Jyothi Hiremath Email & Phone Number

Lombard, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Responsible for QA Leadership/ QA Strategy/ QA Mentoring• Effectively partnered with business stakeholders, SMEs and project managers assimilating business requirements/ features. Subsequently delivered comprehensive, robust test plan/ test strategy. • Created strategic roadmap for test framework which leveraged Cucumber step definitions, JUnit, Bamboo, Maven, REST APIs and messaging. Consulted with stakeholders and project teams to define the milestones and goals then developed and implemented a feature and time-driven sprint plan. • Successfully liaised with analysis and development teams for feature implementation. Provided QA inputs for story grooming, adding subtasks and estimates in JIRA which established a common understanding ensuring accurate planning and proper project alignment.• Led and motivated team which developed Smoke/ Functional/ Continuous Regression/ Integration/ Reliability Test Suites ensuring QA deliverables were consistently met.• Drove technical excellence and process improvements by applying Agile best practices of Software Quality Assurance during SDLC which significantly improved quality processes.• Directed team in high level test scenario planning and thorough review. Delegated tasks for each feature and provided feedback on changes and additions needed which enabled successful deployment to integration. • Mentored and successfully coached junior QA team members and quickly onboarded QA consultants enabling development of robust test scenarios for project utilization and delivery.• Facilitated effective QA coordination with cross-functional and support teams which deployed and tested all the way from QA to Prod environments adhering to CICD practices increasing efficacy of the application under test.• Effectively and proactively communicated, as key QA advocate, testing status and metrics escalating delays/ risks to upper management and stakeholders on a daily/ weekly basis, significantly reducing unnecessary delays.