# Tamilselvan Karunanidhy > Lead SDET @ Cohesity Location: Fremont, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tamilselvankarunanidhy Software QA professional with 14 years of industry experience & 10 years of leadership experience in SaaS Web, API and Mobile Apps Built test frameworks from-scratch for Web and API using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber-JVM, RestAssured, and Page object pattern Implemented QA Processes to qualify Release Builds - Created and managed Release Plan Docs Implemented Test Case management tools into the QA processes to streamline the validations - Zephyr/QTM4J Implemented cross browser test suites running in Win VM/BrowserStack/LambdaTest, Allure Reporting, Jmeter, Postman etc. Expertise in Maintaining Test environment setup, Troubleshoot for stability and 
report Defects to Dev Team with logs and detailed reproducible steps Proficient in creating Test plan, Test cases and Test reports for manual test from epics, user stories and acceptance criteria for various applications Actively coordinated with Release/Ops Team to deploy in QA Environment, Staging and Production
 Expertise working with complex testing efforts on projects with multiple integration points, high visibility and aggressive deadlines Mentored ,trained and led the QA team to gear up to speed. Proven leader who can work efficiently in both independent and in cross-functional team environments ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Cohesity Jan 2026 – Present | Santa Clara, CA ### Senior Member Of Technical Staff @ Cohesity Jan 2022 – Jan 2026 | Santa Clara, CA ### Lead QA Engineer II @ CyberCube Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area • Designed and implemented QA processes for build approvals • Built unified test framework for Web and API testing of cybercube products using Cucumber-Jvm, Selenium Webdriver, Maven, TestNG, RestAssured, Allure reports and Spring Boot • Handled Release Deployment - troubleshooting issues in infrastructure, Debugging cloudformation logs, Worker instances, Managing Jenkins pipeline for infra and release updates • Implemented tools into QA process • Adopted Test Management tools like Zephyr/QTM4J into Jira for Test Coverage metrics • Implemented Cross browser testing suites with Windows VM/BrowserStack/LambdaTest • Implemented Load, Stress & scalability tests with Jmeter on multiple products in the company • Improved testing scope and functionalities by setting up Postman Test Suites for API regression and internal documentations • Set up Release process involving - test execution, Bug Triage, Release Go/No-Go, Release Demo of product for CS-Engg • Troubleshot defects, found root cause with browser webtools, Cloudwatch, Kibana logs, Validated Lambdas with json query ### Lead QA Engineer @ CyberCube Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Delivering cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry ### Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer @ Symantec Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, CA • Leading the QA effort on Test planning, Test cases and Test execution • Responsible for QA, UAT, Demo Environments for software deployments and monitoring • Perform Web Automated tests for UI, REST API and Database testing • Developed and maintained test suites in Jenkins for the regression tests on every Dev build • Developed test cases and automation scripts using BDD – Serenity Cucumber framework in java • Strong experience in AWS services – instance creation, auto scaling, cloud watch and log streaming • Managed deployments based on Docker / Ansible – managing Roles and Playbooks. • Working experience in scrum teams - updating the status of the test progress to Dev and PM • Technical Skills: TestNG/JUnit, RestAssured, Serenity Cucumber, Java, Python, Bash Scripting, JIRA, mysql, • Selenium, WebDriver, REST API Webservices, JSON, Ansible, AWS services - CLI and console, Unix ### Software QA Engineer @ Intel Corporation Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Santa Clara, CA • Experience in Test planning, Test cases and Test reports for manual test from requirement documents, use cases and existing applications • Maintain Test environment and troubleshoot for stability and report to Dev Team with detailed logs and reproducible step. • Managing release plan documents, Deploying to QA env. Coordinate with Release/Ops Team for Staging and Production. • Experience in developing and executing Manual and Automated tests for functional, regression and performance Technical Skills: Java, TestNG, JUnit, Python, mysql, Unix, Shell Scripting CSS, HTML,JSON, REST webservices Tools: Rally, Jira, Git, Jenkins, Bamboo SD Methodologies: Agile, Scrum Automation: Selenium Webdriver, Appium, Sikuli, SilkMobile, Silk Central Test Manager, Jmeter ### Software QA Engineer / Software Development in Test Engineer @ Kno, Inc. (Acquired by Intel Corporation) Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Santa Clara, CA Created Web Test Automation Testsuites using Selenium RC, Webdriver 2.0. Automated REST APIs in TestNG, JUnit 4, Python Automated Apps - iOS, Android using Silk Mobile Skills - Java, Python, TestNG, mysql, PHP, UNIX Creating Testplan, Testcases, Reporting tools- JIRA Manual black box testing on web , Android, Metro / Windows and iPad Apps. ### Software QA Engineer - WellsFargo @ Wells Fargo Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 • Lead the Software testing effort for the Informatica ETL Projects in multiple teams • Prepared Master Test plan, Test cases and Test scripts to perform both White and Black box testing • Worked closely with Analyst and Developers from design stage on developing the test plan and test cases • Experience with Back End Testing by writing and executing SQL Queries. • Automate the data validation and SQL queries process using shell script and python • Manage the bug reports in JIRA • Worked with production support team for validation Technical Skills: Python, Shell scripts, SQL, Informatica ETL, DB2 and Oracle database, Jira, SVN ### Test Engineer @ Optellent Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | San jose, CA • Worked in design and verification of High speed Bit Error Rate Test systems ranging from 3.2Gbps to 16Gbps • Developed RTL Verilog code for Xilinx FPGA designs for 50 – 800Mhz logic /interface blocks • Performed design verification by developing test benches in Verilog and simulated test results using Modelsim • Developed front end Lab View GUI software as instrument drivers for BERTs & firmware for microcontrollers • Developed firmware for controlling ICs through I2C bus • Performed electrical testing of boards/modules using scopes, BER measurements, eye-diagram measurements. Board bring-up, PC communication interface, Operational aspects – Kitting assembly, bill of materials ## Education ### MSEE in Electical Engineering San José State University ### BE in Electronics and communication Anna University Chennai ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tamilselvan-karunanidhy-a059b634 --- Source: https://flows.cv/tamilselvankarunanidhy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tamilselvankarunanidhy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12