I'm Manikanta Kanta, a Senior SDET/QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering robust automation for healthcare, telecom, banking, and enterprise apps. I specialize in automation testing, API validation, and backend verification using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, Java, Python, and REST API automation with Postman and Rest Assured. I have hands-on experience with microservices, contract testing with Pact, CI/CD integration with Jenkins and Azure DevOps, and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes. I excel in Agile environments, SQL validation, and performance testing with JMeter, and I enjoy building scalable automation frameworks and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship high-quality software.

Manikanta Kanta

I'm Manikanta Kanta, a Senior SDET/QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering robust automation for healthcare, telecom, banking, and enterprise apps. I specialize in automation testing, API validation, and backend verification using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, Java, Python, and REST API automation with Postman and Rest Assured. I have hands-on experience with microservices, contract testing with Pact, CI/CD integration with Jenkins and Azure DevOps, and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes. I excel in Agile environments, SQL validation, and performance testing with JMeter, and I enjoy building scalable automation frameworks and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship high-quality software.

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I’m Manikanta Kanta, a Senior SDET/QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering robust automation for healthcare, telecom, banking, and enterprise apps. I specialize in automation testing, API validation, and backend verification using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, Java, Python, and REST API automation with Postman and Rest Assured.

I have hands-on experience with microservices, contract testing with Pact, CI/CD integration with Jenkins and Azure DevOps, and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes. I excel in Agile environments, SQL validation, and performance testing with JMeter, and I enjoy building scalable automation frameworks and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship high-quality software.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

SDET Engineer at Amazon
September 1, 2023 - Present
Implemented automated test strategies for web and API applications in banking operations, built frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Postman, JMeter, and Burp Suite; integrated PyTest, JUnit, SonarQube, and TestRail with CI/CD; designed and maintained scalable test suites (TestNG, Cucumber BDD, Robot Framework); collaborated with DevOps and developers; validated Kafka-based asynchronous workflows; performed backend data validation and regression testing; enabled continuous testing in CI/CD pipelines.
QA Engineer at T-Mobile
July 1, 2022 - September 1, 2023
Developed scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API testing using Selenium, Cypress, and Appium; built REST API automation with Postman and Rest Assured; implemented CI/CD test pipelines with Jenkins/Azure DevOps/GitLab; performed performance testing with JMeter/Locust; security testing with Burp Suite and SonarQube; built BDD frameworks with Cucumber; conducted backend validation across large data volumes, and contract testing with Pact; cross-browser testing with Selenium Grid/BrowserStack.
QA Analyst at State of New York
December 1, 2021 - July 1, 2022
Developed automation frameworks for regression testing of citizen-facing web applications; validated migration to React/Node.js; built API tests with Postman and Rest Assured; performed backend validation with complex SQL queries; executed performance tests with JMeter; integrated CI/CD pipelines; designed BDD test frameworks with Cucumber; conducted security testing with Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP; containerized test environments with Docker and Kubernetes; ensured accessibility compliance.
QA Analyst at Blue Cross Blue Shield
January 1, 2018 - November 1, 2021
Developed automation frameworks for insurance claims and member portals; built API automation with Postman and Rest Assured; performed performance testing with JMeter/LoadRunner; validated HIPAA-compliant data handling; implemented security testing with Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP; integrated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins; developed BDD frameworks with Cucumber and TestNG; performed cross-browser testing with BrowserStack/LambdaTest; created mock services with WireMock; validated data across APIs, databases, and microservices.
QA Analyst at CTS
June 1, 2016 - October 1, 2017
Developed foundational Selenium automation frameworks; built API automation with Postman and Rest Assured; performed performance testing with JMeter/LoadRunner; implemented CI/CD-based test execution with Jenkins; designed BDD frameworks with Cucumber; performed SQL backend validation.

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science at Bangalore University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2016

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Industry Experience

Healthcare, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services