Experience

IDENTOS Inc.
• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Feb 2023 - Present


Calcey

• Sri Lanka
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• QA Lead

  • Jan 2021 - Feb 2023

  Responsibilities:• Lead and coordinate multiple QA projects and multiple teams in one project• Review test estimates• Mobile testing (Android/ iOS)• Review requirements, specifications, design documents etc. and provide feedback• Identify risks and create risk mitigation plans• Liaise with developers and project managers to clarify requirements and other project related issues• Track quality assurance metrics, such as defect densities and open defect counts• Conduct test case review meetings and provide feedback• Participate and provide feedback at sprint UX demos• Mentor senior and junior QAs• Suggest continuous process improvements• Follow the test documentation standards and make necessary updates• Execute end to end test scenarios and edge-case scenarios• Ability conduct interviews and evaluate candidates• Communication with key stakeholders of the project• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements Show less

• Associate QA Lead

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  Responsibilities:• Implement and execute test plans and test cases based on the user stories, functional specifications and other change requests • Lead and coordinate multiple QA projects • Reviewing QA estimates • Review requirements, specifications, design documents etc. and provide feedback • Liaise with developers and project managers to clarify requirements and other project related issues• Track quality assurance metrics, such as defect densities and open defect counts• Conduct test case review meetings and provide feedback • Manage team members, work cohesively and encourage comradery • Mentor senior and junior QAs in the execution of testing efforts • Follow the test documentation standards and make necessary updates • Ensure traceability of all the test cases against the project requirements • Execute end to end test scenarios and edge case scenarios • Track all the defects and prioritize the reported defects throughout the product releases during the sprint • Responsible for managing the test readiness review checklist and ensure the testing is ready to proceed• Responsible for defect reporting and make sure that all defects are retested and validated by the QAs • Mobile testing (Android/ iOS)• Direct communication with clients• Conducting interviews Show less

• Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2019

  Responsibilities :• Take ownership of the QA function of an assigned project • Adhere to the company QA process and be an advocate of the same Involved in all quality assurance functions including test plan designing, test case writing, test execution and reporting • Design comprehensive test plans on a project basis • Create comprehensive and well-structured test cases for Ul, smoke, functional and regression testing • Explain test cases clearly during test case review meetings and collect feedback • Create QA time estimates and prioritize testing activities • Strong end-user perspective and understanding when evaluating software applications • Maintain test environments and create test data for different types of testing • Conduct demos effectively • Responsible for conducting different types of testing (functional, Ul, smoke, regression etc.) on web and mobile solutions • Involved effectively in sprint planning, sprint reviews and sprint retrospective meetings • Analyzing the project requirements and user stories in the sprint backlog • Work with the development teams and other quality engineers to plan, develop and execute tests which cover all types of testing • Closely working with the development teams on defect analysis • Effectively communicate the issues through the issue reporting system (e.g. JIRA) and work with the developers to make sure that the new issues and the old issues are resolved appropriately • Conduct automation scripting • Mentor QAEs and Interns Show less



Programus Lanka (PVT) Ltd

• Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  Responsibilities :• Improve Agile Methodology as a best practice• Use of Gherkin language• Responsible for preparing test scenarios and test cases based on the new change controls and other client business requirement• Prepared and maintained important company Quality Control documentations: Manuals• Prepare test documents based on the business process and sales cycle of each client• Effort estimations for QA releases based on the existing module functionality and new change controls• Perform different types of testing as UI testing, browser compatibility testing, unit testing, functional testing, regression testing, smoke testing, performance testing• Responsive design testing across devices• Web application and Desktop Application Testing• 50% Involving to requirement gathering and designing • Defect tracking and reporting defects (Bugzilla)• Writing release notes and QA certificates• Deliver product on time with expected quality• Client site support• Hands on experience in technical quality assurance using front-end / back-end (database level) testing methods• Execute SQL queries and SQL scripts to test backend functionality: SQL Navigator/ Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Show less

• Software Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

  Responsibilities :• Prepared the quality assurance test documentation: Test plans/ Test Scenarios and Test cases• Responsible for developing testing processes and procedures for production testing• Generating test case based on the requirements• Preparing testing environment and test new version releases by executing test cases• Creating test data for unit, functional, regression, system and smoke testing• Defect tracking and reporting defects (Bugzilla)• Deploying new versions in testing environment• Performing unit, functional, regression and system level testing based on test plans• Documenting release notes and QA certification• Execute the technical integration testing on web service interfaces: SoapUI• Deploying new released versions in QA environment (Internet Information Services Manager) Show less



Informatics Institute of Technology

• Sri Lanka
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Student

  • 2008 - 2012

  I have successfully completed Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Honours in Software Engineering student graduated on 2012 from Informatics Institute of Technology, Colombo affiliated to University of Wesminster, UK with the class of Second – Upper Honours. BSc Individual Project: • IntelliDJ: An Intelligent Automated DJ Application with Learning Assistance I have successfully completed Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Honours in Software Engineering student graduated on 2012 from Informatics Institute of Technology, Colombo affiliated to University of Wesminster, UK with the class of Second – Upper Honours. BSc Individual Project: • IntelliDJ: An Intelligent Automated DJ Application with Learning Assistance



JOHN KEELLS IT

• Sri Lanka
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate SQA Analyst - Internship

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  Responsibilities : • Responsible for preparing unit, functional, integration and system testing based on requirements • Creation and execution of test plans for releases (TestLink) • Perform unit, functional, integration, regression and system level testing based on test plans • • Defect tracking and reporting defects (Bugzilla) • Create and maintain test metrics and dashboards • Preparation of user manuals • Effort estimation for QA activities • Assist in release planning and execution. Show less