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NELSON NIRMAL RAJ L

LEAD AUTOMATION ENGINEER (SDET)
Thiruninravur

Summary

Experienced team leader known for inspiring and mentoring teams to achieve results through collaboration and strategic planning. Trained and coached teams on automation framework best practices, improving efficiency and quality. Proficient in Selenium WebDriver, skilled in creating and executing automated test cases using the Page Object Model framework in Java. Experienced in test automation design patterns and developing frameworks tailored to business needs. Expertise in the Cucumber BDD framework. Proven track record in Azure DevOps & CI-CD pipeline, utilizing Microsoft Copilot for enhanced productivity and task automation.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Lead Automation Tester

Cognizant Technologies
10.2019 - Current
  • Fix Commits bug fixes and improvements independently, ensuring the seamless enhancement of application functionality behaviour.
  • Collaborates with developers to analyze, debug and fixing the bugs of my own based on the priority by directly contributing to application stability and performance.
  • Test Scenario Preparation & Test case and Test Data preparation in confluence page directly.
  • Create/Update the BackEnd cucumber REST API MicroServices Automation Test Scripts within the Sprint using Karate Framework.
  • Contract Testing using PACT Flow
  • Create/update the FrontEnd WebDriver IO Automation Test scripts in n+1 sprint.
  • Create/Update the JMeter .JMX files at the End of each release and identify the performance of the API’s and Front-end behaviours with high load of test data.
  • Create repository in Azure DevOps to manage the Automation Scripts.
  • Create Separate Test Stage in Azure Pipeline to run the Automation Scripts.
  • Use Azure DevOps for Defect Management to log defects ,Raise & Track Defects.
  • Prioritize Regression Cases and Smoke Test scripts based on the release plans.
  • Retro Meetings/Kick off Meeting/Project Closure Meeting/Daily Scrum Meeting.
  • Defect tracking and handle incidents with Root cause Analysis.
  • Host the scrum & Retrospective meeting at regular intervals if needed.
  • Perform the Defect Triage meeting periodically.

QA Specialist

Renault Nissan Technology Business Centre India Private Ltd.
12.2015 - 10.2019


  • Scenario and Test Cases Review.
  • RAP Meetings/Kick off Meeting/Project Closure Meeting/Daily Scrum Meeting.
  • Create/Update the Automation Scripts for each within Sprint under POM model with Data driven framework and update the execution status results to the stock holders.
  • Responsible for identifying test cases for manual and Automation with Selenium WebDriver for Smoke Test, Regression Tests.
  • Automated the REST API using Rest Assured API as re-unable component as JSON call.

Test Engineer

CHANGEPOND
08.2012 - 10.2015
  • Started my carreer as Test Engineer and Worked
  • Both Manual and Automation in both web application

and mobile application as well.

Education

MCA -

St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous)
01.2009 - 01.2012

B.Sc - Mathematics

Loyola College (Autonomous)
01.2006 - 01.2009

HSC - undefined

St. John’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School

SSLC - undefined

St. John’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Skills

Java

JavaScript

Selenium Web driver

BDD Cucumber

Web Driver IO

Karate

Rest Assured

Maven

Junit

TestNG

JMeter

Azure Data Studio

MS SQL Server

PactFlow Contract Testing

Azure DevOps CICD

Postman API

Playwright

Design Patterns

IntelliJ IDEA

Eclipse

Visual Studio

Net Beans

GitHub

Springboot MicroServices

Azure pipeline

Test case design

Design Test Automation frameworks

Test planning & Strategy

Load testing

PostMan API

Bootstrap,CSS,HTML

Trainer on Automation Frameworks

Certification

AWS Cloud Practitioner Valid upto July 2027

Additional Information


https://github.com/GitHubNels

(Implemented a structured approach

using design patterns)

Contributing to open-source projects

on GitHub.

Hosted AutomationFrameworks on,

1. Selenium BDD cucmber POM

2. Rest Assured Framworks

3. Play Wright with JAVA Framworks.

Personal Information

  • Pan Number: ALNPN6341D
  • Father's Name: S Louis
  • Date of Birth: 12/30/88
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above furnished details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

AWS Cloud Practitioner Valid upto July 2027

06-2024

Lead Automation Tester

Cognizant Technologies
10.2019 - Current

QA Specialist

Renault Nissan Technology Business Centre India Private Ltd.
12.2015 - 10.2019

Test Engineer

CHANGEPOND
08.2012 - 10.2015

MCA -

St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous)
01.2009 - 01.2012

B.Sc - Mathematics

Loyola College (Autonomous)
01.2006 - 01.2009

HSC - undefined

St. John’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School

SSLC - undefined

St. John’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School
NELSON NIRMAL RAJ LLEAD AUTOMATION ENGINEER (SDET)