Gangadharan Unni
Palakkad
Summary
Experienced Test Automation Architect with over 12+ years of expertise overseeing automation projects and software testing across the testing lifecycle. Adept at establishing robust automation ecosystems and leading teams. Proven ability to understand and address the needs of clients and colleagues alike.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Automation Architect
Allianz Technology
Trivandrum
05.2015 - Current
- Established and implemented test automation solutions using Selenium, Playwright, and UFT based on project requirements.
- Developing frameworks and coordinating their usage within projects.
- Ensured top-tier architectural standards were established and maintained within the team.
- Test management, encompassing planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and tracking progress.
- Collaborated with various stakeholders, including Release Management and Multiple Product teams, to establish release test criteria and develop a comprehensive strategy.
- Developed and maintained automated test scripts for web applications, APIs, and DBs to increase test coverage and decrease testing time by 60%
- Enhanced testing posture and coverage by integrating ZAP security vulnerability assessment and automating regression pack
- Evaluated new tools and technologies to enhance test automation processes and recommended best practices.
- Analyze new test automation opportunities and preparing Request for Proposal
- Define audit points and KPI definitions for the audit process, collate and analyze the data to identify areas of improvement, preparing audit reports accordingly
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline and ensure quality throughout the development cycle
- Conducted training sessions and workshops to educate team members on test automation best practices and promote a culture of quality assurance within the organization
Test Automation Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Kochi
01.2012 - 04.2015
- Development & maintenance of Automation suite
- Reduced the regression cycle by 50 % leading to better quality by implementing test automation
- Help identify new automation areas
- Reporting the Defects and Defects Management
- Automated data key-in production using UFT(formerly QTP)
- Effort calculation and estimation
- Setting up KT session on UFT (formerly QTP) to new joiners
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
AJK College of Arts And Science
Coimbatore, TN05-2010
Skills
- Programming Language : Java, Python
- Scripting Languages : Javascript, VBA Scripting, Groovy (Basics)
- Automation Tools & FrameWorks : Selenium(Testng/ Cucumber BDD),UFT, Playwright
- API: RestAssured
- VCS: Git
- Continuous Integration : Jenkins
- Containerization : Kubernetes
- Test management Tools : JIRA, XRAY, ZEPHYR, ALM
- Performance Testing: Gatling, Jmeter
Accomplishments
- Consistently achieved the highest performance rating in current and previous organization
- Implemented synthetic monitoring in production using Selenium-Java
- Deployed a Continuous Vulnerability Assessment pipeline utilizing ZAP and automated the regression pack
- Implemented large scale API load and stress testing using Gatling and incorporated it into Jenkins pipeline for controlled and continuous load testing
Timeline
Test Automation Architect
Allianz Technology
05.2015 - Current
Test Automation Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2012 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
AJK College of Arts And Science
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