Siddhika Bhargude
Pune
Summary
QA Automation Leader with 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale Telecom and
Banking solutions. Specialized in automation strategy, CI/CD quality engineering, OSS/BSS
systems, and microservices validation. Led 2 end-to-end enterprise releases with 99%+ defect
containment and zero critical production leakage. Reduced regression effort by 40% and improved
release cycle efficiency by 30% through scalable Selenium frameworks and Jenkins CI/CD
integration. Proven ability to manage global cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Test Engineer
Amdocs
Pune
08.2022 - Current
- Led 3 major end-to-end production releases in telecom OSS systems with zero critical production defects, ensuring high system reliability.
- Achieved 99%+ defect containment through well-defined QA strategies, risk-based testing, and thorough validation of OSS workflows.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams across multiple time zones, maintaining 95%+ on-time sprint delivery in Agile environments.
- Designed and implemented scalable test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, and TestNG, reducing regression testing effort by 40%.
- Integrated automated test suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, improving release efficiency and continuous testing by 30%.
- Performed end-to-end validation of microservices-based applications deployed on OpenShift (OCP), ensuring stability across distributed systems.
- Defined release-level QA strategies, managed test planning, and successfully led UAT cycles for telecom OSS applications.
QA Automation Engineer
TCS
Pune
12.2017 - 06.2022
- Developed and maintained Selenium automation frameworks using Java & TestNG (POM).
• Automated 149+ regression test cases increasing automation coverage.
• Designed test plans, release strategies, and reduced validation effort by 30%.
• Executed regression, integration, smoke and sanity testing cycles.
• Performed backend validation using SQL and managed defect lifecycle via Jira.
• Improved feature quality by 20% through structured root cause analysis.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
P.V.G College of Science
Pune, Maharashtra03.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
P.V.G College of Science
Pune 03.2017
Skills
Automation Strategy & Framework Development
Selenium WebDriver (Java, TestNG, BDD)
API & Microservices Testing
CI/CD Pipeline Integration (Jenkins)
Agile & Scrum Leadership
OSS/BSS Telecom Testing (Cramer)
Release Management (E2E Ownership)
Backend & Database Validation (SQL)
Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing
Defect Lifecycle & Root Cause Analysis
Stakeholder & UAT Management
Cross-Timezone Team Leadership
Accomplishments
On-the-Spot Award for UI Automation Excellence.
Certification
Agile & Scaled Agile Fundamentals - Amdocs
Timeline
Senior Test Engineer
Amdocs
08.2022 - Current
QA Automation Engineer
TCS
12.2017 - 06.2022
Master of Science - Computer Science
P.V.G College of Science
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
P.V.G College of Science