RAJESH THAKUR

Innovative and results-driven QA Automation Lead with 16+ years of experience in Performance Testing and Automation. Responsible for designing and implementing automation solutions using Java Swing, Core Java, Selenium, Python, JavaScript, ReactJS, Oracle PL/SQL. Proven expertise in developing scalable automation frameworks, CI/CD pipeline integration using Jenkins, TeamCity, and GitHub, and performance test results automation & analytics.

Currently pursuing Master’s from Liverpool University in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with a strong focus on predictive modeling and automation. Actively working on few innovative PoC's leveraging historical performance data and ML to forecast potential production or PTE issues, driving proactive issue resolution. To predict the potential issue occurrence based on available JIRA defects and proactive environment monitoring models.

Implemented E2E automated tool to prepare & publish PTE tests results(Mail+Confluence) fetching data from many sources using API calls. Implemented a tool to create/update/manage JIRA's, view reports, push to confluence. Created a tool to overcome Zephyr UI slowness and maintaining & managing own project management database. Implemented CI-CD solution to trigger auto performance test execution in multiple environments after every deployment and publish results.

Adept in Agile methodologies and driving process improvements across agile environments, presently studying for PMP certification as well. Skilled at collaborating with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to align test planning with evolving business requirements.

Received gold star Award in Citi Bank for contribution towards automation, CI-CD and streamlining activities.

Received "Performance Engineering Champion" recognition in Oracle India Pvt limited for identifying multiple bottlenecks and delivering excellence.

Received various Achiever awards in other previous organizations.

National level player in Kho-Kho championship at CBSE annual sports meet.