Asirri Gunarathna
@asirrigunarathna
Senior QA leader driving quality across full SDLC and automation.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Software Quality Assurance professional with over 16 years of experience delivering quality for global brands and Fortune 500 projects across domains including healthcare, banking, travel, and public services.
I build and optimize test infrastructures, CI-integrated automated frameworks, and lead functional, performance, security, and mobile testing initiatives while coaching and developing QA teams.
I have been recognized for engineering excellence, led QA strategy and delivery at multiple companies, and continually drive process improvements, R&D and pre-sales support to ensure reliable, timely software delivery.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Freelance QA Manager
Freelance
Aug 2023 - Present (2 years 2 months)
Provide end-to-end QA leadership and engineering across multi-domain projects; design organization-wide test strategies, implement automated CI test suites, and drive metrics-based quality improvements to ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.
Quality Assurance Manager
Eyepax IT Consulting
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 6 months)
Governed organizational QA practices and led QA teams to implement standardized automation frameworks, regression testing, and process improvements that reduced defects and improved delivery quality across projects.
Manager, Pre-sales
Digiratina Technology Solutions
Oct 2021 - Jan 2022 (3 months)
Managed pre-sales RFIs/RFPs, prepared proposals, SOWs and NDAs, and coordinated with business leadership to align technical responses and close opportunities.
Software QA Manager
Digiratina Technology Solutions
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021 (2 months)
Headed QA department, coached QA staff, developed regression and end-to-end automation frameworks, and represented QA as SME in client engagements to improve product quality and delivery.
Business Consultant - QA
Rayonate
Jan 2021 - Aug 2021 (7 months)
Developed QA/QE competency and training for graduates, established QA department processes, and implemented web and mobile test automation frameworks to elevate team capabilities.
QA Architect & Product Manager
Cenango
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 5 months)
Managed QA functions and product QA strategy to improve team productivity by removing non-value tasks and aligning people, processes, and tools with corporate goals.
Associate QA Architect
Bileeta
Nov 2018 - Aug 2019 (9 months)
Provided strategic and tactical QA leadership across product portfolios, improving QE literacy and guiding technical decisions for testing and performance.
Senior QA Engineer
Q2Soft
May 2014 - Oct 2014 (5 months)
Designed and implemented test automation frameworks and test scripts to support HRM product quality and release readiness.
Engineer - QA
Virtusa
Feb 2013 - May 2014 (1 year 3 months)
Served as SME in mobility, performance and test automation across large client engagements, leading QA R&D, test management, and pre-sales support for Fortune-level accounts.
Associate QA
Virtusa
Oct 2010 - Jan 2013 (2 years 3 months)
Delivered QA support across enterprise projects, focusing on automation, performance testing and internal QA training to raise delivery quality.
Apprentice QA
Virtusa
Jul 2010 - Sep 2010 (2 months)
Completed on-board QA certification program focusing on QA fundamentals, tooling and open-source technologies.
Engineer - Specialist
Computer Home
Mar 2007 - Jun 2010 (3 years 3 months)
Provided specialist hardware and systems support for IT solutions and contributed to system integration projects.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Colombo
Master of Business Administration, International Business
Completed an MBA in International Business from the Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo.
University of Colombo School of Computing
Bachelor of Information Technology, Information Technology
Completed a Bachelor of Information Technology degree from the University of Colombo School of Computing.
University of Colombo School of Computing
Certification - Advanced Java Application Development with J2EE, Software Development
Completed an Advanced Java Application Development with J2EE certification from the University of Colombo School of Computing.
British Computer Society
Professional Member, Professional Membership
Held Professional Membership of the British Computer Society.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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