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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
Durham, NC
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
Alpharetta, GA
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
Parlin, NJ
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
Bangalore, India
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