QA Automation Engineer (Java, Selenium, APIs)

Ashwini V

QA Automation Engineer

Bangalore, India +91-805******* *********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience in Manual, Automation, API, and Cloud Testing across Telecom and Microservices-based applications. Skilled in Java, Selenium WebDriver, Rest Assured, Cucumber BDD, SQL, Jenkins, Git, Maven, and GCP services. Experienced in end-to-end testing, API automation, regression testing, Agile Scrum methodology, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based application validation. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, SQL, TypeScript

Automation Testing: Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD, Rest Assured, Playwright, API Automation, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, End-to-End Testing API & Testing Tools: Postman, Swagger, SOAP UI, Bruno CI/CD & Version Control: Jenkins, Maven, Git, GitHub Cloud Technologies: GCP, Pub/Sub, Firestore, Spanner, Cloud Storage Test Management Tools: Jira, ALM, TFS

Methodologies: Agile Scrum, STLC

Operating Systems: Windows, Unix

AI Tools: ChatGPT, Gemini, GitHub Copilot

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KR Elixir QA Automation Engineer (Jul 2022 – Present)

• Built and maintained scalable automation test suites using Selenium WebDriver and E1AF framework, increasing test coverage.

• Automated API testing for microservices using Rest Assured and Postman, streamlining release validation cycles across sprint releases.

• Validated cloud data pipelines and asynchronous event flows across GCP services (Pub/Sub, Firestore, Spanner, BigQuery, Cloud Storage).

• Integrated automated execution into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing in Agile Scrum iterations.

Subex Test Anchor (Apr 2021 – Jul 2022)

Performed manual and automation testing activities throughout STLC.

Participated in sprint planning, user story discussions, and demo presentations.

Automated test scenarios using Selenium and API testing tools. CSG Test Consultant (Jun 2019 – Mar 2021)

Performed API validation using Swagger and Postman.

Conducted functional, regression, and integration testing.

Collaborated with Product Owners and clients to validate requirements. IBM India Pvt Ltd Software Test Engineer (Feb 2017 – May 2019)

Worked on end-to-end testing including test case design and execution.

Performed regression testing, defect validation, and impact analysis.

Managed test data using SQL queries.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication Engineering) Vemana Institute of Technology, Bangalore

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Strong knowledge of Agile Scrum and SDLC/STLC processes

Experience in Telecom and Cloud-based application testing

Good communication and client interaction skills

Quick learner with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

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