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padma priya Elumalai

@padmapriyaelumalai

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Senior Python engineer in test, building scalable automation pipelines for faster, reliable releases.

India

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I’m a Senior Python Engineer in Test with 15+ years of experience in test automation, quality engineering, and scalable system validation.

Currently on long leave and have moved to India after serving as a Senior Python Engineer in Test at Sky UK Ltd (April 2018 – June 2026), where I led a platform capability team and drive end-to-end automation pipelines that support nightly test execution and real-time reporting.

I’ve led a team of 4 engineers to improve pipeline efficiency and reduce manual effort by ~60%. I also build and integrate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with ALM Octane and Slack, delivering >95% stability in nightly runs and faster defect feedback cycles.

I built scalable test automation frameworks from scratch using Pytest, with deep expertise in API automation testing and validation of microservices. I’ve worked across functional, performance, UI, security, regression, and cross-browser testing in Agile (Scrum, BDD) environments, and I’ve contributed to AI Prompting and Agentic workflows as part of Sky lab week.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Automation Engineer

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Sky UK Ltd

Apr 2018 - Present (8 years 3 months)

Led a platform capability team to build end-to-end automation pipelines for nightly test execution and real-time reporting. Integrated results with ALM Octane and Grafana and set up Slack notifications, and worked on AI prompting/agentic workflows to make repositories AI-ready for spec-driven development.

Python GitHub Actions YAML Octane Grafana Buildnote Slack Pytest Selenium Microservices AI Agentic Workflow AI Prompt Engineering OpenSpec

Senior QA (Automation)

Amelco UK Ltd

Dec 2014 - Apr 2018 (3 years 4 months)

Built and documented test strategies, automation test plans, and reports, and developed automation frameworks for web services and UI testing. Integrated web service automation with Cucumber for end-to-end tests and added automation to Jenkins for post-deployment execution.

SoapUI Selenium Webdriver Cucumber Jira Jenkins Testing Automation Test Strategy

Freelance Projects

PeoplePerHour

May 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 7 months)

Completed freelance software development projects for an Early Warning System, including a standalone Java application and a cloud-based enhancement on Microsoft Azure.

Java PHP MySQL Azure J2EE NetBeans IDE

Team PKR QA

PKR UK Ltd

Nov 2012 - May 2013 (6 months)

Worked on automation testing by building a Selenium-based framework linked to a PHP frontend to trigger test runs and view results. Automated functional and regression scripts and also wrote Eggplant scripts for 3D testing.

Selenium C#Eggplant PHP MySQL Xampp

Quality Assurance Engineer

Amazon Development Center, Chennai

Jan 2011 - Jul 2012 (1 year 6 months)

Created test documents (workflow design, test plans, and test cases) and performed functional testing for Kindle store features. Conducted security testing using PHP scripts to parse and analyze device, WAF, and store logs, and supported continuous integration/deployment using Hudson.

Selenium TestNG Hudson PHP Security Testing Functional Testing Continuous Deployment Continuous Integration Apollo Perforce

Automation test Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Nov 2008 - Dec 2010 (2 years 1 month)

Worked in an enterprise quality management automation team on automation testing. Used QTP, HP Service Test, and Quality Center, and worked with IBM DB2.

HP Service Test Quality Center 10.0 IBM DB2