10+ years · Automation Tester / QA Engineer · Web & Mobile

Lead Automation Tester focused on stable pipelines & reliable releases

I design and own automation frameworks that drive high coverage, low flakiness, and fast, confident releases. From Selenium to Playwright, I’ve pushed automation coverage above 70%, cut manual testing by 45%, and helped teams hit a 95% on-time release rate across finance, telecom, and e-commerce.

Experience
10+ yrs
Web & mobile QA · automation-first
Automation
70%+
Coverage across multiple products
Releases
95%
On-time release rate over projects
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About

I’m an Automation Tester / QA Engineer with over eight years of experience across web and mobile applications (Android & iOS), working with Agile and Waterfall teams in telecom, finance, insurance, and e-commerce. My work is centred on turning unstable, flaky pipelines into predictable, high-signal automation suites that teams actually trust.

Core principles
  • • Automation is a product, not a side task.
  • • Coverage is useless without stability.
  • • CI/CD + observability are non-negotiable.
  • • Data-driven, risk-based testing beats blind execution.

Now & Next

What I’m doing right now
  • Leading Playwright + TypeScript automation for Sky products (Sky Air Glass, Sky Glass Gen2, Stream, SOIP) with 95–100% automation coverage before release.
  • Driving pipeline stability: reduced flaky tests by 35–40%, CI/CD success up to 98%, regression execution times cut by up to 30%.
  • Owning automation strategy: test plans, RTM, closure reports, BDD adoption, API automation, and integration with monitoring (Grafana, Report Portal).
Roadmap
Where I’m heading
  1. Next 6–12 months

    Consolidate as an Automation Lead: own end-to-end automation strategy for a major product area, from framework design through reporting and observability.

  2. 12–24 months

    Lead multiple squads as a test engineering / SDET manager, standardising best practices in CI/CD, BDD, API automation, and performance/regression strategy.

  3. Long term

    Own the reliability narrative across products – ensuring quality, automation, and monitoring are baked into engineering culture from day one.

Skills & Tools

Automation & Frameworks

Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cucumber, Gherkin, TDD, BDD, Page Object Model, data-driven testing, Applitools Eyes, coded UI tests, Katalon Studio.

Languages

Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL.

Tools & Platforms

JIRA, TFS, Zephyr, Postman, SoapUI, RESTful testing, Jenkins, Concourse, Octopus, GitHub, Maven, TestNG, JUnit, Report Portal, Kibana, Grafana, AWS, Azure, Docker, Miro, BrowserStack.

Domains & Practices

Finance, insurance, telecom, e-commerce, cross-browser testing, API automation, performance testing, Agile & Scrum, onsite–offshore coordination, mentoring and training.

Experience

Sky (Zensar Technologies)
London, UK · Telecom · TV & broadband products
Jun 2022 – Present
Lead Automation Tester / Senior Automation Tester
Sky Air Glass – Lead Automation Tester
Jan 2025 – Present
  • • Led automation using Playwright + TypeScript, achieving 100% automation coverage before each release.
  • • Increased SOIP app pass rate from 50% → 95% and journey test coverage from 40% → 93%, boosting release confidence by 80%.
  • • Reduced error rate by 35%, contributing to a 15% increase in successful sales conversions.
  • • Maintained 300+ Playwright automated tests (E2E, API, regression), monitored via Grafana & Report Portal, improving defect detection speed by 40%.
Sky Glass Gen 2 – Senior Automation Tester
Mar 2024 – Jan 2025
  • • Delivered 95% automation coverage using Playwright + TypeScript, cutting manual testing effort by 50%.
  • • Led a team of 5 testers, improving productivity by 30% and reducing backlog by 25%.
  • • Reduced flaky failures by 40%, CI/CD success rate up to 98%, and regression pipelines from 3h → 2.2h (27% faster).
  • • Acted as primary automation POC supporting 6+ squads across Glass, Stream, and SOIP value streams.
TV Club / Stream – Senior Automation Tester
Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
  • • Increased Stream automation coverage from 60% → 85% and improved stability by 25%.
  • • Introduced data-driven test design and A/B test validation, adding 20% additional coverage.
  • • Refactored pipelines, reducing environment-related failures by 35% and execution time by 20%.
  • • Achieved a consistent 95% pass rate across multiple environments and split complex pipelines to improve reliability by 40%.
  • • Contributed to the launch of Sky Live, driving £1.5M in revenue by enabling customers to watch TV together at home.
BB Club / Broadband – Automation Tester
Jun 2022 – Apr 2023
  • • Migrated the broadband journey to a new automation framework, raising coverage from 50% → 85%.
  • • Implemented ROI testing with Playwright + TypeScript, improving Eircode validation accuracy to 90%.
  • • Increased automation stability by 35% and reduced production defects by 20% during migration.
QA Engineer · Sagittarius Agency (IFS, Liontrust, Jacksons Fencing, Bureau Van Dijk)
Ashford, UK · Multiple clients
Jun 2021 – May 2022
  • • Led automation strategy across multiple client projects, increasing automation coverage from 40% → 85% using Katalon Studio and custom frameworks.
  • • Reduced script maintenance effort by 50% via modular Page Object Model architectures.
  • • Automated UI + API regression suites with 95% test reliability, cutting manual testing time by 60%.
  • • Integrated automation into CI/CD via Azure DevOps, enabling daily runs and shrinking release cycle time by 30%.
  • • Achieved 95% sprint completion rate, delivered high-impact automation across finance and e-commerce clients.
QA Engineer · Kelltron Consulting Services
London, UK · Insurance & enterprise systems
Dec 2017 – May 2021
  • • Worked within Agile Scrum, improving sprint delivery consistency by 25% via automation integration.
  • • Maintained a BDD Selenium WebDriver framework in IntelliJ, achieving 75% automation coverage across regression and smoke suites.
  • • Automated complex business scenarios using Cucumber & Gherkin with ~90% reliability.
  • • Automated 80% of API tests with Postman and integrated backend checks into flows, reducing backend-related defects by 25%.
  • • Built a simulated production environment for automation, reducing post-launch defects by 15%.

Impact Highlights

Coverage & Stability

70%+ automation coverage · 90%+ regression pass rate

Built frameworks that raised automation coverage above 70%, reduced manual testing by 45%, and pushed regression stability beyond 90% across multiple domains.

Pipeline & Delivery

40% fewer flaky tests · 98% CI success

Refactored pipelines, introduced mocking and better test data management, cutting flakiness by up to 40% and raising CI/CD reliability to 98%.

Business Outcomes

15%+ sales uplift · £1.5M+ revenue

Improved SOIP journeys and Sky Live launches that reduced errors by 35%, increased successful conversions by 15%, and contributed to £1.5M in revenue.

Awards & Certifications

Awards
  • • Sky “Sky Star” recognition from Head of Engineering for launching the Sky Live product in the UK & ROI.
  • • Engineering manager feedback: “I truly believe Prasanth is a tremendous asset to Zensar, and Sky is fortunate to have him.”
  • • Quarterly Excellence Award (2024) – improved automation pipeline stability by 40%, reduced flaky tests by 35%.
  • • Employer of the Year (2021) – for delivering multiple successful automation projects at Sagittarius.
  • • Innovation Excellence Award – for implementing cutting-edge automation solutions and improving project efficiency.
  • • Best Team Collaboration Award – for leading cross-team delivery of high-priority projects across global teams.
Certifications
  • • ISTQB Certified – Foundation Level
  • • Google – Crash Course on Python
  • • “Keeping Your Skill Set Current in the Digital Economy”
Education

B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur (2011–2015). Coursework: Data Structures, Software Testing & Engineering, Computer Networks, OOP, Web Technologies.

Contact

If you need someone to lead or stabilise your automation strategy, own test frameworks, and make your releases faster and safer, I’m open to roles in the UK and remote.

Email: Prasanth.gurasala@gmail.com

Location: Leicester, UK · flexible for hybrid / remote

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/prasanth-gurasala