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Hello! I'm Padmini, a highly experienced UAT Test Lead and Senior Test Engineer with over a decade of experience in financial services and regulatory domains. I've honed my skills in defining testing strategies, managing complex programs, and ensuring quality deliveries while fostering continuous improvement in my teams. Beyond work, I cherish my time mentoring others and always look for ways to enhance processes and effectiveness.…Hello! I'm Padmini, a highly experienced UAT Test Lead and Senior Test Engineer with over a decade of experience in financial services and regulatory domains. I've honed my skills in defining testing strategies, managing complex programs, and ensuring quality deliveries while fostering continuous improvement in my teams. Beyond work, I cherish my time mentoring others and always look for ways to enhance processes and effectiveness.

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Hello! I'm Padmini, a highly experienced UAT Test Lead and Senior Test Engineer with over a decade of experience in financial services and regulatory domains. I've honed my skills in defining testing strategies, managing complex programs, and ensuring quality deliveries while fostering continuous improvement in my teams. Beyond work, I cherish my time mentoring others and always look for ways to enhance processes and effectiveness.…Hello! I'm Padmini, a highly experienced UAT Test Lead and Senior Test Engineer with over a decade of experience in financial services and regulatory domains. I've honed my skills in defining testing strategies, managing complex programs, and ensuring quality deliveries while fostering continuous improvement in my teams. Beyond work, I cherish my time mentoring others and always look for ways to enhance processes and effectiveness.

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Hello! I’m Padmini, a highly experienced UAT Test Lead and Senior Test Engineer with over a decade of experience in financial services and regulatory domains. I’ve honed my skills in defining testing strategies, managing complex programs, and ensuring quality deliveries while fostering continuous improvement in my teams. Beyond work, I cherish my time mentoring others and always look for ways to enhance processes and effectiveness.

Skills

SQL

Experience Level

SQL

Expert

Work Experience

UAT Test Lead at Westpac Group

April 1, 2022 - February 1, 2024

Defined and implemented end-to-end test strategy and plans aligned to program objectives and regulatory outcomes; established entry/exit criteria and quality gates across UAT. Led and coordinated testing across UAT phase; sequenced activities and managed cross-team dependencies to keep schedules on track. Managed test schedules, environments, and data; created targeted test data sets and SQL-based reconciliation packs to validate end-to-end data flows from source systems through EDW transformations to downstream reporting.

Senior Test Analyst at TMX Razor

May 1, 2010 - April 1, 2015

Planned and executed functional, integration, regression, and performance testing for a high-throughput enterprise risk analytics platform used by financial institutions. Coordinated test activities across SIT and regression cycles; managed test schedules, environments, and data preconditions to optimise throughput and predictability.

Software Engineer at EMC Corporation

May 1, 2008 - November 1, 2009

Performed white-box, regression, and performance optimisation for data replication and recovery solutions. Built automation and log-analysis tools in C/C++ and scripting to improve test efficiency and evidence quality.

Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard (R&D)

January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2008

Involved in requirements analysis, design, development, and extensive system testing. Developed automation scripts and test frameworks for compiler validation.