Padmavathy

QEA Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Jun 2023 - Present

Define, design, and champion enterprise-wide Quality Engineering and Assurance (QEA) strategies across retail, supply chain, and healthcare business streams. Architect and scale optimized test automation frameworks utilizing Playwright and Selenium WebDriver to accelerate execution velocity and expand code coverage maps. Establish comprehensive shift-left testing methodologies within Agile-Scrum environments, embedding preventative QA gates early in requirement and system design phases. Formulate and drive backend microservices validation and API testing structures via Postman, securing microservice compliance and data flow accuracy. Design robust database validation models using advanced SQL architectures within PgAdmin to monitor complex data pipelines, high-volume transactions, and relational schema integrity. Govern end-to-end integration testing strategies connecting foundational ERP engines, corporate inventory pipelines, and automated Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Orchestrate defect prevention, identification, and tracking lifecycles using JIRA and Azure DevOps, collaborating directly with principal architects and business units. Drive structural User Acceptance Testing (UAT) frameworks, offering technical roadmap enablement to global business stakeholders, executive managers, and operators. Audit high-transaction retail application configurations, covering Point-of-Sale (POS) logic, financial billing layers, multi-tiered pricing matrices, and promotion modules. Enforce strict solution compliance with critical global health industry data privacy parameters and pharmacy operational workflow mandates. Lead quality governance alignment across Agile ceremonies, facilitating cross-functional sprint planning, architecture reviews, and post-release risk retrospectives.