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Lakshmi Pavani Sunkara

@lakshmipavanisunkara

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I build reliable web, mobile, and API automation for banking and telecom products.

Malaysia

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to continue leading scalable web, mobile, and API automation in Agile teams, with opportunities to build reusable frameworks, improve release quality, and mentor automation engineers.

I've built and maintained web, mobile, and API automation for banking and telecom products at Gientech, Cognizant, CIMB Bank, and Tech Mahindra. I currently lead automation execution and maintenance for banking applications, coordinating with QA, development, and business analysts in Agile sprints.

I design reusable Selenium, Appium, and Rest Assured frameworks, including secure API automation with JWT and mTLS authentication. I've supported Android and iOS testing on Perfecto Cloud, strengthened regression reliability, led defect triage and release reporting, and mentored testers moving from manual testing into automation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Automation Tester

Current

Gientech

Jul 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Lead automation execution and maintenance for banking applications, coordinating with QA, Dev, and BA in Agile sprints. Designed and developed a reusable API automation framework using Java, Rest Assured, Cucumber BDD, TestNG, and Maven.

Selenium Webdriver Appium Rest Assured TestNG Maven Java API Automation Agile Scrum

Automation Tester

Cognizant

May 2022 - Nov 2024 (2 years 6 months)

Developed and maintained Appium automation for Android and iOS, executing test runs on Perfecto Cloud devices. Implemented and supported automation for web modules and improved suite reliability.

Appium Selenium Webdriver Java Jira Confluence Regression Testing

Automation Tester

CIMB Bank

Feb 2020 - Apr 2022 (2 years 2 months)

Built and enhanced Selenium WebDriver (Java) automation using keyword-driven and data-driven approaches. Automated web and mobile banking flows and supported weekly regression cycles.

Selenium Webdriver Java Excel Regression Testing

Software QA Engineer

Tech Mahindra

Aug 2012 - Dec 2017 (5 years 4 months)

Developed and maintained UFT/QTP hybrid automation scripts and enhanced reusable functions. Created test plans and cases in HP ALM, supporting regression and negative testing.

UFT ALM Test Planning Regression Testing VBScript