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Playing Pickleball, Cooking and Baking
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Sai Prasuna Avala

Cumming,GA

Summary

Adept Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer with a proven track record at Fidelity Investments, enhancing QA processes and reducing test costs by 50% at Equifax. Expert in Java 11, Selenium WebDriver, Karate API automation and Agile methodologies. Demonstrates strong analytical skills and a commitment to excellence in driving efficient quality assurance strategies and robust automation solutions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Fidelity Investments
12.2023 - Current
  • Led QA efforts for Corporate Actions Application within Stock Plan Services.
  • Initiated QA process enhancements, optimizing workflows and methodologies.
  • Developed and maintained 100+ Karate API automation scripts in 6months using Java and JavaScript.
  • Automated daily regression and smoke tests via Jenkins jobs.
  • Utilized Test Data Service (TDS) for SQL query management and execution. Proficient in Oracle Cloud DB testing.
  • Designed 2 DataDog Dashboards for synthetic test monitoring for 20 applications.
  • Proficient in Splunk log analysis for debugging purposes.
  • Integrated SeaLights for functional and unit test case coverage post-deployment.
  • Provided monthly QA sign-off for 6 releases and conducted integrated testing across 4 different teams.

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Equifax
01.2021 - 12.2023
  • Identified appropriate situations for implementing test automation, accounting for situations where automated testing was counterproductive.
  • Implemented end-to-end automation for some flows reducing test costs by 50%.
  • Developed 20+ JMH performance tests which significantly reduced performance bottlenecks at method level
  • Developed 120+ API automation scripts using Karate and Rest Assured
  • Automated UI/API tests with Jenkins integration for deployment orchestration
  • Supported 50+ UAT and production deployments, ensuring quality and security compliance
  • Proficient in GCP logging and architecture.

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Egrove Systems
12.2019 - 01.2021

Elite mCommerce - Sept' 20 - Jan' 21

  • Implemented Selenium WebDriver for cross-platform web testing
  • Conducted performance testing during peak seasons
  • Developed 50 BDD scenarios with Cucumber for API testing
  • Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.

Signet Jewelers - Mar' 20 - Aug '20

  • Tested Signet’s Customer Refund management web application.
  • Created test plans and cases for API testing of REST services
  • Automated test runs with TestNG and Jenkins.
  • Conducted backend testing using SQL queries for data validation and retrieval.

Module Bazar - Dec '19 - Mar'20

  • Designed and executed around 60+ Selenium scripts for Magento Marketplace Extension
  • Conducted UI, Functional, Regression, and End-to-End testing
  • Utilized Apache POI API for test data management and SoapUI for web services testing

QA Automation Engineer

Accenture
07.2010 - 03.2015
  • Managed defect tracking process using Quality Center, providing timely updates on issue resolution progress to stakeholders.
  • Developed around 100+ Selenium scripts for regression testing in Agile environment
  • Conducted Data Validation using MySQL queries.
  • Involved in Agile SDLC stages including testing and documentation
  • Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
05.2022

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India
05.2010

Skills

  • Java 11, JavaScript, HTML5, SQL
  • GCP, ORACLE Cloud, RDBMS: MySQL, Oracle SQL
  • Agile, Waterfall methodologies
  • Tools: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, GIT, Postman/Insomnia/Bruno, Maven, Rest Assured, Karate, JMH, TDS, SeaLights, Datadog, Jenkins

Playing Pickleball, Cooking and Baking

Like playing Pickleball as often as I can. Love cooking and baking for friends and family.

Timeline

Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Fidelity Investments
12.2023 - Current

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Equifax
01.2021 - 12.2023

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Egrove Systems
12.2019 - 01.2021

QA Automation Engineer

Accenture
07.2010 - 03.2015

Master of Science - Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Sai Prasuna Avala