QA Mobile Automation Engineer / QA Lead

Automation leadership for confident enterprise releases.

Omprakash brings 10+ years across mobile, web, API, healthcare, insurance, retail, and enterprise workflows. He builds scalable automation frameworks, stabilizes CI/CD pipelines, and mentors teams toward cleaner QA practices.

Illustrated portrait of Omprakash
Senior QA Automation Engineer Selenium · Playwright · Appium · API · CI/CD
10+ Years in QA
5 Major domains
360° Web, mobile, API, data
Selenium WebDriver Playwright Appium REST Assured Jenkins Cucumber BDD

Expertise

Built for complex QA programs that need speed and discipline.

Automation Frameworks

Designs maintainable Selenium, WebdriverIO, Playwright, Appium, Java, JavaScript, and Cucumber frameworks with hybrid, keyword-driven, data-driven, and BDD architecture.

API & Service Validation

Validates RESTful APIs, SOAP services, JSON, XML, and service-oriented flows with Postman, REST Assured, and SOAP UI for end-to-end confidence.

CI/CD Quality Gates

Integrates automated suites with Jenkins, Maven, Git, Selenium Grid, and parallel execution pipelines to support continuous regression feedback.

QA Leadership

Partners with developers, product owners, analysts, and QA teams across sprint planning, defect triage, release validation, mentoring, and test strategy.

Toolbox

A practical stack for mobile, web, API, data, and modern AI-assisted QA.

Selenium WebDriver Playwright Appium WebdriverIO TestNG JUnit Cucumber BDD Gherkin REST Assured Postman SOAP UI JMeter Jenkins Maven GitHub Bamboo Codefresh Docker Kubernetes Oracle SQL MySQL SQL Server MongoDB ETL Testing Apache Kafka GitHub Copilot Cursor AI Claude GPT Enterprise Models Codex

Experience

Enterprise QA work across retail, healthcare, insurance, and data platforms.

Sep 2021 - Present

Albertsons Companies Inc.

QA Mobile Automation Engineer / QA Lead · Plano, TX

  • Leads enterprise QA automation initiatives for large-scale retail and workflow applications.
  • Builds Selenium, WebdriverIO, Appium, Playwright, Java, JavaScript, and BDD Cucumber automation frameworks.
  • Connects test suites with Jenkins CI/CD, Maven, Git, backend validation, qTest, HP ALM/QC, and Jira processes.
Jan 2020 - Oct 2021

Anthem

Mobile Automation Test Developer · Norfolk, VA

  • Developed end-to-end automation for healthcare and insurance business workflows.
  • Delivered mobile, API, BDD, and database validation coverage with Selenium, Appium, TestNG, Cucumber, Postman, SOAP, JSON, and XML.
  • Supported Jenkins pipelines, Kafka workflow validation, Agile testing, and release readiness.
Jul 2017 - Dec 2019

Nationwide Insurance

Automation Test Developer - Specialist · Columbus, OH

  • Contributed to Ruby, Cucumber, Capybara, Selenium, and Page Object Model framework design.
  • Implemented ATDD/TDD practices and integrated automation suites with Jenkins and Bamboo.
  • Designed and executed performance and load testing with JMeter.
Dec 2016 - Jun 2017

Alliance Data Systems

Mobile Automation Tester · Columbus, OH

  • Automated iOS and Android mobile applications with Appium and Python.
  • Executed API tests with Pytest, Requests, and Postman.
  • Validated backend data across mainframe and EDW systems using SQL queries.
Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

Value Momentum

Manual Tester · Hyderabad, India

  • Developed manual test cases from functional requirements and SRS documentation.
  • Performed functional, integration, validation, database, and Selenium IDE testing.
  • Managed defects through Quality Center and maintained test data in Excel.

Working Style

Stable frameworks, clear signals, and calm release execution.

Omprakash combines hands-on automation depth with the operating rhythm of a QA lead: test strategy, defect lifecycle management, stakeholder alignment, root cause analysis, framework health, and practical mentoring.

01

Design for reuse

Frameworks are shaped around reusable components, page objects, readable BDD coverage, and clear ownership.

02

Reduce noise

Locator strategy, parallel execution, and suite maintenance are tuned to reduce flaky tests and improve trust.

03

Validate end to end

Quality coverage spans UI, mobile devices, APIs, services, databases, messaging, and business rules.

04

Use AI responsibly

AI-assisted tools accelerate generation, refactoring, and analysis while keeping human review at the center.

Education

Engineering foundation

Master's in Electrical Engineering2015

Bachelor's in Electronics & Communication Engineering2013

Domains

Retail · Healthcare · Insurance · Enterprise · Data

Experienced in policy workflows, member services, claims processing, customer data, business rules, release validation, and integrated data flows.

Portfolio

Ready for QA automation leadership across complex release programs.