Ashish Kumar Sharma
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Quality Engineer with over 8 years of experience in automation, functional, and performance testing for LMS, healthcare, and BFSI sectors. Expert in designing scalable Selenium/Java frameworks, API, and UI test automation. Recognized for improving regression cycles, and mentoring QA teams to enhance software release quality.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Quality Test Engineer
Elsevier (RELX India Pvt Limited)
Bengaluru
06.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded the design and implementation of test automation frameworks for the authoring and content management platform, enhancing efficiency and cutting regression testing time.
- Championed in-sprint automation to minimize manual testing, boosting team productivity.
- REST API automation using Postman.
- Integrated Jenkins pipelines and GitHub Actions for cross-browser, grouped parallel test execution, streamlining releases, and improving team productivity.
- Led REST API testing and manual functional testing to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products.
- Mentored 3+ QEs, reviewed PRs, and explored GitHub Co-Pilot during its initial release.
- Recognized with a performance award for excellence.
Senior Test Engineer
Impelsys India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
12.2019 - 06.2022
- Designed and deployed a hybrid Selenium UI testing framework in Java for multiple applications, reducing regression effort by 40%.
- Conducted functional and non-functional testing, including JMeter, across HealthCare and LMS domains.
- API testing for microservices, utilizing Postman and Newman CLI.
- Automated API collections in Postman to enhance efficiency.
- Executed load testing using performance testing tools (JMeter, BlazeMeter, Lighthouse, etc.). and frameworks.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to ensure feature quality and on-time releases.
- Reviewed code PRs and supported defect resolution processes.
- Achieved multiple Excellence Awards for exceptional performance.
Application Development Associate
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
Bangalore/Chennai
01.2017 - 11.2019
- Developed and maintained automation test cases in Selenium and Java for banking applications.
- Created comprehensive test approach documents and scripts from HLD/LLD specifications.
- Validated data movement within ETL processes to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Conducted API, UI, ETL, and database testing to uphold data integrity.
Education
Bachelors in Computer Applications - Computer Programming
Uttaranchal University
Dehradun, Uttarakhand07-2016
Skills
- Quality assurance and automation testing
- Framework development
- Continuous integration and delivery
- API and UI testing
- Performance testing
- Java programming
- Selenium and TestNG
- Jenkins and GitHub Actions
- GitHub Copilot
- JMeter performance analysis
- API testing with Postman and Newman
- HP ALM, JIRA, and Rally management
- Team leadership and mentorship
- Agile methodologies and Scrum practices
- Defect management strategies
- Stakeholder collaboration
Accomplishments
- Best Performance Award – Elsevier (RELX India Pvt. Ltd)
- Pat on the Back Award for Outstanding Performance – Impelsys India Pvt. Ltd
- Excellence Award (Team) for delivering quality output – Impelsys India Pvt. Ltd
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Senior Quality Test Engineer
Elsevier (RELX India Pvt Limited)
06.2022 - Current
Senior Test Engineer
Impelsys India Pvt Ltd
12.2019 - 06.2022
Application Development Associate
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 11.2019
Bachelors in Computer Applications - Computer Programming
Uttaranchal University
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