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Sampath Hennayake

@sampathhennayake

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Experienced Software Quality Assurance leader specializing in automation, performance testing, and DevOps-driven QA.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA/automation leadership role in a collaborative, DevOps-focused organization where I can scale test automation, improve performance and accessibility, and mentor teams.

I am an experienced software quality assurance and product leader with deep expertise in automation, performance testing, accessibility, and cloud/DevOps pipelines. I have led QA teams, built test frameworks, and delivered testing strategies across large government and FinTech projects, driving improvements in quality, observability, and release reliability.

I combine hands-on technical skills (Selenium, JMeter, Katalon, Azure DevOps, LoadRunner, Dynamics 365) with stakeholder-facing roles—mentoring teams, producing QA documentation, and coordinating cross-functional releases—to deliver scalable, compliant solutions for enterprise and regulated environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Quality Assurance Specialist

Health Canada

Oct 2022 - Sep 2025 (2 years 11 months)

Played senior QA analyst role on the iSTOP Cloud Migration project, writing and executing test plans in Azure DevOps and performing functional, security, accessibility (WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA) and non-functional testing for Dynamics 365 and Angular-based web applications.

Azure DevOps Dynamics 365 Angular Accessibility Testing NVDA Azure Cloud Jira Test Planning Functional Testing

Programmer Analyst

Correctional Services Canada

Sep 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years)

Senior QA analyst for OMSM and VAM projects, developing and executing test plans, performing functional, regression and automation testing using IBM RFT and Katalon, and supporting CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.

IBM RFT Katalon Azure DevOps Java Selenium Oracle Regression Testing CI CD

Senior QA Analyst

Employment and Social Development Canada

Feb 2022 - Jul 2022 (5 months)

Senior QA analyst on the BDM BAD Foundation project, executing test plans in Azure DevOps and performing integration, API and system testing for IBM Curam-based solutions and Opcon batch integrations.

OPCON IBM Curam Azure DevOps API Testing Integration Testing Opcon Docker Kubernetes Test Strategy

Performance Project Leader

Service New Brunswick

Jul 2021 - Oct 2021 (3 months)

Led performance testing for the IAM upgrade project, designing test scenarios and executing load tests with LoadRunner 2021 against Identity Management and gBiz web applications.

LoadRunner Performance Testing Test Planning Load Testing Test Management

Performance Test Engineer

Employment and Social Development Canada

Jun 2020 - Sep 2020 (3 months)

Senior performance tester for the AppliWeb Replacement project, developing JMeter/BlazeMeter tests and validating performance for a 20,000 concurrent user target in a Kubernetes/Azure environment.

Apache JMeter BlazeMeter Performance Testing Kubernetes Azure DevOps Grafana Load Testing REST APIs

Programmer Analyst

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Jan 2020 - Jun 2020 (5 months)

Lead tester and automation engineer for the buyandsell platform, developing Behat/Gherkin automation in GitLab CI/CD, performing accessibility (WCAG 2.0 AA) and performance testing with JMeter, and managing Azure DevOps test artifacts.

Behat Gherkin Gitlab CI Azure DevOps Apache JMeter Accessibility Testing Drupal PHP Automation)

Senior QA Analyst

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Sep 2019 - Jan 2020 (4 months)

Lead tester for Dynamics 365 CRM customizations, writing and executing test plans in Azure DevOps, developing automation frameworks with Katalon, and performing accessibility and performance testing for CRM-based solutions.

Dynamics 365 Katalon Azure DevOps Accessibility Testing Apache JMeter Selenium Automation Framework

Test Automation Engineer

Adjutans Technologies Inc

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019 (3 months)

Automation engineer for LMS/CRM projects, building Cucumber BDD frameworks with Selenium, Java and TestNG, integrating Jenkins for CI and executing cross-browser tests using Selenium Grid and Sauce Labs.

Selenium Webdriver Cucumber Java TestNG Jenkins Selenium Grid Cross Browser Testing Automation Framework MySQL

Lead Field Application Engineer

Telepin Software Corp

Apr 2008 - May 2019 (11 years 1 month)

Led QA and field application engineering for mobile financial services, building QA processes, managing a seven-person team, delivering automation and performance testing, and supporting 30+ global MFS integration projects.

Performance Testing Selenium JMeter Jenkins SQL Toad Integration Testing

Software QA Lead

TextCentric Technologies

Feb 2007 - Oct 2007 (8 months)

Consulted on QA practices and implemented industry-standard QA processes, performed system and UI testing, authored test cases and automated scripts, and executed LoadRunner-based performance tests for an e-learning platform.

QTP UFT LoadRunner Test Planning .NET Testing Performance Testing Scripting UI Testing Regression Testing

Senior Software QA Engineer

Virtusa

Aug 2003 - Feb 2007 (3 years 6 months)

Contributed to international projects as a senior QA engineer, authoring test plans, executing automation (SilkTest, QTP, Selenium) and performance tests (LoadRunner, JMeter) and delivering high-quality releases across web and enterprise environments.

Silk Test LoadRunner JMeter Selenium Automation)Performance Testing Test Planning

Corporate NOC Engineer

Lanka Internet Services

Mar 2002 - Aug 2003 (1 year 5 months)

Managed network and server infrastructure in the NOC, performed onsite troubleshooting and customer support, and developed PHP-based client interfaces while monitoring server behavior.

Network Operations Linux Windows Server PHP Troubleshooting