SIVANNARAYANA PARIMI

QA Automation Engineer with 2.6 years of experience in both manual and automation testing, skilled in delivering high-quality, reliable software solutions. Proficient in automation tools including Selenium, Rest Assured, and Cucumber (BDD), POM, with expertise in building Hybrid frameworks, executing regression and API tests, and integrating test suites with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git, Bitbucket. Adept at test planning, execution, and reporting, with a strong focus on collaboration, client communication, and delivering bug-free releases in fast-paced agile environments.

• Designed and implemented scalable Hybrid and Data-Driven automation frameworks using Selenium (Java), TestNG, Maven, REST Assured, and Cucumber-BDD, structured with Page Object Model (POM) across UI and API layers.
• Achieved 80%+ automation coverage and improved execution efficiency by 30%, supporting faster and more reliable regression cycles.
• Automated 1,200+ functional test cases across Regression, UAT, Sanity, Smoke, and Integration flows, including complex UI automation involving alerts, popups, dynamic web tables, and JavaScript-driven elements.
• Performed Cross-Browser and Mobile Testing using Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Android Studio, LambdaTest, and Browser stack, ensuring consistent UI/UX across platforms.
• Automated REST API testing with REST Assured and Postman, covering both functional and negative scenarios; validated payloads, status codes, and response structures.
• Executed SQL-based backend validations to ensure data integrity, perform migration checks, and validate business logic across multiple environments.
• Built and managed CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, integrated with Git/Bitbucket, Docker, Rancher, and Kubernetes for automated testing, deployment, and reporting; executed tests on Selenium Grid and Selenoid within Docker containers to enable scalable parallel testing.
• Created visual dashboards using Extent Reports and Allure delivered real-time reports and alerts to stakeholders to accelerate decision-making.
• Skilled in Manual Testing, including test case design, exploratory testing, usability validation, and defect lifecycle management, with additional exposure to accessibility testing using tools like Axe and Wave.
• Developed and maintained comprehensive Test Plans, Test Strategies, and RTMs, ensuring 100% traceability from requirements to coverage in Agile/Scrum workflows.
• Performed Database Testing using SQL for data integrity checks, migration validations across environments.
• Exposure to Kafka, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Microservices, and cloud tools like AWS EC2 and Docker for log monitoring, service-level validations, message-based testing, and setting up scalable, cloud-based test environments to support SRE-related deployment and monitoring activities.
• Provided mentorship to junior QA members, contributed to process improvements, owned automation release cycles, and was accountable for QA sign-off and release readiness checklists ensuring quality delivery and team growth.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills with a passion for continuous learning and upskilling in automation, DevOps, and cloud technologies.
• Actively participated in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, client demos, and release reviews tracked QA metrics and defects using JIRA and documented deliverables in Confluence.

• Awarded 'Best Employee' for Q3 2022 at Airtel International LLP for excellence in QA automation and project delivery