Siba Sankar Sethy
Principal QA Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
QA Architect and Principal-level Quality Engineering leader with 18+ years of experience designing and scaling enterprise-grade QA systems across cloud-native platforms, microservices, mobile applications, security-critical systems, and AI-powered products. Proven track record of owning end-to-end quality architecture, spanning test strategy, CI/CD governance, performance engineering, security validation, and production quality. Strong hands-on background in Python/Java automation, Kubernetes-native test platforms, and LLM-powered test generation using RAG and Agentic AI workflows. Experienced in leading quality for high-scale, revenue-critical platforms (Flipkart Big Billion Day, Palo Alto Networks NGFW Cloud), while mentoring teams and influencing architecture at organizational scale.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder & Architect
AIQualitica
Bangalore
11.2025 - Current
- Founded and architected an LLM-powered test case generation platform converting requirements into structured, versioned test cases.
- Designed a Kubernetes-native microservices platform using FastAPI and Docker, implemented RAG and GraphRAG pipelines, built agentic AI workflows with Human-in-the-Loop, enabled local/private LLM inference, and delivered requirement versioning, test case comparison, and TestRail integration.
Principal QA Engineer (NGFW Cloud)
Palo Alto Networks
Bangalore
12.2021 - 11.2024
- Owned an end-to-end quality strategy for NGFW Cloud.
- Designed protocol-level test frameworks for websocket and APIs, built Python/YAML Pytest frameworks, integrated GitLab CI with Slack reporting, and mentored senior engineers.
- Contributed to successful product launches through meticulous end-to-end testing of applications.
Lead / Staff SDET
Ivanti (MobileIron)
Bangalore
08.2017 - 12.2021
- Led the automation strategy across the UI, API, and integration layers.
- Automated ZSO, FIDO, and SAML authentication flows.
- Built Selenium and REST Assured frameworks, and validated secure tunnels.
SDET-2
Flipkart
Bangalore
11.2014 - 08.2017
- Automated Android applications, owned SRM testing, led Big Billion Day performance testing, and built Ansible-based deployment support.
QA Engineer II
FICO
Bangalore
10.2013 - 11.2014
- Built Selenium automation frameworks and automated ExtJS, Eclipse-based applications.
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Oracle
Bangalore
02.2012 - 10.2013
- Owned QA for Oracle Fusion Apps provisioning and enhanced Perl and shell-based automation.
QA Lead / SSE / SE
Ness Technologies
Bangalore
08.2007 - 02.2012
- Led QA strategy and automation for BPM and middleware platforms.
Education
B.E. - Computer Science
BPUT
Odisha06.2006
Skills
Quality Architecture & Strategy
Enterprise QA strategy
Testability reviews
Risk-based testing
UI /API/Mobile Automation
Test Frameworks Using TestNG and Pytest
Component/E2E/Contract testing
Selenium / Playwright / Espresso
Pytest / TestNG
API Automatin/Rest Assured
Cloud-Native & Microservices Testing
Kubernetes-aware test design
CI/CD fail-fast pipelines
Docker/Kubernetes/AWS
Shift-left/Shift-Right quality
Java/Python/Shell
AI & LLM / LangChain/ LangGraph
RAGAS / Copilot/ Cursor
Core Areas Of Expertise
Enterprise QA strategy, Testability reviews, Risk-based testing, Python / Java frameworks for UI, API, component, integration, and E2E testing, Selenium, Playwright, Pytest, TestNG, REST Assured, Espresso, Kubernetes-aware test design, Service-to-service validation, CI/CD fail-fast pipelines, Contract and integration testing, Large-scale load testing, Capacity planning, Bottleneck analysis, SAML, FIDO (OTP, QR, biometric, hardware keys), Certificate-based authentication, TCP/IP, HTTP, WebSocket validation, LLM-based test case generation, RAG, GraphRAG, Agentic workflows with Human-in-the-Loop validation, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, Shift-left / shift-right quality, Synthetic monitoring
Technology Snapshot
Python, Java, Shell, Pytest, TestNG, Selenium, Playwright, Espresso, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitLab CI, RAG, GraphRAG, LangChain, LangGraph, Hugging Face, RAGAS, DeepEval, custom metrics, Report Portal, SAML, FIDO, WebSocket, certificate-based authentication
Awards
- Flipkart Big Billion Day Star
- FICO Spot Award
- MobileIron Excellence Awards
Timeline
Founder & Architect
AIQualitica
11.2025 - Current
Principal QA Engineer (NGFW Cloud)
Palo Alto Networks
12.2021 - 11.2024
Lead / Staff SDET
Ivanti (MobileIron)
08.2017 - 12.2021
SDET-2
Flipkart
11.2014 - 08.2017
QA Engineer II
FICO
10.2013 - 11.2014
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Oracle
02.2012 - 10.2013
QA Lead / SSE / SE
Ness Technologies
08.2007 - 02.2012
B.E. - Computer Science
BPUT