SONAL PERERA
Burnside,Australia
Summary
Delivery-focused IT Quality Assurance Lead with 10+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance for web, desktop, and server-side applications. Skilled in test planning, automation, deployment management, and project leadership in the financial and hospitality domains. Proven expertise in delivering high-quality results for clients across Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, London, Sri Lanka, USA, and the Netherlands
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD
GAPSTARS (PVT)LTD
05.2023 - 05.2024
- IMPLEMENT END-TO-END UI AUTOMATION TEST SUITE USING CYPRESS AND CUCUMBER, AND INTEGRATE IT INTO THE CI/CD PIPELINE USING GITHUB ACTIONS
- PROVIDE CONSULTATION ON PRODUCT BACKLOG ITEMS, FEATURE BACKLOG ITEMS, AND USER STORIES RELATED TO THE E-TICKETING DOMAIN
- CONDUCT INTEGRATION LEVEL OF TESTING WITH 3RD PARTY PAYMENT GATEWAY TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION
- PERFORM API TESTING USING THE POSTMAN TOOL AND CREATE A TEST SUITE TO CHECK THE BACK-END SYSTEM
- PERFORM EXPLORATORY TESTING ON THE RELEASED FEATURES ON THE SYSTEM
- CONDUCT THE PR REVIEWS FOR THE AUTOMATION SCRIPTS DONE BY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
- IMPLEMENT A PERFORMANCE TEST SUITE FOR THE SYSTEM USING THE GRAFANA K6 TOOL AND PERFORM LOAD TESTING, SOAK, AND SPIKE TESTING ON THE SYSTEM
- SHARE THE TEST RESULTS WITH THE RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS
- WRITE THE UNIT TEST CASES USING XUNIT FOR THE BACKEND SIDE
- DESIGN THE UNIT TEST CASES FOR NEW FEATURES
QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP [LSEG]
08.2021 - 05.2023
- DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED QUALITY ASSURANCE PROTOCOLS, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
- PERFORMED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS IDENTIFIED DURING TESTING CYCLES
- EXECUTED TEST PLANS AND SCRIPTS ACCORDING TO ESTABLISHED TIMELINES
- COORDINATED ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS RELATED TO PRODUCT RELEASE DECISIONS
- MAINTAINED KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE PURPOSES
- FACILITATED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
- CREATE MIND MAPS AND CONCEPT DIAGRAMS FOR COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS
- PERFORM EXPLORATORY TESTING TO UNCOVER BUSINESS AND MISSION-CRITICAL DEFECTS
SOFTWARE TEST ANALYST/ASSOCIATE QA LEAD
DIRECTFN PVT (LTD.)
07.2020 - 07.2021
- CREATE TEST CLOSURE REPORTS, PARTICIPATE IN SPRINT PLANNING AND GROOMING SESSIONS, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN ACHIEVING THE SPRINT GOAL
- SUPERVISED A TEAM OF QA ENGINEERS IN EXECUTING ALL PHASES OF TESTING ACTIVITIES
- REVIEWED REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK
- CONDUCTED MANUAL AND AUTOMATED TESTS ON SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS TO IDENTIFY BUGS OR DEFECTS
- INTEGRATION LEVEL TESTING WITH THE BACK OFFICE TO SYNC THE TRANSACTIONS AND CASH POSITIONS
- INTRODUCE AND DEPLOY THE DFN TOTAL BROKERAGE SYSTEM TO PLACE ORDERS VIA CLIENT APPS AND WITH DEALER TERMINALS
- ACTED AS AN ONSITE RESOURCE PERSON FOR THE GO-LIVE PROJECTS
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
DIRECTFN PVT (LTD.)
04.2017 - 06.2020
- TEST AND DEPLOY NEW UPDATES TO ALIGN WITH KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE MARKET DEVELOPMENT CHANGES
- MAINTAINED BOTH UAT AND PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS FOR RELEASE DEPLOYMENT AND CONFIGURATIONS
- ANALYZED CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSLATED THEM INTO TEST CASES
- PERFORMED SYSTEM INTEGRATION TESTING ON MULTIPLE COMPONENTS OF THE APPLICATION
- PREPARE TEST CASES, DATA, AND SCRIPTS, AND ENSURE REQUIRED TEST COVERAGE IS ACHIEVED
- PREPARED A PERFORMANCE TEST SUITE USING JMETER TO CHECK THE SYSTEM THROUGHPUT AND RESPONSIVENESS IN THE UAT AND PROD ENVIRONMENT
- DESIGNED COMPREHENSIVE SMOKE TESTS FOR NEW BUILDS PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT IN PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
- WORKED CLOSELY WITH PROJECT MANAGERS TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY OF PROJECTS WITHIN BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
- CONDUCT RISK ANALYSIS FOR THE DEFECTS, AND PREPARE ACTION PLANS
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
DIRECTFN PVT (LTD.)
03.2015 - 04.2017
- CREATED DETAILED REPORTS ON THE RESULTS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTS CONDUCTED
- CONDUCT DATA VALIDATIONS AND USE SQL QUERIES FOR TESTING AND ISSUE INVESTIGATION
- INVOLVED IN DATA MIGRATION TESTING TO VERIFY THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE MIGRATED DATA
- MAINTAINED A COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF TEST CASES, SCENARIOS, DATA SETS., ENSURING THEY ARE UP-TO-DATE WITH CHANGES MADE BY DEVELOPERS
- TRACKED SOFTWARE BUGS AND DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING FINDINGS AND RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN DOCUMENTATION
- PERFORM GAP ANALYSIS OF THE OLD SYSTEM AND FOR THE NEW SYSTEM, IDENTIFY NEW FEATURES AND REQUIRED PERFORMANCE UPDATES
- CONDUCT EXCHANGE-LEVEL TESTING TO VERIFY THE FIXED MESSAGES AND THE HIGH AVAILABILITY OF THE FIXED ROUTER WITH EXCHANGE CONNECTIVITY
SOFTWARE QA ANALYST
REZGATEWAY (PVT) LTD
06.2013 - 03.2015
- DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED TEST PLANS, CASES, SCRIPTS, AND DATA FOR MANUAL AND AUTOMATED TESTING
- REVIEWED REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS AND DEVELOPED TEST PLANS TO MEET CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES
- CREATED DETAILED BUG REPORTS WITH STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE ALONG WITH SCREENSHOTS WHEN NECESSARY
- WORKED CLOSELY WITH DEVELOPERS TO ANALYZE ROOT CAUSE OF DEFECTS AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS
- CONDUCTED END-TO-END BLACK BOX TESTING OF NEW PRODUCTS OR EXISTING FEATURES PRIOR TO RELEASE CYCLES
- UTILIZED DEFECT TRACKING TOOLS SUCH AS JIRA TO TRACK ISSUES REPORTED DURING THE QA PROCESS
- PARTICIPATED IN PEER REVIEWS OF TEST CASES AND SCRIPTS ENSURING ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS
Education
Bachelor of Science - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
Colombo, Sri Lanka02.2013
Skills
- Black Box Testing
- System Testing
- Application testing
- Exploratory testing
- Smoke testing
- Integration testing
- Performance Testing
- Data Migration Testing
- Test Planning
- Security Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- API Testing
- Manual Testing
- Defect tracking
- Requirements Analysis
- Unit Testing
- Amazon Web Services
- Azure
- Docker
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Jira and Confluence
- K6 grafana
- JMeter
- Cypress
- Postman
- Rest Assured
- Cucumber and JBehave
- Linux
Additional Information
491 Visa Holder - South Australia from 13th March 2024
Certification
ISTQB CERTIFIED TESTER, SL-CTFL-2301-3579
Languages
English
Professional Working
References
Available upon request
Timeline
QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD
GAPSTARS (PVT)LTD
05.2023 - 05.2024
QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP [LSEG]
08.2021 - 05.2023
SOFTWARE TEST ANALYST/ASSOCIATE QA LEAD
DIRECTFN PVT (LTD.)
07.2020 - 07.2021
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
DIRECTFN PVT (LTD.)
04.2017 - 06.2020
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
DIRECTFN PVT (LTD.)
03.2015 - 04.2017
SOFTWARE QA ANALYST
REZGATEWAY (PVT) LTD
06.2013 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Science - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
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