Kirti Kiran

• Acted as a (QEA) for Project Alloy, supporting Agile Scrum teams Tower Titans and Kernel Knights to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Designed and maintained automated regression test suites, improving coverage and reliability.
• Developed automation scripts using Playwright (UI) and Robot Framework (backend/PVT testing).
• Executed end-to-end quality engineering activities, enhancing defect analysis, dashboard development, and Jira automations to support RTEs and Scrum Masters.
• Maintained QA Test Strategy, Solution Strategy, and operational dashboards for real-time visibility into quality metrics
• Performed functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing (UAT) across multiple releases.
• Analyzed and reviewed test results, identifying defects and logging them in Jira Cloud to facilitate prompt resolution.
• Led bi-weekly defect triage meetings and automation forums, improving defect turnaround time and promoting automation best practices.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define testing requirements, strategies, and acceptance criteria.
• Worked closely with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues during the QA lifecycle.
• Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines with DevOps engineers using Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, providing insights into quality assurance processes and risks.
• Trained and mentored team members on automation frameworks, testing strategies, and QA best practices.

Directed end-to-end testing activities as sole QA Automation Engineer for US Copilot project, ensuring thorough test coverage.

• Developed and maintained automated test scripts using Python and Behave (BDD framework) for regression , smoke and sanity testing.

• Proficient in both functional and automation testing ensuring comprehensive coverage across microservices,backend APIs and frontend features.

• Collaborated with DevOps Engineer to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

• Ensure that automated tests run continuously with every code commit or development.

• Use tools like POSTMAN to validate APIs.

• Validated post-production deployments to ensure system stability.

• Reports bugs and issues using tools like JIRA and tracks them through resolution.

• Led defect triage meetings , facilitating timely bug resolution.

• Authored user guides and created training videos to support onboarding and knowledge sharing across teams.

• Provided technical support to users and clients addressing issues and ensuring smooth product adoption.

• Validate AI model Behavior and Outputs,ensure that model responses align with expected outcomes , handle edge cases gracefully.

• Analyzed Business and Technical Requirements from customer, tracking them using requirement management tools (DOORS)

• Conducted Review and Walkthrough of Test Scripts with business stakeholders.

• Execution of test scripts using SAINTS for verification of test designs/test scripts, requirements to test mappings,execute tests, maintains execution files, and test results.

• Hands-on experience in programming languages like Python.

• Created python test scripts in excel using functions, parameters from python modules used in the test infrastructure.

• Hands on experience using in-built SAINTS automation tool for migration of test definitions/test scripts to SAINTS.

• Experience using Accurev application for file repository, check -in and check -out latest scripts/code.

• Good Hands-on experience in using Abbott product Merlin application and understanding of various modules in Aveir system (Nanostim).

• Monitored bug resolution to closure by providing root cause analysis of defects from developers.

Created and updated documentation for test scripts to ensure clarity and compliance with testing standards.

• Experience working in adaptive methodologies like Agile and Scrum. Collaborated with cross-system teams and took part in activities such as Release planning, Product backlog meetings, Sprint retrospective.

• Collaborated with business stakeholders and Development/QA team for requirement analysis and user story definitions, ensuring clarity and testability.

• Developed and executed test strategy and test plan for QA projects, emphasizing automation and early defect identification.

• Participated in test estimation process, use case specifications, reviews of test plans, test cases, requirements, and project planning.

• Proven skills in setting up test environment, test data creation for Outlet dispenser record using FET (Freestyle Execution tool), products, file actions, profile creation using AirWatch application and publish of content bundles from CMS (Content Management System).

• Monitoring and Managing Coca-Cola Freestyle Dispensers.

• Work closely with Coca-Cola Operations team and FBI (Field Bug Investigation) team to analyze real-time software and hardware field issues and troubleshoot them.

• Utilized test tools like TFS, JIRA for test planning, traceability,reporting,documentation and metrics.

• Ensured test thoroughness through functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.

• Conducted defect triage meetings between development team and product owner. Analyze logs to assist developers in defect debugging.

• Ability to handle embedded systems, various OS architecture.

• Analyzing and testing software deliverables and ensuring software milestones are met and its blockers are resolved.

• Identified the test cases to be automated and created test scripts using

• Experience in writing CSS Selectors, XPath expressions to identify web elements.

• Developed BDD scripts using Cucumber by writing behaviors and step definitions.

• Experience in using POSTMAN tool for verifying RESTFUL API calls to post, search, and fetch data.

• Created test closure reports for stakeholders, detailing production risks and outlining mitigation steps identified during QA phase.

• Experience working in adaptive methodologies like Agile and Scrum.

• Collaborated with cross-system teams and took part in activities such as Release planning, Product backlog meetings, Sprint retrospective.

• Hands-on experience with programming languages like Core Java, Python.

• Expertise in back-end testing and writing SQL queries, Joins, Procedures

to ensure correct data mapping and data consistency.

• Strong working experience in Data Analysis and accuracy of various events generated out from Freestyle dispenser like Consumption and Fuel gauge, Cartridge Reconcile, Valid fill, Dispense and System events, Engineering logs flowing to end systems like VMS (Vendor Management System), CokeSmart, Validfill Server, AWS (Amazon Web Services) and RedShift