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priyanka palani

@priyankapalani

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QA Engineer at Cognizant who built TOSCA automation that cut manual testing effort by 40%.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m open to remote work and relocation.

At Cognizant, I worked on enterprise software testing, covering functional and regression testing, defect tracking, and API testing. I built TOSCA automation for web and API testing that cut manual testing effort by 40%.

Across my QA work, I helped reduce post-release defects by 30% and kept on-time releases above 95%. I also delivered zero critical defects at go-live across UAT projects.

I’ve worked with waterfall and agile approaches across the software testing life cycle, from estimates and test design through testing and delivery. I’ve also mentored junior QA engineers and hold Tricentis Automation Specialist Level 1 and 2 certifications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Associate

Cognizant

Dec 2021 - Mar 2024 (2 years 3 months)

4+ years of experience with both waterfall and agile approaches in Quality
Engireening and Assurance(QE&A). Highly skilled software testing professional with a proven
track record of delivering successful software appliactions through comprehensive testing
strategies.Experienced in identifying and resloving crtical defects, implementing automated
testing frameworks, and mentioring junior t

Software Engineer

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION

Sep 2014 - Jun 2017 (2 years 9 months)

Worked as Software Engineer at COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION.

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COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION

Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years)

• Executed end-to-end testing activities — requirement analysis, test case authoring, defect reporting, and test execution — across multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced delivery environment.

• Conducted smoke and regression testing before each release cycle, maintaining a defect escape rate below 5% across all projects and consistently meeting release deadlines.

• Maintained audit-ready