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SIVAKUMAR PARAMASIVAM

SIVAKUMAR PARAMASIVAM

Test Automation Architect
Chennai

Summary

14+ years of software testing expertise. Specifically, 9 years of Selenium Web driver experience and 2 years of QTP Automation experience and 1 year working with Automation With AI Solution work. Achieved Azure AI-900 Azure AI fundamentals certification. Having good exposure in Webdriver.io and Test café JavaScript framework. Have implemented API call by using Sprint Boot Architecture. Implemented Selenium with AWS EC2 instances / Docker. Implemented Jenkins Pipeline in CI/CD Manner. AWS Solution Architect learning is in-progress. Basic knowledge on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes. Good hands-on experience in Mobile Automation using open-source framework like Appium. Good Hands-on Experience in REST Assured Automation with Java. Full Stack Development learning is in-progress. Have Worked in TestNG and POM framework for selenium automation and completed Mobile automation using Appium framework. Good experience in Writing Automation Descriptive Test scripts, debugging and enhancing the scripts, reviewing, and running the test scripts in QTP through integrated Test Management Tools (ALM, JIRA). Zest for learning new concepts in emerging technology. Knowledge of complete Software Development Life Cycle and Software Test life cycle. Involved in Preparation of Test Scenarios and Test Cases. Involved in Preparation of Test Data.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Automation Architect

Pearson Education
01.2023 - Current
  • Develop AI Test Automation Strategy: Define and drive the overall vision for integrating AI-powered features into the test automation framework across multiple projects
  • AI-First Approach: Advocate and promote an AI-first strategy to enhance test automation, identifying opportunities where AI/ML can be leveraged to improve test effectiveness and efficiency
  • Strategic Roadmap: Create and manage a roadmap for AI-powered test automation, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and IT architecture
  • Explore Emerging AI Technologies: Lead research into emerging AI, machine learning, and deep learning technologies that can be applied to test automation, including areas like predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and self-healing automation
  • Innovative AI Solutions: Experiment with new AI techniques (e.g., reinforcement learning, neural networks) to improve test automation accuracy, reliability, and coverage
  • Proof of Concepts (PoC): Design and lead PoCs for AI-driven test automation tools and technologies to evaluate their potential impact before full-scale implementation
  • AI Mentorship & Training: Provide guidance and mentorship on AI-based test automation strategies and frameworks
  • Lead internal workshops to train teams on the effective use of AI in test automation

SDET

Cognizant Technologies
01.2021 - 01.2023
  • Company Overview: DocuSign Insight Application About the Project: DocuSign Insight uses a proven combination of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies – including natural language processing, machine learning and rules-based logic – to help find filer and analyze agreements across your enterprise
  • Based on the Transition will add up new scenarios for Test Automation with Webdriver.io and Testcafe framework
  • Create Swarm instance and deploy the code with docker yaml file
  • Based on Support ticket, involved minor UI changes in ReactJS with SpringBoot framework
  • Implemented CI/CD for all the integrated modules before each releases Release activities with Agile Methodologies
  • Environment: Webdriver.io, Test cafe and Rest Assured API, AWS with Docker Swarm
  • DocuSign Insight Application About the Project: DocuSign Insight uses a proven combination of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies – including natural language processing, machine learning and rules-based logic – to help find filer and analyze agreements across your enterprise

Senior Test Lead - QA Delivery

HCL Technologies
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Company Overview: Project: Electronic Know your Client (EKYC) About the Project: KYC is significant element in the fight against financial crime and money laundering and customer identification is the most critical aspect as it is the first step to better perform in the other stages of the process
  • Analysis for Manual Test Cases and Identify the suitable automation candidate
  • Design Test Automation by using Selenium Web driver and TestNG
  • Integrated with ALM to update the results
  • Integrated with Team City with windows Agent to triggered when dev team merged the code
  • Environment: Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, REST Assured, React Js, Web Application / API
  • Project: Electronic Know your Client (EKYC) About the Project: KYC is significant element in the fight against financial crime and money laundering and customer identification is the most critical aspect as it is the first step to better perform in the other stages of the process

Mobile Automation Lead

Maveric Systems
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Company Overview: Metro Bank (Mobile App) About the Project: Metro Bank PLC is a retail bank operating in the United Kingdom, mobile app as a Native application which is developed Android and iOS
  • Responsible for offshore deliverables including manual and Automation
  • Automation code review and merge activities
  • Prepared Automation testing plan and approach for new project
  • Following Agile Scrum methodology, attended scrum ceremonies
  • Framework Enhancement and Develop enhance and maintain established service design procedure and process to assure apt and robust service design
  • Analyzed non-automatable regression test cases to switch over to automatable to increase automation testing coverage
  • Involved each release plan and estimation, defect triage meetings
  • Environment: Mobile (Android & iOS), Appium, Java, Selenium Web Driver
  • Metro Bank (Mobile App) About the Project: Metro Bank PLC is a retail bank operating in the United Kingdom, mobile app as a Native application which is developed Android and iOS

QA Lead

Cognizant Technologies
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Company Overview: Project: Content Services Gateway (CSG) About the Project: The content Services Gateway (CSG) is a search platform across all Pearson applications
  • Working as a module lead in Agile(Scrum) methodology
  • Joining in daily Scrum call, Sprint call and backlog grooming call, update the status and give estimation for each user stories
  • Prepare test cases for each user stories and execute the test cases
  • Having experience in reviewing the test cases
  • Defects log in ALM and test management in JIRA
  • Working directly with Client on daily basis and update the status to them
  • Design Test Automation by using JAVA Rest-Assured Framework
  • Attended Scrum ceremonies
  • Composing the Task mail and sending daily Reports to the client
  • Adding more scripts in Regression test suite to increase test coverage
  • Project: Content Services Gateway (CSG) About the Project: The content Services Gateway (CSG) is a search platform across all Pearson applications

Test Automation Lead

HCL Technologies
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Company Overview: Project: NBA League About the Project: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world
  • Analysis of Manual Test Cases and Identify the suitable automation candidate
  • Design Test Automation by using Selenium Web driver and TestNG
  • Created Mobile Automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver with Appium for NBA Team sites
  • Created Mobile Automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver with Perfecto Mobile for NBA League
  • Environment: Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, Selenium Grid, Appium, Perfecto Mobile, Java, Web Application
  • Project: NBA League About the Project: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world

Test Automation Lead

Scintel Technologies
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: Federated System Group (Macys Systems & Technologies) RDS to BUY About the Project: The Creation of a new Graphical User Interface for Big Ticket selling associates to create a Stock order PO and Maintenance other Local Vendor Inventory, Drop ship and Special Order
  • Analyzed the project functionality BRD and FS documents
  • Create Test case creation and execution plan
  • Co-ordinate with interface team to perform End-To-End testing
  • Run batch jobs (JCL) to pass data to downstream application
  • Prepare the traceability matrix
  • Report the defect in Bug Tracker and get them resolved
  • Prepare Metrics and WSR
  • Perform regression testing to ensure the correctness of the applications
  • Design Test Automation by using Selenium Web driver and TestNG
  • Composing the Task mail and sending daily Reports to the client
  • Adding more scripts in Regression test suite to increase test coverage
  • Environment: Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, Selenium Grid, Java, Web Application
  • Federated System Group (Macys Systems & Technologies) RDS to BUY About the Project: The Creation of a new Graphical User Interface for Big Ticket selling associates to create a Stock order PO and Maintenance other Local Vendor Inventory, Drop ship and Special Order

Education

Master of Computer Application (MCA) -

A.V.C College, Bharathidasan University
01.2006 - 01.2009

Skills

Selenium WebDriver

Certification

AI 900 Azure AI Fundamentals

Timeline

AI 900 Azure AI Fundamentals

09-2024
Test Automation Architect - Pearson Education
01.2023 - Current
SDET - Cognizant Technologies
01.2021 - 01.2023
Senior Test Lead - QA Delivery - HCL Technologies
01.2019 - 01.2021
Mobile Automation Lead - Maveric Systems
01.2017 - 01.2019
QA Lead - Cognizant Technologies
01.2014 - 01.2016
Test Automation Lead - HCL Technologies
01.2014 - 01.2016
Test Automation Lead - Scintel Technologies
01.2009 - 01.2014
A.V.C College, Bharathidasan University - Master of Computer Application (MCA),
01.2006 - 01.2009
SIVAKUMAR PARAMASIVAMTest Automation Architect