Test Engineer Automation

Manohitha Madavaram

Location: Jersey City, NJ Phone: +1-646-***-**** Email: *********@***********.*** SUMMARY

Infosys Certified SDET Test Engineer QA Automation Engineer Software development Engineer in Test(SDET) with 5+ years of experience in designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, and Rest Assured across web and API layers. Proficient in test-driven (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD), with hands-on expertise in CI/CD integration using Jenkins, Git, and Maven. Skilled in REST API testing, data-driven validation, and cloud technologies including AWS and Azure. Adept at Agile methodologies, collaborating across cross-functional teams to ensure quality, performance, and continuous delivery in complex enterprise applications.

SKILLS

Infosys Certified SDET test Engineer

Testing Methodologies & Frameworks: Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, SDLC, STLC, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development

(BDD), Page Object Model (POM)

Automation & Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver/Grid, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, TestNG, Junit, Cucumber, Rest Assured, Postman, SOAP UI, HP UFT, Nightwatch, IBM Rational Performance Tester, Automation Anywhere CI/CD & DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Maven, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, SVN, TFS, MS Release Management, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery

Programming Languages & Scripting: Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, XML, JSP, C#, VBScript API & Web Services Testing: RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, Postman, Swagger, Rest Assured, API Automation, Integration Testing, End-to-End Testing, Microservices Testing

Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS): (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, Redshift), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Databases & Data Testing: MySQL, PostgreSQL, PL/SQL, MongoDB, Data Validation, Data Migration Testing, ETL Testing, Backend Testing IDEs & Development Tools: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Jupyter Notebook Test Management & Defect Tracking Tools: Jira, TestRail, HP ALM, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), Azure DevOps Boards, Bugzilla, Confluence Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, macOS

EXPERIENCE

Capital One, USA SDET Automation Tester 08/2024 - Present

Designed, developed, and maintained robust automation frameworks using JavaScript, Playwright and Selenium WebDriver/Grid, integrated with JUnit, Cucumber, and POM architecture, increasing end-to-end automation coverage by 65% and reducing manual regression effort by 50%.

Applied TDD principles in collaboration with developers, executed unit testing, functional testing, smoke testing, regression testing and integration test cases throughout the STLC, ensuring alignment with business requirements and timely defect resolution.

Led API testing and automation using Postman, Rest Assured, and Swagger, validating RESTful services for performance, response accuracy, security, and error handling, reduced API-related production issues by 30%.

Implemented scalable CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and Azure DevOps to enable continuous testing, automated build verification, and deployment across cross-platform environments, supporting faster and more reliable release cycles

Developed and executed 150+ UI test scripts across web platforms using HTML, CSS, Java, and Playwright, achieving full WCAG accessibility compliance and improving UI quality and consistency by 30%.

Participated in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups while managing test execution and defect triage using Azure DevOps Boards.

Utilized MySQL for backend data verification and dynamic test data creation, ensuring consistent test environments and enhancing data-driven test strategies.

Championed shift-left testing practices, code reviews, and early defect identification to accelerate feedback loops and improve overall software quality. Infosys, India Test Engineer 06/2018 – 11/2022

Client - Horizon BCBS

Conducted comprehensive API and Web Services testing using SOAP UI, Postman, and TestNG, ensuring high availability, functionality, and performance of RESTful and SOAP-based service integrations across enterprise applications.

Developed and maintained Java + Selenium automation test scripts with TestNG framework, improving test execution efficiency by 60% and expanding test coverage for web UI testing across multiple browsers and environments.

Designed and executed performance testing using Apache JMeter, identifying and mitigating performance bottlenecks, which improved average application response times by 40%.

Utilized Apache Kafka to validate real-time message processing across microservices architecture, ensuring message integrity, event sequencing, and end-to-end stream validation.

Built and executed BDD test scenarios using Python, Gherkin, and SQL, enhancing test clarity and fostering collaboration between QA, developers, and business analysts, Leveraged AWS Cloud Services (EC2, S3, Lambda) for test environment deployment and storage automation, supporting scalable, resilient test pipelines for enterprise systems. Client - New York Times

Automated functional and regression UI and API test cases using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, and Postman, improving cross-browser and cross-platform testing reliability; actively participated in defect triage and root cause analysis during Agile ceremonies to reduce reopen rates.

Executed robust API testing using Postman, Swagger, and Rest Assured, validating RESTful endpoints for data accuracy, authorization, and performance; reduced critical API defects in production by 30%.

Performed extensive SQL-based data validation and ETL testing on PostgreSQL, ensuring end-to-end data integrity; leveraged Docker to isolate test environments for seamless CI/CD in Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Conducted cloud-based testing in AWS and Azure, validating deployment pipelines, resilience, and scalability of cloud applications; tracked and managed defects using Jira for full lifecycle traceability and sprint transparency. EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Science Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 01/2023-12/2024 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Aurora Degree and PG College, Hyderabad, India 06/2015-05/2018

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