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VAMSHI KRISHNA PULA

VAMSHI KRISHNA PULA

Hyderabad

Summary

Results-driven Automation Tester with expertise from Tata Consultancy Services, proficient in Java and Selenium. Achieved a 60% reduction in manual testing through robust automation frameworks. Strong collaborator, enhancing test coverage and clarity while managing defects effectively. Skilled in CI/CD with Jenkins, ensuring efficient release cycles and high-quality software delivery.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2022 - Current
  • Developed robust Selenium WebDriver automation scripts using Java, reducing manual regression effort by 60%.
  • Designed and maintained a scalable Data-Driven Automation Framework leveraging Selenium, TestNG, Maven, and Page Object Model, increasing reusability by 40%.
  • Automated REST API test suites using REST-Assured, resulting in a 70% improvement in API test coverage.
  • Implemented Cucumber BDD with integrated HTML and JSON reporting, enhancing defect traceability.
  • Enabled parallel execution through TestNG and Cucumber Runner configurations, decreasing overall execution time by 50%.
  • Set up Jenkins CI pipelines for nightly regression execution, accelerating release validation cycles by 50%.
  • Analyzed BRD/FSD documentation to translate business requirements into clear, testable conditions, improving coverage and clarity.
  • Executed cross-browser automation across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, achieving 100% coverage of critical business flows.
  • Performed SQL/JDBC-based back-end validations, identifying and escalating 15+ data integrity issues.
  • Logged and managed 150+ defects in JIRA with a 95% on-time closure rate.
  • Conducted comprehensive Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration, and Sanity testing, increasing overall test coverage by 30%.
  • Collaborated closely with Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Developers, reducing requirement gaps.

Manual & Automation Test Engineer

PwC IT Services Limited
05.2023 - 03.2024
  • Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, and UAT testing across 10+ sprints, improving release readiness by 25%.
  • Supported early SDLC phases through requirement reviews and clarification sessions, increasing requirement clarity and test coverage.
  • Authored 150+ reusable test cases from BRD/FSD documents, reducing overall test preparation time.
  • Executed negative, integration, ad-hoc, positive, and back-end testing, identifying 35+ defects prior to production deployment.
  • Developed keyword-driven and data-driven automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, enhancing script maintainability by 40%.
  • Participated in framework design and peer code reviews, contributing to a 15% reduction in automation-related defects.
  • Maintained a comprehensive Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), ensuring 100% alignment between requirements and test coverage.
  • Prepared detailed test plans, acceptance criteria, and scenario documentation, improving stakeholder alignment.
  • Conducted manual testing on mission-critical application flows and logged 50+ high-severity defects with a 97% reproduction accuracy rate.
  • Performed SQL-based database testing to validate backend data integrity, ensuring 100% accuracy in all validations.
  • Executed automated regression suites and performed failure analysis, reducing troubleshooting time.

Education

Bachelor of Technology -

Malla Reddy Engineering College
Hyderabad
01.2021

Skills

  • Java and Python
  • Postman and Rest Assured
  • Eclipse IDE
  • TestNG and JUnit
  • Cucumber BDD
  • Data-driven testing
  • Keyword-driven testing
  • Page Object Model (POM)
  • Jenkins CI/CD
  • Maven build management
  • Git and GitHub version control
  • JIRA project tracking
  • Agile methodologies
  • Scrum framework
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
  • Defect management strategies
  • Test reporting techniques
  • Oracle database management
  • SQL Server administration
  • Windows operating system

Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Projects

End-to-End Automation Framework (Java + Selenium), Designed a complete automation framework with POM, TestNG, Maven, and reusable components., Integrated Data-Driven testing using Excel and Apache POI., Configured Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for automated execution., Added utilities for waits, logging, screenshots, and reporting., Validated REST APIs using Postman and Rest Assured., Executed tests on Selenium Grid for multi-browser compatibility., Documented setup, automation strategy, best practices, and scalability improvements.

Timeline

Manual & Automation Test Engineer

PwC IT Services Limited
05.2023 - 03.2024

Automation Tester

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2022 - Current

Bachelor of Technology -

Malla Reddy Engineering College
VAMSHI KRISHNA PULA