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Lavanya Palyam

@lavanyapalyam

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Senior QA leader and project manager driving automation, quality strategy, and cross-platform testing excellence.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA or test-lead role where I can lead automation strategy, improve test coverage, mentor teams, and deliver high-quality, timely releases in an agile, collaborative environment.

I am a Senior QA leader and Project Manager with 16+ years of experience delivering validation, functional, integration, regression and automation testing across web, mobile and cloud products. I have hands-on expertise in building hybrid automation frameworks, driving Selenium/TestNG automation, API testing (REST/SOAP), ETL/database testing, Fortify security scans and maintaining virtual test environments.

I have led automation cores, created test strategies, metrics and status reporting for senior management, and represented QA in defect triage and release planning. I have implemented data-driven and page-object based frameworks, integrated CI/CD tools (Jenkins/AnthillPro) and established QA policies and SDLC/change control processes.

I have a proven track record of ramping up automation teams, improving test coverage and reliability, and delivering results for enterprise clients across industries. I am proactive, process-oriented and focused on enabling high-quality releases through automation, collaboration and measurable QA practices.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

QA Lead

Current

Kinnect.us

Dec 2020 - Present (5 years 6 months)

Acted as single point of contact for QA, defined agile testing strategies across Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS, and delivered regular status reports while leading functional, integration, database and regression testing.

Test Planning Jira Functional Testing Regression Testing Mobile Testing Test Reporting Agile Defect Triage

QA Engineer

Freelancer

Nov 2018 - Nov 2020 (2 years)

Delivered manual and automation testing across multiple projects, documented test matrices and execution reports, and recommended quality improvements based on regression runs and defect analysis.

Manual Testing Selenium Test Automation Regression Testing Test Matrices

Test Lead

GoDigital (Schneider Electric)

Jul 2017 - Oct 2018 (1 year 3 months)

Led test planning and team coordination, built a hybrid Data-driven + Page Object automation framework, established QA policies and SDLC/change control, and supported production deployment activities.

Automation Framework Page Object Model Test Planning SDLC Jenkins Environment Monitoring

Test Lead

MyAlcon

Nov 2016 - Jun 2017 (7 months)

Led a team of four QAs, contributed to a data-centric automation framework, authored reusable page objects and automation code, and reported automation run results to stakeholders.

Team Leadership Automation Data Driven Framework Selenium TestNG Test Reporting

QA Lead & Automation Engineer

UnitedHealth Group

Jan 2015 - Oct 2016 (1 year 9 months)

Initiated Fortify scans, designed test strategies for data streams, performed source-to-target data mapping, and extended the hybrid automation framework with additional modules and business processes.

Fortify Data Mapping Automation Framework Integration Testing SQL Server Test Strategy

QA Lead

Security Toolkit

Jun 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 6 months)

Managed test planning and automated .NET and Java application test cases using Selenium/TestNG, executed batch suites via Ant, and coordinated environment/data setup for data-driven tests.

TestNG Selenium Ant Automation Test Planning Test Reporting

Manual & Automation Engineer

Intuition

Feb 2011 - Jun 2013 (2 years 4 months)

Implemented nightly automated builds and test runs on VMs, prepared Selenium/TestNG automation and used AutoIT and POI for Windows and data-driven testing scenarios.

Selenium TestNG AutoIt POI Data Nightly Builds Test Execution

Software Test Engineer

Bventvue Solutions

Jun 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 8 months)

Analyzed specifications to derive and execute functional, integration and regression test cases and reported issues to development teams to ensure release quality.

Functional Testing Regression Testing Integration Testing QA Processes