Alay P. Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, Tn, Us

Remote

United States

Proficiently carrying out software development and test automation tasks across a wide spectrum of projects including front-end, back-end microservices & APIs, and DevOps elements within an Agile framework, primarily for the clients in the government and financial sectors.- Actively engaged in full-stack development tasks, working with Java, C#, and TypeScript to develop solutions. Demonstrated solid understanding of OOP principles, data structures, and algorithms.- Engaged in daily scrum meetings, driving automation tasks, and fostering effective collaboration with teammates to prioritize, plan, and estimate upcoming story items.- Empowered and led the team to deliver innovative solutions for new initiatives. Spearheaded automation improvement projects for client (September 2022 - December 2022) to enhance the automation framework, increasing productivity by 30%. Implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipeline project (January 2022 - May 2022) for daily-regression, reducing production defects by 70%. Eliminated manual deployment of 4 applications, saving over 1 hours per deployment per application.- Took the initiative to implemented self-initiated ideas, including screen recording for precise evidence capture and creating partial automation solutions, resulting in savings ~10 hours per week during new script development. - As the point person for over 300 scripts, analyzed, debugged, and maintained CI-pipeline failure scripts for various applications, ensuring comprehensive testing and seamless project execution.Highlighted Projects: 1. [ TypeScript ] Playwright Automation Framework (2023) 2. [ CI-CD ] Jenkins Automated Deployment (2022)Programing Languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScriptTools: Azure, Batch Script, BitBucket, CSS, Cucumber, Cypress, DynamoDB, DbVisualizer, Git, GitLab, GraphQL, HTML, InteliJ, Jenkins, Jira, JSON, Linux, MongoDB, MS SQL Server, PlayWright, Postman, React, Rest API, Service Bus, SQL, Swagger, TestNG, VS Code,XML

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Advanced from the Test Automation Engineer I position to lead the development of innovative automation solutions for web-service testing and spearhead internal Process Development projects, achieving enhancements in work efficiency and reporting. Delivered SDLC Controls Verification automation solution reducing work-item validation time by 90%.- Collaborated effectively with offshore and onshore team members, providing prompt problem-solving support to ensure seamless project execution. Spearheaded automation framework enhancements, delivering a powerful add-on for streamlined Test Sets creation and summarized execution reports in Microfocus ALM.- Expanded daily-execution framework to web-based projects, developed Web-Service testing framework for 80% faster script execution.- Solely responsible for end-to-end new script development, regression execution and maintenance of over 900 scripts. Spearheaded the expansion of automation coverage to multiple applications for web, mobile, and desktop platforms.- Managed Perfecto Mobile Cloud, implementing security patches, efficiently handling devices and users, and performing timely upgrades to enhance testing capabilities.Highlighted Projects: 1. [Java] Controls Verification Automation (2019 - 2020) 2. [VBA] Defect Density Matrix (2020) 3. [Java] Optical Character Recognition Implementation (2020)Programing Languages: Java, PythonTools: ALM OTA, Android Studio, Apache POI, Appium, Batch Script, CSS, DB2, Eclipse, Electron, ExtentReport, Git, HPALM, HTML5, IBM DB2, JavaMail, JDBC, Jenkins, JSON, Maven, Microfocus OTA, MS SQL, MS SQL Server Manager, OpenShift, Perfecto, React Native Testing, RTC, Sikuli, SoapUI, Sybase, VBA, Windows Scheduler, XCUITest, XML

Chattanooga, Tennessee

As an automation test engineer singularly supporting multiple projects to fulfill automation coverage. Continuously learning and building self-ideas to develop new features to an automation framework for cost reduction by improving script development and script execution efficiency. Designed Automated Daily-Executions of automation scripts, resulting in reducing incoming service tickets by 80%. - Participated in sprint planning, demo, and stand-ups, applying Agile and Scrum methodologies to ensure efficient project progress.- Designed and executed automation training for functional testing members, empowering the SQA team with enhanced automation knowledge. Provided mentorship and support to an intern and a team, ensuring successful completion of assigned automation tasks on a sprint basis.- Developed automation scripts using Appium, Perfecto, JDBC, Selenium, and Sikuli for Android, iOS, database, web-based, and desktop applications, expanding automation coverage by 30% and meeting testing requirements. Highlighted Projects: 1. [ Java ] Automation Framework Enhancements (2019 – 2020) 2. [ Java ] Reporting Tools (2019) 3. [ Java ] Unattended daily validation (2018)Programing Languages: Java, PythonTools: ALM OTA, Android Studio, Apache POI, Appium, Batch Script, CSS, DB2, Eclipse, Electron, ExtentReport, Git, HPALM, HTML5, IBM DB2, JavaMail, JDBC, Jenkins, JSON, Maven, Microfocus OTA, MS SQL, MS SQL Server Manager, OpenShift, Perfecto, React Native Testing, RTC, Sikuli, SoapUI, Sybase, VBA, Windows Scheduler, XCUITest, XML

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Project: 3D Monitoring and Mapping and of Underground InfrastructuresSupervisor: Dr. Dalei Wu (Dalei-Wu@utc.edu)Sponsor: National Science FoundationAward: Smart 50 Award (2018) by Smart Cities ConnectProposed a novel approach to monitor and map underground infrastructure using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, creating the first known registry of underground pipes, recognized at the US Ignite Conference for revolutionizing digging, building, and maintenance practices. Tools: Blender, City Engine, and Open Street Map, Android Studio, Vuforia, and Unity

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Tutored various Math courses such as Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Differential Equation, Linear Algebra, and Discrete Math.