Kaushala Rajakaruna

PROFILE KAUSHALA RAJAKARUNA S E N I O R S O F T W A R E Q A L E A D + 9 4 7 6 8 - 2 2 2 1 8 1 k c c a t 6 @ g m a i l . c o m PROFILE Highly motivated and accomplished IT professional with 16 years of extensive experience in Quality Assurance within the software industry and proven leadership in managing high-performing teams. Self-driven, resultsoriented, and an excellent team collaborator who thrives in dynamic and fast-paced environments. SKILLS & COMPITENCIES • Self-motivated • Software Testing • EDI • Confluence/JIRA • Team player • Business Analysis • JAVA/Selenium • Wrike • Self-learning • Risk Management • .Net • Azure DevOps • Leadership • Defect Management • E-Commence • HP ALM • Critical thinking • Agile/Scrum/Kanban • Google Analytics • IBM Clear Quest • Fast learner • Project Management • Healthcare • Postman • Attention to Detail • Resource Management • Business Analyst • Jmeter • Decision Making • Quality Metrics • Payment Gateway • Eclipse EDUCATION • Msc in Management (Reading) General Sir John Kothalawala Defense University • Bsc (Hons) In Computing Portsmouth University, U.K -2007 • Certification of Test Automation University of Colombo EXPERIENCE TEKNOWLEDGE SHARED SERVICES / CIS INTL. USA Senior QA Lead / Software QA Lead -DEC 2014 to date • Create detailed Test Plans, Test Strategies and Test Cases to ensure comprehensive test coverage • Conduct reviews and quality audits in the QA process, including Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Cases, and Test Data. • Conduct thorough testing across Web, Mobile, ERP, API, focusing on System, Regression, Security, Integration, UI, Exploratory, Ad hoc, and Performance testing using Jmeter, POSTMAN, Azure DevOps, Fiddler, and Jmeter and promote shift-left testing • Ensure regression test suites are maintained and continuously improved. • Track and report defect trends with dashboards and manage defect triage meetings, deliver progress updates leveraging tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, • Prepare project milestone, Estimations/Project schedules, Coordinate QA build, Testing environment preps • Perform root cause analysis, defect analysis, Application impact analysis • Collaborate with clients and business users to conduct UAT testing and analyze UAT findings. • Monitor and analyze Quality Improvement (QI) metrics to improve the quality of the deliverables. • Define and implement QA best practices, standards, and frameworks to improve efficiency and quality. • Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance test automation, CI/CD integration, and defect prevention. • Work closely with Product, Development, and Business teams to align QA efforts with project objectives VIRTUSA (PVT) LTD – SRI LANKA QA Lead/Senior QA / QA Engineer - JUN 2008- MAY 2014 (Clients – Aetna insurance USA / Iron Mountain USA) • Created Test strategies, test plans, test Cases, test scripts, test Data requests, test Estimations using Excel, HP Quality Center-ALM/QC, ClearCase, AVAYA ) • Conducted Reviews on QA process and test artifacts such as Test plans, Test strategies, Test cases, Test Data, and test effort estimation. • Conducted different types of testing to confirm the software quality and executed automated regression test scripts in HP QTP and reviewed results • Participated in Aetna client audits, DMSC Audits. Aetna Security Audits, CMMI Audits by Supported audit readiness. • Involved in QI metric analysis to measure process performance and improvements • Conducted root cause analysis and Defect analysis, Defect management while investigating system failures and Attended the release defect triages from offshore • Assisted the client with UAT testing and UAT defect management and UAT defect Analysis • Training materials were prepared for Iron Mountain USA systems to transfer the testing knowledge to the offshore QA team while being a SME (Subject matter Expert) REFERRENCES Nadeeka Lekamwsam Lead BA - iPay Business Unit LOLC Technologies (Pvt) Limited 137 Rajagiriya Rd, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte-- Chanuri Ponnamperuma Lead Consultant Virtusa Pvt Ltd No: 752, Dr Danister De Silva mawatha Colombo 09--/-