Lead Engineer

ZARNAPPA EARNOOR

*****.********@*****.*** +1-610-***-**** Philadelphia, USA 19063

Professional Summary

Results-driven Senior Lead SDET with 13 years of diverse IT experience, leveraging various tools and technologies to drive innovation in IoT and Telecom Billing Systems on Amdocs platforms, with a proven track record of spearheading testing initiatives that enhance product quality and optimize processes.

Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Xfinity Home, Xfinity platform (Mobile Smart Home IoT Client), and Syndication Partners (Cox, Rogers East/West, Sky, Videotron), delivering seamless "smart home" experiences through reliable broadband, connectivity, and home security solutions.

Hands-on experience in creating Appium scripts by converting Maestro scripts, utilizing the GitHub Copilot AI tool.

Highly proficient in native mobile app automation, utilizing Espresso for automated testing of Android apps.

Experience in developing different test automation frameworks like Data driven, keyword driven, BDD & Hybrid

from scratch

Experience in building mock webservers, mockHttpInterceptors, compose rule, Common mock framework for mocking network services for shift left (In sprint) testing

Strong Experience in utilizing the Gen AI tools such as GitHub copilot and ChatGPT

Strong experience in automating features of the Altice Set-Top Box (STB)/VOD, utilizing StormTest and Appium framework APIs

Strong Experience in setting up CICD pipeline with different stages in Jenkins with integration to GitHub.

Extensive experience in building test automation framework for Web applications using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG & Maven.

Strong experience in validating negative & edge case scenarios by mocking the network calls through proxy tools like

Charles Proxy using map local, rewrite, breakpoints.

Worked on test infrastructures for cross browser automation testing using Selenium Grid and SauceLabs.

Strong experience in testing REST API using postman & RestAssured with Java, TestNG

Working experience with reporting tools like Allure Reports

Experience in functional, usability, compatibility (browser and device), accessibility, and localization testing of the web & mobile applications.

Well acquainted with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process, Agile, Waterfall

Good experience in Telecom domain and Wireless.

Best team player, with the ability to manage, communicate, and work with teams effectively at all levels of the development process.

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Python(Pytest/Playwright)

Java

SQL

JQuery

HTML

Espresso

Appium

ALM Octane

Agile Scrum & Kanban

Waterfall

GitHub Copilot

ChatGPT

Eclipse neon

Pycharm

Android Studio

PlayStore

Appstore

Selenium

RestAssured

TestNG

Junit

Postman

SoapUI

Charles Proxy

Proxyman

Saucelabs

Maestro

Github copilot

Graphql

Breeze

HP ALM

Firebase

Appcenter

Split.io

Rally

TestZilla

BugZilla

Confluence wiki

Xcode

Amdocs CRM

Amdocs SOM

Amdocs AMC

Stromtest Framework (STB)

JIRA

ServiceNow

Bugzilla

Jenkins

Maven

Gradle

GitHub

SVN

AWS

MySQL

Splunk

Kibana

Looker

Windows

MacOS

Linux

Certifications

Completed Python Bootcamp

AWS Solution Architect - Associate

Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1) from scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master 2 (PSM2) from scrum.org

Education Qualification

Bangalore, India

Bangalore, India

Master of Technology(M.Tech) in Computer Science & Engineering People Education Society Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Information Science & Engineering Bangalore Institute of Technology

Experience

07/2021 - Current Comcast Cable Communications LLC Philadelphia, PA

Senior Lead QA/SDET

Title - Xfinity Mobile (Smart Home IoT Client) App:

Participated in user discussions, requirements gathering & understand customer business model

Involved in all Agile Sprint ceremonies like grooming, planning, daily stand ups etc.…

Developed test automation framework for Android mobile automation using Espresso with mockito framework to mock mockHttpInterceptors for http network calls

Creating Appium scripts by converting Maestro scripts, utilizing the GitHub Copilot AI tool

Developed the native mobile app automation scripts, by utilizing Espresso for automated testing of Android apps

Implemented Page Object Model for mapping UI objects for mobile test automation in Android & iOS using Appium, TestNG, Java, Maven, UIAutomator, Appium Inspector in Hybrid framework

Managed QA teams across many locations within USA & offshore to complete test execution on

time for Sprint & publish reports to management on a regular basis

Conducted defect triage, Go-No Go meetings, production deployments & helped with smooth release of application to Playstore & Appstore

Design Test cases and execute all type of test cases (functional, integration, End to end) on different platforms & device models

Creating Test Plan documents with the In Scope/Out of scope and test coverage aspects and timelines

Collaborate with dev engineers, product owners and offshore team members

Automate the Mobile Smart XHome IoT Client App features includes: Camera onboarding, Gateway Activation, Xfi Pod Activation, IoT device onboarding, door locks onboarding using mocks and with using Appium

Early testing before code merges, feature branch validation to avoid cherry picks and code changes in later stage of development

Worked with downstream & upstream teams on triaging the issues & tracking them to closure

09/2016 - 06/2021

Comcast Cable Communications LLC Philadelphia, PA

Senior QA/SDET

Title - Arcadia NextGen Biller Migration:

Involved in all Agile Sprint ceremonies like grooming, planning, daily stand ups etc.…

SME to Design test plans for application buy flows on different line of businesses including for Xfinity Mobile Services, Xfinity Internet, WiFi-On-Demand, Mobile, Voice, Video, Home Security

Developed test automation framework from scratch for Xfinity service buy flow in Web application using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Maven

Developed test automation framework & scripts for REST & Soap APIs using Java, RestAssured, TestNG, Maven

Worked on developing web utilities to simulate payment services, device activation & provisioning using Java, HTML, jQuery, RestAssured, Maven, MySQL & Apache webservers

Worked on reporting frameworks like Allure & Extent reports to publish test execution status

Developed framework for automated test execution & reporting using Rally developer APIs in Java, RestAssured & Allure Reports

Created stages in CICD pipeline to in Jenkins to execute sanity & regression test cases on every release & on schedule

Testing Amdocs's CRM, OMS, AR, ANM and SOM for all buy flows scenarios in Amdocs 10.0 CES

System Integration Testing of Provisioning Activation of Double Play,Triple Play,QuadPlay

which include Ordering System, Provisioning, Activation of Internet, Video,Voice

Participated in defect triage meetings & worked with teams across onshore, offshore to prioritize

the defects & ensure closure

05/2013 - 08/2016

Altice USA

Senior QA/SDET

Title – Automate Altice STB/VOD features:

Develop and execute test automation scripts through Storm Test tool using Python and API test creator.

Responsible for testing various set-top models using various tools such as: S3 Group server “Storm test” environment and creating Navigators in Stormtest Development Suite.

Developed automation scripts in Python (core) to deploy and manage applications, Analyze and verify best automated/manual test approaches with executing acceptance integration, installation and system testing.

Proficiency in debugging tools and log analysis, ideally using Charles Proxy and Proxyman

Developed common core functionalities for MR DVR, On Demand,Home,Sports modules and Proven experience in video player testing on mobile devices

08/2011 - 05/2013

Powerwave R & D Technologies India Pvt Ltd Hyderabad, India

06/2010 - 08/2011

Veryx Technologies Pvt Ltd

Chennai, India

SDET

Title – LTE eNodeB

Design and develop python scripts for: Attach and detach procedures (Loop) Broadcast System information, admission control Validation of RRC, S1AP and RRM features Downlink and Uplink data transfer both UDP and TCP Cell Barring Feature, Video Streaming FDX(DL and UL) Testing Radio Link Failure Testing MME initiated and ENB initiated Paging Log analysis

Bring up setup(Complete ENB Setup) Verifying OAM features includes (CLI, GUI)

Responsibilities include test plans, test cases, test execution, test reports, opening and verifying work requests/bug reports

Raise the defects after Validating the third-party Stack Jira for any bugs

Performance and Stability Testing of LTE Pico Cell

SDET

Title – OAM Web Application

Worked on Test automation framework for OAM Web application which is used to manage and monitor the network elements within an LTE system and including tasks like configuration, fault detection, performance analysis, and provisioning, essentially allowing operators to maintain the health and efficiency of their LTE network using Selenium, Java, TestNG

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