Akshay Dawar
Delhi
Summary
With 15 years of IT experience, I excel at driving delivery through people management, agile methodologies, and stakeholder communication, paired with advanced skills in cloud technologies, data validation, and modern automation. Adept at leveraging AWS and Azure platforms, generative AI concepts, and data pipeline best practices to enable business-aligned QA and reliable reporting solutions
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead SDET
Leadventure
07.2021 - Current
- Directed end-to-end QA delivery through agile management, team leadership, and cross-team coordination.
- Focused on providing and ensuring quality as an acting manager, guiding the team to deliver robust testing for digital solutions supporting automotive dealerships.
- Oversaw cloud-oriented QA and data workflows, leveraging AWS services such as S3 for secure storage, Secrets Manager for credential management, and ECR (Elastic Container Registry) for versioned container images powering automated test environments.
- Facilitated seamless automated test asset handling and ensured robust, secure processes for test data and resources.
- Guided delivery teams in agile ceremonies, resource planning, and performance coaching.
- Designed and implemented manual and automated test strategies, optimizing quality for cloud and data platforms.
- Collaborated on generative AI PoC projects focused on automated test case generation and workflow enhancements.
- Managed validation workflows using SQL, promoted data completeness, and drove reproducibility through automation.
- Enabled secure and reliable CI/CD deployment pipelines in cloud environments.
Senior Staff Engineer
Nagarro
08.2018 - 07.2021
- Supported quality delivery for cloud and data-driven solutions built on Azure infrastructure.
- Validated ETL pipelines and reporting flows using Databricks and Delta Lake, performing schema checks, row counts, and data quality constraints.
- Assisted with orchestration and monitoring of distributed ETL jobs—configuring automated workflows, scheduling, and real-time alerting—to ensure data integration was accurate, timely, and scalable.
- Leveraged Databricks’ monitoring tools and best practices for continuous data reliability.
- Fostered agile collaboration across QA and engineering teams in a global enterprise context.
Senior Automation Engineer
R1RCM
08.2014 - 08.2018
- Delivered QA around healthcare billing and patient data systems, focusing on data accuracy and compliance.
- Validated ETL pipelines handling health records and financial transactions, ensuring HIPAA compliance and data privacy.
- Led QA delivery and team coordination for data-centric healthcare solutions.
- Validated ETL pipelines and transformations, combining manual and automated testing with SQL-based data checks.
- Designed and maintained automation frameworks, improving coverage and reducing defects.
Senior Systems Engineer
Infosys
07.2010 - 06.2014
- Supported project delivery through stakeholder alignment and cross-functional coordination.
- Performed manual and SQL-based testing for data consistency across UI and backend systems.
- Authored SQL scripts for validation and rollback; executed defect lifecycle management.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science
Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology
01.2010
PGDM - Information Systems
IMT CDL Ghaziabad
01.2017
Skills
- People Management & Team Leadership
- Agile Methodologies & Scrum Mastery
- Stakeholder Communication
- Delivery Leadership & Project Management
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
- Data Validation & Quality Management
- ETL/Data Pipeline Orchestration
- Gen AI Proofs of Concept
- Manual & Automation Testing (functional, regression, integration, API, data validation)
- Automation Tools: Selenium C#, SpecFlow, Testkube, Postman, Groovy, Docker, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Visual Studio
- Test Management & CI/CD: Testrail, MTM, Jira, TFS, Microsoft Power Automate
- Programming: C#, Python, Groovy, SQL Server
Certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- ISTQB Foundation Level
- Certified Scrum Master
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Awards
2x Epic Awards (Leadventure), Brightest Mind (Nagarro), Peer-to-Peer & Above & Beyond (R1RCM), SPOT Award (Infosys)
Timeline
Lead SDET
Leadventure
07.2021 - Current
Senior Staff Engineer
Nagarro
08.2018 - 07.2021
Senior Automation Engineer
R1RCM
08.2014 - 08.2018
Senior Systems Engineer
Infosys
07.2010 - 06.2014
PGDM - Information Systems
IMT CDL Ghaziabad
B.Tech - Computer Science
Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology
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