Shikha Suveer
Lead Automation QA Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
- QA leader with 12+ years’ experience in automation and manual testing, adept at managing teams and driving end-to-end QA in Agile environments.
- Expert in crafting test strategies aligned with business goals, boosting sprint velocity, and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality products.
- Proven success in leading a team of 3 QA engineers, mentoring and guiding them through all stages of automation delivery, including test planning, prioritization, code reviews, and defect management.
- Led the successful implementation of in-sprint automation for almost more than 2 years, ensuring near 100% coverage of user stories within each sprint, faster feedback cycles, and improved release confidence.
- Expert in Selenium with C# for UI automation, Refit for API testing, and k6 with JavaScript for performance testing, with strong experience in BDD/TDD using SpecFlow, NUnit, and SQL for backend validation.
- Effectively utilize GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and VS Code to accelerate and standardize test automation—auto-generating test scripts, improving code consistency, reducing manual effort, and enabling faster peer reviews and onboarding across QA teams.
- Developed and deployed custom, scalable automation frameworks using best practices for modularity, maintainability, and reusability across Web, WPF, and WinForms applications.
- Hands-on with Python for test scripting, utilities, and data handling.
- Skilled in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity, with additional experience in TFS and Jenkins for continuous testing and deployment integration.
- Expertise in using BitBucket for code hosting and collaboration tool
- Expertise in Microsoft Test Management and JIRA
- Experience in Continuous Integration with TFS and Jenkins
- Driving Agile practices by leading daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and defect triage sessions, ensuring effective collaboration across cross-functional onsite and offshore teams.
- Defined and tracked QA KPIs (e.g., automation coverage, execution time, defect escape rate) to continuously improve QA delivery.
- Domain expertise in Litigation, Content Management Systems, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
- ISTQB Certified Foundation Level Tester (2015).
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Automation Test Lead
Omnicom Media Group
Bengaluru
04.2021 - Current
- Led and mentored a team of 4 Automation Engineers, overseeing resource planning, task allocation, and performance management to ensure efficient execution across multiple QA projects.
- Architected and implemented scalable automation frameworks for UI testing using Selenium with C# and for API testing using the Refit library, driving reusability, maintainability, and faster onboarding.
- Designed and implemented a custom performance testing framework using k6 with JavaScript in Visual Studio Code, and led the analysis and reporting of test results to optimize system performance.
- Drove automation strategy and roadmap, increasing end-to-end test coverage to 90%+, significantly reducing manual regression cycles and improving release confidence.
- Integrated SDK methods for dynamic API call handling, enabling efficient test case creation and improving validation accuracy.
- Designed and maintained modular TeamCity build configurations for nightly execution, orchestrating over 2,000 automated test cases across multiple features. Enabled component-wise and parallel test execution to ensure scalable, high-speed validation and continuous integration across releases.
- Automated daily test result reporting to stakeholders, improving visibility, decision-making, and defect resolution timelines.
- Provided strategic and technical guidance to improve the quality of engineering practices across QA and development teams.
- Created detailed test strategies, test plans, and workforce breakdown structures, ensuring alignment with project scope and timelines.
- Led cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders throughout planning and testing phases, facilitating alignment, issue resolution, and shared understanding of quality goals.
- Consistently delivered high-quality releases by aligning testing priorities with business goals and development velocity within Agile Scrum frameworks.
Senior Production Engineer
Harman Connected Services
Bengaluru
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Automation with framework designing and maintaining UI and API tests
- Apply, design and develop automated testing strategies and build automated testing framework from scratch, using CodedUI with C#
- Experience in E-discovery domain
- Completed and submitted monthly and yearly reports to support executive decision making
- Practiced lean principles, which led to improvements in workflow and quality and waste reduction
- Maximized productivity by 30-40% by developing and implementing innovative production processes for new and existing products
Senior Software Test Engineer
Renishaw Metrology Systems Ltd
Pune
03.2016 - 06.2018
- Writing Automation Test Suite using Ranorex
- Designing new Automation framework for new modules
- Logging defects in TFS
- Regression testing being performed continuously on test machine.
- Performing Automation Testing using Selenium with C#
- Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects
Senior Software Test Engineer
Atos India Pvt. Ltd
Pune
11.2012 - 02.2016
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted observations to development team
- Analyzing RIA document, writing tests in HPQC. Logging defects in QC.
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
- Investigated causes of non-conforming software
Education
B.E. - Electronics And Instrumentation
S.G.S.I.T.S
Indore, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Selenium With C#
Bitbucket
Github Copilot
Teamcity
VisualStudio 2022
API Automation with Refit library
Jira
K6
JavaScript
Performance Testing
White UI Automation
CodedUI
Specflow
C#
Timeline
Automation Test Lead
Omnicom Media Group
04.2021 - Current
Senior Production Engineer
Harman Connected Services
06.2018 - 03.2021
Senior Software Test Engineer
Renishaw Metrology Systems Ltd
03.2016 - 06.2018
Senior Software Test Engineer
Atos India Pvt. Ltd
11.2012 - 02.2016
B.E. - Electronics And Instrumentation
S.G.S.I.T.S
04.2001 -
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