Akash Reddy Thangella

| Lead QA Manual and Automation Test Engineer |

[email protected]
(734) 299-4157 ext(112)
Only c2c. Will relocate and be able to go Onsite from Day 1

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
● 10+ years of Diversified experience in Quality Assurance excelling as a Lead Quality Assurance/Principal Test
Automation Engineer, Mobile Testing with a solid background in Computer Science Engineering and Technology, and
executive leadership delivering significant improvements in cost of poor - quality Frontend, Backend Web, Database,
Data Warehouse and Mobile Applications.
● Strong Experience in both Automation & manual Testing
● Providing extensive support in Test Planning, Test Development, Test Cases/Scripts, Test Processes, Test
Methodologies and Test Execution of projects both Manual and using Automation tools like Selenium Web Driver with
C#.NET, Node JS-JavaScript, HTML ,XML, JSON ,Cucumber Framework for BDD(Behavior Driven Development) -
Gherkins Scripts, TestRail, Jest, Jasmine, Cypress, Defect tracking Tools - JIRA & TFS, Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA),Rational Clear Quest Tools, Quality Center 9.2, Rational Quality Manager, Bugzilla POSTMAN REST API, SOAP
API Web services, Version Control Tools - GIT, Bitbucket for Continuous Workflows, Builds using Jenkins &Circle CI,
Load & Performance Testing Tools - Apache JMeter.
● Hands - on experience in the preparation of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Reports, Requirement Traceability Matrix.
● Experience in Testing Tools like UFT, HP ALM, Zephyr, Jira, Perfecto, SoapUI, Postman, Test rail, Android Studio,
Appium, Selenium, and Rest Assured.
● Expertise in testing of Web based, Client/Server based applications, BDD/TDD/ATDD, Hybrid, Keyword and Data
Driven Frameworks API, Mobile, UI Testing and Skilled in various testing technologies like JAVA, Selenium, Cloud
(AWS), Cucumber, SoapUI, TestNG, Protractor and Appium and current QA Methodologies.
● Performed Integration Testing, Functional & Non-Functional, System Testing, Regression Testing, UAT Testing,
Exploratory Testing, Browser Compatibility Testing, Reliability Testing, Unit Testing - Jest Framework, Usability
usages and executing Test Scripts & Queries. Testing, Installation Testing, Positive and Negative Testing, Smoke
Testing, Security Testing for all the Web (Frontend and Backend) Applications.
● Experienced in developing automated test scripts using Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, HP Quick Test Professional
(QTP/UFT), Java developing tests using TestNG, Junit frameworks.
● Expertise in Automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver 2.0, Selenium IDE/RC, Selenium Grid, Java, Jenkins
(continuous integration), Maven (Build Management), Eclipse, Cucumber, TestNG (Regression tests) and JUnit.
● Hands on experience with Load testing tools -LoadRunner and JMeter to design test script, developing load test
scenario and doing various levels of testing that includes - Performance testing, Endurance Testing and Stress testing.
● Good experience on Junit, TestNG framework for Unit testing, Maven and Ant for Project building tool,
Jenkins/Hudson for Continuous Integration.
● Conducted end-to-end testing on cloud apps (AWS, Azure, GCP) covering test planning, case design, and diverse
financial domains including Banking, Retail, Insurance, Healthcare, and Mobile Apps (Android, iOS).
● I am proficient in writing automated test scripts using XCUI Test framework for iOS applications.
● Expertise in building and maintaining mobile test automation frameworks preferably using Native iOS and Android
toolset like XC Test and XCUI Test for iOS and Espresso, UI Automator Compose for Android.
● Strong expertise in Python development for automation, data engineering, and Big Data
applications, leveraging frameworks like Behave for BDD and Pyspark for distributed data
processing.
● Extensive experience with AWS cloud services, including S3, EMR, Lambda, Glue, Redshift, and
Kinesis, to build scalable and efficient data pipelines.
● Proven ability to develop Big Data solutions using Python, Pyspark, and AWS tools for data
ingestion, transformation, and analytics
● Acted as the primary point of contact between onshore teams and client stakeholders, ensuring
seamless communication and alignment on project goals.
● Collaborated with client teams to gather business requirements, define project scope, and
provide real-time updates on progress and challenges.
● Led daily scrum meetings with cross-functional teams, ensuring clear task prioritization and
resolution of blockers in an Agile environment.
 ● Extensive Experience in writing advanced SQL & PL/SQL queries, DynamoDB, MongoDB, and it’s Involved in complete
cycle of Datawarehouse/ETL workflow and reporting testing on Azure Delta Lake (data storage files), Data Bricks
(processing), Data Factory (pipeline) and Event hub (data streaming) platform.
● Proficient in testing database of applications developed with SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 and MS Access.

Technical Skills:
Languages Java, Python, SQL, JavaScript
Testing Tools Selenium, Web Driver/IDE/GRID, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Firebug,
Fire Path, SOAPUI, Postman, Espresso, swagger, Rest Assured,
Appium, Cypress, Karate, Zephyr, Jasmine, Katalin, JMeter,
playwright, puppeteer.
Bug Tracking Tools Jira, Bugzilla
Application/Web Servers Apache Tomcat 9.x, JBoss,
Methodologies Agile, Scrum, Java Design Patterns, Kanban, Waterfall
Build Tools Jenkins, Docker, CI/CD, Azure, AWS, Maven, Azure DevOps,
Kubernetes.
Web Technologies HTML5, AJAX, XML, JSON, jQuery, JavaScript ES6, CSS3, Angular JS,
Angular, Node JS, React JS, JSF, JSTL, DOM, JAXB and JAXP.
Azure Tools Azure DevOps, Pipelines, Load Test, SQL Database, Virtual Machines,
Azure Monitor, Artifacts, File.
AWS Tools EC2, S3, RDS, Elastic File System, RDS, VPC, Direct Connect, Route53
and IAM, EC2, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, CloudFormation, cloud front,
Lambda
Cloud services AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud platform (GCP).
Databases/API Oracle, SQL, PLSQL, NoSQL, DB Visualizer, MongoDB, MySQL, MS
Access, MS SQL Server, Triggers, View, Criteria and Toad, Postman

Client: Delta Dental ,MI Nov 2024 – Jan 2025

Role: Lead QA Manual & Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Tested and validated functionality in Policy Management systems, including policy issuance, renewal, endorsements,
cancellations, and reinstatements.
● Automated end-to-end workflows for policy lifecycle management using Selenium and TestNG.
● Tested insurance customer portals for features like quote generation, claims submission, and policy tracking.
● Performed code reviews and approved pull requests to maintain code quality and enforce coding
standards.
● Designed and configured Jenkins pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment process for insurance applications,
ensuring faster and more reliable releases.
● Integrated Jenkins with Selenium automation frameworks to trigger End to End Testing and smoke tests after every code
commit.
● Wrote and executed complex SQL queries to validate data accuracy and integrity for insurance workflows, such as premium
calculations, claims adjudication, and policy updates.
● Automated backend validations in test scripts by integrating SQL queries with Selenium frameworks for end-to-end testing.
● Implemented data-driven API testing using external JSON and CSV files in Postman to validate APIs against various
insurance data configuration.
● Developed Postman collections and automated API tests using Postman’s Collection Runner to test multiple insurance
scenarios simultaneously.
● Designed and executed API test cases in Postman to validate key insurance workflows, including policy creation, claims
processing, and premium calculations.
● Utilized Tight VNC for remotely accessing and managing testing environments, ensuring seamless interaction with systems
hosted on different networks.
● Supported cross-functional teams by providing remote access through Tight VNC, facilitating real-time debugging and
troubleshooting of testing issues.
● Monitored scheduled jobs and automated alerts in Tidal to identify and resolve issues in real time, minimizing disruptions in
insurance operations.
 ● Designed, configured, and managed Tidal jobs to automate and schedule tasks, including ETL workflows, batch processes,
and insurance data processing pipelines.

Environment: Selenium, Q-Test , Gherkins Scripts ,Agile, Rest Assured, Postman, XML, JSON, XPATH ,Docker, selenium
WebDriver, HTML, Test Cafe, Appium, Espresso, JUnit, SQL Queries, Selenium GRID ,Jenkins, AWS, MONGODB, Maven, CI/CD,
Tidal, Tight Vnc , API testing, , Smoke Test, Functionality Test, Bit Bucket , TestNG, STLC, manual testing, Page object Model
(POM),

Client: Comerica Bank ,MI June 2022 – Sept 2024

Role: Lead QA Manual & Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Communicate and Co-ordinate with management, Developers, cross-functional teams to build alignment between various
groups using AGILE Methodology. Responsible to lead and mentor Members onsite and offshore members.
● Utilized the testing efforts for a critical transaction processing system in the banking domain. Successfully developed and
executed comprehensive test strategies ensuring the accuracy, security, and reliability of financial transactions
● Led testing and certification for new payment solutions, meeting ISO 8583 and EMV standards.
● Worked on Point of Sales (POS) Device Testing for POS Devices for the models Square and LightSpeed.
● Led the testing team in a project focused on enhancing the functionality of an online banking platform. Conducted
thorough integration testing, validating seamless communication between diverse banking modules.
● Performed the API testing for the end points systems using Swagger, postman Tools and make sure that end points are
Working fine.
● Experienced in developing automated test scripts using Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, HP Quick Test Professional
(QTP/UFT), Java, Python, developing tests using TestNG, Junit frameworks.
● Hands-on experience on Playwright Testing for end-to-end test framework for AngularJS applications and other JavaScript
applications.
● for aggregating and visualizing financial KPIs with Matplotlib and Pandas, enabling data-driven
decision-making.
● Wrote and executed automated tests in Typescript/Playwright for a browser-based application.
● Performed Api Testing XML, JSON using Fiddler, HTTP Master, Swagger.
● Integrated Sauce Labs with Selenium Grid to enhance test execution efficiency for large-scale
regression suites
● Extensive hands-on experience in Mobile Automation (Android & IOS) using Appium.
● Tested the REST calls (POST, GET, PUT, DELETE methods) using POSTMAN and Playwright.
● Wrote and executed automated tests in Typescript/Playwright for a browser-based application.
● Hands on Experience in writing SQL Queries and executing procedures to perform back-end testing for the expected
Results.
● Performed data Validation Using SQL Queries and data Driven testing methodology to create repeatable tests that leverage
source to target validation.
● Experience in building and maintaining regression test suites and automating them in JavaScript using frameworks such as
Cypress and Playwright for efficient and effective testing.
● Expert in Playwright, Selenium Web Driver/RC/IDE/GRID test scripts using Java and Test Framework using
Cucumber/TestNG/ Junit, MAVEN build tools.
● Spearheaded the initial focus on BEAON component testing, ensuring seamless integration with
Adobe Analytics for accurate data tracking.
● Performed detailed functional and regression testing for analytics components to validate event
tracking, reporting accuracy, and business data requirements.
● Developing the automation test cases using Karate framework to test the API functionality.
● Extensive experience integrating Oracle CC&B and RMB products with Oracle EBS financial Solutions.
● Worked with AWS CLOUD machines to setup Selenium GRID and Jenkins server on HUB Machine.
● Improved infrastructure design and approaches of different projects in the cloud platform Confidential Web Services (AWS)
by configuring the Security Groups, Elastic IP's and storage on S3 Buckets.
Used AWS to deploy the project on EC2, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, CloudFormation, cloud front instance implementation of
the Business logic layer from MONGODB services.
● Performed Maven build Management for continuous integration using BAMBOO.
● Skilled in using AWS Bamboo as continuous integration and Continuous Deployment Tool.
● Effectively used JIRA as a Project Management tool to keep track of bugs, and day-to-day activities.
● Involved in the UAT phase to execute the scenarios by working with Business partners.
Used Docker containers to deploy the applications using the Docker Image file.
Environment:
Selenium,cucumber,BDD,GherkinsScripts,JestFramework,JasmineFrameworkAgile,POS,Swagger,RestAssured,Postman, XML,
JSON, Fiddler, HTTP Master, AppDynamics, Splunk, Zabbix, XPATH ,Docker, selenium WebDriver, HTML, Test Cafe, Appium,
Espresso, JUnit, SQL Queries, Oracle, Selenium GRID ,Jenkins, AWS EC2, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, CloudFormation, cloud front,
MONGODB, Maven, CI/CD ,BAMBOO, Docker , JIRA

Client: Mid-Michigan Health, MI May 2020 - April 2022

Role: Sr.QA Manual & Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:

● Lead the development and enforcement of Quality Control measures and testing standards for new applications in an Agile
SCRUM Software development environment.
● Performed Smoke, Functionality, Integration, System, and Regression tests based on Analysis, and understanding of the
requirements, non-functional specifications, and end-user needs. Extensively worked on Postman for webservice API
Testing.
● Designed and documented REST/HTTP, SOAP APIs, including JSON data formats and API versioning strategy.
● Created performance Test Scripts using JMeter to monitor response time and Performance of the web Application using
HTTP request Samplers.
● Validated Web Services requests and response XML using SOAPUI tool and created automation scripts in SOAP UI using
GROOVY SCRIPT.
● Skilled in Karate for API testing, automation, and Behavior-driven development in software testing.
● Assisting in creating and maintaining automation framework comprising Java Selenium and Cucumber.
● Developed BDD Tests using Cucumber by writing Scenarios and Step Definitions in Java.
● Written Automation Test Scripts in Gherkin to execute in Cucumber.
● Utilize tools such as SOAPUI, Postman, and Swagger for API testing and validation.
● Designed and executed robust test automation frameworks with Cypress, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
● Used Hybrid framework which is a combination of both keyword and data-driven framework to automate the test scripts.
● Knowledge of NOSQL Database MONGODB. Experienced working with SQL queries for Data Mapping.
● Experience in testing API using Rest Assured and Karate Framework.
● Extensively Worked on Validating Cache & Invalidate cache functionality using ‘REDIS Cache’ manager.
● Extensively used SQL Server, DB2 Databases to manipulate / validate the data.
● Created Talend Jobs to copy the files from one server to another server and utilized Talend FTP Components.
● Designed and developed and validated and Deployed the Talend ETL processes for the DWH team Using HADOOP
● Tested the ETL Process to push the transactional data from the normalized data structure into Data Marts.
● Developed SQL scripts for verification of data at extraction phase to ensure Transformation Phase and Loading Phase of
the data to ensure correctness of the data and verifying the ETL Mapping Rules.
● Extensively used GCP (Google Cloud Platform) environment in particular Google Big Query, Google Pub/sub, Google
Spanner, Dataflow, Compute Engine, Google Storage.
● Implemented Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services like Compute Engine and Cloud Storage for scalable infrastructure and
efficient data storage in software projects.
● Developed and managed robust data lakes, optimizing storage, processing, and retrieval of vast datasets.
● Extensive knowledge of application using Microsoft Azure as cloud technology. Experienced with Spark Context, Spark-SQL,
Data Frame, Datasets, Spark YARN.
● Worked on TestNG framework for Maven and ANT for the project Building Tool Hudson and Bamboo for Continuous
Integration.
● Hands-on experience in using GitHub as a central repository to perform Push, Pull, Stage, Onstage, Stash, Status, Add,
Clone, and remove operations in the local repository GIT.
Environment: GitHub, TestNG, ANT, HUDSON, Bamboo, SQL, Spark YARN, Google Cloud Platform, Talend ETL, SQL scripts,
HADOOP, SQL Server, DB2, REDIS Cache, Shell scripting, Unix, MONGODB, NOSQL, Hybrid framework, Cypress, SOAPUI, Postman,
Swagger, Cucumber, Selenium Web Driver, GROOVY SCRIPT, XML, HTTP request Samplers, JMeter, JSON, REST Assured, Talend
ETL, API testing, , Smoke Test, Functionality Test, Integration Test, Regression Test, GitHub

Client: BlueCross Blue shield, Michigan, USA May 2018 - April 2020
Role: QA Manual & Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Performed thorough analysis of the companion guides from Medicaid as well as Commercial Clients and identified the
changes that specific clients need.
● Reviewing the Use Case Requirement, Functional Design Documents and Technical Specifications Documents
 ● Involved in Test Effort estimation for upcoming and present releases.
● Performed functional testing of various components of the POS system. Performed integration testing of the POS system
with hardware peripherals.
● Performed user interface automation using selenium, java, TestNG, and Maven as my building tool.
● Experience in testing Web services using Soap/Restful services validation for XML and Json.
● Performed UI and API automation using selenium, cucumber, and rest assured.
● Experience in Web API testing using Cucumber / Karate framework.
● Develop BDD test automation framework for API testing with Karate framework, in line with REST Assured (Java) and
Cucumber.
● Developed automation test for React web Application DRA (Digital retailer Assets) using Test Cafe.
● Build the Test Cafe Framework from Ground up for this Application Using POM (page object model) approach and many
standard NPM libraries.
● Used Xcode 8 IDE, Swift 3, and the Apple XCUI/XC-Test application testing framework to create a UI Automated Test
framework with these objectives: easy to learn and use, high maintainability, compact code base.
● Excellent database knowledge for backend testing using Oracle and Microsoft SQL server also experience with writing SQL
Queries and Stored Procedures.
● Automated the Restful Web Services using Karate API Libraries
● Extracted data from various sources like Oracle, flat files and SQL Server.
● Utilized PL/SQL sub programs like stored procedures, Triggers and sequences to access Oracle.
● Wrote SQL Queries to check patients’ health records in application table and for data verification to perform Backend
Testing against Oracle Data base.
● Involved in Writing Java Api for Amazon Lambda to manage some of the AWS Services.
● Involved in automated testing applications in AWS (cloud) s3&lambda service with TestNG & Appium.
● Utilized Azure services such as azure machine learning, azure storage, and azure networking components, ensuring high
availability and security within cloud environments.
● Implemented robust CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI.
● Experience on version control tools SVN, GIT and release management tools JIRA.
● Created the Release process of the artifacts, JIRA is used as ticket tracking, change management and Agile/SCRUM tool.

Environment: POS system, JIRA, Agile/SCRUM, SVN, GIT, CI/CD pipelines, Azure Cloud services, AWS (cloud) s3&lambda, TestNG,
Appium, Oracle Data base, SQL Queries, PL/SQL, flat files, SQL Server, triggers, XCUI/XC-Test, Test Cafe, selenium, cucumber, rest
assured, Json, Soap UI, JavaScript, XML, XPATH, log4J, Https client, Jakson, Java, Maven, Triggers, Microsoft SQL server, POS
system

Client: Meijer, Grand rapids, MI Dec 2015 - March 2018

Role: QA Manual & Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Involved in writing and designing templates for the Test Plans and Test cases and Involved in the Preparation of Test
Scenarios and review of Test Cases also Involved in Test planning and Test execution.
● Performed Functionality Testing, Smoke Testing, and Regression Testing and participated in peer review with team and
developers to review test cases/test scripts
● Used Quality Center for Test planning, Defect reporting, tracking, and understanding Defect life cycle.
● Involved in writing the Test Cases and authoring the Automation scripts worked with Hybrid Framework which is a
combination of Data Driven Framework and POM (Page Object Model).
● Performed Manual testing to check the functionality and executed the test cases in the quality center.
● Performed manual and automation testing using Rest Assured and Postman.
● Written and executed automated tests in Typescript for a browser-based application.
● Tested the REST calls (POST, GET, PUT, DELETE methods) using POSTMAN.
● performed UI automation using selenium and cucumber.
● Analyzing JMeter test results, identifying performance metrics, and generating comprehensive reports to communicate
findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
● Executed BDD with Cucumber, utilizing Features, Scenarios, and Step Definitions in Gherkin.
● Performed Functional, Negative, Positive, Regression, and User Acceptance Testing.
● Authored user stories in JIRA, including acceptance criteria for the requirements.
● Maintained the product backlog in JIRA. Proficient in defect management, including bug tracking and reporting with HP
ALM/Quality Center and JIRA.
● Collaborated on defect resolution using JIRA, implemented Log4j for effective build logging.
● Managed bug tracking activities using Bugzilla.
 ● Utilized SOAPUI to test web services, wrote RESTful assertions for JSON messages. Utilized tools such as SoapUI and
Postman, for manual API testing and validation.
● Wrote SQL Queries to retrieve data for a specified set of test requirements.
● Executed SQL Queries to verify the Database for the relevant Test cases.
● Validating data from various databases such as Hadoop, Cassandra, and DB2 using SQL queries.
● Involved in all phases of SDLC and STLC and Worked in waterfall methodology.
Environment: Selenium, Postman, Selenium web driver, Rest assured, TestNG, JMeter, Soup UI, Bug life cycle, BDD, SQL, DB2,
Bugzilla, Cucumber, JSON, Jenkins, Jira, Hadoop, Cassandra, SDLC, STLC, manual testing, Page object Model (POM), Log4j, API
testing
Client: Yash Technologies India Jan 2014- March 2015
Role: Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Worked in a Highly Dynamic AGILE environment and participated in Scrum Planning and Sprint Planning Meetings.
● Understanding the features and performing testing on the UI functionality.
● Extensively utilized Quality Center for test planning, defect tracking, and reporting, with an in-depth understanding of the
Defect life cycle.
● Utilized TestRail to effectively modify test cases in response to change requests and enhancements, ensuring consistency
with evolving project requirements and upholding the integrity of the testing process.
● Extensively worked on Postman for webservice API Testing. Written Test Scenarios in Feature file Using Gherkin language.
● Created functional Automation Scripts Using SOAPUI and responsible to verify Web services API requests and response Dat
a in REST/HTTP and SOAP Protocols.
● Designed structured UI automated Test Cases using Selenium WebDriver in Java and TestNG for Wizards testing and
automated Scripts for cross Browser/Platform Testing.
● Worked on the web programming languages HTML5, CSS3, XML and selected web element by using Developer Tools.
● Developing Test Scripts to Implement Testcases, Test Scenarios, and features For BDD (Behavior Driven Development), TDD
(Test Driven Development) using Cucumber.
● performed defect Tracking &Management in JIRA and Generated Automated daily Reports using JIRA.
● Handled Testcases and Performed database testing using Complex SQL queries and worked on SQL Statements in checking
the validity of the Backend.
● Extensively Used SQL Statements to Query the SQL SERVER for Data validation and Data Integrity.
● Developed framework from Scratch for using Cypress to automate UI and used JavaScript, Nodejs and NPM for Angular
based user Interface and performed UI and API testing Using Cypress.
● Experienced in Using GITHUB as a resource Repository System to Share code Within the Office.
● Performed the test Execution in Jenkins Once the code Pushed into CI/CD and continuous integration Pipeline Running
Components builds, Creating and running Development jobs on Individual Stages on Jenkins and running automated and
Manual Functional Test.
Environment:
Scrum, selenium, cucumber, Postman, SoapUI, Manual testing, selenium web Driver, Java, HTTP, TestNG, BDD, TDD, Jira, SQL, SQL
server , Cypress ,JavaScript ,Nodejs ,NPM ,Angular, GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD, AGILE, Defect life cycle, TestRail, HTML5, CSS3, XML