Chamika Perera Email & Phone Number

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Participate in product increment planning and solution design sessions, providing valuable insights and feedback on artifacts delivered throughout the development life cycle.- Analyze requirements and develop comprehensive test strategies, plans, and approaches for the releases, ensuring thorough test coverage.- Conduct reviews on all artifacts, including requirements, design documents, and test cases, to ensure accuracy, coverage, and clarity.- Collaborate, communicate, and effectively manage multiple Scrum teams, fostering strong working relationships and promoting cross-team coordination.- Provide regular QA updates and review QA progress with the leadership team, offering insights into project status, risks, and mitigation plans.- Mentor and monitor QA team members in manual testing, test automation and performance testing, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and performance.- Implement and maintain effective quality assurance processes and methodologies, ensuring adherence to industry standards and best practices throughout the software development life cycle.- Coordinate and oversee the creation and execution of comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts, leveraging both manual and automated testing techniques to ensure maximum test coverage.- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and business analysts, to identify and resolve defects, track issues, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software releases.- Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes and strategies, leveraging innovative tools and technologies to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and accuracy of testing activities.- Serve as a subject matter expert in quality assurance, staying updated on the latest trends and advancements in the field, and actively sharing knowledge and best practices with the team.

Malabe, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Participate in product increment planning and solution design sessions.- Analyze and provide feedback on artifacts delivered throughout the development life cycle.- Analyze requirements and devise test strategies and approaches for the releases.- Draft and revise test plans to ensure alignment with standards and technology strategy.- Drive Sprint and quarterly estimation planning meetings and provide estimations, identify risks and limitations.- Conduct reviews on all artifacts to ensure accuracy, coverage, and clarity.- Implement and enhance framework libraries based on project requirements to improve efficiencies.- Maintain the automated regression test suite and ensure that test scripts maintain traceability to requirements.- Monitor and maintain daily/weekly Bamboo regression plans integrated with regression environments.- Mentor junior QA team members.- Provide knowledge transition sessions for new joiners regarding the domain and automation framework.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and alignment.- Conduct root cause analysis for test failures and provide recommendations for improvement.- Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies related to software testing.Technical Experience: • Test automation using Fortress Framework (In House Framework) Language & Frameworks use to implement scripts in Fortress: - JAVA - Selenium - Cucumber - TestNG • CI/CD- Bamboo- Jenkins - BitbucketTest Management : MindJet, Jira

Malabe, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Collaborate with product management to define quality standards.- Participate in planning and refinement sessions, analyzing and providing feedback on artifacts delivered throughout the development process.- Provide estimates for quality assurance planning and execution.- Create and maintain an automated regression test suite and ensure test scripts maintain traceability to requirements.- Maintain regression environments and create user data for the regression environment to support test execution.- Design and execute quality assurance test scenarios, both manual and automated, ensuring that developed functionality satisfies requirements and aligns with specifications.- Track and record the results of execution, interpret results, and identify trends.- Publish results and communicate test execution status.- Identify obstacles during development and test processes.- Work closely with the development team to research and resolve issues found in testing.- Monitor and maintain daily/weekly Bamboo regression plans that are integrated with regression environments.Technical Experience: • Test automation using Fortress Framework (In House Framework) Language & Frameworks use to implement scripts in Fortress: - JAVA - Selenium - Cucumber - TestNG • CI/CD- Bamboo- Jenkins - BitbucketTest Management : MindJet, Jira

Nugegoda, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Establish and evolve a formal testing practice, establishing test processes, metrics and methodologies for both Agile and Waterfall development efforts.- Lead the implementation of the Test Plan/Strategy, test design and drive test execution.- Act as the key point of contact for project teams regarding all QA aspects of releases and coordinate QA resources internally and externally.- Lead and mentor QA team members.- Develop the strategy and enablement of User Acceptance Testing, effectively partnering with the business to ensure goal achievement.- Participate in project-wise reviews of requirements, system architecture, and detailed design documents.- Analyze the test readiness of the applications and provide a Manual/Automation feasibility report.- Develop and maintain automated test scripts to reduce repetitive manual testing.Technical Experience :• Perform backend testing using PLSQL/MySQL• Conduct Performance testing using JMeter• Test automation using Katalon Studio & Appium Studio• Schedule automation suite based on requirements(running on Jenkins)• CI/CD pipeline integration using BitBucket• API testing using Postman & SoapUI• Maintain QA activities through JIRA • Maintain Test Cases through TestLink Test Management • TestRail• Jira

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Define the overall test strategy and plan for the project.- Provide clear and concise information about the testing efforts and help stakeholders make informed decisions regarding the software's release readiness.- Manage defects by tracking, prioritizing, and documenting software defects using issue tracking systems.- Script and maintain the automated Regression Test Suite.- Execute tests, both manual and automated, and analyze the results to identify defects, verify fixes, and ensure that the software meets quality standards.- Conduct performance testing to evaluate how the system performs under expected and peak load conditions.- Collaborate with operations and development teams to investigate and address performance-related incidents.- Ensure that the testing process seamlessly integrates with the overall software delivery process.- Collaborate with Business System Analysts to develop enhancements to owned business processes.- Perform proof-of-concept (POC) evaluations for new test enhancements (tools and processes), assessing their feasibility and effectiveness.- Monitor daily/weekly Bamboo regression plans integrated with regression environments, ensuring smooth execution and identifying and addressing any issues.- Play a leadership role for the Quality Engineers, directing them towards achieving the work objectives of the division.- Verify the deployment process and notify of any process breaks to maintain system efficiency.- Administer the Quality Centre product and maintenance to ensure that the products are delivered for live use with the required level of quality.Test Management :• Jira• HP ALM• ZephyrTechnical Experience :• Backend Testing: PLSQL• Performance Testing: JMeter• Test automation: Selenium, TestNG, Rest Assured & JAVA• CI/CD pipeline integration using BitBucket & Jenkins• API testing: Postman & SoapUI

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Plan, execute, and oversee inspection and testing of the products to confirm quality conformance to specifications and quality deliverables.- Design, develop and maintain test cases.- Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.- Responsible for creating detailed and well-structured test plans and test cases.- Design, develop, and execute automation scripts. - Identify, record, document thoroughly and follow up bugs.- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.- Test features, regressions, and the system as a whole.- Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs.- Closely work with internal teams such as developers and product managers to identify system requirements.- Organize, carry out, and report the results of all tests conducted.- Analyze and investigate product complaints or reported quality issues to ensure closure under company guidelines and external regulatory requirements.- Participate in Sprint planning and grooming sessions with onshore/offshore team members.Technical Experience : - Test automation using Falcon Framework (In house-built Automation Framework) Language & Frameworks use to implement scripts in Falcon: - JAVA - Selenium - Rest Assured - TestNGTest Management: Jira, HP ALM

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.- Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test cases.- Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities- Design, develop and execute automation scripts using Automation Framework.- Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs.- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.- Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs.- Work closely with internal teams (developers and Business Team) to identify system requirements.- Support root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions.Tools and Practices : - Automation Framework: Verifix (License software) - Test Management : MindJet, Jira

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities :- Coordinate with internal and external development teams to deploy features and bug fixes.- Networking with multiple stakeholders and ensure stakeholders are in alignment.- Keep track of multiple projects and be highly responsive with regards to deadlines and estimations.- Work with multiple stakeholders to transition data and knowledge and subsequently document it thoroughly.- Planning and curating PRDs and BRDs (Product and business requirement documentation).- Working with the developer team to implement requirements and ensuring they are delivered on time.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management Of Technology, Merit Pass (Gpa = 3.8)

Bsc In Management Information Systems, Computer Software Engineering, Second Class Upper (Gpa = 3.62)

Advanced Level - Mathematical Stream

Activities and Societies: Editor of Leo Club, Committee member of Science Society, Active member of Computer Society

Secondary Education

Activities and Societies: Active member of Buddhist Society, Active member of School Athletic team, Active member of School Media unit.