Arul S
Automation Test Engineer
Chennai
Summary
Result-driven Automation Test Engineer with 6.5+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and executing automated testing frameworks for both UI and API testing. Proven expertise across insurance and financial services domains using tools such as Selenium, Rest Assured, Karate, and Guidewire. Adept at Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in dynamic environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4031
4031
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Software Engineer
Virtusa Consulting Pvt Ltd
12.2024 - Current
- Developed and maintained automation frameworks using Rest Assured and Karate for complex finance APIs.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
- Performed comprehensive testing (Smoke, Regression, SIT) and defect tracking using JIRA.
- Built automation test cases aligned with CI pipelines in Jenkins and integrated with Bitbucket.
- Tools & Technologies: Rest Assured, Karate, Cucumber, Postman, Git, Jenkins, JIRA
Senior Test Engineer
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants
04.2022 - 12.2024
- Automated APIs for equity, crypto, and stable coin trading platforms.
- Created BDD-style test cases using Cucumber integrated with Karate and Rest Assured.
- Actively contributed to sprint planning and backlog grooming in Agile environment.
- Maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git for version control, and Jira for bug tracking.
- Tools & Technologies: Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, Cucumber, Git, Jenkins
Associate Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services Pvt Ltd
03.2019 - 04.2022
- Developed automated scripts using Selenium for Guidewire Policy Center.
- Validated XMLs and API endpoints using SoapUI and Postman.
- Integrated TestNG-based frameworks with Jenkins for scheduled execution.
- Tracked and triaged defects using JIRA, and created test reports for stakeholders.
- Participated in requirement reviews, impact analysis, and daily scrum meetings.
- Tools & Technologies: Selenium WebDriver, SoapUI, Java, Karate, Postman, Splunk, Jenkins, JIRA
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
Higher Secondary (HSC) -
Carmel Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Erode, Tamil NaduSSLC - undefined
Carmel Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Erode, Tamil NaduSkills
Java
HTML
CSS
Bootstrap
Selenium WebDriver
Rest Assured
Karate
TestNG
Cucumber
Maven
Postman
SoapUI
undefinedKey Highlights
- Expertise in both UI and API automation.
- Delivered robust test automation solutions across insurance and finance sectors.
- Strong communicator with quick learning capabilities and Agile adaptability.
Timeline
Lead Software Engineer
Virtusa Consulting Pvt Ltd
12.2024 - Current
Senior Test Engineer
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants
04.2022 - 12.2024
Associate Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services Pvt Ltd
03.2019 - 04.2022
SSLC - undefined
Carmel Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
Higher Secondary (HSC) -
Carmel Matriculation Higher Secondary School
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