Abhijeet Vilas Shitole
Pune
Summary
Over 12 years of experience in automation and functional testing, including 4 years in a leadership role. Proficient in Katalon Studio and Selenium with Java for automation testing, alongside strong knowledge of Azure DevOps and Git for project management. Certified Scrum Master with expertise in Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Sprint cycles. Demonstrated ability to manage teams effectively, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results while maintaining strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
SDET I
Concentrix Catalyst
Hydrabad
01.2022 - 02.2026
- Integrated automated tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, enabling faster feedback loops and reducing release cycles by 80%.
- Achieved 90% automation coverage across core modules, significantly reducing manual QA effort and improving release reliability for T-Mobile’s Web Application.
- Designed and executed an end-to-end automation strategy for T-Mobile’s web platform, ensuring smooth bill payments for customer flows transactions.
- Developed automated test scripts for web applications using Selenium and Java.
- Executed automated test scripts, enhancing test coverage and reliability.
- Developed a modular automation framework validating critical UI journeys.
- Built data-driven test suites to validate updates and ensure accuracy of review pages.
- Conducted thorough accessibility testing to ensure compliance with standards.
- Coordinated project efforts, aligning deliverables with client expectations and driving project timelines.
Team Lead
Creative Information Technology
Mumbai
07.2019 - 01.2022
- Unify addresses federal CCWIS requirements, and delivers efficiencies to Child Welfare agencies in rapid time. Unify accelerates improved outcomes through the rapid deployment power of a COTS solution. Unify is supported by a foundational and scalable HHS platform designed specifically for HHS business needs. Unify can be easily extended to other welfare domains such as Juvenile and Adult Services. Unify is platform agnostic and supports business and technology roadmaps.
- Developed automation regression suite to streamline testing processes.
- Created automation script to improve testing efficiency for new user story.
- Conducted functional, UI, compatibility, and regression testing.
- Led the team and provided knowledge transfer to new team members.
- Design test cases and test scenarios and also execute the same.
- Client: Louisiana State (US)
- Environment: Microsoft Azure, DevOps, Katalon Studio 7.9
Sr Software Tester
Forbes Technosys Ltd.
Mumbai
08.2017 - 06.2019
- Retail Loan collection is a system designed by the HDFC bank to collect the loan amount from their customers. The middle-ware would be used as an interface to enable seamless communication between HDFC bank’s Vision+ Collection module & the Mobile App. The Mobile App would be used as a user interface to collect the payment and trail seamlessly and communicate to between HDFC bank’s Vision + through Mobility Collection server.
- Understanding business requirements and analysis of SRS.
- Involved in preparation of test cases and execution.
- Involved in Functional Testing, System Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing.
- Automation Framework design of web application using Selenium WebDriver(TestNG).
- Preparing Automation Regression Suite.
- Preparing Automation Script for a new User Story.
- Responsible for Functional, UI, Compatibility, and Regression Testing.
- As part of Agile attend daily scrum calls and Retrospective calls.
- Send daily status reports to the client.
- Manage the team and provide KT to new team members.
- Design test cases and test scenarios and also execute the same.
- Defect reporting and tracking on daily basis in Azure DevOps.
- Client: HDFC Bank
- Environment: Eclipse, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG
Sr Software Tester
Byzan Systems Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
12.2016 - 07.2017
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a system that powers multiple bank accounts into a single mobile application (of any participating bank), merging several banking features, seamless fund routing & merchant payments into one hood. It also caters to the 'Peer to Peer' collect request which can be scheduled and paid as per requirement and convenience.
- Understanding business requirements and analysis of SRS.
- Involved in the preparation of test cases and execution.
- Involved in Functional Testing, System Testing, Smoke Testing.
- Web Services Testing using Postman tool.
- Client: Yes Bank
Jr Software Tester
Forbes Technosys Ltd.
Mumbai
01.2014 - 12.2016
- Forbes is a web & android application that offers various services to its end users. Services available are recharge (Mobile & DTH), Bill Payments, Bus Booking, and Domestic Money Transfer. Forbes Xpress application has different users who play important roles while doing the transactions. User’s viz., Admin who is mainly involved in creating business roles like Senior Manager, Commercial Manager, Operational Manager, Data Entry Operator, etc & Data Entry Operator who mainly involve in creating business roles like Distributor & Header Franchise & Sub Franchise.
- Testing of web-based & ANDROID applications based on client's designs & requirements.
- Manually testing the GUI Application takes into consideration its functional requirements.
- Bug reporting and tracking.
- Managing / Deciding Priority of testing tasks.
- Client: Forbes Technosys Ltd
- Environment: Java, XML, Windows
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Pune University
India01.2012
Skills
- JavaScript
- Core Java
- HTML
- IOS
- Android
- Eclipse
- Postman
- Intellij
- Notepad
- GIT
- TFS
- Source Tree
- Maven
- JIRA
- QTest
- Splunk
- Swagger
- DevCenter
- Selenium WebDriver
- Katalon Tool
- JIRA
Timeline
SDET I
Concentrix Catalyst
01.2022 - 02.2026
Team Lead
Creative Information Technology
07.2019 - 01.2022
Sr Software Tester
Forbes Technosys Ltd.
08.2017 - 06.2019
Sr Software Tester
Byzan Systems Pvt Ltd
12.2016 - 07.2017
Jr Software Tester
Forbes Technosys Ltd.
01.2014 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Pune University