Led migration of regression suite from Selenium/Java to Cypress and Playwright with TypeScript, boosting automated regression coverage from 42% to 88% in 9 months and cutting manual cycle times by 74%. Implemented API contract testing with Postman and Python scripts, reducing integration regressions across 12 services by 37% prior to release. Automated CI pipelines with Jenkins, Docker and Git, trimming release validation time by 58% and enabling multi-nightly pipelines across three product lines. Orchestrated reproducible test environments with Docker Compose and AWS EC2 staging, and introduced performance/monitoring with JMeter, ELK, and Grafana.

Software QA Engineer at GE Transportation

May 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

Built an automated regression framework in Java with Selenium and TestNG, scaling to 480 UI tests and reducing manual regression time by 76% for quarterly releases. Executed API validation with Postman and custom Java clients, verifying REST endpoints across 15 microservices prior to system integration. Tuned SQL queries and test data pipelines against Oracle and MySQL databases, cutting test data provisioning time by 48% and improving query reliability. Created CI integrations with Jenkins and Git for early defect detection, preempting 92% of build-break defects. Designed data-validation checks using SQL to detect data integrity issues and supported release readiness with weekly dashboards.

QA Analyst at Planet-P, Inc

December 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016

Performed manual and exploratory testing for web applications, validating 25 core UI flows and reducing accepted defects by 29% prior to release. Wrote comprehensive test cases and traceable test plans in TestRail, achieving 100% requirements-to-test coverage for two product modules. Maintained regression suites and converted 70 smoke tests to automated Selenium WebDriver scripts, saving 6 hours per release cycle. Reported defects with reproducible steps and SQL evidence using Jira and SQL, increasing the developer-first-pass fix rate by 41%.