Damodar K

About Damodar K

QA Automation Engineer with 18+ years of experience delivering high-quality testing solutions across enterprise applications, ERP systems, and web-based platforms. Strong expertise in Automation Testing, Manual Testing, and End-to-End QA strategy, with hands-on experience in building scalable automation frameworks and ensuring high-quality releases across Agile and Waterfall environments.Proven track record of leading QA initiatives for large-scale enterprise applications, collaborating closely with business stakeholders, developers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless delivery, defect-free releases, and optimized test coverage.Core ExpertiseTest Automation (Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress)Manual & Functional TestingAPI Testing (Postman, REST Assured)Regression, Smoke & Sanity TestingAutomation Framework Design & MaintenanceCI/CD Integration (Jenkins, Git, GitHub, GitLab)Test Planning, Test Case Design & ExecutionDefect Management (JIRA, ALM, Azure DevOps)Performance & Integration TestingUAT Support & Production ValidationExtensive experience working in Agile/Scrum and Waterfall models, collaborating with cross-functional teams to validate business requirements, ensure system stability, and improve overall software quality.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail, capable of identifying gaps early in the SDLC and driving quality improvements through automation and best practices.

Experience

1. Senior Qa Automation Engineer

   AT&T

   Oct 2023 — Present · Plano, TX, US

   Designed, developed, and maintained automated test suites using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Maven, and Eclipse, implementing Page Object Model (POM) and Cucumber frameworks for scalable UI automation.Spearheaded API automation using Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI, and Apache HTTP Client to validate REST/SOAP services, business logic, and backend interoperability.Integrated automated regression and smoke test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Docker, and Kubernetes, enabling nightly test execution and real-time build quality reporting.Maintained high coverage and stability of regression suites, updating tests to reflect new features, configuration changes, and backend updates, achieving over 95% coverage of core workflows.Implemented pre-check validations, monitoring, and alerting for smoke test failures in production pipelines, reducing false positives by 50% and enabling immediate triage and rollback actions.Investigated and resolved automation failures caused by data refreshes, schema changes, and patch deployments, coordinating closely with DBAs and infrastructure teams to ensure data integrity and system reliability.Developed performance testing scenarios using JMeter and HP LoadRunner, creating thread groups, scheduling test runs, analyzing results, and generating graphs to validate system performance and throughput.Converted legacy UFT scripts to Selenium, enabling cross-browser automation and framework scalability with Java, Selenium, TestNG, and JUnit.Led test planning, defect triage, and QA coordination with business and development teams, ensuring alignment of testing priorities with business objectives.

Education

• Sri Venkateswara University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Physical Sciences