Praveenkumar Natanasabapathy
Bengaluru
Summary
Over 10 years of experience in infrastructure automation and product test automation, specializing in designing and executing automation solutions for web-based applications and web services. Proven expertise in building CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and streamlined release of application patches.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Member of Technical Staff (Automation Lead)
Oracle
01.2018 - 2025
- Led a 5-member QA automation team, driving automation strategy, sprint planning, task allocation, and mentoring to improve delivery efficiency and code quality.
- Automated UI and API test cases using Selenium and Robot Framework, improving test coverage and execution efficiency for Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) and Oracle Access Manager (OAM).
- Architected and optimized Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines leveraging OCI cloud VMs for automated patch validation and release workflows, cutting execution time by 30% while minimizing manual effort.
- Designed and developed the “Patch Flip” automation tool (Python) to automate quarterly FMW and database patch releases, reducing manual effort by ~50%.
- Built OCI Master, a utility framework for dynamic VM provisioning and infrastructure resource optimization during test execution.
- Developed OCI Explorer, a monitoring tool to track and analyze organizational cloud resource utilization.
- Contributed to STAR, a centralized log analysis platform leveraging the ELK stack for faster issue diagnosis.
- Contributed to IBAT, a machine learning–based bug search and analysis tool built using Python (Flask) and React JS.
QA Engineer
Zephyr
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test strategies based on requirement and design specifications for both manual and automated testing.
- Automated REST API test cases using REST Assured, ensuring reliable validation of service integrations and backend functionality.
- Implemented UI automation using Selenium WebDriver, improving efficiency and consistency of user interface testing.
- Contributed to root cause analysis, debugging, and test environment setup, supporting smooth and timely test execution.
Education
B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Amrita School of Engineering
Coimbatore01-2014
Skills
- Java, Python, Unix shell scripting
- Selenium WebDriver (Java/TestNG), REST Assured (Java/TestNG)
- AI-assisted test generation using Cline / AI coding tools
- Prompt engineering for automated test creation and optimization
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Cloud Services: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Robot Framework for web and API automation
- CI/CD Automation: Jenkins, Bamboo (test pipelines, release automation)
- Version Control & ALM Tools: Git, Jira, Zephyr Enterprise
- Databases: Oracle
- OS: Mac, Linux, Windows
- Agile / Scrum methodologies
- Test reporting, defect tracking, and quality metrics
Certification
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2023 Certified Associate
Accomplishments
- 'Oracle Assimilator' award in 2019 (Oracle)
- 'Key Team Player' awarded multiple quarterly cycles (Oracle)
Timeline
Senior Member of Technical Staff (Automation Lead)
Oracle
01.2018 - 2025
QA Engineer
Zephyr
01.2015 - 01.2018
B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Amrita School of Engineering