Swagat Samal

Software Professional with overall 10+ years of IT experience. 8+ Years of experience in Software Testing in designing, developing, and executing test plans & test cases based on software requirements and technical design specs and 2+ years of experience as a certified scrum master.

INFOSYS

· AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER:

Got client appreciation for leading the team for successive deliverables on time without a backlog miss in Sprint cycles.

ACCENTURE

· CHASE ONLINE CSR: Got client appreciation for optimizing the code for a particular module and enhancing the script to a robust form

· FIRST SUPPORT APP: Client gratitude for educating the client on the approach to take during the framework-building process, resulting in successful and faster automation

TATA ELXI

. SONY LIV: As a Team Lead, I and my team received the “Tata BRAVO Award” for delivering Bug- Free builds in two continuous sprints

• Experience in working on Agile/Scrum Process/Waterfall Methodologies along with extensive experience in Manual Testing, Automation Testing, Integration Testing, OTT App Testing, Web Application Testing, UI Testing, Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing.
• Hands-on experience in test automation using Keysight's EGGPLANT automation tool.
• Possess rich knowledge in developing scripts with Eggplant Functional and creating Model based automation using Eggplant DAI.
• Experience in creating automation tests using Tricentis TOSCA.
• Experience creating and adapting automation framework.
• Ability to manage and maintain versions of test assets in GIT and other repositories.
• Good experience of working in Agile/DevOps environments.
• Hands-on experience of various test types (Manual/Automation) such as Functional, web and mobility.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines for executing test scripts and integrating automation assets into the pipeline.
• Certified SCRUM MASTER with 2+ years of experience and a proven track record of raising revenue and cutting costs by diligently applying Scrum principles, practices and theory.
• Possess good adept in refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum ceremonies.
• Knowledge of Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD.
• Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
• The experience in applying a wide variety of well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: various Burndown technologies, many Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
• Knowledge in the automation of manual test cases using object-oriented programming in Python with Selenium.
• Knowledge in Robot and pytest testing framework.
• Proficient in designing and developing manual tests for web, APIs, Desktop, and Mobile applications for product areas that cannot be automated easily.
• With a strong emphasis on using code, develop and execute test plans and test cases to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle through automation, this also includes writing specialized testing tools for the software platform.
• Profound knowledge in using the Software management tool JIRA and hands-on experience in Defect Tracking, Evaluating Defects, and Reporting Using Defect tracking tools like Bugzilla and Quality Center 10.0
• Experience of managing a team and stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to collaborate with developers, testers, analysts, architects, and other members across the organization.
• Flexibility on travel/work locations during the work week.

Roles and Responsibilities as a SOFTWARE TESTING ROLE:

· Oversee testing software products through the use of manual and automated tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards

· Develop, modify, and execute software test plans as well as analyze and write test scenarios while mentoring team members to effectively deliver the commitment

· Monitor automation processes and contribute to manual testing on demand and prepare result reports, defect status reports, and document all bug issues

· Responsible to understand the team’s automation requirements and build automation on- pre environment and other supported solutions

· Evaluate the regression test cases and sometimes provide support to the Manual test team to enhance the Test cases

· Run manual tests and build automation test suits for regression and new features; Testing UI components, check data in databases, and automate deployment and data generation.

· Design and implement automation tests based on the agreed-upon regression criteria for quality assurance of all aspects of the system (e.g., functional, security, performance, etc.)

· Work with both back-end and front-end development teams through the design and test stages to ensure strict adherence to business requirements

· Create detailed test cases, documenting expected product functionality based on in-depth analysis of specifications

Work with a large amount of data from different sources, making it understandable and usable by transforming, improving, and integrating data, depending on the business requirements

Roles and Responsibilities as a SCRUM MASTER:

· Coached the team keeping agile principles in mind and find innovative ways to smooth the learning curve

· Educated and reinforced scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders

· Ensured the team lives Agile values and principles and follows required processes and practices

· Acted as a facilitator for Product Owner and the Development team

· Ensured facilitating the scrum ceremonies such as daily standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review/Sprint Retrospectives

· Have tracked and protected development team from outside disasters, impediments, team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog project timeline

· Worked closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery feature and built relationships between the team, and the wider SPM team

· Daily communication with Stakeholders for helping teams to deliver the right thing, at the right time

· Reporting and analysis of sprints

· Managing the finance carefully, estimation of any change request, forecasting and ensuring that scrum principles are falling in its place without any impediments.

Facilitating refinement sessions to discuss new/modified User Stories and estimates Creates visual information boards such as Burn-down, Burn-up charts communicating progress to all stakeholders