Kavitha Vedicherla
Phone number: 440-***-**** Email address: ***********@*****.***
Profile
Experienced QA and Content Management Specialist with over 8 years of progressive experience across Web Content Authoring, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and Quality Assurance Testing for large-scale digital platforms. Proven ability to deliver high-quality, SEO-optimized, and globally localized content, while ensuring end-to-end quality assurance through test planning, defect triage, and cross-environment validation. Possess deep expertise in AEM Sites, Guides, DAM, and Multi-site Management, having successfully led and supported complex content creation, migration, and localization initiatives. Skilled in optimizing content governance using templates, components, content fragments, metadata taxonomy, and access controls within enterprise AEM ecosystems. As a QA Analyst, I bring hands-on experience in test case design, functional/regression testing, smoke and UAT testing, and issue tracking using JIRA, HP ALM, and Postman. Proficient in cross- browser/device testing via BrowserStack, validating service-layer APIs, and working closely with development and UX teams in Agile/Scrum settings to support sprint testing and go-live readiness. Additionally, I bring foundational experience in QA Automation, including scripting test cases with Selenium WebDriver and Java, utilizing TestNG for modular test design, and integrating Postman collections into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Newman. I have collaborated with automation teams to enhance test coverage and build resilience through reusable automation frameworks.
Complementing my QA and authoring background is strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO best practices, accessibility compliance, and localization standards. Passionate about quality, scalability, and process improvement, I actively contribute to documentation excellence, peer mentorship, and content system optimization across global teams. Work Experience
01/2022 – present
Samsung
Designed and tested content workflows using AEM Sites, DAM, and AEM Guides.
Authored and published high-quality, SEO-compliant content including Press Releases, Case Studies, and Product Notes.
Developed detailed test plans and executed regression, smoke, and post- deployment validation for AEM features.
Conducted cross-browser and localization testing using BrowserStack and managed translation workflows via XTM.
Performed API validation using Postman for service layer integrations supporting AEM content rendering.
QA Analyst / AEM Content Author
Work Experience
Collaborated with automation engineers to script and maintain Selenium- based smoke and regression test suites; developed reusable page objects and test cases using TestNG framework.
Used Jenkins to trigger automated regression suites and monitored execution results, contributing to continuous integration goals. Used Jenkins to trigger automated regression suites and monitored execution results, contributing to continuous integration goals. Managed defect logging and tracking via JIRA, collaborating with developers to resolve AEM-related bugs.
Conducted content migration projects to AEM Guides and improved authoring efficiency through custom template creation. Participated in automation feasibility analysis and contributed test cases to automated pipelines for post-deployment validation. Provided AEM training sessions and authored QA documentation for internal use.
10/2019 – 01/2021
Riverbed
Created, tested, and published AEM content across multiple environments, validating accuracy and SEO compliance pre- and post-go- live.
Authored and executed detailed test cases and checklists for AEM features, including component validations and localization checks. Conducted UAT, regression, and smoke testing as part of regular sprint QA cycles and major content deployments.
Used JIRA extensively to log, track, and triage defects, coordinating closely with developers for timely resolutions.
Validated Brightcove-hosted videos within AEM for proper rendering, playback, and responsiveness across devices.
Collaborated with QA and Dev teams during sprint planning and retrospectives to improve quality metrics.
Participated in content and QA review sessions with stakeholders to ensure readiness for go-live.
Verified CMS integration points and conducted cross-browser testing using BrowserStack.
Ensured SEO tags, metadata, and accessibility standards were properly implemented in AEM content during QA cycles.
QA Analyst / AEM Content Author
10/2016 – 09/2019
Mphasis Ltd
Supported QA efforts by performing manual testing and validation of newly authored AEM content prior to release.
Executed content-level functional testing across multiple browsers and devices to ensure responsive design and uniform rendering. Validated multilingual content rollouts using AEM’s Live Copy and Language Copy features, ensuring translation integrity. Created QA test plans and participated in deployment validation activities, including content smoke checks.
Reported authoring-related issues using JIRA, followed up on defect status, and performed retesting after fixes.
Verified image/video assets, metadata tagging, and broken link checks as part of the release QA checklist.
Acted as a liaison between content authors and QA teams to escalate urgent issues and support rapid resolution.
Participated in sprint-based QA cycles, validating stories and QA Support / AEM Author
Work Experience
components assigned to the content authoring team. Supported SEO and accessibility validation checks during final pre- publishing QA phases.
Education
06/2012 – 04/2016
India JNTU
Electronics and Communication Engineering Bachelors Skills
Adobe Experience
Manager AEM Guides Adobe Target,
Adobe Analytics SEO Optimization User Experience Design Manual & Functional
Testing
Test Planning &
Execution
Regression, UAT &
Smoke Testing
Cross-Browser & Device
Testing (BrowserStack)
Defect Management
(JIRA, HP ALM) API Testing (Postman)
Agile/Scrum
Methodology
WEB CONTENT
AUTHORING
HTML, CSS, JavaScript AEM Sites, DAM, Guides
AEM Components,
Templates, Experience
Fragments
Content Fragments,
Multi-site Management
SEO Optimization &
Accessibility Standards BitBucket
WEB TECHNOLOGIES
METHODOLOGIES Agile/Scrum Waterfall
AEM, Adobe Analytics,
Adobe Target
JIRA, HP ALM,
BrowserStack, Postman
IntelliJ IDEA, Jenkins,
Maven
GIT, Bitbucket,
Confluence, XTM
TOOLS