Thoughtful Quality Assurance Team Lead with 12.5 years of big-picture planning and systematic assessment of product standards. Tenacious strategist known for continual product consistency with meticulous detail orientation. Implements lasting quality-control measures, prioritizing customer satisfaction and long-term brand reputation.
12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, working on different types of testing. Worked on manual testing as well as on automation of UI applications and APIs.
08+ years of strong experience on UI test automation using different automation tools
06+ years of experience in leading teams in different projects to define requirements, document user stories and test scripts.
05+ years of experience as Selenium Webdriver - SDET
Experienced in working on Agile Scrum methodologies and lead daily scrum call with different cross functional teams to track the status on different functional stories.
Involved in different Agile activities like Sprint planning, Sprint review and Story grooming meetings.
Experience of working on different testing frameworks like TestNg and BDD - Cucumber
Hands-on experience in updating Gherkin (Given/When/Then) in Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
Strong understanding & work experience in development of Automation Framework. Strong experience in script / code debugging.
Experience on different design patterns like Singleton pattern and Page Object Model.
Understanding of continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) tools like GIT and Jenkins, creation automation pipeline creation to schedule the execution on build deployments.
Experienced in automation of Rest Assured APIs and UI applications
Hands on experience in creating and using Xpath and CSS locators to identify the objects on Application under test.
Hands on experience on implementing Extent Reports in automation framework.
Strong understanding in implementation of OOPS concepts in Testing frameworks.
Experience in automation of UI application based on Cloud concepts. Validated the resource creation in AWS and Azure by automation using their SDKs.
Strong hands on experience in handling defect life cycle
Hands on experience on with different Test cycle management tools like JIRA/HP ALM, Test Rail and Zephyr.
Understanding and hands on experience in executing MySql queries to fetch the data to validate the application output.
Driven development of Test Strategy document along with my Manager to define how the testing process should be implemented across the projects.
Worked on development of Test Plans along with Business Analysts and Development team to ensure the delivery of the functional artifacts with in given timelines.
Understanding and experience in leading different meetings like Defect Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Defect Triage meetings.
Worked collaboratively with Business System Analysts/Developers and proactively identified defects during each Iteration / Sprint.
Detail oriented and capable of analyzing issues from the perspective of customers/users.
Participated in reviews of FRD and FSDs.
Strong experience of working in SDLC - Software development life cycle and STLC - Software Testing Life cycle
Vast experience of working in applications of different domains like Manufacturing, Plumbing, E-commerce, Banking, Finance and Investments (BFSI) and Cloud domain.
Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
Experience in resolving team conflicts to ensure the productivity of the product doesn't hamper.
Valuable asset to the project seeking to improve and streamline the testing process.
Overview
12
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
2
Certifications
2
Languages
Work History
Blueconch Technologies
Pune
QA Team Lead
07.2016 - Current
Job overview
Driven Test Strategy formulation with Manager including decomposition of business and technical requirements into test case scenarios, defining test data requirements, oversee and advise on test case creation, devising contingencies plans and other preparation activities.
Developed Test Plan and test case execution plan and overseen test case execution, defect management and other metrics to improve the quality of the product.
Created Requirement Traceability matrix to map the business requirements with the test cases to ensure the coverage of the functionalities.
Lead Regression test case execution and automated the regression suite to minimize the duration of regression test suite execution.
Worked and communicated efficiently with cross functional teams in Agile environment to ensure the clarity in implementing and deployment of functional requirements.
Worked on framework development along with other developers to automate the web applications on different browsers.
Worked on multiple projects from scratch and built large cross functional teams.
Implemented various processes to increase the quality of testing of the product.
Worked with Development team, Dev-Ops and other internal teams to get the work done under given timelines.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Pune
Sr. Associate
12.2013 - 07.2016
Job overview
Created effective test case scenarios and test cases to do the quality testing
Developed and automated the regression test suite and smoke test suite to decrease the duration of execution
Logged critical defects to improve the usability and functionality of the product
Assigned tasks to junior team mates based on qualifications and skills set.
Managed customer relations through communication and helpful interactions.
Trained and supported new team members.
Wipro Technologies
Pune
Test Analyst
01.2011 - 12.2014
Job overview
Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing
Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
Identified bugs and issues within the application by doing rounds of testing such as Smoke testing, Regression Testing, Exploratory testing, etc.
Logged critical bugs to improve the product
Education
SriRam College of Engineering & Management
Gwalior
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science Engineering
06.2006 - 07.2010
Skills
Selenium Webdriver (JAVA)
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Accomplishments
Built and managed a team of 8 QA people.
Got appreciation of clients multiple times for the setup of the QA team and for smooth execution of all the testing processes.
Got 'Pat on the Back' award thrice in Cognizant Technology Solutions for the quality work.
Got 'Feathers in my Cap' award twice for logging critical bugs and doing quality work, in Wipro Technolgies.
Certification
ISTQB
Timeline
RPA - Ui Path
03-2020
ISTQB
07-2019
QA Team Lead
Blueconch Technologies
07.2016 - Current
Sr. Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2013 - 07.2016
Test Analyst
Wipro Technologies
01.2011 - 12.2014
SriRam College of Engineering & Management
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science Engineering
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