K S ANAND KUMAR

Background

About K S ANAND KUMAR

A highly accomplished Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with over "11 years" of diverse experience including "7.5 years" specializing in end-to-end testing for mobile and web applications. I bring deep expertise in both manual and automated testing with a strong foundation in QA principles such as black box white box and gray box testing. My skillset spans functional and non-functional testing including load performance stress and security testing ensuring comprehensive software assessments. With experience in Agile Scrum Kanban and Waterfall methodologies I facilitate the delivery of high-quality software within V-Model and Agile SDLC frameworks. Proficient in leading test automation efforts using tools such as Appium Postman Playwright Cypress and Cucumber I have extensive experience across API database UI and mobile testing. I specialize in optimizing the software testing life cycle (STLC) from test planning and case design to execution and defect reporting leveraging Test Oracles test prioritization and Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices to enhance efficiency. I excel at integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using platforms like Jenkins GitLab CI and CircleCI in DevOps environments ensuring seamless streamlined software releases. Additionally I bring strong expertise in version control systems such as Git with repository management on platforms like GitHub Bitbucket and GitLab. Key Responsibilities: - Lead and manage QA processes across teams ensuring adherence to QA best practices. - Coordinate test management using tools like Zephyr and TestRail for efficient test tracking. - Develop and execute comprehensive testing strategies for APIs databases UI and mobile applications across both manual and automated frameworks. - Conduct functional testing (including sanity regression UAT and exploratory testing) and non-functional testing (covering load performance security and accessibility testing using JMeter Locust and Chrome DevTools). - Guide teams in test automation using tools such as Appium Cypress and Playwright Framework. - Implement BDD frameworks with Cucumber to improve collaboration between technical and non-technical teams. - Collaborate with developers to adopt TDD ensuring high-quality software from development to production. - Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions on advanced topics such as AI in testing cloud testing and internationalization.