Ajith Alex

Work History

Test Automation Engineering Manager /    /   Accenture Technologies - Bengaluru, India   /   05.2018 - 04.2023 

• Accountable for whole testing process as a Quality leader i.e. Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Test case preparation, Test design, Test Execution and Test  reports
• Responsible for building Automation frameworks like Cypress and BDD frameworks like Cucumber, Robotium.
• Accountable for implementing E2E testing using automation frameworks and non-functional frameworks
• Taken complete ownership and lead teams on different testing strategies like Functionality,UI, Compatibility,Accessibility, Regression, Smoke testing, Sanity testing and Production Testing.
• Maintained bug reporting system for logged faults, delegating issues to development personnel for remediation.
• Implemented end-to-end automation for E2E application diagnostics, reducing test costs by 60%.
• By automating test scenarios, resource use was improved to 40%, and the project's cost was reduced by 30%.
• Improving on digital transformation by migrating application and data into Clouds like Azure,AWS and GCP
• Responsible for testing team setup, ramp-up, and offshore setup. oversaw a 30 person testing team for a project.
• Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases every 2 weeks and well-organized sprints.
• Debugged code and located the root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
• Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
• Performed ETL, API, Security and Performance tests on modules and full software implementations for more than 10 projects per year.
• Worked closely with other team members in such tasks as troubleshooting and debugging.
• Coordinated and monitored work of co-located and remote teams.
• Used monitoring tools like Memory profiler, Insights, perfmon and cloud monitoring tools on frequent basis.
• Conducted load, stress and endurance tests using Jmeter and Loadrunner to simulate realistic user activities.
• Worked with cloud architect to generate assessments and develop and implement actionable recommendations based on results and reviews.
• Designed and implemented system security and data assurance.
• Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
• Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities which comes under OWASP (SAST and DAST) using tools like OWASP ZAP,Burpsuite, Veracode, Sonarqube

Test Lead /    /   Happiest Minds Technologies Private Ltd - Bengaluru, India   /   08.2011 - 04.2018 

• Recorded test results in Testrail, Redmine, Jira detailing testing processes, results, and suggestions for production team.
• Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
• Worked on maintenance of selenium framework with Appium .
• Maintained extremely low defect detection rate of 5% in customer-facing products.
• Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
• Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
• Guided team of 15 testers in QA/UAT environment, coaching employees to maintain best-in-class testing.
• Debugged code and located the root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Documented diagnostic findings in reports to inform stakeholders of product performance.
• Wrote detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases.