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Sachitha Nanayakkara

@sachithananayakkara

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Experienced Quality Assurance professional with 10+ years delivering reliable test automation and processes.

New Zealand

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands‑on QA role where I can lead test strategy and automation, work collaboratively in agile teams, and improve product quality and delivery efficiency.

I am an experienced Quality Assurance professional with over a decade of hands-on experience across New Zealand and Sri Lanka supporting clients in the US and Netherlands. I specialize in designing test strategies, automation frameworks, and CI/CD-integrated testing to deliver stable releases.

My recent work includes end-to-end test strategy, API and web testing, and database-level validation using SQL and AWS services for Map of Agriculture's Pure Farming product. I have led QA teams, standardized QA artifacts and processes, and improved test coverage to reduce manual effort by up to 45%.

I have built and maintained automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, TypeScript, Jest) and integrated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub). I also have experience with performance testing (JMeter, BlazeMeter), mobile automation (Appium, SauceLabs), and numerous tools across backend, API and frontend testing.

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology and industry certifications including IC Agile Certified Professional and ISTQB Foundation Level. I am collaborative, process-focused, and focused on delivering high-quality software through strong QA leadership and hands-on testing expertise.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Test Analyst

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Rezare Systems

Sep 2024 - Present (1 year)

Designed and executed functional, regression, and usability tests for web and API products (Pure Farming), validating data ingestion/transformation with SQL and AWS services to ensure reliable releases.

Functional Testing API Testing SQL AWS DynamoDB S3 Lambda Postman)Test Planning Automation)Data Migration

Quality Assurance Lead

Gapstars

Dec 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and maintained test automation frameworks and CI/CD integration for CertScanner, defined QA processes and delivered release-quality by managing regression, functional, and integration testing.

Selenium Jenkins Java CI CD Test Automation API Testing Agile

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Virtusa Corporation

Nov 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Led QA teams across multiple products, standardized QA best practices, and drove automation and performance testing to improve release quality and reduce manual effort.

Test Strategy Automation Testing Appium CI CD Defect Triage Agile

Senior QA Engineer

Epic Lanka Technologies

Nov 2020 - Oct 2021 (11 months)

Owned QA for multiple projects including web and mobile regression suites, increased automation coverage saving ~45% manual effort and identified critical performance issues pre-release.

Selenium API Testing Performance Testing Test Planning Java Jenkins CI CD

Quality Assurance Lead

WebQuarters (Pvt) Ltd

Feb 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 9 months)

Established QA best practices and artifacts, led test planning and automation for ERP, web and mobile projects across logistics and e-commerce domains, and mentored team members.

QA Test Automation Selenium Playwright API Testing Test Planning Mentoring Agile

Senior Software Quality Engineer

Pearson Lanka

Dec 2016 - Jul 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Led QA for eLearning products, managed test planning, execution and defect management, and implemented automated regression and performance testing for timely releases.

ELearning QA Test Automation Performance Testing Protractor Appium Test Planning Agile

Associate Consultant - QA

Virtusa

Oct 2015 - Nov 2016 (1 year 1 month)

Performed requirement analysis, test design and execution, performance testing (JMeter/OATS), and client-facing support while leading a module and mentoring junior staff.