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Ashish Bhavsar

Norwich

Summary

Highly accomplished Lead QA Engineer with 9+ years of experience in Software Testing, Automation Testing, CI/CD Quality Gates, Database Validation, and Quality Engineering. Also working as a Scrum Master, holding ISTQB® CTFL and PSM I certifications, with valid Right to Work (RTW) Visa for the United Kingdom. Open to work from UK location.

Expert in leading end-to-end QA strategy, designing scalable automation frameworks, and driving quality processes across Agile teams. Proficient in Selenium, Playwright, API testing, SQL database queries, and database testing across complex data pipelines and cloud platforms.

Strong experience integrating QA processes into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins) to implement automated quality gates, accelerate feedback loops, and support continuous delivery. Skilled in managing documentation, test strategy, and process governance using Confluence, and driving Agile planning, tracking, and defect management using JIRA.

Hands-on expertise in Performance Testing using JMeter, supported by monitoring and analytics through Grafana and InfluxDB to ensure optimal stability, responsiveness, and scalability.

Adept at preparing comprehensive test plans, test cases, performance scenarios, and security testing strategies. Known for delivering high-quality software solutions, enabling faster release cycles, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and quality ownership across cross-functional teams.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Lead Engineer

Nitor Infotech Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - Current

Project Name – Event Management
Role – Test Lead Engineer
Environment – Automation testing using Playwright with JavaScript, Manual Testing, Web testing, CoPoilet, DataBase testing using Infomatica and Snowflake
Project Management Tool - Jira, AIO Test,
Description -
Project domain is event management. In which event management process is organize. From lead generation to the event execution and generating the invoice. Also client can make the payment by using payment gateway.
Responsibility -

  • Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
  • Engaged with customers to better understand needs and deliver excellent service.
  • Identified issues, analysed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Successfully organised and led Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives to ensure effective team collaboration and project progress.
  • Manage essential scrum documents, such as sprint backlogs, burn-down charts, and product increment reports.
  • Generate and share 'Ready for UAT' and 'Ready for Code Review' reports daily.
  • Proficient in creating comprehensive documentation, including user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
  • Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.
  • Mentored new team members, accelerating their integration and productivity within the team.
  • Managed continuous integration and deployment processes, ensuring seamless and efficient release cycles.

Project Name – Health Care
Role – Test Manager
Environment – Manual Testing, Database testing, Looker dashboard testing, Web testing
Project Management Tool - Shortcut
Description –
Receive the data file from different source like - JHU (John Hopkins ACG), FQHC, eCW etc. All this data is landed to the database (Snowflake). On the basis of the data, looker dashboard is created and is integrated to frontend.
Responsibility-

  • Collaborated with software developers and project managers to refine software functionalities and resolve identified issues.
  • Analysed test results, documented software defects, and recommended corrective actions to improve product quality.
  • Adapted testing strategies to accommodate changes in project scope and deadlines, maintaining project momentum.
  • Actively listened to customers to fully understand requests and address concerns.
  • Validating SQL views and looker dashboard
  • Reporting bugs and errors to the development team.
  • Creating the automation script using 'Selenium with Java.'
  • Executing the automation script.

Project Name - Retail
Role – Lead QA Engineer
Environment – Web Automation, Web Service Testing, Manual Testing, Perfromance testing using JMeter
Project Management Tool - AzureDevops
Description –
Retailing is the combination of activities involved in selling or renting consumer goods and services directly to ultimate consumers for their personal or household use. In addition to selling, retailing includes such diverse activities as, buying, advertising, data processing, and maintaining inventory.
Responsibility -

  • Wrote and updated manual test cases, maintaining optimal organisation for team productivity.
  • Collaborated with team to schedule and perform regression for products ready to be released.
  • Evalulating the web bench mark, Load testing using JMeter
  • Creating the automation script using "Selenium with Java".
  • Executing the automation script.
  • Performing API testing using postman

QA Engineer

Exioms Technologies Pvt Ltd
04.2018 - 02.2020

Project Name - CRM
Role – Software Tester
Environment – Automation testing, and Manual Testing.
Description –
CRM software is management software for client management and employee tracking projects. Its main motive is to organise the client data and to track the employee. Employee can be tracked through the Firebase Google Map tracking. Geo fence testing was performed.
Responsiblity-

  • Developing test cases and executing manual testcases.
  • Reporting bugs and errors to development team.
  • Performed testing for database testing
  • Giving demo to client
  • Performed API testing using Postman

Project Name - Finance.

Role – Software Tester

Environment – Manual Testing/Web Service Testing

Description –
It’s a top-up platform for B2B industry. Inclusive Top-Up there will be wallet services is integrated that help users to transfer eMoney which is been required to do the top-ups. These balances will be transferred finally to the retailer who is helping customers in doing the top-up for them. User type are - distributor, Sub- Distributor and Retailer. 4 mobile operated API is integrated. Commission gets distributed after making the top up.

Responsiblity-

  • Developing test cases and executing manual testcases.
  • Reporting bugs and errors to development team.
  • Performed testing for database testing
  • Giving demo to client
  • Performed API testing using Postman

Business Associate, Software Tester

Futurezz
10.2015 - 12.2017

Project Name - HR/Employee Management/ Insurance claim

Role - Software Tester

Environment - Manual Testing

Description -

HR/Employee Management software is management software. Its main motive to organize the HR processes like Recruiting, Billing, Salary and etc. From this software employee can apply for leave, Insurance claim and etc. Different rights have been given to each user. All HR and employees related details are maintain.

Responsibility-.

  • Wrote and updated manual test cases, maintaining optimal organisation for team productivity.
  • Reporting bugs and errors to development team.
  • Performed end-to-end system tests to asses validity of code changes and system improvements.
  • Performed testing for database testing
  • Giving UAT to client.

Technical Trainee

Amoort Technologies
03.2014 - 01.2015

Project Name - Photo Editing Software

Role – Software Tester

Environment – Manual Testing

Description –

Photo editing software is a complete photo and video editing software. It has Admin, dealer and sub-dealer roles and different users have different options available with respect to purchase of product. User can create photo album, frame etc. Once the editing is done user gives the order for the product, and then product is printed and delivered to user

Responsibility -

  • Performed end-to-end system tests to asses validity of code changes and system improvements.
  • Wrote and updated manual test cases, maintaining optimal organisation for team productivity.
  • Created database queries in SQL.

Education

Certified Software Testing Course - Software testing

SQTL INSTITUTE
Pune, MH
01-2014

Bachelors Of Engineering - Electronic&Telecommunicatio n

Pune University
Pune, MH
01-2013

Diploma in Engineering - Diploma in Electronic & Telecommunication

SHRI SURESH DADA JAIN COLLEGE OF ENGG.
Jalgaon, MH
01-2008

Secondary Education - 10th

ST. JOSEPH CONVENT SCHOOL
Khandwa, MP
01-2005

Skills

  • Domain: Health Care, Retail, Finance, Blockchain, CRM, Insurance and Tour & Travel
  • Testing Process: Automation Web Testing, API Testing, Database Testing and Manual Testing
  • Defect Management Tool: Jira, Azure Devops
  • Automation Tool: Selenium, Postman Playwright and Jenkins(CI/CD), Appium
  • AI Tools: Copilot, MCP Server, Cursor ai
  • Project Management Tool: Shortcut, Jira, Confluence, AIO Test, Zephyr
  • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
  • Databases: My SQL, Snowflake
  • Version control: Github
  • Programming Languages: Core Java, Matlab, JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Cloud professional: Azure Devops, GCP, AWS

Certification

  • ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level V4.0
  • Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)

Responsibilities

  • 9+ years of experience in Manual Testing and Automation Testing using Playwright with JavaScript and Selenium with Java
  • Agile methodology for project management using different tools like Jira, AzureDevops.
  • Using the AI tools like Copilot, MCP Server for automation testing.
  • Comprehensive knowledge in testing of web, APK, iOS and desktop applications
  • Documenting Requirements Traceability
  • Documenting functional, regression, and acceptance testing procedures.
  • Developing test cases and prioritizing testing activities.
  • Executing all the test cases (manually and through automation tools), reporting defects and defining severity and priority for each defect
  • Executing all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression)
  • Estimating workload requirements and developing standard test strategy plans
  • Creating test cases using element locators and selenium web driver commands
  • Reporting bugs and errors to development team
  • Performing ETL testing using Snowflake, MySQL and Performing the testing for dashboard developed using Looker or PowerBI .

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi.

Interests

  • Listening to Music
  • Travelling

Timeline

Test Lead Engineer

Nitor Infotech Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - Current

QA Engineer

Exioms Technologies Pvt Ltd
04.2018 - 02.2020

Business Associate, Software Tester

Futurezz
10.2015 - 12.2017

Technical Trainee

Amoort Technologies
03.2014 - 01.2015

Certified Software Testing Course - Software testing

SQTL INSTITUTE

Bachelors Of Engineering - Electronic&Telecommunicatio n

Pune University

Diploma in Engineering - Diploma in Electronic & Telecommunication

SHRI SURESH DADA JAIN COLLEGE OF ENGG.

Secondary Education - 10th

ST. JOSEPH CONVENT SCHOOL
Ashish Bhavsar