Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Awardsvolunteerexperience
Keyprojectsachievements
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Rahul Sharma

Mohali

Summary

Seasoned QA Team Lead with nearly 10 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in enhancing the quality of software solutions, SAAS. Proven track record in leading diverse teams, implementing robust testing strategies, and ensuring seamless product deployments. Expertise spans manual and automated testing, with a focus on healthcare software solutions.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QA Team Lead INDIA

PatientBond India Pvt Ltd (Owned by Upfront Healthcare)
10.2020 - Current
  • Lead QA team leads and helped them to lead there teams in executing comprehensive testing strategies for healthcare software solutions
  • Implemented Cypress frameworks using Java-script, for Campaign configuration and effort reduced by 90%
  • Implemented Playwright testing frameworks using Java-script, reducing testing effort by 60% and configuration effort by 90%
  • Architected and maintained Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 25% reduction in testing cycle duration
  • Evaluated new tools and technologies in the industry, recommending upgrades when necessary for increased productivity.
  • Created a culture of continuous improvement within the QA team through regular training sessions and knowledge sharing activities.
  • Developed an efficient defect management process in Azure DevOps that led to quicker resolutions of issues.

QA Team Lead

PatientBond India Pvt Ltd (Owned by Upfront Healthcare)
02.2018 - 10.2020
  • Directed the creation and execution of scalable test architectures for diverse clientele
  • Managed resources effectively, ensuring optimal team performance and productivity.
  • Reduced product defects with thorough test planning, execution, and reporting.
  • Implemented automated testing frameworks using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber, reducing testing effort by 60%
  • Architected and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 25% reduction in testing cycle duration
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure timely product releases
  • Managed patient communication dashboards, optimizing SMS outreach efforts to over 10,000 patients and Email outreaches to 100,000 patients in under 10 minutes
  • Mentored junior team members, fostering growth and cohesion within the team to QA automation.

Senior QA Engineer

PatientBond India Pvt Ltd (Owned by Upfront Healthcare)
02.2016 - 02.2018
  • Executed API testing and refined testing methodologies based on response analysis
  • Designed intricate patient journey workflows, boosting patient engagement
  • Conducted integration testing on patient web portals, ensuring data integrity and module communication
  • Performed regression, integration, system, and compatibility testing across various modules
  • Reported and tracked bugs using JIRA, contributing to a 30% reduction in critical issues.
  • Mentored junior QA engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
  • Ensured high-quality user experiences by evaluating usability, compatibility, accessibility, and performance across multiple platforms and devices.

QA Engineer

PatientBond
11.2014 - 02.2016
  • Conducted manual testing for healthcare solutions
  • Created and executed test cases for both UI and database components
  • Collaborated with developers to ensure timely fixes and improvements
  • Documented test plans, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring clear and organized documentation
  • Advanced departmental knowledge-sharing by training new QA Engineers on company-specific testing methodologies and tools.
  • Enhanced software quality by developing and implementing comprehensive testing strategies.
  • Recognized for exceptional performance in identifying and resolving complex bugs promptly.

Education

MBA - Information Technology

Lovely Professional University
08.2024

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Information Technology

Punjab Technical University
07.2014

Skills

  • Test automation expertise
  • Leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Test case design
  • Functional Testing
  • Testing Frameworks & Tools: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber, BrowserStack, Postman, Rest Assured
  • Version Control & CI/CD: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps
  • Databases: SQL Server
  • Project Management & Bug tracking tools: JIRA, GitLab, Azure DevOps
  • Programming & Scripting: Java, JavaScript
  • IDEs: VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse
  • Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Test Data Management
  • Test environment setup
  • Cross-browser testing
  • Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Client Communication
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Time Management
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Team Collaboration
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Manual test case preparation
  • Relationship Building
  • Self Motivation
  • Adaptability
  • Problem-Solving
  • Critical Thinking

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 20 QA members.
  • Achieved 90% success in reduction of effort taking to configure the software by introducing Playwright for Configuration tasks.
  • Got Star performer award

Certification

HIPAA Certified

Awardsvolunteerexperience

  • Quality Assurance Excellence Award: Awarded for outstanding leadership and contributions to the field of quality assurance, including innovative testing methodologies and team management.
  • Volunteer QA Lead: Led a team of volunteer testers in conducting comprehensive testing for a non-profit's software platform. Developed and implemented testing strategies, resulting in a 40% improvement in software reliability. Mentored junior volunteers, enhancing their testing skills and knowledge.

Keyprojectsachievements

  • PatientBond V1: Performed comprehensive manual testing encompassing all types of testing for a healthcare industry product focused on configuring workflows to send communications and store patient and provider responses.
  • PatientBond Ruby: Executed API testing and refined testing methodologies based on response analysis. Designed complex patient journey workflows, including follow-up and appointment reminders. Conducted integration testing on the patient web portal. Automated complex configurations using Selenium, enhancing testing efficiency and accuracy.
  • Dashboards/Admin Portals: Managed various dashboard types, including Integrated Dashboards, Survey Dashboards, and Lead Management Portals. Gathered testing and configuration requirements, conducted feasibility analysis, and created test plans. Led client calls to ensure better implementation and troubleshooting.
  • Surveys: Tested various survey types such as Health Risk Assessment, C2B Profile, Five Star, and Bar Rating Surveys. Gathered requirements, designed test plans, and executed tests for both UI and database components.
  • Windows Services & Data Preprocessors: Tested integrated services designed to shift data between databases in real-time. Conducted requirement gathering, analysis, and testing of optimum logic implementations. Managed data analysis of unprocessed, processed, and exception files.
  • Vformity: Created documentation (help files) for a software managing sports club activities. Conducted QA activities, including bug reporting and retesting.
  • Acaria Health Dashboard: Oversaw specialty medicine dose communications and responses in the form of short survey responses of patients to refill medicines over a period of 2 years.
  • Patient Day-wise Communication Responses Dashboards: Managed patient communication for disease-related information. Supported hospital staff with patient views.
  • Consolidated Dashboards: Combined various services into unified dashboards. Analyzed and optimized database performance.
  • Campaign Management Tool (CMT): Developed Cypress scripts for integration and regression testing. Automated campaign configurations by creating scripts to import data from Excel. Implemented efficient functionality for sending campaigns through email and SMS, enabling the hospital to reach 10,000 outreaches in under 10 minutes.
  • Zoll LifeVest Mobile Application: Conducted comprehensive testing on both Android and iOS platforms. Documented test cases, defects, and testing progress. Conducted regression testing to validate the impact of new feature implementations.
  • Patient Web Portal: Conducted unit testing to validate individual components. Led integration testing for smooth module communication. Performed sanity testing after each development phase.
  • Referral Point - Lightbeam Healthcare: Led a QA team of 3 members to configure a stable custom environment for file preprocessing, workflows, content configurations, and testing. Achieved a reduction in time consumed to make a new client live.
  • Upfront (Emerald): Conducted thorough testing of new features to enhance product functionality and quality. Led regression testing efforts to maintain software stability. Implemented meticulous database testing procedures to ensure data integrity.

Timeline

QA Team Lead INDIA

PatientBond India Pvt Ltd (Owned by Upfront Healthcare)
10.2020 - Current

QA Team Lead

PatientBond India Pvt Ltd (Owned by Upfront Healthcare)
02.2018 - 10.2020

Senior QA Engineer

PatientBond India Pvt Ltd (Owned by Upfront Healthcare)
02.2016 - 02.2018

QA Engineer

PatientBond
11.2014 - 02.2016

MBA - Information Technology

Lovely Professional University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Information Technology

Punjab Technical University
Rahul Sharma