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Aravind Guddeti - QA Test engineer

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Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA

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Aravind Guddeti Contact: 347-419-4981 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aravind-guddeti-524048172 Professional Summary: Lead QA Tester with 10+ years of experience in Automation and Manual testing across Transportation and Retail domains. Strong expertise in automation frameworks using Java, Python, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, TestNG, Pytest, API testing, SQL validation, and Kafka event-stream validation. Hands-on experience in functional, regression, integration, smoke, API, backend, mobile, and end-to-end testing for enterprise applications and microservices architectures. Hands-on experience testing cloud-native applications on AWS, including distributed systems, event-driven architectures, API integrations, and multi-component data flow validation. Proficient in API testing using Postman, Swagger UI, and REST Assured with strong backend validation skills using SQL. Experienced in CI/CD integration using Jenkins, Maven, Git, AWS, and Kubernetes for continuous testing and cloud-based deployments. Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, defect management, test strategy, RTM, stakeholder communication and offshore/onshore team coordination. Proven leadership experience mentoring junior QA engineers, leading Scrum team QA activities, conducting sprint demos, and driving quality initiatives across Agile releases. Quick learner with a strong focus on problem solving, test optimization, and delivering high quality software. Technical Skills: Category Skills Operating System Linux, Unix, Windows Environment Cloud computing, Client/Server Database PL/SQL, MySQL, CockroachDB Internet Tools HTML, Shell Script, Korn Shell Languages Java, JavaScript, C#, Python Core Skills Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Pytest, TestNG, Junit, REST Assured, Cucumber, Appium, Postman, Swagger-UI, REST API Testing, HTTP Status codes, Apache Kafka, JSON, XML, Unix, Shell Scripting, Git, Jenkins, JDBC, BDD/TDD, Data Validation, ALM, Maven, Jenkins (CI/CD), Git, GitLab, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Agile/Scrum Professional Experience: Capgemini America INC Duration: Dec 2025 Present Role: QA Test Lead, Melbourne, FL Responsibilities Led both manual and automation testing efforts for web applications, APIs, backend services, and event-driven systems. Designed and maintained scalable automation frameworks using Python, Playwright, Pytest and Maven. Developed and maintained automated smoke, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites for critical business workflows. Performed extensive API testing using Postman and Swagger UI, validating request/response payloads, authentication, headers, and business logic. Developed utilities for database validation using JDBC and SQL queries to verify backend transactions and data integrity across services. Integrated automated test suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to execute smoke, regression, and end-to-end tests after every code commit and deployment. Collaborated with engineering teams in Scrum environments for estimation, prioritization, sprint planning, and end-to-end delivery from development through production deployment. Performed Kafka validation testing by verifying event publishing, message consumption, topic processing, and downstream microservice integrations. Strong experience using ALM Quality Center for test management, defect tracking, requirement traceability, and release coordination. Validated applications deployed in AWS and Kubernetes environments, ensuring system stability and deployment readiness. Analyzed test results, debugged automation scripts, and reduced test flakiness to improve overall test stability. Conducted sprint demos to stakeholders showcasing completed features, automation progress, and QA metrics after every sprint. Participated in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and defect triage meetings. Performed code reviews for automation scripts to enforce best practices, coding standards, and maintain high-quality test code. Collaborated effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, ensuring seamless communication. WABTEC US RAIL INC Duration: Apr 2021 Dec 2025 Role: SR QA Automation Engineer/QA Lead, Location: Melbourne, FL Responsibilities Led QA activities for cloud-based transportation and logistics application involving Dispatcher activities and operational workflows. Managed both manual testing and automation testing across UI, API, database, and event-streaming systems. Developed BDD automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, creating reusable feature files and step definitions. Automated RESTful APIs using Rest Assured, validating JSON responses and performing backend testing via Postman and Swagger UI. Validated API responses using various HTTP status codes to ensure proper application behavior, error handling, and service reliability. Designed and executed end-to-end integration testing across distributed microservices, validating communication between APIs, backend services, databases, and event-driven components. Performed database validation using SQL and Java-based connectivity utilities to verify transaction flow, data transformations, and end-to-end system consistency. Validated cloud-native applications deployed on AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and deployment readiness across environments. Partnered with DevOps teams to integrate automation into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated smoke, regression, and integration test execution during deployments. Validated complex event-driven data pipelines by testing Kafka-based message flow across multiple services and downstream applications. Worked closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to define test scenarios and ensure alignment with business requirements. Prepared weekly QA status reports, defect summaries, test closure reports, and release readiness dashboards for project stakeholders. Coordinated offshore and onsite QA activities, ensuring timely delivery and quality compliance. Mentored junior testers on automation framework usage, API testing strategies, SQL validation, and Agile QA processes. Presented sprint demos and release readiness updates to business stakeholders and leadership teams after each sprint. QUEST GLOBAL SERVICES Duration: Aug 2017 Mar 2021 Role: Software Engineer/QA Automation Engineer, Location: Melbourne, FL Responsibilities Developed backend automation scripts using JavaScript and a custom-built framework to validate RESTful services. Performed REST API testing using Postman, ensuring service reliability and accuracy. Designed and documented REST/HTTP APIs, including JSON data formats and versioning strategies. Performed comprehensive UI testing to validate application functionality, navigation flows, responsiveness, usability, and user experience across web and mobile platforms. Executed end-to-end workflow testing covering complete business processes from frontend UI through backend systems, APIs, databases, and downstream integrations. Collaborated with UI developers, backend engineers, architects, and product owners to create effective test plans and improve application quality. Developed automated test scripts using C# and Ranorex, simulating real-world user interactions. Migrated critical manual test cases to automated regression suites, improving test coverage and execution efficiency. Built reusable automation components in Ranorex using shared repositories to enhance maintainability. Validated end-to-end workflows by executing SQL queries and stored procedures using MongoDB, ensuring data integrity. Worked as an individual contributor, effectively collaborating with technical leads and cross-functional teams. Vegasoft Inc Duration: Feb 2016 Aug 2017 Role: Programmer Analyst/QA Engineer, Location: Columbus, OH Responsibilities Supported QA activities for retail and e-commerce applications, validating end-to-end business workflows including product search, cart, checkout, payments, shipment tracking, returns, and customer notifications. Assisted in developing and maintaining UI automation scripts using Python, Playwright, and Pytest for retail web applications. Performed functional and integration testing for IBM Sterling Order Management (OMS) to validate order lifecycle workflows including order capture, fulfillment routing, shipment confirmation, cancellations, and returns. Performed API and backend testing for order status updates, shipment events, inventory updates, customer account data, and third-party retail integrations. Executed SQL database validation to verify order transactions, inventory records, shipment details, returns, and customer profile data across retail applications. Created and maintained test cases, test scenarios, test data, and defect reports for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing cycles. Logged and tracked defects using Jira, collaborated with developers for issue resolution, and supported retesting during release cycles. Assisted in automation of repeatable retail workflows by converting manual test cases into reusable regression coverage for faster validation. Collaborated with developers, QA leads, and business teams to validate order processing, fulfillment workflows, returns, refunds, and inventory management across releases. Education Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - Northwestern Polytechnic University - 2015 Bachelor of Technology Electronics and Communication Engineering - JNTU - 2013 Keywords: csharp continuous integration continuous deployment quality analyst user interface procedural language Florida Ohio