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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)

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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
Nivetha BalasekarAutomation Test Engineer