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Nitesh Kumar

Nitesh Kumar

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Summary

Accomplished Automation Architect with over 15 years of experience designing and implementing robust automation frameworks for UI, API, and database testing, with deep expertise in CI-CD pipeline integration. Proficient in tools like Selenium, Playwright, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps, driving efficiency and quality in large-scale applications. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, optimizing testing processes, and reducing critical defects to ensure seamless software releases. Adept at leveraging DevOps practices to enhance deployment workflows and foster collaboration across scrum teams.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Staff Engineer III

IQVIA India Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - Current
  • Architectural Design: Design and implement scalable and robust test automation frameworks tailored for AWS Cloud and on-premises hybrid Deployment.
  • Leading and managing the automation team consisting of 15 people.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and testing trends in the data streaming and cloud computing space.
  • Design and implement scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks for Java-based microservices
  • Test Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies covering functional, performance, reliability, scalability, multi-tenancy, and chaos testing.
  • Design and implement a robust test strategy for continuous data streaming pipelines.
  • Develop and maintain automated test scripts for Java Microservices and Kafka-based applications.
  • Design and maintain automation framework.
  • AWS Expertise: Utilize deep AWS knowledge to optimize testing strategies, leverage AWS services for test automation, and ensure best practices are followed.
  • Utilize AWS services to enhance testing capabilities and efficiencies.
  • Performance Testing: Plan and execute performance tests to validate system performance under varying loads and conditions.
  • Perform functional, performance, integration, and regression testing
  • Reliability and Scalability: Implement tests to validate system reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance under stress conditions.
  • Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the data streaming pipeline through rigorous testing.
  • Chaos Testing: Design chaos engineering experiments to proactively identify system weaknesses and improve overall resilience.
  • Automation Leadership: Lead initiatives to increase automation coverage across the testing lifecycle, integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Collaborate with development, DevOps, and QA teams to integrate testing processes into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with development teams, architects, and stakeholders to advocate for quality throughout the development process.
  • Participate in technical reviews and contribute to tech discussions.
  • Analyze requirements and report on testable/not testable.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Adherence to Defect Management Process
  • Identify, document, and track defects, and work closely with the development team to resolve them.
  • Contribute to decision making for making/stopping a release.

Individual Contributor II

Oracle India Pvt Ltd
09.2014 - 10.2015
  • Environment creation, upgrade and configuration for Argus Safety/MART/Insight.
  • ODI 11g/12c ETL Configuration for Argus Mart (Standalone).
  • Scenario Creation and Testing for Argus Mart DLP release.
  • Integrated environment creation and testing for AS/AM/AI for Hot Fixes.
  • Automation Engineer: Design, develop, maintain, and enhance the test automation platforms strategy, ensuring widespread adoption, usage, and thorough metrics tracking.
  • Test Strategy: Develop comprehensive test strategies covering unit, functional (API/UI), and end-to-end testing across multiple business applications and IT systems.
  • Test Development: Implement UI/API automated test scripts, focusing on unit, functional and integration testing.
  • Performance and Load Testing: Establish comprehensive load testing, performance testing, and regression testing strategies for enterprise applications.
  • Technical Leadership: Provide technical expertise and thought leadership in test automation, establishing best practices and ensuring high-quality testing standards.
  • Documentation & Training: Create and maintain technical documentation for automated testing processes, and train new QA engineers on best practices and methodologies.

Product Automation Engineer

CampusEAI Consortium India Pvt Ltd.
05.2013 - 09.2014
  • Automation Engineer: Design, develop, maintain, and enhance the test automation platform strategy, ensuring widespread adoption, usage, and thorough metrics tracking.
  • Test Strategy: Develop comprehensive test strategies covering unit, functional (API/UI), and end-to-end testing across multiple business applications and IT systems.
  • Test Development: Implement UI/API automated test scripts, focusing on unit, functional, and integration testing of various enterprise applications, including but not limited to Salesforce and AWS.
  • Performance and Load Testing: Establish comprehensive load testing, performance testing, and regression testing strategies for enterprise applications.
  • CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous testing and validation across development and production environments.
  • Technical Leadership: Provide technical expertise and thought leadership in test automation, establishing best practices and ensuring high-quality testing standards.
  • Documentation & Training: Create and maintain technical documentation for automated testing processes, and train new QA engineers on best practices and methodologies.

Software Engineer

Aon Hewitt India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 02.2013
  • Company Overview: World's Largest consulting firm in HR domain
  • Automation Testing using Selenium Webdriver + QTP.
  • Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Database Testing.
  • World's Largest consulting firm in HR domain

Education

Master of Computer Applications -

LBSIM
05.2010

B.Sc. - Mathematics(H)

Skills

  • 15 years of experience in Software / Product / Data Flow testing
  • Proven experience as a Test Architect or similar role in a data streaming environment
  • Solid experience in designing an Automation Framework with multiple features like data flow validation, PDF data validation, API automation
  • Minimum 4 Years of experience in Docker
  • Experience in test management tools like JIRA, SynapseRT
  • 3 years of hands-on experience with AWS services like S3
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
  • Experience in Agile methods and metrics
  • Should have very Good Knowledge of software testing methodology/processes and software development life cycle
  • Strong in Manual / Automated testing methodologies
  • Sound knowledge of application architectures and databases
  • Work well with teams and across global environment
  • Adherence to processes
  • Experience in testing on-premise to cloud data streaming solutions
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, analyzing and finding issues in detail
  • Solid understanding of API testing tools (eg, Postman, RestAssured) and integration testing methodologies
  • Strong understanding of performance testing tools (eg, JMeter) and methodologies

Accomplishments

  • Oracle-Star Performer of the Year, 2015
  • Performer of the Quarter- CampusEAI, 2014
  • Aon Hewitt-Xtra Mile Performance of the Year, 2012
  • Hewitt- Premium Team Member Award-2012

Languages

English
Hindi

Hobbies and Interests

  • Data Science
  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Analytics
  • Economic Forums
  • Cricket
  • Fitness Training
  • Teaching and Coaching

Certification

Machine Learning, Stanford


Timeline

Staff Engineer III

IQVIA India Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - Current

Individual Contributor II

Oracle India Pvt Ltd
09.2014 - 10.2015

Product Automation Engineer

CampusEAI Consortium India Pvt Ltd.
05.2013 - 09.2014

Software Engineer

Aon Hewitt India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 02.2013

B.Sc. - Mathematics(H)

Master of Computer Applications -

LBSIM

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