NIVEDITHA S
Dallas,TX
Summary
Solutions-oriented QA Automation Engineer with extensive experience in architecting scalable automation frameworks and implementing shift-left testing methodologies in the financial, e-commerce and healthcare sectors. Expertise in enhancing software quality through robust script writing for test suites using Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium, along with proficiency in RESTful API validation and Production Validation Testing (PVT). Committed to driving continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines while optimizing testing processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions. Strategic thinker dedicated to leveraging innovative approaches that elevate software performance and reliability.
Overview
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Certification
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Faire USA
04.2023 - 01.2026
- Architected and deployed a modular, data-driven automation framework from scratch using Playwright and TypeScript, establishing scripting standards and reducing regression cycle times by 40%.
- Authored and executed Production Validation Testing (PVT) suites to verify zero-downtime deployments, safeguarding critical transactional workflows and platform stability in live environments.
- Integrated automated smoke and regression test suites into Jenkins and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates and automated failure alerting to accelerate feedback loops.
- Executed high-concurrency load and stress testing scenarios, identifying system bottlenecks and validating throughput thresholds to ensure compliance with stringent latency SLAs.
- Integrated automated smoke and regression test suites into Jenkins and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates and automated failure alerting to enhance feedback loops.
- Led cross-functional defect triage across distributed engineering teams, enforcing SLA-driven resolution paths for critical/blocker issues to ensure regulatory compliance and reduce downtime.
QA Automation Engineer
Tenet Healthcare
12.2021 - 03.2023
- Developed resilient full-stack UI and API automation suites using Cypress and JavaScript, leveraging network interception and synthetic test data pipelines to validate patient portal microservices.
- Engineered comprehensive REST API test suites in Postman, implementing service virtualization, asynchronous payload mocking, and dynamic session/state injection to enable isolated testing independent of downstream services.
- Maintained end-to-end test traceability in Jira and implemented Cucumber BDD frameworks to align technical and business requirements, expediting defect triage across SIT and UAT cycles.
- Validated distributed cloud data pipelines across AWS (EC2, S3, IAM) and Oracle 18c, performing schema and ETL verification to uphold data integrity for HIPAA-compliant EHR migrations.
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
iNautix Technologies (BNY Mellon)
India
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Developed and executed end-to-end automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver with Page Object Model, creating reusable test components and enhancing cross-browser test coverage.
- Partnered closely with developers to convert legacy manual test cases into repeatable automated suites, cutting manual execution overhead and accelerating release cycles
- Conducted multi-tier exploratory and functional regression testing, managing the full defect lifecycle, severity categorization, and root-cause reporting in HP ALM.
- Performed backend database validation on Oracle 12c, writing complex SQL queries (joins, sub queries, and constraints) to verify transactional state changes and protect data integrity.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
Chennai, IndiaSkills
- Playwright, Cypress, Selenium Web Driver, Postman, API Automation
- PVT, Shift-Left, E2E, Regression, Exploratory, RTM, Payload Mocking, State/Cookie Injection, Network Virtualization, Test Data Conditioning
- JavaScript, TypeScript, Cucumber, Informatica (ETL)
- Jenkins, Docker, Git, GitHub, AWS, Playwright Trace Viewer, CI/CD, Automated Email Alerts
- Oracle (12c/18c), MS SQL Server
- Jira, HP ALM, SNOW
- Defect management process
- User acceptance testing process
- Mobile test automation
- Regression test automation
- Performance test automation
- Behavior-driven development practices
- Test automation framework
- Test execution process
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
WORKSHOP
Training: ETL & Data Warehousing Workshop
Timeline
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Faire USA
04.2023 - 01.2026
QA Automation Engineer
Tenet Healthcare
12.2021 - 03.2023
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
iNautix Technologies (BNY Mellon)
01.2011 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University