Rama Vedavalli
Verified Expert in Engineering
Test Automation Architect and Developer
Orlando, FL, United States
Toptal member since April 17, 2024
Rama is a test automation architect with experience working on different test automation tools and is well-versed in leading and guiding globally distributed teams. Skilled in delivering the product/project within the agreed timelines and with an ability to work under different circumstances, Rama has cultivated good experiences and relationships with project stakeholders and leadership teams.
Portfolio
Experience
- HP UFT - 15 years
- Test Automation Frameworks - 15 years
- Test Automation - 15 years
- QA Testing - 15 years
- VBScript - 15 years
- UFT - 12 years
- Office 365 - 9 years
- Tricentis Tosca - 6 years
Preferred Environment
Windows 10, Slack, Microsoft Teams, MacOS, Google Docs
The most amazing...
...thing is saving a client $1 million by providing an out-of-the-box test automation solution for moving data from the previous version to the latest SAP version.
Work Experience
Test Automation Architect
CVS Health
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify functional test cases. Led the automation team in delivering test automation solutions for the SAP S/4HANA migration project.
- Set up and configured Tosca and Dex and provided technical guidance and support to the team.
- Tracked test cases in Rally and ALM and raised bugs in ALM.
- Created the framework in Tosca that resulted in executing 3,500+ test cases based on 176 base test scripts.
- Saved $250,000 by completing all the regression test cases (4,000+) within three weeks.
Test Automation Lead
Verizon
- Managed Tosca automation development on SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, supplier relationship management (SRM), SAP Portal, Concur, and other web applications.
- Developed Tosca automation development standards and guidelines. Led peer-review processes and defect tracking in application lifecycle management (ALM).
- Tracked and fixed bugs in ALM and used qTest for dashboard reports.
- Led a team of engineers to deliver 3,000+ test cases on a wide variety of tools. It brought many applications under the automation umbrella to speed up regression testing.
Project Management Office Agile Master
BMW of North America
- Implemented Inspection, Testing, and Preventive Maintenance (ITPM) processes across projects to adhere to BMW's guidelines and quality. Conducted project quality gateways in a phased manner to assess project quality and health.
- Led release management gateways and assessed the quality of transports before prod.
- Tracked and fixed bugs in the application lifecycle management (ALM) system and managed user administration and reporting in ALM.
- Oversaw quality checks for various applications and provided feedback to the stakeholders on taking timely action before releasing them to the production environment.
Test Automation Lead
ExxonMobil
- Developed a hybrid framework using SAP TAO, HP UFT, and ALM and led the development of 4,000+ automation test scripts for SAP, SAP CRM, SAP Ariba, and other web applications.
- Led the execution of 4,000+ automation test scripts monthly as part of regression testing. I also raised and fixed bugs.
- Led and maintained the monthly regression execution and addressed the bugs in three days.
Experience
Test Automation Architect
Education
Master's Degree in Global Business with Blockchain Technology
University of the Cumberlands - Williamsburg, KY, USA
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Kuvempu University - Karnataka, India
Certifications
Test Design Specialist Level 2
Tricentis
Test Design Specialist Level 1
Tricentis
Exploratory Testing
Tricentis
Automation Specialist Level 2
Tricentis
Automation Specialist Level 1
Tricentis
Automation Specialist for SAP
Tricentis
Automation Specialist for Databases
Tricentis
Automation Engineer Level 1
Tricentis
Tosca Query Language
Tricentis
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Microsoft Teams, Google Docs, Jira, Jenkins, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Slack, qTest Manager, AWS IAM, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), Rally, IBM TRIRIGA, Siebel CRM, SAP Concur, Confluence
Paradigms
Test Automation, Scrum, Agile, Azure DevOps
Languages
VBScript, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, Java, Python 3, C++
Platforms
Web, Tricentis Tosca, MacOS, Ethereum, Blockchain Platforms, AWS IoT, Salesforce, SAP Ariba
Storage
PL/SQL, Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Frameworks
AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)
Other
Test Automation Frameworks, Windows 10, QA Testing, SAP, HP UFT, Micro Focus ALM, Operating Systems, Scrum Master, UFT, Office 365, Web3, Smart Contracts, Public Ledger, TAO Testing, Business Processes, SAP CRM
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