Manual & Automation QA Engineer with 7+ years of experience testing web and enterprise applications across full SDLC/STLC. Skilled in test planning, test case design, and execution of functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and UAT testing, with end-to-end defect lifecycle management in Agile/Scrum teams. Build and maintain UI and API automation using Selenium WebDriver (Java/Python), TestNG/JUnit/Cucumber, and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins; perform backend validation with SQL and database checks. Hands-on with REST/SOAP testing (Postman/SoapUI), cross-team collaboration, and improving release confidence through risk-based coverage and clear reporting.