Ram Lekkala

QA Automation Engineer with 8 years of experience in Software Testing and Test Automation, specializing in Selenium WebDriver with Java and C#, Playwright with TypeScript, API Automation using REST Assured, and Performance Testing using Apache JMeter. Strong experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks using Page Object Model, TestNG, Maven, and Playwright Test. Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, REST APIs, Postman, SQL Server, and performance testing.

Experienced in Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, End-to-End, API, Database, UI, and Performance Testing. Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with cross-functional teams, defect management, test planning, release coordination, and automation framework maintenance across Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Automobile, and Healthcare domains.

QA Automation Engineer - OPTIWIST TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED

(2024-10 - 2024-09)

Capgemini - Auto Lending (Banking) domain. Worked on the ALFA (Asset & Lending Financial Application) platform used for commercial lending and loan lifecycle management at Wells Fargo. The project involved development, enhancement, and support of enterprise banking applications handling loan origination, credit processing, customer onboarding, repayment tracking, and regulatory compliance.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams in agile methodology to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance financial solutions.

• Developed Selenium WebDriver automation scripts using Java, TestNG, BDD Cucumber, and Page Object Model (POM).
• Developed Playwright automation scripts using Java and TypeScript for cross-browser UI testing.
• Developed and executed API automation test scripts using REST Assured with Java for validating RESTful web services.
• Created and executed Playwright with Java test scripts for UI automation and cross-browser validation.
• Implemented Playwright locators, assertions, and Page Object Model (POM) to improve test stability and execution speed.
• Executed automation suites through GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Automated regression and smoke test suites for Auto Lending applications on ALFA platform.
• Performed API testing using Postman for backend validation and integration testing.
• Validated database transactions using SQL Server queries.
• Integrated automation scripts with GitHub repositories and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Used AI-assisted tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot for automation script optimization and debugging.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups.
• Collaborated with developers, business analysts, product owners, and QA teams to analyze requirements, resolve defects, and improve product quality.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, End-to-End (E2E), and Database Testing.
• Prepared automation estimates, test execution reports, sprint reports, and release documentation.
• Logged and tracked defects using ADO/JIRA and ensured timely resolution.

QA Automation Engineer - XENOPS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED

(2019-08 - 2023-09)

Wells Fargo - Manufacturing domain.

Valmont

Industries is a large, publicly held American manufacturer of Valley center pivot and linear irrigation equipment, windmill support structures, lighting and traffic poles and steel utility poles. Their corporate office is in Omaha, Nebraska. Their plant and aviation department is in Valley, Nebraska. Valmont has many worldwide locations including Europe, China and India. The company name comes from a combination of the names of two nearby towns, Fremont and Valley.

• Analyzed requirements and prepared test scenarios, test cases, and test data.
• Performed functional, smoke, sanity, regression, integration, and UI testing.
• Performed performance and load testing using Apache JMeter to evaluate application response time, throughput, and behavior under different user loads.
• Developed and maintained Selenium WebDriver automation scripts using Java.
• Designed reusable automation components using Page Object Model (POM).
• Used Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven for automation development.
• Implemented XPath, CSS selectors, explicit waits, and synchronization techniques.
• Developed and maintained Playwright automation scripts using TypeScript.
• Created reusable Page Objects, fixtures, utilities, assertions, and test specifications using Playwright TypeScript.
• Automated mobile application test scenarios using Appium.
• Created and maintained mobile automation scripts for Android applications.
• Validated mobile UI elements, gestures, navigation, and application workflows using Appium.
• Performed Android UI automation using Espresso.
• Automated Android UI components and validated application behavior using Espresso.
• Used Playwright features including auto-waiting, parallel execution, screenshots, tracing, and built-in assertions.
• Migrated selected Selenium regression scenarios to Playwright TypeScript.
• Performed mobile application testing including functional, regression, UI, usability, and compatibility testing.
• Validated mobile applications across different devices, screen sizes, and supported platforms.
• Performed backend validation using SQL Server and SQL queries.
• Used GitHub for source-code management, branching, merging, and pull requests.
• Used Azure DevOps for defect tracking, sprint activities, work items, and test management.
• Integrated Selenium and Playwright automation suites with Jenkins for CI/CD execution.
• Analyzed automation failures and performed debugging and script maintenance.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies, defect triage, peer reviews, and requirement discussions.

QA Automation Engineer - ORNEXT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION PRIVATE LIMITED

(2017-03 - 2019-04)

IBM - Automobile Company domain. Volvo is one of the largest producers of Heavy trucks in Thailand, Japan, India and other countries also. SICA is an internal application to track the stock, Inventory and cost accounting details in Automobile industry.

SICA basically a mainframe, Java application having web interface and mainframe interface. It's a tool for product cost calculation of new trucks. It allows product cost calculator to forecast cost for next year.

Also dealers to know cost of vehicle and calculate gross profit when selling vehicles. Project communicates with the several interfaces and gets and sends the information to other interfaces.

• Analyzed requirements and prepared test scenarios, test cases, and test data for the SICA application.
• Developed and maintained Selenium WebDriver automation scripts using C#.
• Designed reusable automation components using Page Object Model (POM).
• Used C# OOP concepts, collections, exception handling, and reusable methods in the automation framework.
• Identified web elements using XPath, CSS selectors, ID, Name, and other Selenium locators.
• Handled dynamic web elements using explicit waits and synchronization techniques.
• Automated functional, smoke, sanity, and regression test scenarios.
• Validated stock, inventory, vehicle cost, cost forecasting, and dealer profit-related workflows.
• Performed backend validation using SQL Server and SQL queries.
• Validated data communication between the web application, mainframe, and external interfaces.
• Executed Selenium C# regression suites and analyzed automation failures.
• Maintained and enhanced automation scripts based on application changes.
• Used GitHub for source-code management and version control.
• Used Azure DevOps for defect tracking and Agile work-item management.
• Integrated Selenium C# automation with Jenkins for CI/CD execution.
• Performed defect retesting, regression testing, debugging, and automation script maintenance.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies, defect triage, peer reviews, and requirement discussions.

MCA - Master of Computer Applications - VASAVI M.C A & M.B.A COLLEGE

B.Sc - SAMYUKTHA DEGREE COLLEGE