SAI AKHILA VUPPULA
New Jersey 908-***-**** ***************@*****.*** LinkedIn
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Versatile Senior QA Engineer with 6+ years of expertise in healthcare IT, specializing in comprehensive test automation and quality assurance across web and desktop platforms
* Proven track record in implementing advanced testing methodologies, including TDD, BDD, and cross-browser compatibility testing, with deep technical proficiency in Selenium, Web Services, and PEGA solutions
* Agile-focused professional adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams, consistently delivering high-quality solutions that meet strict project deadlines and exceed customer satisfaction requirements WORK EXPERIENCE
Carelon Global Solutions India LLP Jul 2020 - Feb 2024 Software Engineer Hyderabad, India
Roles: Software Engineer’ Senior Software Engineer
• Automated test cases using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG and Maven by locating elements in web page based on ID, Name, Tag, Class Name, XPath, Link Text, Partial link Text and CSS Locator.
• Integrated Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tools (CI/CD) Bamboo for nightly batch run of the Script.
• Configured and launched builds using Bamboo jobs and analyzed the Test Results from Jenkins UI.
• Performed functional Testing of RC APIs using SOAP UI, POSTMAN.
• Subject matter Expert in Application functionalities and workflows of Carelon.
• Expertise in retrieving data from DB Server according to requirements using complex SQL queries.
• Extensive knowledge and working experience in Automation Test Planning, Automation Test Execution and Test Results analysis, Defect life cycle management, Test Results Documentation and Release activities.
• Involved in planning, refinement, and subsequent operations of multiple releases working closely with the Scrum master and Business Analyst and helped them in requirement analysis.
• Lead a scrum team of ten people from QA to provide product to clients at the end of each sprint.
• Lead the process of collaborating with external teams to ensure seamless application integration. Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd Feb 2018 - Jun 2020
Associate Software Engineer Hyderabad, India
Roles: Associate Software Engineer ’ Software Engineer
• Automated test scripts using Cucumber / Selenium / Selenium WebDriver / Selenium Grid.
• Performed functional, non-functional, Regression, User Acceptance (UAT) and End to End testing.
• Developed Cucumber (BDD) feature files using Gherkins and automate them using Selenium Web driver and TestNG
• Configured Maven for JAVA automation projects and developed Maven Project Object Model (POM).
• Created test plans, test cases, and logged defects in JIRA. Effectively involved in defects logging, tracking and managing defect life cycles using HP Quality Center and JIRA.
• Responsible in documenting the weekly work statuses of entire team of 60+ people at the end of each week, to highlight the details to clients.
• Restructured team savings tracker to a new format to track the Savings (Cost Avoidance) of Team in Process Automation, Regression and API Automation workflows. This updated version was extremely useful to project team's savings to the clients. EDUCATION
GNITS – JNTU affiliated, Telangana, India
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication CERTIFICATIONS
• Tricentis TOSCA Fundamentals Automating web application testing (AS1) from Tricentis TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Automation Tools /Framework: Selenium using TestNG, Maven, Gherkins with Cucumber, Git, GitHub
• Test Management Tool: JIRA, Confluence, qTest
• API Automation Tool: Soap UI, Postman
• Project Tools: TDM, SFT, APT
• DBMS: SQL
• Agile Practices: Daily Scrum Meet, Sprint Planning, Retrospective
• Testing Techniques: Functional Testing, GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, System Testing
• Programming Language: Java, JavaScript