Sharique Alam
Software QA process expert
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced QA automation engineer with 15+ years of experience leading QA automation teams and testing multi-tier applications across platforms. Skilled in cloud technologies, leading QA engineer teams, and facilitating daily scrum and sprint ceremonies. Proficient in Generative AI and its application in software testing processes.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Inspire Analytics Private Limited
12.2022 - 03.2025
- Streamlined QA processes by developing and maintaining automation scripts, contributing to faster release cycles.
- Supported agile development methodologies by participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning sessions, and retrospectives.
- Responsible for developing iPhone UI application automation using Python, appium.
Software Development Engineer in Test- III
Cleartax (Ex-Procureli India Pvt)
02.2021 - 09.2022
- Company Overview: As part of acquisition of Procureli India Private Limited, moved to clear
- Working as a lead and contributing for GST and Ybanq, payments project from 'Procureli'.
- Managed member of 5 people for GST project.
- Also responsible for testing Platform projects (MDM services, Item Master, Risk Info, Vendor 2 com.).
- Currently working for project Cimplyfive, responsible for complete UI automation using Java, selenium, testng.
- As part of acquisition of Procureli India Private Limited, moved to clear
- Cimplyfive: A business registered in India is required to comply with the various annual legal company compliance laid down by the corporate laws such as the Companies Act, 2013.
- This application helps a company have a check on all the compliance. Setting up board meetings and setting reminders. Document sharing, capturing meeting minutes, registering items, users, directories.
Member of Technical Staff
Procureli India Pvt
07.2020 - 02.2021
- Working as a QA head and responsible for e2e QA activity, including implementing software development processes within the team.
- Mentor 1 QA engineer.
- Testing REST APIs using Postman/Swagger and developing API automation framework in Python using request library in pyCharm Ide.
- Implemented release process, actively responsible for release planning and management.
- YBanq: yBANQ helps businesses with payments collection, reconciliation, and automated bookkeeping. You can manage your vendors and customers. Can create invoices. Send and receive payments, supporting net banking, UPI mode of payment. It's a cloud base application, running different services in an EC2 instance.
Senior QA Engineer
Symantec Software India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2018 - 05.2020
- Working in core automation team, automating different SAAS app like Outlook, OneDrive, BoxSync, MSTeam, GDrive, using Sikuli (Image base automation), Selenium, Java.
- CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) (Gateway module): A CASB provides visibility, data security with Data Loss Prevention, and threat protection so you can use user cloud application safely.
Senior QA Engineer
Fireeye Cybersecurity India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2015 - 04.2018
- Owned complete backend and Infrastructure testing and planning.
- Automating REST API using 'behave' framework and Python.
- Parallely doing E2E manual testing for new APIs.
- CMVX (Cloud Application): A cloud base application, running on an AWS environment. It monitors and captures network traffic, checking for any vulnerability.
- IAM Identity Account Management (Common Cloud application): IAM is a cloud base platform. It takes care of the account management process, like user credential storage, user authentication, user roles(RBAC), etc.
- MTP (Mobile Threat Prevention): Its new generation of preventing a mobile system before the system is compromised.
Senior QA Engineer
Atimi Software India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2013 - 03.2015
- Working as IC role, performing manual and Automating UI Testing.(Appium)
- Pendelton: Pendelton is a health application. User can monitor his calorie burn progress. Can set different types of work out like running, walking, swimming, custom, etc.
- Mclovin: Mclovin is a banking application. User can manage his different credit cards and debit cards linked with the same bank account or different account.
Senior Product Engineer
Symphony Services India Private Limited
10.2010 - 01.2013
- Leading team of 4 people.
- Testing mobile applications on emulator and real device, doing automation using javascript, XCode UI.
- Doing performance testing using JMeter.
- Enterprise Mobility: It is an ERP project. A mobile application. Handling sales, purchase, shipment of an item.
- IAnywhere (Sybase): A mobile application, combines fully integrated wireless email and PIM (Personal Information Management) data with on-device security and business process mobilization, allowing effective management of critical, time-sensitive workflow business processes.
Associate Software Engineer
Huawei Technologies India Pvt Limited
05.2008 - 07.2010
- Working as an individual contributor, testing DM & FOTA protocol, and automation using TTCN 3.
- DM and FOTA: This project is related to software update Over The Air. This was implemented on GSM handset on Brew platform using protocol defined by Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
Education
B.Tech - ECE
MCKVIE
Kolkata, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Python
AWS
REST API
Postman
Jenkins
Git
Cloud application testing
Mobile application testing
Backend testing
Pycharm
Xcode
JMeter
Fiddler
Swagger
Charles
Appium
Selenium
Linux
Mac
Manual Testing
Automation Testing
API Automation
UI Automation
Timeline
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Inspire Analytics Private Limited
12.2022 - 03.2025
Software Development Engineer in Test- III
Cleartax (Ex-Procureli India Pvt)
02.2021 - 09.2022
Member of Technical Staff
Procureli India Pvt
07.2020 - 02.2021
Senior QA Engineer
Symantec Software India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2018 - 05.2020
Senior QA Engineer
Fireeye Cybersecurity India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2015 - 04.2018
Senior QA Engineer
Atimi Software India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2013 - 03.2015
Senior Product Engineer
Symphony Services India Private Limited
10.2010 - 01.2013
Associate Software Engineer
Huawei Technologies India Pvt Limited
05.2008 - 07.2010
B.Tech - ECE
MCKVIE
04.2001 -