Test Automation Engineer

VARSHEETH SHAMALA

Professional Summary

Experienced QA Automation Engineer with 6+ years in test automation, performance testing, and CI/CD integration, specializing in Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and API testing using RestAssured and Postman to enhance software quality and reliability. Proficient in Selenium, Eggplant, JMeter, Playwright, Cypress, Postman, REST Assured, Python, Java, TestNG, Jenkins, and cloud-based testing, ensuring seamless automation across diverse applications. Expert in functional, API, performance, security, and database testing, driving robust test strategies for enterprise solutions. Skilled in modern testing frameworks and methodologies, including BDD (Cucumber, SpecFlow), and GraphQL API testing, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and system resilience. Strong experience in mobile and cross-platform automation using Appium, Espresso, AWS Device Farm, and Azure Test Plans, optimizing test execution for native, hybrid, and web applications. Optimized CI/CD pipelines and integrated automation into DevOps workflows, accelerating software delivery cycles. Spearheaded automation strategies and led test initiatives, enhancing efficiency and test coverage across multiple projects. Expert in DevOps and cloud-based testing, integrating automation into GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Device Farm, and Terraform (IaC) for scalable test execution across environments. Passionate about AI-driven test automation, security testing, and observability, implementing Testim.io, Applitools for self-healing automation, k6 for performance testing, and OWASP ZAP for security scanning, ensuring resilient and high-performing applications. Hands-on experience in Agile and Scrum environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive test strategy, automation implementation, and continuous quality improvements. Good Knowledge of all phases of SDLC, including Frontend, Spring, and Microservices Architecture. Passionate about emerging technologies, continuously evolving development strategies, adopting modern tools, and ensuring future-ready, high-performing software solutions. Core Competencies

Java

Python

SQL

SenseTalk

TestNG

Cucumber BDD

JUnit

Pytest

Functional Testing

Integration Testing

Regression Testing

API Testing

Database Testing

Performance Testing

Security Testing

Selenium

REST Assured

Playwright

Postman

JMeter

SOAPUI

Testim.io

Zephyr

TestRail

Eclipse

IntelliJ

VS Code

Apache Maven

AWS

GCP

HTML

CSS

JSON

XML

JavaScript

AngularJS

ReactJS

Spring

Microservices Architecture

Agile

Scrum

SDLC

STLC

Cross-browser testing

Plainsboro, NJ 08536 551-***-**** ****************@*****.*** 05/2024 to Current

Jacksonville, FL

02/2021 to 09/2022

Hyderabad, India

Eggplant

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Git

Kubernetes

RESTful Web Services

SOAP

Bitbucket

JIRA

TOSCA

Test automation

Defect tracking

Requirements gathering

Mobile app testing

Agile methodologies

Requirements analysis

Problem-solving

New feature testing

Compatibility testing

Regression testing

Technical support

Test code generation

Experience

QA Automation Engineer

FIS Global Solutions

Established automated environment health checks using Selenium, Java, SQL, and Postman, verifying system dependencies, API availability, and database connections before test automation execution, reducing environment-related issues by 85%.

Redesigned the existing automation framework using Java, Selenium, and TestNG, implementing enhanced exception handling and logging mechanisms, reducing script failures by 75%, and improving test reliability.

Created and executed automated test cases using Tosca, significantly reducing manual testing efforts, and enhancing overall test coverage.

Replaced JMeter with k6 for modern JavaScript-based load testing, simulating 100K concurrent users with distributed execution.

Configured Grafana and Prometheus to monitor performance test results and detect API latency in real time.

Embedded Snyk and OWASP ZAP in CI/CD pipelines for automated security vulnerability scanning. Implemented automated dependency scanning for third-party libraries, reducing security risks in production deployments.

Built an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline in GitHub Actions and Jenkins, automatically triggering Playwright, API, and performance tests.

Utilized Power BI to create a custom reporting dashboard, integrating test metrics from multiple sources, providing real-time visibility into testing progress, and reducing reporting effort by 75%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyze business requirements and create detailed test scenarios, achieving 90% test coverage for critical business flows Worked closely with developers in Agile sprints, improving defect detection by 30% using integrated test suites.

QA Automation Engineer

Ideabytes Software Solutions

Understood the Business Requirements and created a comprehensive test automation framework utilizing Java, Selenium, and TestNG, incorporating the page object model design pattern (POM), reducing regression testing time while maintaining 99.8% accuracy Developed Playwright-based automation for cross-browser testing, ensuring seamless compatibility across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge

Implemented self-healing AI-driven automation using Testim & Applitools, reducing flaky test failures by 40%

Architected a hybrid test automation framework combining EggPlant for UI testing and Python scripts for data validation, achieving 85% test coverage across critical business workflows and reducing manual testing effort

Standardized mobile application testing using Appium and Eggplant Automation for Android and iOS 06/2019 to 01/2021

Hyderabad, India

05/2018 to 06/2019

Hyderabad, India

platforms, covering 80+ user flows and reducing the mobile testing cycle from 5 days to 1 day Involved in the Global technical team of the Eggplant Automation tool, achieving 20+ POC's and POV's for Various Business requirements of Different domains Automated mobile UI tests using Appium, ensuring robust test coverage for native & hybrid apps Conducted parallel mobile test execution on real devices via AWS Device Farm, cutting test execution time by 35%

Improved API test coverage using Postman & Eggplant for Automation, identifying critical backend issues before the Major Sprint release

Developed an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, integrating with Azure DevOps and Docker containers, resulting in systematized deployment and testing of 200+ test cases Established a centralized version control system using Git repository to manage over 1000+ test scripts, implement branching strategies, and ensure seamless collaboration across distributed teams Managed multiple projects with different teams and achieved dynamic coordination, ensuring seamless collaboration, timely delivery, and high-quality outcomes across all initiatives Software Automation Tester

Firstzen Solutions PVT Ltd.

Played a key role in implementing an API testing strategy using Postman and REST Assured, creating around 100 automated test cases for RESTful services, achieving 95% test coverage, and reducing manual API testing effort by 80%

Automated REST and GraphQL API testing using Postman, RestAssured, and Karate DSL, ensuring comprehensive API validation

Integrated GraphQL query testing in the automation suite, improving API coverage and reducing defects in production

Assisted in implementing Cucumber BDD framework with 100+ feature files, improving test scenario creation efficiency by 50% and enabling non-technical stakeholders to understand and contribute to test cases

Collaborated with senior QA engineers to understand and execute cross-browser and cross-platform testing strategies, ensuring the software maintained consistent functionality across Windows, macOS, Linux, and various web browsers

Optimized SQL queries for backend validation, reducing test automation execution time by 30% Implemented data-driven testing framework integrating Excel and MySQL databases, reducing test data preparation time by 60% and enabling parallel test execution across multiple test environments Worked closely with senior testers to identify and document critical test scenarios, creating test cases in Jira that improved test coverage for the product's core functionalities Participated in code reviews for test scripts, learning best practices for writing clean, efficient test code, and implementing feedback to improve the maintainability of automation scripts Software Engineer Intern

Eclature Technologies

Analyzed business requirements and functional specifications for retail and corporate banking modules Designed and executed test cases using TestRail and JIRA, ensuring comprehensive coverage of banking transactions, payments, and loan processing workflows Performed end-to-end functional testing on banking web and mobile applications, validating fund transfers, account management, and customer onboarding processes Conducted UI/UX testing across multiple devices and browsers using BrowserStack/Sauce Labs for cross-platform compatibility

Verified REST API requests and responses using Postman to ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend services

Conducted SQL database validation using MySQL/PostgreSQL, ensuring accurate storage and retrieval of customer transactions and account data Assisted in performance testing using JMeter, identifying response time bottlenecks for high-volume transactions

Conducted basic security testing using OWASP ZAP, identifying potential vulnerabilities in login, fund NYC, United States

Hyderabad, India

transfer, and payment gateway functionalities

Performed smoke, regression, and UAT testing before release, ensuring compliance with banking standards (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001)

Supported CI/CD testing in GitHub Actions & Jenkins pipelines, ensuring smooth deployment of banking software updates

Participated in Agile Scrum meetings (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives) to align with development teams

Education

Master's: information systems

Pace University

Bachelor's: Electronics and Communication

Institute of Aeronautical Engineering

Academic Project

Dreamhouse Case Study: A Structured Life Cycle Process for Database Design, Led a cross-functional team of 3 members through the complete database lifecycle, from requirements gathering to implementation, utilizing MS Access for backend development and focusing on creating a scalable, normalized database architecture that could handle complex user registration workflows and property management requirements.

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