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ALOK KUMAR BISWAL
Hyderabad
Summary
Senior QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience in delivering high-quality enterprise applications using Selenium, BDD (SpecFlow/Cucumber), and Playwright. Strong expertise in UI & API automation, leveraging Rest Assured and Postman, with solid backend validation using SQL.
Hands-on experience in CI/CD and DevOps practices using TeamCity integrated with GitHub, enabling continuous testing and faster release cycles. Proficient in designing scalable automation frameworks, implementing shift-left testing, and driving quality engineering strategies.
AI-driven professional utilizing GitHub Copilot for test generation, code optimization, and productivity enhancement. Strong background in Agile, STLC/SDLC, test strategy, and team leadership, with a focus on delivering reliable, efficient, and maintainable solutions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineer III in Quality Engineering
S&P Global
Hyderabad
07.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium with C# and SpecFlow (BDD), enabling reusable and maintainable test architecture across multiple projects.
- Developed and executed end-to-end UI and API automation using HTTP client methods, ensuring seamless validation of front-end and backend systems.
- Led Component UI automation, contract testing, integration testing, and regression testing efforts to ensure system reliability and compatibility across services.
- Championed best practices in automation, code reviews, and CI/CD integration, improving code quality and execution speed.
- Owned test strategy, planning, and execution for multiple modules, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases.
- Collaborated with developers, product owners, and business analysts to ensure complete test coverage and early defect detection.
- Built and optimized framework-level utilities and shared libraries for cross-functional teams, enhancing automation efficiency and minimizing duplication.
- Authored comprehensive integration test cases covering complex business workflows in healthcare and insurance domains.
- Continuously improved automation frameworks to support scalability, maintainability, and faster execution cycles.
- Played a key role in team leadership, including mentoring junior engineers, onboarding new hires, and improving team productivity.
- Conducted technical interviews and contributed to hiring decisions, strengthening the QA team with skilled resources.
Senior QA Analyst
IQVIA
Bangalore
08.2021 - 07.2023
- Worked as Senior QA Analyst in highly scalable R&D product team in IQVIA.
- Demonstrated expertise in software development life cycle, software testing life cycle, bug life cycle, testing methodologies, software test plans, requirement analysis, test case design, database testing, and API testing.
- Hands on experience on sanity, regression and integration testing.
- Primarily involved in web application Automation testing using selenium Java (BDD framework using Cucumber), developed the automation framework from scratch.
- Collaborated on identity and access management projects, strengthening security protocols and improving user authentication processes.
- The Secure Data Access(SDA) platform is a strategic solution for enabling Single Sign-On (SSO) for IQVIA web applications. SDA provides both internal and external users a seamless, secure authentication experience for web applications they are provisioned for. IQVIA web applications that want to take advantage of SSO, as well as our Federation Hub, will need to onboard to our platform. SDA helps in the use of a centralized global authentication platform.
Automation Test Engineer
Siemens Healthcare Pvt Ltd.
Bangalore
06.2018 - 08.2021
- Contributed as Automation Test Engineer within a highly scalable product team at Siemens Healthineers R&D.
- Executed web application automation testing using selenium C# with BDD framework (Specflow) and automated desktop applications using TAU framework.
- Demonstrated expertise in software development life cycle, software testing life cycle, bug life cycle, testing methodologies, software test plans, requirement analysis, test case design, stress testing, and database testing.
- Hands on experience on sanity, regression and integration testing.
- Engaged in automation initiatives for Siemens Healthineers R&D team.
Test Engineer
EMIDS Technologies
Bangalore
05.2016 - 04.2018
- Developed automated test scripts for web applications and APIs.
- Executed manual and automated tests to ensure software quality.
- Conducted grey box testing, script testing in MSSQL server, and manual testing, while creating and validating defects and test cases.
- Collaborated with developers to identify and resolve software defects.
- Executed testing procedures to validate software functionality and reliability.
Jr. Test Engineer
Global Step Services Pvt.Ltd.
Pune
08.2014 - 08.2015
- Conducted software testing to identify defects and ensure quality standards.
- Collaborated with development teams to understand requirements and improve test strategies.
- Created and maintained detailed test documentation for various applications.
- Initiated testing career, ensuring software quality via manual testing methods.
Education
B.Tech - Electrical Electronics Engineering
Raajdhani Engineering College
Odisha01-2014
Higher Secondary Education -
Panchayat Jr. College
Odisha01-2010
Secondary -
Jayachandi High School
Odisha01-2008
Skills
Programming & Scripting Languages
C#, Java, SQL, HTML, XML
Core Programming Concepts
OOP, Design Patterns
Test Automation Tools & Frameworks
Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, SpecFlow BDD, Cucumber BDD, Hybrid Framework Development, UI Automation
API Testing & Backend Validation
API Automation, REST API Testing, Rest Assured, Postman, JSON/XML Validation, API Contract Testing
AI-Driven Development & Testing
AI-Assisted Coding, Test Automation Prompts, AI Test Generation, AI Debugging, Test Data Generation
CI/CD & DevOps
CI/CD Implementation, Continuous Testing, Pipeline Configuration, Source Control (GitHub)
Test Management & ALM Tools
Jira, Bugzilla, TestRail, TestLink, VersionOne, TFS, ClearCase
Development & IDE Tools
Visual Studio 2026, Eclipse
QA Practices & Methodologies
Agile/Scrum, Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Test Strategy, Shift-Left Testing, Risk-Based Testing, Root Cause Analysis, Defect Prevention, Test Data Management
Soft Skills & Leadership
Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Communication, Problem Solving, Analytical Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Certification
- ISTQB Certified (CTFL & Agile Tester)
- AI For Everyone
Projects
- Equity Book Build is used in the primary market during IPO/FPO processes to help companies raise capital by issuing shares to investors. In this system, retail, institutional, and HNI investors place bids at various price levels, which are collected and maintained in a centralized “book.” Based on overall demand, the system enables price discovery to determine the final issue price, followed by allocation of shares according to predefined rules and regulatory guidelines. This platform is developed by S&P Global and supports key functionalities such as order entry and bid management, real-time demand tracking, price band validation, allocation processing and reporting, along with integration with stock exchanges and regulatory systems.
- Secure Data Access, The Secure Data Access (SDA) platform is a strategic solution for enabling Single Sign-On (SSO) for IQVIA web applications.
- Treatment Planning and Treatment Delivery System, Treatment Planning System (TPS) and Medical Therapeutic Suite (MTS) are used in hospitals to plan and deliver the particle doses to a cancer patient.
- FxSequence Planner, An application used to create Fraction sequences for cancer treatment.
- Greenway PS, PrimeSuite combines powerful clinical, financial and analytics technology with customizable features.
- LCCA SofCare2-EAssessment, A web-based application for Health care management for USA.
- Prozone (Amisco), PROZONE is football's flagship performance analysis platform.
Awards
- Rewarded with Spot Award for automating challenge.
- Rewarded with Star spot award for handling the complex model and flawless testing.
- Received Cause for applause award for flawless delivery and sharing knowledge within the team.
Timeline
Engineer III in Quality Engineering
S&P Global
07.2023 - Current
Senior QA Analyst
IQVIA
08.2021 - 07.2023
Automation Test Engineer
Siemens Healthcare Pvt Ltd.
06.2018 - 08.2021
Test Engineer
EMIDS Technologies
05.2016 - 04.2018
Jr. Test Engineer
Global Step Services Pvt.Ltd.
08.2014 - 08.2015
B.Tech - Electrical Electronics Engineering
Raajdhani Engineering College
Higher Secondary Education -
Panchayat Jr. College
Secondary -
Jayachandi High School