J KISHORE
Summary
- Seasoned Principal Test Automation Engineer with 18 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing robust automation frameworks that drive continuous integration and delivery while ensuring high-quality software outcomes.
- Expertise in Selenium, C#, API automation, and DevOps practices, complemented by a strong track record of leading cross-functional teams to enhance quality assurance methodologies and deliver scalable automation solutions.
- Proven ability to architect and maintain comprehensive testing frameworks for web and API applications, while mentoring engineers to elevate automation capabilities and best practices.
- A collaborative approach with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams fosters improved software quality through strategic test automation initiatives and effective troubleshooting of automation failures.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Professional Product Test
Gainwell Technologies
01.2024 - Current
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and reusable libraries.
- Collaborate with development, QA, and DevOps teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop and execute automated test scripts using Selenium with C# to validate web applications.
- Lead and mentor a team of automation engineers, providing guidance on best practices and technical challenges.
- Establish and enforce quality assurance standards and processes across the engineering teams.
- Identify test automation opportunities, reduce manual effort, and improve test efficiency.
- Troubleshoot test failures, perform root cause analysis, and ensure timely resolution of issues.
- Collaborate in Agile/Scrum environments to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software products.
- Automation Tools: Selenium with C#
- Test Management tool: MS Azure
Project Lead-QC
RSystems
01.2022 - 11.2023
- Demonstration to the clients about the benefits of new automation tools Test Project & Katalon.
- Technical directions to the team.
- Train the team with the Selenium-C#.
- Refactoring the existing Selenium Automation Projects.
- Automation Tools: Selenium with C#, Test Project & Katalon Studio
- Test Management tool: JIRA & Test Rail
Test Lead
Grid Logic
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Lead multiple QA Teams and ensure that delivering the products with the best quality on time.
- Defined and monitoring of quality goals.
- Technical directions to the team.
- Defect Tracking and reporting.
- Project: Games
- Environment: Android & iOS
- Test Management tool: JIRA
Sr SDET
DELL
10.2015 - 08.2021
- Automation framework design with Selenium-C#.
- Automating the new test cases of every sprint story.
- Execution Automating suites for every release.
- Providing technical direction to the team.
- Defect Tracking and reporting.
- Test Automation Tools: Selenium with C#
- Test Management tool: VSTS-TFS
Team Lead
Accenture
01.2013 - 10.2015
- Automation framework refactoring with Selenium-C#.
- Automating the new test cases of every sprint story.
- Execution Automating suites for every release.
- Test cases creation and Defect Tracking.
- Client: Microsoft (Hyderabad)
- Test Automation Tools: VSTS CodedUI C#, Web Performance Test & Web Service Test
- Test Management tool: VSTS-TFS
QA Engineer
Magna InfoTech
09.2012 - 01.2013
- Aided in the design and development of the automation framework.
- CUITE Framework (Coded UI) used for automating the test cases.
- Executed manual and automated tests to identify the defects.
- Designing manual test cases.
- Executing manual test cases.
- Defect Tracking and reporting (VSTS-TFS).
- Client: Microsoft (Hyderabad)
- Test Automation Tools: VSTS CodedUI C#
- Test Management tool: VSTS-TFS
SDET
Ensoftek
04.2011 - 08.2012
- Virtual Machines were utilized to set up the test environment and execute automated tests and Manual Test cases.
- Manually set up the test environment needed for testing the latest builds. This includes installing operating systems, multiple browsers, drivers, and phone emulators for Android, RIM, and Windows Mobile.
- Automation framework refactoring with CodedUI-C#.
- Automating the new test cases of every sprint story.
- Execution Automating suites for every release.
- Test cases creation and Defect Tracking.
Module Lead
ValueLabs
03.2006 - 04.2011
- Identifying the Customized requirements and enhancements from Specifications.
- Raise the concerns if the requirements are unclear and schedule the meetings with stakeholders to clear the issues and make the requirements more solid.
- Automating test cases using Automated QA's tool –TestComplete.
- Executing automated scripts and manual test cases.
- Defect Tracking and reporting (JIRA).
- Escalating showstopper or issues impacting test execution to stakeholders and getting them resolved to resume the execution to the earliest.
- Cross utilization of resources and implementation fast-tracking to maintain deliveries on schedule.
- Preparation of monthly metrics required for internal & external Audits.
Education
BTech -
JNTU
Skills
- Test Automation Tools: Selenium, CodedUI, TestComplete, TestQuest, TestProject & AccelQ
- Testing Management Tools: MS Azure, TFS, MTM, JIRA, TestRail & RFC Tracker
- API Tools: Postman, SoapUI & Swagger
- CI/CD Cloud Tools: GitLab, Team City, Jenkins & Azure DevOps
- Cloud Testing Platforms: BrowserStack & SauceLabs
- Programming Languages: C# & VB Script
- Database: MS SQL, PostgreSQL & Mongo DB
- Production Log analysis tools: Splunk & Kibana
Awards
- Bronze & Dell Champion awards from Dell.
- Stellar Award from Accenture.
- Certificate Of Appreciation from multiple Clients.
Timeline
Senior Professional Product Test
Gainwell Technologies
01.2024 - Current
Project Lead-QC
RSystems
01.2022 - 11.2023
Test Lead
Grid Logic
08.2021 - 12.2021
Sr SDET
DELL
10.2015 - 08.2021
Team Lead
Accenture
01.2013 - 10.2015
QA Engineer
Magna InfoTech
09.2012 - 01.2013
SDET
Ensoftek
04.2011 - 08.2012
Module Lead
ValueLabs
03.2006 - 04.2011
BTech -
JNTU
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