Varaprasad Kurra

Domain - Banking

• Managing 12 technical resources from onshore and offshore
• Participating on Daily Stand-up calls, Sprint Planning and Retrospective meetings and communicate the detail related to QA
• Analyzing and understanding Requirements for the respective modules and helping onshore team in clarifying the queries
• Co-ordination with automation resources and assisting them with automating the feasible automation scenarios
• Developed Automation test strategy to manage the regression suites and existing functionalities automation
• Using Java developed Automation test scripts and executed them in Eclipse IDE
• Using Cucumber framework for developing the scenarios
• Using Automation making sure to maximize the test coverage for critical features
• Implemented Automation First process in the project to speed up the testing activities in the project
• Creating collections and writing test scripts in Postman for different API calls utilized in the project
• Creating JIRA / JTFM dashboards for four different pods for every release to track the execution and defects
• Conducted Knowledge transition on application, created manuals on usage of framework and arranged necessary technical sessions to team members
• Actively participated in Requirement walkthrough session along with business, BA's and identify the gaps within the scope / target release for respective module
• Creating Test Plan & Test Strategy for every release and getting approvals from the Managers before we start our SIT testing
• Facilitated cross-training among team members for enhanced knowledge sharing and skill diversification, fostering a versatile workforce capable of tackling various challenges in the ever-evolving field of engineering.
• Participated in creation of Project Timeline, preparing estimates for each iteration and identify impact analysis
• Reduced production delays by streamlining the quality control process for efficient workflow.
• Involved in Preparing and Execution of test scenarios, Test Scenarios Review and identifying regression test scenarios
• Conducted root cause analyses for major defects, leading to effective corrective actions preventing future occurrences.
• Attending Daily Stand-up meeting, Defect meeting, Story planning session and Retrospective meeting at the end of each iteration
• Assisted in developing cost-effective solutions to engineering problems.
• Assigning daily task to the team based on the priority and following up on status
• Conducting Defect triage meetings with developers and getting a resolution for all observations in the application
• Managed and worked side by side on multiple releases at same time in the project
• Involved in GO/No-Go meeting to ensure critical flows are validated and application is good to move to production
• Providing System Testing, Release Testing, PROD QA and PRODUCTION validation sign offs
• Documented test reports and shared with stakeholders
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of automation systems into existing workflows.
• Increased overall project success rate by establishing effective communication channels between stakeholders during all phases of projects.
• Championed the adoption of industry best practices in automation, setting high standards for process quality and ensuring consistent results.
• Contributed significantly to business growth efforts with successful execution and delivery of multiple large-scale projects.
• Improved system reliability through rigorous testing protocols and continuous monitoring of automation performance.
• Ensured timely delivery of projects by closely monitoring progress, identifying potential roadblocks, and taking corrective action when needed.
• Maintained a high level of client satisfaction through consistent communication regarding project updates and milestones achieved.
• Reduced manual labor with the development of automated scripts for frequently performed tasks.
• Identified opportunities for cost savings through process improvement initiatives, leading to increased profitability for the company.

Company Overview:

Safeteams is the brainchild of the same people behind PixMob & klik, whose wearable technologies have been used by millions of people all over the globe

• Closely interact with the Clients, Developers, Business Analysts, Technical Consultants and Project Managers to ensure QA deliverables on time
• Interact with Business and Business Analyst, and prepare test scenarios and cases
• Executed Manual and Automated Test cases on all the Environments Test, Staging, Production
• Review manual test cases and convert them to Automation scripts using Selenium
• Execution of automation regression suite using Selenium and TestNG framework
• Using Java developed Automation test scripts and executed them in Eclipse IDE
• Test case execution, defect triage and generate various reports in Target Process & Jira
• Support the Client during their UAT
• Provide use cases for the Client's UAT, track their issues, reproduce them in Safeteams QA environment and re-test the defect fixes (if they are valid) and then deliver to the UAT
• Using Docker made a set-up of Selenium Grid to execute the Automation test scripts on multiple browsers and multiple machines
• Performed cross browser testing on Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
• Support UAT testing & Production checkouts for all Go-Live releases
• Prepare daily and weekly execution and status reports

Company Overview:

ValueMomentum provides software and services to Insurance, Healthcare & Financial Services firms

• Worked in Agile-Scrum delivery model
• Diligently working with Product owner, Scrum master & Scrum team to manage testing deliverables within sprint
• Analyzed business, system and data mapping requirement specifications interacting with client, developers and QA team
• Involved in analyzing system specifications, design, development and execution of test plans and test cases for Automated Testing
• Debugging and maintenance of Automation Test Scripts in batch mode and also implemented a plan on automation scripts based on Sprint
• Wrote test scripts using Selenium Web Driver for Functional testing and Regression testing
• Performed Manual Testing using Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Integration and Regression tests
• Analyze system requirements and identify test scenarios for different phases of testing
• Used Page Object and Page Factory design pattern for writing test cases in Java
• Performed Data-Driven Testing for positive and negative data from external Excel file, and responsible in validating data from SQL server in database
• Performed cross browser testing on Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
• API Testing using Postman and HTTP Client
• Maintained detailed Test logs and reported test results in Test Management Tool
• Closely interacted with the developers in fixing the Defects
• Successfully completed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on each project release with the help of end user requirements