
Timeline
About me
Senior Automation / QA Engineer | Selenium | Cypress | Java | JavaScript | Playwright | Cucumber | Rest Assured | ISTQB certified | Scale Agile certified |
Education

Vellore institute of technology
2012 - 2016Master of science - ms
Bharathiar university
-Bachelor's degree biotechnology
Experience

Wipro
Jun 2012 - Nov 2018Project: Lowe’s is a retail platform where more than 10K end users transact daily across the US. I was leading a team of 5 in testing the POS application used in the stores. Automated 2k+ regression and smoke test cases.Created automation scripts using Selenium, testNG, Cucumber to test features like sale, returns, coupons, discounts and other varied transactions. Reduced manual testing efforts by 75% and saved time and costs of receipts by 35%. Created integration test suites using Selenium, TestNG, Rest assured for the integration between the POS and Sterling. Involved in multiple strategic meetings to develop frameworks and in business calls to analyze functional requirements with the stakeholders. Mentored and provided guidance for outsourcing QA Team in India and US. Show less Project: Target is a general merchandiser retailer platform in the US. As a test analyst I worked in a Scrum Team of 15 members and led a QA team of 6 in regression testing. Tested UI API of POS platform. Designed and executed test cases, created defects, test plans, root cause analysis and requirement gathering.Took part in UAT with the client and supported in execution and environment setup and data setup. Enhanced testing of coupons, discounts and Black Friday promotion with different payment methods.Identified and tracked 500+ product defects through manual testing inJIRA. Retained ownership as defects passed through various stages of identification/reporting, investigation, resolution, validation, and release to customers.Tech used: HP- ALM | JIRA | Smoke testing | Sanity Testing | Regression Testing | Manual testing | UAT | Scanner testing | Scrum | SQL. Show less Project: Target is a general merchandiser retailer platform in the US. As a test analyst I worked in a Scrum Team of 15 members and led a QA team of 6 in regression testing. Tested UI API of POS platform. Designed and executed test cases, created defects, test plans, root cause analysis and requirement gathering.Took part in UAT with the client and supported in execution and environment setup and data setup. Enhanced testing of coupons, discounts and Black Friday promotion with different payment methods.Identified and tracked 500+ product defects through manual testing inJIRA. Retained ownership as defects passed through various stages of identification/reporting, investigation, resolution, validation, and release to customers.Tech used: HP- ALM | JIRA | Smoke testing | Sanity Testing | Regression Testing | Manual testing | UAT | Scanner testing | Scrum | SQL. Show less
Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Oct 2017 - Nov 2018Senior Development Engineer in Test
May 2016 - Oct 2017Senior Test Analyst
Jun 2012 - Apr 2016

Expeditors
Dec 2018 - nowSenior test automation engineerProject: Expeditors International is a US logistics company based in Seattle that provides a supply chain platform for over 1k+ clients including Fortune 500 companies like Target. I am part of a Scrum team of 10, and responsible for the complete UI/API automation testing with over 20+ features that contribute to the migration and enhancement of the platform by using Cypress, Javascript, Selenium, Java, Cucumber, Spring Boot framework and Rest assured. I have been reducing 65% of manual effort during testing in regression, smoke and sanity testing carried out during each release. Carried out testing different devices like mobile, tablets and self checkouts. Created testing frameworks from scratch. Reduced the defect slippage in production by early sprint automation by 90%. I set up environment using inmemory DB to carry out testing in local machines. Designed a CI/CD framework using Docker, Jenkins and Gitlab for parallel cross-browser testing with the ThreadLocal concept which in turn reduced manual intervention, generating reports and share with stakeholders. Used to be the Scrum Master for a period of 2 years and leading the team. Show less
Licenses & Certifications
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Istqb
Uk& irelaand testing boardMay 2022 
Scaled scrum master certified (ssmc)
Scaled agile (safe®)Feb 2019- View certificate

Introduction to programming using python
SololearnJun 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Varun kumar Gurusamy GurunathanBest New Joinee Wipro - Retail Chennai Dec 2013 For my dedication in the project and to the Client Target
- Awarded to Varun kumar Gurusamy GurunathanYoung Sensation Standard Bank of South Africa Dec 2012 For my performance and innovation in the team
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