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I'm Priyanka, a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer with 6+ years of experience in software testing across diverse technologies. I bring a versatile, analytical mindset and a strong 'get things done' attitude, focused on delivering excellent quality. I thrive on ensuring software quality through meticulous test design, automation, and continuous improvement. My experience spans test automation, API testing, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive reliable releases.…I'm Priyanka, a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer with 6+ years of experience in software testing across diverse technologies. I bring a versatile, analytical mindset and a strong 'get things done' attitude, focused on delivering excellent quality. I thrive on ensuring software quality through meticulous test design, automation, and continuous improvement. My experience spans test automation, API testing, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive reliable releases.

Priyanka Shanmugusundaram

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I'm Priyanka, a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer with 6+ years of experience in software testing across diverse technologies. I bring a versatile, analytical mindset and a strong 'get things done' attitude, focused on delivering excellent quality. I thrive on ensuring software quality through meticulous test design, automation, and continuous improvement. My experience spans test automation, API testing, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive reliable releases.…I'm Priyanka, a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer with 6+ years of experience in software testing across diverse technologies. I bring a versatile, analytical mindset and a strong 'get things done' attitude, focused on delivering excellent quality. I thrive on ensuring software quality through meticulous test design, automation, and continuous improvement. My experience spans test automation, API testing, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive reliable releases.

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I’m Priyanka, a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer with 6+ years of experience in software testing across diverse technologies. I bring a versatile, analytical mindset and a strong ‘get things done’ attitude, focused on delivering excellent quality.

I thrive on ensuring software quality through meticulous test design, automation, and continuous improvement. My experience spans test automation, API testing, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive reliable releases.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Test Engineer at Unilever

May 1, 2022 - October 8, 2025

Worked on the Veeva Vault Unilever project from Chennai, performing automation and manual testing. Identified test cases suitable for automation and created test scripts using BDD with Feature files, Step Definitions, and an Object Repository. Implemented Extent Reports for detailed test reporting and used GitHub for code hosting, Jira for bug/test management, and Postman & Swagger for manual and automated API testing. Prepared test scenarios and RTM, and executed various testing types (Smoke, Sanity, System, Regression, Retesting, Exploratory). Conducted API testing and prepared comprehensive test documentation and reports.

Software Test Engineer at Chubb Insurance

June 1, 2019 - October 8, 2025

Coimbatore-based role performing Exploratory, Functional, and Ad-hoc testing. Pulled reports in HP ALM and prepared daily status reports. Responsible for test case preparation and execution. Prepared defect trackers in JIRA and re-tested defects. Created comprehensive test summaries and designed test scenarios based on business requirements and user behavior.

Senior Software Test Engineer at Unilever (Veeva Vault project)

May 31, 2022 - October 8, 2025

Collaborated with Testing team to identify test cases suitable for automation and created test scripts using a BDD approach (Feature files, Step Definitions, Object repository, Driver/Server setup). Implemented Extent Reports for detailed test execution; used GitHub for code hosting, and Jira for bug/test-case management. Performed manual and automated API testing (Postman/Swagger); API validations with RestAssured and Cucumber (BDD).

Software Test Engineer at Chubb Insurance (Coimbatore)

June 30, 2019 - October 8, 2025

Exploratory, functional and adhoc testing; pulled reports in HP ALM and prepared daily status reports. Responsible for test-case preparation and execution; created defect tracker reports in Jira and re-tested defects. Developed and executed performance test plans with JMeter to evaluate scalability and stability of web applications. Followed Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Review, Retrospective).

Senior Test Engineer at Unilever

May 1, 2022 - October 8, 2025

Led test automation initiatives for Unilever projects, including automation script development using Selenium and API testing with JMeter. Collaborated with testing teams to identify test cases suitable for automation, and developed test scripts using a Behavior-Driven Development approach (Feature files, Step Definitions, Object Repository, Driver and Server setup). Delivered comprehensive test reports (Extent Reports) with logs, screenshots, and visual representations of execution. Used GitHub for code hosting, Azure DevOps and Jenkins for CI/CD, and Jira for bug and test-case management. Planned and executed test scenarios, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, focusing on scalability and stability of the Veeva Vault Unilever project.

Software Tester at Chubb Insurance

June 1, 2019 - October 8, 2025

Performed Exploratory, Functional and Ad-hoc testing for Chubb Insurance software. Created and maintained test cases and test execution reports, and tracked defects using Jira. Prepared daily status reports and supported testing activities across HP-ALM. Gained experience with test planning and defect reporting, contributing to improved test coverage and quality.

Software Test Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions

December 1, 2014 - June 1, 2019

Performed regression, exploratory, functional and ad hoc testing for the Chubb Insurance project. Pulled HP ALM test case reports and prepared daily status; Responsible for test case preparation and execution; Used JIRA, TestRail, and Azure DevOps to track bugs, document test cases, and report issues; Prepared test summary reports with logs, screenshots and visual representations of execution. Conducted manual and automated API testing using Postman and Swagger; automated backend API tests using RestAssured with Cucumber (BDD). Created comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and RTM in the design phase. Executed tests including Smoke, Sanity, System, Regression, and Ad Hoc.

Senior Test Engineer / Test Engineering Senior Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

July 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023

Collaborated with testing team for the Unilever Veeva Vault Life Science project. Created automation test scripts using BDD (Feature files, Step Definitions, object repository). Implemented Extent Reports for detailed results; used GitHub for code hosting; tracked bugs and test planning with JIRA and Azure DevOps; performed manual and automated API testing using Postman and Swagger; backend API testing with RestAssured and Cucumber; prepared test scenarios, test cases and RTM in design phase; performed Smoke, Sanity, System, Regression and Ad Hoc testing.

Freelance QA Tester (Remote) at Accenture Technology Solutions

November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025

Automated frontend tests using Selenium (Java) and Playwright (TypeScript); integrated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins; contributed to test automation framework improvements across multiple clients.

Test Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions

December 1, 2014 - June 1, 2019

Coimbatore-based project for Chubb Insurance. Performed Exploratory, Functional, Regression and Ad Hoc Testing; pulled reports in HP ALM; prepared daily status reports; created and executed test cases; used JIRA, TestRail, and Azure DevOps to track bugs and document tests; performed manual and automated API testing using Postman and Swagger; prepared test summary reports; API tests with RestAssured and Cucumber (BDD); tested Smoke, Sanity, System, and Regression; prepared SQL queries; integrated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins for fast automated releases.

Senior Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

July 1, 2019 - May 31, 2023

Unilever Veeva Vault project; identified test cases suitable for automation; created and maintained test scripts; implemented BDD with feature files, step definitions; automated API testing using RestAssured with Cucumber; performed manual and automated testing (smoke, sanity, system, regression); prepared BI SQL queries and compared results with dashboards; used Jira, TestRail, and Azure DevOps to track bugs and document test cases; prepared test summary reports; integrated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins; also contributed to testing on Health Alliance Plan (HAP) project.

Freelance QA Tester (Remote) at Independent / Client-based

November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025

Automated front-end tests using Selenium (Java) and Playwright with TypeScript; integrated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Azure DevOps; automated backend API tests using RestAssured with Cucumber (BDD); prepared test scenarios and RTM; documented with Extent Reports; version control with GitHub; tracked defects with Jira; collaborated with testing teams for fast, reliable releases.