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Naveen Kumar Thota

@naveenkumarthota

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I build AI-driven QA automation for cloud security and streaming platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm open to Atlanta or remote opportunities solving hard quality engineering challenges at scale, especially where I can build AI-driven automation, strengthen cloud security testing, and partner closely with Product, Engineering, and DevOps.

At AT&T, I lead end-to-end quality for Astra, a cloud security platform spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP. I validate admin UI and backend security controls including IAM, RBAC, encryption, KMS, network policies, audit pipelines, and service-to-service authentication.

I build maintainable automation with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST Assured, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, and C#. Using Terraform, I provision isolated cloud test stacks on demand and validate infrastructure changes before production.

Previously, I owned QA for AT&T TV Now and myAT&T across web, mobile, and OTT platforms including Roku, Apple TV, and Xbox. I built Cypress and Appium E2E frameworks with parallel execution that reduced regression cycles by 40% across 200+ user flows.

I'm advancing AI-driven QA through LLM-based test generation, RAG-grounded testing, intelligent failure triage, self-healing automation, and agentic exploratory-testing workflows. I enjoy partnering with Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams to embed quality early, improve release confidence, and mentor engineers.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer - QA/SDET

Current

AT&T

Jun 2022 - Present (4 years 2 months)

Senior QA on Astra, AT&T's cloud security platform, leading test strategy across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I own end-to-end quality for both the admin UI and the security backend, and I'm driving the team's shift from AI-assisted to AI-driven QA.

Validate admin consoles, policy management, RBAC flows, and alerting/reporting on the UI side; cover IAM and least-privilege enforcement, encryption, KMS and

Playwright TypeScript JavaScript Terraform AWS GCP Azure API Testing Cloud Security IAM RBAC Encryption KMS Audit Pipelines AI Driven Testing LLM RAG Self Healing Automation Agentic AI Junit Jenkins Postman

Software Engineer In Test

AT&T

Jun 2020 - Jun 2022 (2 years)

Built and maintained automation for AT&T's public-cloud security web applications across Azure and AWS, working alongside developers in an Agile delivery model.

Designed and authored E2E and UI automation suites in Cypress, Protractor, and Jasmine using JavaScript and TypeScript, validating web application stability across multiple environments.
Wrote and maintained manual test cases for cloud se

JavaScript TypeScript Cypress Protractor Jasmine Jira API Testing Agile Junit Jenkins Postman Load Testing

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

AT&T

Jan 2017 - Jun 2020 (3 years 5 months)

Owned QA for AT&T TV Now (DIRECTV NOW) and myAT&T across mobile (iOS, Android) and TV platforms (Xbox, Roku, Apple TV), with deep focus on video streaming validation.

Authored automation scripts and manual test suites in Java and C# using Appium, Selenium, TestNG, NUnit, and Maven; executed across mobile and TV platforms in a unified pipeline.
Built a custom locator strategy combining Visual UI V

Junit Java C#Appium Selenium TestNG NUnit Maven Jira Jira Align Git Mobile Testing TV Testing Video Streaming Agile Requirements Traceability Matrix

Senior Software Engineer

Ecova

Jun 2016 - Jan 2017 (7 months)

Built end-to-end automation for Ecova's Waste and Telecom web applications as part of their energy and sustainability management platform.

Designed an E2E automation framework in C# with Selenium and BDD for UI testing; layered MSTest for unit and integration coverage.
Built automation across application, business, and network layers — including API-driven E2E flows that validated cross-layer beh

C#Selenium MSTest BDD SpecFlow API Testing Test Strategy UAT Automation Framework

Quality Analyst/Test Engineer

Kaiser Permanente

Nov 2015 - May 2016 (6 months)

Delivered manual and automated testing for the Message Center web application — the secure messaging channel between doctors and patients.

Authored UI automation in C# and Selenium with BDD, backed by an NUnit test framework.
Built simulators that decoupled the team from real-device dependencies, removing a recurring bottleneck and accelerating test execution.
Designed automation across applicati

C#Selenium NUnit BDD API Testing Test Planning Test Strategy Functional Testing Integration Testing Smoke Testing Regression Testing

Quality Analyst/Test Engineer

Enlighted Inc.

Nov 2014 - Sep 2015 (10 months)

Curricular Practical Training (CPT) role during my Master's in Computer Science, supporting manual and automation testing for Enlighted's LED product UI application.

Authored Business Requirement Documents, use cases, test scenarios, and test cases for new lighting software features that configured LED drivers.
Built UI automation in C# with Selenium and ran functional and regression test suites

C#Selenium SQL XML API Testing Test Cases Requirements Traceability Matrix Functional Testing Regression Testing

Quality Analyst

UnitedHealth Group

Sep 2011 - Mar 2014 (2 years 6 months)

Started QA career as a manual tester on the EFT application supporting health-insurance payment workflows. Authored manual test cases and validated application behavior against business requirements.

Manual Testing Test Cases Agile Requirements Analysis UAT Support

Quality Analyst

UnitedHealth Group (OPtum)

Sep 2011 - Mar 2014 (2 years 6 months)

Started my QA career as a manual tester on the EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer) application supporting health-insurance payment workflows.

Authored manual test cases and validated application behavior against business requirements.
Caught defects early at the service and component layers, reducing regression cycle time and freeing testers to focus on in-sprint work.
Worked directly with customers a