Request for requirements for QA Automation & SDET
Candidate Name: Karthik Nalla
Experience: 10+ Years
Current Role: Lead QA/Test Manager | QA Automation & SDET Lead
Visa: H4EAD
Location: Texas
Relocation: Yes
Professional Summary:
• 10+ years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Test Automation, SDET, API Testing, ETL Testing, and QA Leadership.
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, WebdriverIO, Cypress, TestNG, Cucumber, Appium, and Tosca.
• Extensive experience in UI, API, Mobile, Database, ETL, Functional, Regression, Integration, End-to-End, and Performance Testing across enterprise applications.
• Proven leadership experience managing onsite-offshore QA teams, driving test strategy, planning, execution, defect management, and release validation activities.
• Hands-on expertise in API testing and automation using Postman, REST Assured, ReadyAPI, SOAPUI, Web Services, and Microservices testing.
• Strong programming skills in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Groovy, SQL, and automation framework development.
• Extensive experience building Hybrid, Data-Driven, Keyword-Driven, BDD, and Page Object Model (POM) based automation frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of database testing, ETL validation, data migration, reconciliation testing, SQL query optimization, and backend data verification.
• Experienced in CI/CD integration using Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Maven, and continuous testing practices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud technologies including AWS, Salesforce, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, and modern cloud-based enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies, sprint planning, release management, test reporting, QA governance, and stakeholder communication.
• Proven experience in Healthcare, Insurance, Banking, and Enterprise Digital Transformation projects with a focus on quality, compliance, scalability, and reliability.
• Well-suited for Lead QA Engineer, QA Automation Lead, SDET Lead, Test Manager, QA Architect, Automation Architect, and Quality Engineering Manager roles.
