Thirumalai Vasan C

To be a part of an innovative and dynamic environment where my skills in automation testing and quality assurance can be effectively utilized. I aim to contribute to building robust test frameworks, improving process efficiency, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. Passionate about continuous learning, adopting emerging technologies, and adding value to organizational growth.

Senior Automation Test Engineer with 10 years of IT experience in Software Testing, specializing in Test Automation. Expertise in Java , Selenium , Rest Assured and Playwright, with strong exposure to CI/CD pipelines and test frameworks. Skilled in designing scalable automation frameworks, improving test coverage, and ensuring faster release cycles. Experienced in leveraging Generative AI (LLMs)for automated script generation, test data creation, and test coverage optimization. Proven ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments and collaborate with cross-functional teams for delivering high-quality software.

• Senior Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai (Jan 2023 – Present) with 10 years of experience in automation testing across Frontend, API, and Web Services.
• Strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver (UI) and RestAssured (API) with Java; proficient in BDD frameworks (Cucumber).
• Skilled in Functional, Integration, Regression, UAT, Smoke, and Browser Compatibility testing.
• Designed and enhanced Keyword-driven, Data-driven, and BDD automation frameworks, integrating with SQL/Excel data sources.
• Hands-on with Appium, UFT, PDF validation using PDFBox, and JSON dynamic generation.
• Experience in shell scripting, Hadoop commands for file validation, and automation in Payment and Insurance domains.
• Worked on CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Maven, GitLab, and Bitbucket; ensured code quality with SonarQube.
• Proficient in test management tools (Zephyr, Jira) for scenario design, defect tracking, and reporting.
• Leveraged Generative AI to auto-generate test scripts, test cases, and data, improving coverage and reducing effort by 40%; mentored team in AI adoption.
• Active participant in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Demos, Retrospectives).
• Strong collaborator and team player with good communication skills, quick learning ability, and mentoring experience.

• Senior Analyst – Cognizant Technologies (JAN 2023 – TILL DATE)
• Sr. Software Engineer - Hexaware (AUG 2020 – DEC 2022)
• Quality Analyst - Wirecard India (FEB 2020-JUL 2020)
• Associate Test Engineer - UST Global (OCT 2015-FEB 2020)