Vineela Gorantla
England
Summary
- Results-driven Test Lead with strong expertise in programme coordination, administrative functions, and data-centric testing, including cloud-based analytics platforms.
- Proven ability to manage complex datasets, maintain high organisational standards, and deliver high-quality outcomes through effective communication and cross-team collaboration.
- ISTQB Certified Testing Professional with solid experience in Agile/Scrum delivery, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Release Planning, along with exposure to Waterfall methodologies.
- Extensive experience in AWS-based data and reporting solutions, including AWS Redshift data validation, SQL-based data testing, and AWS QuickSight dashboard and report testing.
- Strong background in data comparison, reconciliation, and scheduled report validation, ensuring data accuracy across end-to-end pipelines.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into clear system specifications, define measurable project objectives, and identify risks, assumptions, dependencies, and constraints
- . Actively contributed to process improvements through automation, reusability, and efficiency initiatives, working closely with transformation and engineering teams.
- Recognised for strong leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently under pressure.
- Hands-on experience in functional, system, regression, and smoke testing, defect triage, and test status reporting, with proficient use of HP ALM, JIRA, pratcitest and SQL.
- Flexible, adaptable, and quick to learn new technologies,
- Strong focus on fostering effective collaboration across development and QA teams to ensure seamless delivery and high-quality outcomes.
- Mentoring & Onboarding Employees in respective domains by sharing & training knowledge.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
UAT Test Lead
Proxymity
London/Manchester/Birmingham, ENG
2022.05 - Current
- Monitored and supported Operations teams, performing UAT functional testing for incoming and outgoing product enhancements to ensure high-quality deliverables in each release.
- Analysed issues critically and implemented effective solutions to improve overall system performance and stability.
- Validated application functionality against user requirements, business rules, and quality standards.
- Reproduced user-reported issues to identify root causes and support timely resolution.
- Prepared, configured, and maintained test environments to support end-to-end testing activities.
- Executed daily testing and verification cycles, consistently meeting end-to-end testing targets.
- Created and maintained test documentation and user guides in Confluence.
- Collaborated closely with Business Analysts to analyse functional and non-functional requirements and optimise testing outcomes.
- Planned and executed data testing strategies, including data analysis and synchronisation validation.
- Developed and enhanced integration and automation testing processes to improve efficiency and coverage.
- Tested and analysed dashboards and reports displaying real-time sales and customer data.
- Performed data analysis and information flow validation using SQL and AWS Quick Sight.
- Designed and delivered training programmes aligned with business objectives to upskill team members.
- Supported hiring, onboarding, and training activities to build and maintain high-performing QA teams.
- Improved customer satisfaction by proactively resolving defects and quality issues.
- Generated analytical reports from extracted data to support business insights and decision-making.
- Tested BI dashboards and reports to enhance insights, forecasting accuracy, and business predictions.
- Developed and executed system testing plans to support successful deployments and releases.
QA Analyst
Northbridge
2020.01 - 2020.08
- Taking ownership as team leader
- Created test strategy documentation and Processes that will encompass all levels of testing including SAT, UAT, PROD.
- Document Integration testing process and sign off effective end-to end test of all integrations in project.
- Delivered in-depth training to users, imparting knowledge of best practices for protecting data and minimising errors.
- Consistently exceeded project goals, effectively assigning team members to specific tasks according to experience and project needs.
- Improved user experience through rigorous usability testing procedures.
QA Analyst
HSBC
2019.06 - 2020.01
- Worked on Staff View which is HSBC application for commercial banking systems which undergoes all services for commercial accounts and customers which deals with financial and non financial transactions
- Involvement in System Test plan preparation and Requirements gathering
- Involvement in preparation of Test data, test scenarios and BDD scripts
- Taking part in various Agile scrum activities like Stand up call, Sprint planning and Sprint Retrospective
- Preparation of weekly and monthly status reports.
- Improved user experience through rigorous usability testing procedures.
QA Analyst
Assurant
2018.03 - 2018.08
- Worked on Ascends Vendor module which is comprehensive system that handles client's vendor management and Order management
- Involvement in Writing BDD's of Client's Business Requirements
- Involvement Raising defects of UAT & Unit testing
- Taking part in various Agile scrum activities like Stand up call, Sprint planning and Sprint Retrospective.
- Preparation of weekly and monthly status reports.
- Perform peer reviews.
- Drove continuous improvement by establishing clear, measurable KPI metrics across all project deliverables.
Senior Test Analyst
Discover
2015.02 - 2018.02
- Reviewing Business Requirement Specifications and Software Specification requirement to achieve better understanding Project.
- Assisting in setting up test environment
- Writing details Test Cases and Test Scripts for requirements specification document.
- Performing Positive and Negative testing to check if application does what it is expected to do and what is expected not to do.
- Assisting in Test Prioritisation and Executing Test Scripts
- Executing Tests according to project Test Plan and escalating Test issues to Test Manager when needed.
- Assisting in Estimating Tests based on Functional Specification Documents.
- Facilitate ISTQB and SQL training sessions for new Trainee Testers
Test Analyst
Discover
2013.07 - 2015.01
- Created Detail Test Scripts and Execution
- Reviewed Test Scripts with Test Lead and Manager
- End-to-End System Testing
- Performed Acceptance Testing, Functional Testing, and Integration Testing
- Performed Regression Tests on application to make sure all functionality already certified pass is not affected by fixed bugs
- Executed SQL Queries to check correct population of data on application in relevant tables
- Used SQL Statements to query database for accuracy
- Liaised Closely with Business Analyst to understand more about application under test
- Identified, Documented and Tracked issues through to resolution using Quality centre and allocating defect logs with Priority level.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of East London
London12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering
JNTU
Kakinada08.2011
Skills
- Functional testing and defect triage
- Test leadership and management
- Agile methodologies
- SQL proficiency
- Data analytics testing
- Cloud and BI technologies
Certification
Certified Tester- ISTQB
Timeline
UAT Test Lead
Proxymity
2022.05 - Current
QA Analyst
Northbridge
2020.01 - 2020.08
QA Analyst
HSBC
2019.06 - 2020.01
QA Analyst
Assurant
2018.03 - 2018.08
Senior Test Analyst
Discover
2015.02 - 2018.02
Test Analyst
Discover
2013.07 - 2015.01
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of East London
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering
JNTU