Nidhi Gautam
Quality Assurance Manager
Gurgaon,HR
Summary
Multi-talented Test Manager with 19 years of experience handling diverse projects with driven and dedicated approach. Successful at managing all aspects of planning, testing and documentation. Expert technical leader with fluency in Automation, implementing AI in testing and management.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Test Manager
Dyninno
02.2023 - Current
- Creating and enforcing a testing plan and Test Strategy
- Supervising 38 Testers Overseeing Testing Procedures(Manual and Automation)
- Tracking test results and providing updates
- Test-related risk assessment and mitigation
- Conducting tests per predetermined quality criteria
- Informing key stakeholders on the testing progress
- Keeping abreast of developments in testing equipment, methods, and standards
- Resource Management
- Stakeholder Management and Communication
- Improved project delivery timelines by efficiently managing testing resources and schedules.
- Enhanced test efficiency by implementing automated testing processes and tools.
- Collaborated with development teams to establish clear test objectives, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Identified areas for process improvement within the testing lifecycle, leading to reduced time-to-market for products.
- Played a pivotal role in the development of an organization-wide quality assurance framework, driving consistency and excellence across all testing activities.
Senior QA Manager
PowerServ Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
08.2022 - 12.2022
- Establishing standards, policies, and procedures for testing processes and procedures
- Managing the testing process by planning, scheduling, organizing, and coordinating efforts with other departments and personnel
- Reviewing results of tests to ensure that they meet established standards or making adjustments to improve results
- Working with software engineers to develop test plans and scripts to automate testing
- Conducting training sessions for new team members to ensure that they understand their roles in the testing process
- Identifying potential risks associated with a release of new software or hardware for which the company may need to develop countermeasures
- Managing and overseeing the progress of projects from start to finish
- Evaluating the effectiveness of new technologies and recommending changes to existing ones
QA Manager
PowerServ Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Develops, implements, and manages processes of specifications for GUI, Functional, Non-Functional and coverage of Automation aspects.
- Reviewing and Maintaining the Automation Framework.
- Sprint Management, Executing Strategies, and the Plan Quality Product Releases
- Work with Product Managers/ Development Managers and Scrum Masters to define the project’s testing scope and manage the test execution for small to large sized projects.
- Set quality standards parameters and improving the Quality Process. Also, work with closely with Development & QA team to find out Quality gaps and provide solution and approach to define high standard quality
- GIT Repo and Pipeline jobs CI/CD Management
- Delivery Management
- Resource Planning and Execution for automation/functional/non-functional/Performance/Security QA process
- Participate in all Agile Rituals like Sprint Planning/Grooming/Estimates/Demo
QA Manager
RenewBuy.com
11.2017 - 07.2021
- Responsible for Test Planning, Test Estimation, Test Execution and Defect Management.
- Actively involved in Performing Regression and System Level testing before a feature launch
- Creating quality process frameworks for Delivery Management, Security and Bug Tracking
- Defining processes for test plan and several phases of testing cycle.
- Driving Automation Initiatives for Web and Mobile both included Security and performance testing
- Plan & create automation process
- Implements core project management tools, methods, and best practices to assemble testing plans that align with the project/release and with expectations of stakeholders and meets business needs
- Good experience in handling multiple projects simultaneously and interacting different stake holders
- Actively participated in implementation of the processes to acquire the certificates: ISO 27001, ISNP
Team Lead
GroupM Media Pvt. Ltd.
09.2015 - 06.2017
- Defining processes for test plan and several phases of testing cycle
- Planning and scheduling several milestones and tasks like alpha and beta testing
- Quality checks and control on all development through test planning, execution, QA & issue tracking
- Set processes for test plan reviews and ensure that that test plans get reviewed by all stakeholders
- Review test strategies and see that all the various kinds of testing like unit, functional, performance, stress, acceptance etc. are getting covered.
QA Lead
Eli Research
04.2014 - 09.2015
- Estimate the test effort and team (size, skills, and schedule)
- Review and analyse the project requirements, Collect the queries related to the requirements and get them resolved by the businessperson (e.g. the client, business analyst, product manager or project manager)
- Scope the required tests, Plan, organize and lead the testing kick-off meeting
- Design the required test strategy in line with the scope and organization standards
- Create the software test plan, get it reviewed and approved/ signed-off by the relevant stakeholders
- Evaluate and identify the required test automation and test management tools
Team Lead
SmartData Enterprises Ltd
10.2013 - 04.2014
- Business development by handling new client enquiries and acting as the face of the organization
- Working with the sales and marketing team to drive sales forward
- Involved in the recruitment of new staff.
- Preparing daily workloads for staff & coordinating the daily allocation of work
- Dealing with and resolving problems and issues which arise
- Monitoring & reporting on standards & performance targets.
- Ensuring all administrative and IT records are entered and updated correctly.
Software Testing Engineer
CCH Collaborative Solutions
07.2012 - 10.2013
- Functional Testing, UI Testing, Database Testing, Tax Logics Testing on API using Agile Technology
- Create and Review the test cases.
- Create Test Strategy and Test Plans.
- Attended Walkthroughs and daily scrum meetings
Test Engineer
ExpertRating Solutions
04.2009 - 07.2012
- Develops the courseware lessons on ELML as per format for GUI, Unit Testing, Functionality Testing, Integration Testing and Compatibility Testing.
- Performed black box testing and white box testing on the API (where the ExpertRating skills tests runs) with effective coordination between development team and testing team.
- Review of the test cases that are written for unit and integration level.
- Performed unit testing on various skills tests that involves modifications, coding and testing.
Quality Analyst
IDS Infotech Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2009
- Assist in test defect management process, monitor and report on defect resolution to management.
- Identify and suggest changes to predetermined quality guidelines and policies.
- Develop and maintain Quality Assurance procedure documentation.
- Prepare, review and present input to quality analysis test cases.
- Coordinate execution of test scripts with Project Managers, Test Leads, Internal Testers and Development Managers.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
MDU Rohtak
Rohtak01-2007
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra01-2004
Skills
Team mentoring and leadership
Software Testing: Automation testing, Functional, Regression & User Acceptance testing, API testing, all phases of testing lifecycle, Mobile Testing(Android & iOS) for Native and Hybrid APPS
SDLC: Agile methodology, Waterfall, V-Model
Industry Exposure – Insurance, US Healthcare, litigation, NZ Tax and Accounting & Telecom, E-commerce, Power- CRM, Travel
Tools: Selenium, Maven, GitHub, SVN, Jenkins, TestNG, JMeter, Cucumber, Eclipse, Postman, ZAP, MOBSF, Docker, K6
Accomplishments
- Awarded as Star Leader.
- QA Team won Best Team Award under my supervision.
- QA Team won Bug Bounty Program.
Certification
Foundation Level Certificate in Software Testing
Timeline
Test Manager
Dyninno
02.2023 - Current
Senior QA Manager
PowerServ Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
08.2022 - 12.2022
QA Manager
PowerServ Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
08.2021 - 08.2022
QA Manager
RenewBuy.com
11.2017 - 07.2021
Team Lead
GroupM Media Pvt. Ltd.
09.2015 - 06.2017
QA Lead
Eli Research
04.2014 - 09.2015
Team Lead
SmartData Enterprises Ltd
10.2013 - 04.2014
Software Testing Engineer
CCH Collaborative Solutions
07.2012 - 10.2013
Test Engineer
ExpertRating Solutions
04.2009 - 07.2012
Quality Analyst
IDS Infotech Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2009
Master of Science - Computer Science
MDU Rohtak
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Kurukshetra University