Test Automation Software Development

Nikita Deepak Davda

Salt Lake City, Utah 425-***-****

*****.*.*****@*******.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dnikita

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Results-driven Senior Test Automation Engineer with over 13 years of experience in software development and quality assurance.

• Expertise in automated testing, software development, CI/CD pipeline implementation and leadership.

• Passionate about system design, process optimization, and delivering high- quality software solutions.

• Adept at mentoring engineers, driving automation strategies, and cross- functional collaboration.

SKILLS / TECHNOLOGIES / TOOLS

• Languages: Java, JVM, C#, Linux, Python(beginner)

• Test Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST Assured, OkHttp3, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, Xunit, Jmeter, Postman

• API & Web Services: REST API, GraphQL, SoapUI

• CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, Gradle, Maven, Kafka, AWS SDK

• Databases: SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL

• Monitoring & Observability: New Relic, Grafana, Hostmaster

• Software Development Principles: TDD, BDD Design Patterns PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Test Automation Engineer@ Beyond/Overstock/Zulily 2020 -Present

• Led UI and API test automation efforts, ensuring high test coverage and regression stability. Released Zulily.com as Test Lead with 0% P1 and P2s in production.

• Architected and implemented comprehensive test automation frameworks for both front-end and back-end applications. Reduced test data setup time by 90% by writing test utilities. Built microservices in test environment using Kubernetes.

• Designed and implemented test strategies for End to End testing new features and system-wide enhancements. They resulted in reducing testing time by 50% (4 weeks to 2 weeks)

• Mentored junior engineers and facilitated knowledge-sharing sessions on best practices. Evaluated and selected new testing tools and technologies

• Built and maintained strong relationships with Software Engineers, Product Owners and Stakeholders like SRE, Performance Engineering, and Release Management teams.

Test Lead@ Cox Automotive

2017-2020

• Developed and maintained AWS and REST service test automation scripts using Terraform. Integrating them to CI/CD pipeline reduced iteration cycle by 95%

• Automated performance testing with Taurus to integrate into sprint cycles. This resulted in faster feedback, a true example of Agile.

• Owned End to End testing over projects including Functionality, Accessibility, Integration, Regression, Performance, Acceptance

• Established automated quality gates and CI/CD test pipelines. Highly efficient in data validation using SQL and AWS.

• Implemented synthetic monitoring to proactively detect customer-impacting issues. Alerts were sent to on-call teams there by increasing response times by 100%.

• Led team initiatives to obtain AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification and promoted continuous learning.

SDET @ Airbiquity

2016-2017

• Designed, created, and maintained automated test frameworks for API testing.

• Developed test plans based on functional requirements and UI designs.

• Used Jmeter for quick tests and TestNG REST Assured framework for CI/CD integration.

SDET @ Nintendo

2015

• Managed backend API testing for the Nintendo eStore platform.

• Developed BDD-based test automation using Cucumber. SDET @ Amazon.com

2011-2012

• Developed automated testing frameworks for the Merchant Web Portal platform. Senior Software Engineer @ Novell Software/ Microfocus 2007-2009

• Developed solutions using BusinessObjects Universe Designer.

• Filed a patent with USPTO along with the employer. EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Executive Leadership Certificate University of Utah (2023)

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2019)

• Bachelor’s in information technology PSG College of Technology, India (2003 - 2007)

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Leadership in test automation framework development and execution.

• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, cloud automation, and DevOps integration.

• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and containerization.

• Proven ability to mentor and develop high-performing SDET teams.

• Effective stakeholder collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams.

• Ability to debug complex issues in production environments and provide RCA. PATENTS & RECOGNITION

Engineering Team Member of the Year 2019

Filed a Patent with USPTO in 2007 along with my employer Novell Software PORTFOLIO

https://github.com/NikkiGitHub123/RestApiAutomation/tree/master REFERANCES

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