Pooja Badkhal
Pune
Summary
Detail-oriented Release Manager and QA Specialist with 9 years in software testing and CI/CD integration. Expertise in Oracle SQL validation, Agile methodologies, and L3 production support. Specializes in coordinating complex releases across diverse environments, optimizing system stability and compliance while excelling in Root Cause Analysis for high-volume financial applications.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer
Allstate Solution Private Limited
Pune
12.2019 - Current
- Integrated automation tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, Octopus); analyzed failures and provided actionable insights.
- Executed API tests for RESTful services, validating end-to-end workflows across gateways and downstream systems to ensure seamless integration.
- Conducted API Gateway testing including authentication, authorization, routing, retries, and error handling.
- Executed functional, regression and end to end Enterprise application testing.
- Investigated and resolved production issues, minimizing downtime and maintaining service continuity.
- Provided L3 production support for enterprise-scale .NET-based payment processing applications, ensuring high availability and system stability.
- Managed application configuration, executed upgrades, and performed regular maintenance to enhance application stability and performance.
- Collaborated with cross‑functional teams for release management, deployments, and DR exercises.
- Worked as Release Manager oversees the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) release process, planning, scheduling, and controlling the deployment of new features and updates from development to production.
- Administration of GitHub includes creating branches, tagging, access permissions. Performed the Role of “Release Engineer” in monthly releases and perform, DR activity, patching activities.
- Renewing certificates for different sites before expiration. Manage password in vault in Encrypted format. Working on different tools such as - GitHub, Jenkins, Spunk, Dynatrace, vault, ServiceNow, Oracle, VersionOne, Artifactory.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Associate Consultant
Allstate Solution Private Limited
Pune
10.2016 - 11.2019
- Converted Ant-based projects to Maven format and developed Jenkins pipelines to streamline build processes.
- Integrated Jenkins files and pushed code to GitHub for version control.
- Executed deployment of applications in DEV and QA environments using Jenkins.
- Conducted testing of applications and web services in local, DEV, and QA environments.
- Gathered clustering information for applications across environments and updated Jenkins files.
- Updated Maven compiler and JDK versions, subsequently pushing changes to GitHub.
- Participated in Production/DR migration activities, coordinating with testing and WAS teams.
- Tracked and resolved defects reported by application teams, enhancing application quality and reliability.
Education
B.E - Computer Technology
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and research technology
ChandrapurSkills
- Manual and automated testing
- REST and API testing
- Continuous integration and delivery
- Version control with GitHub
- Deployment automation with Octopus
- Artifact management with Artifactory
- Build automation with Maven
- Monitoring and logging with Splunk
- Application performance monitoring with Dynatrace
- Incident management with ServiceNow
- Access management with CyberArk
- Infrastructure monitoring with Datadog
- API testing with Postman
- Agile project management with VersionOne
- Data visualization with Power BI
- Database querying with SQL
- Production support and release management
- Agile methodologies and practices
- Cucumber, Selenium
Certification
DevOps Foundation Certificate, DevOps Institute
Accomplishments
- Star Of Month Award and applause Points, 01/2021 - Present, In recognition for working efficiently on the given work and for Migration Activity.
- Star Of Month Award, 12/2019 - 12/2020, In recognition of task ownership demonstrated on WAS migration Project.
- Star of Month Award, 11/2018 - 11/2019, In recognition of extraordinary commitment.
- Thanks A Zillion Award, 10/2016 - 02/2018, For successful migration of all applications.
Languages
- English, Full Professional Proficiency
- Marathi, Full Professional Proficiency
- Hindi, Full Professional Proficiency
Timeline
Software Engineer
Allstate Solution Private Limited
12.2019 - Current
Associate Consultant
Allstate Solution Private Limited
10.2016 - 11.2019
B.E - Computer Technology
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and research technology