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Purna Garimella

Aylesbury

Summary

Certified International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Agile tester with around 9.5 years of experience in Software Testing with specialization in Black Box testing along with extensive experience in both Manual and Automation testing of Client/Server, Mobile and Web Applications. Strong experience in Functional, Unit, Regression, Web,Integration , Mobile apps testing and possess high level decision making skills and capable of communicating effectively at all levels.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification

Work History

QA Lead

NatWest Group
04.2020 - 10.2023
  • Leading/managing teams on multiple scrums simultaneously.
  • Designing , reviewing , executing test cases based on User Stories
  • Responsible for creating automated Test scripts for E2E/regression Test cycle.
  • Worked closely with managers and stakeholders to ensure quality metrics were reviewed, closed and agreed upon.
  • Executed test cases, both manual and automated, on Selenium using programming language Java to determine usability and function results.
  • Document and co-ordinate detailed execution plan for all cycles to support testing
  • Executed scripts on multiple browsers using Selenium Web Driver
  • Responsible for regression, exploratory, functional, integration , system and sanity testing
  • Defect management
  • Responsible for Iteration status report and test summary report.

Senior Test Analyst

Cap Gemini
09.2015 - 01.2018
  • Worked in an agile environment, with regular meetings
  • Analysed functional requirements and driven the development of test cases
  • Witten SQL Queries to validate data integrity using SQL Server
  • Worked In-Close with Developers, Business analysts and product owner on sprint basis
  • Performing end-to-end testing of the functionality on the screens and web Pages in the application
  • Reviewing existing test cases and adding additional test scenarios based on the application functionality
  • Performed regression testing and participated in the testing of emergency bug fixes, documented and resolved testing issues
  • Responsible for closely following and supporting the UAT cycles with test data .

Test Analyst

Tech Mahindra
02.2012 - 08.2015
  • Creating Test data for both Lower and Production Environment
  • Analysed business requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system from both technical and business perspectives
  • Responsible for Test planning through QC, writing the Test scenarios, preparing Test Data, Portal Testing
  • Data migration Testing, UI Testing and Configuration Testing
  • Designed, developed and executed Test Cases based on the Functional specifications
  • Performed different types of Testing like Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Retesting, Database

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and communication

Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology, Kakinada
2011

Skills

  • Selenium in Java
  • RESTAPIs ,RESTAssured
  • Maven & TestNG Frameworks
  • Defect Management (JIRA)
  • Databases : SQL Server
  • Mobile Testing (iOS ,Android)
  • API Testing using Postman
  • Main Frame Systems
  • Functional, Regression, Smoke, System and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Experience in Test Methodologies like V-Model , Agile -Scrum and Waterfall Models
  • Web Applications testing
  • Defect Tracking
  • Test Implementation (Confluence )
  • Cross-Platform Testing
  • Share Point, MS-Office
  • UI Path Studio & UI Path Orchestrator

Certification

ISQI/ISTQB, UK Qualified Foundation Level in Software Testing. ISQI/ISTQB, UK Qualified Foundation Level as Agile Tester.

Timeline

QA Lead - NatWest Group
04.2020 - 10.2023
Senior Test Analyst - Cap Gemini
09.2015 - 01.2018
Test Analyst - Tech Mahindra
02.2012 - 08.2015
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and communication
Purna Garimella