Bala Sidda Reddy

Senior QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing across Web UI, API, and backend systems in Networking and Enterprise domains. Expert in Python automation using Selenium, Playwright, Pytest, BDD, POM frameworks with strong hands-on experience in building scalable hybrid automation solutions. Proven in automating REST APIs, database validation using SQL/NoSQL, and integrating automation suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.

Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile Scrum, defect tracking with Jira, and test management using TestRail. Experienced in Linux, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and basic AWS services. Actively working on AI-driven testing including intelligent log analysis, AI-assisted test case generation, anomaly detection, and GenAI tools to improve test coverage and defect quality.

Passionate about delivering reliable, high-quality automation frameworks that accelerate releases and improve product stability.

Sr QA Engineer in Testing at Grayradiant Data Services (2017-10 – Present)

Sr QA Engineer at Cisco (2023-04 – Present)

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) on AWS enables Network Access Control (NAC) service workloads to be deployed and managed from the cloud while ensuring the flexibility required to meet each organizations unique cloud strategy. With Cisco ISE on AWS, you can unify the policy management of your organization for endpoint access control and network device administration. Cisco ISE is equipped with rich APIs to automate policy and lifecycle management, bringing ease of deployment and automation to the forefront of your NAC operations.

• Designed and implemented Python-based automation frameworks using Pytest, BDD, and POM.
• Automated Web UI and REST APIs, improving regression execution efficiency.
• Integrated automation suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Performed API testing using Postman and backend validation using SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Collaborated closely with developers and product teams in the Agile Scrum environment.
• Played a key role in AI-driven Log Analyzing Intelligent System, validating analytics, reports, and monitoring accuracy.
• Actively used AI tools (LLMs) to optimize test coverage, generate test scenarios, and improve defect analysis.

QA Engineer at Juniper Networks (2020-10 – 2023-03)

Identify discrepancies between parts of network configurations and your configuration templates. Start by comparing simple configuration snippets, such as Network Time Protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol and admin logins. You can then advance to more complex configurations, like Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). This automation should only report on discrepancies and not make any changes.

• Performed manual and automation testing for enterprise-grade applications.
• Automated functional test cases using Selenium with Python.
• Worked extensively on networking domain projects involving protocols, and performance validation.
• Logged, tracked, and verified defects through a complete lifecycle using Jira.
• Executed smoke, regression, and system testing across multiple releases.

QA Engineer at QNOP (2018-10 – 2020-09)

MIIX, is a web-based service to create chains of simple conditional statements between the apps. To interact with apps/channels, an abstraction framework is developed to segregate the communication to register the triggers and execute the action of the configured mix recipe

• Involved in writing test scenarios, test cases and execution.
• Involved in Analysing the Business Requirements Document and System specifications and identified the test requirements.
• Involved in Manual Testing, Automation, Restful API Testing.
• Involved in implementation of automation suite of UI using Selenium with Python.
• Automated API using python requests module.

QA Engineer at HSBC (2017-10 – 2018-09)

Household is a leading credit card issuer and processor with nearly $123 billion in managed assets and is a consumer lender serving the needs of the middle-market customer since 1878. On March 28, 2003, Household was acquired by HSBC Holdings plc.

• Analysing the enhancement and applying relevant fixes in the code.
• Involved in Unit testing, Integration testing, and Regression testing.
• Prepared the SIT and UAT test plan for testing.
• Preparation of data for testing as and when required