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Ashish Gusain

Gurugram

Summary

Dedicated and focused QA and Project Management Specialist with over 12 years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player. Committed to implementing creative and cutting-edge quality review processes to improve an organization's customer satisfaction rates and market reputation. Strong experience in development and implementation of test strategies and automation solutions to ensure the delivery of high quality systems with the fastest time to market

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

QA & Project Manager

First Games
Noida
04.2023 - Current
  • Developed and maintained project plans, timelines and roadmaps for multiple projects.
  • Managed a team of 15 + QA engineers For App(iOS & Android) , Backend and Automation to ensure timely delivery of technical solutions.

  • Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
  • Provided technical guidance to other team members on automation practices and procedures.
  • Created user stories, acceptance criteria, test cases in collaboration with product management team members.
    Established tracking mechanisms for tasks, bugs, issues throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Monitored project performance metrics including cost, schedule, scope change requests and quality assurance plans.
  • Created detailed bug reports based on the results of manual and automated tests.
  • Monitored, evaluated, and reported on the performance of automation processes.

Senior Tech Lead QA & Project Manager

Airtel
Gurugram
11.2021 - 03.2023
  • Owning and Managing end to end QA process for Airtel IQ.
  • Organized and led multiple manual and automation QA teams across different projects Managed QA tasks in different SDLC (Agile, Iterative and Waterfall).
  • Developed multiple organizational-level strategy towards meeting Business goals and aligned staffing models and project priorities towards meeting 20+ Major/ 50+ Minor production releases in 2022
  • Supervised a team of QA Engineers in executing all phases of testing activities.
  • Conducted manual and automated tests on software applications to identify bugs or defects.
  • Facilitated sprint planning meetings and daily scrum stand-up meetings.
  • Implemented best practices for backlog refinement and sprint execution.
  • Defined testing strategies based on the due dates and project requirements.

Tech Lead QA & Scrum Owner

Paytm
Noida
08.2017 - 09.2021
  • Conducted unit, integration, system and regression testing to verify application functionality.
  • Maintained the integrity of all test environments including software and databases.
  • Interfaced with development teams on daily basis to discuss issues related to projects under development or testing process improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborated with project managers in setting up timelines for projects from conception through delivery.
  • Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, to track project progress and milestones.

Senior QA Engineer

Ephesoft
Gurugram
06.2016 - 08.2017
  • Ephesoft transact is a document Scanning Software Suite of Products enables businesses to automatically classify, separate, sort and extract data from paper, fax and electronic documents.
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.

Senior QA Engineer

Snapdeal
Gurugram
12.2014 - 12.2015
  • Snapdeal.com is an online marketplace with 20 million registered users, Snapdeal is one of the largest online marketplaces in India offering an assortment of 4 million+ products.
  • Handling end to end shipping system. Worked on backend system which maximized the reach and serviceability of sanpdeal delivery partner.
  • Worked cross-functionally with other managers to streamline operations (Agile Integration Team).
  • Participated in daily Standup Sessions, regular Sprint Planning, and Review Meetings.

QA Engineer

Subex
Bangalore
10.2012 - 12.2014
  • Subex Limited is an Indian software company that provides digital trust solutions to the telecommunication industry.
  • Worked as test analyst on fraud management system with millions of record per day traction capabilities.
  • Created and handled multiple test rules and structures to optimize and enhance transaction quality and speed.

Education

B.E - Computer Science

Nagpur University
Nagpur
06-2007

Skills

  • Team Leadership/Management
  • Continuous integration Agile development and testing
  • API Automation Framework design using TestNG, Maven
  • CD/CI pipeline and release cycle
  • Test Management Tools(Bugzilla, Jira, Confluence)
  • App Testing/Release (iOS , Android)
  • Rest Assured
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Quality Control
  • Solution Design
  • Defect tracking/Reporting
  • Sprint and Release planning
  • Resource Allocation
  • Backlog management
  • Scrum/Agile processes
  • Java
  • DB2, SQL, No SQL
  • Test Automation
  • Project tracking
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Work flow planning
  • Recruitment and Retension

Languages

English
First Language

Refrences

Indrasen Singh from AVP Engineering, Paytm

+91-8826269784

Abhishek Gupta from Senior QA Manager, Paytm

+91-8588878022

Timeline

QA & Project Manager

First Games
04.2023 - Current

Senior Tech Lead QA & Project Manager

Airtel
11.2021 - 03.2023

Tech Lead QA & Scrum Owner

Paytm
08.2017 - 09.2021

Senior QA Engineer

Ephesoft
06.2016 - 08.2017

Senior QA Engineer

Snapdeal
12.2014 - 12.2015

QA Engineer

Subex
10.2012 - 12.2014

B.E - Computer Science

Nagpur University
Ashish Gusain