Rahul Bussu

Over 5+ years of experience in Information Technology, specializing in Software Quality Assurance Testing, proficient in testing on Client/Server and Web-based applications. Developed and implemented comprehensive automation test frameworks using Selenium Web Driver, Cypress, and Playwright, ensuring reliable and efficient UI and API testing for critical enterprise applications. Automated complex UI workflows and backend validations across multiple platforms, utilizing frameworks like BDD, POM, and Data-Driven, improving testing efficiency. Validated RESTful APIs using Postman and Rest Assured, ensuring the integrity of data exchange, authentication mechanisms, and response validation through detailed JSON/XML payload analysis. Optimized manual and automated testing processes, reducing execution time and enhancing defect detection by integrating testing suites with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI. Collaborated with cross-functional teams in Agile environments to develop comprehensive test plans, ensuring that testing milestones aligned with project timelines and business objectives. Wrote complex SQL queries for backend data validation, ensuring consistency across Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases, and enhancing data accuracy and reporting. Executed cross-browser and cross-device testing using BrowserStack, ensuring that web applications performed seamlessly across all supported browsers and mobile devices. Developed scalable Selenium WebDriver scripts and custom Playwright functions to meet unique business requirements for both UI and API testing, enhancing productivity and test reusability. Integrated mobile application testing into the test strategy using Appium for Android and iOS, increasing overall mobile application test coverage and ensuring smooth user experiences. Improved test data management by utilizing JDBC and SQL Server for seamless data access during test execution, improving test data consistency and reducing errors. Maintained detailed test cases, traceability matrices, and defect reports using tools like JIRA and TestRail, facilitating clear communication across teams and stakeholders. Led efforts to improve test environments, using cloud-based platforms like AWS for integration, improving scalability, and enhancing testing efficiency during deployment. Monitored test results through Splunk and AWS CloudWatch, ensuring that automation failures were quickly identified and addressed, minimizing downtime and improving testing reliability. Contributed to sprint reviews and retrospectives, actively proposing improvements to the testing process and enhancing the efficiency of Agile teams in delivering high-quality software.