+ yrs experience at Institutional Shareholder Services, specializing in manual, automation, and performance testing. Demonstrated success in team management and agile methodologies, leading to improved project outcomes. Proficient in Java and API testing, contributing to a collaborative environment that boosts team performance and project quality.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Vice President
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PVT. LTD
Mumbai
01.2022 - Current
Own testing of multiple projects and work in accordance with the business priority.
Manage a team of two junior testers and mentor them to work in alignment with team Goals.
Host knowledge sharing forums on monthly basis to encourage learning new concepts / tools in software testing field within the Team.
Monitor Automation Smoketest executions and QA environment health.
Monitor deployment activities across team on daily basis.
Represent QBIT in the project initiation meetings with business team which includes brainstorming, analysing impact areas and sharing testing efforts.
Review project dashboard on quarterly basis for analysing upcoming work in pipeline.
Working and tracking the agile sprints from the initiation stage through prod release.
Assist business team as and when required with testing on UAT environment.
Seek business feedback on delivered requirements for incremental improvement in domain and functional knowledge of the projects.
Organize and prepare retrospective notes of the sprints and share with business and development teams.
Participate in hiring process for the technical interview round.
Secondary Lead in QBIT Departments for 'Business Analysis and Requirements Review' & 'Performance Testing'.
Senior Associate Test Engineer
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PVT. LTD
01.2020 - 12.2022
Represent testing point of contact in high level kick off meeting for project initiation.
Participate in brainstorming meetings of sprint.
Review and allocate testing tasks to juniors in the team.
Functional testing of the web application, Regression testing of the legacy applications.
Creating Automation test scripts in java using hybrid framework in Selenium utilizing Selenium webdriver.
Performance testing of application using Jmeter creating xls, html performance test reports.
Stress testing of application using Jmeter.
API testing using POSTMAN tool.
API Authentication testing using POSTMAN tool.
Database testing i.e. verifying backend data by forming complex queries.
Deployment of application on Tomcat for .war , tar ball , rpms using linux commands.
Maintenance of Automation Test scripts by regularly executing and monitoring for failures.
Hiring junior test analyst and forming a team to manage testing projects.
Organizing knowledge sharing sessions and providing forum to other team members promoting knowledge sharing internally.
Associate Test Engineer
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PVT. LTD
02.2016 - 12.2019
Represented as testing point of contact for an application suite. Contributed individually towards end to end testing of multiple applications designed on Corporate Governance.
Co-ordinated with business and development counter parts to understand the business requirement and technology implemented in order to meet the application quality.
Organized meetings, conference calls on WebEx with teams across the globe in order to collaborate with teams and fill the gaps required for an efficient teamwork.
Knowledge of deployment process of applications on Tomcat / PHP servers.
Experience in writing automation test scripts using existing frameworks.
Well versed with white box testing, black box testing, database testing and data feed testing.
Provided testing methodology and communications training to juniors and newly joined professionals in the Company.
Interviewed testing professionals for hiring for testing profiles.
Knowledge of release documentation and QA processes.
Associate Test Lead
ZYCUS INFOTECH PRIVATE LTD
Mumbai
04.2015 - 01.2016
Devise test strategy from business use case, review test plan. Understanding of implicit & explicit user requirements. Able to work on multiple testing features at the same time.
Worked on tools like Dynatrace in order to resolve and respond to customer issues (tickets) raised in tools like Salesforce/Rally. Design test and defect reporting formats and manage the team.
Update product related data in JIRA and ensure timely reporting and response to stakeholders. Analyze defects against the software being developed and understand patterns and establish insight for developer team.
Provide testing related metrics. Agile testing skills. Ensure availability of test environment.
Ability to meet aggressive product delivery schedules. Ensure product quality at the end of the release cycle.
Responsible for creating and updating testing artifacts related to testing on product modifications and changes in specification.
Strong knowledge of QA process, methodologies & best practices. Hands on database testing and SQL.
Associate - Software Engineer (Testing)
ZYCUS INFOTECH PRIVATE LTD
07.2013 - 03.2015
Proficient in developing effective testing plans and test cases. Worked on defect tracking tool like Bugzilla. Updating and maintaining test scripts in tool like Testopia. Experience on Atlassian product like Jira.
Understanding of SDLC+STLC. Experience with UI, black box, white box, functional, performance (L1/L2/L3), interface, integration, regression, UAT phases of testing of web based and client/server applications.
Experience on testing shell script and log file analysis. Experience in desktop application testing on different OS x version.
Collaborating closely and work with development team to understand the product requirements, features, tracking and closing defects.
Good at interpersonal skills and team working ability. Expert in Analytical and problem solving abilities.
Well versed with validating the application and replicate defects so that any error can be identified and corrected. Bug tracking and verification of releases.
Education
B.Tech - Electronics & Communication
Asansol Engineering College
West Bengal
01.2013
Higher Secondary -
C.B.S.E.
01.2008
Secondary -
I.C.S.E.
01.2006
Skills
Manual Testing
Automation Testing
Performance Testing
API Testing
Database Testing
Agile Methodology
Linux / Deployments
Team Management
Java
PHP
MySQL
MSSQL
Linux
Windows
Mac
Selenium
Jmeter
POSTMAN
Javascript
C
HTML
JIRA
Bugzilla
Testopia
TestLink
MS Excel
MS Power Point
MS Word
Expected Place Of Work
Mumbai
Languages
English
Hindi
Bengali
Extracurricular Activities
Listening to Music Cooking Travelling
Disclaimer
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Employment Profile
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PVT. LTD, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Associate Vice President, 02/01/16, present, Own testing of multiple projects and work in accordance with the business priority., Manage a team of two junior testers and mentor them to work in alignment with team Goals., Host knowledge sharing forums on monthly basis to encourage learning new concepts / tools in software testing field within the Team., Monitor Automation Smoketest executions and QA environment health., Monitor deployment activities across team on daily basis., Represent QBIT in the project initiation meetings with business team which includes brainstorming, analysing impact areas and sharing testing efforts., Review project dashboard on quarterly basis for analysing upcoming work in pipeline., Working and tracking the agile sprints from the initiation stage through prod release., Assist business team as and when required with testing on UAT environment.
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PVT. LTD, Senior Associate Test Engineer, 01/01/20, 12/31/22, Represent testing point of contact in high level kick off meeting for project initiation., Participate in brainstorming meetings of sprint., Review and allocate testing tasks to juniors in the team., Functional testing of the web application, Regression testing of the legacy applications., Creating Automation test scripts in java using hybrid framework in Selenium utilizing Selenium webdriver., Performance testing of application using Jmeter creating xls, html performance test reports., Stress testing of application using Jmeter., API testing using POSTMAN tool., API Authentication testing using POSTMAN tool., Database testing i.e. verifying backend data by forming complex queries., Deployment of application on Tomcat for .war, tar ball, rpms using linux commands., Maintenance of Automation Test scripts by regularly executing and monitoring for failures., Hiring junior test analyst and forming a team to manage testing projects., Organizing knowledge sharing sessions and providing forum to other team members promoting knowledge sharing internally.
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PVT. LTD, Associate Test Engineer, 02/01/16, 12/31/19, Represented as testing point of contact for an application suite. Contributed individually towards end to end testing of multiple applications designed on Corporate Governance., Co-ordinated with business and development counter parts to understand the business requirement and technology implemented in order to meet the application quality., Organized meetings, conference calls on WebEx with teams across the globe in order to collaborate with teams and fill the gaps required for an efficient teamwork., Knowledge of deployment process of applications on Tomcat / PHP servers., Experience in writing automation test scripts using existing frameworks., Well versed with white box testing, black box testing, database testing and data feed testing., Provided testing methodology and communications training to juniors and newly joined professionals in the Company., Interviewed testing professionals for hiring for testing profiles., Knowledge of release documentation and QA processes.
ZYCUS INFOTECH PRIVATE LTD, Associate Test Lead, 04/01/15, present, Devise test strategy from business use case, review test plan. Understanding of implicit & explicit user requirements. Able to work on multiple testing features at the same time., Worked on tools like Dynatrace in order to resolve and respond to customer issues (tickets) raised in tools like Salesforce/Rally. Design test and defect reporting formats and manage the team., Update product related data in JIRA and ensure timely reporting and response to stakeholders. Analyze defects against the software being developed and understand patterns and establish insight for developer team., Provide testing related metrics. Agile testing skills. Ensure availability of test environment., Ability to meet aggressive product delivery schedules. Ensure product quality at the end of the release cycle., Responsible for creating and updating testing artifacts related to testing on product modifications and changes in specification., Strong knowledge of QA process, methodologies & best practices. Hands on database testing and SQL.
ZYCUS INFOTECH PRIVATE LTD, Associate - Software Engineer (Testing), 07/01/13, 03/31/15, Proficient in developing effective testing plans and test cases. Worked on defect tracking tool like Bugzilla. Updating and maintaining test scripts in tool like Testopia. Experience on Atlassian product like Jira., Understanding of SDLC+STLC. Experience with UI, black box, white box, functional, performance (L1/L2/L3), interface, integration, regression, UAT phases of testing of web based and client/server applications., Experience on testing shell script and log file analysis. Experience in desktop application testing on different OS x version., Collaborating closely and work with development team to understand the product requirements, features, tracking and closing defects., Good at interpersonal skills and team working ability. Expert in Analytical and problem solving abilities., Well versed with validating the application and replicate defects so that any error can be identified and corrected. Bug tracking and verification of releases.