Uvais Ahammed A

QA Automation Engineer with 4+ years of experience in software testing, including 3+ years of hands-on experience in test automation using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Cucumber BDD. Experienced in developing and enhancing automation frameworks using POM, Data-Driven approaches and reusable components. Skilled in automation feasibility analysis, test-case selection, functional/regression/smoke/UAT testing, REST API testing, cross-browser and parallel execution, CI/CD using Jenkins and Maven, Git, defect management and Agile methodologies.

Quality Analyst - Elite Software Solutions

(2022-05 - 2025-07)

Project: Calix Cloud – Telecom Broadband Platform

• Analyzed business and system requirements, prepared test scenarios/test cases, and identified suitable test cases for automation based on feasibility, stability, amits and regression requirements.
• Developed and enhanced Selenium WebDriver automation frameworks using Core Java and TestNG, following the Page Object Model (POM) with reusable components.
• Developed and executed Cucumber BDD automation scenarios using Selenium and Java, improving test readability and collaboration between QA and development teams.
• Created and maintained dynamic XPath/locators, reusable page methods, and utility functions to improve automation maintainability and reduce code duplication.
• Executed functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, UAT, and cross-browser testing, including parallel execution using TestNG.
• Performed REST API testing, analyzed automation/application failures, conducted root cause analysis (RCA), and generated test execution reports.
• Managed automation code using Git and integrated automated test suites with Jenkins CI/CD and Maven for continuous regression testing.
• Collaborated directly with clients to clarify requirements, discuss testing progress, address issues, and communicate test status.

Associate Executive - Forte Solution Pvt Ltd (HCL Technologies)

(2017-08 - 2018-09)

Project: Xerox Enterprise Printing & Document Management System | Aug 2017 – Sep 2018

• Designed and executed test cases based on business and device requirements.
• Performed functional, smoke, regression, system and UAT testing for printing and document management applications.
• Validated printing workflows, scanning operations, user access management and application functionality.
• Validated firmware upgrade workflows, including ALT Boot and Force ALT Boot scenarios, to verify firmware installation, device boot behavior and recovery functionality.
• Logged, tracked and verified defects using Jira and collaborated with development teams for resolution and retesting.
• Supported production validation and software release activities in an Agile Scrum environment.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Electronics and Communication Engineering - Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (2014 - 2017)