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I am a Senior SDET/QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years as the lead tester on a mission-critical U.S. federal contract. I excel at full life cycle testing in SAFe Agile and Microsoft Azure environments, delivering zero-critical-defect releases through robust Selenium and Playwright automation combined with meticulous manual testing (Smoke, UAT, Production Shakeouts, Accessibility) and Exploratory testing. I am skilled at stakeholder management, JIRA reporting, LOE estimation, and leading QA strategies across complex multi-environment pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, fast-paced settings and enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, reliable software delivery for federal clients. My approach emphasizes quality, documentation, and proactive risk management to support enterprise-scale systems in production environments.…I am a Senior SDET/QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years as the lead tester on a mission-critical U.S. federal contract. I excel at full life cycle testing in SAFe Agile and Microsoft Azure environments, delivering zero-critical-defect releases through robust Selenium and Playwright automation combined with meticulous manual testing (Smoke, UAT, Production Shakeouts, Accessibility) and Exploratory testing. I am skilled at stakeholder management, JIRA reporting, LOE estimation, and leading QA strategies across complex multi-environment pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, fast-paced settings and enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, reliable software delivery for federal clients. My approach emphasizes quality, documentation, and proactive risk management to support enterprise-scale systems in production environments.

Praveena Karthikeyan

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I am a Senior SDET/QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years as the lead tester on a mission-critical U.S. federal contract. I excel at full life cycle testing in SAFe Agile and Microsoft Azure environments, delivering zero-critical-defect releases through robust Selenium and Playwright automation combined with meticulous manual testing (Smoke, UAT, Production Shakeouts, Accessibility) and Exploratory testing. I am skilled at stakeholder management, JIRA reporting, LOE estimation, and leading QA strategies across complex multi-environment pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, fast-paced settings and enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, reliable software delivery for federal clients. My approach emphasizes quality, documentation, and proactive risk management to support enterprise-scale systems in production environments.…I am a Senior SDET/QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years as the lead tester on a mission-critical U.S. federal contract. I excel at full life cycle testing in SAFe Agile and Microsoft Azure environments, delivering zero-critical-defect releases through robust Selenium and Playwright automation combined with meticulous manual testing (Smoke, UAT, Production Shakeouts, Accessibility) and Exploratory testing. I am skilled at stakeholder management, JIRA reporting, LOE estimation, and leading QA strategies across complex multi-environment pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, fast-paced settings and enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, reliable software delivery for federal clients. My approach emphasizes quality, documentation, and proactive risk management to support enterprise-scale systems in production environments.

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I am a Senior SDET/QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years as the lead tester on a mission-critical U.S. federal contract. I excel at full life cycle testing in SAFe Agile and Microsoft Azure environments, delivering zero-critical-defect releases through robust Selenium and Playwright automation combined with meticulous manual testing (Smoke, UAT, Production Shakeouts, Accessibility) and Exploratory testing. I am skilled at stakeholder management, JIRA reporting, LOE estimation, and leading QA strategies across complex multi-environment pipelines.

I thrive in collaborative, fast-paced settings and enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, reliable software delivery for federal clients. My approach emphasizes quality, documentation, and proactive risk management to support enterprise-scale systems in production environments.

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Test Engineer at DMI (HHS/HRSA Prime Contractor)

October 1, 2022 - Present

Lead comprehensive QA operations for a mission-critical Azure-hosted compliance platform serving 10,000+ federally funded health centers, ensuring continuity and regulatory adherence (FISMA-Low). Architected and maintained a hybrid automation framework using Selenium WebDriver (Java) for legacy EHB modules and Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) for modern HRSA Compliance Portal features, increasing cross-browser reliability by 40% and achieving 85% regression coverage. Managed end-to-end Release Closeout activities, Production Shakeouts, and UAT sessions with federal stakeholders, and conducted PaaS Migration Testing and Security Vulnerability testing (Coverity). Designed and executed JMeter performance tests to validate Azure Load Balancer and Blob Storage scaling. Produced complex SQL queries to validate backend data integrity and supported data migrations. Provided LOE estimates and executive dashboards for leadership and clients.

Technical Analyst (Part-Time Contract) at LCPS and QTECH

January 1, 2020 - October 1, 2022

Gathered and analyzed functional requirements, collaborated with stakeholders, BAs, and QA leads to ensure clarity of business needs and test scope. Led functional testing in Agile environments for complex web applications, developing testing strategies, plans, and workflows; executed SIT, QA, UAT, regression, and functional test scenarios, and coordinated UAT sessions for sign-off. Developed and maintained automation scripts for new features and regressions, managed Releases and Test Suites in ALM, and oversaw the full defect lifecycle. Authored advanced SQL queries for data validation and supported manual and automated testing with strong data validation coverage. Provided technical mentorship and progress reporting to teams.

QA Analyst at PENTASOFT Technologies, India

June 1, 2005 - November 1, 2007

Performed Black Box and Regression testing for financial services applications based on detailed Functional Requirement Specifications. Assisted senior QA engineers in developing test matrices, tracked test coverage, logged defects with clear steps for reproduction, and executed test cycles. Participated in requirements gathering and review sessions to ensure testability and contributed to the initial creation of Test Plan documents.

Test Engineer at DMI

October 1, 2022 - Present

Lead comprehensive QA operations for a mission-critical Azure-hosted compliance platform serving 10,000+ federally funded health centers (FISMA-Low). Architected and maintained a hybrid automation framework using Selenium WebDriver (Java) and Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) delivering 85% regression coverage for new feature pages and 40% improvement in cross-browser reliability. Managed end-to-end Release Closeout activities, Production Shakeouts, and UAT demos with federal stakeholders, and performed PaaS migration and security vulnerability testing (Coverity) to ensure zero high-priority findings. Designed JMeter performance tests on Azure Load Balancer and Blob Storage to validate scaling and 99.99% availability. Authored complex SQL queries for data validation and supported data migrations. Liaised between technical teams and HHS stakeholders to achieve 100% on-time UAT sign-off.