Automation Engineer Quality Assurance

TARUN PATHAK

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Senior Automation Engineer

Orlando, Florida

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven Senior Automation Engineer with 8.4+ years of experience in test automation, software quality assurance, and Agile development. Proven ability to increase test efficiency by 60%, reduce defect leakage by 40%, and accelerate software release cycles through CI/CD-driven(Jenkins) automation. Experienced in developing 6+ automation frameworks, reducing manual testing efforts by 70%, and leading automation initiatives for 5+ enterprise-scale projects. Expertise in Azure, Java, JavaScript, API testing, database validation, and cloud platforms, with domain experience spanning Financial Services, Gaming, Retail, Insurance, Healthcare and Smart City.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Testing: Selenium (Java) Cypress WebdriverIO Maven TestNG PageFactory Mocha Chai

Mobile Testing: Appium Android Studio BrowserStack UIAutomator XCUITest

API Testing: Postman RestAssured SOAP UI WireMock Mountebank

Programming Languages: Java C#(.NET) JavaScript PySpark SQL

CI/CD & DevOps: Git GitHub GitLab Jenkins Azure Pipelines

Cloud & Databases: Azure Storage Azure Synapse Snowflake SQL Server MySQL

Performance Testing: Fiddler

Test Management & Reporting: Cucumber Xray SpecFlow BDD ALM Extent Reports Allure Reports JIRA Azure Services

IDE: Eclipse, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, VS Code, Android Studio

Others: AutoIT SAP Testing Virtual Devices FitNesse Sikuli

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Ernst & Young 09/2024 – Present Financial Services

Reduced regression test execution time by 40% through optimized Selenium test automation (JAVA). Implemented testNg for state control of testing.

Integrated Cucumber with Selenium and Java to automate UI test cases efficiently.

Generated performance reports with insights on response times, throughput, and resource utilization, helping stakeholders make informed decisions.

Utilized Postman collections and environments for efficient API testing, automating test runs, and validating response data.

Worked with branches, merges, pull requests, and conflict resolution to streamline development workflows using Git.

Participated in Agile ceremonies (Scrum), ensuring 100% sprint test coverage with JIRA.

Senior Lead Automation Engineer

Zensar Technologies 07/2021 – 09/2024 Gaming Domain

Designed 2+ scalable Selenium frameworks, reducing UI regression testing time by 60%.

Automated 500+ test cases using Selenium (Java, TestNG), Cypress, and Mocha/Chai, achieving 80% test coverage.

Created feature files with Gherkin syntax with Cucumber, ensuring clear and readable test scenarios.

Integrated API automation with RestAssured & Postman.

Implemented mocking with WireMock & Mountebank, improving API testing efficiency by 30%.

Developed mobile automation suite with Appium & BrowserStack, reducing mobile testing efforts by 70%.

Developed and implemented load testing strategies to evaluate system behaviour under peak and stress conditions, ensuring optimal application performance.

Used Azure Pipelines & Azure Repos for CI/CD (Git, Jenkins), achieving 98% build stability.

Designed and implemented test plans, test cases, and test executions in Xray for efficient test management and reporting.

Performed DB testing at SQL Server tool with SQL queries.

Designed Test Cases/Plan in JIRA and following AGILE ceremonies (Scrum).

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define test strategies and ensure comprehensive test coverage using Xray.

Senior Automation Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 12/2019 – 07/2021 Retail Domain

Worked within Agile methodology(Scrum), serving as a Test Lead for QA, driving efficient testing like regression/manual/smoke/sanity.

Proficiently designed Test Cases utilizing JIRA.

Working with Jenkins and git for deployment/job scheduling and version control.

Led test automation for 3 major retail applications, reducing production defects by 85%.

Automated 350+ UI test cases using Selenium and TestNG, saving 500+ testing hours annually using JAVA.

Designed and executed performance tests using LoadRunner to assess application scalability, response time, and stability under load.

Demonstration of story/solution to Client /PO, showcasing strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Worked with Postman and RestAssured framework to test restAPI.

Conducted SAP testing, identifying and resolving 20+ critical defects before production release.

Integrated Xray with Jira, ensuring seamless traceability between test cases, defects, and user stories.

Utilizing different SQL aggregate functions in data validation.

Utilized BDD (Cucumber, SpecFlow) to improve collaboration, increasing test case reusability by 40%.

Lead Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 11/2018 – 12/2019 Insurance Domain

Designed and executed 400+ test cases for insurance applications, reducing defect leakage by 60% with story and bug tracking in JIRA.

Designing Test Plan and Strategy and regression Testing for mobile application, ensuring quality assurance.

Generated comprehensive test reports and dashboards in Xray to track test coverage, execution status, and defect trends.

Followed AGILE ceremonies(Scrum) for project collaboration.

Created Jenkins pipelines and configured with version control.

Developed mobile test automation for (android/IOS) using Appium/ Selenium with JAVA. Used UIAutomator/Appium for inspecting element and AndroidStudio/ BrowserStack/ Mobizen to use cloud/real and virtual devices, reducing manual testing time by 60%.

Conducted regression on physical Android/IOS platform.

Enhanced database testing with SQL queries, improving data integrity validation by 35%.

Leading the team to conduct all testing process and handling /supporting in prospect of Automation framework.

Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 12/2017 – 11/2018 Healthcare Domain

Built Selenium-based automation framework (JAVA, TestNG, Git, Jenkins) that reduced regression test execution time by 55%.

Followed page object model and added extent report. (Selenium,Cucumber).

Working with Jenkins to achieve continuous integration and making deployment more stable.

Integrated AutoIT to handle Windows interactions, improving automation coverage by 10%.

Led defect management in JIRA, ensuring 100% traceability from test cases to requirements.

Worked with AGILE methodology (Scrum) for project management.

Leading team from different locations including client members.

Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 10/2016 – 12/2017 Smart City Domain

Automated 200+ UI test cases, with JAVA along with Selenium/Maven/TestNg, reducing regression cycle time by 50%.

Developed API testing collections in Postman, improving API validation efficiency by 40%.

Conducted database testing using SQL, identifying 15+ critical data integrity issues.

Performed Regression/Sanity/UAT/Smoke testing.

Working with Jenkins build/pipelines to streamline the deployment process.

Managed defects using JIRA tool, participated in defect logging/executing.

Design test plan & test case for functional/manual and UI part for transport, water and electricity module.

Analyzed performance bottlenecks by monitoring system metrics, identifying slow transactions, and optimizing application performance for improved efficiency.

Performed Regression/Sanity/UAT/Smoke testing on TRANSPORT module.

EDUCATION

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Utkal University – DDCE College, Bhubaneswar

2017 – 2019

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)

IIMT – DBRAU, Aligarh

2013 - 2016

CERTIFICATIONS

ISTQB Certified

Automation Anywhere – RPA

Advanced Java Certification (OAIT)

ACHIEVEMENTS & CONTRIBUTIONS

Automated 2,000+ test cases across web, mobile, and API platforms, saving 1,200+ manual testing hours annually.

Reduced software release cycle time by 30% by integrating CI/CD automation pipelines.

Optimized SQL query execution time by 40%, improving database performance in large-scale applications.

Conducted knowledge-sharing sessions for teams, increasing automation adoption by 50%.

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