LAKSHMI CHARITA POTARLANKA

Almost 9 years of experience (includes 4 years of SDET experience) in the field of Software Quality Assurance. Experienced in all areas of SDLC processes including requirements gathering, business, analysis, software, design, development, testing, defect tracking, troubleshooting, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, management, and reporting. Strong teamwork skills – The ability to interact productively with end users, analysts and customers in a diverse team setting. Performing Regression Iterations on Lower environments like QA, Preprod and Inactive-Prod Worked on Release Quality Regression to ensure release feature are working in all lower environments. Marinating Test cases on Jira and sanitizing test cases based on new encasements. Strong teamwork skills – The ability to interact productively with end users, analysts and customers in a diverse team setting. Experience in functional automation testing using Junit, testing and Selenium Web Driver and Selenium Remote control. Integrated Playwright with Cypress to leverage the strengths of both frameworks, enhancing the efficiency and coverage of automated testing processes. Strong experience in programming languages like JAVA and JavaScript Tested Medicare Advantage plan enrollment portals for usability, accessibility, and adherence to CMS usability standards. Worked on WebdriverIO (NodeJS version of selenium Webdriver) POC and later successfully. Expertise in designing, developing & testing Web based BDD automation hybrid frameworks. implemented to replace Java webdriver test scripts. Utilized TypeScript to write clear, maintainable, and scalable test scripts, ensuring type safety and reducing runtime errors. Build and enhanced automated test framework using Cypress and Page Object Model concepts. Experience in designing UI automation framework using javascript based technologies NodeJS, cucumberjs, webdriverIO, chai, cucumber. Developed and executed automation scripts to validate Sitecore-driven e-commerce workflows, ensuring continuous functionality across updates. Hands on experience testing services using Postman. Experience in setting up Automation Framework Using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA and TestNG Involvement in Unit test development for react components using Enzyme, mocha and chai assertion libraries. Collaborated with stakeholders, product owners, and business teams to gather, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements. Partnered with cross-functional teams (developers, QA, SMEs) to ensure requirements were understood and feasible. Created and maintained process flow diagrams, wireframes, and use cases to visualize business processes and solutions. Conducted impact analysis and gap analysis to assess system changes and dependencies. Served as a liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring transparency and alignment. Supported UAT planning and execution by defining test scenarios, coordinating with end-users, and validating results. Managed change requests by documenting, analyzing, and prioritizing them with stakeholders. Ensured regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements were considered in all business solutions. Extensive experience in Database backend testing by writing SQL Queries, inner and outer joins. Created cypress projects in command line, and Bit Bucket cypress repository to manage codes. Expertise in developing and executing scripts using Cucumber/Selenium Web Driver and TestNG framework. Enhanced test reliability and performance by implementing best practices in Playwright and Cypress, such as waiting for elements and handling asynchronous operations efficiently. Strong knowledge in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and QA Methodologies like Scrum/Agile. Self-motivated, energetic and highly ethical in all work-related assignments thus able to immediately contribute to corporate goals and objects.