Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Extracurricular Activities
Projects
Achievement and Awards
Timeline
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Kaushlendra Singh

Kaushlendra Singh

Senior Manager
Bangalore

Summary

With 12.5+ years of experience in managing software functional requirements and product development, consistently delivering exceptional results. High school gold medalist with a commitment to excellence, consistently ranking first in class. Recognized for outstanding contributions, receiving awards such as Cognizant's QEA & Maestro, Fidelity's Above & Beyond, Morgan's Outstanding Delivery, and Morgan's Out of the Box Thinking. Acknowledged as a valuable team player by Standard Chartered. Proven track record of success and dedication to exceeding expectations, making me an ideal candidate for any organization seeking a driven and accomplished professional.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Squad Lead

Standard Chartered GBS
6 2021 - Current
  • Playing a role as chapter lead for technology and innovation tool, helping stand up a new capability from scratch.
  • Spearhead the establishment and operationalization of the Automation CoE, driving the organization's digital transformation agenda.
  • Collaborated effectively with other squads to achieve common objectives during joint operations.

Senior Manager

Morgan Stanley
07.2019 - 06.2021
  • Operations Technology manages QA efforts for the Asset Servicing platform.
  • Implemented agile QA squads, testing tools, and processes to run functional and automated testing, including CI/CD.

Lead QA Engg

Fidelity Investments
07.2015 - 06.2019
  • Lead QA engineer with a range of technology experience - Java, automation, and performance testing.
  • Led Fidelity's first COE program on building the in-house test automation tools for Trading and Account opening platform.
  • Successfully migrated historical data from Oracle database to Cloud using Amazon Web Services – S3 bucket
  • Analyzed existing processes to identify opportunities for optimization, recommending changes that led to significant cost savings and improved performance.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2011 - 05.2015
  • Eminent test professional in CTS with FSI Technology practice focused on Insurance and Banking.
  • Worked with multiple domains like Retail, BFSI, and Logistics.

Education

B. Tech. (Computer Science & Engg.) -

Sriram College of Engineering And Management
Gwalior, India
05.2011

Skills

Playwright

Certification

International Software Testing Qualifications Board certified testing proficiency

Extracurricular Activities

Member of college dramatic team Volunteer as part time teacher at rural schools

Projects

Standard Chartered, Technology and Innovation Platform, Role - Senior Manager

  • Set up agile teams, Chapters, QA strategies, Release plans, Deployment plans and automation frameworks.
  • Established agile squads and practices. Established a completed Dev/QA stream from the scratch.
  • Architected QA including automation and CI/CD

Morgan Stanley, Asset Servicing Platform Modernization, Role - Senior Manager/Scrum Master

  • Testing strategy / approach for all test types. Architecting testing solutions for design and execution
  • Developed and executed E2E testing strategy.
  • Developed functional and integration automation

Fidelity Investment, Trading and Settlement Platform, Role - Lead QA Engg 

  • Development of future state testing processes, Enterprise test automation framework and Enterprise testing CoE playbook

Cognizant, Insurance Portal, Role - Programmer Analyst

  • Develop web services, functional automation.
  • Functional / regression test case design / execution, UFT-based functional testing framework. On-time go-live with high quality product

Achievement and Awards

  • Gold medalist with Rank #1 in high school
  • Awarded Cognizant's QEA & Maestro
  • Awarded with Fidelity's Above & Beyond
  • Awarded with Morgan's outstanding delivery
  • Awarded with Morgan's Out of the box thinking
  • Awarded with Standard Chartered team player

Timeline

Senior Manager

Morgan Stanley
07.2019 - 06.2021

Lead QA Engg

Fidelity Investments
07.2015 - 06.2019

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2011 - 05.2015

Squad Lead

Standard Chartered GBS
6 2021 - Current

B. Tech. (Computer Science & Engg.) -

Sriram College of Engineering And Management
Kaushlendra SinghSenior Manager