SUSHMITA TALGERI
London
Summary
Accomplished Senior Quality Engineering and Test Strategy Leader with over 19 years of experience in banking, financial services, fintech, retail, and insurance. Currently serves as Senior Test Manager, driving quality for large-scale Data as a Service platforms on Microsoft Azure. Expertise includes defining test strategies, developing QE operating models, modernizing automation frameworks, and integrating quality into CI/CD pipelines. Senior Quality Engineering and Test Strategy Leader with expertise in defining enterprise test strategies and building QE operating models. Leads end-to-end test strategy for Azure and Microsoft Fabric-based data platforms, ensuring quality across data ingestion, transformation, and analytics. Partners with cross-functional teams to embed quality early in the SDLC, establishing quality metrics and CI/CD-aligned quality gates.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Test Manager - Data as a Service Platform
London Stock Exchange Group
2025.10 - Current
- Own end-to-end test strategy for Azure and Microsoft Fabric based data platforms.
- Lead quality across data ingestion, transformation, analytics, APIs, and downstream consumers.
- Define governance for data quality dimensions including accuracy, completeness, reconciliation, and lineage.
- Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Platform teams to embed quality early in SDLC.
- Establish QE operating model, quality metrics, and CI/CD-aligned quality gates for platform releases.
Automation Architect
London Stock Exchange Group
2022.09 - 2025.10
- Led automation strategy and QE transformation across multiple LSEG delivery teams.
- Migrated automation repositories from Samigit to GitLab and pipelines from Jenkins to Azure DevOps.
- Designed scalable automation frameworks and implemented quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
- Advised teams on tooling, framework standardisation, and test best practices.
- Via Albany Beck
Automation Lead
Lloyds Banking Group
2020.11 - 2022.08
- Led three QE teams delivering test strategy, planning, and execution across releases.
- Owned release management, deployment coordination, and route-to-live activities.
- Implemented BDD-based automation and improved ways of working across teams.
- Via Wipro UK
Quality Engineer
Yapily
2020.08 - 2020.11
- API automation using Rest Assured; improved automation coverage for Open Banking integrations.
Automation Consultant
Whitbread
2019.03 - 2020.03
- Built Appium framework from scratch for Android and iOS; integrated with Jenkins, Bitrise, BrowserStack.
- Premier Inn
SDET
Tesco Bank
2018.05 - 2019.02
- Developed BDD frameworks and end-to-end regression suites for web and mobile platforms.
- Contract
Automation Engineer
Lloyds Banking Group
2017.04 - 2018.05
- Delivered WebdriverIO automation; reduced manual effort by 75%.
Senior Test Engineer / Test Lead
IBM UK
2014.12 - 2017.01
- Automation feasibility studies; Selenium TestNG and Appium automation.
Senior Test Consultant
Monitise Plc
2012.03 - 2014.12
- IOS automation using Eggplant; offshore/onshore team leadership.
Test Consultant
Beazley
2010.08 - 2012.03
- Manual and mobile testing across insurance and utilities platforms.
- British Gas
Senior Software Engineer
Target Corporation
2006.04 - 2010.05
- System, integration, and regression testing for large enterprise data platforms.
- (USA)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
Visvesvaraya Technological University
01.2005
Skills
- Selenium WebDriver
- WebdriverIO
- Cypress
- Appium
- Rest Assured
- SOAP UI Pro
- BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin)
- Mocha/Chai
- Azure DevOps
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Fabric
- IBM Cloud
- AWS
- Kafka
- Spring Boot
- ETL & Data Validation
- JIRA
- Zephyr
- TestRail
- HP ALM
- Datadog
- Kibana
- Java
- JavaScript
- Python
Certification
- ISTQB Foundation Level Certified
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Accomplishments
- Reduced manual regression effort by 75% through automation.
- Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates.
- Designed and scaled Appium automation frameworks for enterprise mobile applications.
Custom Section
Selenium WebDriver, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, SOAP UI Pro, BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin), Mocha/Chai, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, IBM Cloud, AWS, Kafka, Spring Boot, ETL & Data Validation, JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail, HP ALM, Datadog, Kibana, Java (Intermediate), JavaScript (Intermediate), Python (Beginner)
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
https://github.com/SNaishta
Timeline
Senior Test Manager - Data as a Service Platform
London Stock Exchange Group
2025.10 - Current
Automation Architect
London Stock Exchange Group
2022.09 - 2025.10
Automation Lead
Lloyds Banking Group
2020.11 - 2022.08
Quality Engineer
Yapily
2020.08 - 2020.11
Automation Consultant
Whitbread
2019.03 - 2020.03
SDET
Tesco Bank
2018.05 - 2019.02
Automation Engineer
Lloyds Banking Group
2017.04 - 2018.05
Senior Test Engineer / Test Lead
IBM UK
2014.12 - 2017.01
Senior Test Consultant
Monitise Plc
2012.03 - 2014.12
Test Consultant
Beazley
2010.08 - 2012.03
Senior Software Engineer
Target Corporation
2006.04 - 2010.05
Bachelor of Engineering -
Visvesvaraya Technological University