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THEVAKAJAN PALANILINGAM

THEVAKAJAN PALANILINGAM

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Summary

A skilled and reliable QA Engineer with a strong "can-do" attitude, bringing over 6 years of experience in automated and manual testing. Known for being a mature team player, I excel in adapting to challenging situations and consistently delivering unique solutions to complex engineering problems. Specialized in thinking outside the box, I thrive under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines. With expertise in Java, Selenium, Appium, and API testing, I possess a comprehensive understanding of automation frameworks and CI/CD processes, ensuring high-quality software delivery.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer

IFS
04.2024 - Current
  • Efficiently managed and tracked projects and tasks using Jira, ensuring timely completion and issue resolution.
  • Created detailed test cases with Xray to ensure full coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Involved in story and feature manual testing.
  • Built and maintained automated UI tests with Playwright for cross-browser stability.
  • Updated and refactored Playwright scripts to align with new features and changes.
  • Integrated Playwright tests into Azure DevOps pipelines for automated testing and continuous delivery.
  • Debugged and fixed Playwright test scripts to ensure accurate results.
  • Proficient in Agile frameworks, including Scrum and Kanban.

Test Automation Engineer

Spades App
01.2022 - 03.2024
  • I have tested both manual and automated processes with a restaurant service-based web and mobile application
  • This includes functionalities such as payments, ordering, payouts, reports, and transactions
  • Designed and implemented a sophisticated UI automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Appium for seamless testing efficiency
  • Developing a comprehensive test suite for API endpoints using Rest Assured
  • Developed framework and reusable components
  • I have done a code review
  • Provide estimates for manual and automation tasks
  • Having hands-on experience with Agile Methodology
  • Multi-browser testing using BrowserStack and Lambda
  • Building Test in Jenkins
  • Streamlined automation capabilities that improved test life cycle by 80%
  • Defect Reporting
  • Zephyr Scale is used to write every test case
  • Adaptable to popular Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, environments
  • Preparing automation coverage confluence document
  • Involved in story and feature manual testing

Quality Engineer

Virtusa
09.2020 - 12.2021
  • Company Overview: New York Life provides life insurance in the US market
  • Predictive modelling project is to provide a fast track underwriting process to their customers
  • Requirement analysis
  • Test Data Preparation
  • Defect Reporting
  • API Automation script using Rest Assured and TestNG
  • Zephyr scale is used to write every test case
  • Adaptable with popular Agile frameworks such as Scrum environments
  • Involved in story manual testing
  • New York Life provides life insurance in the US market
  • Predictive modelling project is to provide a fast track underwriting process to their customers

Associate Quality Assurance

Invicta Innovations
01.2019 - 08.2020
  • Initiated a new automation team and automation will be progressed according to the agile methodology and work on Leave Apply and Tokyo cement domain
  • End to end testing can be seamlessly conducted using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, while also incorporating the powerful Page Object Model (POM) design pattern and Data-Driven Framework
  • API Automation script using Rest Assured and TestNG
  • Estimate the test automation Script
  • Executed regression and sanity test automation scripts
  • Zephyr Scale is used to write every test case
  • Adaptable with popular Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, environments
  • Defect Reporting
  • Involved in story and feature manual testing
  • Cross Browser Testing using BrowserStack
  • Every Release runs an automation pipeline in Azure DevOps
  • Preparing automation coverage confluence document

Education

BSC - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

ICBT Campus
Cardiff Metropolitan University
01.2020

Skills

  • Java
  • Test NG
  • Maven
  • Appium
  • Rest Assure
  • Rest API
  • Browser Stack
  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • SoapUi
  • Page Object Model
  • Hybrid Framework
  • Test Link
  • New Man
  • Postman
  • Git
  • Github
  • Bitbucket
  • Svn
  • TFS
  • Data Driven
  • Zephyr Scale
  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • Agile
  • Selenium Webdriver
  • WebServices
  • MySql
  • Lambda
  • Xray
  • Playwright

Languages

Tamil
English
Sinhala

Timeline

Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer

IFS
04.2024 - Current

Test Automation Engineer

Spades App
01.2022 - 03.2024

Quality Engineer

Virtusa
09.2020 - 12.2021

Associate Quality Assurance

Invicta Innovations
01.2019 - 08.2020

BSC - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

ICBT Campus
THEVAKAJAN PALANILINGAM