Mahesh B. Bapanapalli
QA Engineer @ First Orion
- Role
- Qa Engineer at First Orion
- Location
- Little Rock, AR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mahesh B. Bapanapalli
Bringing nearly eight years of hands-on experience to the table, I specialize in…
Experience
Qa Engineer
Jul 2025 — Present · Little Rock, AR, US
Starting off at FO, I’m deployed for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of the Vetting Orchestrator, which is deployed on Kubernetes using AWS. As a QA Engineer, I am engaged throughout the SDLC.My tech stack includes:Programming languages & frameworks: Go, Testify (unit testing), SQL.Cloud technologies & services: AWS (CloudWatch, SQS, DynamoDB, CodeBuild, S3, Grafana), Kubernetes, Podman.Version control: BitBucket.Data & analytics: Databricks.API testing & automation tools: Postman with automated collections, RESTAssured.Test management & defect tracking: Xray (preconditions, test cases, test suites, test executions, reporting), Jira, Confluence.Migration & QA process improvements: Led the migration from TestRail to Xray, ensuring structured test suites, traceability, and integration with Jira.Development & productivity tools: VS Code, Swagger (API specification review), CLI, Macros.Observability & monitoring tools: Grafana (metrics visualization), CloudWatch (logs, alarms, dashboards).I design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and automation scripts to validate APIs, data pipelines, and backend services. This includes both manual verification (API testing, data validation, exploratory testing) and automation (unit tests in Go, Postman collections integrated into CI/CD, and automated regression suites). I work closely with developers, DevOps to monitor services with Grafana and CloudWatch, and ensure smooth deployments on Kubernetes.Beyond execution, I’m responsible for defect identification, reporting, and tracking in Jira, preparing QA documentation in Confluence, and ensuring traceability in Xray. I also contributed to process improvements by driving the migration from TestRail to Xray, streamlining QA workflows and enhancing reporting capabilities.
Education
JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), ECE
2013 — 2017
University of Central Missouri
Master's degree, Computer Science
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