Ravi Saikrishna Mahenderkar

Senior Test Analyst @Tertiary Education Commission

Wellington, NZ

Test Planning & ExecutionDesigned test strategies, test plans, and cases across UI, API, and data layers. Executed manual and automated tests within CI/CD pipelines with a strong customer-first mindset. Prioritized tests by business impact and risk. Authored detailed test documentation: scripts, acceptance criteria, and summary/exit reports. Performed functional and non-functional testing including performance, security, and accessibility. Participated in Agile ceremonies and contributed to risk identification. Test AutomationDeveloped and maintained automated test suites using TestCafe, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, JMeter, ReadyAPI, and Rest-Assured (Java). Built scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and data validations. Integrated regression and smoke suites with CI/CD. Maintained test assets in Git. Mentored team via brown bag sessions on automation best practices. API TestingAnalyzed Swagger/Postman documentation to design positive/negative test cases. Validated API request/response structures (JSON, XML), headers, query params, and business logic. Automated test suites with Postman and Rest-Assured. Handled authentication (Basic, OAuth2, JWT) in scripts. Logged bugs with detailed repro steps; collaborated with dev teams to identify root causes. Data & ETL TestingInterpreted business rules and source-to-target mappings for data validation. Validated completeness, accuracy, and integrity of ETL pipelines. Ran checks for nulls, defaults, mismatches, aggregates, and joins. Wrote complex SQL queries for reconciliation. Tested pipelines via ADF, SQL Server, and Azure Data Studio. Automated data checks using Python/Pytest and versioned scripts in Git. Collaboration & ReportingWorked with DevOps, and data engineers on environment and deployment issues. Participated in peer reviews. Tracked bugs using Azure DevOps. Reported results through performance charts, logs, and exit reports. Identified and reported usability and accessibility issues.

Sri chaitnya junior college

High School

NTEC

Diploma in Computing Level-7

DVR College of Engineering & Technology

Bachelor’s Degree

Pragathi high school

School