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I am Kamalakar Inuganti, a Lead Tester with over 15 years of experience delivering robust testing solutions across Government, Finance, Education and Media sectors in London. I have a strong track record of defining test strategies, building automation frameworks, and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality releases in Agile environments.
I specialize in automation (Selenium, Protractor, Playwright), performance testing (JMeter), and data-driven testing across Windows, Web, and cloud-based platforms. I enjoy collaborating with SMEs and stakeholders to optimize testing processes and deliver reliable software solutions.
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Work Experience
Lead Tester at Home Office
January 1, 2025 - PresentLed testing for an AI-enabled case management system built on Dynamics 365 CE and D365 Portals hosted on Azure. Responsibilities included functional, regression, accessibility and performance testing; UAT support; developed a Page Object Model framework using Playwright; created smoke and regression test packs and end-to-end scenarios; performed data migration testing; managed test environments; deployed builds and reported results; tracked defects in Azure DevOps.
Lead Tester at HMRC
May 1, 2021 - October 1, 2024Led functional/manual and automation testing for a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE Online tax solution; tested workflows and Azure Functions; developed end-to-end acceptance tests and regression tests in C# using Selenium and EasyRepro; performance testing with JMeter; created defect reports; prepared test strategy, plan and test cases; collaborated with SMEs and stakeholders; used DevOps for defect tracking and releases.
Lead Tester at Cognita Schools
December 1, 2019 - April 1, 2021Performed performance, functional, regression and UAT testing for the Enquiry to Classroom (E2C) project; Dynamics 365 Online hosted on Azure; tested services/workflows and data migrations; developed end-to-end acceptance tests and regression tests in C# with Selenium; conducted performance testing with JMeter; agile standups; defect tracking with Jira; managed test environments and third-party integrations.
Lead Tester at Ministry of Justice
November 1, 2018 - November 1, 2019Delivered performance, functional, regression, database and UAT testing for Reform MI (BigData/ETL) and EPF dashboards; tested data migrations from multiple sources to BI Server and dashboards; wrote BDD test scenarios in Gherkin; end-to-end tests in Java with Selenium and Jenkins; performance testing with JMeter; defect reporting in Jira; ensured clean releases in an agile environment.
Automation QA Lead at GroupM
January 1, 2014 - October 1, 2018Defined the automation framework using JavaScript, Protractor, Jasmine, WebStorm and Selenium for METIS (AngularJS) web app; developed end-to-end and regression tests in Protractor; CI testing via TeamCity; database testing with SQL Server; tested mainframe billing/payments; offshore Russia team management; facilitated deployments of releases; supported Prisma and Radia projects.
Test Analyst at TFL
July 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014Oyster CSTP and Oyster Online project testing: performance, functional, regression, SIT, UAT and DB testing; cross-browser/mobile testing; authored UAT tests in Selenium; participated in Agile ceremonies; delivered test artifacts on time.
Test Analyst at Neilson Financial Services
February 1, 2014 - June 1, 2014Defined test process, strategy and plan; performed performance, functional and regression testing for Nexus & Phoenix CRM and related websites; data migration testing; REST API testing; wrote tests in C# using Selenium and SpecFlow; generated regular test reports; collaborated with stakeholders to ensure quality releases.
QA Engineer at aQovia
January 1, 2012 - February 1, 2014BBC Worldwide Portal: performance, functional, regression testing and ETL verification; UAT support; developed tests in C# using Selenium and SpecFlow; investigated defects and data migration issues; produced regular defect and data migration reports.
Automation Test Analyst at Pearson Technology
August 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012Designed, developed and maintained a test automation framework in C# using Selenium (WebDriver) and NUnit; executed automated tests across multiple browsers; configured test harness machines and environments; prepared test reports.
Test Analyst at TechMahindra
May 1, 2006 - May 1, 2011Defined test process, test strategy and test plans; performed performance, functional and regression testing for multiple projects; data migration verification; REST API testing; developed automated tests using Selenium; participated in UAT.
Associate Consultant at I-Flex Solutions
December 1, 2005 - April 1, 2006Assisted in test planning, execution and reporting; supported project teams with testing activities and data validation; contributed to test documentation and defect coordination.
Education
MSc Computer Science at Osmania University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003BSc Computer Science at Kakatiya University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2000Qualifications
ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate
January 1, 2008 - April 28, 2026Industry Experience
Government, Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Transportation & Logistics
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