Ramesh Uppuluri

About Ramesh Uppuluri

Test Automation Architect with 10+ years of experience. Passionate about leveraging modern automation frameworks and cloud technologies to deliver robust, scalable solutions.Highly adaptive to evolving market trends and emerging technologies in the field of Software Testing and expert in using AI tools for the deliverables.Key Skills & Experience:• Web Automation: Selenium (Java, C#, Cucumber, Reqnroll & SpecFlow), Playwright (TypeScript & C#), FitNesse & WebdriverIO.• AI & Codeless Automation: COPADO, ACCELQ.• Diverse Automation Tools: WebdriverIO, WinAppDriver, Sikuli, Gmail Automation.• API Testing: Postman.NET HTTP Client,RestSharp, REST-assured, Ready API & Playwright.• CI/CD Integration: GitLab, Azure DevOps (Build/Release pipelines, Self-hosted Agents, VSTS integration).• Document Automation: PDF/OCR validation workflows.• Test Strategy: Functional specs analysis, test case design, project management.• Domain Knowledge: Salesforce, Retail & Education.• Have knowledge on ETL & Data Validation using SQL, Azure Data Factory, Databricks & Power BI.• Delivered critical automation enhancements, reducing manual effort and accelerating release cycles.• Authored case studies and led cross-functional teams to improve QA efficiency.• Consistently align test deliverables with product timelines under pressure.• Development Exp: Next.js, ShadCN UI for real-time test analytics and CI/CD visibility.

Experience

1. Senior Technical Lead

   HCLTech

   Oct 2025 — Present

   Project: Premium Athletic Apparel & Lifestyle E-Commerce PlatformTools: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST Assured, Apache HTTP Client, Splunk, GitLab CI/CD, TestRail, Postman, Kafka.Roles & Responsibilities· Designed, developed, and executed automation test suites for UI, API, Database, Splunk, and Kafka validations.· Built reusable SDKs for API and UI workflows, enabling library-based usage across multiple automation frameworks.· Developed components, models, authentication modules, and configuration layers to support scalable API, UI, and DB validations.· Participated in daily stand-ups and client sync calls, providing regular status updates and technical inputs.· Debugged automation failures, performed root cause analysis, and resolved framework and CI pipeline issues.· Conducted UAT reviews, code walkthroughs, technical demos, and mentored junior engineers.Technical Accomplishments· Implemented customized email notifications for CI pipeline executions with execution metrics, reports,and contextual test data.· Designed and delivered new SDKs for critical business flows (Inventory Setup) covering API, UI, and Database validations.· Added unit and integration test coverage for components and models to improve framework reliability.· Optimized automation using flow-based execution, command chaining, Builder pattern, and DRY principles.Key Impact· Accelerated regression execution and faster onboarding of new test cases across frameworks.· Reduced automation maintenance effort by ~40% through SDK-based architecture and reusable components.· Improved CI pipeline visibility and faster failure diagnostics with enhanced reporting and notifications.

Education

• Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology, Narasapur. PIN -534275 (CC-A2)

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Auto IT
• Test Planning
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• C
• Nant
• C#
• Test Cases
• Functional Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Log4net
• System Testing
• Sikuli
• Regression Testing
• Mbunit
• Selenium Webdriver
• Visual Studio
• Nunit
• Test Automation