Honnesh Muppala
Senior Automation / Test Engineer · Dublin, Ireland
6+ years testing web, mobile, IoT, and inflight connectivity systems at Amazon, Virtusa, and Viasat. ISTQB CTFL & Agile Tester certified. MSc DevOps. Author of The QA Chronicles — where I document everything I know about testing.
Experience
Viasat Europe Ltd
PAT Test Engineer · Dublin, Ireland
- Executed PAT and CAT on rack-mounted IFC hardware against Golden Build baselines for Boeing and Airbus airline customers
- Built Selenium (CNA passenger portal) and Appium (Kobiton) automation suites; managed iOS/macOS Beta testing via AppleSeed for IT
- Developed Paramiko-based backend scripts to validate server-side Linux configurations; audited ARINC 429 profiles against Boeing/Airbus ICDs
Virtusa Consulting Services
Associate Consultant – QA · India
- Led a team of 270 testers delivering mobile and web automation with Appium and Selenium WebDriver
- Achieved 20% efficiency gain across regression and cross-browser test suites
- Mentored 150+ team members; led interview processes evaluating 700+ candidates
Amazon Development Centre India
Device OS Tech – Device Associate · India
- Coordinated device testing for Alexa, Echo, and Fire TV releases; slashed release cycles by 30%
- Flashed 500+ new builds using ADB shell; defined 2-way coexistence testing across Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Reduced post-release bug reports by 40% through structured manual test plans and rigorous defect reporting standards
Ramco Systems
Analyst Programmer · India
- End-to-end WMS inbound/outbound testing for 100+ new features
- Implemented 2000+ test cases; reduced test failures by 50%
Certifications
ISTQB CTFL
Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB Agile Tester
Foundation Level Agile Extension
CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Education
MSc DevOps
Atlantic Technological University
Letterkenny, Ireland
BEng Electronics & Communication
Saveetha University
Chennai, India
Achievements
Scholarship Award
Atlantic Technological University
Best Leadership Award
Atlantic Technological University
Q1 & Q3 Performance Awards
Amazon Development Centre India
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