Teja Naba

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About Teja Naba

Senior QA Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in delivering high-quality software through strong manual testing fundamentals, automation, and API & performance validation.My core strength is manual testing and QA ownership—deeply understanding business workflows, identifying edge cases, and ensuring production-ready releases. I complement this with automation using Selenium and Playwright, leveraging AI tools to efficiently build, debug, and maintain tests with minimal Java dependency.I have extensive experience in API manual testing, validating request/response contracts, error handling, and data integrity. I also perform API performance testing using JMeter, k6, and Postman CLI (Newman), including running tests via command line and EC2 instances and generating detailed performance reports.From a QA perspective, I have hands-on AWS exposure, including Cognito user management, API Gateway validation, Lambda health-check functions, and S3 bucket testing. I regularly work in Linux environments for client SDK validation, log analysis, and writing basic Bash scripts.I also have experience working with Kubernetes (kubectl) for service-side and Kafka log validation, Docker image creation, and supporting CI/CD pipelines through Jenkins job creation and execution.My database experience includes data validation, integrity checks, table verification, and basic SQL queries, with the ability to generate complex queries using AI assistance when required.In addition to testing execution, I actively own QA processes such as test planning, defect management, sprint sign-offs, release notes, QA metrics, and maintaining clear Confluence documentation.Certification: ISTQB Foundation LevelI believe in combining strong QA fundamentals with intelligent use of AI to deliver reliable, scalable, and efficient quality outcomes in Agile teams.