Selenium
Rasool Shaik
Principal QA Engineer
Hyderabad
Summary
Professional Quality Assurance Engineer with high standards and results-driven approach. Skilled in devising and implementing comprehensive testing strategies, ensuring robust software performance, and enhancing product quality. Strong emphasis on team collaboration and adaptability to evolving project requirements. Known for reliability, effective problem-solving, and leadership in driving quality initiatives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Principal QA Engineer
OpenText Technologies India Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - Current
- Improved software quality by designing and implementing comprehensive test plans and strategies.
- Established strong relationships with stakeholders across departments, facilitating open channels of communication for collaborative problem-solving efforts.
- Enhanced team collaboration by mentoring junior QA engineers and sharing best practices in test automation.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to define clear requirements, ensuring alignment of testing objectives with business goals.
- Championed quality assurance initiatives within the organization, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement among staff.
- Promoted a proactive approach to defect prevention through early engagement in the software development lifecycle, reducing overall testing time and effort.
- Achieved faster time-to-market by integrating agile methodologies into the QA process, promoting adaptability and rapid response to changing requirements.
- Built and ran automated test suites, and evaluated performance, functionality, and scalability.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Supported project teams throughout the development lifecycle, providing valuable feedback during planning, design, and implementation stages.
- Contributed to successful product launches with diligent verification of release candidates before deployment to production environments.
- Helped in hiring talented engineers by conducting interviews as per the organization's needs.
Senior Application Tester
TIBCO SOFTWARE PVT LTD
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Handled the role of Test Analyst for a BPM application (iProcess).
- Major responsibilities include driving testing to closure, ensuring smooth delivery of the products, planning and executing different phases of testing, and automating and maintaining test scripts.
- Improved team efficiency by sharing expertise in specialized testing tools and methodologies among colleagues.
- Helped in creating a process for defect re-verification and regressions.
- Developed a Jenkins pipeline to automate the installation and sanity testing of the application on different platforms using ANT/Groovy.
Senior System Tester and Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2010 - 12.2016
- Handled the role of Senior System Tester for a telecom client (Ericsson).
- Major responsibilities include testing the product at the system level, providing confidence for release, and automating and maintaining TestNG automation scripts.
- Wrote automated test suite for product and provided test coverage analysis.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- As a Scrum Master, I have also handled the responsibility of ensuring the smooth execution of sprints.
- Worked with a suite of tools, including GIT, Gerrit, and Jenkins.
- Co-developed a basic J2EE application for tracking testing and sprint status.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Kakinada, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Test case development
Functional testing
End-to-end testing
Regression testing
Test automation expertise
Agile development
Behavior-driven development
Automated testing
System debugging
Performance testing
Test planning
Software
Playwright
JMeter
JBehave
Core Java
Scripting (Shell/Bash)
Certification
ISTQB Foundation level certification
Timeline
Principal QA Engineer
OpenText Technologies India Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - Current
Senior Application Tester
TIBCO SOFTWARE PVT LTD
01.2017 - 01.2020
ISTQB Foundation level certification
05-2013
OCA-Java SE7 programmer certification
04-2011
Senior System Tester and Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2010 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
04.2001 -