Prachi Patnaik
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Results-driven Senior Test Analyst with 9+ years of experience delivering automation-driven quality assurance across retail, banking, digital platform, healthcare, insurance . Strong expertise in API automation and UI automation, driving efficiency through innovative test strategies and CI/CD integration. Proven ability to reduce regression cycles, improve automation coverage and ensure high quality releases in fast-paced enterprise environments
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Test Analyst
Coles
05.2023 - Current
- Led QA validation for large-scale retail digital web platform supporting high user traffic
- Designed and enhanced Playwright automation framework using POM architecture
- Automated critical en-to-end user journeys including search, product,checkout and content workflows
- Performed Rest API automation and validation for graphql services
- Validated adobe analytics tracking for key business events and customer journeys
- Conducted AEM authoring, publishing and content fragment rest API validation across environments
- Integrated automation suites into CI pipelines using YAML for continuous regression execution
- Reduced manual regression effort through automation-first test strategy
- Collaborated with Product owners, Developers and BAs to ensure release readiness
- Prepared test strategy, test plans, traceability matrix and defect reporting dashboards in JIRA
Senior Test Consultant
Deloitte
06.2022 - 05.2023
- Delivered UI automation for unemployment insurance system using Selenium with BDD framework
- Managed integrated system testing across multiple business modules.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define scope, testing approach, and effort estimation.
- Developed regression suites, ensuring high functional stability before production release.
- Provided peer reviews and supported QA team members in the automation process.
Test Specialist
IBM
07.2021 - 05.2022
- Contributed of testing of customer-facing digital applications involving secure authentication and transactional workflows
- Validated login, fund transfer simulation, and transaction history modules in controlled test environments.
- Performed API and integration testing across microservices architecture
- Supported regression automation integrated with CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure compliance with security and data validation standards
Test Automation Engineer
NTT DATA
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Worked on enterprise ServiceNow- based portal for VM provisioning and infrastructure request management
- Validated end-to-end workflow for virtual machine activation
- Automated UI workflow using Selenium Webdriver with Page Object Model framework
- Developed backend API automation scripts using Rest Assured to validate provisioning request lifecycle
- Performed integration testing between portal UI, backend services, and infrastructure provisioning system
- Validated response payloads, authentication tokens, and error handling scenarios for REST APIs
Test Analyst
INFOSYS
10.2015 - 07.2019
- Perform manual functional and regression testing for healthcare management applications, ensuring compliance with business and regulatory requirements
- Validated Rest APIs using Postman and webservices using SoapUI for patient data and workflow integrations
- Designed and executed test cases covering end-to-end healthcare workflows including patient records and service requests
- Logged and tracked defects, collaborated with development teams, and supported UAT cycles
Education
ITER University
Skills
- Test Strategy and Test Planning
- API Automation- Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, SoapUI
- UI Automation- Playwright, Selenium(POM,BDD), Cypress, Specflow framework, Perfecto-Web
- Mobile- Lambda
- Development tool- Eclipse, Visual Studio, Intellij
- CI/CD -Jenkins, YAML pipelines
- Defect Lifecycle- Azure Devopes, Jira, ALM, RTC
- Content-Management:Adobe Experience Manager( AEM)
- Database Tools- SQL developer, Oracle
- SDLC/STLC: Agile Scrum, Waterfall
Certification
Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) - International Software Testing Qualifications(ISTQB)
Timeline
Senior Test Analyst
Coles
05.2023 - Current
Senior Test Consultant
Deloitte
06.2022 - 05.2023
Test Specialist
IBM
07.2021 - 05.2022
Test Automation Engineer
NTT DATA
07.2019 - 07.2021
Test Analyst
INFOSYS
10.2015 - 07.2019
ITER University