# Renjith Tharakath

Renjith Tharakath is a remote worker on Himalayas, Staff QE / Architect at N-able, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@renjiththarakath

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I build AI-driven QA automation, performance engineering, and CI/CD quality platforms for cloud-native products.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Job categories | Quality Assurance Architect, Test Architect, Quality Assurance Engineer, Automation Engineer, Performance Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, QA Architect, QA Automation Architect, Quality Architect, Quality Assurance Architecture, Test Automation Architect, QA Architecture |
| Skills | Quality Assurance, Testing Automation, Performance Engineering, Test Strategy, Python, Java, JavaScript, .NET, BASH, Selenium, Playwright, Vitest, Pytest, Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI, Sikuli, Junit, TestNG, JMeter, LoadRunner, K6 Security, VisualVM, Test Driven Development, BDD, REST, SOAP, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, LocalStack, Minikube, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, GitHub Co Pilot, Cursor, Claude, Linux, Windows, MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, AWS, AWS Lambda, S3, Amazon EKS, Cloudwatch, Git, Bitbucket, Perforce, TFS, Jira, Xray, OWASP, Flask, Kafka, Kaniko, Databricks, Microsoft Teams, XML, Kibana, GitHub, Silk Performer, DBs, OpenSearch, Middleware, Skip |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking to lead QA architecture, AI-driven automation, performance engineering, and CI/CD quality initiatives for cloud-native products while mentoring teams and improving end-to-end product quality.
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## About

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At N-able, I drive QA automation and test strategy for Adlumin, a cloud-native SIEM/XDR platform, building CI-ready ingestion testing with LocalStack, OpenSearch, S3, Kaniko, Playwright, PyTest, AWS, and K6.

Previously at Cisco, I led automation for an IoT SaaS platform managing 160M+ devices, mentored QA teams, built Python, JavaScript, and Playwright frameworks, and improved validation coverage and ROI by 96%. Across 17+ years, I've delivered quality architecture, performance engineering, and automation platforms for analytics, healthcare, telecom, cybersecurity, and IoT products.
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## Experience

### Staff QE / Architect (current)

[N-able](https://himalayas.app/companies/n-able-technologies). Jan 2026 - Present

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Drive QA automation and test strategy for a cloud-native SIEM/XDR security platform, mentoring a distributed team of 8 engineers. Designed a local integration-test framework and architected a plugin-based mock server to accelerate test onboarding.
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Skills: LocalStack, OpenSearch, S3, Kaniko, Jenkins, Playwright, Pytest, AWS, Jira, Xray, Cursor

### Software QA Engineer

[Cisco Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/cisco). Nov 2019 - Oct 2025

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Led QA automation for a SaaS platform managing 160M+ devices, mentoring a team of 10 engineers. Built automation frameworks using Python, JavaScript, and Playwright, and implemented performance testing practices with JMeter and monitoring tools.
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Skills: Python, Pytest, JavaScript, Vitest, Playwright, Jenkins, JMeter, Prometheus, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes, Flask, Kafka, MongoDB

### Principal Software Engineer

Numerify Software. Aug 2016 - Sep 2019

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Defined QA automation strategy for a SaaS BI Analytics platform and built an end-to-end automation framework covering ETL, backend, and UI validation. Integrated performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and reduced validation time by ~40%.
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Skills: Jenkins, JMeter, Cloudwatch, ETL, Backend

### Senior QA Engineer

[Thomson Reuters](https://himalayas.app/companies/thomson-reuters). Aug 2012 - Aug 2016

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Designed and maintained QA frameworks for a Content Search platform. Migrated performance testing from Silk Performer to JMeter, saving ~$50K annually, and automated functional and regression test suites with JUnit.
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Skills: JMeter, Junit, J2EE, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Kibana, API-Testing

### Senior Test Engineer

[Infinite Computer Solutions](https://himalayas.app/companies/infinite-computer-solutions). Feb 2008 - Jul 2012

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Planned and executed end-to-end performance requirements for healthcare and finance clients using LoadRunner, JMeter, and Load UI. Built a SOAPUI-based automation framework for REST web services and created Selenium UI automation scripts.
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Skills: LoadRunner, JMeter, SoapUI, REST, Selenium, Cognos

## Education

### Calicut University

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering. Grade: First Class

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Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Calicut University, Kerala, with First Class.
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### Maharaja's Technological Institute

Diploma, Computer Engineering. Grade: First Class

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Diploma in Computer Engineering from Maharaja's Technological Institute, Kerala, with First Class.
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## Tech stack

- Postman
- Splunk
- GitHub
- Kubernetes
- minikube
- kaniko
- Jenkins
- DB
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Databricks
- Microsoft Teams
- Jira
- JavaScript
- Java
- XML
- Kafka
- Grafana
- Kibana
- Prometheus
- Linux
- Windows
- Elasticsearch
- OpenSearch
- pytest
- JUnit
- TestNG
- VisualVM
- REST Assured
- LoadRunner
- Silk Performer
- SoapUI
- Xray
- Playwright
- Cursor
- Vitest
- GitHub Copilot
- LocalStack
- Bash
- k6
- Middleware
- Skip

To contact Renjith, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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