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Ashok Kumar T

Bangalore

Summary

Test Project Lead and Senior QA Automation Engineer with extensive experience at CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd. Specializes in Selenium WebDriver and CI/CD pipeline management, enhancing test coverage and ensuring quality through effective defect tracking and agile methodologies.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Test Project Lead & Senior QA Automation Engineer

CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd (Deployed for TikTok USA)
09.2022 - 02.2024

Deployed for TikTok USA

  • Conversion of manual test cases into automated scripts to enhance the test coverage for sanity and regression testing using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and other automation tools.
  • Set up and maintained the Automation Environment and CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, ensuring continuous integration and automated testing for each release.
  • Automation Script Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Monitored and analyzed test script failures in the automation suite, identifying root causes and fixing issues to ensure test reliability and consistency.
  • Worked with the team to ensure automated tests were scalable and accurate across multiple environments and platforms (iOS, Android, Web).
  • Test Execution & Reporting: Executed the automation suite as part of continuous testing and generated detailed test reports to share with stakeholders.
  • Provided insights on test results, failures, and overall quality metrics, ensuring visibility for all involved teams.
  • Defect Tracking & Management: Raised automation-related defects found during test execution in JIRA, providing detailed descriptions, severity levels, and reproduction steps.
  • Actively tracked defects through their lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution and retesting before release.
  • Test Management & Documentation: Involved in key test management activities, including preparing Test Plans, Test Closure Documents, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), and Defect Reports.
  • Planned and tracked test case execution to ensure all test cases were completed on time, within scope, and met project requirements.
  • Managed Test scripts to run consistently and accurately in different environments (dev, staging, production).
  • Deployed for TikTok USA

Test Project Lead & Junior QA Automation Engineer

CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd (Deployed as ODC in Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd)
11.2020 - 08.2022
  • Leading the QA automation team in planning and executing testing activities across application modules and releases.
  • Maintained weekly Work Breakdown Structure for test activities, aligning tasks with overall project timeline.
  • Delivered weekly test plans and reports to stakeholders, tracking milestones and documenting issues.
  • Collaborated with product and development teams to capture software requirements and design comprehensive manual test cases.
  • Evaluated manual test cases for accuracy and completeness, ensuring alignment with project specifications.
  • Converted manual test cases into automation scripts for Sanity and Build Functional Testing, enhancing feedback speed.

Automation Pipeline Engineer

CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd (Deployed as ODC in Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd)
03.2019 - 11.2020
  • Streamlined automation pipeline for handset testing, improving efficiency and accuracy of processes.
  • Developed automated test scripts for functional and non-functional testing across multiple platforms.
  • Collaborated with development, QA, and operations teams to integrate automated pipelines effectively.
  • Maintained consistent test environments for automation across diverse test cases.
  • Deployed continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines to enhance release cycles.

Software Test Engineer

Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd (Under Contract via Quess Corp India Pvt Ltd)
02.2017 - 03.2019
  • Executed BFT (Basic Functional Testing) test cases to ensure the functionality of the mobile device after each build and release cycle.
  • Involved in testing various modules of mobile devices through smoke testing, sanity testing, functional testing, system testing, and regression testing to verify overall system stability and feature functionality.

Software Configuration Management (SCM) Engineer

Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd (Under Contract via Kelly Services, Have US Solutions, and Talent
07.2011 - 01.2017
  • Managed and maintained software configuration management processes for multiple project teams, ensuring stable development and release environments.
  • Administered version control systems such as Git and SVN to ensure consistency across development environments.
  • Streamlined software release processes to enhance delivery efficiency.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - ECE

SLN College of Engineering
RAICHUR
06-2010

Pre-University -

SRPS PU College
RAICHUR
06-2005

SSLC -

Sharada Vidya Niketan High School
MANVI
06-2003

Skills

  • Selenium WebDriver and TestNG
  • API testing with Postman
  • Java, Python, and JavaScript
  • Continuous integration with Jenkins
  • Version control with SVN, Git, and GitHub
  • Page object model design
  • Data-driven testing strategies
  • Hybrid framework implementation
  • Reporting with Extent Reports
  • Agile methodologies including Scrum
  • Cloud services management (Huawei)
  • Operating systems: Windows and Linux
  • CI/CD pipeline management

Accomplishments

  • Best New comer-SCM Engineer, Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd, 2012
  • EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT AWARD, Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd, 2017
  • Best Tester, Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd, 2018

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Telugu

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: T Sathya Narayan Shetty
  • Date of Birth: 11/10/86
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Test Project Lead & Senior QA Automation Engineer

CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd (Deployed for TikTok USA)
09.2022 - 02.2024

Test Project Lead & Junior QA Automation Engineer

CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd (Deployed as ODC in Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd)
11.2020 - 08.2022

Automation Pipeline Engineer

CSI Interfusion India Pvt Ltd (Deployed as ODC in Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd)
03.2019 - 11.2020

Software Test Engineer

Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd (Under Contract via Quess Corp India Pvt Ltd)
02.2017 - 03.2019

Software Configuration Management (SCM) Engineer

Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd (Under Contract via Kelly Services, Have US Solutions, and Talent
07.2011 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - ECE

SLN College of Engineering

Pre-University -

SRPS PU College

SSLC -

Sharada Vidya Niketan High School
Ashok Kumar T