• 🔭 Current Work: I am currently working on automation testing projects focused on both web and mobile applications, including advanced E2E Playwright UI automation and Python REST API testing portfolios.
• 🌱 Expanding Knowledge in: Advanced security testing, CI/CD integration and Performance optimization
• 💬 Ask me about: Manual Testing, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, API Testing, Performance Testing, Security Testing
• 📫 Contact Me: You can reach me at vallalaalekya@gmail.com or connect with me on LinkedIn.

Category	Tools & Technologies
Manual Testing	Test Case Design, Test Planning, Bug Reporting, Exploratory Testing
Automation Testing	TestNG, JUnit
API Testing	RestAssured, Python Requests, Pytest
Mobile App Testing	Android Studio
Performance Testing	JMeter, Load Testing, Stress Testing
Security Testing	OWASP ZAP, Vulnerability Scanning
CI/CD Integration	Docker, Kubernetes
Version Control	GitLab

• Test Automation:
  • Proficient in creating robust, scalable, and maintainable Page Object Model (POM) automation frameworks for web and mobile applications using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, and Appium.
• API Testing:
  • Expertise in functional and backend integration testing using Postman, RestAssured, Python Requests, Pytest, and JavaScript, ensuring secure, validated endpoints and data flow.
• Performance & Security Testing:
  • Leveraging tools like JMeter and OWASP ZAP to measure performance bottlenecks and check security requirements in applications.
• CI/CD Integration:
  • Building automated testing pipelines into development life cycles using Jenkins and GitHub Actions for continuous regression validation.
• Mobile Testing:
  • Solid experience in functional, touch gesture, and viewport verification for both Android and iOS apps using Appium.
• Agile Methodologies:
  • Experienced in collaborating within Scrum structures, managing backlog stories, and logging high-fidelity bugs.

• 🕒 Time Efficiency: Reduced manual test overhead by up to 70% through fully automated E2E Cypress & Playwright regression suites.
• ⚡ Faster Executions: Cut API testing time by 50% by implementing parallel thread execution strategies within Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• 🛡️ Resilient Suites: Integrated connection retry adapters with exponential backoff to handle rate limits and eliminate pipeline test flakiness.
• 🔑 Programmatic Auth: Configured session token injection routines, bypassing repetitive web login steps to save test cycle execution times.
• 📸 Dynamic Diagnostics: Developed session-level hooks to capture browser failure screenshots automatically, streamlining debugging.

• BenchTalents Playwright E2E UI Automation:
  • Description: Built an E2E UI automation suite verifying the BenchTalents dashboard, interactive tables, and charts.
  • Key Achievements: Intercepted backend payloads under /api/v1/ to verify dynamic data, set up automated failure screenshot hooks, and reduced script maintenance using locator filters.
• Edu-Connect Automation with Cypress:
  • Description: Created a comprehensive UI regression framework to validate user paths connecting students and educators.
  • Key Achievements: Automated a major percentage of critical test cases, reducing manual regression testing time by 70%.
• Employment Exchange Cypress UI Automation:
  • Description: Designed an E2E automation workflow verifying candidate profiles, jobseeker boards, and employer panels.
  • Key Achievements: Bypassed login authentication UI delays through programmatic session-token setup.
• Selenium POM Framework for E-Commerce:
  • Description: Developed a Selenium Page Object Model (POM) suite for cart checkouts, payments, and search functionalities.
  • Key Achievements: Enhanced script modularization and lowered test suite maintenance workload by 60%.

• BenchTalents Backend API Test Automation:
  • Description: Implemented backend integration testing across 21 functional microservices.
  • Key Achievements: Reported 15+ critical security issues (such as GraphQL auth bypasses) and implemented retry wrappers for endpoint flakiness.
• API Automation with RestAssured:
  • Description: Designed a robust API automation suite using RestAssured and Java.
  • Key Achievements: Decreased test execution runtime by 50% through parallel test runs and Jenkins integration.
• API Testing in JavaScript with Cypress:
  • Description: Conducted standalone API routing and payload validation using Cypress.
  • Key Achievements: Set up continuous validation tasks linked directly with build pipelines.

• Mobile App Testing (MX Player):
  • Description: Mobile UI and functionality testing on the MX Player app using Appium.
  • Key Achievements: Programmed player states, list scrolling, and gestures in Appium.
• Qafox.com Manual Testing Project:
  • Description: Managed comprehensive manual exploratory test rounds.
  • Key Achievements: Authored Test Plans, test scenarios, detailed bug reports, and exit summaries.

• 🎓 Certified Web Developer Tester – Masai School
• 🚀 Certified Performance Tester with JMeter

I am focused on expanding my skills in Cloud Testing and containerized infrastructures (Docker, Kubernetes), while continuing to design end-to-end automation architectures in DevOps-driven environments.