Prashanth Reddy Nomula
Summary
Executive Summary A dynamic and results-oriented Automation Test Lead with 14.5 years of extensive experience, including 8 years onsite in London, UK, and 6 years in India, specializing in Functional and Automation Testing. Proven expertise in designing and implementing best-in-class automation solutions across complex enterprise programs. Adept at building new automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver (Java) and Cypress (JavaScript), BDD with Cucumber, and automating backend services via REST API. Possesses strong knowledge of E2E UI automation implementation using orchestration tools like Maven and GIT. Experienced in working with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for Ford E-commerce applications across UK and European markets. Well-versed in Agile methodologies, test management, defect tracking, and collaborating with development teams in a "shift-left" approach to identify early defects. Recognized for instituting new practices to achieve business excellence, with excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Automation Tester
Cognizant Technology Solutions
London
2011.09 - 2026.03
- A dynamic profession with 12 years with 7 years of (London,UK) onsite and 6 years of India exposure in Functional and Automation Testing
- Strong experience in developing the Automation scripts using Selenium Web driver and CYPRESS
- Good design and development experience in BDD [Behavior-Driven Development] Framework with Cucumber
- Good knowledge on automating backend services using RESTAPI
- Strong knowledge on E2E implementation for UI automation using orchestration tools like – Maven and GIT
- Strong working experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for creating and managing the content for Ford E-commerce application for different markets in UK and Europe regions
- Test execution, defect logging & tracking and reporting are centralized and refreshed in Quality Centre for Testing large scale, complex integration Programs
- Attending Daily Scrum meeting, Refinement sessions with Product Owners, Sprint planning with Agile Team and Retro sessions
- Have good experience of working closely with developers by setting up the code locally and running the newly developed stories to find early defects with shift left process
- Excellent analytical skills, understands functional aspects of applications related to area of work, adapts to apply any key testing techniques to add value to Business
- Good knowledge in writing SQL queries based on project needs
- Have the rich knowledge on working for Agile methodology and management tools
- Acquires a clear understanding of technology trends and testing architecture with the distinction of instituting new practices to achieve business excellence
- Possess excellent interpersonal, communication and analytical skills with demonstrated abilities in customer relationship management
- Holds the distinction of testing a Product for ODM rule-based testing and other product like PEGA and IBM BPM
- Roles and Responsibilities:
- Requirement analysis and designing functional test scenarios and get them reviewed and signed-off with Product Owner
- Attending the Refinement session and help Product owners to prioritize stories for the upcoming Sprint/Releases
- Raising the defects and understanding the Priority and Severity with the Product owners for the launch
- Leading the defect triages meetings with developers and Business Teams
- Feasibility study of manual test scripts and designing automated test scripts using Selenium web driver with Java and BDD framework-Cucumber from scratch
- Presentation to client on automation best practices, automation framework types.
- Involved in Deployment process to Production and complete the Sanity, Smoke and Regression Testing in Prod with Automation scripts
- Coordinating with developers and Product Owners for any requirement gaps or issues
- Involved in helping developers to work with User Stories or Bugs fixes for smooth development by joining the mobbing sessions
- Setting up the dev code on local and application when new story is developed by checking in newly created branches
- Leading the end of sprint review meeting and demo session for a sprint with Business Stake Holder and take input for any suggestion from Business
- Sending Daily and Weekly reports with Business Stake Holder and Internal Management teams
- Co-ordinate within test team members to maintain overall status of Automation in GIT repository
- Leading and mentoring the team for QA activities
- Providing full knowledge and helped them to understand about the Project for newly joined team members
- Having experience of representing Production launch calls and report for any issues found during the Testing activities in Prod
- Doing the analysis of Production defects and help the team for quick fixes
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Skills
- Primary Skills
- Selenium Web Driver with Java
- Cypress using JavaScript
- BDD – Cucumber
- POSTMAN for Testing RestApi
- GIT
- TestNG, Junit Frameworks
- Maven
- Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Process Methodologies
- Agile, Waterfall
- Project Management Tools
- JIRA
- HP ALM
- Rally
- Confluence
- Zephyr
- Kibana
- GCP logs
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- Databases
- SQL
- Domain Knowledge
- Banking and Financial Services (Payments, Retail Banking)
- Manufacturing and Logistics
Certification
- ISTQB/BCS Certified Tester
- Google Cloud Associate Engineer
- AWS Associate Cloud Engineer
Appreciations/Awards
Cognizant - Pillar of the Month 2016
Cognizant - Monthly Award – High Flyer of the Month 2023
Timeline
Automation Tester
Cognizant Technology Solutions
2011.09 - 2026.03