Gaurav Joshi
Associate Consultant
Indore
Summary
Dynamic Associate Consultant with a proven track record at Tata Consultancy Services, specializing in Scrum Framework Expertise and exceptional team collaboration. Demonstrates a strong ability to lead projects to success while fostering customer satisfaction and engaging in continuous quality improvement.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
Indore
12.2021 - Current
- Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Efficiently handled and enhanced 3+ test frameworks
- Mentored junior team members, sharing expertise, knowledge, and best practices to enhance overall team performance.
Project Manager
IQVIA
09.2021 - 12.2021
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
Associate Project Manager
Infobeans Technologies Limited
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Escalated incidents to next level to remain compliant with company's standards and procedures.
- Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
- Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.
- Identified innovative and automated approaches to routine tasks, making suggestions that were widely received.
- Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
Senior QA Lead
Infobeans Technology Limited
04.2019 - 03.2021
- Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, providing hands-on training and mentoring to individuals with lagging skills.
- Took on additional job duties during unexpected backlog, resulting in meeting project target date. Recently played configurator role in Salesforce project, along with QA Lead role
- Established open and professional relationships with team members which helped resolve issues and conflicts quickly.
- Drove end to end testing activities in Agile environment with implementation of Test Plan, Test Strategy, Effective Test Design using various industry standard techniques, Test Execution and reporting Performing test management activities for 3 years by now
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives.
- Coordinated presentations for customers and project members detailing project scope, progress and results, keeping all entities well-informed of milestones and goals.
- Identified appropriate situations for implementing test automation, accounting for situations where automated testing was counterproductive.
- Developed and implemented QA automation framework based on Selenium Java, handled dependencies through Maven. This is not on TestNG, it uses simple keyword driven structure to read test cases from excel and perform various actions on browser. Made it simple because of limited skillset of resources available within QA team
- Created various small Java utilities to minimize mundane manual work in testing application. Hands on experience working with Java collections, JSON, JSch
- Oversaw all aspects of quality assurance, including establishing metrics like Test Efficiency, Defect Leakage, applying industry best practices and developing new tools and processes.
- Investigated variances over scope and time baselines, performed root-cause analysis and documented corrective actions to resolve complications.
QA Lead
Infobeans Technology Limited
04.2017 - 03.2019
- Followed quality standards and procedures to minimize errors and maximize customer satisfaction.
- Evaluated quality problems and performed Causal Analysis to identify and resolve issues.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Prepared automation concept and control drawings.
- Tackled employee conflicts immediately so that issues did not fester but were instead resolved and to make sure work schedules remained unaffected.
- Conducted investigations into questionable test results.
- Identified and resolved variances to bring products in line with requirements.
- Utilized Agile software development methods to increase team efficiency by ~8%.
Senior QA Engineer
Infobeans Technology Limited
12.2015 - 03.2017
- Built strong rapport with team members, management and clients to facilitate efficiency and productivity.
- Supported quality team members during corrective action updates.
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
- Generated detailed reports covering analysis of key data and outlining potential solutions. Contributed in improving test case efficiency by 10 - 15 %
- Identified areas needing improvement to review with senior leadership and develop plans for improvement.
- Planned, implemented, tested, and documented solutions for System Under Test and support of third-party engineers.
- Reviewed, evaluated and identified requirements for testability.
Senior QA Engineer
Diaspark Infotech
09.2013 - 11.2015
- Demonstrated product and quality expertise in product inspections.
- Supported quality team members during corrective action updates.
- Generated detailed reports covering analysis of key data and outlining potential solutions.
- Identified problems and recommended new processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Coached and assisted employees with adapting to new processes.
- Participated in all phases of system development life cycle, from requirements analysis through system implementation.
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to ensure projects were completed on time.
- Reviewed, evaluated and identified requirements for testability.
QA Engineer
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
03.2010 - 07.2013
- Effectively interacted regarding software defects and functionality issues, working closely to develop innovative solutions.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Identified and tracked defects with HP QC and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
Education
B.E. - Computer Science And Engineering
Technocrats Institute of Technology
Bhopal 09.2005 - 06.2009
12th - PCM
Anand Vihar Higher Secondary School
Bhopal 07.2004 - 05.2005
10th -
Anand Vihar Higher Secondary School
Bhopal 06.2002 - 05.2003
Skills
Quality Control Testing - Manual
Scrum Framework Expertise
Team collaboration
JIRA Proficiency
Java Proficiency for QA Automation
Selenium Test Automation
Postman and RestAssured Proficiency
Version Control Management
Strategic Resource Planning
Customer Interaction Skills
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 18+ QA members.
- Successfully demonstrated QA automation POC to Business and got approval for its implementation
- Demonstrated abilities, skills and ethics to be considered into Infobeans Partnership Program
- Supervised and Lead multiple projects and delivered to client satisfaction on cost, scope and time baseline
- Got opportunity to experience both Fix bid and T&M billing model and understood the business to a good extent
Certification
Professional Scrum Master II
Timeline
Professional Scrum Master II
02-2025
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2021 - Current
Project Manager
IQVIA
09.2021 - 12.2021
Associate Project Manager
Infobeans Technologies Limited
04.2021 - 09.2021
Certified Salesforce Administrator
01-2021
Senior QA Lead
Infobeans Technology Limited
04.2019 - 03.2021
QA Lead
Infobeans Technology Limited
04.2017 - 03.2019
Senior QA Engineer
Infobeans Technology Limited
12.2015 - 03.2017
Senior QA Engineer
Diaspark Infotech
09.2013 - 11.2015
QA Engineer
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
03.2010 - 07.2013
B.E. - Computer Science And Engineering
Technocrats Institute of Technology
09.2005 - 06.2009
12th - PCM
Anand Vihar Higher Secondary School
07.2004 - 05.2005
10th -
Anand Vihar Higher Secondary School
06.2002 - 05.2003
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