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Raj reddy

@rajreddy

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Senior UAT Test Lead specializing in Parasoft-driven API automation and enterprise data validation.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior QA/UAT roles focused on API automation, service virtualization, and data validation within Agile teams, with opportunities to lead test strategy and CI/CD improvements.

I am a Senior UAT Test Lead with 10+ years driving end-to-end testing, release management, and data validation across complex enterprise systems. I specialize in Parasoft SOAtest and Virtualize, REST API automation, ETL validation, and SQL across AWS and on-prem databases, delivering reliable, business-ready solutions in Agile environments.

I have led UAT programs for major Canadian financial institutions, implemented CI/CD test pipelines, reduced defect leakage, and created service virtualization and automation frameworks that improved test coverage and deployment efficiency. I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust test strategies and actionable insights.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Program Lead

ISolve Technologies

Oct 2023 - Sep 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Led UAT and end-to-end validation across a complex enterprise data ecosystem, managing release planning and deployments while ensuring data integrity across AWS S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda and messaging services.

UAT Parasoft Virtualize Parasoft SOAtest SQL AWS S3 Redshift Glue Jira

UAT Program Lead

Bank of Montreal

Sep 2022 - Feb 2023 (5 months)

Led UAT for the Canadian banking portfolio, automated customer connect application flows to accelerate UAT execution, and delivered actionable test reports and defect trend analysis to stakeholders for program decisions.

UAT Test Automation Postman Jira Confluence Test Reporting Agile

SOA Test Architect

TD Bank

Aug 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years)

Designed and implemented Parasoft SOAtest automation and Service Virtualize solutions for API and MQ testing, introduced BDD frameworks, and reduced defect leakage to production by ~30% while enabling CI/CD integrations.

Parasoft SOAtest Parasoft Virtualize BDD CI CD Jenkins API Testing Jira SQL

SOA Test Automation Dev

AIMCO

May 2020 - Aug 2020 (3 months)

Developed an automation framework using Parasoft SOAtest, engineered integrated scripts for TIBCO adapters, ETL and RDBMS, and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps for zero-touch deployments.

Parasoft SOAtest ETL RDBMS Azure DevOps CI CD XML Security Testing

QE API Lead

TD Bank

Feb 2019 - May 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Conducted Parasoft SOAtest workshops, built automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, automated API validation and OAuth flows, and supported production deployments and enterprise test transformation efforts.

Parasoft SOAtest API Testing Jenkins OAuth Keystore BDD CI CD Test Automation

Senior Quality Analyst

TD Bank

May 2017 - Jan 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Developed and executed BDD test cases, automated dynamic data scripts and regression suites, set up CI/CD pipelines, and improved release cycles and software stability through Parasoft SOAtest adoption.

BDD Parasoft SOAtest Test Automation CI CD Jenkins Regression Testing SQL Agile

Quality Analyst

TD Bank

Sep 2015 - Apr 2017 (1 year 7 months)

Authored and executed BDD test plans and Parasoft SOAtest integration tests, validated XML/JSON responses, integrated SOAtest with HP ALM, and automated scripts in Python and Java for robust testing.

Parasoft SOAtest BDD Python Java XML JSON Functional Testing Jira

Co-op Student

The Co-operators

Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 (3 months)

Contributed to PCFS development, regression and unit testing, and coordinated build deployments across Training, Dev and SIT environments using Jenkins within Agile project workflows.

Regression Testing Unit Testing Jenkins Agile Test Case Development Integration Testing