Madhura Ravikumar
Harrisburg,NC
Summary
Highly accomplished Senior Team Lead with over 13 years of experience in managing and inspiring teams to exceed objectives. Proven success in implementing training initiatives that increased productivity by 25% and optimizing operations to reduce project timelines and costs by 15%. Developed a robust test automation framework, resulting in a 50% reduction in manual testing efforts, while mentoring junior engineers to enhance skills and productivity. Currently focusing on automation frameworks and API development, I leverage technical expertise and strategic leadership to drive innovative testing solutions. Seeking a challenging position as an SDET to further utilize my skills in enhancing quality assurance processes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior SDET
WELLS FARGO
04.2019 - Current
- Performance & Load Testing: Led the implementation of performance and load testing strategies using tools like LoadRunner and JMeter, identifying bottlenecks in the system and optimizing application performance under varying load conditions.
- Cloud & Continuous Integration (CI/CD): Integrated automated testing pipelines into CI/CD frameworks like Jenkins, enabling continuous testing for real-time feedback and faster deployment cycles.
- Leveraged cloud-based environments for scalable, parallel test execution across multiple platforms.
- Automation Strategy & Implementation: Collaborated with technical teams to perform impact analysis on existing applications, developing an efficient automation test model focused on maximizing performance and minimizing manual intervention.
- Evaluated designs and automation processes to ensure alignment with organizational strategic goals.
- Agile Methodology & Scrum: Actively participated in Scrum ceremonies, coordinating testing activities, providing story estimates, managing task assignments, and conducting risk analysis.
- Led daily and weekly status meetings to track progress, identify risks, and address issues promptly.
- BDD & Test Frameworks: Developed Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) scripts using Cucumber and Gherkin, writing reusable step definitions for streamlined automation.
- Integrated with the Wells Fargo Automation Framework (WAF) to align behavior-driven development with business objectives.
- Selenium Automation & Cross-Browser Testing: Designed and maintained automated test scripts for functional and regression testing using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and TestNG.
- Performed cross-browser testing and parallel testing on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge using Selenium Grid, TestNG, and Maven, ensuring compatibility and robustness across environments.
- RESTful API & Web Services Testing and Development: Conducted and created web services testing using REST Assured and SOAPUI, validating RESTful endpoints and performing end-to-end validation of API workflows using methods like POST, PUT, GET, and DELETE.
- Automated RESTful services validation with RestAssured for response status codes and payload validation.
- API Development: Over the past year, I worked as an API developer, contributing to the design, development, and deployment of RESTful APIs. I integrated them with microservices architectures and ensured data security, consistency, and scalability across various platforms.
- Risk Analysis with Machine Learning: Worked on the RISK application, utilizing Python and machine learning algorithms to predict bankruptcy, which improved forecast accuracy by 15%.
- Applied statistical models to identify patterns and make data-driven decisions, supporting business risk assessment.
- AngularJS & Protractor Automation: Automated AngularJS applications using Protractor and Jasmine, creating specs for various functional scenarios.
- This enhanced testing for dynamic web applications ensures reliable automation of complex front-end workflows.
- Microservices & Kafka: Implemented Spring Boot microservices to process messages within a Kafka cluster, optimizing message streaming for scalable and resilient data processing.
- Enhanced the integration of microservices into existing systems, ensuring consistent delivery across environments.
- Backend & SQL Testing: Performed thorough backend data validation using advanced SQL queries across MS SQL Server and Oracle databases, validating schema designs, ensuring data consistency, and performing requirement gap analysis for major features.
- CI/CD Integration with Jenkins and Docker: Developed a DevOps as a service framework using Docker and Kubernetes, deploying services to cloud environments like AWS, Azure, Docker Cloud, and OpenShift.
- Integrated third party APIs into existing applications to extend functionality.
Senior Team Lead
Tavant Technologies
06.2010 - 03.2019
- Technology Leadership & Innovation: As Head of Big Data Center of Excellence (COE), I spearheaded the adoption of cutting-edge QA tools and frameworks, driving automation-first strategies, and identifying next-gen technologies like AI/ML for enhancing test coverage, speed, and accuracy.
- Established best practices in quality engineering, aligning them with organizational goals.
- Custom Test Framework Development: Enhanced Tivo DVR log analysis by developing a custom testing framework in the Hadoop ecosystem using Python, Scala, Hive, and Shell scripts to identify and filter unwanted logs directly from parquet files.
- This solution reduced manual testing effort by 40% and significantly improved log validation accuracy in high-volume data pipelines.
- Al & Machine Learning for QA: Led the development of a data augmentation tool using automation techniques to expand training datasets, resulting in a 30% increase in predictive model accuracy.
- Integrated the solution into the overall testing process to improve test data diversity and edge case coverage.
- Test Automation Expertise: Automated complex test scenarios for web and backend systems using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and TestNG, enhancing the regression testing pipeline with the use of Explicit and Implicit waits, optimizing test execution times, and improving synchronization handling in high-traffic applications.
- Backend & Database Testing: Performed comprehensive database testing through complex SQL queries across Oracle, MS-SQL, and PL/SQL environments to ensure data consistency, validation, and integrity in high-volume transactional systems.
- Collaborated with data engineering teams to automate backend validation through integration pipelines.
- Data-Driven & API Testing: Leveraged tools like Talend and POSTMAN for end-to-end data validation and API testing, ensuring seamless integration between services and reliable data flow in distributed environments.
- Generated insightful, data-driven reports using Oracle OBIEE, enhancing decision-making for QA and engineering teams.
- QA Audit & Compliance: Developed and implemented a robust Software Quality Assurance (SQA) audit process, using automated audit scripts and toolkits to ensure project compliance with internal SQA standards, improving code quality, reducing bugs, and maintaining consistency across multiple projects.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to define test strategies, identify edge cases, and optimize testing efforts.
- Developed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) toolkits and coordinated successful UAT sessions, while providing regular technical demos and updates to clients and senior leadership.
- Jenkins for Continuous Integration (CI), reducing deployment time, and enhancing collaboration across teams.
- Functional and Technical Discussions: Collaborated with product owners to discuss technical and functional aspects of test automation.
- Contributed to the design of robust automation scripts that address key business requirements while maintaining scalability.
- Continuous Testing & Integration: Implemented a continuous integration system using Jenkins, automating the execution of test cases with extensive coverage.
- Managed the configuration of Jenkins nodes and scripts for deployment, enhancing continuous delivery pipelines, and reducing manual overhead.
- Test Case Design & Review: Authored and reviewed comprehensive test cases, ensuring maximum coverage.
- Automated testing for complex workflows across web applications, database systems, and APIs to ensure full alignment with business objectives.
- Performance Testing & Monitoring: Integrated performance testing into the automation framework using JMeter and conducted parallel testing scenarios to assess application performance under different load conditions.
- Version Control & Source Code Management: Maintained source code using GitHub and ensured proper version control practices were followed across teams.
- Managed code reviews, tracked progress, and optimized the automation framework for performance and scalability.
Education
Bachelors Degree - BMSCE
01.2010
Skills
- Selenium WebDriver
- TestNG Automation Experience
- Continuous Integration with Jenkins
- Framework Implementation
- REST API development and testing
- POSTMAN
- SQL Proficiency
- Proficient in Java
- Repository Maintenance Skills
- Project Management
- NoSQL Databases
Accomplishments
- Best Automation Framework Award – Developed a robust test automation framework that reduced manual testing efforts by 50%, recognized by the leadership team for exceptional impact on project efficiency.
- Employee of the Year – Awarded for outstanding performance in leading a team to successfully deliver critical automation projects ahead of schedule, resulting in a 15% reduction in project costs.
- Spotlight Innovation Award – Recognized for implementing new testing methodologies that accelerated project timelines and improved software quality, resulting in a 20% improvement in testing speed.
Affiliations
Actively mentor aspiring automation engineers through online platforms and local tech communities, helping them develop technical skills and career guidance.
Timeline
Senior SDET
WELLS FARGO
04.2019 - Current
Senior Team Lead
Tavant Technologies
06.2010 - 03.2019
Bachelors Degree - BMSCE
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