AKSHAYA KUMAR PANIGRAHI
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Summary
Software Test Lead with Performance driven professional having 13 years of experience in various Web Based & Desktop Based Applications across multiple domains.
A skilled consultant with automating various applications, leading to 42% increase in revenue with the current project and excellent brand recognition, resulting client to share multiple business opportunities.
Certified Scrum Master with over 4 years of experience in leading Agile transformations and driving the successful delivery of high-quality software products.
Proven experience in Automation, Manual, ADA Accessibility & Database testing for Web based, Windows based applications. Performing Functional, Regression, Smoke and Sanity testing at Integration and System levels.
4+ years of experience in UI Automation Testing by using Selenium-Web driver, Core Java/ C#, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD), Maven build tools, Git-GitHub for version control and Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines, API
testing using POSTMAN, API Automation using Rest Assured , SQL & DevOps practices.
Involved in Automation assessments, Framework Maintenance and Enhancements, Proof of Concept, Defining automation strategy and Planning.
Worked as primary liaison with Business, UAT, Pilot, PROD, QA, development teams and vendors for major releases, recreation of customer issues, subsequent hot fix and patch testing and successful release of patches.
Impressive success in facilitating projects and guiding cross-functional teams for execution of principles of the Scrum framework
Hosting 30+ Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives which resulted 15% reduction in cycle time
Marshalling periodic meetings with team members and clients for Story Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Status Call and Sprint Demos on the project completion
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Software Test Engineer
Itron India Private Limited
12.2017 - Current
- Managing Team of 12 members for End-to-End automation Activities, Guiding the team to achieve 92 percent Automation in last 5 years
- Experience in Automation testing with tools: Selenium Web Driver with Java/C#, API Automation using Rest Assured, Jenkins, CICD, Implemented NuGet packages to increase 60% productivity
- Displaying strong expertise in system testing and test automation using C#, Selenium, Test Automation Framework Designs using POM, Robot Framework
- Define and Implement test automation strategy following SDLC/STLC and managing release management
- Organizing training sessions on the latest technologies and initiated team-building activities for operational excellence
- Conducted firmware testing, device testing and set up smart meters as part to maintain Lab activities to maximize the Device testing
- Delivered successful demos and presentations of functionalities and automation feature releases to business units to prove the excellency of team
- Developed test plans, scenarios, cases, and scripts/procedures for GUI, functional, regression, and integration tests at various SDLC stages
- Identifying skill development plans and implemented to upgrade skills within team
- Preparing various testing frameworks, test strategies, and test plans, prepared and updated test documentation such as test scenarios, cases, scripts, metrics, and status reports
- Manual testing experience of System Functional, Regression, Embedded testing, End to End testing, Device testing, System Integration Testing, Sanity, Smoke and UAT Testing for delivering Quality Products.
Senior Software Engineer
ITC Infotech
05.2016 - 12.2017
- Automated regression suite which reduced timeline from 4 weeks to 1.5 weeks, significantly lowering effort and cost
- Proficiency on testing Cards and Payments, Real-Time Transaction Testing for the onboarded users
- Applied latest concepts of Selenium 4 and developed the framework using POM and Robot Framework to maintain robustness
- Mentored QA team to enhance their capabilities, enabling their contribution to the automation framework
- Worked in Agile Scrum team, gathered domain knowledge, understood the business requirements, created Test plans, test cases using MTM, executed Test cases, gathered Test results and logging issues in TFS if any ensured all the end-to-end scenarios are covered.
Software Engineer
Harman Connected Services
12.2010 - 05.2016
- Analyzed, designed, and created test cases for end-to-end scenarios to achieve 100 percent coverage
- Involved in Supporting of Designing Framework using Selenium Web Driver/Java to reduce manual effort and increase automation productivity to 85 percent
- Prepared effective Test Scenarios, Test data & Test execution for various levels of testing like Smoke, Cross browser testing, Functional and Regression Testing to enhance the coverage
- Investigated the real time customer issues from root cause analysis till bug fix and delivery
- Worked with Japanese customers directly to understand the Business requirements and maintains product quality to customer satisfaction.
- Integrated new technologies into existing systems, increasing capabilities and improving overall performance.
- Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
Education
Master of Computer Application - Computer Science And Programming
BPUT
Odisha08.2010
Skills
- Software Testing Lifecycle
- Agile/Scrum Methodology/Scrum Master
- Selenium Web Driver/Appium/Core Java/C#
- API Testing- Soap UI/Post Man/Rest Assured/POJO
- GIT/Jenkins/CICD Pipeline/Docker/Generative AI/Swagger
- Framework Development/Test NG/Maven
- SQL/Oracle/Jira/Confluence/Mobile Testing
- BDD (Cucumber), Spec Flow
- Performance test/Load test/JMeter
- Team Management & Leadership
- Embedded Testing/End to End testing/Device testing
- Domain: Smart Metering - Industrial domain, Healthcare, BFSI, Retail, Payments, E-commerce
Certification
- CSM certified, 2024
- OCJP certified, 2013
Accomplishments
- Appreciated by Product owner for leveraging automation not only for speed but to help other team deliver high quality products faster
- Achieved Best Employee Award in Harman Connected Services.
- Awarded in Japan for Best Motivational Employee for handling customer issues and resolving it.
Languages
English, Hindi
Personal Information
- Passport Number: V3448615
- Date of Birth: 05/23/85
Timeline
Lead Software Test Engineer
Itron India Private Limited
12.2017 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
ITC Infotech
05.2016 - 12.2017
Software Engineer
Harman Connected Services
12.2010 - 05.2016
Master of Computer Application - Computer Science And Programming
BPUT
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