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Vikas Kumar

Senior QA Automation Analyst | DevOps & CI/CD Specialist

Architecting Scalable Test Automation & DevOps Pipelines

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About Me

I am a Senior QA Automation Analyst with 8 years of experience architecting scalable test automation frameworks and implementing DevOps-enabled CI/CD pipelines. I have a proven track record of improving team efficiency by 35% and reducing regression testing cycles by 60%.

My expertise spans Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, GitLab CI, Docker, and AWS. I am currently expanding my expertise in DevOps engineering and AI-augmented testing, leveraging GitHub Copilot to achieve 3X test development velocity. I lead cross-functional QA teams across multiple concurrent projects in financial services, automotive intelligence, and manufacturing sectors.

Technical Skills

Test Automation

  • Playwright & Selenium
  • Serenity BDD & Cucumber
  • TestNG & JUnit
  • Appium (Mobile)

Languages

  • Java & Python
  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • SQL (MS SQL, PostgreSQL)
  • HTML / XML

CI/CD & DevOps

  • GitLab CI & Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions & Docker
  • AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)
  • Maven / Gradle / Git

API & Data

  • REST / SOAP / GraphQL
  • Postman & SoapUI & JMeter
  • MongoDB & PostgreSQL
  • MS SQL Server

Certifications

Cloud & AI

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Google Intro to Gen AI & LLMs

Testing

  • ISTQB® Certified Tester (Foundation)
  • MCP Servers & Automation

Experience

Mar 2022 - Present

Senior QA Automation Analyst

J.D. Power & Associates | London, ON (Remote)

Lead QA operations across 4 automotive intelligence products (PIN+, IQS Live, CSI Live, Vantage) serving OEMs and industry stakeholders, managing quality assurance for real-time data applications processing multi-million record datasets. Key Achievements:

  • 👥 Lead team of 5 QA analysts in Agile environment, collaborating with developers, data scientists, and product owners
  • 🏗️ Architect and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, Serenity BDD, and Cucumber, managing 500+ automated test scenarios
  • 🔄 Design and implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines with Docker containerization and AWS integration
  • 📈 Improved team efficiency by 35% through process optimization and JIRA metrics tracking
  • 🚀 Leverage GitHub Copilot to achieve 3X velocity in test development and 25% productivity boost
  • 💾 Perform complex database validation using SQL queries against MS SQL Server and NoSQL databases
Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

Automation Tester

CGI (Financial Services Client) | Remote

Designed and implemented test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, and Maven for multi-platform applications (Web, iOS, Android). Reduced regression testing time by 60% by converting 100+ manual test cases into reusable automated scripts with data-driven testing.

May 2019 - Mar 2021

Automation Tester

The Peer Group (Manufacturing Client) | Remote

Built automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, and BDD methodology, covering 200+ test scenarios for complex business workflows. Reduced manual testing efforts by 70% through Jenkins-integrated automated execution and reusable test component libraries.

July 2015 - Aug 2016

QA Analyst

Echo Exit Webcorner

Early career experience in manual and automated testing, laying the foundation for a career in quality assurance.

Built with Quality

This portfolio isn't just a showcase of my work—it's a demonstration of my engineering standards. The site is automatically tested with a comprehensive Playwright test suite running on GitHub Actions to ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness.

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Get In Touch

Interested in collaborating or discussing QA strategies? Feel free to reach out.

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