Senior QA Engineer - Manual & Automation Specialist

Eshan Madden Senior Software QA Engineer - Manual & Automation

************@*****.*** github.com/bugxkiller Texas, US Results-oriented Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 7+ years of diverse experience in manual and automation testing across SaaS, Health, Fintech, Auto, and SMEs. Specialized in designing scalable QA frameworks, accelerating delivery by 30%+, and ensuring 98% defect-free releases. Skilled in test automation, API validation, CI/CD, and Agile collaboration to transform QA from reactive to preventive.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Technology, PUCIT, LHR SKILLS

Automation Testing Tools &

Frameworks — Selenium Selenium

WebDriver Cypress Playwright Pytest

Appium TestComplete Cucumber

Robot Framework Postman / Newman

Rest Assured Swagger JUnit TestNG

NUnit Mocha Jest SpecFlow SOAP UI

Manual & Functional Testing Tools —

Zephyr TestRail TestLink TestLodge

Xray Bugzilla MantisBT ClickUp / Jira /

Trello Excel

Performance, Load & Security Testing

Tools — Apache JMeter Blazemeter

LoadRunner Locust Gatling K6

Postman Security

Programming & Scripting Languages

— JavaScript / TypeScript Python Java

Ruby C# (.NET) SQL Bash

PowerShell

CI/CD & DevOps Integration — Azure

DevOps GitHub Actions CircleCI

GitLab CI Bitbucket Pipelines AWS

CodePipeline Jenkins Docker

Kubernetes

QA Techniques (Automation) — DDT)

BDD TDD Reusable Component-Based

Automation API Automation

(REST/SOAP) Continuous Testing in CI/CD

Parallel Test Execution Automated

Cross-Browser Execution (BrowserStack,

LambdaTest) Automated Mobile Testing

(Appium)

QA Techniques (Manual) — Functional

Regression Integration System

UI/UX Usability UAT Smoke/Sanity

Cross-Browser E2E Database

Validation Accessibility (WCAG/ADA)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior SQA Engineer - Manual & Automation, Orbit

10/2022 – Present

•Automated 85% of regression testing with Selenium, Appium & Playwright, cutting release cycles by 30% and increasing test coverage to 95%.

•Enhanced defect detection by 25% through strategic API test automation

(Postman, Rest Assured, Swagger).

•Optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins & GitHub Actions, enabling 40% faster build validation and seamless multi-env deployments.

•Streamlined test documentation in TestRail & Zephyr, reducing onboarding time for new testers by 50%.

•Coordinated Agile QA initiatives that boosted cross-team velocity by 35% and reduced bug reopening rates by 22%.

•Collaborated with DevOps to integrate performance tests into CI/CD, improving app reliability by 18%.

QA Automation Engineer II, Advastar

07/2020 – 09/2022

•Developed and maintained automation suites using Cypress, Selenium & Cucumber, reducing manual test load by 70%.

•Increased defect detection efficiency by 20% via advanced load testing using JMeter & Blazemeter across microservices.

•Eliminated 95% of critical bugs pre-release through early validation and performance benchmarking.

•Reduced customer-reported issues by 27% with automated regression packs integrated into CI pipelines.

•Partnered with developers to align API schema testing via Swagger, ensuring seamless front-end integration.

Software QA Engineer, Hallmark

08/2018 – 07/2020

•Designed and executed detailed test cases for functional, UI, and regression testing using TestLink & Excel.

•Validated data integrity across SQL databases, improving backend testing accuracy by 30%.

•Improved code quality and reduced rework by 15% via proactive peer review feedback loops.

•Reported bugs in Jira with clear repro steps, reducing communication overhead by 25%.

•Coordinated with developers to verify patch fixes, shortening retest cycles by 20%.

PROJECTS

️ PROTAINER

Led QA for Portainer’s container-management dashboard (Docker, Kubernetes, Podman), automated UI & API tests, reduced deployment misconfigurations by 30%, and improved RBAC-policy validation.

️ CHORDLINE HEALTH

Enhanced QA for Chordline Health’s ACUITYnxt managed-care SaaS platform by automating workflow, API & data-validation tests, reducing manual authorizations by 40% and cutting processing errors by 35%.

️ COWORKS

Optimized QA for CoWorks’ booking & membership platform, built automated UI & API tests, reduced critical defects by 35% and improved deployment speed by 30%.

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