Praveen Kumar
Professional Summary
QA Automation Engineer with 5 years of experience in test automation, L2 application support and AMS delivery. Strong hands-on experience in Selenium WebDriver with Python and pytest for building POM, data-driven regression suites and integrating tests into Jenkins CI. Experienced in REST API validation with Postman and Python, MySQL validation and end-to-end integration testing for web and mobile applications. Proven ownership of L2 incident triage, RCA and SLA-driven fix validation within AMS models. Skilled in using Git and Jira for code and defect lifecycle management and in improving regression reliability through modular frameworks and nightly CI execution. Comfortable working in Agile teams and supporting production stability across staging and production environments.
Technical Skills
Work Experience
- Architected and maintained a Selenium WebDriver + Python POM framework, raising regression automation coverage to 75% to accelerate release validation.
- Implemented data-driven pytest suites using CSV/JSON inputs to automate end-to-end scenarios across web UI and API layers.
- Integrated automation suites with Jenkins to enable nightly CI runs and automated build validation, improving regression reliability across sprints.
- Performed REST API validation using Postman and Python requests, validating response schemas and automating smoke checks for deployments.
- Conducted MySQL validation and authored SQL scripts to verify data consistency between UI, APIs and backend systems for integration tests.
- Identified and validated 30+ critical production defects during early mobile testing phases, preventing major post-release incidents.
- Delivered L2 application support: triaged incidents, analyzed logs for RCA and validated fixes in staging and production to meet SLA requirements.
- Provided 24x7 L1/L2 production support within an AMS delivery model, monitoring availability and ensuring SLA-aligned response and escalation.
- Monitored logs, servers and databases and wrote SQL queries and stored procedures to diagnose incidents and validate backend data.
- Validated defect fixes post-deployment by coordinating retests in staging and production and ensuring closure before escalation to L3 teams.
- Performed end-to-end integration validation across web modules and backend layers using Postman and SQL-based data verification.
- Maintained and improved test documentation including test cases, test plans and RTM to speed up regression cycles and onboarding.
- Reported and tracked defects in Jira with detailed repro steps and logs; supported triage and hotfix verification with development teams.
Education
Achievements
- Reduced regression cycle time: Reduced regression cycle time by 40% by building a reusable Selenium-Python POM framework integrated with Jenkins CI, supporting AMS continuous delivery goals.
- High automation coverage: Achieved 75%+ automation coverage on web regression suite within 3 sprints of framework implementation through continuous improvement of test coverage.
- Early production defect detection: Identified 30+ critical production defects during early mobile testing phases, preventing major post-release incidents and improving system reliability.
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