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Sheetanshu Shekhar

Sydney

Summary

I possess a strong ability to quickly adapt to various roles and environments, showcasing my rapid learning skills and versatility. My proficiency lies in uncovering hidden areas and solving complex problems with ease. With over a decade of experience as a Test Automation Specialist across diverse industries, I am dedicated to ensuring the quality, functionality, and reliability of web, mobile, and device applications. As a resourceful Test Lead, I excel in meticulously identifying and addressing vulnerabilities using a blend of automated and manual diagnostic and Performance processes. My expertise extends to designing innovative testing strategies and implementing experimental approaches to proactively detect and eliminate product.

weaknesses. I bring a wealth of knowledge from the Banking, Insurance, E-commerce, and Retail sectors, coupled with experience in development and DevOps methodologies, making me a versatile and valuable contributor to delivering exceptional solutions. I do have a strong hands on work experience on Java, javascript and C#.




#Available to join immediately

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Automation Test Lead

Accenture
03.2023 - 11.2023

Client - Suncorp


I was working in a ForgeRock Migration and Enhancement Project for Suncorp via Accenture. The overall objective of the project was to migrate from v6.5 to v7.2 along with some enhancements proposed by Suncorp.
Having a skill set of Automation Engineer, I got onboarded to the role of QA automation lead in the project.


  • Validate the compatibility of existing BDD framework with newer version changes.
  • Developing new test scripts for the automated test suite specific for newer 7.2 version.
  • Performing test automation in multiple test cycles involving Progression and Regression.
  • Validating generated audit events by FR in the functional flow on AWS S3 bucket.
  • Setting up the pipeline to run BDD suite automatically overnight and after every code change for robust regression.
  • Validating the FR's data and token migration functionalities via existing ForgeRock mappings in test environments.
  • Participated in the daily triage calls to discuss the defects discovered via BDD suite and their resolution.
  • Sending the Automation testing status report to stakeholders after every test cycle completion.
    Lead and guide junior test automation engineer of my team.


tools used- PgAdmin, Splunk, Postman, AWS

Language- C#

Automation Test Lead

Accenture
08.2022 - 12.2022

Client- Angle Auto Finance


Angle Auto Finance is one of the largest auto financiers in Australia.The portal got Upgraded from the legacy enterprise portal to New OAuth 2.0/OIDC enabled portal.


  • Developed CAF (Code-less Automation Framework) for API automation on Dev, SIT and UAT environments.
  • Assisted in managing offshore testing team, size of four.
  • Writing and executing the test scripts using C#.
  • Managed defects and conducted test status/defect triage meetings on a daily basis.
  • Performed manual API execution using Postman for various contracts.
  • Calibrated performance testing using JMeter.
  • Coordinated in database testing using Azure cosmos db.

Other tools used- Jira, Confluence, Teams, Remote Desktop, Swagger, GitHub

Automation Test Lead

Accenture
01.2022 - 05.2022

Project - SCATS(Sydney Co-ordinated Adaptive Traffic System)


Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) is an intelligent real time traffic management platform that monitors, controls and optimises the movement of people and goods in cities. The project involved upgradation of a decade old traffic light simulator to a new one. (WinTraff to iTraff).


  • Uncovered iTraff and existing signal protocol logic among different hardware components of SCATS.
  • Developed and enhanced the existing Protractor/BDD framework using Docker and VMware.
  • Generated execution and report by Cucumber reporting.
  • Writing test scripts using Anaconda Python.
  • Managing and writing manual/integration test cases.
  • Integration of automation scenarios using CI/CD tool Bamboo.
  • Writing/executing test scripts using C#.
  • Participated in weekly business meetings with international stakeholders to gather requirements.


Other tools used- Miro, Slack, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, Maven, Java

Technical Test Lead

Infosys Technologies limited
02.2020 - 12.2021

Client- Apple Pvt limited


The project involved Development/Quality Assessment of Krypton - a web application that stored and managed the secure access to all sensitive data collected from another application- AppleCare.


  • Developed/Performed Quality Assessment of Krypton - a web application that stored and managed the secure access to all sensitive data collected from another application- AppleCare
  • Creation of test framework based on BDD/protractor/JavaScript for different nationalities namely China, Russia and USA.
  • Conducted Database testing using MongoDB.
  • Worked on Load testing for users using performance tool JMeter on weekly basis.
  • Performed integration testing of various Apple tools namely Apple Watch, Apple Connect, Apple Maps.
  • Worked in Sydney,Australia on onsite or 6 months as part of testing for Apple's M1 chip devices.
  • Integrated CI/CD setup using Rio(Jenkins wrapper) tool.


Other tools used- Splunk, Swagger, Postman, Jasmine

Technical Test Lead

Infosys Technologies limited
06.2019 - 12.2019

Project - Daimler


Daimler is the parent company for Mercedes Consumer and Passenger Vehicles. The project involved regular testing for the dealer's application (DFE, Dealer Front End) in which the interacted with manufacturers located in different markets (France, Portugal, China, Russia).


  • Written variety of automation scripts using Test Ng /Selenium/Java and POM (Page Object Model) including Internationalization, distributed environment, and multiple role-based logins.
  • Performed daily build validations on test/stage environments and prod checkout post deployment.
  • Scheduled weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly scheduled jobs using Jenkins for regression and sanity testing.
  • Database testing using Oracle.
  • Ported team bugs on QA Automation.
  • Performed API automation using Postman, J-Meter.


Other tools- JIRA, Confluence, Maven, Extent reports, JUnit, Cucumber, Github.

Test Lead/Automation Engineer

United Health Group, Optum
03.2017 - 06.2019

Project- Reporting Hub


Product Engineering and Data Solutions was the product-based wing of OGS (Optum Global solutions) to report the project parameters like Code quality, Defects and other industry standards


  • Performed test on ETL jobs.
  • Conducted System, Regression, Exploratory and Smoke Sanity/Test as Quality Engineer.
  • Involved in monthly Deployment, Post-Deployment check-outs, hot fixes, and DOD (Delivery on demand) deployments.
  • Involved in Sprint processes meetings namely- Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog Refinement, Daily sprint meeting and PI innovation.
  • Worked on Support Log items and Service Requests for the support team.
  • Writing, joining, and running SQL queries using SQL server management system
  • Prepared manual Test Cases and Automation suites using Cucumber/gherkins.
  • Executed regression suites post deployment.
  • Analyzed and worked on Tableau reports.
  • Developed scripts on C# and Java.


Other tools- CA Agile, SSMS, HP QC, Selenium, SOAP UI, C#

Test Lead/Automation Engineer

United Health Group, Optum
06.2016 - 03.2017

Project- CAMS(Consumer Accounts Management System)


Consumer Account Management System was designed to adjudicate and justify claims going downstream that further gets appended with copay and coinsurance components.


  • Ran and tested ETL jobs.
  • Performed System, Regression, Exploratory and Smoke Sanity/Test as Quality Engineer.
  • Involved in monthly Deployment, Post-Deployment check-outs, hot fixes, and DOD (Delivery on demand) deployments
  • Involved in Sprint processes meetings namely- Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog Refinement, Daily sprint meeting and PI innovation
  • Worked on Support Log items and Service Requests for the support team
  • Writing, joining, and running SQL queries using SQL server management system
  • Preparation of manual Test Cases and Automation suites using Cucumber/gherkins
  • Running regression suites post deployment.
  • Analyzing tableau reports


Other tools- CA Agile, SSMS, HP QC, Selenium, SOAP UI

Quality Analyst

HCL technologies
03.2013 - 06.2015

Project- Walt Disney


The portal was to run various offerings for Walt Disney Orlando.


  • Performed smoke testing and report status to TL.
  • Conducted Regression testing and upload bugs in Bugzilla, HP QC.
  • Identified/Shortlisted test case that needs to be automated
  • Perform code fixes in automation suite.
  • Develop scripts by using TestNG with WebDriver.
  • Analyze changes in new build and update it accordingly
  • Analyzed executed Results.
  • Keeping track of Hardware and software requirements for Test Environment.
  • Frequent status check with Team Lead to ensure timely delivery of different milestones..

Other tools- UC4, Excel, Oracle DB.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Annamalai University

Skills

  • Proficient in TestNG, Cyprus, BDD, REST Assured frameworks
  • Performance Testing using J-meter, Rio tool
  • Selenium, Protractor
  • STLC
  • Project/Resource management
  • Test Planning/ Strategy
  • DevOps Practice
  • Java, C# development
  • Automated Test Development

Linkedin Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheetanshu-shekhar-48001064

Seek Profile

https://www.seek.com.au/profile/sheetanshu-shekhar-dr9xcB4RaZ

Hobbies and Interests

  • Travelling
  • Reading
  • Gaming
  • Watching documentaries

Timeline

Automation Test Lead

Accenture
03.2023 - 11.2023

Automation Test Lead

Accenture
08.2022 - 12.2022

Automation Test Lead

Accenture
01.2022 - 05.2022

Technical Test Lead

Infosys Technologies limited
02.2020 - 12.2021

Technical Test Lead

Infosys Technologies limited
06.2019 - 12.2019

Test Lead/Automation Engineer

United Health Group, Optum
03.2017 - 06.2019

Test Lead/Automation Engineer

United Health Group, Optum
06.2016 - 03.2017

Quality Analyst

HCL technologies
03.2013 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Annamalai University
Sheetanshu Shekhar