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Lalit Kumar
Test Lead
Gurugram
Summary
Dedicated and disciplined professional seeking the position to contribute to the company's growth and in turn ensuring personal growth within the organization. Detail-oriented and experienced Automation Test Lead/SDET with a stellar record of corporate client satisfaction. Proven achievement in bringing projects to completion.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Test Lead
Gartner Inc.
06.2021 - Current
- Researched and selected automation tools, prioritizing cost-effective solutions to shorten diagnostic workflows.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Delivered lectures on testing techniques, tools and protocols to internal staff.
- Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.
- Trained developers and quality assurance team members in automation programs and processes.
- Supported DevOps integration to align software development and information technology efforts.
- Applied Agile Delivery methods to simplify testing process decisions through iterative development.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Wrote detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases.
- Streamlined testing processes to identify areas in need of improvement.
- Conducted load, stress and endurance tests to simulate realistic user activities.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
Senior SDET Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2018 - 06.2021
- Participated in Agile development processes to support continual improvements in overall delivery efforts.
- Wrote and executed tests and diagnostics designed to validate products and software applications.
- Identified viable test strategies to verify products' unique functionality requirements.
- Executed regression test procedures and automated test suites to shorten diagnostic timeframes.
- Design framework for API and UI automation from scratch.
- Prepared pipeline with Jenkins to automation process of deployment and testing.
- Designed POJO class and models for API automation.
- Parallel execution with Docker and selenium grid.
- Performance testing of web services using Jmeter and Jprofiler.
- Implementing reporting and auto triggered mail post execution.
- Scaling of test automation using Docker.
- Performed Testing and Automation of Native and Hybrid Mobile Apps.
- Participated in Back-End development of Spring Based Application.
Test Lead
HCL Technologies
05.2017 - 08.2018
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Maintained authoritative knowledge of multiple software testing tools.
- Trained developers and quality assurance team members in automation programs and processes.
- Designed UI,API and Mobile Testing Automation Framework.
- Gathered automation requirement , conduct proof of concepts and established automation testing for different projects.
- Researched and selected automation tools, prioritizing cost-effective solutions to shorten diagnostic workflows.
- Created Automation Test Plan and provided automation efforts.
Senior QA Engineer
Nagarro Software
02.2016 - 05.2017
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
- Reported on non-compliance issues and other negative factors discovered during production.
- Escalated concerns about project and process quality, referring discovered issues to engineering manager for correction.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
- Completed in-depth usability testing on different mobile platform using BrowserStack.
- Performed Cross-Browser functional testing.
- Performing self and Peer review of Test Cases, Test Execution Results and Defects.
- Used agile methodology to test entire process of application.
- Co- ordinate with Client on daily basis for various tasks of project.
- Responsible for preparing Test Plan, Test Metrics and Estimation documents.
- Work with Software Development Engineers to understand overall technical architecture
- Writing sql queries to retrieve data from Workbench.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
Education
MBA -
Faculty of Management Studies
Delhi 09.2019 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Netaji Subhas University of Technology
Dwarka, Delhi, 110078 08.2007 - 07.2011
Secondary School Certificate - Science (Physics - Chemistry - Math)
National Public School
New Delhi 04.2005 - 05.2006
Skills
Usability Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Functional Testing
Test Automation
Automated Test Development
Framework Development
Test Planning
Performance Testing
Automation Design
DevOps
Agile Methodology
Regression Testing
Requirements Analysis
Integration Testing
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 10 staff members.
- Star Performer Award at Nagarro.
- Used Python to develop for tracking timesheets for associates and shoot reminder email.
Additional Information
Developed Online Quiz System using Java and SQL for final year project in college.
Researched and Improvise Algorithm to mine most frequent pattern of items.
Certification
Certified Application Security Engineer - Java
Interests
Cricket
Cooking
Gardening
Timeline
Test Lead
Gartner Inc.
06.2021 - Current
Certified Application Security Engineer - Java
04-2021
MBA -
Faculty of Management Studies
09.2019 - 04.2021
Senior SDET Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2018 - 06.2021
Test Lead
HCL Technologies
05.2017 - 08.2018
Senior QA Engineer
Nagarro Software
02.2016 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Netaji Subhas University of Technology
08.2007 - 07.2011
Secondary School Certificate - Science (Physics - Chemistry - Math)
National Public School
04.2005 - 05.2006