NITHYAKALYANI R
Senior Associate
Chennai,TN
Summary
IT professional with over 12 years of comprehensive experience, including more than 8 years dedicated to developing automation frameworks from the ground up. Expertise in implementing cutting-edge solutions using Selenium, Playwright, and Rest Assured, complemented by the latest AI integrations. Strong analytical and communication skills, with a proven ability to adapt swiftly to new environments. Committed to fostering team success while continuously pursuing professional development and embracing a positive attitude toward learning and growth.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
SENIOR API AND WEB APPLICATION AUTOMATION TESTER USING SELENIUM and Playwright Tool
Cognizant Technologies Solutions - Verizon Project
07.2023 - Current
- Performing Progression, Regression Testing and Automation of functional scenarios using Selenium Web driver and API testing using Postman and API automation using CATS framework.
- Conversion of existing API and Web application program from cats framework automation script to Tapsium framework.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Automated UI using Playwright javascript and also created reusable code and integrated it with CICD.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
- Identified critical defects in the early stages, performing detailed root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences.
- Mentored junior team members, providing guidance on automation techniques and best practices while nurturing their professional growth.
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
- Created Jenkins job for Continuous integration and will be monitoring it on daily basis and share the failure analysis report to the stakeholders.
- Have functional and Automation Knowledge in OMNI- Retail,Telesales,ACSS and Digital application.
- Leading 7 member Automation team and review their code before merging it to main branch.
- Preparing the Weekly Status Report for my team and Share it with the client manager on the project deliverables updates.
- Tools Used: Selenium Webdriver using Java - CATS Framework and Tapsium Framework, Playwright with Java script,NodeJS,Visual Studio Code, TestNG, Maven, Extent Report, API Testing tool, Git Lab, Eclipse, Intellij,Kibana, Jenkins and Postman.
SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER
Cognizant Technology Solution - CVS Health Project
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Performing Progression, Regression Testing, Security testing and Web Service testing using ReadyAPI, SOAP UI and Cucumber Karate Framework.
- Have worked in Analyzing the Mapping document and Swagger of all the APIs before the testing gets started and check whether all the parameters listed in mapping document and Swagger are same.
- If we have any discrepancies will reach out to IA on it and get it cleared in advance.
- We have followed the shift left approach in which we will be preparing the feature file in advance and then proceeding with the testing to cover all the test cases in advance.
- Worked on Test harness scenario by mocking the request and response in WinSCP Server.
- Reporting bugs on time.
- Daily status update with the client.
- Tools Used: Rally, Putty, WINSCP, SOAP UI, Splunk log and Cucumber Karate framework.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION TEST ENGINEER
Tata Consultancy Services - Verizon Project
03.2020 - 03.2022
- Experienced in working within Agile system and attend agile meetings for backlog refinement, sprint planning, and daily scrum meetings.
- Strongly experienced in Page Object Model to Automate Functional and Regression Testing by creating BDD Framework using Eclipse, Maven, Java, TestNG and Selenium WebDriver.
- Experienced in developing Automation Framework using Cucumber BDD, JUnit, Gherkin, Java and Selenium WebDriver.
- Experienced in using Selenium Grid and Docker for cross platform and cross browser testing by running the Test Scripts on various virtual machines.
- Experienced in generating Test Reports using ExtentReport.
- Experienced in configuring Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server with Maven and GitHub.
- Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools.
- Maintenance of present regression suites and test scripts.
- Reviewed test reports and test summary reports that are generated for each run.
- Good Knowledge of programming languages in Java
- Monitoring the jenkins report for the Modules assigned to me and send failure analysis report to the stakeholders on daily basis.
- Have handled 7 member Manual and Automation team and reviewed the code prior to merged into the main branch.
- Have provided the review comments for the team members who have not followed the code standard and guided the team to resolve the conflicts which the team have faced while committing code into main branch.
- Tools Used: Selenium Webdriver using Java, TestNG, Maven, Extent Report, RPA Testing tool - Automation anywhere, Source tree, Eclipse, Jenkins,Tapsium report, WinSCP.
API TESTER USING SOAP UI,PARASOFT AND RESTASSURED
Tata Consultancy Services - Comcast Project
12.2013 - 06.2019
- Strongly experienced in writing and executing detailed test cases and test design documents for back and front end testing.
- Experienced in using Swagger and REST API Specification.
- Experienced in using POSTMAN,SOAPUI and Parasoft SOATest for RestFul webservice testing/Rest API testing.
- Worked with Development team to create in Rest Assured Framework for our API.
- Strong Understanding on Web Application and Web Service Architecture.
- Very Quick Learner.
- Contributed to the setup of a continuous integration environment using Jenkins, improving collaboration and code quality
- Participated in code reviews, providing feedback on API design and functionality, which enhanced the robustness of implemented APIs
- Performing Progression, Regression Testing, Agile Testing and automation of Web service test suite using ParaSoft Tool and Rest assured framework.
- Maintaining the timelines through IPMS and adhering to TCS quality processes and doing peer reviews (IQA) for all the testing activities in IPMS.
- Reporting bugs on time before it is deployed into production.
- Strong knowledge in SQL and Mongo DB validation.
- Have completed ISTQB and OCJP certification.
- Tools Used: SOAP UI, ParaSoft SOA Test, ALM, Oracle DB, Eclipse, Agile testing, Oracle SQL developer, SVN, GitHub repositories, GOCD and Rest Assured Framework, MongoDB.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Biotechnology
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
Chennai, India04.2013
High School Diploma - undefined
Velammal Matric Higher Secondary School
Chennai, India04.2009
Skills
API Automation testing with Cucumber Karate ,Cats and Tapsium Framework
UI Automation using Selenium Webdriver with Java using Tapsium and Cats Framework
Database testing using SQL and Mongo DB
SOAP UI
Postman
Kibana
Eclipse
Node JS, Intellij
Mongo DB
Manual Testing
Agile Methodology
TestNg
Putty
WinSCP
Certification
Have completed ISTQB and OCJP certification.
Timeline
SENIOR API AND WEB APPLICATION AUTOMATION TESTER USING SELENIUM and Playwright Tool
Cognizant Technologies Solutions - Verizon Project
07.2023 - Current
SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER
Cognizant Technology Solution - CVS Health Project
05.2022 - 07.2023
QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION TEST ENGINEER
Tata Consultancy Services - Verizon Project
03.2020 - 03.2022
API TESTER USING SOAP UI,PARASOFT AND RESTASSURED
Tata Consultancy Services - Comcast Project
12.2013 - 06.2019
High School Diploma - undefined
Velammal Matric Higher Secondary School
Bachelor of Technology - Biotechnology
Rajalakshmi Engineering College