Radhika Tallapragada

QA Automation Engineer/API Tester

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 585-485-3595

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
 6+ years of experience in Automation and Manual Testing of Client/Server, Mobile, Web-based, API and Cloud (AWS)
applications.
 Excellent knowledge and implementation skills in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software
Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
 Good experience in Business Requirement Specification, Functional Specification and design documentations and
converting them into Test Scenarios.
 Expert in automated testing as well as manual testing using tools such as Selenium WebDriver/Grid/RC/IDE, UFT, HP
Quick Test Professional (QTP), HP ALM and HP Quality Center.
 Experience in designing and implementing different automation framework from scratch like POM (Page Object
Model) framework and Data Driven framework with the help of TestNG Data Provider.
 Experience in developing BDD scripts with Cucumber/Java and writing step definitions for behavior and step
definitions.
 Expert in developing the automation scripts for Mobile Native applications (IOS, Android) using Appium, Java.
 Experience in test automation using Selenium and Appium, used TestNG and Maven to support continuous
integration testing (CD/CI).
 Experience in developing and maintaining Test Plans, Test Cases, Black Box/White Box Testing, Defect Tracking and
Reporting for Manual Test environments.
 Experience in designing and implementing test automation using frameworks such as Data Driven framework and
Hybrid framework for a number of projects.
 Worked closely with Dev and Tech Support teams to resolve quality issues.
 Extensively used automated test tools like Selenium for both UI and API automation.
 Experience in Waterfall and Agile projects, worked very closely with product owner in agile and attended different
ceremonies like Sprint Planning Meeting, Scrum, Backlog grooming, Sprint Review and Retrospective.
 Experience in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements.
 Good experience in testing Web Services-SOA architecture, XML transaction, SOAP, HTTP, WSDL and REST.
 Experience in Testing the REST calls (POST, GET, PUT, DELETE methods) using POSTMAN Tool.
 Good experience with source version control tools such as Subversion (SVN), TFS and Git.
 Experience in configuring the test suite to Jenkins to make it run on every successful deployment.
 Extensive Software Testing Life Cycle experience with the various testing phases including White-Box Testing, Black-
Box Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, Smoke Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
 Strong experience in using Log4j to maintain log files and debugging of automation scripts and web applications.
 Good experience in performing backend automated test using Junit and Mockito.
 Expertise in tracking and managing test cases and defects using JIRA.
 Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and performs as
part of a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Languages Java, Gherkin, XML, JavaScript
Testing Tools Selenium Web Driver/RC/IDE/GRID, QTP/UFT, Appium
Testing Frameworks TestNG, Page Object Model (POM), Page Factory, Cucumber BDD, TDD, POSTMAN, Rest-
Assured, Junit, JMeter, LoadRunner, SOAP UI, Test Driven Development (TDD),
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)
Testing Concepts Automation, Manual, Functional, System/Regression Testing, UAT, End-to-end Testing,
Enterprise Integration Testing (EIT), Smoke/Sanity Testing, Black Box/White Box Testing
Web Technologies HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap
Version Control Tools Git, GitHub, SVN, TFS
Build and CI Tools Maven, Jenkins
IDEs Eclipse, IntelliJ
Defect Tracking Tools Jira, HP ALM, HP Quality Center, Bugzilla
 Databases MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL
Operating Systems Windows, Linux, Unix

Education
Master of Science in Information Systems from Kakatiya University

Professional Experience:
OFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Galileo Financial Technologies, LLC, Sandy, UT September 2022 to

Present
QA Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Responsible for analysis of requirement documents, design documents and business rules for designing testing
activities.
 Analyzed, designed, implemented and executed test cases, test procedures and test suites.
 Created and enhanced numerous test scripts to handle changes in the objects, in the tested application's GUI and in
the testing, environment using Selenium Web Driver.
 Performed verifications and validations throughout the test life cycle, regression, UI and integration testing.
 Automated test scripts to perform Functional and Regression testing by implementing Hybrid framework,
using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Maven.
 Performed BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber Features, Scenarios and Step Definitions in domain
specific language, Gherkin.
 Maintained automation framework and used Page Object Model (POM) approach to develop automation scripts
using Java and Selenium WebDriver.
 Developed automation scripts for Mobile Native application on iOS and Android platforms using Appium and Java.
 Tested the mobile version of the application on Android and iOS devices to ensure that the functionality works similar
to the desktop version.
 Worked with AWS Cloud machines to setup Selenium Web Driver and also Jenkins Server on Hub machine.
 Resolved deployment issues for Dev, QA, Staging, and Prod with AWS environment.
 Used Jenkins as Continuous Integration (CI) tool to configure new builds and schedule nightly build execution.
 Supported performance testing using JMeter and LoadRunner.
 Performed basic REST API testing using Postman. Used Rest API for SOA testing.
 Logged defects encountered in the application through JIRA during test cycles and conducted fix verification.
 Performed Parallel and Cross Browser testing on different browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox
where multiple tests were run at the same time.
 Coordinated user acceptance testing (UAT) with final users and prepared end user documentation for the new
system.
 Performed back-end testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing queries on MS SQL
Server.
 Prepared documentation for setting up Selenium and Eclipse Environment on local work spaces.
 Coordinated with integration partners for system integration and end to end test execution.
 Worked on execution of smoke tests, functional, end to end and regression tests and support UAT testing.
 Participated in design reviews and provided feedback to developers on testability, scalability, and maintainability.
Environment: Selenium Web Driver, Java, TestNG, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Maven, Appium, BDD, Cucumber,
Gherkin, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Page Object Model (POM), Apache POI, Rest API, POSTMAN, GIT, Jenkins, JMeter,
LoadRunner, Eclipse IDE, Jira

Hearsay Systems, San Francisco, CA January 2020 to August

2022
QA Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Designed automation tests within the automation framework and provided required maintenance on the tests.
 Developed test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Grid for automating testing in cross browser platforms.
 Executed test scripts using Selenium Web Driver and TestNG.
 Developed BDD tests using Cucumber to support test automation.
 Built test automation framework from scratch based on Page Object Model (POM).
 Used Apache POI to read data from external sources and provide them as parameter to the locators in the test script.
 Used Maven build tool to implement the framework dependency jar files.
 Used Jenkins server to execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs in different test
environments with different test configuration.
 Used GIT as a source repository system to share code within multiple teams and projects.
 Developed manual test scripts and automation test scripts using Selenium to evaluate Security of Web based user
authentication apps.
 Created numerous test scripts to handle changes in the objects, in the tested application’s GUI and in the testing,
environment using Selenium.
 Designed and developed mobile test cases and automated using Appium for both iOS and Android platforms.
 Performed Compatibility Testing Android/iOS platforms, cross browsers, cross mobile devices - phones, tablets, iPads
etc. and generated high quality defects.
 Prepared SQA test documentation such as test plans, test cases, test matrices, check lists to support testing activities.
 Performed QA Smoke, Acceptance, Regression, Function, UI, Usability and Compatibility Testing manually.
 Executed JMeter scenarios based on complex business scenarios with different monitors for Stress testing, Scalability
testing, Failover testing, and Load testing.
 Created data-driven automation scripts for testing API Web Services using Postman and tested Restful API using Rest
Assured.
 Used SQL queries in performing data validation to ensure data accuracy and data integrity by backend testing of new
data warehouse products.
 Coordinated user acceptance testing with final users and prepared end user documentation for the new system.
 Tracked, reviewed and analyzed defects by using JIRA.
 Participated in defect review meetings with the project team to identify the process to address the open issues.
Environment: Selenium Web Driver, Java, TestNG, Maven, BDD, Cucumber, Gherkin, Page Object Model (POM), Apache
POI, Appium, Rest API, Rest-Assured, Eclipse IDE, GIT, Jenkins, JMeter, Jira

Univera Healthcare, Buffalo, NY July 2018 to December

2019
QA Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Designed and developed data driven framework through excel sheets, using Selenium Web Driver.
 Performed end-to-end testing of the application and also verified compliance for software quality standards of the
organization.
 Involved in each stage of test documentation with Test Policy, Test Strategy, Methodology, Test Planning, Test Case
Specification, Test Procedures, Test Scripting, Test Logs and Defect Reports.
 Developed the features, scenarios, step definitions for BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and TDD (Test Driven
Development) using Cucumber, Gherkin.
 Performed functional test automation and execution using data driven framework with Page Object Model (POM) in
Selenium Web Driver and used Apache POI for the implementation.
 Configured Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Maven tool and created Selenium automation scripts in Java.
 Worked on Selenium GUI Object/Element Verification with XPath, CSS Locators through the use of debugging tools
like FireBug and FirePath.
 Performed cross-browser testing on various browsers like IE, Chrome and Firefox.
 Tested broken links and inter application links (page redirects to respective URL's) in development, test and
production environments.
 Performed Mobile App testing for both Android, IOS apps using physical devices, simulators and emulators.
 Designed and developed Test Scenario and Test Cases for various business services/methods covering both positive
and negative testing requirements.
 Resolved Selenium technical issues, and aiding others in creating readable, maintainable, reliable Selenium test suites.
 Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure the test coverage.
 Performed Web Services Testing and XML validation by creating test case suite using SOAP UI.
 Used JIRA to report the bugs found during testing.
 Provided test services for support activities and worked with release management teams to assure product release
quality.
 Identified, analyzed and communicated any defects discovered during testing, meticulously documenting defects and
ways of recreating defect in ticketing system.
Environment: Selenium Web Driver, Java, TestNG, Maven, Page Obeject Model (POM), Apache POI, Simulator, Emulators,
BDD, Cucumber, Gherkin, Firebug, Firepath, SOAP UI, Jira