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Kannan Subramaniyan

@kannansubramaniyan

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Senior QA Architect building AI-assisted automation frameworks to accelerate releases and cut production defects.

India

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What I'm looking for

Seeking leadership opportunities in Quality Engineering and Test Automation where I can contribute my 20+ years of experience in QA architecture, automation strategy, team management, and quality transformation. Open to global opportunities, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and driving engineering excellence

I’m a results-driven QA Architect and Program Manager with 20+ years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Automation, and enterprise delivery across Healthcare, Insurance, Banking/Finance, Pharmaceutical, and Media domains. I’ve partnered with global organizations including HCLTech, Cegedim, Operative, and BP, supporting clients such as Lululemon, Sanofi, IAG, and CLP Group.

I lead end-to-end QA and enterprise delivery: building scalable automation solutions, strengthening release quality governance, and reducing production defects by up to 80%. I design and maintain Playwright/Cypress/Selenium-based frameworks with API validation, CI/CD integration, and ~80% regression automation coverage—improving efficiency by 60%, accelerating release validation cycles, and driving measurable automation ROI through optimized testing costs and faster time-to-market.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Technical Manager

EPSTOM Spec Chem Pvt. Ltd.

Sep 2025 - Mar 2026 (6 months)

Managed QA delivery, sprint planning, and release validation for a 32-member team supporting multi-country enterprise applications across Automation, API, ETL, and Database Testing. Built Playwright automation frameworks with CI/CD integration, achieving ~80% regression automation coverage and reducing manual effort by 60%, while strengthening quality governance and release stability.

Playwright Cypress Selenium API Testing ETL Testing Database Testing CI CD Gitlab

Senior Program Manager

Microgreen Technologies

Aug 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 4 months)

Led QA program activities for Castrol Connect, supporting web storefront quality engineering and delivery of service booking and workshop lifecycle workflows. Delivered test automation using Playwright with TypeScript/React, API validation with GraphQL, and CI/CD-enabled regression execution.

Playwright React TypeScript GraphQL PostgreSQL Azure DevOps Microsoft Azure Test Automation Jira

Program Manager

Ernst & Young LLP

Mar 2020 - May 2023 (3 years 2 months)

Coordinated end-to-end QA delivery for enterprise payment and banking platforms, managing automation across UI and API test coverage. Used Playwright with TypeScript/Python and Selenium with Cucumber, supported GraphQL and database validation, and drove CI/CD pipeline-based testing with Jenkins/Bamboo across Azure/AWS environments.

Playwright Selenium Cucumber Karate GraphQL PostgreSQL Azure DevOps Jenkins CI CD QA Management

QA Lead

Operative India Pvt. Ltd.

Jul 2016 - Oct 2019 (3 years 3 months)

Led QA execution and automation for enterprise advertising and media management platforms, supporting product validation and market research workflows. Implemented scalable regression automation using Selenium and Cucumber (BDD) with Maven, Java, and database testing across AWS-hosted environments.

Selenium Cucumber Maven MongoDB MySQL AWS Jenkins BDD

Senior Test Lead

US Technologies International Pvt. Ltd.

Nov 2013 - Jul 2015 (1 year 8 months)

Led testing for aviation and healthcare enterprise platforms, supporting data loading and batch processing using Hadoop ecosystem tooling. Validated API and web integrations (SOAP/JavaScript/XML), executed ETL workflows via SSIS and database validation, and tracked quality using HP ALM.

Hadoop Apache Hive Sqoop HBase SSIS SOAP Testing SQL Server Oracle Database ALM

Senior Test Engineer

Aztecsoft Technology and Services Ltd.

May 2005 - Jan 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Performed test engineering for Sample Guardian, a pharmaceutical compliance application covering sample distribution tracking, audit readiness, and regulatory adherence. Supported quality delivery using Oracle database validation, TIBCO tooling, and automation/scripting with Shell Script and JavaScript/XML-based testing artifacts.

Oracle Database Shell Scripts JavaScript XML Data Integration Testing Perl Windows Server