Sagar Basetteppa Totannanavar
Dublin,Ireland
Summary
Experienced Automation Test Engineer with a proven track record of over 8 years in functional and automation testing, specializing in test planning, requirement analysis, execution, and defect management. Proficient in building and working with various test automation frameworks including Hybrid, Data-Driven, Keyword-Driven, and BDD (Cucumber). Adept at programming in Java, Javascript, with strong expertise in SDLC and STLC processes, as well as testing desktop, web applications, and ETL processes. Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems, manage teams effectively, and deliver high-quality results within tight deadlines. Highly skilled in collaborating with stakeholders and driving success in Agile environments, while continuously learning and integrating new technologies.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior SDET
Mastercard Ireland
11.2022 - Current
- Coordinated regression test automation activities across supported applications.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted observations to development team.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
- Communicated strategies and results with stakeholders, digital operators and testers.
- Implemented and maintained automated test pipelines within CI/CD workflows to support rapid and reliable deployment cycles.
- Explore and adopt new tools, libraries, and technologies to enhance testing capabilities, ensuring alignment with industry standards and best practices.
- Conducting Accessibility Testing to ensure the application is user-friendly and fully compliant with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards.
Software Development Engineer in Test
Fidelity Investments
05.2020 - 11.2022
- Estimating and planning the test phases, preparing Test strategies, assigning and managing test resources
- Monitoring Test Case design and execution, Defect Reporting and following to lifecycle closure
- Applying the appropriate test measurements and metrics to the projects under test
- Planning, deploying and managing the testing effort for the given project in Agile team environment
- Guiding and Supporting different squads to implement Automation Testing in an Agile team
- Integrated Jira Xray with Automation Tests to update the Reports and Jira Board
- Building the BDD Frameworks for Test Automation using different tools like Selenium, Cucumber, Cypress for UI tests
- Implemented Parallel testing using Docker and normal asynchronous methods
- Testing the micro and API services using Postman and also the automating them using REST API libraries
- Setting up test environments and databases for data validation
- Testing stored procedures, SQL databases
- Extensively working closely with developers and Business analyst to curate the requirements and deciding the Acceptance criteria
- Leading the Software quality in the project from monitoring SONAR, Veracode reports
- Managing the team and mentoring team members
Senior Software Test Engineer
Boston Scientific
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Estimating and planning the test phases
- Preparing Test strategies, test plan documents, Test Case design and execution, Defect Reporting and following to lifecycle closure
- Leading projects
- Automating Test cases and building the test frameworks to execute Functional Test Smoke Test and Regression Test using Selenium Webdriver (JAVA)
- Setting up test environments and databases for data validation
- Testing stored procedures, SQL databases
- Testing of REST api services using POSTMAN, automating Rest services
- Organising and conducting kick-off calls, stand-up meetings, reporting of testing progress and quality status to clients/stakeholders and retrospective meetings
- Reporting defects and coordinating with Development team in root cause analysis
- Effectively communicating, co-ordinating and collaborating with multiple stakeholders and teams
- Mentoring team members
Software Engineer Verification and Validation
Siemens Technologies and Services LTD
03.2015 - 06.2018
- Involved and managed continuous Regression, Integration and Functional testing projects of TIA PORTAL web services and APIs using automation
- Test script and Defect management using TMS and JIRA
- Developed automation framework and pre-requisites to minimize data validation issues during execution
- Developed and presented different proof of concepts to clients involving Selenium WebDriver with TestNG and Page Object Model
- Used Jenkins for the CI test suits of the TIA portal PLC Webviewer
- Extensively reviewed feature stories and designed test cases and attached with requirements along with test plans and exit criteria
- Participated in test triage meetings, test scope discussions, review meetings of feature stories with clients and development teams
- Reported various high severity functional and quality related issues and tracked them to closure
Associate System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services LTD
09.2014 - 02.2015
- Understanding the requirements and configuring the Pi system to their industry needs
- Giving the support to maintain their Pi system configurations and migrating to new versions
- Generating reports using the SQL queries and creating templates to generate reports
Education
MSc - Data Analytics
National College of Ireland
Dublin09.2019
BE - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
SDM College of Eng And Technology
05.2014
Skills
- Testing Tools & Frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Protractor, JIRA, Xray, TMS, TFS, BDD Frameworks (Cucumber), Hybrid, Data-Driven & Keyword-Driven Frameworks
- Programming Languages: Java, Python, R, JavaScript (basic)
- Databases & Tools: SQL, Postman, Insomnia, JMeter, Tableau, Power BI
- Technologies: Docker, Jenkins, Cloud Migration, API Testing, Microservices
- Others: SONARQube, Veracode, BitBucket, GitHub, Linux/Unix
Technology Skills
- Eclipse, IntelliJ: Expertise in descriptive Programming in Java to develop scripts to test the GUI using Selenium, Spock.
- Microsoft TMS and TFS, JiRA: Used it for planning, creating and execution of test cases, defect creation and tracking.
- Version Control Soft: BitBucket, Github.
- Linux/Unix: Experience in using commands for building test scripts and running the scripts.
- Visual Studio: Used for developing java scripts Cypress, Spring framework.
- SQL: Used in all different database testing (Scripts, Functions, Reports).
- Postman, Insomnia: Extensively used for Testing the API Services.
- JMeter: Used for performance and load testing of Applications.
- JavaScript: Basic understanding of java script for testing the applications and for automation scripts in Cypress.
- Code Quality and Security: SONARQube, Veracode.
Timeline
Senior SDET
Mastercard Ireland
11.2022 - Current
Software Development Engineer in Test
Fidelity Investments
05.2020 - 11.2022
Senior Software Test Engineer
Boston Scientific
01.2020 - 04.2020
Software Engineer Verification and Validation
Siemens Technologies and Services LTD
03.2015 - 06.2018
Associate System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services LTD
09.2014 - 02.2015
MSc - Data Analytics
National College of Ireland
BE - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
SDM College of Eng And Technology
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