Pradeep Pamidipalli

About Pradeep Pamidipalli

Quality Engineering Leader with 17+ years of experience driving software quality, release reliability, and engineering excellence in enterprise environments. Currently serving as a QA Manager at Nisum, I lead teams and initiatives that ensure high-quality software delivery through strong testing practices, automation strategies, disciplined release management, and modern DevOps practices.My experience spans the full quality engineering lifecycle—from manual, automation, and performance testing to release engineering and production deployments. I have led QA teams responsible for validating complex enterprise systems while also establishing scalable processes for branch management, release staging, change management workflows, and CI/CD pipeline execution.I bring hands-on expertise in designing automation frameworks, building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and supporting cloud-based platforms including Azure, AKS, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry. My focus is on embedding quality engineering practices directly into the software delivery pipeline to enable faster, more reliable enterprise releases.In addition, I actively leverage modern AI-assisted development and productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude to accelerate automation development, improve engineering efficiency, and enhance problem-solving across QA and DevOps workflows.Beyond tools and processes, I am passionate about building high-performing engineering teams, mentoring QA professionals, and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across development, QA, and operations teams.Core areas of expertise include:• Quality Engineering & Test Strategy• Manual, Automation & Performance Testing• Release Engineering (Branching, Tagging, Release Staging)• Change Management - ITIL & Production Deployments• DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline Design (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)• IBM Messaging Queue, Kafka• JMeter, LoadRunner, Splunk, GCP, NewRelic• Azure Cloud, AKS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry• AI-assisted Engineering (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude)• QA Leadership & Cross-functional CollaborationI am currently exploring opportunities where I can contribute to building scalable quality engineering practices, strengthening DevOps and release processes, and enabling reliable enterprise software delivery at scale.

Experience

1. Principal Solutions Engineer

   Gap Inc.

   Nov 2018 — Present · Groveport, OH, US

Education

• KL University

  Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

• RV College Of Engineering

  M.Tech, Computer Sciences

  2006 — 2008

• RV College Of Engineering

  Master of Technology, Computer Engineering

• Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering

  B.Tech, Information technology

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Test Cases
• Quality Center
• Selenium
• Watir
• Qtp
• Software Quality Assurance
• Test Execution
• Hp Quality Center
• Performance Testing
• Soapui
• Quality Assurance
• Ruby+Watir, Silktest, Cmmi, Qc
• Test Planning
• Agile Testing
• Test Automation
• Manual Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Testing
• Hp Qtp
• Jira
• Web Testing
• Regression Testing