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Sai Sowmith K

Sai Sowmith K

QA Analyst (Automation & Manual)
Brantford,ON

Summary

  • With 7+ years of experience as a QA professional, I possess a strong skill set in both manual and automation testing.
  • Specializing in automating applications at various levels, such as Integration (API) and UI (E2E), I have successfully collaborated on test automation frameworks using Java and JavaScript.
  • As a quality advocate, my focus is always on meeting customer expectations and delivering a seamless user experience. Proficient in SCRUM and Kanban methodologies, I pay meticulous attention to detail and possess excellent communication skills.
  • I highly value feedback and continuously strive for improvement. Committed to embracing a learning ecosystem, I am dedicated to constantly learning, practicing, and sharing knowledge within the industry.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Software QA Automation Analyst

ZODHA Solutions Inc
10.2023 - 11.2024

Client: Intrado Life & Safety

  • Checking daily test automation results for evaluating platform stability and fixing daily failures.
  • Reducing manual QA efforts by increasing test automation coverage, sprint by sprint.
  • Checking daily test automation results for evaluating platform stability and fixing daily failures.
  • Pair working with Dev and QA to agree on use cases and acceptance tests.
  • Conduct functional and non-functional testing, including performance, accessibility, and security testing.
  • Analyzing functional requirement specification, workflow documents, use cases and developing test cases.
  • Participating in SCRUM team: attending daily scrum, sprint planning and review meetings.

Senior QA Consultant

Virtusa Consulting Services
08.2019 - 05.2021

Client: Bank Of Montreal (BMO)

  • Automated test cases using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Maven.
  • Preparing test cases based on business and functional requirements.
  • Continuously improving the test coverage at both manual and automation side.
  • Importing anonymized client data into test environment for realistic test environment.
  • Report and track defects based on severity and priority.
  • Performing smoke, integration, regression and UAT testing.
  • Setting up QA environment and deploying latest build by Jenkins job which internally spins an EC2 server.
  • Testing various mobile builds using SauceLabs.
  • Created test completion report and test metrics after every regression.
  • Worked in onsite and offshore model.
  • Working with QA Manager to ensure our team's QA activities are inline with QA group roadmap.

Software Test Engineer

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2019

Client: Rogers Communications Inc

  • Identified critical bugs and worked closely with developers to ensure timely resolution, resulting in a more stable product.
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Enhanced product reliability through thorough functional, regression, and performance testing.
  • Designed testing scenarios for usability testing.
  • Creating comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on requirements and user stories.
  • Conduct functional and non-functional testing, including performance, accessibility, and security testing.
  • Participate in end-to-end integration testing to validate system interactions across applications.
  • Use tools like JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, and a Test for test management, defect tracking, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with Agile teams during sprint planning, grooming, stand-ups, and retrospectives to align on quality goals.

Education

Master of Science - Information Systems Security

Concordia University
Montreal, QC
05.2021 - 01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communications Engineering

Sathyabama University
India
05.2011 - 01.2015

Skills

Python

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Timeline

Software QA Automation Analyst

ZODHA Solutions Inc
10.2023 - 11.2024

Master of Science - Information Systems Security

Concordia University
05.2021 - 01.2022

Senior QA Consultant

Virtusa Consulting Services
08.2019 - 05.2021

Software Test Engineer

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2019

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communications Engineering

Sathyabama University
05.2011 - 01.2015
Sai Sowmith KQA Analyst (Automation & Manual)