Naveen Pandula

About Naveen Pandula

Quality Engineering & Delivery, Leading and managing QA activities, Automation and Releases- Senior Software test engineer/Lead QA, Experience in Mobile & Web Automation frameworks- Java Technology Lead, Web applications/microservices/REST API developer experience- End to End functional/Regression/Integration(SIT)/Performance/API/UAT testing and certifying the builds across Android, Firetv, Roku, iOS/tvOS, Tizen & Web platforms- Expert in designing and implementing robust data driven automation frameworks ( Cucmber-BDD, TestNG, Gherkin, Roboframework, Appium, Selenium, REST API )- Experience in complex systems like DAI (Dynamic Ad Insertion), validate the Ads playback using logs captured from Charles proxy. Implemented the Dynamic Ad Insertion playback, Impression, Ad-Request & Response validator- Work on building and maintaining test beds, test environments, automated data driven test suites integrated with CI/CD pipelines for regression,Integration testing- Analyze Dynatrace/ARGOCD/Datadog application Logs and report defects in JIRA- Defect triage & lifecycle management, Post release validations & QA SignOff- Experience in cloud platforms : AWS EC2,S3, Kubernetes/EKS and Docker containers- Bigdata & Hadoop testing. Migration from Cloudera to Hortonworks- Leverage Copilot AI, Chatgpt for Automation and drive quality through efficient ways- OpenSearch/Elastic Search/SQL backend Data Validation for data integrity and consistency- Proficient in writing SQL scripts for data validations, SQL-Test data management, Data masking validation- Cross functional Collaboration, Agile coaching- Strong communication & interpersonal skills and influencing best practices across Scrum teams - Proactively communicate the progress, risks and timelines. Publish reports to all Stakeholders.

Experience

1. Sr Software Test Engineer at Shell Recharge

   Shell Recharge Solutions

   Feb 2021 — Present

   QA Engineering & Delivery: Lead QA activities, team management, release operations, and automation effort across multiple Agile projects. Articulate test result data & status reports.•Built and contributed to data-driven automation architecture/framework and test environments.•Designed & implemented scalable automation frameworks using Cucumber BDD, Selenium, built Page Object Model (POM) and reusable step definitions, Rest Assured, integrated with Jenkins and GitHub Actions to achieve by up to 50% in-sprint automation coverage.•Continuous Improvement (CI): Managed and executed automated test suites in CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual effort by up to 60% and improving release reliability & efficiency. optimizing feedback cycles of the Product, introduced tag-based test filtering. •Delivered on successful production releases by executing post release validations, with no critical defects post-release.•Data validation and backend testing to ensure data accuracy using SQL/Open Search/Elastic Search, Database testing, Testing data flows in ETL process. Salesforce integration testing.•Security & Compliance testing, SSO and OAuth security, Regulatory & audit requirement testing.•Leveraged GitHub Copilot to accelerate script creation and improve code efficiency, cutting development time by approximately 20%.•Collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams, using Jira, Leverage Xray, Qtest, Qmetry for Test Management, defect tracking & triage, traceability and sprint-level QA reporting. •Ensure system met SLAs for response time, uptime and reliability, Scalability testing in Kubernetes env. •CI/CD & Tools: Configured and maintained automation pipelines(mobile/web) in TeamCity, Analyzed logs via Argo CD, Datadog and Dynatrace for performance & app monitoring.•Mentoring and guiding new QA engineers, resource allocation, trainings, participated in recruitment drives. Communicate the status/progress, risks, blockers with all Stakeholders.

Education

• Osmania University

  Master’s Degree, Computer Applications