Abdul Subhan

Senior QA Automation Engineer with 10+ years of QA experience and 5 years in SDET-focused roles, testing web, C#/.Net, API, and cloud-based applications. Hands-on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Appium, Playwright, and TypeScript. Experienced in API validation, CI/CD, Agile delivery, test strategy, defect management, production support, and mentoring.

Focused on improving automation coverage, reducing repetitive manual testing, and helping teams release reliable software faster.

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at TELUS (2022-09 – 2026-05)

• Built and maintained Java-based automation frameworks from Jira user stories
• Performed API automation and traffic validation using REST Assured, Postman, and Proxyman to verify request/response payloads and service contracts.
• Participated in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, code reviews, feature rollout, production monitoring, and on-call support through ServiceNow.
• Used GitHub Copilot for test generation and Claude AI for failure analysis to speed up troubleshooting and defect resolution.

QA Analyst at Audible - An Amazon Company (via Atimi) (2020-06 – 2022-09)

• Created and maintained functional and regression test suites for Audible iOS and Android applications.
• Performed mobile automation and validation using Appium and cloud-based real-device testing through LambdaTest / TestMu AI.
• Configured and monitored CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; tracked execution in TestRail and defects in Jira.
• Worked closely with cross-functional teams through sprint planning, retrospectives, defect triage, and customer-facing production support.

Test Automation Analyst at SKF Global Technology Center (2017-04 – 2019-11)

• Designed and maintained Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and REST Assured automation suites for AWS-hosted web applications.
• Reviewed Jenkins automation results across default and release branches, investigated failures, and escalated defects early in the delivery cycle.
• Led code reviews and coached team members on automation framework practices, while managing Jira defects and GitHub repositories.

QA Consultant at Self-Employed (2016-06 – 2017-03)

• Delivered contract QA engagements across web and mobile applications, covering functional, regression, API, and automation testing.
• Built Selenium/Java automation frameworks and integrated them with Jenkins CI pipelines for repeatable execution.

Quality Assurance Test Analyst at TELUS (2013-10 – 2016-06)

• Tested mobile applications across iOS and Android in development, pre-production, and production environments using C#/.Net automation framework
• Created Appium automation scripts, developed smoke/functional/regression test plans and maintained requirements traceability Matrix.
• Performed API testing with SoapUI and Groovy scripting, prepared test data, supported device environments, and reproduced production issues.

Test Analyst at Dubai Customs (2012-08 – 2013-05)

• Performed API testing using SoapUI and Postman and validated create, update, and delete operations against SQL Server.

Automation Test Analyst at TELUS (2009-03 – 2012-02)

• Contributed to automation test development for telecom applications and executed manual and automated test cases.
• Documented test results and defects, helping establish foundational automation practices across TELUS projects.

Bachelor's Degree in Electronic and Instrumentation Engineering – Bangalore University