QA Automation & Software Engineering Leader

Seethalakshmi Muthuraman

Bangalore

886*******, *************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seetham11/

Professional Summary

• Results-driven QA Engineer with 9+ years of dedicated QA experience (Manual & Automation) and 10+ years in software engineering, delivering high-quality enterprise applications across domains including BFSI, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Retail.

• Proven expertise in leading QA teams, defining test strategies, and driving end-to-end quality assurance initiatives across complex, large-scale systems including web applications and medical devices.

• Strong track record of building scalable automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Java) and driving shift-left testing practices using TDD/BDD methodologies.

• Experienced in stakeholder management, requirement analysis, and risk-based testing, ensuring alignment between business goals and quality deliverables.

• Demonstrated leadership in Agile transformations, CI/CD integration, and release governance, significantly improving release quality and reducing defect leakage.

• Skilled in mentoring QA teams, establishing best practices, and driving continuous improvement initiatives across distributed teams.

• Adept at leveraging cloud platforms (Azure) and modern DevOps practices to enable efficient and reliable testing pipelines.

Technical Skills

QA/Test Management: Test Strategy & Planning, QA Governance, Release Management, Defect Management, Risk-Based Testing, QA Metrics & KPI Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Sprint Planning, Test Estimation

Programming & Automation: Java, Python, C#, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST Assured, Postman, JUnit, TestNG, Selenide

CI/CD & DevOps: Git, Maven, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes Database & ETL Testing: SQL Server, Oracle, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, SSIS/SSRS, ETL & Data Migration Testing, Data Validation, Advanced SQL Queries Test Management & Monitoring: JIRA, ServiceNow, Kibana, Splunk Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall, TDD/BDD, Shift-Left Testing Reporting & Analytics: Power BI, Pentaho

Testing Expertise: Functional, Regression, Integration, System, GUI, UAT, API, ETL, Smoke, Exploratory, Performance Testing (JMeter)

Domain Expertise: Windchill PLM Testing, Workflow Automation Testing, BFSI, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Mortgage Domain

Certifications

Microsoft Certified - Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server 2000

Microsoft Certified Professional in SharePoint application development (SP 2010) Awards & Recognitions in Infosys

ENG Pinnacle Award in Above & Beyond category for exemplary performance, Infosys FY 2017-18

MFG Star Award, Infosys FY 2013

Education

Master of Computer Applications, Bharathidasan University, India 2001 - 2004 Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Madras, India 1998 - 2001 Professional Experience

QA Engineer, Freelancer Mar 2025 – Dec 2025

Acted as a QA Lead/Advisor, defining test strategies and mentoring teams on automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, and QA best practices.

Guided engineering teams in establishing scalable automation solutions using Playwright and modern testing approaches.

Conducted training and mentorship programs for engineers and students, strengthening QA capabilities and adoption of automation.

Provided quality consulting services to improve testing maturity and delivery efficiency for client organizations.

Senior QA Engineer, ICE Mortgage Technology Wroclaw, Poland Dec 2023 – Sep 2024

Developed and maintained a scalable Playwright automation framework supporting mortgage product.

Increased automation coverage from approximately 35% to 80%, reducing manual regression effort by 60%.

Reduced escaped defects by 40% through shift-left testing and enhanced test planning.

Collaborated with product owners and stakeholders to translate business requirements into risk-based testing strategies, reducing production defects.

Owned test planning, execution, defect management, and reporting, ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, enabling faster feedback and continuous testing.

Mentored team members on automation best practices and quality standards, improving team productivity.

Performed backend testing by writing complex SQL queries for data verification and cross- checking application outputs.

Leveraged AI-assisted testing tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to accelerate test- case design, test-data generation, SQL/API validation, Playwright automation development, and automation code refactoring.

Applied AI-assisted visual validation and test automation concepts using tools such as Applitools Eyes to improve regression coverage, visual defect detection, and automation maintainability.

Technology Lead, Infosys Limited, Bangalore, India Mar 2007 – Aug 2022

Functioned as Project Manager leading a 15-member team for enterprise application maintenance and production support, overseeing delivery planning, risk management, client communication, and operational stability, resulting in increased client confidence and engagement.

Led multiple development and enhancement projects across Insurance, Banking, Manufacturing, and Health & Safety domains, working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Served as QA Lead, owning test planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring high-quality releases.

Automated manual test cases using Selenium WebDriver and Java, boosting testing efficiency by 92%.

Reported and tracked software defects through bug-tracking tools, resolving approximately 75% of identified issues via root cause analysis.

Chaired development of a new testing framework that increased test coverage by 68% and lowered bug count by 59%.

Authored SQL scripts for data validation and analysis within SQL Server environments.

Actively participated in requirement review meetings to clarify and validate requirements, addressing potential issues early.

Analyzed requirements thoroughly to design requirement flows, enabling precise creation of test scenarios and detailed test cases in JIRA.

Created comprehensive test cases reflecting various business roles; performed peer reviews to enhance test quality and coverage.

Led Defect Prevention meetings focused on reducing defects in early development stages, improving overall product stability.

Contributed to Agile teams by crafting clear, actionable test cases and engaging in retrospectives to continuously improve QA processes.

Performed end-to-end ETL testing across multi-source data pipelines, validating source-to-target mappings, transformation logic, and incremental/full loads to ensure data integrity and accuracy.

Executed comprehensive data quality and reconciliation checks (record counts, control totals, referential integrity, duplication, completeness), reducing data-related production defects by

~60%.

Automated SQL-based data validations and regression checks, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines and improving ETL testing efficiency by ~45%.

Developed test strategies, plans, and test cases, aligning with functional and non-functional requirements.

Designed, developed, and executed comprehensive test cases and test scenarios for web and desktop applications.

Conducted UI, functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing (UAT).

Maintained and updated test documentation, including test plans, test scripts, and traceability matrices.

Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure timely resolution of issues and improve overall product quality.

Analyst Programmer, Ramco Systems Limited, Chennai Dec 2005 – Feb 2007

Developed various modules and delivered multiple projects in SQL server.

Gathered requirements from the clients and involved in the estimation and design.

Generated SQL queries and stored procedures to implement the functionalities as the ERP is based on Ramco Virtual Networks.

Involved in Production deployment for various projects. Software Engineer, Asia Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai Jun 2004 – Dec 2005

Developed various applications using ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server.

Implemented ASP.Net Web applications for various modules using RFID methodology – Attendance Management System, Library Management System, Payroll Processing System

Involved in Design and Coding of Web applications.

Involved in defect fixing during SIT/UAT.

Prepared Training materials and User Manuals for the projects and involved in the sales of applications for various Institutions and Organizations.

Provided training to the end users.

Project Experience – A Glimpse

Title : ICE Mortgage Product

Technologies : Selenium, Java, TestNG

Role : Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities :

• Implemented automation for two modules using Selenide (Java, TestNG) – Data Inspector and Data Mapper.

• Automated RESTful API test cases using REST Assured (Java) and Postman collections, achieving 85% API coverage.

• Implemented GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated test execution on every merge request, improving defect detection rate in early stages.

• Performed manual testing on Mortgage product and ensured the deliverables are defect free in each sprint.

• Coordinated with Product Owner, QA Manager and Development team on the various issues identified in each testing cycle and provided a detailed report on testing for each sprint.

• Prepared demo on the latest enhancement implemented in each sprint and presented on the monthly townhall meeting.

Title : Application Management & Production Support Technologies : Windchill, SQL Server, Selenium Web Driver, Java Role : QA Lead

Responsibilities :

• Requirement Gathering, Design, Development, Deployment and interacting with the Customers and the team on the priorities and the task deliverables.

• Responsible as QA Gatekeeper to ensure that the build is fault-free in all the environments.

• Managed QA team in the automation of Regression test cases using Selenium Web Driver and Java using Junit and TestNG frameworks.

• Deployed automation suites in Azure DevOps pipelines, leveraging cloud infrastructure for scalable execution.

• Responsible for the test plan, execution, and communication to all the stakeholders with KPI metrics.

• Involved in RFPs related to Automation Testing.

• Written SQL queries to validate the data and automate certain bulk transactions. Title : Windchill Data Migration & Customization Projects Tools/Technologies : Windchill, WBM, Pentaho, SQL Server, Selenium (JUnit), Java Role : QA Lead

Responsibilities :

• Led QA activities for a large-scale data migration initiative, supporting a 12-member team and ensuring zero critical production defects post-deployment.

• Owned the complete ETL Test Management lifecycle, including Test Strategy, Test Planning, Execution, Defect Management, and Test Reporting for data warehouse implementations.

• Performed end-to-end validation of ETL workflows (Extract, Transform, Load) across multiple source systems into enterprise data warehouse environments.

• Validated source-to-target mappings, transformation rules, business logic, incremental and full data loads to ensure data integrity and accuracy.

• Developed and executed advanced SQL and PL/SQL queries to perform data reconciliation, control totals verification, aggregation validation, and transformation testing.

• Executed comprehensive data quality checks including record counts, null validations, duplicate detection, referential integrity, and completeness checks on high-volume datasets.

• Collaborated with data engineers, business analysts, and BI teams to resolve ETL defects, schema mismatches, and data inconsistencies.

Title : Office Automation System (OAS) (using RFID Technology) Company : Asia Technologies Limited, Chennai.

Technologies : ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2000.

Role : Software Engineer

Description :

Office Automation System is a totally integrated administrative system developed for an organization. The details about the employees, department and their jobs and roles are maintained, and the payroll manipulations are done automatically based on their attendance and their allowances details. The process of leave application and the definition are also maintained. The tasks are allocated to the employees and their mode of processing is also maintained in the database. Once a task has been completed, the employee is assigned with another task. If a task is pending, an alert is produced for the employee. Payroll report, Tasks report and the attendance reports are generated.

Title : Institutional Automation System (IAS)

(Using RFID Technology)

Company : Asia Technologies Limited, Chennai.

Technologies : VB.NET, C#, SQL Server 2000.

Description :

Institutional Automation System is a totally integrated administrative system for educational institutions. IAS improves communication between the Institution and parents or guardians and allows the latter to participate and track the attendance, grades, and behavior of their wards. IAS covers all the requirements of a college like Academics Management, Event Management, Leave-Attendance-Payroll management, Library management, Hostel and Canteen Management.

Role : Developer (Software Engineer)

Responsibility : Designed the complete Library Management Process and developed the same. Unit Testing on Interfaces performed.

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