Gaurav Verma

QA Automation Engineer with 3+ years of experience in Python-based test automation, API testing, and system-level validation across HPC and iLO platforms. Experienced in developing and maintaining automation frameworks using Python, Pytest, and Playwright, with hands-on exposure to Robot Framework and Postman for API testing. Skilled in functional, regression, firmware, and system-level testing, along with debugging, root-cause analysis, and defect management.

Strong understanding of SDLC/STLC and experienced in transforming manual testing processes into efficient, reliable automation solutions.

QA Automation Engineer - Calsoft Pvt. Ltd. - Pune, India

(2024-01)

• Enhanced and maintained a Pytest-based test automation framework for iLO platform management using object-oriented design principles, extending test coverage with data-driven testing (parametrize, fixtures) and reusable Python modules that cut manual regression effort by 35%.
• Automated end-to-end Redfish REST API workflows --- including session services, node-controller operations, and BIOS configuration validation --- across 80+ automated and manual test cases, reducing production defect leakage by 30%.
• Validated 50+ REST API endpoints using Python and Postman, improving defect detection accuracy and reducing triage turnaround by 20%.
• Identified a critical gap where three major server names were missing from configured test URIs, causing widespread URI failures and a 60% pass rate; drove the root-cause fix that raised the pass rate to 97% (Spot Award).
• Converted client-provided manual test steps from JIRA tickets into automated regression test cases in Robot Framework, integrated with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Performed BIOS/firmware workflow validation and Linux CLI diagnostics --- shell scripting, SSH, log analysis, process monitoring, and system-level troubleshooting --- for test execution and debugging.
• Applied GitHub Copilot Business and Anthropic Claude for AI-assisted script generation, test planning, and defect documentation; collaborated cross-functionally with firmware and backend teams on root-cause analysis and covered edge cases through exploratory testing where automation coverage was not feasible.

Software Engineering Intern --- Automation & Backend - Calsoft Pvt. Ltd. - Pune, India

(2023-01 - 2023-12)

• Designed and implemented a high-performance job scheduler system in Python for background task execution and monitoring, exposing REST APIs for job processing and optimizing throughput via Redis Queue integration.
• Built secure remote automation scripts using Paramiko SSH for distributed execution across server environments, and automated email notification services using SMTP and HTML templates.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science Engineering - Chitkara University (2019 - 2023)