Areas of Expertise

Technical

Proficient in creating test automation framework to

manage 100% test coverage.

Well-acquainted in creating automated test cases using Selenium with both Java & C# for Frontend Testing (UI Automation).

Competent to create API automation using RESTSharp, RESTAsured & using JavaScripts (Postman).

Well versed in developing QA process in order to match with the delivery process requirement based on Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid development methodologies.

Capable of testing performance using JMeter/

BlazeMeter to cover the Application Load Test

requirement or Performance test requirement.

Solid knowledge in Server Performance test using Apache BenchMarking tool for auto scaled dockers in AWS or EC2 instances or for any other server types.

Able to analyze business requirements & create Test Plans with Test Strategies for any development

requirement.

Proficient in translating requirements into effective test cases with the ability to work remotely & independently

& lead teams both locally & remotely.

Management

Exceptional leadership, QA & project management

adeptness with a professional demeanor & a team-

focused attitude & positive mentorship style.

Strong critical thinking, analytical & problem solving skills with the ability to learn quickly & apply immediately.

Competent in leading small scaled & large scaled QA teams.

Experienced in direct client & critical business stakeholders handling.

Administration, Evaluation, Reporting, Team/ Time/ Vendor Management, Prioritization, Multitasking, Critical Problem Solving, & Project Management.

Communication

Interpersonal, Cross-Cultural Skills, Coordinating, Collaborative, Written/ Verbal Communication,

Presentation, Internal/ External Stakeholder Relationship Management, Cross-Functional Coordination,

Negotiation, Collaboration & Liaising.

Professional Precis

Exceptionally meticulous & analytical Software Quality Assurance Quality Engineering Professional with 13+ years of experience working for service/ product based Global IT companies by serving Fortune 500 companies & gaining expertise in leading/ directing the QA team & multiple QA Vendor groups in the execution of test plans across multiple projects whilst upholding the highest levels of quality towards project excellence with Automation and Manual test designing for functional/ non-functional requirements while executing QA strategies & methods aligning with overall business objectives.

Furthermore, staying current with the industry best practices, standards, trends, tools, techniques and providing key contributions towards growing the business whilst delivering world-class software solutions to customers via a variety of software & cloud platforms.

Eminent Feats

Acumatica (Pvt.) Ltd

2021 - 23, Introduced/ developed a Test Designing Model ensuing to 70% reduced test designing effort for automation

& manual test process.

2021 - 23, Developed a QA process for Customization Maintenance Team & attained 100% regression test coverage

& reduced the cost of quality.

2021 - 23, Created a knowledge sharing platform 'QA Hub' to develop technical & domain knowledge of individuals in SL. 2022 - Selected as an Instructor for customer/ partner training on new company product features at the Summit in USA. Eight25Media (Pvt.) Ltd

2018 - 22, Developed a QA Process & established the QA Team to maintain a Pyramid Model of hierarchy/ structure. 2018 - 22, Developed a front end/ backend automation framework & attained 90% test coverage.

2008 - 20, Enhanced the QA practice to reduce defect leakage rate below 2% for each services project.

Villvay Systems (Pvt.) Ltd

2020 - Developed a Performance Test Automation for critical flows in the product to reduce performance test time by 50% for regression test using JMeter WebdriverSampler. Tharindu Samarawickrama

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Qualifications

2015 - Master in Business Management, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

2011 - BSc in MIS, National University Collage, Dublin, Ireland.

Core Competencies

Domain - E-Commerce/ CRM/ Hospitality/ Restaurant/ Reservation/ Inventory/ Retailing/ Automobile & Service, Employee & User/ Hospital/ Project/POS/ Health Care/ Health Insurance/ Medical Insurance/ Manufacturing, Distribution/ Project/ Construction/ Finance

Technical – Selenium Java/ C#, TestNG, BDD, Cucumber, Gherkin, RestAssured/ RESTSharp, JavaScript (Postman), Web Services Test, JMeter/ BlazeMeter, Manual Test, Security Tests, CI/ CD, DB/ Data Warehousing/ Data Migration Test & Configuration Management, Web SoapUI, Appium, Pega

Application Types - Mobile & Handheld Device Apps (iOS/ Andoid/ Amazon Fire/ Windows), ERP, Web Apps, Desktop and Standalone Apps.

Application Technologies - JAVA, .Net, C/ C++/ C#, React, Node, Magento, Wordpress, Woo commerce, iOS & Android Native, BigCommerce, Shopify, Salesforce

Database and Data Warehousing - MySQL, ORACLE, Mongo, AWS DynamoDB, AWS DocumentDB, SQLite DB, eTumes,

IBM DB2, eDW, RDS

Tools & Technologies – GITLab/ GitHub/ Bitbucket/ AWS, Dockers/ Kubernetes/ Jenkins/ Postman/ SoapUI/ Selenium/ Appium/ Maven/ TestNG/ Cucumber, UFT/ QTP, Apache

Bench/ JMeter, Windows Server, Windows 7/8.1/10 & POS Ready 2009/7, Hudson, VMWare Player/Oracle Virtual Box.

Defect Management - JIRA, Target Process, Chorus, Oracle Target Process, MS Office, Asana, Xray, TestLink, HP Quality Centre, Bugherd, IBM Clear Quest, IBM Clear Case.

Test Types – Smoke Test, System Test, Regression Test, UAT Test, Compatibility Test, Device/ browser Responsive Test

Critical Tasks – Effort Estimation (Agile/ Functional Point/ 3Point), Test Designing Review (Lead Review, Peer Review), Defect Triage, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Root Course Analysis (RCA), QA Sign-off, Test Report Generation, Test Artifact Creation, Risk Management, Performance Evaluation

Critical Projects

2011 - 14, Aetna International Health Insurance, USA. 2014 - 17, Oracle Micros POS & Hospitality Management, USA. 2017 - AirLiquide ERP, GAS Manufacturer, France.

2017 - Wurth eCommerce App & SAP, USA.

2018 - Samsung Research & Development, USA.

2020 - Nissan Service Reservation, Australia.

2021 - Acumatica ERP WooCommerce Connector, USA.

Timeline

Senior Lead Software QA Engineer

Acumatica (IFS R&D International)

Jan 2021 - July 2023

(www.acumatica.com)

Lead the QA for Customization Maintenance team of Acumatica & build/ maintain the QA process.

Develop/ define the test automation architecture for test projects in SDK & write automation/ manual test cases & manage automation, manual test coverage & code review.

Manage non-functional tests, performance & security.

Plan tests, create test strategies & manage QA deliverables.

Lead the sprint planning, project planning, effort estimation, project execution, monitoring, tracking & controlling of QA activities.

Manage development though Agile/ Kanban & create QA artifacts & manage updates/ reviews.

Designing test scenarios/paths using mind maps & DFDs.

Train the QA team on all aspects of testing, including functional, regression, user acceptance testing, exploratory

& smoke testing.

Senior Lead Software QA - HOD Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

Villvay Systems (https://villvay.com)

Lead the department of Quality Assurance.

Develop and Manage Test Automation Frameworks for Quality Engineering projects

Write Automation/ Manual Test Cases and Manage

automation coverage/ Code Review.

Manage non-functional tests, Performance and Security.

Drive the Quality Assurance Process and Maintain

Test Planning/ Define Test Strategies and Manage Entire QA Deliverables

Sprint planning, Effort Estimation, Manage QA reports QA Lead - HoD Jan 2018 - Jun 2020

Eight25Media (https://eight25media.com/)

Lead the Quality Assurance teams, Application and Web

Develop and Manage Test Automation Frameworks for Quality Engineering projects

Write Automation/ Manual Test Cases and Manage

automation coverage/ Code Review

Create Test Plans/ Test strategies/ QA Sign-off/ Reports

Create QA artifacts, manage and review, Conduct Impact analysis, Conduct defect triage sessions

Engage in design & cross discipline meetings to ensure QA priorities are taken into account with each feature or system.

Consultant Snr Engineer Engineer - QA Oct 2012 - Jan 2018 Associate Engineer Apprentice - QA Feb 2011 - Sep 2012 Virtusa (http://virtusa.com)

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