SITESH KUMAR AGRAWAL
Gurgaon
Summary
Highly accomplished and motivated Software Test Manager with 15+ years of experience in leading and managing testing operations for large-scale software projects. Proven track record of implementing strategic test methodologies and driving quality assurance initiatives to deliver robust and reliable software solutions. Seeking a challenging position to utilize my expertise and contribute to the success of a dynamic organization.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Manager
Publicis Sapient Pvt Ltd
5 2022 - Current
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including development, product management, and project management, to align testing efforts with project requirements and milestones
- Developed and implemented comprehensive test strategies, methodologies, and frameworks to ensure efficient and effective software testing
- Collaborated closely with peers, product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to comprehend client requirements, contribute to design decisions, and ensure the delivery of high-quality outcomes
- Defined and enforced quality standards, testing best practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality software prod
- Successfully identified and resolved critical defects and issues, working closely with development teams to implement necessary fixes and improvements
- Handling 30 members testing team
- Involvement in planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling
- Conducted regular status meetings, test plan reviews, and post-release analysis to continuously improve the testing process and optimize product quality
- Conducted interviews, facilitated induction processes, provided training, and performed performance evaluations for all QA leads
- Responsible for Requirement Analysis, Estimation, Planning, Test Strategy, Test Preparation, Execution, Defect Management, Reporting, RCA and Closure activities
- Responsible for dashboard creation on confluence to showcase testing status like Fist time pass, defect leakage
- Responsible for Quality EMM(Engineering measure and Management) and KPI’S etc
- Created CI/CD pipeline with DevOps to execute functional test cases with development pipeline
- Implemented webDriverIO Cucumber framework and integrated it with browser stack for multiple devices
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and fix defects in Salesforce Commerce Cloud platform.
Test Architect
Birlasoft Pvt Ltd
07.2017 - 04.2022
- Partnering with the Project Delivery Managers for overall project oversight, planning, governance Responsible for salesforce application end-to-end delivery like metadata configuration for different services like EU SFTR,EU EMIR,SEC, CFTC,MAS,UK SFTR AND UK EMIT ETC
- Third-party docu sign, Billiing,LEI onboarding on SDO system and salesforce lightning application automation with Selenium
- Responsible for Requirement Analysis, Estimation, Planning, Test Strategy, Test Preparation, Execution, Defect Management, Reporting, RCA and Closure activities
- Monitoring all QA activities, including test results, identified defects, and performed root cause analysis, while proactively identifying areas for improvement
- Took decisive steps to implement necessary measures and enhance processes accordingly
- Assumed responsibility for overseeing test automation projects and demonstrated leadership by mentoring and guiding QA automation developers to ensure their professional growth and success
- Automated script creation for rest automation in micro service-based architecture
- Design test flows, test scripts, test data for web, Mainframe, Windows, Feed Files, Csv files etc
- Deliver project with minimum defect leakage and reviewed PTR, ITDR, Test plan and RTM document with audit team
- Integrate with GIT, Maven, Jenkins and docker for CI & CD
- Estimation, ROI Calculation and Delivery
- Understanding the client requirements and implementing roadmap by interacting with global teams to ensure successful and timely execution of testing activities
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies for the team (Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Refining & Review/Demo)
- Involved in responding RFIs & RFPs specifically in the area of estimation, automation tools, frameworks, and proof of concepts (POC)
- Performed POC on various technologies for automation deliverables Selenium, HP UFT, QTP,REST API, Appium etc
- Assign task to all testing team members and ensure that daily allocated task are completed successfully every day
- Track and prepare the report of testing activities like test testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines etc
- Organize the status meetings and send the Status Report (Daily, Weekly etc.) to the Client
- Classification: Internal
- Monitor the effectiveness and progress of all testing, provide acceptance of completion of each level of testing prior to the commencement of the next level of testing and alert the management to any potential problems and risk
- Create mitigation plan for upcoming risk and challenges
- Managing 20 member testing team for Testing/QAActivities
- Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones and prepares the metricsdashboard.
Senior Test Lead
Interglobe Pvt Ltd
02.2014 - 07.2017
- Responsible for Requirement Analysis, Estimation, Planning, Test Strategy, Test Preparation, Execution, Defect Management, Reporting, RCA and Closure activities
- Testing of salesforce classic reusable components like Security setting and sharingsetting, salesforce metadata configuration and case creation
- Assign task to all testing team members and ensure that daily allocated task completed successfully every day
- Performance testing with JMeter for validation of throughput and hitratio
- Track and prepare the report of testing activities like test testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines etc
- Calculate ROI – Return on Investment and presented to leadership team and customer for budget approvals
- Design configurable and reliable keyword and data driven framework to execute cross browser and parallel execution using Selenium Grid and Testing
- Have been engaged in responding to testing RFIs & RFPs specifically in the area of estimation, automation tools, frameworks, and proof of concepts (POC)
- Implementing DevOps/Continuous integration and deployment using Jenkins, Maven, and SVN
- Design and create configurable test scripts storing all XPath, ID, Name in configurable files using Selenium WebDriver methods
- Review and enhance Test cases using Java programming features and TestNGAnnotations.
Senior Test Engineer
Genpact Headstrong Pvt Ltd
08.2012 - 01.2014
- Understood current problem of Leadership team, users and the complexity of 4 different system doing UAT at the same time
- Addressed immediate problems by automating test metrics and reporting procedures to drive UAT in goal-oriented manner
- Fixed UAT test scenarios in the next cycle to address user issues to drive greater efficiency from users
- Implemented SharePoint custom list for defect management and implemented it to the scale of ALM
- Articulated and communicated roles and responsibilities of each user group such as Test
- Designed and implemented standard operating procedures for UAT
- Managed integrations with various API partners to ensure all services are being integrated correctly
- Cutover Management
- Planned Cutover with Program Director and Program Manager
- Defined Clear Go / No Go Criteria and priority for fix during Dry run and cutover
- Drive Dryrun-1, found gaps and improvement areas from Dryrun-1 and massively changed the critical path and process for Dryrun-2
- Drive Dryrun-2 as major success after Dryrun-1 not being so successful.
Senior Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra Pvt Ltd
10.2010 - 07.2012
- Implementing test automation in the organization using QTP
- Involved in a component based Automation framework design, development and maintenance
- Generating Automation regression test scripts, maintenance and enhancement of those scripts as per the application change requests for every new release
- Responsible for defect reporting and tracking them to closure
- Responsible for executing automation scripts and reporting status to stakeholders
- Understanding requirements and test cases/scenario’s for automation
- Help team on all techical issues related to tools and technologies
- Worked on POC of multiple projects for automation using QTP, Selenium and Quality Centre etc
- Preparation of test plan, test cases and execution of them
- Resource allocation and work allocation for scripts creation and update
- Automating GUI workflows using QTP 10.0 and integrated with Quality Centre 10.0.
Senior Test Engineer
WOW Vision Pvt Ltd
10.2008 - 10.2010
- Implementing test automation in the organisation using QTP
- Involved in a component based Automation framework design, development and maintenance
- Generating Automation regression test scripts, maintenance and enhancement of those scripts as per the application change requests for every new release
- Responsible for defect reporting and tracking them to closure
- Responsible for executing automation scripts and reporting status to stakeholders
- Understanding requirements and test cases/scenario’s for automation
- Help team on all technical issues related to tools and technologies
- Worked on POC of multiple projects for automation using QTP, Selenium and Quality Centre etc
- Preparation of test plan, test cases and execution of them
- Resource allocation and work allocation for scripts creation and update
- Automating GUI workflows using QTP 10.0 and integrated with Quality Centre 10.0.
Education
MBA - Client Relationship
Symbiosys
Pune 04.2001 -
B.Tech - Computer Science
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Uttar Pradesh 04.2001 -
Skills
Java
Java Script
Type Script
My- SQL
Eclipse
REST-API
Functional Testing
System Testing
Test Automation
Tool selection
Test script writing
Stakeholder Management
Software Development Lifecycle
Product optimization
Usability Testing
Test strategy development
Test case design
Mobile Testing
DevOps Practices
Test Execution Management
Domain Expertise
Test Program Development
Collaborative Team Player
Decision-Making
Automation scripting
Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
Relationship Building
Cross-platform testing
Multitasking
Root Cause Analysis
System Modification Testing
Organizational Skills
Scrum Methodology
Effective Communication
Version Control Systems: Git
Training and mentoring
Academicqualification
- Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Uttar Pradesh Technical University
- PGDBA Client Relationship Symbiosis Centre For Distance Learning Pune
Alternateemail
ag.sitesh@gmail.com
H1bvisa
Valid Till 06/2024
Currentaddress
Flat 402 tower 60 Emaar Palm Hills Sec 77, Gurgaon
Personal Information
- Passport Number: S2432305
- Date of Birth: 04/03/84
Timeline
Test Architect
Birlasoft Pvt Ltd
07.2017 - 04.2022
Senior Test Lead
Interglobe Pvt Ltd
02.2014 - 07.2017
Senior Test Engineer
Genpact Headstrong Pvt Ltd
08.2012 - 01.2014
Senior Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra Pvt Ltd
10.2010 - 07.2012
Senior Test Engineer
WOW Vision Pvt Ltd
10.2008 - 10.2010
MBA - Client Relationship
Symbiosys
04.2001 -
B.Tech - Computer Science
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
04.2001 -
Test Manager
Publicis Sapient Pvt Ltd
5 2022 - Current