Parag Athavale
Senior QA Engineer-IT
Pune
Summary
- IT professional with overall 15 years of experience, including 10+ years in Functional Testing (Manual & Automation) which consists of 9+ years as a Manual Tester and 1.5 years as an Automation Tester (Python + Selenium). 4.5 years as Support Engineer on Cards and Payments systems for dispute related lifecycles.
- Very well versed with UI Testing/ Manual Testing, Web Application and Mobile application testing.
- Have a very good experience in Test case design, Test case execution.
- Basic Understanding of AI/ML Architecture.
- Automated smoke test scripts and UI test cases using Python, Selenium and ROBOT Framework.
- Proven expertise in Scrum ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring on-time delivery and continuous improvement.
- Proven expertise in Functional, Integration, SIT, Regression, and UAT testing, with solid backend & API validation using Postman and SQL.
- Skilled in cross-team collaboration, stakeholder communication, and mentoring teams to adopt Agile best practices.
- Defect management experience with tools like JIRA, HP ALM and SPIRA.
- Experienced across domains including Banking/Finance, Cyber Security, Airlines, and Syndicated Loans.
Overview
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Languages
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Certifications
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Engineer
Quick Heal Limited
12.2022 - 07.2025
- Domain: Cyber Security
- Acted as Senior QA Engineer involved in Creation of test plan for SIT and coordination with business/validation stakeholders. Performing activities which are necessary for Sign-off by QA.
- Lead testing activities such as Design of Test cases, Execution of Test Cases for AV Desktop application features across Cross browsers and Cross Device Testing.
- Identify and track defects in Jira with clear steps to reproduce and supporting documents attached.
- Designed & executed automation scripts in Python, Selenium and Robot Framework
- I have used AI Risk Optimizer tool which was created by Dev Team in coordination with testing team to improve test coverage and efficiency.
- Strong collaboration with developers, BAs, and clients.
Senior Test Engineer
Makonis Software Solutions
11.2021 - 12.2022
- Domain: Banking (Syndicate Loans –Loan IQ)
- Managed end-to-end testing lifecycle including UI/API testing and UAT support.
- Created documentation: test cases, release notes, and daily status reports.
- Coordinated UAT support, defect triage, and stakeholder reporting.
- Performed API testing using POSTMAN and prepared release documentation.
Senior Software Tester
Accelya India Solutions
08.2015 - 11.2021
- Domain: Airlines (Interline Settlement – IATA SIS)
- Conducted SIT, UAT, Support activities for Simplified Interline Settlement systems.
- Facilitated task distribution and mentoring new QA hires.
- Airline Domain – Passenger/ Cargo / Interline Invoicing & Billing / IATA Systems
- Airline Cargo & Interline domain testing.
- End-to-end Cargo workflow validations.
- Supported multiple airline clients during UAT and production readiness.
- Strong collaboration with developers, BAs, and clients.
- Tools: Used SPIRA & TFS for test execution and defect tracking.
Application Support & Test Engineer
Syntel Ltd
09.2010 - 08.2015
- Domain: Cards & Payments (Leading US financial services company)
- Executed UAT, SIT, regression, and backend testing on Triumph and Legacy-DHS systems to ensure functionality and reliability.
- Provided support for applications like ODS, ECM, and GDM to resolve cards and payments disputes effectively.
- Coordinated with data management and business teams during UAT phases to align testing processes with business requirements.
- Tools: HP ALM, Quality Center, MS Visual Visio.
IT Teacher
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College
08.2008 - 09.2010
Education
M.Sc. - Computer Science
Pune University
Pune, IndiaB.Sc. - Computer Science
Pune University
Pune, IndiaSkills
QA Expertise: Functional/System Testing, Regression, Smoke, UAT, UI/UX Testing, API & Database Testing, Localization Testing (Spanish, French, Chinese) for Invoices pdf verification in Airlines domain, Aware of basic Unix Commands
Test Automation
CI and CD pipelines
Defect management
Certification
Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) – Aug 2025
Timeline
Senior QA Engineer
Quick Heal Limited
12.2022 - 07.2025
Senior Test Engineer
Makonis Software Solutions
11.2021 - 12.2022
Senior Software Tester
Accelya India Solutions
08.2015 - 11.2021
Application Support & Test Engineer
Syntel Ltd
09.2010 - 08.2015
IT Teacher
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College
08.2008 - 09.2010
B.Sc. - Computer Science
Pune University
M.Sc. - Computer Science
Pune University