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Pankaj Ghodeswar
Lead Automation QA Engineer
Pune
Summary
Productive Test Automation Engineer having 8 years of Automation and Manual test experience. While designing, developing and deploying the automation test frameworks created from scratch, Assure to run the automation test suite (functional/regression) leveraging CI/CD pipeline.
Well versed with tech stack including Selenium+Java, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, AWS and several more technologies.
Leading and Guiding QA team for multiple projects simultaneously, also responsible for their up-skilling from manual to automation testing.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Automation Test Lead
BridgeNext
03.2024 - Current
- Supported DevOps integration to align software development and information technology efforts.
- Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.
- Trained developers and quality assurance team members in automation programs and processes.
- Optimized test scripts for maximum efficiency, utilizing data-driven techniques and key parameterization methods.
- Maintained authoritative knowledge of multiple software testing tools.
Automation Test Lead
Inventive IT Software
5 2020 - 03.2024
- Design and implementation of automation test suite of functional and regression testing using Selenium + Java, POM, Maven, TestNG and Jenkins.
- Implemented integration of automation test suite and Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines.
- API testing with Postman and judged the performance with Jmeter automation.
- Documented / Updated the DailyStatusReport of Automation Suite {Sanity & Regression} to inform stakeholders of product performance.
- Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.
- Lead/Trained QA team members in automation programs and processes.
- Validated production deployment changes, providing reports on discovered issues to manager.
Senior Automation Engineer
PTC Softwares
01.2020 - 05.2020
- Completed automation of functional and regression testing having 30+ Test Scenarios.
- Created, Maintained, debugged and optimized automation test suite.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Established best practices and innovative solutions to enhance production rates and output quality.
- Trained developers and quality assurance team members in automation programs and processes.
- Generated process models illustrating automation engineering progress, specifications and details.
- Tested, automated and whitelisted software to be used in secure environments.
Automation Programmer, Test
Kantar GDC
06.2016 - 12.2019
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Completed automation of functional and regression testing.
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Created detailed test cases for use on diverse projects.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
MET's Bhujbal Knowledge City, Nashik
08.2012 - 08.2015
Diploma in Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering
Brahma Valley Polytechnic
07.2010 - 08.2012
High School Diploma -
Javahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nashik
06.2008 - 08.2009
Skills
Selenium Java
TestNG
Maven
Jenkins
JIRA, Zephyr/ AIO
Git, Bitbucket
Postman, Swagger
JMeter
Amazon Web Services(AWS)
MySQL
Testing scripts
Competencies
Automated Test Development
Mentoring guiding subordinates for Automation QA processes
Comprehensive Testing Framework design and implementation
Agile Delivery
Test Cases Design/Execution
CI/CD design and maintenance.
Accomplishments
- Achieved Performer of the Year twice by completing test automation, POCs, team leading with accuracy and efficiency.
Languages
Hindi
Marathi
Timeline
Automation Test Lead
BridgeNext
03.2024 - Current
Senior Automation Engineer
PTC Softwares
01.2020 - 05.2020
Automation Programmer, Test
Kantar GDC
06.2016 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
MET's Bhujbal Knowledge City, Nashik
08.2012 - 08.2015
Diploma in Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering
Brahma Valley Polytechnic
07.2010 - 08.2012
High School Diploma -
Javahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nashik
06.2008 - 08.2009
Automation Test Lead
Inventive IT Software
5 2020 - 03.2024
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