Dinesh Karthik
Senior Software QA Analyst/Tester
Coimbatore
Summary
Dynamic Senior Associate with 9+ years of experience in Automation and functional testing in Insurance and Healthcare Domain.Having proven track record in mentoring teams and enhancing client satisfaction through effective communication and process improvements. Skilled in Selenium, BDD/Cucumber,CI/CD Pipelines and risk mitigation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
07.2016 - Current
- Experience in automation testing of both Web applications and APIs.
- Skilled in API testing and UI testing, ensuring end-to-end validation of application functionality.
- Strong proficiency in Java, with hands-on expertise in Selenium and Rest Assured for building robust automation scripts.
- Strong experience in functional testing, ensuring high-quality software delivery. Strong knowledge of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), along with diverse testing methodologies and techniques.
- Proven track record in requirement analysis, test planning, test case design, test execution, and defect management.
- Extensive experience in functional, smoke, regression, and integration testing.
- Proficient in using JIRA for test management, defect tracking, and project collaboration.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive successful completion of complex projects within deadlines.
- Mentored junior associates, fostering professional growth and helping them reach their full potential.
- Consistently maintained strong relationships with clients, ensuring clear communication and timely updates on project progress.
- Developed a BDD Cucumber framework from scratch
- Responsible for overall project-level status reporting to the client on agile calls.
- Responsible for conducting interviews for onboarding new resources into the account.
- Framework Development: Proficient in building automation frameworks from scratch, including POM, Cucumber BDD, Data-Driven, Keyword-Driven, and Hybrid frameworks.
- Cross-Browser & Cloud Testing: Expertise in Browserstack for cross-browser and cross-platform testing to ensure seamless user experiences across different environments.
- API Testing: Skilled in Postman and Rest Assured for REST API automation, ensuring robust API functionality and integration.
- Manual Testing: Strong expertise in functional, regression, integration, and system testing to ensure software quality.
- Designed and automated 200 + test cases in short span of time and validated API and UI data in single framework
Education
M.Tech - Industrial Engineering
04.2001 -
Skills
Programming: Java
Frameworks & Technologies: BDD/Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver and TestNg
Databases: SQL
Version Control: GitHub
Project Management Tools: JIRA, HP-ALM
Domain : Insurance
Accomplishments
- Top rated associate for the past three years in my existing account
- “Pillar of Team award” recently for my performance in Deliver Excellence activities
- Handling project management and learning sessions at account level for past four years
Certification
Selenium
Timeline
Senior Associate - Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
07.2016 - Current
College of Engineering Guindy - M.Tech, Industrial Engineering
04.2001 -
PROJECTS
Prudential Financial Inc, USA
CVS Health (Aetna INC.,) Hartford CT,USA
OneAmerica Financial Partners,USA
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company,USA
DISCLAIMER
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