Overview
Technical skills
Timeline
Roles

Overview

QA Automation Engineer and Test Lead with 12+ years in software quality engineering, including building automation frameworks and leading functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing. Hands-on with Java, Python, Selenium, and Playwright, and experience managing test quality artifacts and defect/change workflows via Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow. Delivered long-term quality for a core banking platform in a BFSI environment and supported production/L3 escalations.

Technical skills

JavaScript
Java• Senior • 11y+
Python• Senior • 11y+
SQL• Middle • 11y+
DevOps
CI/CD
Debian
Kubernetes
QA
Selenium• 11y+
Playwright• 6y+

Timeline

QA Lead / Test Lead Lead
Wind River International Inc. Full-Time
Aug 2025 to Present 1 Year Hyderabad In office
Owned test strategy and quality for the eLxr OS platform, defining test plans and acceptance criteria for edge hardware deployments. Automated build validations using the LAVA framework and custom Debian-based root filesystem checks. Wrote Python scripts for repetitive validation and log analysis, integrating automation into CI/CD release tooling. Managed containerized test environments on Kubernetes and handled defect/change tracking and production/L3 escalations via ServiceNow and release documentation in Jira and Confluence.
CI/CD
Debian
Kubernetes
Python
Jira
Confluence
Test Lead Lead
Arshaa Technologies Full-Time
Dec 2024 to May 2025 5 Months Hyderabad In office
Led test planning and execution for secure cloud-to-edge data exchange features, translating requirements into prioritized test cases. Coordinated cross-platform testing across Linux and Android, including networking and connectivity validation. Managed test cases, defects, and release documentation using Jira and Confluence throughout Agile delivery iterations.
Jira
Confluence
QA Lead / Test Lead Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Full-Time
Aug 2015 to Sep 2024 9 Years 1 Month Hyderabad In office
Led test planning and execution for a core banking platform in a BFSI environment, covering functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing. Built and maintained Selenium and Playwright automation suites for web applications using Java and Python, improving regression coverage and reducing manual execution effort. Prepared and validated test data with SQL queries against Oracle, while managing defects and change requests through ServiceNow and tracking artifacts in Jira and Confluence.
Java
Pythonsince 2015
Selenium
Playwright
SQL
Jirasince 2015
Confluencesince 2015
QA / Test Engineer Middle
Trayee Business Solutions Full-Time
May 2013 to Aug 2015 2 Years 3 Months Hyderabad In office
Executed functional and regression testing across multiple business applications to support release readiness. Collaborated with development teams to validate defect fixes and participated in requirement analysis and defect lifecycle management. Helped establish and follow structured QA processes as part of the delivery workflow.