Aneesh Koliyatt
Ottawa,Ontario
Summary
Experienced QA professional with nearly 20 years of expertise in software quality assurance, specializing in both manual and automated testing across diverse industries, including banking, insurance, real estate, and HCMS.
Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products through strategic test planning, execution, and issue resolution.
Skilled in driving the full software testing lifecycle, from test case creation and execution to defect tracking and reporting. Expertise in managing integration, regression, and functional testing efforts, ensuring seamless product releases and efficient defect management. Proficient in utilizing automated testing tools to improve test efficiency and accuracy.
Experienced in facilitating collaboration between business analysts, developers, and testers, and acting as the primary point of contact to resolve important product challenges.
Experienced in preparing key testing artifacts, such as test plans, test cases, and test reports, and ensuring continuous alignment with evolving project requirements.
Known for strong leadership abilities, team mentoring, and delivering results under pressure while maintaining a focus on quality and meeting project deadlines. Consistently works to enhance testing processes, identify risks, and implement strategies that drive overall software quality improvements.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Lead QA Engineer I
Zafin Labs Americas Inc.
04.2023 - Current
- Led integration testing across multiple product teams, ensuring smooth interactions between system components by overseeing detailed test planning, execution, and issue resolution.
- Managed the setup and maintenance of cloud-based integration test environments, enabling thorough testing of interconnected systems.
- Ensured proper configuration of integration modules and data sets to align with testing requirements.
- Took the lead in triaging integration-related issues, working closely with cross-functional teams to prioritize and resolve defects effectively.
- Oversaw the full issue lifecycle, from logging to resolution, using Jira to ensure efficient tracking and reporting.
- Acted as the primary point of contact for product-related issues, providing clear guidance and support to teams throughout the investigation and resolution process.
- Ensured issues were accurately identified and reproduced in integration environments, minimizing testing delays.
- Communicated progress, risks, and updates to stakeholders, driving informed decisions and ensuring timely delivery of integration testing results.
- Regularly updated and maintained integration test cases to reflect new requirements, changes, and insights from defect analysis.
- Collaborated with QA teams to refine testing processes and continuously improve the integration testing framework.
- Proactively identified and mitigated risks related to integration testing, such as limited environment availability and frequent changes in integration points, ensuring a robust testing process through continuous feedback.
Test Manager
Zafin Software Centre of Excellence
05.2011 - 04.2023
- Worked with Product Management and Project Management to monitor the quality assurance process across the product to ensure the product specifications are accurately followed and delivered in a timely manner
- Experienced in preparing testing artifacts that include HLP, HLTC, RTM, Test Plan, Test Results and Test Closure documents
- More active involvement in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) from Requirements Analysis, Test Design, Test Execution, Defect Reporting and tracking defects to closure
- SPOC for all test delivery related issues/escalations from onshore team/client
- Leading & supervision of resources in the current project with day to day task allocation & monitoring
- Hands on experience in API test automation and API performance test automation using Karate
- Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
- Worked as primary liaison with Business Analysts, Testing and Development teams for major releases, recreation of customer issues, subsequent patch testing and successful release of patches
- Ensured meeting Entry and Exit criteria at multiple stages and made sure the structures of all Testing documents/artefacts are compliant to organizational standards and openly contributed in practice improvements
- Managed the day-to-day test execution activities during all the test phases; responsible for the identification of test issues and for the prioritization of defects, daily Execution(Status) Report and Weekly Execution(Status) report
- Recording and closing bugs throughout the entire test life cycle
Senior Testing Engineer
ACS India Pvt Ltd
01.2009 - 05.2011
- Reviews of Business Requirement documents, Functional specs
- Identifying the Test Scenarios
- Preparing, Updating and Executing Test cases
- UAT Defect Reporting and Defect Tracking
- Participating in project meetings as necessary
- Communicating with Developers, Business Analysts and Testers
Software Test Engineer
Millennium Consultants
11.2008 - 01.2009
- Identified critical bugs and worked closely with developers to ensure timely resolution, resulting in a more stable product.
- Managed defect tracking systems, ensuring accurate documentation of issues for efficient resolution.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted observations to development team.
- Reviewed requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
Software Test Engineer
Case Consult
10.2006 - 01.2009
- Reviewed requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Reviewing, Correction and execution of test cases for Client layer, EJB Unit testing using cactus framework, and Application Testing
- Performing regression testing by running the Server and Client Traces by automated tools
- Preparing code coverage documentation, and Test case success ratio in the form of Mapping sheets and also the Java coding standards and the reports which show in detail where deviations to the given guideline or standards are encountered
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Participated in post-release reviews to analyze lessons learned from completed projects, driving process improvements for future endeavors.
- Identified and tracked software defects and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Coordinated regression test automation activities across supported applications.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted observations to development team.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Amlaki Infosystems
03.2005 - 10.2006
- Involved in testing the project according to the business conventions and specifications
- Recording and closing bugs throughout the entire test life cycle
- Conducted root cause analysis for defects, leading to targeted improvements in the production process.
- Managed bug tracking systems, ensuring timely resolution of reported issues and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
- Established effective communication channels between QA, development, and project management teams to foster a collaborative working environment focused on delivering high-quality products.
- Supported successful product launches by conducting extensive pre-release testing and validation activities.
- Improved product quality by implementing rigorous testing procedures and identifying areas for optimization.
- Increased product reliability by performing thorough regression testing on each release cycle.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
Education
MBA - IT And Services
Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)
08.2007 - 07.2010
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
SMU
03.2003 - 07.2005
Skills
Manual testing
Test planning
Functional testing
Regression testing
Automation testing
Integration testing
End-to-end testing
Database testing
Agile methodologies
API testing
Leadership
People management
Karate
Cucumber
Azure cloud
Timeline
Lead QA Engineer I
Zafin Labs Americas Inc.
04.2023 - Current
Test Manager
Zafin Software Centre of Excellence
05.2011 - 04.2023
Senior Testing Engineer
ACS India Pvt Ltd
01.2009 - 05.2011
Software Test Engineer
Millennium Consultants
11.2008 - 01.2009
MBA - IT And Services
Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)
08.2007 - 07.2010
Software Test Engineer
Case Consult
10.2006 - 01.2009
Quality Assurance Engineer
Amlaki Infosystems
03.2005 - 10.2006
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
SMU
03.2003 - 07.2005
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