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SUMAN KALYAN SAMANTA

@sumankalyansamanta

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I build scalable API and UI automation frameworks for cloud and enterprise storage platforms.

India

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I've led API automation for IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions at Persistent Systems, building a Python and unittest framework that automated 500+ end-to-end test cases. I lead a nine-engineer QA team, reduced execution time by 40%, increased coverage by 20%, and kept regression suites release-ready through Jenkins CI/CD.

Previously at IBM and NetApp, I built automation for cloud services, storage management UIs, and REST APIs using Python, Java, Selenium, Protractor, RestAssured, TestNG, and Cucumber. I enjoy strengthening frameworks, resolving flaky tests, mentoring engineers, and improving release confidence across VMware and storage platforms.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Project Quality Lead

Current

Persistent System

Jul 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Led API automation for IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions, directing a team of 9 QA engineers. Developed automation framework from scratch using Python and unittest, automating 500+ test cases and reducing test execution time by 40%.

Python Unit Testing Jenkins REST APIs CI CD Testing Automation Framework Development Team Leadership Mentorship

Lead Automation Engineer

IBM India Private Limited

Sep 2021 - Jun 2024 (2 years 9 months)

Led API test automation for IBM Cloud, directing a team of 7 QA engineers. Automated and maintained 500+ API test cases, reducing test execution time by 40% and removing manual overhead for Price API tests.

Python Cloudant Jenkins REST APIs Testing Automation CI CD Test Planning Team Leadership

Senior Automation Engineer

NetApp India Private Limited

Jan 2018 - Aug 2021 (3 years 7 months)

Built a UI automation framework from scratch using Python and Selenium for Virtual Storage Console. Automated 300+ UI test cases and REST API test cases using Java, RestAssured, TestNG, and Cucumber.

Python Selenium Protractor Java Rest Assured TestNG Cucumber Allure Jenkins UI Automation API Automation

Software Engineer

IBM India Private Limited

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 11 months)

Developed and maintained 300+ UI automation test cases using Java and Selenium for IBM Power Systems and Storage products. Implemented parallel test execution and optimized Page Object Model framework.

Java Selenium Selenium Webdriver XPath Page Object Model Shell Scripting Testing Automation

Product Test Engineer

LSI India Research and Development

Nov 2013 - Nov 2014 (1 year)

Validated MegaRAID RAID controller firmware for newly implemented features, executing manual test cases and configuring RAID arrays. Performed stability and functionality testing using IOMeter and VDBench.

RAID Firmware Testing IOMeter VDBench Manual Testing Defect Tracking