
- Design & execution of manual test cases in MS-Excel and defects management.
- Skills: Manual Testing
TEST ENGINEER
National Institute of Software Technology
02.2002 - 08.2004
- Full Time – 2.5 Years
- System, regression and performance testing of web applications
- Documentation of test strategy & test plan document for certain projects
- Design & execution of manual test cases in Quality Center 7.5 and defects management
- Automation testing using Mercury QTP 8.0.
- Skills: Manual Testing
- Test Automation
SOFTWARE ENGINEER-DEVELOPER
GDR Software Limited
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Full Time – 3 Years
- Software development on both Java and Microsoft platforms of websites and web products
- Waterfall model and Prototype model approach
- Coding and validation of web applications.
Education
Bachelors Degree - Computer Science and Engineering
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore University
01.1998
Skills
- QA Tools: Selenium WebDriver Cypress Gatling Loadrunner JMeter Postman Pactum Test Complete
- QA Scripting: C# NodeJS – Javascript & Typescript Scala Java Ruby (Capybara)
- DevOps Tools: ARM Templates Docker CI/CD Kibana Sumo Logic New Relic Azure Cloud Services
- DevOps Scripting: C# PowerShell SQL
- Repositories : GIT SVN Github
- CI / CD : Jenkins Azure Devops Pipelines Github Actions
Certification
- An ISTQB – Foundation Level - Certified Testing Professional
- An ISTQB – Advanced Test Analyst Level - Certified Testing Professional
Timeline
QBUILD-QLD GOVT
06.2024 - Current
TEST LEAD
Queensland Police Service
07.2023 - 06.2024
QUALITY ENGINEERING LEAD
Flight Centre Group
09.2022 - 06.2023
PRINCIPAL QUALITY ENGINEER
Dominos Limited
05.2022 - 09.2022
SENIOR TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER
Comtrac Limited
08.2021 - 12.2021
DEVOPS ENGINEER - SENIOR QA
MYOB Limited
07.2019 - 07.2021
SENIOR QUALITY ANALYST / PRINCIPAL QA
MYOB LTD
09.2015 - 06.2019
AUTOMATION TEST ANALYST
SIMPLOT AUSTRALIA
02.2015 - 08.2015
CONSULTANT
Revolution IT
06.2008 - 02.2015
SENIOR TEST ANALYST
Hyro Limited
07.2007 - 06.2008
SENIOR TEST ANALYST
Linx Ads Pty Ltd
10.2006 - 03.2007
SYSTEM INTEGRATION TESTER
Ericsson Hutchison Telecoms
04.2006 - 07.2006
TEST ANALYST
OPTUS TELECOMS
10.2005 - 04.2006
TEST ANALYST
Harvey World Travel
10.2004 - 01.2005
TEST ENGINEER
National Institute of Software Technology
02.2002 - 08.2004
SOFTWARE ENGINEER-DEVELOPER
GDR Software Limited
01.1999 - 01.2002
Bachelors Degree - Computer Science and Engineering
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore University
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