Sagar Vasavada

Key Impact Responsibilities, and Contributions

• Delivered 25+ production releases per year, with zero critical rollbacks, ensuring high system reliability.
• Maintain the Automation Suite and the regression suite.
• Reduced payment-related production defects by 86%, improving transaction success rates.
• Improved checkout stability and conversion reliability through deep API and edge-case validation.
• Increased release predictability via RICE-based prioritization and structured sprint planning.
• Led a QA team of 7+ members and coordinated with 2+ developers, driving end-to-end delivery ownership.
• Owned end-to-end delivery lifecycle (requirement → release → production monitoring).
• Designed and implemented an automation strategy (UI + API) using Selenium and Playwright.
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Built risk-based QA frameworks for payment, checkout, and integration-heavy systems.
• Integrated QA into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) for faster releases.
• Performed deep production debugging using logs, Kibana, DB queries, and API traces.
• Validated API contracts, Playwright API, and database consistency.
• Led release governance (code freeze, staging, production validation).
• Conducted stakeholder demos, escalation handling, and delivery reporting.

• Specialized in Splunk-based testing and log validation for large-scale distributed systems (VMware, MS Exchange).
• Validated data pipelines, ingestion workflows , and real-time dashboards to ensure accuracy and system reliability.
• Performed integration and performance testing for high-volume data ingestion across distributed environments.
• Leveraged Kibana and log analysis tools to debug production issues, and validate system behavior.
• Improved data accuracy and observability workflows, reducing inconsistencies in monitoring systems.
• Managed version control and release validation across multiple applications and environments.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines for automation execution , improving regression efficiency, and release confidence.

• Led manual and automation QA teams across multiple projects.
• Defined test strategies, frameworks, and QA processes.
• Mentored team members, and improved test efficiency and quality metrics.
• Standardized bug reporting methods for better communication between QA and development teams.
• Mentored junior team members, fostering growth and enhancing team performance.

• Performed web and mobile application testing.
• Managed the defect lifecycle and client communication.
• Streamlined quality assurance processes through the development of comprehensive test plans and checklists.
• Improved product quality by implementing rigorous testing protocols and identifying areas for improvement.