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I am a Senior QA Engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience across the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Agile and Scrum environments. I specialize in manual testing, REST API testing, functional testing, regression testing, SIT, and UAT, and I enjoy building robust test strategies and reusable test suites. ISTQB certified, I have delivered quality across SaaS, Oil & Gas, Financial, and Healthcare domains, led defect lifecycle management, and driven QA process improvements through structured frameworks and retrospectives. I thrive in cross-functional teams and mentoring others through knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.…I am a Senior QA Engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience across the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Agile and Scrum environments. I specialize in manual testing, REST API testing, functional testing, regression testing, SIT, and UAT, and I enjoy building robust test strategies and reusable test suites. ISTQB certified, I have delivered quality across SaaS, Oil & Gas, Financial, and Healthcare domains, led defect lifecycle management, and driven QA process improvements through structured frameworks and retrospectives. I thrive in cross-functional teams and mentoring others through knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.

Sowjanya Rajan

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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I am a Senior QA Engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience across the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Agile and Scrum environments. I specialize in manual testing, REST API testing, functional testing, regression testing, SIT, and UAT, and I enjoy building robust test strategies and reusable test suites. ISTQB certified, I have delivered quality across SaaS, Oil & Gas, Financial, and Healthcare domains, led defect lifecycle management, and driven QA process improvements through structured frameworks and retrospectives. I thrive in cross-functional teams and mentoring others through knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.…I am a Senior QA Engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience across the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Agile and Scrum environments. I specialize in manual testing, REST API testing, functional testing, regression testing, SIT, and UAT, and I enjoy building robust test strategies and reusable test suites. ISTQB certified, I have delivered quality across SaaS, Oil & Gas, Financial, and Healthcare domains, led defect lifecycle management, and driven QA process improvements through structured frameworks and retrospectives. I thrive in cross-functional teams and mentoring others through knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.

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I am a Senior QA Engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience across the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Agile and Scrum environments. I specialize in manual testing, REST API testing, functional testing, regression testing, SIT, and UAT, and I enjoy building robust test strategies and reusable test suites.

ISTQB certified, I have delivered quality across SaaS, Oil & Gas, Financial, and Healthcare domains, led defect lifecycle management, and driven QA process improvements through structured frameworks and retrospectives. I thrive in cross-functional teams and mentoring others through knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.

Skills

JIRA

Selenium

Experience Level

JIRA

Expert

Selenium

Expert

Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer at Exergy

January 1, 2024 - Present

Responsible for quality standards across the QA team, including regular one-to-ones, test case reviews, and day-to-day mentoring to maintain consistent testing practices. Introduced and built out a structured test management framework in TestRail, migrating the team away from Excel-based tracking and establishing full requirement traceability, reusable test suites, and sprint-level reporting. Ran bi-weekly knowledge-sharing sessions across the QA team to improve cross-stream visibility and embed best practices in manual and exploratory testing. Introduced QA retrospectives into the Agile/Scrum process, surfacing inefficiencies and driving continuous improvement across the test lifecycle. Performed REST API testing using Postman, validating endpoints, request/response payloads, JSON structures, HTTP status codes, and headers across integration-heavy SaaS projects. Wrote and maintained test plans, test cases, and test suites in TestRail covering functional testing, regression testing, ex

Senior IT Tester at Expro

January 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Covered the full SDLC requirements analysis, test planning, SIT, regression testing, UAT, and production release for an Oil & Gas enterprise platform. Created test strategies, test plans, and requirements traceability matrices (RTM) in Azure DevOps and Azure Test Plan to ensure full test coverage and audit-ready documentation. Executed smoke testing, regression testing, and volume testing; tracked and managed defects end-to-end in JIRA with regular stakeholder reporting on quality status. Ran QA retrospectives within Scrum ceremonies to identify process gaps and improve test workflows across the sprint cycle.

Lead Test Engineer at Arria NLG

October 1, 2019 - December 1, 2022

Delivered end-to-end QA across the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering and test strategy definition through to regression testing, integration testing, and sign-off at production deployment. Tested integrations with multiple BI tools including MicroStrategy, Qlik Sense, Power BI, Tableau, and Tibco across web, desktop, mobile, and cloud environments. Coordinated release and deployment activities, maintaining QA responsibility through to business acceptance and UAT sign-off.

Senior Software Tester at Delta Base Communications | Client: Apollo Health Care

August 1, 2016 - September 1, 2019

Designed and executed test plans and test cases from functional requirements, covering functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT, and smoke testing across the full STLC. Attended defect triage meetings and tracked defect status and resolution through Microsoft Test Manager within Agile sprint cycles.

Software Tester at Motion Software | Clients: Axiom, SKN

January 1, 2014 - March 1, 2016

Reviewed client requirements and produced test conditions, test plans, and manual test cases covering the full STLC across multiple client projects. Supported onboarding and mentoring of new QA team members in testing processes, test strategy, and quality standards.

Software Tester / Trainer at Arnlea Systems | Clients: Total, TAQA, BG Group, Shell

March 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014

Established the QA function from scratch; defined test processes and quality standards aligned to ISO 9001; performed functional testing, UAT, and SIT using Mercury Quality Centre. Wrote SQL scripts for data load and validation; delivered end-user training across PC and handheld platforms.