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Rajalakshmi Ashokkumar

Senior Lead Software Engineer
Chennai

Summary

Over 10 years of experience in software quality assurance. Specialized in automation testing across banking, retail, and digital domains. Skilled in test strategy creation, agile methodologies, and team leadership.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2014
2014
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa
04.2023 - Current
  • Customer Domain: Telecommunication
  • Developing automation strategies in agile environments.
  • Designing and executing API automation test cases.
  • Maintaining automation frameworks to reduce manual testing.
  • Conducting feasibility studies for automation and preparing documentation.
  • Sharing metrics data with stakeholders.
  • Leading product release GA cycles and QA release plans.
  • Technologies: Java, Cucumber BDD, Rest Assured, Kafka, Harness, Gradle, Docker, JIRA, Zephyr, Datadog
  • Project Description: Integrated customers with a Workforce Optimization system to capture and process data from various sources.
  • Led a team of software engineers to successfully complete projects within deadlines, ensuring high-quality end products.

Lead Automation Tester

Accenture
09.2021 - 04.2023
  • Customer Domain : Banking
  • Technologies: Selenium, Rest Assured, GAA, Splunk, SOAP UI
  • Project Description: Migrated a banking admin application to track shipments and customer details using REST APIs and Angular.
  • Completed automation of functional and regression testing.
  • Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
  • Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.

Senior Automation Engineer

Wipro
08.2019 - 09.2021
  • Customer Domain : Retail
  • Built standalone hybrid automation frameworks using BDD.
  • Developed frameworks for API, UI, and database testing.
  • Mentored team members on automation tools and practices.
  • Created Appium test cases for mobile apps.
  • Set up CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
  • Repair Central (Retail)
  • Technologies: Appium, Rest Assured, Cucumber BDD, Selenium, Jenkins
  • Project Description: Maintained a native UI mobile app for creating and tracking repair tickets for customers and internal users.

Senior Automation Engineer

Tech Mahindra
10.2018 - 08.2019
  • Customer Domain : Banking
  • Created test cases and plans for full coverage.
  • Designed hybrid frameworks using BDD for API/UI/database testing.
  • Developed automation scripts for desktop apps using Selenium and AutoIt.
  • Implemented hybrid automation frameworks for streamlined testing.
  • CFPT (Banking)
  • Technologies: Selenium, AutoIt, Rest Assured
  • Project Description: Managed customer documents in a data warehouse with retrieval and archiving processes.

Associate

Cognizant Technology Services
01.2015 - 10.2018
  • Customer Domain : Banking
  • Created automation scripts for various system applications.
  • Built end-to-end regression suites for thorough test coverage.
  • Maintained and scaled the automation framework as needed.
  • Reported defects with detailed documentation to aid debugging.
  • Developed tools for efficient test data retrieval and process optimization.
  • Technologies: Selenium, Serenity BDD, Rest Assured, UFT, JIRA
  • Project Description: Maintained credit card customer rewards systems based on card terms. The automation team handled testing across mainframe, API, UI, and database layers.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

PSNA College of Engineering And Technology
Dindigul, India
04-2014

Core Competencies

  • Automation Framework Development : BDD Framework
  • Automation Script : UI & API Automation
  • Agile Techniques :User stories, CI, automated testing
  • Metrics Analysis and Tracking : Traceability, defect metrics
  • Team Work and Leadership : Strong collaboration and team management
  • Test plan & Test Execution : Manual, automation, performance, load,

Tools And Technologies

  • Languages: Java, SQL, HTML, Shell Script
  • Automation Tools :Selenium, Appium, AutoIT, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, Rest Assured
  • Framework :Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid, BDD
  • DevOps Tools : Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Harness, GitHub
  • Project Management : JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr
  • Web Service :REST , SOAP
  • Performance Management : Apache JMeter
  • Build Tools :Maven, Gradle

Certification

OCJP (Oracle Certified Java Programmer), 15

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Develop test strategies and plans based on user and technical requirements.
  • Design and maintain automation frameworks for UI, API, and database testing.
  • Lead and mentor QA teams, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and maintain them.
  • Track defects and generate detailed test reports and metrics.

Timeline

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa
04.2023 - Current

Lead Automation Tester

Accenture
09.2021 - 04.2023

Senior Automation Engineer

Wipro
08.2019 - 09.2021

Senior Automation Engineer

Tech Mahindra
10.2018 - 08.2019

Associate

Cognizant Technology Services
01.2015 - 10.2018

B.Tech - Information Technology

PSNA College of Engineering And Technology

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