Ranisha Fernando
Ballarat,Australia
Summary
As an IT graduate with an honors degree and an IT Specialist with over 15 years of industry experience at IBM, I have demonstrated the ability to adapt to various roles and upskill myself. Expertise includes functional and non-functional testing, dedication, attention to detail, always willing to take a challenge, and solid programming knowledge. I'm always looking for new opportunities to expand my knowledge and experience in the Automation Testing area. (I currently hold Baseline Clearance)
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
TEST SPECIALIST (Utilities Client)
IBM Australia
08.2024 - Current
- Preparation of Test Reporting Dashboards in Jira
- Assisting in the preparation of Test Summary Reports
- Working with test team members to execute LUA scripts for FLISR
- Working with team members to setup Xray Test Plans and Test Executions and Xray Automations
TEST SPECIALIST (Government Client)
IBM Australia
01.2023 - 07.2024
- Automated test setup and testing in Cucumber
- Developed and executed comprehensive manual test plans for complex services, identifying and resolving critical issues, and reducing post-release bugs
- Experienced in SQL queries required for testing
- Experienced in reviewing Unit Tests according to the requirements
- As a certified AWS practitioner, Performed testing in AWS environments
- Experienced in DevOps Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery CI/CD pipeline
TEST SPECIALIST (Government Client)
IBM Australia
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Automated test cases set up and executed in NestJS
- Worked on manual Test Design, Planning and Execution
- Performed API testing using Postman
- Experienced in SQL queries required for testing
- Basic experience in SAP CRM Testing
TEST SPECIALIST (Government Client)
IBM Australia
08.2019 - 05.2022
- Automated test solution set up and testing in Visual Studio
- Performed SOAPUI Testing
- Performed testing enhancements using XML, C#, Java Script
PLATFORM SUPPORT (Government Client)
IBM Australia
06.2015 - 08.2019
- Provided Rational Test Virtualization Services development support
- Programming in C#, XML, Javascript, HTML
- Engaged in Incident Resolution support and problem management
BUSINESS ANALYST
Engagement Business Integration Services (EBIS), IBM Australia
04.2014 - 05.2015
- Provide development and maintenance services to the management systems used in Solution Delivery using Advanced Excel tools/VBA programming
- Perform reporting activities using automation
- Support Financial Reporting tool(Excel) queries in timely manner
- Create/modify SQL Queries for information extraction
- Work closely with Project Managers and other high level managers
- Use of BI tools to generate reports
SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SPECIALIST
IBM Australia
03.2012 - 04.2014
- Manage large number of software installations on multiple live environments with strict deadlines
- Engage in large scale workstation patching, monitoring and remediation process
- Deployments of standard MSI packages into client environments using SCCM, SMS, Tivoli, Group Policy
- Provide post-installation support such as verification and remediation of application faults
- Investigation and documentation of errors/application faults to prevent reoccurrence
- Write/Modify basic script for application installation and remediation purposes
- Perform on-call duties during weekends/nights
- Work with all the levels of the organization from Support teams to Project managers
SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR
IBM Australia
02.2010 - 03.2012
- High volume remote access user accounts administration
- Provided second level support for remote access issues
- Engaged in revalidation processes
CSC CONSULTANT
IBM, Australia
03.2009 - 07.2010
- Assisted clients troubleshooting their PC/other technical issues
- Contacted second level support groups to ensure the high severity issues were managed accordingly
- Facilitated the whole resolution process including documentation and training
Education
Bachelor of Computing (Honours) - Image Classification based on Natural Language queries
Federation University Australia
01.2012
Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional Practice) with Distinction -
Federation University Australia
04.2010
Skills
- Cucumber
- JMeter
- Manual testing
- Automated testing
- C#
- Java
- Javascript
- Powershell
- HTML
- XML
- SQL
- Postman
- SOAPUI
- Automated Regression Testing
- Jira
- Xray
- ALM
Certification
- 09/23, Certified Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner
- 05/13, Administering System Centre 2012 Configuration Manager
Accomplishments
- 2021, IBM Australia - 2 x Cash Awards (Government Project)
- 12/18, IBM Australia - Service Award (Government Project)
- 2012, IBM Australia - Excellence and Eminence Award
- 2011, Federation University - An Honours Scholarship of $3000 & International Student Academic Excellence Award of $5000
- 2009, IBM Australia - IBM Thanks Award
- 2007, 2008, 2009, Federation University - Obtained several letters of commendation from the Head of the School for outstanding academic performance
Personal Information
Title: Test Specialist
Timeline
TEST SPECIALIST (Utilities Client)
IBM Australia
08.2024 - Current
TEST SPECIALIST (Government Client)
IBM Australia
01.2023 - 07.2024
TEST SPECIALIST (Government Client)
IBM Australia
06.2022 - 12.2022
TEST SPECIALIST (Government Client)
IBM Australia
08.2019 - 05.2022
PLATFORM SUPPORT (Government Client)
IBM Australia
06.2015 - 08.2019
BUSINESS ANALYST
Engagement Business Integration Services (EBIS), IBM Australia
04.2014 - 05.2015
SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SPECIALIST
IBM Australia
03.2012 - 04.2014
SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR
IBM Australia
02.2010 - 03.2012
CSC CONSULTANT
IBM, Australia
03.2009 - 07.2010
Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional Practice) with Distinction -
Federation University Australia
Bachelor of Computing (Honours) - Image Classification based on Natural Language queries
Federation University Australia
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