Nikhila Nandam

QA Test Analyst with 7+ years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing across web and Windows applications. Strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver with Python, automation framework development, regression testing, defect management, and quality assurance. Skilled in Agile methodologies, with hands-on experience in ALM, JIRA, TFS, and end-to-end software testing. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor junior testers, and deliver high-quality releases.

• 1) CN Railroad Service, CN is Canada's largest railway which is located headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which Serves Canada and Midwestern and South Unites states, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track. In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central.
• Involved in Test Execution, mentoring and review activities of the team, has been a go to person to find the solution for the issue that team faces., Involved in Complex test case execution in CN PTC.
• Trouble Shooting of the PTC, PDS and BOS Regression.
• By understanding project need/criticality which is due to the enhanced requirements at the time of execution, provided the extended support and efficiently analyzed and shared the up-to-date knowledge.
• Lead the team of 5 for quality testing and done Knowledge Transfer about PTC concepts.
• Due to project demand, started with the automation of manual cases using selenium with python.
• Developed Selenium-python scripts for complex test scenarios
• Supported quality releases with robust test coverage
• 2) BNSF Railroad, Participating in QA Testing., Preparing testcase based on functional specification documents to satisfy the new business requirement involved in functional testing, system testing, Navigation testing and integration testing., Reporting bugs in TFS and JIRA, Analysis of new projects related to testing, Preparation of training material and other documents related to projects.

QA Test Analyst with 7+ years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing across web and Windows applications. Strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver with Python, automation framework development, regression testing, defect management, and quality assurance. Skilled in Agile methodologies, with hands-on experience in ALM, JIRA, TFS, and end-to-end software testing. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor junior testers, and deliver high-quality releases. Detail-oriented Automation Tester with hands-on experience in designing, developing, and executing automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver with Python. Skilled in building robust test frameworks, ensuring software quality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable applications. Adept at identifying bugs, improving test coverage, and optimizing testing processes.