Kamal Chandra Gairola
Noida
Summary
Quality engineering leader with over 11 years in testing and automation. Focused on Wealth management, banking and retail industry domains. Spearheaded initiatives that reduced regression testing time by 95%, while managing end-to-end testing processes aligned with project goals. Committed to driving quality through innovative strategies and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Overview
2
2
Languages
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Vice President - Quality Engineering
HDFC Bank Ltd.
02.2022 - Current
- Leading a team for functional and automation testing activities.
- Managed and owned entire testing process for the project, streamlining testing efforts.
- Successfully delivered the end to end functional and non-functional aspects of wealth based mobile application.
- Defined overall test strategies for applications, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Coordinated with products, stakeholders, and project team to map testing journeys for the product.
- Developed a Python-based framework for automating UI and API tests.
- Conducted load and performance testing using the K6 tool to assess application scalability.
- Have collected accessibility testing indicators to improve the application accessibility across.
- Led strategic initiatives to enhance customer service and product offerings.
Sr. Software Engineer-Testing
Epam Systems Pvt Ltd
11.2020 - 02.2022
- Spearheaded the automation of complex front-end and back-end test scenarios, reducing regression testing efforts from 10 days to just 4 hours, resulting in a 95% reduction in time and manpower.
- Developed BDD-based automation framework with JBehave and Serenity, enabling comprehensive coverage of end-to-end test cases under tight deadlines.
- Assisted peers in resolving automation challenges, applying diverse testing approaches to improve product quality and expand test coverage.
Software Engineer-Testing
CenturyLink Technologies
02.2019 - 11.2020
- Wrote test automation suites using Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber BDD framework.
- Served as subject matter expert for Hyperion project, overseeing automation processes.
- Have been reporting the critical issues and suggestions to improve the existing features to stakeholders.
- Have been reporting the critical issues and suggestion to improve the existing features to stakeholders.
- CenturyLink, Inc. is a global technology company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana that provides communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice and managed services to customers worldwide. The company is a member of the S&P 500 index and the Fortune 500.
Senior Tester
Accenture Services Limited
04.2015 - 02.2019
- Introduced test automation, reducing overall regression efforts from 15 days to just 1 day, resulting in a 93% reduction in testing time and saving over 112 manpower hours per cycle.
- Automated complex end-to-end test scenarios, including Cross-Browser Testing across Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer using Selenium Grid for parallel execution.
- Built reusable automation components, including exception handling, logging APIs, property file management, and custom listeners, enhancing framework efficiency and maintainability.
- Led evaluation and proof-of-concept for automation tools/libraries, facilitating informed decision-making for future tech stack upgrades.
- Led evaluation and proof-of-concept development for automation tools/libraries, enabling informed decision-making for future tech stack upgrades.
- Integrated distributed Jenkins setup for continuous execution and provided stakeholders with auto-generated test reports (customized Extent Reports).
- Developed scripts for handling Windows popups and Flash objects using AutoIt and Sikuli, enhancing automation coverage for legacy modules.
- Proactively debugged, maintained, and enhanced existing frameworks to ensure scalability for ongoing and upcoming project requirements.
Education
B.TECH - ECE
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh12th -
SVMIC
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh10th -
SVMIC
Rampur, Uttar PradeshSkills
Test Management
Test Strategy
Test Planning and execution
Test Architecture
Web Testing
Mobile Testing
Performance testing
Chaos testing
Java Python Selenium
TestNG Cucumber
API RestAssured
Appium PyTest
Jenkins Git k8s GCP
Agile JIRA VSTS CLM
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi, Garhwali
First Language
Accomplishments
- Recognised with prestigious MD Awards at HDFC Bank for FY-24.
- Recognised with 'Gold Star' and 'Silver Star' (For Innovation category) at HDFC Bank for FY-23.
- Recognised with 'Pinacle Award' (For Innovation category) in FY-18.
- Recognised with Accenture Magic Cabinet award in FY-17.
- Recognised with 'Spotlight Award' for two consecutive times under the categories of 'Ownership & Accountability' and 'Collaboration & Alignment'.
Personal Information
Timeline
Deputy Vice President - Quality Engineering
HDFC Bank Ltd.
02.2022 - Current
Sr. Software Engineer-Testing
Epam Systems Pvt Ltd
11.2020 - 02.2022
Software Engineer-Testing
CenturyLink Technologies
02.2019 - 11.2020
Senior Tester
Accenture Services Limited
04.2015 - 02.2019
B.TECH - ECE
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
12th -
SVMIC
10th -
SVMIC