Manideep Yakkala
Auckland,New Zealand
Summary
With over a decade of experience in Software Testing, I possess comprehensive skills in both Manual and Automation Testing. As a seasoned consultant and QA professional, I have successfully collaborated with prestigious clients such as PMP Limited, ANZ Bank Limited, Orion Health, Metrix, Watercare Services, Vector, Auckland Council, Southern Cross Travel Insurance, and Barfoot and Thompson. I have demonstrated proficiency in managing QA teams ranging from 4 to 9 members, emphasizing a dedication to delivering top-notch solutions in dynamic industry environments. My expertise spans various domains including Payments, Insurance, Health, Energy, Banking and Investments, Real Estate, and Open Data Platform.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Lead
Xplor Technologies
07.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with VP of Quality Engineering to establish Testing Centre of Excellence
- Leading establishment and maintenance of QA standards and best practices, taking charge of developing comprehensive test plans for both routine operations, such as regression testing, systems integration testing, end to end testing and strategic initiatives in close collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Providing advice, training, and guidance to teams on test strategies and different approaches to ensure high quality outcomes and acting as point of contact for testing related activities
- Facilitating workshops to foster the knowledge sharing on testing practice and technical capabilities
- Helping and guiding the teams to increase the testing efficiency
- Hands-on with functional testing and automation scripting across various platforms
- Played pivotal role in extending and maintaining automation framework while establishing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines
- Played key role in QA governance, working closely with Product, Development and Automation leads, DevOps to oversee processes, planning, execution of feature delivery and continuous improvement of testing
- Fostered collaboration with automation team to enhance automation quality across diverse teams
- Mentoring and coaching QA team members, actively participating in their career growth by creating customized career pathways
- Reporting QA annual performance
- Effectively onboarded new team members and managed recruitment and resource allocation for 7-8 QA professionals across various teams.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Xplor Technologies
07.2018 - 07.2021
- Lead test design and execution activities, conducting review sessions and documenting feature testing guides
- Create and manage test data in databases for testing reports and data warehouses, performing data analysis as required
- Establish Automation Framework and CI/CD pipeline processes for Datawarehouse solutions, creating and monitoring automation test suites using Gauge Automation Framework
- Define CI/CD strategy, execute automation checks through Azure CI/CD pipeline process, and integrate with web services for functional testing
- Conduct System Integration, Regression Testing, End-to-End testing, and Functional testing to validate data extraction, loading, transformation, and flow through various components and services
- Build and deploy latest builds onto test environments using Team City server and Octopus deployment tools, collaborating with DevOps for build and deployment processes
- Participate in daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, and backlog grooming sessions as part of scrum ceremonies
- Take ownership of defect tracking and management processes throughout testing lifecycle
- Provide mentorship and coaching to fellow QA team members, contributing to up skilling initiatives within team.
Test Engineer
The Testing Consultancy
03.2017 - 07.2018
- Testing microservices and APIs integrated with various applications or system components
- Develop and maintain test scripts, log defects, and conduct defect retesting
- Perform System Integration, Regression Testing, End-to-End testing, Data validation, Data migration, and Functional testing to validate data across different system components and services
- Create and execute automated test suites using Specflow Cucumber framework with C# using BDD approach
- Maintain and extend existing automation test suites
- Collaborate with DevOps for build and deployment process using TeamCity server and Octopus deployment tools
- Contribute to build and deployment of latest builds onto test environment using TeamCity server and Octopus deployment tools
- Provide support during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase.
Test Consultant
Theta Systems Limited
02.2013 - 03.2017
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test summary reports, and test exit reports for various testing types
- Experience in SDLC, Waterfall, and Agile methodologies
- Participate in sprint planning sessions, providing test estimates for testing tasks
- Conduct manual and automation testing, including Webservices and Rest APIs
- Design and execute test cases, create test data, and write/execute SQL queries
- Implement automation testing with SOAPUI and Selenium WebDriver using TestNG framework
- Participate in defect resolution processes, including analysis, tracking, and re-testing
- Lead team of UAT testers for multiple projects.
Education
Diploma -
Queens Academic Group (NZQA), Auckland, New Zealand
01.2013
Bachelor of Computer Science -
ANNA UNIVERSITY - Chennai, India
05.2011
Skills
- QA Leadership
- Test Strategy Development
- Test Automation Expertise
- Functional Testing Expertise
- Integration Testing Expertise
- Expertise in different types of testing
- Quality Metrics Analysis
- Process Optimisation
- Collaboration and Communications
- Mentoring and Coaching QA's
References
References - can be provided upon request.
Tech Skills
- C#
- RestSharp
- XUnit, NUnit
- Azure DevOps CI/CD
- Specflow,
- Gauge Framework
- Selenium
- Cucumber
- Ranorex
- TOSCA
Certification
- 2012, ISTQB - ISEB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
- 2017, TOSCA - Automation Test Specialist Level 1
- 2018, TOSCA - Automation Test Specialist Level 2
- 2018, TOSCA - Automation Test Engineer Level 1
- 2020 & 2023, Rapid Software Testing
- 2021, Blackbox Software Testing
Timeline
QA Lead
Xplor Technologies
07.2021 - Current
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Xplor Technologies
07.2018 - 07.2021
Test Engineer
The Testing Consultancy
03.2017 - 07.2018
Test Consultant
Theta Systems Limited
02.2013 - 03.2017
Diploma -
Queens Academic Group (NZQA), Auckland, New Zealand
Bachelor of Computer Science -
ANNA UNIVERSITY - Chennai, India
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