---
title: "Imran Ahamad - AI-Augmented QA Consultant in Ooty | Tal"
description: "Meet Imran Ahamad, QA Automation Engineer & SDET | AI-Augmented Testing | Selenium · Java · TestNG · RestAssured | Claude Code · OpenAI Codex | Jenkins CI/CD | 3+ Years based in Ooty."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/imran-11/share-image"
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# Imran Ahamad on Tal

## Headline

QA Automation Engineer & SDET \| AI\-Augmented Testing \| Selenium · Java · TestNG · RestAssured \| Claude Code · OpenAI Codex \| Jenkins CI/CD \| 3\+ Years

## About

I'm a QA Automation Engineer and SDET with 3\+ years of experience building test automation frameworks for web and API\-based applications — and one of the few QA professionals actively integrating AI tools like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex into day\-to\-day testing workflows\. My core stack: Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, RestAssured, Maven, and Jenkins\. I specialise in Hybrid and Page Object Model frameworks and have hands\-on experience delivering end\-to\-end CI/CD\-integrated automation pipelines with Extent Reports\. 🤖 What sets me apart: I use AI to accelerate test script generation, defect triage, and framework design — reducing script authoring time by \~35% and regression effort by up to 50% on client projects\. 💼 Recent experience includes: • AI\-Augmented QA Consulting via Upwork — international clients in e\-commerce and healthcare • Application Support Analyst \(QA\) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise — enterprise automation with Selenium \+ Java \+ Jenkins • QA Analyst at DXC Technology — ServiceNow ITSM testing, API testing with Postman 🔗 GitHub Projects: • AI\-Augmented API Test Framework \(RestAssured \+ Jenkins \+ Codex\) • OrangeHRM AI\-Accelerated Automation Framework \(Selenium \+ POM \+ Log4j2 \+ Faker\) 📍 Based in India \| Open to remote & relocation \(Bangalore · Hyderabad · Chennai · Kochi\) Open to SDET and QA Automation Engineer roles\. Let's connect\!

## Location

Ooty

## Work experience

AI\-Augmented QA Consultant at Freelancer and Crowd Testing, Jan 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Remote, India, • Delivered end\-to\-end AI\-augmented test strategies for multiple international web application clients, combining traditional automation with AI\-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery cycles\. • Leveraged Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to auto\-generate Selenium \+ Java \+ TestNG test scripts, reducing script authoring time by \~35% and enabling faster regression suite expansion\. • Built and maintained AI\-assisted hybrid automation frameworks incorporating Page Object Model \(POM\) and Data\-Driven design, boosting regression test coverage by \~40%\. • Used AI\-driven prompt engineering to generate test scenarios, boundary value cases, and edge\-case coverage recommendations from requirements and user stories\. • Performed REST API testing using Postman and Rest Assured, with AI\-assisted payload validation and schema verification across E\-Commerce, Healthcare Portal, and Pet Store API projects\. • Reduced manual regression effort by 50% by automating repetitive test cases and using AI tooling to identify high\-risk areas for prioritized test coverage\. • Conducted cross\-browser testing across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge; executed SQL queries for backend data validation\. • Configured and executed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for automated regression runs, with AI\-generated reporting summaries and defect triage support\.

Application Support Analyst – QA & Automation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Apr 2024 \- Oct 2024 · 7 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Performed manual testing of HPE support applications \(functional, regression, smoke\) Logged and tracked defects; validated fixes with developers Contributed Selenium automation scripts using Java & TestNG Executed automated tests via Jenkins pipelines

Analyst III – QA / Application Testing \(ServiceNow\) at DXC Technology, Aug 2022 \- Mar 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Manual testing of ServiceNow modules \(Incident, Change, Problem, Request\) Created & executed test cases; performed regression & sanity testing API testing using Postman for backend service validation Defect tracking and retesting using Jira

Internship Program at KaaShiv InfoTech, Aug 2020 \- Aug 2020 · 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Internet of Things

Intern at ExpertsHub, Jul 2019 \- Jul 2019 · 1 mo, Bangalore, Project, Internship in IoT

## Education

12th, kendriya vidyalaya

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology, BSA Crescent Institute of Science and Technology

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