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BHAVANI BODDULA

Sr. QA Automation Engineer (SDET) • Dallas, TX • b*****************@gmail.com • 619****588 • linkedin.com/••••• • drivetube.ai/•••••

Professional Summary

Sr. QA Automation Engineer (SDET) with 5+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable automation frameworks and end-to-end test strategies for web, mobile, and API platforms. Experienced in BDD and POM design, API validation, CI/CD integration, cloud-based test execution, and backend data verification using Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Tosca, Postman, and Docker. Proven ability to partner with development and DevOps teams to improve release quality and shorten verification cycles.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Java,JavaScript,TypeScript,Python
Web Technologies: HTML,CSS
Frameworks and Libraries: Page Object Model,BDD,TestNG,Cucumber,Gherkin
Databases: SQL,MySQL,PostgreSQL,Oracle,AWS RDS
Cloud and DevOps: Jenkins,GitLab CI,Docker,Kubernetes,Maven,npm
Testing: Selenium WebDriver,Playwright,Cypress,Tosca,Appium,REST Assured,SoapUI,JMeter,Gatling,LoadRunner,Splunk,TestRail,HP ALM,qTest,Xray,Zephyr
Tools and Methodologies: Postman,Git,GitHub,Bitbucket,GitLab,JIRA,Chrome,Firefox,Safari,Edge,Android,iOS
Version Control and Collaboration: Confluence

Work Experience

PNC Financial
Dallas, TX
Sr. QA Automation Engineer (SDET)
March 2025 – Present
QA and automation for banking and financial services applications supporting retail and enterprise workflows.
Tech Stack: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Tosca, Java, Appium, Postman, MySQL, AWS RDS, Docker, Jenkins, JIRA, Xray, Gherkin
  • Planned and executed QA activities across SDLC/STLC for banking applications, establishing quality checkpoints, traceability artifacts, and risk-based test plans to support release readiness.
  • Built and maintained scalable automation frameworks and reusable libraries using Selenium, Playwright, Tosca and Java to improve regression coverage and stabilize CI runs across environments.
  • Designed and maintained end-to-end test suites including UI, API, and backend validation; executed SQL-based data verification against MySQL and AWS RDS after transactional flows.
  • Authored BDD scenarios in Cucumber and Gherkin and implemented page object design to enable readable automation for product and QA teams, increasing automation reuse across features.
  • Automated mobile functional and smoke tests with Appium for Android and iOS and integrated test execution into Dockerized pipelines to provide environment-independent test runs.
  • Collaborated with developers and DevOps to integrate automation into Jenkins pipelines, performed CI troubleshooting using SonarQube and Git workflows, and managed defects through JIRA and Xray.
Optum (UnitedHealth Group)
Columbus, OH
QA Automation Engineer
Dec 2023 – March 2025
Testing and automation for healthcare technology solutions focusing on patient, claims, and provider workflows within UnitedHealth Group.
Tech Stack: Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Postman, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Bitbucket
  • Developed BDD automation using Cucumber to align QA and engineering on acceptance criteria and to accelerate validation of healthcare workflows and integrations.
  • Built UI and API automation frameworks with Selenium, Cypress, and Postman to support end-to-end functional and regression testing across web and API layers.
  • Implemented secure test data solutions including masking and synthetic data generation to ensure PHI-safe testing and maintain compliance with healthcare data requirements.
  • Integrated automated suites into Jenkins CI pipelines and used Splunk and Cypress dashboards to triage failures and reduce feedback time during sprint cycles.
  • Executed Docker-based test execution and performed smoke validations of Kubernetes deployments to validate application behavior in containerized environments.
  • Collaborated with development and DevOps teams via Bitbucket and CI/CD workflows to streamline deployments, maintain test environments, and improve test stability.
Accenture
Hyderabad, India
QA Tester
Jan 2021 – July 2023
Delivered QA and automation for enterprise web and mobile client projects across multiple industries, focusing on functional, integration, and performance testing.
Tech Stack: Selenium WebDriver, HP ALM, qTest, LoadRunner, Python, GitLab CI, Oracle, PostgreSQL
  • Managed test documentation, defect tracking, and traceability using qTest and HP ALM to maintain audit-ready test artifacts and support delivery milestones.
  • Automated web regression scenarios using Selenium WebDriver and built cross-browser test suites to validate functionality across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
  • Developed and executed SQL queries to validate backend data integrity and supported end-to-end verification of business transactions against Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
  • Integrated automation into GitLab CI pipelines to enable early defect detection and faster feedback during development iterations.
  • Conducted performance testing with LoadRunner to validate system stability and identify bottlenecks under expected load scenarios.
  • Built Python automation utilities to augment test coverage, streamline test data setup, and reduce manual validation effort for repetitive checks.

Education

Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelors • 2018 – 2022
Saint Louis University
Masters • St. Louis, MO • 2023 – 2025

Certifications

Tricentis Tosca Fundamentals − Automating web application testing (AS1) — Tricentis
Tricentis Tosca Fundamentals − Optimizing test automation with centralized test data (AS2) — Tricentis
AWS Certified Developer – Associate — Amazon Web Services

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