Nivetha Balasekar
Automation Test Engineer
Summary
Certified Automation Test Engineer with expertise in functional and non-functional testing process for implementation & troubleshooting of systems with highly technical software applications. As a Test Engineer have obtained excellent technical communication skills, collaborative teamwork abilities, and broad technical acumen across full SDLC. Build relationships across organization.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Automation Test Engineer
Bank Of Singapore
10.2021 - Current
- Demonstrated excellent automation skills in UI, API and Database Testing.
- Build UI, API and Database Automation Framework using Rest Assured , Selenium, Java, Jenkins, Spring Framework and Playwright.
- Running daily smoke to check health status of applications in SIT and UAT.
- Transitioned software development efforts to BDD development process, which brought QA testing in on front-end of development cycle for gains in code quality, software functionality and programmer productivity.
- Involved extensively in System/Functional/Regression Testing, analyzed automation feasibility of application, understand, and implement new functionality in open-source tools.
- Generate reports for frequent Regression testing (weekly & bi-weekly) using Jenkins.
- Designed and implemented Hybrid Framework addressing areas including database impacts, environment and browser related scenarios, Web services Testing, Regression Testing, Negative Testing, error/bug retests and usability.
- Attends scrum calls, agile gatherings, weekly meetings to update status. Worked closely with users in project and recorded issues defect tracking system, JIRA.
- Joining calls with users and vendors, understanding & analyzing business requirements and test plan, test objectives, test strategies.
- Created Zero code API automation framework to support functional/non-technical team for testing and demo in OCBS/BOS technical forum.
Software Test Engineer
Land Transport Authority (LTA)
12.2018 - 04.2019
- Worked in Fare system for LTA singapore
- Conducted end-to-end testing activities of integrated e-payment system.
- Analyzing and understanding complex business rules/requirements and its test coverage.
- Identifying functions to be tested and designing required test cases with help of use cases.
- Also have executed test scenarios. Extensive review of existing use cases and test cases and done peer review.
- Test planning, test case designing and executing test cases for System Integration Test, Developer in Test (DIT), User Acceptance Tests (UAT) and Regression Test.
- Setting up test environment for testing various scenarios.
Independent End-End testing, covering all test scenarios and user requirements. - User Acceptance (UAT) testing with rail operators SMRT, SBST, DTL, TELS.
- Test summary report preparation with observations for every SIT, DIT, UAT testing.
- Conduct Test review meeting with clients.
Defect raising/tracking in bug tracking tool ALM.
Test Analyst
Maybank Singapore
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Preparing RTM against functional and technical requirements.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Identified bugs and issues within system and applied troubleshooting techniques for mitigation purposes.
Software Test Engineer
Thermofisher Scientific
07.2017 - 12.2017
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Have given product demo’s to Product managers, Project Managers and development team at each iteration.
- Performed testing Instruments, firmware and communication between Instrument servers and UI.
- Test Instrument servers and Firmware using Linux and SCPI commands using telnet and SSH.
Associate Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Private Limited
09.2015 - 06.2016
- Preparing and documenting test conditions and test cases against business requirement document.
- Execution of test cases, documenting test results, logging of defects in defect tracker tool.
- Experienced to send Testing status and Defect status summary report to management.
Associate Developer
Reflect Real Software Technologies
09.2014 - 09.2015
- Involved in Integration Testing, Regression Testing and Functional Testing.
- Integrating test scripts written for individual Module.
Carried out tests to identify, report and repair issues such as bugs and glitches. - Developing web pages using CSS and HTML and .net using visual studio.
- Established coding conventions within the team that led to more readable codebases and streamlined collaboration between developers
- Designed database schemas to support data storage needs, maintaining data integrity, consistency, and security
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Vivekanandha Institute of Engineering & Technology
India 09.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Automation Testing (UI, API, Database)
Database: Oracle, SQL Developer
Tools: Java, Rest-Assured,
Selenium, Maven, Jenkins, Jira, TestNGPostman, GIT, Bitbucket
Spring, Playwright, Zero code
Certification
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
Timeline
Automation Test Engineer
Bank Of Singapore
10.2021 - Current
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
01-2021
Software Test Engineer
Land Transport Authority (LTA)
12.2018 - 04.2019
Test Analyst
Maybank Singapore
03.2018 - 09.2018
Software Test Engineer
Thermofisher Scientific
07.2017 - 12.2017
Associate Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Private Limited
09.2015 - 06.2016
Associate Developer
Reflect Real Software Technologies
09.2014 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Vivekanandha Institute of Engineering & Technology
09.2008 - 05.2012