PAVAN GANIGER
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Senior QA Engineer with 10+ years of experience in Test Planning, Automation, and End-to-End Quality Engineering across enterprise and SaaS platforms. Expert in Tricentis Tosca (Model-Based Automation), Selenium WebDriver, API Testing, and CI/CD pipeline validation, with strong hands-on experience in frontend (UI) and backend (API, Database, ETL) testing. Proven ability to work closely with Business Analysts and stakeholders from requirement gathering to production delivery, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and defect-free applications.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Test Engineer / QA Lead
Iron Mountain
03.2018 - 03.2026
- Project: Enterprise SaaS Document Management System (DMS)
- Domain: SaaS / Enterprise / Document Processing
- Clients: US & Europe
- Project Description:
- A large-scale SaaS-based document management platform enabling secure document capture, processing, storage, and transfer across global clients.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Led Test Planning, QA Strategy & Estimation
- Worked with Business Analysts for requirement gathering & analysis
- Designed and implemented automation using Tricentis Tosca
- Executed regression & sanity testing using Selenium
- Performed end-to-end testing (UI + API + DB + ETL)
- Validated Kofax document processing workflows
- Tested Globalscape secure file transfers
- Performed API and backend validation using SQL & ETL tools
- Integrated QA into CI/CD pipelines
- Managed defects using JIRA
- Led QA team and mentored junior testers
- Achievements:
- Improved workflow accuracy by 30%
- Reduced regression time via automation adoption
- Received Client Excellence Award
- Delivered multi-region SaaS implementations
Senior Test Engineer
PwC
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Project: Enterprise Workflow Management System
- Domain: Consulting / Banking / Insurance
- Project Description:
- Enterprise-level workflow system managing business processes, approvals, and compliance workflows.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborated with BA & stakeholders
- Designed test scenarios & test cases
- Performed API, Integration & Regression Testing
- Conducted UAT coordination
- Created QA dashboards & reports
- Managed defects via ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla
- Achievements:
- Reduced post-production defects significantly
- Improved test coverage & business compliance
Senior Software Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Project: Telecom Customer Service Platform (BT)
- Domain: Telecom
- Project Description:
- Customer platform for billing, account management, and service provisioning.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Requirement analysis and test case design
- Performed end-to-end regression & sanity testing
- Validated telecom workflows
- Achievements:
- Zero high-severity production defects
- Improved execution efficiency by 25%
Software Test Engineer
Synchronoss
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Project: Telecom Activation Gateway
- Domain: Telecom
- Project Description:
- System for user activation, subscription, and onboarding workflows.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Designed test cases from BRD/FRS
- Performed ETL, Functional & Integration Testing
- Supported UAT and defect tracking
- Achievements:
- Excellence in QA Award
- Improved test documentation quality
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) -
VTU
KarnatakaSkills
10 years in QA Automation & Manual Testing
Strong Test Planning, Estimation & QA Strategy Ownership
Advanced Tosca Automation (Model-Based Testing)
Hands-on Selenium (Regression & Sanity Execution)
API Testing Backend Validation (SQL, ETL)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (DevOps QA)
Strong in Frontend Backend Integration Testing
Proven Team Handling Individual Contributor
Worked with BA from requirement to release delivery
Experience in SaaS & enterprise-scale applications
Test Planning & Strategy
Defined test strategy, scope, estimations, timelines, and risk mitigation plans
Created end-to-end QA approach for multi-layered applications
Ensured requirement traceability (RTM)
Automation Strategy (Trending Skill)
Designed automation framework using Tosca (model-based approach)
Built reusable modules for scalable regression suites
Integrated automation into CI/CD pipelines
Reduced manual effort through automation optimization
Frontend Testing
UI validation, cross-browser testing
User workflow and business logic validation
Backend Testing
API Testing (REST services validation)
Database validation using SQL Server
Certification
ISTQB
Timeline
ISTQB
05-2026
Senior Software Test Engineer / QA Lead
Iron Mountain
03.2018 - 03.2026
Senior Test Engineer
PwC
01.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Software Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
01.2014 - 01.2015
Software Test Engineer
Synchronoss
01.2012 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) -
VTU