Shashikala Kavindi
Schofields,NSW
Summary
Around 6+ years of diverse experience as a Software Test Analyst in software testing and quality Assurance. Managing test team in developing and implementing quality assurance methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards and customer specifications. Open and clear communicator with good multitasking skills, organized nature and strong attention to detail.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Test Analyst
Coforge (Client- NSW State Government, DPIE)
05.2021 - 07.2023
- Experience on working in Agile methodologies, such as Scrum. (Sprint Planning, Backlog Reviews, Provide Estimations, Sprint Retrospectives, Daily stand-up Meetings).
- Developing detailed test cases based on requirements and design specifications to thoroughly test software functionality.
- Perform Smoke, Functional, Regression, UI, Usability, User acceptance, End to End testing (E2E) and System Integration Testing (SIT), including both the functional and non-functional testing aspects using manual testing methods.
- Experience in API testing using Postman.
- Documenting and reporting defects or issues discovered during testing, providing detailed information to help developers understand and fix the problems.
- Collaborating with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of requirements and to address any issues or concerns.
- Providing clear and concise communication about the status of testing activities, including progress, issues, and risks.
- Preparing testing reports to share with the project audience.
- Collaborating with end-users during UAT to ensure that the software meets business requirements and user expectations.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
- Pega (PRPC) Testing in version 6/7/8 onwards. (Functional, end to end, Non-Functional, UI, Integration with different systems and Pega Reports Testing, Pega Marketing Application, including Pega Backend Verification including Clipboard, SLA, Agents, Tracer and Data tables).
Quality Assurance Engineer
Virtusa
11.2014 - 06.2019
- Experience in analysing requirements and develop software Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases Design according to the scope.
- Performed functionality, system, regression, and back-end testing.
- Extensively used and developed SQL scripts/queries for backend testing of databases.
- Involved in writing Requirement Tractability Matrix (RTM) to ensure 100% test coverage.
- Hands on experience in Bug Reporting & Tracking Process.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and product managers, to ensure a clear understanding of requirements and to address any issues or concerns
- Participated in daily test planning, project status meetings and shared the status reports with the project leadership.
- Hands-on experience in handling the client calls, onsite calls, participating to the defect triage meetings with the team.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
British Computer Society
Sri Lanka04.2015
Skills
- Defect Tracking
- Agile Methodology
- Regression Testing
- Integration Testing
- Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
- Functional Testing
- Cross-Browser Testing
- Effective Communication
- Adaptability
- Test Reporting
- Problem Solving
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Test Management Tools
- End-to-End Testing
- Waterfall Model
- Test Case Design
- Web Application Testing
- Test Documentation
- Database Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- Attention to Detail
- Defect Tracking and Reporting
Certification
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) – (Aug 2020)
Australia and New Zealand Testing BoardTECHNICAL EXPERTISE
- MS Office : Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, OneNote
- Defect Tracking Tools : Chorus / JIRA/ Agile Studio/Project Management Framework (PMF)/Confluence
- Test Management Tools : HP ALM Quality Center 12.01 ALM
- Web Services Testing Tools : SOAP UI, Postman, REST
- Databases : SQL Server
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Full Name: Edirisingha Arachchige Shashikala Kavindi
- DATE OF BIRTH
- CURRENT LOCATION
- WORK RIGHTS
Timeline
Test Analyst
Coforge (Client- NSW State Government, DPIE)
05.2021 - 07.2023
Quality Assurance Engineer
Virtusa
11.2014 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
British Computer Society
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