Vijay Kanagaraj
Senior Test Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
Vijay K is a Test Automation Lead with 12 years of experience in a range of Automation Testing Tools. The resource is having extensive knowledge of the automation life cycle and experience in adopting Waterfall, Agile, and DevOps processes under automation testing. Specialized in automating Web Applications, REST API, and designing the scripts in a more flexible way. Good at suggesting automation solutions according to the project ecosystem defined and efficiently managed the team for successful deliveries. Good at handling customer communications and maintained the smooth relationship.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2012
2012
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Test Engineer
LUXOFT
11.2022 - Current
- Collaborated and worked closely with Product Owners, Business Analyst, and team to align with business goals, project requirements
- Actively participated in agile development practices, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint refinement, retrospective meetings
- Developed Test Automation framework for UI based applications using Selenium WebDriver, Core Java/OOPS concepts, TestNG
- Developed Test Automation framework for Standalone based applications using UFT One and Performed Test Scripting and Execution for Regression Cycle
- Performed Webservices Testing using Postman Tool and Microsoft Fabric for Data Analytics.
- Utilized BitBucket for code versioning and to enable Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Executed Selenium WebDriver UI Regression Test scripts on QA, UAT environments resulting in 30-40% reduction in testing time and an increase in overall test coverage
- Utilized Gherkin, Cucumber for Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) to write feature files and step definitions
- Implemented Modular Approach, POM design patterns to ensure high-quality test code
- Involved in writing and executing SQL queries for Database testing
- Created and maintained test documentation including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring comprehensive test coverage
- Mentored and provided guidance to the team members, promoting knowledge sharing and best practices
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited
05.2017 - 11.2022
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely delivery of quality software
- Collaborated and worked closely with Product Owners, Business Analyst, and Team to align with business goals, project requirements
- Actively participated in agile development practices, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint refinement, retrospective meetings
- Lead an Automation team at offshore with ~13 Resources using UFT One, Selenium WebDriver, RestAssured
- Involved in providing the Test Strategy, Plan, Estimate, Guesstimate, and supporting the team in technical challenges and owning the delivery till closure
- Mentored 300+ Resources across the Business Unit, provided guidance to junior team members, promoting knowledge sharing and best practices
- Extend my support in their technical challenges
- Provided my team's automation Use Case and Automation Capability to the client in cross BU and successfully bagged the automation work for the new team
- Involved in Organizational level events as an Individual and as team and bagged various awards for both deliveries and Events
- Developed Test Automation framework for UI based applications using Selenium WebDriver, Core Java/OOPS concepts, TestNG
- Developed Azure CI/CD pipelines and Integrated Test Automation frameworks with Maven, Azure DevOps, GIT to enable Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Designed, developed, and executed automated test scripts using industry-standard tools such as Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Cucumber
- Executed Selenium WebDriver UI Regression Test scripts on QA, UAT environments resulting in 30% reduction in testing time and an increase in overall test coverage
- Validated Rest APIs on POSTMAN application for OAUTH, Bearer Token, Basic authentication
- Developed Test Automation framework for Rest API using Rest Assured Java Library, TestNG Annotations, Hamcrest libraries
- Utilized Gherkin, Cucumber for Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) to write feature files and step definitions
- Involved in writing and executing SQL queries for Database testing
- Created and maintained test documentation including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring comprehensive test coverage
- Responsible for sharing Automation savings, Month on Month and Year on Year Automation savings for value adds provided to the customers
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
03.2013 - 04.2017
- Worked at Onshore and interacted with Product Owners, Business Analyst, and Configuration Management Team to troubleshoot and resolve issues, ensuring timely resolution and delivery of high-quality software
- Leading the team from onshore, sharing the estimates, performing manual as well as automation testing, and helping the team in smoother delivery
- Designed, developed, and executed functional and regression-based automation test scripts using industry-standard tools such as UFT One, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Cucumber
- Developed and executed comprehensive manual test plans and test cases to validate software functionality, performance, and reliability
- Identified, isolated, documented, and tracked bugs throughout the testing process using JIRA bug tracking systems
Education
M.Sc. - Software Engineering
M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering
Skillset - Description
- Automation Testing: 10+ years of experience in automating web and API-based applications using Selenium WebDriver and RestAssured.
- Programming: Proficient in Java with strong OOP concepts, design patterns, and reusable code practices.
- Framework Design: Expertise in building robust, scalable, and maintainable test automation frameworks from scratch (Data-Driven, Hybrid, Keyword-Driven, and BDD using Cucumber).
- BDD Implementation: Strong hands-on experience in Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber, with Gherkin syntax to bridge the communication gap between business and tech teams.
- API Automation: Proficient in REST API testing using RestAssured, validating JSON/XML responses, status codes, headers, and schema validations.
- CI/CD Integration: Integrated test automation suites into Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and other CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and reporting.
- Version Control: Hands-on with Git, GitHub, Bitbucket for code versioning and collaboration.
- Test Reporting: Skilled in generating advanced reports using Extent Reports, Allure, and TestNG reports.
- Agile/DevOps Environments: Worked in Agile/Scrum teams with regular sprint planning, estimation, and demo cycles.
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Malayalam
Upper intermediate (B2)
Telugu
Intermediate (B1)
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Timeline
Senior Test Engineer
LUXOFT
11.2022 - Current
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited
05.2017 - 11.2022
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
03.2013 - 04.2017
M.Sc. - Software Engineering
M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering
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