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Hello, I’m Venkata Bonda, a QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering robust software testing solutions within Agile teams. I specialize in building from-scratch automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and REST API testing with Postman, along with functional, regression, and performance testing. I enjoy collaborating with developers and business analysts to ensure quality and reliable releases. In my current and past roles I have worked with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and various CI/CD tools to enable seamless deployments and test automation in cloud-based environments. I am SC-cleared and keen to contribute to challenging projects in UK-based teams.…Hello, I’m Venkata Bonda, a QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering robust software testing solutions within Agile teams. I specialize in building from-scratch automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and REST API testing with Postman, along with functional, regression, and performance testing. I enjoy collaborating with developers and business analysts to ensure quality and reliable releases. In my current and past roles I have worked with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and various CI/CD tools to enable seamless deployments and test automation in cloud-based environments. I am SC-cleared and keen to contribute to challenging projects in UK-based teams.

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Hello, I’m Venkata Bonda, a QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering robust software testing solutions within Agile teams. I specialize in building from-scratch automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and REST API testing with Postman, along with functional, regression, and performance testing. I enjoy collaborating with developers and business analysts to ensure quality and reliable releases. In my current and past roles I have worked with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and various CI/CD tools to enable seamless deployments and test automation in cloud-based environments. I am SC-cleared and keen to contribute to challenging projects in UK-based teams.…Hello, I’m Venkata Bonda, a QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering robust software testing solutions within Agile teams. I specialize in building from-scratch automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and REST API testing with Postman, along with functional, regression, and performance testing. I enjoy collaborating with developers and business analysts to ensure quality and reliable releases. In my current and past roles I have worked with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and various CI/CD tools to enable seamless deployments and test automation in cloud-based environments. I am SC-cleared and keen to contribute to challenging projects in UK-based teams.

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Hello, I’m Venkata Bonda, a QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering robust software testing solutions within Agile teams. I specialize in building from-scratch automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and REST API testing with Postman, along with functional, regression, and performance testing. I enjoy collaborating with developers and business analysts to ensure quality and reliable releases. In my current and past roles I have worked with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and various CI/CD tools to enable seamless deployments and test automation in cloud-based environments. I am SC-cleared and keen to contribute to challenging projects in UK-based teams.

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QAT (SC Cleared Contractor) at Home Office

May 1, 2024 - Present

Led Sanity, Smoke, Functional and Regression testing across Docker/Kubernetes environments for LEDS (Law Enforcement Data Service). Built and maintained Cypress frontend automation with JavaScript, performed API testing with Postman, and analyzed logs in Kibana/Grafana. Queried test data with SQL, collaborated with developers to resolve defects in sprint, and logged issues in Jira. Deployed builds via Jenkins.

Automation Tester (SC Cleared Contractor) at Royal Navy

September 1, 2020 - April 1, 2024

Participated in Agile ceremonies; developed RestAssured backend API tests from scratch; leveraged Cypress for frontend tests; conducted performance testing with JMeter; tracked defects in Jira and maintained test scripts on Confluence; deployed builds via Jenkins/Tekton.

Automation Tester (SC Cleared Contractor) at Met Office

June 1, 2018 - June 1, 2020

Created automation framework from scratch using Java and Cucumber BDD; authored feature files; performed accessibility testing with NVDA/WA VE; executed cross-browser tests using BrowserStack; logged defects in Jira and mentored team members; participated in knowledge transfer sessions.

Automation Tester at HMRC

April 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018

Extended automation framework with Scala and RestAssured; integrated Cucumber BDD; contributed to frontend test updates; maintained Gatling performance tests; conducted accessibility checks with DAC; security testing with ZAP; tracked defects in Jira; deployments via Jenkins; monitored Kibana/Grafana.

Software Tester at CPP (Card Payment Protection)

June 1, 2016 - April 1, 2017

Developed data-driven automation to drive test actions from Excel/SQL databases; automated highly transactional e-commerce flows with Selenium WebDriver; performed API testing with Postman; tested mobile web apps; logged defects in Jira; maintained test data and reports.

Automation Tester at Utility Warehouse

March 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016

Implemented Java-based Selenium A utomation with BDD/Cucumber; integrated CI with Jenkins; conducted cross-device and cross-browser testing via BrowserStack; logged defects in Jira; supported Agile ceremonies.

QA Analyst at Scribbler

April 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015

Built Page Object Model automation framework using Selenium WebDriver; authored and maintained automation scripts; executed cross-browser/OS testing; supported UAT; participated in Agile ceremonies; tracked defects in Jira.

Manual Test Analyst at Bennetts

January 1, 2013 - March 1, 2014

Manual testing across requirements; prepared and peer-reviewed test cases; created test traces and performed Sanity, Smoke, Functional, Retesting, and Regression testing across environments; logged defects in Jira; supported knowledge transfer.