About

Kevin Christy is an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test with over 5 years of relevant experience. He is currently working at EPAM Systems as a Software Development Engineer in Test. Kevin has a strong background in automation framework development for both WebApps and Mobile, using tools such as Selenium, Protractor, Puppeteer, Appium, and Cucumber. He is also proficient in DevOps, with experience in cloud automation setup using AWS and Jenkins, as well as containerization using Docker. Kevin has experience in workflow automation for IoT-based applications in Python and is an amateur app developer. He has worked as a Test Engineer for a freelance project, where he was responsible for end-to-end testing of an npm package called JSXL. He also created Blackbox and Unit testing scripts using Mocha. At Ideas2IT, Kevin worked as an Automation Test Engineer, where he gained extensive experience in creating standalone testing frameworks using Protractor (JavaScript) or Selenium (Java) for API, UI, and database verification. He has also integrated various testing frameworks in the AWS cloud environment by bundling frameworks as a Docker container image. Kevin has leveraged Docker containers to execute tests in parallel using Selenium grid for cross-browser testing support. He has also set up testing frameworks in the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins for continuous testing on each commit. Kevin is proficient in implementing framework tools like TestNG, Maven, and framework designs like POM, Single Responsibility Design, Factory Design, and more. He has also researched, documented, rated, or selected alternatives for test architecture or technologies. Kevin has created a custom browser extension to record and playback user interactions in a webpage for an internal hackathon project. He has helped other teams to achieve 100% test case coverage for regressions. Kevin has experience in handling complete ownership of the testing phase of a product from Design to Deployment and Release. He has built a testing cycle that includes designing, developing, and executing the entire QA process and strategies while adhering to agile methodologies. He has good experience in creating test cases, test plans, test result reports, and release notes. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Civil Engineering from KCG College of Technology. He has a strong tech stack that includes SDET, AWS, Docker, Jenkins, DevOps, Mobile, Python, CI/CD, JavaScript, Research Scientist, and UI.