QA Automation Engineer

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Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), QA/AutomaVon Engineer, ETL/Data Analyst/Engineer with extensive experience in automaVon, cloud compuVng, and soMware engineering across Healthcare, Banking, LogisVcs, TelecommunicaVons, and Retail industries. Well versed in Waterfall/Agile methodologies shiM leM and shiM right approaches CerVfied in Azure, Java, Groovy, and Python, with a strong focus on developing and maintaining robust automaVon frameworks and enhancing operaVonal efficiency.


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Education

March 2004 - March 2007 Bachelor in computer science @ Bharathiar University

Experience

April 2023-July 2024 SoIware Developer Engineer in Test @ Fidelity Investments Compunnel

β€’ Created API Mock AutomaVon framework (Java, Wiremock library, IntelliJ) design and demoed to cross funcVonal teams
β€’ Handled performance tesVng (Jmeter/locust), producVon deployment validaVon (ShiM right approach)
β€’ Intelligently design complex test cases from sprint day 1, review unit test cases (shiM leM approach)
β€’ Drive Agile ceremonies & effecVve brainstorming advocaVng requirements/design challenges
β€’ Part of the agile teams reviewing the test cases in story kick-off. Tasks, x-ray test cases, Defect Lifecycle maintenance in
JIRA.
β€’ Analyzed tools and adapted playwright to implement for grants system
β€’ Design and demo test cases to product owner with playwright automaVon on different browsers
β€’ Intercept network calls for in-house grants management systems for validaVon of rest api calls.
β€’ Collaborate with cross funcVonal teams about implementaVon of various tools for FuncVonal/Non-FuncVonal/
Performance tools. OpVmizing the open source to tailor the enterprise needs.
β€’ ValidaVon of Batch jobs migrated from Ctrl-M to AWS. ValidaVon involves various AWS components Secrets Manager, S3 Storage and AWS Scheduler.
β€’ Successfully delivered MID-ID project with zero errors (Serenity Selenium BDD Hamcrest framework Jenkins CI/CD)
β€’ Designed In-Sprint AutomaVon for JSP-Angular migraVon Client facing applicaVon with AWS cloud, ETL Prod data

October 2021-April 2023 AutomaFon Test Architect @ Country Financial Cognizant

β€’ Used PyCharm/GitLab tools for regression/smoke tests built on the Robot Selenium framework
β€’ Conducted thorough reviews of tesVng scenarios in collaboraVon with clients and stakeholders to ensure requirements are
accurately captured and validated.
β€’ onsite coordinaVon for producVon validaVon reducing process Vme by 30% in overall project Vmelines.
β€’ Review deliverables from an offshore team of four resources and demonstrated product enhancements to users, ensuring
client’s goals.
β€’ ConVnuously educate and enhance teams knowledge about RoboVc AutomaVon Framework.
β€’ Design and review role based access approach for resources joining and swapped among the agile teams.
β€’ ImplementaVon of TDD unit tesVng approach for SQL Views and Stored Procedures validaVon.
β€’ Reviewed/demo for PolicyPro enhancements, aligning guidewire rules P&C (Auto/Home) Insurance policy lifecycle.
β€’ Designed, maintained CICD pipelines using Python/GitLab enhancing automaVon/reliability.

April 2020 - September 2021 Automation Engineer @ Cuna Mutual Cognizant

β€’ Implemented In-sprint automaVon with CITS (Cognizant Intelligent Test Scripter/Eclipse) for API/web & windows automaVon
β€’ Converted funcVonal test cases to AutomaVon framework for TestNG to validate Power BI reports for B2B reviews.
β€’ Coordinated deliverables with a team for automaVon using CITS, PowerShell, Team FoundaVon Server.
β€’ Conducted demos (with in-sprint API/UI automaVon) of products enhancements in Agile projects
β€’ Review Test Strategies/plans and accommodate the changes from Stakeholders
β€’ Create and maintain playwright automaVon test cases for Credit union connecVon systems for providing annuiVes and reVrement plans.
β€’ Maintained and monitored batch jobs in Azure cloud, ensuring seamless/efficient operaVons.
β€’ Leveraged extensive knowledge of PowerShell programming and Azure cloud architecture.

December 2016 - March 2020 SDET Engineer/Automation Test Architect @ Discover Financial Cognizant

β€’ In-sprint automaVon uVlizing Gradle/Selenium/BDD RestAssured/IntelliJ (for UI/API) ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
β€’ Implemented API virtualizaVon (WireMock/BDD/Gradle) Jenkins CICD for Micro Services effecVve API interacVons.
β€’ Performed Unix file tesVng with JCraM library for Apple Pay and GPay, ensuring secure and accurate data handling.
β€’ Gained experience in TDM API using Postman and Java, facilitaVng effecVve test data management.
β€’ Quality validaVons for product enhancements and product demo to stakeholders as per SLA defined in the MSA contracts
β€’ Reviewed deliverables from teams, ensuring quality and Vmely compleVon.
β€’ Constant interacVons and conVnuous reviews with 5 cross funcVonal agile teams to ensure automaVon guidelines implementaVon
β€’ cycle Vme reducVon through shiM leM approach : unit tesVng, code quality, staVc analysis, security checks, and validaVon of non-funcVonal requirements into the dev stage
β€’ Connect with team/stakeholders for user stories grooming (using Rally tool), demos, retrospecVve for 2 weeks sprint
β€’ Proficient in web service technologies AutomaVon Test of Angular App with RestAssured, Performance using Jmeter
β€’ Validated mainframe DB2 (JDBC driver), ensuring data integrity and accuracy reducing manual effort to 40%
β€’ Developed JSP applicaVon for Rally API later adapted by discover for Jenkins and Github APIs.

August 2015-December 2016 Comcast TelecommunicaVons TCS | Denver Colorado USA AutomaFon Lead/Test Architect @ Comcast Telecommunications TCS

β€’ Automated web services tesVng using JUnit, Xerces, and JDBC libraries to ensure robust and reliable API interacVons.
β€’ Managed and maintained the automaVon framework using Maven, ensuring streamlined and efficient build processes.
β€’ Conducted funcVonal tesVng for Comcast systems enhancements, ensuring high-quality releases and system performance.
β€’ UVlized Java ALM Comcast Adapter for ALM QC connecVon and test case status updates, ensuring accurate tracking and
reporVng.
β€’ System design reviews for BACC migraVon and AutomaVon Framework design and maintenance.
β€’ Handled ambiguous requirements and structured them into meaningful user stories with involvement of stakeholders.
β€’ Performed funcVonal tesVng on systems incorporaVng Orient DB, Cassandra, Kapa, Hadoop, and Apache Spark, ensuring
data integrity and system reliability


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