Software Quality Engineer: API Automation & CI/CD

VIJAY GANNE

Software Quality Engineer Test Automation API & Data Validation CI/CD Integration

Chicago, IL 847-***-**** *******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Software Quality Engineer with 18+ years of experience ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications in highly regulated financial services environments — comparable in data rigor and compliance demands to healthcare technology. Proven track record designing end-to-end test strategies, building automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber/BDD), and validating complex data flows across APIs and relational databases. Experienced in Agile/Scrum delivery, Jenkins CI/CD integration, and cross-functional/offshore team collaboration, with a hands-on automation mindset and a consistent record of improving release quality through scalable QA practices.

CORE COMPETENCIES

•Test Strategy & Planning

•API Testing (REST/SOAP)

•Functional, Regression & Integration Testing

•Data Validation & SQL

•Test Automation (Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber/BDD)

•CI/CD Pipeline Integration (Jenkins)

•Agile/Scrum Delivery

•Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis

•Test Environment & Data Management

•Release Readiness & Risk Assessment

•Cross-Functional & Offshore Team Collaboration

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Frameworks: Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber (BDD/Gherkin), UiPath, JMeter

Languages: Java, .NET, Python (basic), SQL, PL/SQL, C#, JavaScript, HTML, XML

API Testing: Postman, SoapUI, Bruno, REST Assured (exposure)

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server (relational); basic NoSQL exposure

CI/CD & Cloud: Jenkins, AWS Lambda, AWS CloudWatch, AWS S3

Test Management: Jira, qTest, ALM / Quality Center

Platforms: Windows, Linux, AWS Cloud, TOAD, SQL Query Analyzer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior QA / Software Quality Engineer JPMorgan Chase Bank — Chicago, IL Nov 2012 – Mar 2026

Led quality engineering for a high-volume B2B virtual card payment platform — a regulated, integration-heavy financial system requiring the same data accuracy and compliance discipline as healthcare technology platforms.

•Designed comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases from business and technical requirements, ensuring full functional, integration, system, and regression coverage across sprint cycles.

•Built and maintained QA automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, and Cucumber (BDD/Gherkin), integrated into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for continuous automated test execution on every build.

•Performed large-scale SQL-based data validation across Oracle and SQL Server databases, including data completeness, reconciliation, and integrity checks across integrated data pipelines.

•Executed API testing (REST/SOAP) using Postman and SoapUI, validating request/response payloads, authentication, error handling, and data accuracy across complex service integrations.

•Managed test data creation and test environment setup supporting QA, integration, and regression workflows across multiple concurrent Agile initiatives.

•Used AWS Lambda to manage application runs and AWS CloudWatch for log-based validation and error investigation in cloud-hosted environments.

•Led UAT, end-to-end, functional, integration, staging, and production verification testing across the full release lifecycle.

•Tracked and triaged defects in Jira; conducted root cause analysis with engineering teams; produced release readiness reports and quality dashboards for stakeholders.

•Collaborated with offshore QA teams and cross-functional partners (Product, Engineering, Operations) in Agile/Scrum — participated in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and QA effort estimation.

•Troubleshot production issues under strict SLA requirements; mentored junior and new QA team members; delivered functional demos to Product, Development, and Production Support teams.

Key Achievements:

•Reduced regression cycle time significantly through automation framework redesign and optimized validation coverage strategies.

•Strengthened release quality and system reliability through proactive data validation, early defect detection, and risk-based test planning in a high-compliance financial environment.

UAT Analyst (Officer) JPMorgan Chase Bank — Chicago, IL Sep 2010 – Nov 2012

•Designed and executed UAT test strategies and data validation scenarios for financial system migrations and enhancements.

•Performed data migration validation using Oracle and SQL Server, including comparative analysis between legacy and new systems.

•Produced risk-based quality reports and defect tracking summaries for senior stakeholders.

QA Analyst TEKsystems (Client: JPMorgan Chase Bank) — Chicago, IL Jul 2008 – Aug 2010

•Executed functional and regression testing for enterprise payment systems across Agile delivery cycles.

•Developed QTP automation scripts and maintained regression suites.

•Facilitated cross-team defect triage and resolution coordination.

QA Analyst Advansoft Worldwide Inc (Client: Agentrics) Sep 2006 – Jun 2008

•Designed system and integration test cases for applications with backend database validation.

•Executed end-to-end, functional, and regression testing.

•Supported UAT cycles and performed data integrity testing across application layers.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science — Acharya Nagarjuna University

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