Rajesh Vatluri

01 / About

Who I Am

Result-oriented Automation Test Engineer with around 4 years of experience specialising in Web and API testing across the SDLC & STLC.

Proven track record delivering defect-free solutions through Smoke, Sanity, Black Box, White Box, Functional, and Regression testing — with specific expertise in Finacle Banking applications.

Highly proficient in architecting scalable frameworks using Selenium Java, Playwright TypeScript, and REST Assured. Expert in SOAP/REST API automation and streamlining CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins and Git. Recipient of the 🏅 Coral Award for excellence.

✉ vatlurirajesh@gmail.com ↗ in LinkedIn ↗ ⌥ github.com/i-vrajesh ↗

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Location Hyderabad, India

Role Automation Test Engineer

Company Cognizant

Domain Finacle Banking

Education B.Tech EEE — CGPA 8.70

Award 🏅 Coral Award

02 / Skills

Technical Arsenal

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Automation Frameworks

Selenium WebDriver
Playwright (TypeScript)
Cucumber (BDD)
TestNG & JUnit
Serenity & Karate

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API Testing

REST Assured
Postman
RESTful API Services
SOAP API
Backend Service Validation

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Languages & Web

Java
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
HTML5 / CSS3

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CI/CD & Version Control

Jenkins
Git & GitHub
Maven & Gradle

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Test Management & Agile

JIRA & Xray
HP ALM
Agile / Scrum
Sprint Planning

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AI & Productivity

GitHub Copilot
Claude
Cursor
Gemini AI

03 / Experience

Career Timeline

Cognizant Sept 2022 – Present

Automation Test Engineer

Developed Selenium Java & Cucumber frameworks for Finacle Banking — increased test coverage by 50% and reduced manual regression.
Engineered REST Assured API suites achieving 95% coverage, slashing execution time from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes.
Migrated legacy frameworks to Playwright (TypeScript), enhancing stability and improving execution speed by 50%.
Automated 100+ end-to-end user journeys across Web and API layers with JIRA Xray integration and SQL data validation.
Integrated automated suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with health-check monitoring for early defect detection.
Optimised strategies with reusable components, reducing maintenance by 30% in Agile sprints.

Cognizant April 2022 – August 2022

Software Testing Intern

Gained hands-on experience in the STLC within the Quality Engineering & Assurance practice.
Applied automation concepts using Selenium and TestNG; developed and executed functional, integration, and regression test cases.
Collaborated with developers and senior testers to ensure high-quality deliverables.

04 / Projects