Mallikharjuna Kota
Guntur
Summary
Automation Test Engineer with 3+ years of experience in Tosca, Selenium, Playwright, and SAP automation testing. Skilled in framework design, Agile testing, CI/CD, API validation, and defect management. Proven expertise in reducing manual testing effort, improving test coverage, and accelerating release cycles in Agile environments.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Automation Test Engineer (Software System Engineer)
Tata Consultancy Services
05.2022 - Current
- Built and maintained scalable automation frameworks using Tosca, Selenium, and Playwright.
- Automated end-to-end test scenarios for SAP Fiori, S/4 HANA, and web applications, reducing manual regression time by 60%.
- Implemented Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber and integrated tests with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Designed modular, reusable test components with enhanced maintainability.
- Executed API testing, functional, regression, performance, and UAT cycles across cross-functional teams.
- Created detailed test documentation, reported defects via Jira, and ensured full traceability to business requirements.
SAP Food Automation (Tosca, Postman)
06.2022 - 06.2024
- Automated customer onboarding, fund transfers, and account validations in SAP.
- Performed Excel/PDF validation and GUI-based regression testing.
- Improved automation coverage by 45% across critical business processes.
Manhattan 4 Walls (Selenium, Java, Cucumber)
06.2024 - 05.2025
- Built BDD test cases to automate receiving, packing, and dispatch flows in WMS.
- Validated SAP order integration with real-time warehouse data flows.
- Enhanced test visibility via Jenkins result reporting.
Education
B. Tech - Computer Science
Vignan University
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh05.2021
Skills
- Automation Tools: Tosca
- Selenium WebDriver
- Playwright
- UFT
- Programming Languages: Java
- SQL
- C
- Frameworks: Cucumber (BDD)
- TestNG
- API Testing: Postman
- REST API
- SOAP API
- Test Management: Jira
- Test Planning
- Defect Tracking
- Excel
- PDF Validation
- SAP Testing: SAP GUI
- SAP Fiori
- S/4 HANA
- SAP SD
- SAP EWMS
- Methodologies: Agile Testing
- CI/CD
- UAT
- Regression
- Smoke Testing
- Version Control & CI: Git
- Jenkins
- GitHub
- Other: Performance Testing
- QA Strategy
- Test Automation Framework Design
Certification
- Tricentis Tosca Automation Specialist - Level 1 & 2
- Tricentis Automation Engineer - Level 1
- Tricentis Test Data Specialist - Level 1 & 2
- ISTQB Foundation Level
- Cambridge English Entry Level Certificate
Accomplishments
- Reduced post-release defects by 40% through full-cycle regression automation.
Core Skills
Tosca, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, UFT, Java, SQL, C, Cucumber (BDD), TestNG, Postman, REST API, SOAP API, Jira, Test Planning, Defect Tracking, Excel, PDF Validation, SAP GUI, SAP Fiori, S/4 HANA, SAP SD, SAP EWMS, Agile Testing, CI/CD, UAT, Regression, Smoke Testing, Git, Jenkins, GitHub, Performance Testing, QA Strategy, Test Automation Framework Design
Timeline
Manhattan 4 Walls (Selenium, Java, Cucumber)
06.2024 - 05.2025
SAP Food Automation (Tosca, Postman)
06.2022 - 06.2024
Automation Test Engineer (Software System Engineer)
Tata Consultancy Services
05.2022 - Current
B. Tech - Computer Science
Vignan University