Sekhar Yalla
About Sekhar Yalla
Sekhar Yalla is an Associate Director of Quality Assurance at UBS, with extensive experience in test automation and quality engineering. He has held various positions at companies such as Citi, Infosys, and Zensar Technologies, and holds a B.Tech and M.Tech in engineering.
Current Role at UBS
Sekhar Yalla serves as the Associate Director of Quality Assurance at UBS, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing quality assurance processes and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. His expertise in automation and quality engineering contributes to the effectiveness of the QA team at UBS, based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Previous Experience at Citi
Sekhar Yalla has held multiple roles at Citi, including Assistant Manager from 2016 to 2017, Manager from 2018 to 2019, and Assistant Vice President from 2020 to 2021. His tenure at Citi spanned five years and involved significant responsibilities in quality assurance and software testing, primarily in the Pune Area, India.
Professional Background in Software Testing
Prior to his current role, Sekhar Yalla worked at various organizations in the software testing domain. He was a Test Engineer at Infosys for nine months in 2014, a Senior Test Engineer at ZenQ from 2011 to 2014, and a Senior Software Engineer at Zensar Technologies from 2015 to 2016. His experience includes extensive use of automation tools such as Selenium2 and Protractor.
Educational Qualifications
Sekhar Yalla holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, where he studied from 2006 to 2010. He also obtained a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Information Technology from Karnataka State Open University, completing his studies from 2012 to 2014.
Certifications and Skills
Sekhar Yalla is certified as an ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Test Automation and as a Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance. He has over six years of experience in providing Quality Engineering solutions, focusing on UI, API, Data, and Front to Back QA automation. His skills include managing automation test suites using the Selenium Automation Framework and utilizing MR tools like Jira and QC for bug management.