Aaron Colichia
Senior SDET / QA Automation & DevOps Engineer • Security-minded • Linux • CI/CD • Python
Austin, TX Metro • Open to remote / hybrid • aaron.3k@frph3r.addymail.com
Overview
Senior SDET / QA Automation & DevOps Engineer with 20+ years building reliable automation in Python and Linux environments. Focus areas include CI/CD (Jenkins), API/CLI validation, and systems testing for complex storage and platform stacks.
- Automation: Python, Bash, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, pytest/unittest, API & CLI testing.
- CI/CD & Platforms: Jenkins pipelines, Git, Docker, Packer, Vagrant; Linux (Fedora/Red Hat/Ubuntu); AWS & VMware.
- Storage & Infra: iDRAC tooling, RAID/PERC, NVMe, SEKM flows; Elasticsearch modernization; MySQL/PostgreSQL.
- Security mindset: least privilege, hardened defaults, reproducible builds, and test coverage aligned to real field usage.
Full detail is in the PDF résumé (linked above) and is indexable as a separate document.
Selected impacts
- Cut integration failures >30% by owning Python-based storage automation for iDRAC (PERC, SEKM, NVMe, SWRAID).
- Improved test efficiency ~15% with SEKM scripting & coverage focused on real field usage.
- Reduced deployment times 25% by building Jenkins-centric pipelines (Git, Docker, Packer, Vagrant).
- Stabilized regression suites by refactoring flaky test library components.
- Automated TLS-enabled Elasticsearch clusters as a modern backend replacement.
Core stack
Automation & QA: Python, Bash, Selenium, Playwright • API/CLI testing • Performance & regression
DevOps & Platforms: Jenkins, Git, Docker, Packer, Vagrant • Linux (Fedora/Red Hat/Ubuntu) • AWS EC2 • VMware
Data & Infra: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch • Nginx/Apache • DNS/DHCP
Keywords recruiters search: SDET, QA Automation Engineer, Test Automation Engineer, DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Engineer, Python Engineer, Linux Engineer.
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