Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Work Preference
Timeline
Receptionist

Santosh Sharma

QA Automation Tester
Pune,MH

Summary

Technology professional with 11 years of IT experience in Software manual and automated testing. Specializing in Automation web-based, API (RESTful), Mobile Apps and Microservices. Skilled in writing test cases, test plans, executing test scripts, reporting defects, and preparing test result reports. Experienced in automation testing using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, TestNG, and Maven. Proficient in mobile testing for iOS and Android platforms. Strong expertise in backend database testing using SQL queries. Familiar with AWS Management Console, Azure DevOps, Swagger, and Elastic Search.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Tech Lead

Cigniti Technologies, Pune, Northern Trust Bank
02.2023 - Current
  • Northern Trust Asset Management is an investment management firm entrusted by investors around the globe to help them navigate changing market environments
  • Providing front, middle and back-office solutions to help the clients meet the demands of a changing and complex investment landscape
  • Leading offshore QA team and responsible for planning and managing releases, ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery, providing production support, and implementing system improvements to maximize business benefits
  • Contributed as both an individual contributor and team member, fostering collaboration and productivity within the team
  • Coordinated with clients and onsite team members to ensure clarity in requirements and to review functional and automation test cases for the team
  • Developed and automated functional and regression test cases using Selenium
  • WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven with Java, covering UI, API, and mobile applications
  • Automated UI and mobile application tests using JavaScript and Playwright, streamlining cross-platform testing and improving test efficiency for working on parallel projects
  • Reduced test execution time by 70% by automating 85% of the test cases using
  • Selenium, Playwright enabling faster regression cycles and product releases
  • Involved in the entire QA life cycle, including the design, development, and execution of the QA process, as well as the documentation of test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test scripts for web applications and automation
  • Collaborated on manual, integration, regression and system testing using automated testing tools for web-based applications and API backend services
  • Performed testing on microservices, verifying HTTP/HTTPS requests and validating XML and JSON files for request and response data
  • Executed database queries on SQL Server and used the various SQL commands and SQL statements to test the application
  • Provided training to functional testers on executing automated test cases as part of regression testing, while also coaching the team on time management and problem- solving strategies
  • Improved state test pass rates from 68% to 91% in two years
  • Achieved 30% product release acceleration in five months by automating test cases for four new key features, enabling faster time-to-market.

Sr. QA Analyst

Mobiquity Inc
12.2019 - 02.2023
  • Kum & Go, WAWA and Millicom
  • Description: Kum & Go platform provides online food Ordering and Fuel pumping
  • It is a store where people can buy gas and groceries and wants to encourage loyalty through the enhancements of their easy-to-use mobile application and website that is rooted in their loyalty platform
  • Analyses Business Requirements/Features stories and prepared Test Cases and identify the test cases that need to be automated
  • Developed the scripts for Regression suites in Selenium WebDriver 3.0 by using TestNG framework and Maven Management tool using Java language
  • Automating test scripts for Web Based Applications, API backend services using RestAssured and Mobile
  • Applications both iOS Android using Appium
  • Cut down manual testing efforts by 60% by developing an automated test suite, savinghours per sprint
  • Reduced test cycle time by 15% by streamlining manual testing processes and improving communication between QA and development teams
  • Aggressive, timely and concise collection and reporting of RCAs, escalations, exceptions with mitigation plans and dashboards
  • Performed black box testing and white box testing to include Functional, System
  • Integration and Regression Testing for QA and Production on both mobile browsers based and on different mobile device types (for example, iPhone, iPad, Android)
  • Analyses the results and reports to the management and client
  • Meeting with Teams and Product Manager for daily update of work in progress.

Software Engineer

Mphasis Ltd, Kharadi, Bank of America
Pune
01.2013 - 07.2019
  • Description: Wynsure Application from Mphasis Wyde is a global end-to-end Insurance Policy
  • Administration System
  • Worked on insurance domain windows and web-based platform
  • Understanding the requirement provided to develop the new features in the existing products
  • Developed automation scripts for web-based application using Selenium WebDriver
  • Experienced with Functional Testing, Smoke testing, Performance testing and User
  • Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Meeting with teams and Product Manager for daily update of work in progress
  • Backend testing done using Postman tool for API testing and performance testing using
  • JMeter
  • Worked on SQL queries for fetching and retrieving data
  • Identify the test cases that need to be automated from Regression Suites
  • Developed the scripts for web-based application in Selenium WebDriver by using
  • TestNG framework and Maven Management tool using Java language.

Education

BCA -

Pune University
Pune
04.2009 - 05.2012

12th - Commerce

Maharashtra Board
Pune
04.2007 - 05.2009

10th - Science

Maharashtra Board
Pune
04.2006 - 05.2007

Skills

  • Selenium WebDriver, TestNG
  • Maven, Appium and RestAssured
  • Java, JavaScript/Typescript
  • Eclipse, Intellij, Playwright
  • MySQL Workbench, MS SQL Server
  • JMeter
  • Test Plan, Test Matrix, Test script Development
  • CI/CD Jenkins, GitHub Actions and Docker
  • Versions control GitHub and GitLab
  • QTest, Jira, Test Rail and
  • Confluence
  • Microservices XML, JSON HTTP/HTTPS
  • AWS and Azure DevOps
  • Code reviews
  • Design patterns
  • Agile methodologies

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementCompany CultureFlexible work hours

Timeline

Tech Lead

Cigniti Technologies, Pune, Northern Trust Bank
02.2023 - Current

Sr. QA Analyst

Mobiquity Inc
12.2019 - 02.2023

Software Engineer

Mphasis Ltd, Kharadi, Bank of America
01.2013 - 07.2019

BCA -

Pune University
04.2009 - 05.2012

12th - Commerce

Maharashtra Board
04.2007 - 05.2009

10th - Science

Maharashtra Board
04.2006 - 05.2007

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Santosh SharmaQA Automation Tester