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Niketan Gund

Test Lead | Test Analyst
Pune,Maharashtra

Summary

Summary:-

A dedicated Team Member and Lead with exceptional communication, technical expertise, analytical abilities, keen attention to detail, and strong coordination skills to drive seamless collaboration and successful project delivery.

Experience: 5.3 years in the QA domain with expertise in both manual and automation testing across “Airline and BFSI” domain.

Test Management: Proficient in Test Strategy, Test Plan Preparation, Test Case Design, Test Execution, and Defect Tracking using tools like JIRA.

Automation Testing: Hands-on experience in automation test execution using Java-Selenium, planning and managing daily automation tasks to ensure system stability and perform health checks. Testing Types: Skilled in System, Functional, Regression, Sanity, Smoke, and GUI Testing.

API and Backend Testing: Proficient in Web API testing using Postman and writing SQL queries for backend data validation.

Strengths: Quick learner, adaptable, process-oriented, and highly customer-focused with a commitment to delivering quality results.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Test Lead |Test Analyst

Gen Z Software Solutions Private Limited
Pune
10.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Lufthansa, officially known as Deutsche Lufthansa AG, is Germany's largest airline and a key player in the global aviation industry
  • Founded in 1953, it is part of the Lufthansa Group, which includes several subsidiary airlines
  • With hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, the airline is a founding member of the Star Alliance, world's largest airline alliance
  • I have extensive hands-on experience with various industry-leading tools and systems, including Cryptic Tool, OneRes GUI, OneBooking, Online Check-in System (ONCE), Journey Front End (JFE), and Amadeus Altea Departure Control Customer Management
  • Proficiency with these platforms enabled to efficiently create bookings, complete check-in processes contributing to seamless operational workflows
  • During Two years of work experience in Airline domain, successfully led and delivered two key projects, FICE(Allegris) and 4Y (Discover), ensuring timely completion with zero client escalations
  • For both project, worked across multiple platforms, including OneRes, OneBooking, JFE, and ONCE, where I was responsible for performing functional testing, integration testing, and End-to-End testing to ensure seamless system functionality

Roles and responsibilities:-

  • Conduct daily standup calls to track testing progress, address blockers, and align team on project goals and priorities
  • Test Planning and Strategy Development
  • Team Leadership and Coordination
  • Tool and Process Management
  • Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Involvement in creating Test cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Data
  • Involvement in Test Execution, Result Analyzing and defect reporting

Engineer Quality Audit

Newgen Software Technologies
Pune
03.2022 - 10.2022
  • Company Overview: Al Rajhi Bank intends to deploy Newgen’s LOS iBPS application as finance origination workflow application & Experian’s PowerCurve as Decision Engine application along with Temenos T24 as Finance fulfilment and Servicing system, that would address its business and information processing requirements as well as provide an Omni-Channel experience to their end customers

Roles and responsibilities:-

  • Attend daily standup calls to address queries and provide updates
  • Create and review test cases, test scenarios, and test data
  • Execute tests, analyze results, and report defects
  • Perform Web API testing using Postman
  • Validate backend data through MS SQL queries

Consultant

System Plus Transformations
Pune
09.2020 - 02.2022
  • Company Overview: RLI is a specialty insurance company that helps customers navigate the world of insurance and risk
  • For half century, we’ve been helping people and companies safeguard their assets through innovative portfolio of property and casualty coverages and surety bonds

Roles and responsibilities:-

  • Attending daily standup calls and clarifying doubts
  • Involvement in creating Test cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Data
  • Performed Database Testing using PostgreSQL
  • Performed Back End Testing using Putty and Grafana tool

QA Test Engineer

WNS Global Services
Pune
07.2019 - 09.2020
  • Company Overview: Travelers Insurance - One of the best property casualty insurers in the industry
  • Expertise and focus on innovation have made us a leader in personal, business and specialty insurance

Roles and responsibilities:-

  • Attending daily standup calls and clarifying doubts
  • Involvement in creating the Test cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Data
  • Involvement in Test Execution, Result Analyzing and defect Reporting
  • Performed Back End Testing using Putty

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Shivaji University
Kolhapur, India
07.2012 - 06.2015

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Government Polytechnic, Osmanabad
Osmanabad, India
08.2009 - 06.2012

Skills

JIRA

Timeline

Test Lead |Test Analyst

Gen Z Software Solutions Private Limited
10.2022 - Current

Engineer Quality Audit

Newgen Software Technologies
03.2022 - 10.2022

Consultant

System Plus Transformations
09.2020 - 02.2022

QA Test Engineer

WNS Global Services
07.2019 - 09.2020

• Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Shivaji University
07.2012 - 06.2015

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Government Polytechnic, Osmanabad
08.2009 - 06.2012
Niketan GundTest Lead | Test Analyst