Ishara Thennakoon
About Ishara Thennakoon
Ishara Thennakoon is a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with extensive experience in various testing methodologies and tools. Currently employed at Safe Fleet in British Columbia, Canada, he has worked for several companies in the software quality assurance field, including eBEYONDS Pvt Ltd, RS Metrics, and SimCentric Sri Lanka.
Work at Safe Fleet
Ishara Thennakoon has been employed at Safe Fleet as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer since 2022. In this role, Thennakoon is responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of software products. The position is based in British Columbia, Canada, where Thennakoon contributes to the development and testing processes to enhance product performance.
Previous Experience in Software Quality Assurance
Before joining Safe Fleet, Ishara Thennakoon worked at several organizations in software quality assurance roles. Thennakoon was employed at eBEYONDS Pvt Ltd for 11 months as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, Thennakoon served as an Associate Software Quality Assurance Engineer at RS Metrics from 2016 to 2017 and at Virtusa from 2017 to 2018. Additionally, Thennakoon worked at SimCentric Sri Lanka as a Software Quality Automation Engineer from 2019 to 2021.
Education and Expertise
Ishara Thennakoon studied at the University of Colombo School of Computing, where Thennakoon earned a Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology from 2011 to 2015. Earlier education was completed at Mahanama College Colombo, focusing on Business and Commerce from 1997 to 2010. Thennakoon possesses expertise in various testing tools and methodologies, including load testing and API testing using JMeter, Insomnia, Postman, and Swagger API.
Technical Skills and Tools
Ishara Thennakoon has a diverse skill set in software testing and quality assurance. Thennakoon is experienced in using OWSAP-ZAP and Burpsuite for penetration testing. Additionally, Thennakoon has personal experience with Appium and Android Studio for mobile application testing. Proficiency in cloud computing and automation frameworks is also evident, with knowledge of Jubula Functional Testing Tool, Terraform, and AWS EC2.
Work Experience at Walmart
Ishara Thennakoon briefly worked at Walmart as an Associate from 2021 to 2022 for a duration of three months. This role provided Thennakoon with additional experience in a retail environment, complementing the technical background in software quality assurance.