Kiran Marupakula
London,UK
Summary
Experienced software testing professional with expertise in manual and automation testing, proficient in tools such as Selenium, JMeter, and POSTMAN. Skilled in test lifecycle management, STLC, SDLC, and Agile methodologies, with a strong focus on developing and maintaining test cases for functional, UAT, integration, and cross-browser testing. Adept at API services testing, database validation using Oracle and MySQL, and defect management through JIRA and Bugzilla. Demonstrates exceptional stakeholder engagement for requirements gathering and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless delivery management. Committed to driving quality improvements through end-to-end release management and continuous enhancement of test processes.
Results-driven Senior Test Engineer with knack for solving complex problems and enhancing software quality. Led multiple projects that significantly improved system reliability and reduced defect rates, ensuring smooth, uninterrupted user experiences. Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline testing processes and deliver high-quality products on time.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4016
4016
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Test Engineer
PRS for Music
London
07.2022 - 01.2025
- Understanding customer's business context, requirements, objectives, expectations etc
- Collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure for the product quality based on the requirements and achieving the project timelines as planned
- Involved in functional, integration and regression testing
- Involved in UAT testing for Business and App dev enhancements
- Developing and maintaining , manual test cases and Automated test scripts for Oracle Systems using Aura player
- Used JIRA for tracking the tickets progress and involved in Business stand up and daily stand up meetings
BSA
BRG Infotech
London
12.2021 - 06.2022
- Delivering multiple Software Development projects to BRG clients
- Understanding customer's business context, requirements, objectives, expectations etc
- Translate the outcomes into a set of Epics and User Stories using Agile experience
- Work with technical and functional project teams to ensure requirements and project timelines are met as planned
- Managing risks, issues, dependencies and stakeholders throughout project life cycle
- Ensuring client expectations are met and service levels are maintained or improved as required
- Working closely with stakeholders to gather Business requirements, Technical Specifications and screen Mock-up’s
- Involved in Impact analysis, risk assessment and change management activities
Delivery Lead / Technical QA Lead
SplashBI
India
04.2018 - 11.2021
- Managed delivery of projects including e2e implementations, POCs and enhancements for existing customers
- Clients included German Police, POPEYES, Daimler Benz, Euro Ports, Green Dot, RIMINI and over 45 other clients
- Managing rolling out of the product patches and QA verifications
- Preparing the project plans and monitoring progress through effective project management and stakeholder management
- Leading deep dive sessions with cross functional teams to understand key dependencies and communicate expectations in terms of deliverables and milestones
- Documenting and sharing the lessons learned with the stakeholders at the end of each project
- QA lead for SplashBI (visualization tool), Splash Connectors (pre-built connectors for Oracle Cloud and Taleo) and Splash Portal (CRM and tracking tool)
- Responsible for developing the automated suite using POM object model in Selenium for both Sanity and Regression test cases
- Documenting Test Strategy, Test Plans and Scenarios both manual and automated testing
- Web services testing using POSTMAN and REST Assured
- Functional testing, db testing, system integration testing (SIT), cross browser testing
- Providing Training to new resources on product and new enhancements
- Preparing test scenarios and test cases to test the reports based on Client Requirement Document and Business flow Document
- Reviewing test cases to validate the application functionality
- Tracking and logging the bugs in Bugzilla and JIRA tools and tracking the logged bugs through proper Bug Life Cycle process
- Developed and Maintained Automation Test Scripts using Selenium with POM model
- Reporting the bugs to Dev Team and involving in Bug’s and Enhancement discussion
- Performed POC verifications on client instances Using Zoom, GTM and Microsoft Teams
- Involved in performance testing using Jmeter for digital/web applications
Senior QA Engineer/QA Lead
EIS Technologies
India
10.2011 - 03.2018
- QA lead for EIS eXpress, eXpress Dashboards, GL-Connect and XL-Connect (advanced BI tools)
- Clients included, DHL, ADS, Redhat, Oxford and 90 other clients
- Developing Test Plans from scratch, test scenarios and test cases
- Performed Functionality testing, Database Testing, Integration Testing& Sanity Testing
- Performed POC Verification on Client Instance using GTM
- Performed Beta Testing at Client instance using VPN(Citrix)
- Educating the team on new product enhancements and features
- Worked on Support cases (testing and uploading the patches to the clients through salesforce)
- Reviewing test cases to validate the application functionality
- Reporting the bugs to Dev Team and participating in bugs and enhancement discussions
- Preparing test scenarios and test cases to test the Reports
Education
Higher Diploma - Computers and I.T
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
B-Tech - Computers and I.T
Jawaharlal Nehru Technologies University
Hyderabad04.2006
Skills
- Test Lifecycle Management
- STLC,SDLC & Agile Methodologies
- Developing & Maintaining Test cases both Manual & Automation
- API services Testing using POSTMAN
- Test Activities: Functional, UAT, Integration
- Automation Tools: Selenium, Aura Player, J meter
- JIRA & Bugzilla for Defect Management
- End 2 End Release & Change Management
- API services Testing using POSTMAN
- Stakeholder Engagement for requirements gathering
- Collaboration with Cross-Functional teams
- Oracle & Mysql database testing
- BSA skills
- Delivery management
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Certification
Prince2 Agile Practitioner
Affiliations
- Playing Chess, Cricket, TT
Timeline
Senior Test Engineer
PRS for Music
07.2022 - 01.2025
BSA
BRG Infotech
12.2021 - 06.2022
Delivery Lead / Technical QA Lead
SplashBI
04.2018 - 11.2021
Senior QA Engineer/QA Lead
EIS Technologies
10.2011 - 03.2018
Higher Diploma - Computers and I.T
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
B-Tech - Computers and I.T
Jawaharlal Nehru Technologies University
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