Manoj Tharayil

Manoj Tharayil

Test Automation Leader | QA Practice Lead | ISTQB Certified

Senior quality engineering leader with 24 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale software testing, automation frameworks, QA strategy, and transformation programs across banking, finance, government, and large enterprise platforms.

Automation Architecture | CI/CD Quality Engineering | Enterprise QA Leadership

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24+

Years in software testing

15+

Years in automation leadership

3

Core focus areas: UI, API, Database testing

35

Largest team supported

About Me

I am a senior Test Automation leader specializing in automation architecture, enterprise QA strategy, test process improvement, and scalable delivery practices. My background includes leading teams, designing frameworks, improving release confidence, and driving quality across large transformation initiatives.

I bring a combination of hands-on technical capability and leadership experience, with strong expertise in Selenium, Playwright, C#, API testing, CI/CD integration, and quality engineering governance.

Key Achievements

  • 24+ years of experience in software testing and quality engineering.
  • 15+ years leading automation initiatives across enterprise programs.
  • Built scalable Selenium, C#, SpecFlow, and API automation frameworks.
  • Led UAT, SIT, and enterprise test delivery across finance, banking, and government programs.
  • Built teams, mentored engineers, and uplifted QA capability across delivery streams.

Core Skills

Selenium WebDriver Playwright C# Automation API Testing SpecFlow REST APIs Azure DevOps Jenkins CI/CD Test Architecture Automation Framework Design Quality Engineering

Technologies I Work With

Selenium WebDriver
Playwright
C#
SpecFlow
RestSharp
API Automation
Azure DevOps
CI/CD Pipelines
Jenkins
SQL Server
Oracle
Docker
BrowserStack
JMeter
Gatling
GitHub Copilot

Featured Work

Featured

Enterprise Automation Framework

Designed and implemented a scalable Selenium + C# framework supporting UI and API testing across enterprise platforms.

Featured

Automation Strategy for Transformation Programs

Led automation initiatives for large transformation programs, improving release confidence and reducing regression effort.

Featured

Observability in Test Automation

Introduced monitoring and observability approaches to surface production issues, performance bottlenecks, and infrastructure failures earlier.

Professional Projects

Professional

Enterprise Test Automation Framework

Architected scalable UI and API automation frameworks using Selenium, C#, SpecFlow, and REST APIs for enterprise applications.

Professional

CI/CD Test Automation Integration

Integrated automated test suites with Jenkins and Azure DevOps pipelines to support continuous testing and faster, safer releases.

Professional

Automation Governance and QA Standards

Defined test automation standards, delivery practices, reporting, and quality metrics across multiple enterprise QA teams.

Automation Case Studies

Enterprise Transformation

MMSG – Automation Centre of Excellence

Led the automation strategy and delivery across multiple enterprise-level projects at McMillan Shakespeare Group, supporting teams of up to 35 professionals.

Established the organisation’s first BDD-based Automation Centre of Excellence and designed scalable frameworks using C#, SpecFlow and RestSharp with Azure DevOps CI/CD integration.

FinTech Automation

Moula – End-to-End Automation Framework

Implemented UI and API automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium, C#, SpecFlow, RestSharp, and Azure-based delivery pipelines.

Delivered the initial UI BDD framework in a short timeframe and then built the API framework and CI pipeline to provide rapid quality feedback to stakeholders.

Banking Payments Platform

UBank – New Payments Platform Testing

Supported a major New Payments Platform initiative for UBank within NAB’s digital banking ecosystem, working across a program involving modern cloud deployment and enterprise integration.

Automated microservices testing, led performance testing activities, and identified high severity defects early in the testing lifecycle.

Accounting Platform

MYOB – BankFeeds and SupplierFeeds

Contributed to automation and quality delivery for BankFeeds onboarding and SupplierFeeds, supporting financial data integration capabilities for MYOB customers.

Also stepped into a dual BA and QA role for six months and received the Best Individual Contributor award for business division impact.

Personal Projects

Personal

Malayalam Speech Transcription Tool

A browser-based tool that converts spoken Malayalam into Malayalam script using speech recognition, designed for writers and storytellers.

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Personal

Automation Learning Labs

A collection of learning repositories demonstrating Selenium, Playwright, framework design patterns, and API test automation.

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Personal

Technical Testing Blog

Blog articles and insights covering software testing, automation strategy, and quality engineering leadership.

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GitHub Activity

GitHub Contributions Chart

Links

LinkedIn GitHub Blog

Contact

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Open to roles: Test Automation Lead | QA Manager | Automation Architect

Best way to reach me: LinkedIn