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simala neeli

@simalaneeli

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Senior Test Automation Engineer specializing in C#, Selenium, and API testing.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA/automation role where I can design automation frameworks, mentor teams, work in Agile/DevOps environments, and drive faster, higher-quality releases.

I am a Senior Test Automation Engineer with over 11 years of experience across insurance, healthcare, and hi-tech domains, building automation frameworks (TDD, BDD, data-driven, hybrid) and reducing manual test effort by over 60% through Selenium, C#, NUnit, SpecFlow, RestSharp and CI/CD integrations.

I design reusable automation utilities, execute API and UI validation, and collaborate with Agile teams to deliver high-quality releases—bringing strong backend SQL skills, DevOps familiarity (TFS, Git, Jenkins, Octopus, AWS S3), and a proven track record of maintaining 200+ Selenium scripts and improving release cycles.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Test Automation Engineer

Current

Auto Insurance client

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years)

Designed and implemented Selenium-based C# automation frameworks and automated functional, regression, smoke, and end-to-end tests, reducing manual effort by over 60% and accelerating release cycles for Accident Response and Renters applications.

Selenium Webdriver C++NUnit SpecFlow REST API Testing Selenium Grid Git Jenkins SQL

Test Engineer and Developer

Experity Inc

Feb 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 8 months)

Developed and tested Practice Velocity urgent-care application, implemented backend C# components, performed SQL data validation, and tested AWS S3 integrations to improve data consistency and QA processes.

C++SQL AWS S3 Manual Testing Quality Center (HP ALM)TFS Agile

Test Engineer and Developer

TransUnion LLC

Jun 2018 - Feb 2021 (2 years 8 months)

Planned and implemented NUnit data-driven test automation, executed complex regression suites, troubleshot .NET application issues, and supported Octopus-based deployments for the Factor Trust application.

NUnit C++.NET SQL TFS Octopus Deploy Regression Testing Debugging

Test Engineer and Developer

Panther International LLC

Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 (5 months)

Created and executed functional, system, and regression tests for Study Monitor software, developed C# components and stored procedures, and supported Octopus deployments to ensure application validation and reporting.

C++SQL Server Oracle PL SQL Test Planning Octopus Deploy Crystal Reports Functional Testing

Junior Solution Developer

University of South Florida

Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 (11 months)

Developed web applications (USF Trips and Events, GPA converter) using ASP.NET, JavaScript, and SQL Server, managed source control with TFS/Git, and produced Power BI dashboards for reporting.

ASP.NET C++JavaScript SQL Server Power BI TFS Git HTML5

Software Test Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services

Mar 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 9 months)

Designed data-driven and keyword-driven automation frameworks, created test strategies and traceability matrices, and developed automation scripts for web applications using Silverlight and JavaScript.

Automation Framework Silverlight JavaScript SQL Server Test Planning XML Driven Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of South Florida

Master of Science, Management Information Systems

Grade: 3.74

Activities and societies: Graduate Assistant / Junior Solution Developer; projects included USF Trips and Events website and International Students GPA Converter; used C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Power BI.

Completed Master of Science in Management Information Systems with a 3.74 GPA focusing on software development, testing, and data analysis.