Raghu Bhushan Namburu · Lead QA Automation Engineer · 12+ yrs
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About Raghu
Raghu Bhushan Namburu is a QA / Test Engineer with 14+ years of experience in IT Quality Assurance, specializing in automation and manual testing. He has a proven track record in leading QA teams and implementing robust testing frameworks.
12+ years of commercial experience in
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Why hire Raghu?
Led QA efforts for multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and high quality.
Developed automation frameworks from scratch using BDD with Cucumber and Java.
Mentored junior team members and managed teams of up to 8 across various projects.
Implemented end-to-end testing strategies covering Manual, Automation, and performance testing.
Built Grafana dashboards for enhanced test result visibility.
Led QA for HSBC audit letter process (CONFIRMATION.COM)
Real-time data streaming QA (GTIDBUS) with resilience focus
Macy's/Bloomingdales Omni Wallet + Credit Apps
Project highlights(7)
Omni Wallet Enhancements – Senior QA Engineer
- Enabled customers without a profile to view and apply top 3 relevant site-wide offers and FOB offers on the bag page of e-commerce sites.
- Allowed MCCS agents to view and apply these offers on the MSA desktop, creating a consistent wallet experience for guest and signed-in users.
- Attended daily standups and liaised with project stakeholders.
- Understood story FACs and wrote feature files.
- Executed test cases/scripts, analyzed results, and performed bug reporting/tracking in ClearQuest.
- Updated status reports, project documents, and Version One daily.
Key outcomes:
Enabled new customer-facing functionalities for offer viewing and application, improving user experience on e-commerce platforms.
Conducted mobile automation testing using Appium for both Android and iOS applications.
Unified Fast Track – Senior QA Engineer
- This project focused on resolving production issues and enhancing user experience with minor bug fixes.
- The team ensured production stability and faster bug fixing by reproducing production bugs in QA, performing RCA, and delivering patches within defined SLAs.
- Attended daily standups and understood story FACs/feature files.
- Prepared reports on bandwidth and allocated percentages, monitoring team efforts to ensure timely delivery.
- Updated status reports, project documents, and Version One daily.
- Planned team initiatives and led the team to achieve goals.
- Identified, recorded, documented, and tracked bugs, performing thorough regression testing after fixes.
Key outcomes:
Contributed to resolving production issues and enhancing user experience on e-commerce platforms.
Ensured production stability by delivering fast bug fixes within SLA.
Contextual Content – QA Engineer
- This project involved content related to e-commerce platforms (macys.com, bloomingdales.com).
- Identified, recorded, documented, and tracked bugs.
Credit Apps – QA Engineer
- Credit Apps aimed to display credit card-related information (Credit Limit, Available Balance, Minimum Payment Due) directly on Macy's Website.
- This eliminated the need to redirect users to CITI Bank Website for each service.
- Wrote and reviewed use case documentation, participated in test installation, and defined work plans.
- Understood story FACs and wrote feature files, monitoring debugging process results.
- Identified, communicated, and managed escalations regarding project timetables and risks.
- Estimated, prioritized, planned, and coordinated testing activities, responsible for efficient test execution and defect tracking.
- Completed status reports and led departmental/project team meetings, investigating causes of non-conforming software.
Key outcomes:
Enabled direct display of credit card information on Macy's site, avoiding external redirects and improving user experience.
Managed end-to-end testing activities from planning to defect tracking and reporting.
E-commerce Order Platform – Lead QA Consultant
Overview: BTnet is a Salesforce application handling product creation, purchase orders, and orchestrating different validation levels. Responsibilities: Attended daily standups and liaised with project stakeholders on a regular basis. Understood story FACs and wrote feature files. Executed test cases/scripts, analyzed results, and performed bug reporting/tracking in Jira. Built test result dashboards through Grafana and communicated status to clients.
Key outcomes:
Ensured product purchase order and orchestration validation for a Salesforce application.
Implemented Grafana dashboards for enhanced test result visibility.
Industry experience
FinTech
3 projects- •Banking Audit Process— Lead QA ConsultantOracle DB · Postman · Jira · Grafana
- •Omni Wallet Enhancements— Senior QA EngineerJava · SoapUI · Version One · Toad for DB2 +8
- •Credit Apps— QA EngineerJava · FitNesse · Mingle · Putty +4
Banking
2 projects- •Banking Audit Process— Lead QA ConsultantOracle DB · Postman · Jira · Grafana
- •Credit Apps— QA EngineerJava · FitNesse · Mingle · Putty +4
SaaS / B2B
3 projects- •E-commerce Order Platform— Lead QA ConsultantJava · Selenium WebDriver · Jira · Grafana
- •Real-time Data Streaming Platform— Lead QA ConsultantJava · Jenkins · Grafana
- •Contextual Content— QA EngineerJava · SoapUI · Mingle · Putty +4
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Raghu Bhushan Namburu
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