Anusha Yarra
Perth,Australia
Summary
A Senior Test Engineer and Test Lead with over nine years of professional experience, I have a strong track record of delivering high-quality system-level verification in diverse environments, including distributed, safety-critical, and enterprise systems. I'm adept at leading small testing teams while actively participating in test planning, execution, defect management, and cross-functional collaboration. My experience spans functional, integration, and platform validation within the Energy, Salesforce, Healthcare, and Banking sectors. I excel at translating requirements into structured test plans, coordinating execution in simulated, bench, and field-like environments, and ensuring consistent reporting and quality results. I'm known for clear communication, taking ownership, and providing leadership to both local and offshore teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Cloud QA Engineer / Test Lead
Nexturn
Perth, WA
01.2023 - Current
- Led verification and functional testing for Salesforce-based ITSM applications across distributed enterprise environments.
- Designed structured test plans, test strategies, and execution workflows aligned with system behaviours and acceptance criteria.
- Acted as a senior point of contact for clients, architects, and product owners, ensuring clarity of scope and risk management.
- Reviewed and refined test scenarios, user stories, and requirements directly with clients.
- Provided day-to-day leadership to junior and offshore QA engineers, ensuring consistency in execution, reporting, and quality.
- Managed defect lifecycle, ensured clear documentation, and drove timely resolution with developers and system engineers.
- Supported release readiness through regression planning, execution oversight, and quality reporting.
- Salesforce Domain
Technical Lead / Senior Test Engineer
Infosys
Melbourne, Remote
01.2020 - 01.2023
- Led manual and automation testing for large-scale, distributed energy platforms involving complex pricing, metering, and billing systems.
- Owned verification of high-risk features such as midnight repricing, re-contracting calculations, and platform validation.
- Coordinated with product owners, architects, and developers to clarify requirements, validate acceptance criteria, and manage risk.
- Designed and executed regression strategies, retesting cycles, and hot-fix validation for production issues.
- Implemented automation frameworks and contributed to CI/CD pipelines for continuous verification.
- Managed offshore QA teams, providing guidance, task allocation, and quality oversight.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies including refinements, groomings, retrospectives, and technical brainstorming sessions.
- Energy Australia
QA Lead
TechnoIdentity
Hyderabad
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Led QA delivery for healthcare and banking platforms with strict compliance and safety-critical requirements.
- Owned system verification, validation, platform testing, API testing, and database validation across multiple distributed components.
- Prepared detailed test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring full coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
- Worked closely with German engineering teams, managers, and developers to ensure alignment on quality expectations.
- Independently handled QA responsibilities from junior to senior levels, ensuring consistent execution and reporting.
- Performed UI, platform, and backend testing for high-availability financial systems.
- IEHP Healthcare & SaveBetter Banking – Germany
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communications Engineering
JNTU University
Skills
- System-Level Testing
- Manual Testing
- Functional Testing
- Test Planning
- Test Strategy
- Test Execution
- Test Reporting
- Defect Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Leadership
- Verification
- Validation
- Simulation
- Bench Testing
- Field-Equivalent Testing
- Automation Frameworks
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Selenium
- TestCafe
- API Testing
- Postman
- Swagger
- ReadyAPI
- Performance Testing
- JMeter
- CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab
- SDLC
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Stakeholder Communication
- Requirement Clarification
- Domain Expertise
- Energy
- Salesforce
- Healthcare
- Banking
Certification
ISTQB Foundation
Work Rights
Full Australian Work Rights
Timeline
Senior Cloud QA Engineer / Test Lead
Nexturn
01.2023 - Current
Technical Lead / Senior Test Engineer
Infosys
01.2020 - 01.2023
QA Lead
TechnoIdentity
01.2017 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communications Engineering
JNTU University