Subramanya Knp

About Subramanya Knp

I am a test engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in test design, large-scale enterprise automation and team mentorship across domains such as Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare, and Finance. Skilled in developing robust automation frameworks using multiple tools. I help teams craft effective testing strategies to deliver high-quality products. I am passionate about mentoring others and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance overall software testing

Experience

1. Senior Member of Technical Staff

   Oracle

   Oct 2020 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Currently working in Oracle OCI as an Individual Contributor, responsible for testing, automation framework development, building up existing framework to support different test strategies, developing various test sdk\'s and mentoring testers to write clean, optimal and reusable test code. Established best practices for test strategy using Risk-Based Testing (RBT), resulting in a 50% increase in early defect detection and a 30-40% improvement in test coverage for high-impact features. Designed and implemented custom utilities to standardize locator strategies and enforce test code quality, resulting in a 90% reduction in test maintenance time and a significant (90%+) improvement in code reusability. Designed and developed a flexible test SDK with comprehensive APIs, reducing reliance on complex dynamic locators by 40% compared to traditional POM methods. Implemented Risk-Based Testing to verify product functionality, resulting in a 20% decrease in post-release defect reports compared to the earlier test approach. Introduced an innovative approach prioritizing API over GUI automation (4:2 ratio), reducing flaky GUI tests by over 60% and decreasing post-release defect rates by 20%. Built a specialized data seeding SDK, automating data preparation for 100+ graph-based test cases and shrinking manual effort from a full day to just 30 minutes. Delivered a cross-platform test utility in Java and Rest Assured, replacing legacy C++ solutions and ensuring compatibility across multiple operating systems.

Education

• The National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

Skills

• Manual Testing
• Software Development
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Cucumber
• Network Security
• Automation Testing
• Microsoft Office
• Test Automation
• Customer Service
• Protractor
• Research
• Testng
• Leadership
• Selenium Testing
• Behavior-Driven Development (Bdd)
• Management
• Microsoft Word
• Big Data