MAHANTESH D BHADKAL
Lead Software Test Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
Results-driven software testing professional prepared for leadership roles in quality assurance. Adept at identifying and resolving critical issues, delivering robust testing frameworks that enhance software performance. Committed to fostering team collaboration and adaptability, ensuring project success and client satisfaction.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Software Test Engineer
Sartorius Stedim India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
07.2021 - Current
- As a lead software test engineer, I am managing a team of 5 members
- Analyzing the Use Cases, Functional Specifications and contributing to the planning of the same
- Writing the test cases for new requirements and updating the existing regression pack
- Reviewing the test cases written by team members
- Coordinating with PO, Requirements Engineer, and dev team to understand and analyze the new CR
- Resolved problems, improved operations, and provided exceptional service
- Managed time efficiently to complete all tasks within deadlines
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications
- Creation of test plan, test cases, test data, test completion report
- Participate in test report handover meeting
- Reported defects in timely manner and logged the same into Polarion
- Create Integration Test and Regression Test work packages and Test Runs for each release
- Communicating and coordinating with the client and Business analyst to analyze application functionalities
- Close interactions with the User Acceptance team and coordinating to plan the scope of Regression test for every release
- Focus on all activities of SDLC & STLC as per the client requirements
- Organized bi-weekly catch-up with team members and plan the activities for the week and resolve blockers if any
- Part of Defect Control Board to contribute in understanding the severity of the customer defects and effective ways to resolve them
- Organized Monthly one-to-one meetings with team members to set expectations and understand the expectation of team members from management
- Expertise in process of Smoke testing, Compatibility & Regression Testing
- Participated in Planning, Refinement and Retrospective meetings
- Training and onboarding new test associates
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance
- Provided professional services and support in a dynamic work environment
I.T. Analyst
Tata Consultancy Service (TCS)
Bengaluru
12.2013 - 07.2021
- Module lead in manual testing process for 5 years and automation test engineer in regression team for 5 years
- Hands-on in UFT Developer with C# for 1 year
- Worked on BDD Specflow for 2 years and expertise in writing feature files and creating step definitions for the features
- 5+ years of experience in Visual Studio used to automate web-application using Selenium and windows-based application using Winium and Inspect
- Was doing manual test executions along with automation in the regression team
- Single-handedly managed to migrate the entire regression test pack for automation (windows-based application) from UFT to Winium
- Managed test plan creation, test report creation in HP ALM as well as JIRA
- Was managing the executions as well as automating test cases parallelly
- Managed complex modules and was a module lead for a team of 4 members
- Creation of test plan, test cases, test data, test completion report
- Reported defects in timely manner and logged the same into MasterCraft ALM (in-house tool) & JIRA
- Communicating and coordinating with the client and Business analyst to analyse application functionalities
- Focus on all activities of SDLC & STLC as per the client requirements
- Expertise in process of Smoke testing, Compatibility & Regression Testing
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Bapuji Institute of Engineering And Technology
Davanagere 06.2009 - 06.2013
Skills
- Quality Assurance Testing
- Selenium Automation
- Web Application Testing
- Logical Problem Solving
- C# Programming
- Effective Test Planning
- Process Documentation
- Project management process
- Proficient in Agile Practices
- Software Development Lifecycle
- JIRA Project Management
- Proficient in Polarion
- Excel Proficiency
- Proficient in MS Word
- Proficient in MS PowerPoint
Extra-Curricular Activities
- Awarded 'R & R Award - August 2022' in Sartorius for the dedication and successfully planning and completing Planned as well as Ad-Hoc items.
- Awarded 'R & R Award - July 2023' in Sartorius for conducting Cross-Functional Training effectively and making the cross-team members upskill themselves.
- Awarded 'SERVICE COMMITMENT AWARD' in 2016 and 2018 for successful completion of 3 years and 5 years respectively in TCS.
- 'On Spot Award' award in 2018 for completing the entire regression testing alone by executing both manual as well as automation test pack without escalations.
- 'Performer of the quarter' in 2016 for dedicated testing of Aegon Religare to identify and clean up corrupt data and update the correct ones without any escalations.
- Organized and hosted 'Sirigannada Sambhrama', Karnataka Rajyotsava event in TCS.
- Co-ordinator in TCS Maitree Adventure Club, Pune.
- Runner-up in inter-district tennis ball cricket tournament.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 23/04/1991
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Hobbies
- Playing and watching cricket
- Reading books
- Exploring new places
- Listening to songs
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned details are correct and true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Lead Software Test Engineer
Sartorius Stedim India Pvt. Ltd
07.2021 - Current
I.T. Analyst
Tata Consultancy Service (TCS)
12.2013 - 07.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Bapuji Institute of Engineering And Technology
06.2009 - 06.2013
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