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DEBDUTTA PAUL

Pune

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Open to work

Desired Job Title

Business AnalystFunctional LeadQuality Assurance LeadApplication Test LeadLead Engineer

Work Type

Full Time

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On-SiteRemoteHybrid
Location: Pune, IndiaBengaluru, KAIndore, MPKochi, KLNoida, UP
Open to relocation: Yes

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Summary

Business Analyst and Quality Lead with 10+ years of experience in IT, specializing in Banking, FinTech, and Financial Services. Expertise in business analysis, payments, disputes, and quality engineering, with a focus on translating requirements into actionable outcomes. Strong background in payment processing and operational workflows enhances risk management and UAT readiness. Collaborates effectively across business, engineering, and QA teams to drive project success.

Overview

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1
Certification
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12
years of professional experience

Work History

BUSINESS & QUALITY LEAD

Bitwise Solutions Private Limited
Pune
03.2021 - Current
  • Lead quality strategy for payment solutions, applying risk-based analysis to prioritize scenarios, test coverage, defects, and release risks according to business impact.
  • Developed end-to-end test strategies for ISO 8583 authorization processing that validated message types, fields, formats, bitmaps, data elements, and transaction-level business scenarios to ensure compliance and functionality.
  • Analyze payment workflows and business rules for authorization processing, identifying functional gaps, edge cases, dependencies, exception paths, and downstream impacts before release.
  • Managed defect triage, articulating root cause, severity, risk, and implications for release strategy in collaboration with development and business stakeholders.
  • Partner with business and product stakeholders to understand goals, clarify requirements, and translate business expectations into functional scenarios, acceptance criteria, and delivery outcomes.
  • Facilitated requirements discussions, refined user stories, and defined UAT objectives, effectively communicating with stakeholders across business, product, engineering, QA, and operations to align expectations and deliver outcomes.
  • Led and mentored QA analysts, coordinated execution of test plans, maintained quality metrics, and ensured visibility into delivery progress and quality risks.

TEST DATA ANALYST

MBCC Foods (Ireland) Limited
08.2019 - 10.2020
  • Engaged in user-story grooming and designed test cases while analyzing test data and developing scripts to enhance testing efficiency.
  • Designed test cases based on functional requirements and worked with development teams to validate application compatibility.
  • Designed functional, negative, error, and downtime scenarios based on business requirements.
  • Developed and executed API test scripts using RestAssured.
  • Logged and managed defects in Rally and incidents in JIRA, facilitating timely resolution and improving overall product quality.
  • Performed defect retesting and regression testing to validate fixes and protect existing functionality.
  • Collaborated with product and business teams to clarify business requirements for applications and processes, ensuring alignment with project goals.
  • Participated in Agile product sprints and collaborated with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
  • Supported maintenance and release activities following production deployment.

TEST ANALYST

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Bangalore
07.2014 - 04.2018
  • Executed functional, regression, negative, error, defect-fix, and use-case validations to ensure application reliability and quality.
  • Developed comprehensive test plans for new and enhanced applications, ensuring compatibility and seamless integration with development teams.
  • Developed automated test cases and collaborated with QA teams using Parasoft SOATest and Postman.
  • Identified, analyzed, documented, and triaged defects to facilitate effective communication between business and development teams for rapid resolution.
  • Analyzed requirements to determine testing needs, provided estimates for user stories and requirements, and contributed to testing strategy and planning.
  • Used SQL queries for application validation and investigation and logged defects in JIRA.
  • Participated in Agile product sprints, collaborating with cross-functional delivery teams to enhance project outcomes.

Education

PG Diploma Certificate - Computers

Griffith College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
11-2019

Bachelor of Science - Computers

SRM University (SRMU)
Chennai, India
05-2014

Skills

  • Card payment systems Payment Authorization Transaction Processing ISO 8583 Message validation techniques Reversals Error handling procedures Fallback strategies Dispute resolution
  • Requirements elicitation BRD/FRD Review Functional Requirements User Stories Acceptance Criteria Gap assessment Business Process Analysis Stakeholder Management UAT
  • Test strategy development Test Planning Risk-Based Testing Functional Integration Regression API Testing Bug Tracking Release Readiness
  • Agile project management Stakeholder Communication Cross-functional Collaboration Defect Triage Risk Management Release Validation QA Mentoring
  • API testing tools: Postman Paragon Web FASTest Parasoft SOATest Rest Assured
  • Databases: Oracle SQL MySQL Amazon DynamoDB GCP BigQuery
  • Architecture: REST SOAP SOA Web Services Microservices
  • Performance Testing Strategies
  • Cloud Infrastructure Management
  • Collaboration tools: Jira Rally Confluence GitHub Bitbucket Microsoft VSTS / Azure
  • Data Visualization Techniques
  • Test Automation Frameworks

Certification

  • Generative AI for Beginners, Udemy – November 2025
  • Agile Manual & Automation Testing, Tech Canvas – June 2025
  • Certified Card Payments System Professional (CCPSP), MVLO Centre for Banking & Fintech – August 2024
  • Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence, Udemy – March 2023

BANKING & FINTECH DOMAIN EXPERTISE

  • Cards & Payments: Payment authorization | Transaction processing | Message validation | Payment workflows | Exception handling
  • ISO 8583: Message types | Bitmaps | Data elements | Field definitions | Formats | Validation rules | Error responses | Reversals | Fallback handling
  • Disputes & Chargebacks: Dispute lifecycle | Investigation | Resolution | Chargeback processing | Case management | Closure
  • Quality & Compliance: Functional | Integration | Regression | API | Protocol testing | Security-testing collaboration | PCI DSS-aligned validation
  • Agile Delivery: Requirement clarification | Story analysis | UAT support | Defect management | Release validation | Cross-functional delivery

LEADERSHIP & DELIVERY CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Bridge business intent and engineering execution by ensuring requirements are clear, traceable, actionable, and testable before release.
  • Drive quality and delivery-risk discussions based on business impact, customer impact, integration dependencies, and defect severity.
  • Facilitate collaboration across business analysts, product stakeholders, developers, QA, security, and performance teams to resolve delivery blockers.
  • Provide stakeholder reporting covering progress, risks, defects, dependencies, test outcomes, and release readiness.
  • Mentor QA analysts and promote structured approaches to test planning, defect analysis, quality management, and knowledge sharing.

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Accomplishments

  • Mindset Made the Difference — February 2024 | Automation Framework Client Demonstration
  • Mindset Made the Difference — November 2023 | Flexibility, Dedication & Team Support
  • Excellence Award — February 2023 | Leadership & Exceptional Customer Service
  • Certificate of Excellence — August 2022 | Customer-Service Excellence
  • Certificate of Recognition — April 2015 | Client Recognition for Exemplary Performance

Timeline

BUSINESS & QUALITY LEAD

Bitwise Solutions Private Limited
03.2021 - Current

TEST DATA ANALYST

MBCC Foods (Ireland) Limited
08.2019 - 10.2020

TEST ANALYST

Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 04.2018

PG Diploma Certificate - Computers

Griffith College Dublin

Bachelor of Science - Computers

SRM University (SRMU)

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