SAIRAM PALAKURTHI
Reservoir,Australia
Summary
- Test Analyst with 4+ years of experience in developing and implementing quality assurance tests within software testing. Identified optimal procedures and produced reports to provide interpretations relevant to production and further testing. Dedicated to optimizing production cost-efficiency.
- Good understanding and experience in software testing life cycle and specialization in Agile Scrum methodologies.
- Requirement analysis test planning, documentation and test execution, discovering and reporting software defects and verifying defect fixes.
- Reviewing and writing test approaches, test scenarios, test conditions.
- Expertise in test case design, test execution, defect management and test measurements.
- Generated reports in project management tools like QTEST and JIRA for tracking progress.
- Extracting data from database to prepare test data and maintaining stubbed data.
- Ability to work in agile environment including constantly changing teams and projects to meet deadlines.
- Ability to co-ordinate, achieve common goals and business objectives interacting with business users for technical support.
- Quickly understand organizational guidelines, polices and standards and professionally represent the organization in meetings and workshops with all levels of stakeholders.
- Expertise in Agile testing methodologies (scrum).
- Experience in Smoke, Functional, Non Functional, Regression, Integration, End-to-End and User Acceptance Testing.
- Reporting on test coverage and test results, test estimates.
- Highly adaptive to agile environment with strong organisational and analytical skills.
- Experienced in handling releases by coordinating with all multiple product managers.
- Experience in preparing Master Test Plan ( MTP) , Test Summary Report ( TSR) and conducting Defect Triage meeting.
- Good Knowledge on various Software tools like Eclipse IDE, POSTMAN, Maven, and Web Driver Manager.
- Experience in executing test cases by automating scripts using Selenium Web Driver.
- Experience on TDD , BDD, Auto SDK (Hybrid) Framework
- Knowledge on various API Testing tools like Rest Assured, SOAP UI.
- An Adaptive Learner with Excellent communication skills and time management skills.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Test Analyst
Infosys Limited - NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN BANK (NAB)
11.2021 - Current
- Designing test scenarios as per the requirements
- Preparing test cases for functional, integration and end-to-end testing
- Linking requirements to the test cases
- Preparing test data for the test cases both for functional and UAT test teams
- Prioritised test tasks as per the dependences identified
- Preparing test environment to execute the test cases
- Executing test cases as per acceptance criteria
- Finding defects and recording in test management tool (RALLY) with appropriate severity and priority
- Performing regression/retesting of modules when defects are fixed
- Performed smoke tests when builds are deployed into SIT Environment
- Prepared test scripts for executing test cases by using AUTOSKD framework in Regression cycle
- Provided updates for Daily stand up meeting, Sprint Planning meeting, Mid – Sprint meeting and Defect Triage meeting.
- Increased overall test coverage, prioritizing high-risk functionalities for thorough examination.
- Boosted team efficiency through effective knowledge sharing sessions and mentoring junior testers.
- Identified critical defects, conducting root cause analysis and collaborating with the development team for timely resolutions.
Test Analyst
MAGNITIA IT Solutions
10.2019 - 09.2021
- Understanding the Business Requirements
- Preparing the test scenarios, test cases from the acceptance criteria and validating them
- Evacuated and documented actual test results against expected results
- Analysed manual test cases for the feasibility of the automation in regression phase
- Involved in cross browser testing manually of application on various browsers to ensure it functionality
- Performing End-to-End testing which includes Shakeout Testing, Progression Testing, and Regression Testing
- Providing updates for Daily stand up meeting, Sprint Planning meeting and Defect Triage meeting
- Conducting Re-Testing and Regression Testing to ensure that software changes and updates do not negatively impact existing functionality.
- Increased overall test coverage, prioritizing high-risk functionalities for thorough examination.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Assessed third-party tools used in the testing process, providing recommendations for tool selection based on compatibility with organizational needs and budget constraints.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
Education
Professional Year ICT -
Monash Professional Pathways, Melbourne
12.2016
Master of Information Technology (Computer Networks) -
Charles Sturt University, Melbourne, Australia
03.2016
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering -
CM Engineering College (MRGI, JNTU), India
05.2012
Skills
- Java
- Windows
- Eclipse IDE, POSTMAN, Maven, Web Driver Manager
- Functional, Integration, Regression, Web based application testing
- GIT
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure AZ-900
Timeline
Test Analyst
Infosys Limited - NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN BANK (NAB)
11.2021 - Current
Test Analyst
MAGNITIA IT Solutions
10.2019 - 09.2021
Professional Year ICT -
Monash Professional Pathways, Melbourne
Master of Information Technology (Computer Networks) -
Charles Sturt University, Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering -
CM Engineering College (MRGI, JNTU), India
Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure AZ-900
Languages
Telugu (Native)
Hindi (Fluent)
Personal Information
Visa Status: Permanent Resident of Australia
References
Available on request
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