Malindu Hettiarachchi
Head of Quality Engineering
Colombo,11
Summary
An out of box thinker who is driven by quality. Expertise in front-end test automation, API automation, CI backed by Agile, Test Driven Development practices. Experienced in team management and all agile driven quality engineering practices. A quick learner with a keen, authentic interest on technological advancements. Possess outstanding Technical Skills and good communicational skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
9
9
YEARS OF QUALITY ENGINEERING & AUTOMATION
Work History
Head of Quality Engineering
Black Swan Technologies
Israel
04.2022 - Current
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
- Coaching and mentoring to build new leaders.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Stream line current process to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Driving the Automation team to generate ROI even with a huge delivery-pressure.
Manager
Wiley
Colombo
10.2020 - 03.2022
- Mentoring and coaching
- Coordinating with onsite teams to reach quality and delivery milestones
- Grooming people in Quality Engineering and automation carrier
- Driving quality mindset across teams
- Improve test execution duration by adhering to Test Pyramid techniques
- Accomplished 100% automation by giving required trainings
- Analyzed and streamline current practices to improve quality and efficiency
- Established generalized test framework in Data Pipeline testing to support rapid pipeline release
- Team Size: 14 Quality Engineers across 05 different project teams
- Projects: Wiley Author Services, Wiley Research Data Team, Wiley Efficient Learning
Senior Tech Specialist
Wiley
Colombo
07.2019 - 10.2020
- Established Engineering Best Practices across teams
- Enhance existing Spring Boot automation F/W to support API automation
- Cross browser test integration with Browser Stack
- Measure and maintain automation code quality through unit tests
- Developed UI test stability via state-based synchronization techniques
- Tech Stack: Java, Selenium, Selenide, Spring Boot, REST Assured etc.
- Projects: Wiley Author Services
Principle Engineer
Pearson Global Learning Platform, GLP
India, Delhi
07.2018 - 07.2019
- QE Architect/Principle Engineer in Pearson Future e-learning platform, Global Learning Platform
- Established Microservice Test Eng. Guidelines to support independent releases, repo structure, branching strategy, source code practices and generic automation
- Performed quality engineering guidelines validation
- Test Designs, matrixes, Test Strategy and automation sign-off
- Serenity integration to support BDD
- Contract Driven Development and using stubs to run automation
- Tech Stack: BDD, Serenity, Spring boot, Netflix tech stack, resilience etc.
- Projects: Pearson Global Learning Platform (GLP)
Technical Specialist in QE
Pearson
Colombo
10.2015 - 03.2018
- Accomplished 100% tests automation
- Microservice based generic automation framework creation to support CI
- UI Test Framework designing and creation based on Page Object Methodology
- API Test Framework designing and creation adhering to Factory Pattern
- Manage automation code quality through SonarQube
- Established distributed integration Code Coverage via JaCoCo
- Led Agile Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) practices
- Tech Stack: Java, Selenium, TestNG, Jira, Clover, JaCoCo etc
- Projects: Pearson Next Gen SOCKET/GRID Project
Senior Quality Engineer
Pearson
Colombo
04.2013 - 10.2015
- Achieved 100% automation to support CI
- Test Planning, scenario creation and carrying out Test Strategy reviews
- API Automation using Apache HttpClient
- UI Automation adhering to Page Object Model
- Conducted organizational level trainings on Java Selenium UI Automation F/W, API Test Automation, Test Automation Introduction etc.
- Tech Stack: Java, Selenium, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, Guice F/W etc.
- Projects: My Lab & Mastering (MMND), Copy To New Edition (CTNE) Middleware Project
Technical Quality Engineer
HSBC
Colombo
10.2012 - 04.2013
- UI automation through QTP for Web Projects
- Functional Auditor in Platform migrations
- Requirement Analysis, Project Estimation, Test Designing, Test Execution, Results Reporting and Test Closure with Release documentation
- Tech Stack: QTP, Accessibility testing, AA standard Testing, Cross Browser Testing, Functional Auditing, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Security Test Mechanism using OWASP Guide lines etc.
- Projects: www.hsbc.com, Internal UK HR website, HSBC-Hong Kong HR site revamps, HSBC-France Site, HSBC Now, HSBC Net
Onsite Quality Engineer
Macy's Inc.
San Francisco , California
10.2011 - 04.2012
- Trained and guided onsite/offshore team members in mid-tier testing of Macy's Ecommerce Web System
- System Log Analysis on Linux and IBM AIX server platforms for both Macy's and Bloomingdale's Systems
- Automated Log verification through BASH scripting
- Task prioritization, delegation, follow-up skills and project coordination
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Zone24x7 Inc
Colombo
08.2010 - 10.2011
- Requirement Analysis/Writing & Managing Test Cases and Streamline Scenarios
- UI Automation using Selenium F/W
- Automation using Visual Inspection with Sikuli using Python
- Sikuli and Selenium integration using Java
- Tech Stack: Java, Selenium, Sikuli, Log4j, JUnit, BASH, TestLink etc
- Projects: Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Compression Labs
Software Engineer
MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
Colombo
03.2010 - 08.2010
- Implemented web-based Intranet Management solution for MAS
- Microsoft .net framework and OOP concepts
- Requirement gathering, development and releasing
- Prioritizing and effort organizing, meeting deadlines
- Tech Stack: C#, ASP .net, CSS, Ajax, Jquery and SQL 2005 etc
- Projects: Intranet Management System (IMS) for MAS Intimates
Education
Red Hat Linux Administration- Essential And Advanced Linux Border Gateway Information Technologies -
Border Gateway Information Technologies
Sri LankaBachelor of Science (Hons) - Information Technology, Computer Systems & Networking
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
ColomboMathematics
Taxila Central College
Sri LankaCary College
Sri Lanka10-1996
Skills
- Quality Engineering Management
- UI/API Automation
- Automation Framework SetUp
- Microservices Testing & Automation
- Efficiency and Productivity
Accomplishments
- Fusion Book (FB) is an Augmented Reality (AR) based research project that was design mainly to place computer generated virtual objects on top of a real physical book - presented in e-Asia ICT conference2009 as a winning Emerging E-Technology.
Certification
Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
Work Availability
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Timeline
Head of Quality Engineering
Black Swan Technologies
04.2022 - Current
Manager
Wiley
10.2020 - 03.2022
Senior Tech Specialist
Wiley
07.2019 - 10.2020
Principle Engineer
Pearson Global Learning Platform, GLP
07.2018 - 07.2019
Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
06-2017
Technical Specialist in QE
Pearson
10.2015 - 03.2018
Senior Quality Engineer
Pearson
04.2013 - 10.2015
Technical Quality Engineer
HSBC
10.2012 - 04.2013
Onsite Quality Engineer
Macy's Inc.
10.2011 - 04.2012
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Zone24x7 Inc
08.2010 - 10.2011
Software Engineer
MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
03.2010 - 08.2010
Red Hat Linux Administration- Essential And Advanced Linux Border Gateway Information Technologies -
Border Gateway Information Technologies
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Information Technology, Computer Systems & Networking
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Mathematics
Taxila Central College
Cary College
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