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Manasa Kemman Balakrishna

Manasa Kemman Balakrishna

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Summary

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

  • Certified ISTQB Foundation level tester with 6 years'
  • Experience in Software Testing.
  • Expertise in performing defect tracking and defining test
  • Strategy/ test methodology.
  • Hands-on experience in reviewing/writing test artefacts (test plans, test cases, test reports).
  • Good knowledge on SQL and API testing.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Test Automation Engineer

Admiral Groups
Cardiff
04.2022 - Current

Data and Analysis

Portal for pricing analyst to generate report.

Tools: Cypress - Javascript, Playwright- Typescript, Postman

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Implementing end-to-end UI automation test suites within the current sprint cycle using Playwright- Typescript.
  • Migrating existing tests from Selenium - Java to Playwright- Typescript
  • Developing automated API test scenarios leveraging Postman and JavaScript for RESTful service validation.
  • Eliciting business requirements and translating them into technical acceptance criteria, facilitating traceability.
  • Actively engaging in Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure Agile best practices.
  • Facilitating grooming sessions to refine the backlog, providing technical insights and estimations.
  • Enhancing and sustaining the existing automation framework by introducing modular, scalable, and maintainable code structures.


Data Warehouse Finance Domain

Tools: Teradata, Wherescape Red, Jenkins

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Authoring SQL queries against the Teradata database for data validation and integrity checks within the financial data warehouse ecosystem.
  • Conducting data quality assessments for both source-to-load and load-to-target transformations, optimizing data warehouse solutions.
  • Actively participating in Agile Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, to maintain project velocity and stakeholder engagement.
  • Automating existing test cases through scripting, leveraging Jenkins for continuous integration and Wherescape Red for ETL process validation.

Test Engineer

Fashion Apparel
03.2021 - 12.2021

A new web application for fashion apparels where customers can shop online.

Tools: Cypress, Cucumber, Postman, Browserstack

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Manual and Automation Functional testing for Web application.
  • Manual and Automation API testing using Postman with javascript
  • Create/maintain automation framework from scratch using Cypress.
  • Test scenarios BDD using cucumber.
  • Cross browser testing using Browserstack.

Test Engineer

Codxd
Chennai, India
08.2017 - 11.2019

Bunch-Woolworths

Web application of food community group of Woolworths

Tools: Webdriver.io, Javascript, Cucumber

Achievements:

  • Was awarded the Bunche of the month twice for my outstanding contribution in triaging production defects and regression testing
  • Appreciated for providing the maximum defects in the team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Functional testing the application in SIT
  • Helping business in UAT testing in a stage environment.
  • Triaging production defects and retesting them
  • Participate in all scrum events
  • Creating automation test script for regression test pack
  • Performing API testing using Postman

Limos.com-iCars

Cab service portal for Corporate customers Tools: Webdriver.io, Javascript, Cucumber

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Designing Automation scripts for Web Applications
  • Database testing using MySQL
  • Requirement Analysis
  • Designing test Scenarios and test cases
  • Execute test cases for Web Applications
  • Defect tracking
  • Integral part of all agile ceremonies (daily scrum, refinement session, Sprint planning, Sprint review and sprint retrospective

Education

Master of Business - Operation Management

University of Madras

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation

Anna University

Skills

  • SDLC, Agile, Test case Management, SQA, API Testing, Requirement Gathering
  • Tools: Cypress, Playwright, Teradata, Wherescape Red, Jira, Postman, Browserstack
  • Programming Skills: JavaScript, Typescript
  • Database: MySQL
  • Operating System: Linux and Windows

Certification

ISTQB- Foundation Level [2021]

Additional Information

Professional Solo Classical Dancer Freelance Event Choreographer.

Volunteered in organising an annual yoga training for 2 years. Volunteered in hosting a summer camp for kids of age group 5-14 for 3 years.

Volunteered in teaching kids dance at an NGO.

Timeline

Test Automation Engineer

Admiral Groups
04.2022 - Current

Test Engineer

Fashion Apparel
03.2021 - 12.2021

Test Engineer

Codxd
08.2017 - 11.2019

Master of Business - Operation Management

University of Madras

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation

Anna University
Manasa Kemman Balakrishna