Bharath Sharma
Chennai
Summary
Versatile QA professional with a strong foundation in strategic test planning, precise execution, and effective team collaboration. Highly motivated to take on new QA-related challenges and roles, with a commitment to continuous learning and adaptability. Skilled in driving innovation, improving test efficiency, and delivering quality outcomes in dynamic environments. Additionally, aspiring to expand expertise in Cloud QA, integrating modern cloud technologies into testing strategies to stay ahead in the evolving QA landscape.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Specialist - CCDP
BA Continuum India
12.2021 - Current
- Collaborate with Product Owners to gather and understand business requirements and translate them into testable deliverables.
- Design comprehensive test strategies and create detailed Test Plans aligned with project goals and timelines.
- Prepare test data and execute manual and automated test cases to validate functionality, performance, and compliance.
- Provide final testing Sign-off to ensure production readiness and adherence to quality standards.
- Perform accurate test effort estimation, engage in effective problem solving, and manage conflicts to ensure smooth project execution.
- Conduct file-based testing using TOSCA, ensuring data integrity and process validation.
- Assess automation feasibility for various components and drive API automation to accelerate regression cycles.
- Lead and host innovation-driven sessions focused on patent ideation and emerging technology trends within QA and automation.
- Actively contribute to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Global Wealth & Investment Banking domain initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance and robust test coverage for critical financial systems.
Senior QA Engineer- Community of Practice
TransUnion
05.2018 - 12.2021
- Provide technical support to QA teams for new technology adoption and implementation.
- Guide QA teams in implementing the Serenity BDD with Cucumber framework for enhanced test automation.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Jenkins pipeline and job-related issues across QA teams.
- Conduct solution demos for managers and QA teams to showcase new tools and frameworks.
- Host organization-wide tech talks on emerging technologies and best practices.
- Drive continuous R&D efforts to explore and evaluate future-ready technologies for QA and automation.
- Design and implement virtual services using CA-LISA by analyzing API request-response patterns for effective service virtualization.
QA Engineer- RPA Project
TransUnion
12.2019 - 02.2020
- Process Automation Requirements Identification with Business Analyst.
- Prepare the detailed business requirement & make a storyboard out of it.
- Worked Closely with RPA Architect to design the Business Process.
- Designed Process Workflows in Web, Windows based applications.
- Debugged and executed bots and triggered them in Control tower for nightly and weekly schedules.
- Worked with java developers to build custom script and integrate them with 'Custom Script' object from Work Fusion actions library.
QA Engineer- CRS
TransUnion
05.2018 - 12.2019
- Participate in all kinds of agile ceremonies.
- Perform Functional Testing for newly implemented Features.
- Raise Defects in Agile Central and do defect retest once fix provided.
- Identifying Regression test cases & write process automation scripts in Ready API (SOAP UI Pro).
- Publishing the updated Project xml to GIT.
- Run the CICD Jenkins job for the Regression Testing.
- Run the automated process & update the results in Agile Central or Rally.
Programmer Analyst - Loblaw Click & Collect
Cognizant
07.2013 - 05.2018
- Engaged in Preparation of Test Strategy for major changes.
- Created Test Design documents for the new changes.
- Identify Regression Test cases.
- Check the automation feasibility for the identified regression scenarios.
- Automate the feasible test cases using Selenium Java (Test NG Framework).
- Push the updated test cases to GIT Repository with commit message.
- Trigger Jobs in Jenkins and Verify the Results.
- Raise Defects in case of any test case failure in Agile Central / Rally.
- Perform the defect retest once the issue is fixed.
- Participated in all Scrum Ceremonies.
Programmer - POS Stores
Cognizant
07.2013 - 04.2016
- Assigning tasks to the team members & getting things done with in timelines.
- New functionality changes made in swedamart /BOSS are Tested & Bugs identified are tracked in HPQC.
- Following up with the developer for the Defect fix then Re-Test & Close the defect, if resolved.
- Validation of Functionality missed to test /Defect deferred During SIT phase is tested in Regression Cycle.
- Loyalty offers are defined in SAP-CRM for POS items & Validation is done in POS to make sure Points awarded are as defined by SAP CRM.
- Pin-Pad Testing is also performed whenever a new build is deployed.
- All Sorts of day today transactions are performed in POS & receipts /Tlogs are validated.
- Dataflow from BOSS to Swedamart to POS is validated every time when new Swedamart patch is deployed.
Education
Bsc - Computer Technology
Sri Krishna College of arts & Science
Coimbatore, TamilNadu05.2013
Skills
- Selenium
- Cucumber
- BDD
- Apache Maven
- Serenity
- TestNG
- Postman
- Java
- Soap UI
- Rest-Assured
- Basic SQL
- RPA-Work fusion
- CA-Lisa
- DevTest io
- Automation
- Basic Unix
- Jenkins
- AWS
- Ready-API
- Regression
- Scrum master
- Rally
- Agile
- Work Soft
- Certify
- Parasoft
- SOA
Honor Awards
- Quarterly Award - Best Performer (2020, 2021)
- TransUnion Global Town Hall Award
Hobbies and Interests
- Gaming
- Hiking
- Cycling
- Swimming
- Surfing
Certificates And Trainings
- SAFe Agile Teams, 12/01/18, Present
- Test Manager Certification, 08/01/23
- Tosca AS1 & AS2 certified
Timeline
Quality Specialist - CCDP
BA Continuum India
12.2021 - Current
QA Engineer- RPA Project
TransUnion
12.2019 - 02.2020
Senior QA Engineer- Community of Practice
TransUnion
05.2018 - 12.2021
QA Engineer- CRS
TransUnion
05.2018 - 12.2019
Programmer Analyst - Loblaw Click & Collect
Cognizant
07.2013 - 05.2018
Programmer - POS Stores
Cognizant
07.2013 - 04.2016
Bsc - Computer Technology
Sri Krishna College of arts & Science
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