Ramya Pavaman Mittimani

RAMYA PAVAMAN MITTIMANI Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario, ON K2K 3C1 | C:- |-Status: Permanent Resident of Canada ISTQB certified advanced Test Analyst | Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance | QA Lead in Insurance, Capital Markets and Financial Services domain SUMMARY • 16+ years of extensive experience in Software Quality Assurance, with 8 years leading QA teams in Asset Finance, Insurance, Capital Markets and wealth management domains. • Proven track record in testing financial calculations, portfolio management, regulatory reporting, and investment platforms. • Deep expertise in SDLC, Agile/Scrum, testing methodologies, and QA best practices across wealth and asset management projects. CORE COMPETENCIES • Software Quality Assurance • Functional, Regression, Integration, UAT & Client Readiness Testing • Test Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Reporting | Metrics Management & Traceability • Agile & DevOps Methodologies • Test Automation fundamentals (Eclipse IDE, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG) • Version Control (GIT, Confluence, CVS, TFS) • API Testing (Postman, Rest Assured) • Insurance – Life Insurance & Property Casualty Insurance domains • Backend Services Testing • Defect Management (Azure DevOps) • Test Management (Jira, HP ALM, Azure DevOps) • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (Jenkins) • Leadership & Team Management • Database Management (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server) • Performance Testing (JMeter) • Generative AI and Prompt Engineering knowledge • Problem-Solving & Decision Making SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • Extensive QA Experience: 16+ years in software testing, including 8+ years as a QA Lead across web applications. Strategic Testing Expertise: Skilled in creating and executing detailed test strategies, plans, and test cases for frontend and backend systems. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with developers, product owners, stakeholders, and UAT teams to align testing with business goals and resolve defects efficiently. Strong Tool Proficiency: Hands-on with Azure DevOps for defect tracking and test management; familiar with Java-Selenium for automation execution. Technical Communication: Delivered product demos and translated technical insights for non-technical audiences. Verification & Debugging: Experienced in regression, formal, and coverage-driven testing; supported debugging and root cause analysis. Platform Versatility: Proficient in both Windows and Linux environments. Agile Practitioner: Actively participated in Agile ceremonies and contributed to automation planning and strategy. Mentorship & Leadership: Guided junior testers in test case design and execution. Issue Resolution: Partnered with support and UAT teams to triage and troubleshoot pre-production and production issues. Candidate Evaluation: Experienced in interviewing candidates in the organizational hiring process. EXPERIENCE Dec’21 to May’24 Technical Test Lead with Infosys Canada • • • • • Spearheaded functional, regression, and automation test planning in Agile teams across US and India. Led end-to-end QA ownership of enterprise-level apps for a U.S.based financial services firm. Authored and maintained detailed test cases, executed test plans, and conducted root cause analysis. Conducted exploratory testing for JIRA/ADO stories, bugs, and regression suites; drove test metric reporting. Facilitated daily scrums, sprint planning, retrospectives, and grooming sessions. • • Dec’20 to Nov’21 Utilized Jira and Azure DevOps for defect tracking and reporting. Completed Infosys Internal certification in Generative AI and Prompt Engineering QA/DevOps Specialist Lead with Syntronic R&D Canada • • • • • • Jul’16 to Aug’20 Capacity testing on 5G-NR technology Testing experience on Viavi solutions and Real UE. Test experience on TeraVM/RDA solution. Completed GIT certification required for DevOps role in the project Monitoring of LTE and NR STPs and debugging failed jobs Debugging the issues assigned on Agile Kanban board Test Lead/QA Lead with Mindtree • • • • • • • Jul’12 to Jun’16 Worked with Insurance – Life Insurance, Property Casualty Insurance and Capital markets projects with AIG, Franklin Templeton Investments and First American Corporation Participated in requirements analysis and user story sessions Created all the applicable test artifacts - Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test case document, Requirement traceability matrix, test execution report and defect report Utilized Postman and Rest Assured to perform API testing for web services, ensuring data integrity and performance across different systems. Data testing - Converted the data transformation rules present in the mapping document into executable SQL queries Defect Management in HP-ALM, JIRA and TFS tools Mentoring and guiding team members on testing activities Test Specialist with Mindtree • • • • • Jan’11 to Jun’12 Worked with AIG Property & Casualty Insurance, ING Vysya and TATA AIG Life Insurance projects Requirement analysis, raising clarifications to the Business analyst, maintaining the query log and tracking all the queries to closure. Test schedule estimation based on requirements complexity, creation of test artifacts and daily/weekly status reporting Worked on POCs using Selenium Web Driver in automating web applications Coordination with various offshore and onsite teams to resolve any issues that arise out of the design/development/test process. Senior Test Engineer with Mindtree • Worked with Keenan, ING Vysya and Tata AIG Life Insurance projects • • • • Jul’09 to Dec’10 Participated in Test scenario creation, test case creation and test execution. Shared Test Execution reports, daily test status reports and defect reports to lead/QA manager Worked on web applications testing, database testing, assisting business analyst in creating user stories Participated in review meetings and conducted peer reviews Test Engineer with Mindtree • • • • Oct’07 to Jun’09 Worked with AIG, Cap Gemini and Legal Research Network projects. Involved in System test case creation, execution and database testing for Insurance based web applications Worked on Badboy tool for script recording and JMeter performance test tool for script creation, parameterization and execution. Worked on Alfresco Content Management tool for content upload and publishing. Publishing daily status reports to the Team Lead Junior Test Engineer with Mindtree • • • • Worked with AIG (American International Group) Participated in different training sessions on Software test life cycle, types of testing, levels of testing Identified regression test cases suitable for automation Test case creation, test execution, defect tracking, exploratory testing, UI testing and browser compatibility testing EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION • • • 2011 – MBA-IT (Executive) with Symbiosis International University 2007 – Bachelor of Science (Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science) from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore University Secured ISTQB Foundation and Advanced level certifications • Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance (July 2024) PROFILE https://linkedin.com/in/ramyapmittimani/