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Satya Donepudi

Satya Donepudi

London,United Kingdom

Summary

Experienced ISTQB Certified Software Test Specialist with 7 years of expertise, including 4 years in team leadership, consistently achieving exemplary testing results. Proficient in requirement analysis, test scenario creation, and diverse testing methods, ensuring top-tier outcomes. Expert in automating regression testing, leading to substantial efficiency gains. Strong stakeholder collaboration skills yield high-quality deliverables. Exceptional interpersonal abilities, alongside a methodical, organized, and time-efficient work approach, drive consistent success in delivering superior results.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Test Lead

IBM
01.2022 - 09.2022


Project: Data Retention (Jan 2022 to Sept 2022)


  • Coordinated with development and business teams, establishing a comprehensive project test approach
  • Facilitated scrum events like planning/user story estimation, daily stand- ups, and sprint reviews, improving communication and collaboration
  • Ensured quality code delivery through rigorous SIT & UAT testing, resulting in a 30% reduction in post-release issues
  • Implemented Agile management tool JIRA and document collaboration tool Confluence, streamlining project management and documentation processes
  • Led the team in preparing and executing test cases for new functionalities, leading to a 15% improvement in feature reliability
  • Administered test planning, test environment setup, and test completion reports, ensuring standardized and well-documented testing phases

Senior Software Test Specialist

IBM
08.2015 - 09.2022

Project: ATM Reconciliation
(April 2021 to Jan 2022)
(Manual+Automation)

  • Developed meticulous test preparation with Agile requirement designer
    for comprehensive functional testing.
  • Implemented efficient regression automation (Selenium, Java, TestNG,
    page object model) for 60% faster testing and 15% improved accuracy.
  • Demonstrated leadership in project management and automation framework setup,boosting testing efficiency by 23%
  • Collaborated with stakeholders, achieving a 93% requirement satisfaction rate, and maintaining high-quality software releases.
  • Recorded detailed test results and defects, resulting in a 10% software quality improvement and 97% streamlined defect resolution.

Senior Software Test Engineer

IBM UK Ltd
04.2021 - 01.2022

Project: Flexible Migration Approach

(Jan 2021 to April 2021) (Agile methodology)


  • Successfully led test data preparation and migration events in the FMA project, ensuring a 100% accurate and seamless data transition.
  • Played a pivotal role in testing, leading to the smooth migration of diverse account types, including complex scenarios, with zero disruptions.
  • Coordinated efficiently to create migration events, resulting in a 20% increase in the efficiency of transitioning accounts to the SAP platform.
  • Produced detailed UAT sign-off documents for User stories, ensuring 100% comprehensive documentation and validation of successful testing outcomes.

Senior Software Test Specialist

IBM UK Ltd

Projects :(Aug 2015 to Jan 2021) (Waterfall methodology)
BDC SIT Releases17;17.1.
SAP maintenance Releases15;16;16B

SAP upgrade Programme Release14

Project: HITT (Home Insurance Tender & Transition)
Project: Flex Basic & Flex Student Programme


  • Designed test scenarios and cases for thorough test coverage based on various documentation.
  • Executed diverse levels of Functional testing, including System Integration, User Acceptance, Regression, Smoke, Ad-hoc, E2E, JSIT, and UAT, reducing post-release issues by 30%.
  • Conducted effective exploratory testing pre-deployment, reducing potential issues by 30%
  • Utilized SOAPUI and Postman tools to execute API testing, ensuring seamless end-to-end functional integration within BDC releases.
  • Managed defects, leading to a 15% reduction in defect resolution time.
  • Implemented HP ALM for defect tracking, decreasing critical defects
    escaping to production by 40%.
  • Led an offshore test team of 4 for Releases 16 B, 17 & 17.1, improving
    testing efficiency by 20%.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Engineering Technology

Edge Hill University
UK

Bachelor of Science - CivilEngineering Technology

Sri Vishnu Engineering College for

Skills

  • Rest API's Manual testing using SOAP UI Tool, using POSTMAN tool
  • ARD (Agile Requirement Designer)
  • HP ALM and JIRA, Confluence & GITHUB
  • Defect Reporting and SAP Frontend
  • Waterfall, Agile, V-model
  • Selenium with Cucumber BDD
  • REST API Automation & SOAP services automation
  • Front End development using HTML, CSS
  • Database modelling and Management using SQL
  • Gherkins scripting language
  • TestNG, Maven and Eggplant
  • Java and JavaScript
  • Test implementation
  • Test Cases
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Regression Testing
  • Test Planning
  • Scrum

CERTIFICATIONS


  • ISTQB Foundation level Certification
  • Banking Jumpstart
  • Webservices/Rest API Testing with SoapUI +Real time Projects
  • Selenium WebDriver with Java-Basics to Advanced+ Frameworks

Additional Information

  • Earned Pride awards and E-Cardfor Flex Student Project and ATMReconciliation Awarded Pride and Blue points forHITT and R15 projects. Received Cash awards and bluepoints from Manager for excellentproject deliveries.

Timeline

Senior Test Lead

IBM
01.2022 - 09.2022

Senior Software Test Engineer

IBM UK Ltd
04.2021 - 01.2022

Senior Software Test Specialist

IBM
08.2015 - 09.2022

Senior Software Test Specialist

IBM UK Ltd

Master of Science - Computer Engineering Technology

Edge Hill University

Bachelor of Science - CivilEngineering Technology

Sri Vishnu Engineering College for
Satya Donepudi