# priyanka palani

priyanka palani is a remote worker on Himalayas, Associate at Cognizant, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@priyankapalani

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QA Engineer at Cognizant who built TOSCA automation that cut manual testing effort by 40%.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 140k+ INR |
| Job categories | QA Engineer |
| Skills | Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Manual Testing, Testing Automation, Tricentis Tosca, API Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Smoke Testing, Exploratory testing, Defect Tracking, Test Strategy, Test Authoring, Test Execution |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/priyanka-palanivel-29713b1a4 |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m open to remote work and relocation.
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## About

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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.
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## Experience

### Associate

[Cognizant](https://himalayas.app/companies/cognizant). Dec 2021 - Mar 2024

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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
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### Software Engineer

[COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION](https://himalayas.app/companies/cognizant). Sep 2014 - Jun 2017

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Worked as Software Engineer at COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION.
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### Professional

[COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION](https://himalayas.app/companies/cognizant). Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

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• 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
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## Education

### Krishnasamy Memorial Metriculation Higher Sec School

Bachelor of Information Technology, Information Technology

### Vivekanandha College of Engineering for Women

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

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CGPA: 7.2
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### Annamalai University

Master of Business Administration, Information Technology

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CGPA: 7.6
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### Tricentis

Automation Specialist Level 1 &2

### Tricentis

Automation Specialist Level 1

## Tech stack

- Postman
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- Tricentis Tosca

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