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Education
Skills
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Swarnadip Mandal

Swarnadip Mandal

Serampore

Summary

Experienced QA Lead with expertise in testing web applications, automated testing, and building and coaching strong QA/testing teams. Skilled in defining and implementing QA and testing strategies, developing and maintaining automated tests in selenium and/or Rest Assured, and testing web-based applications across the full-stack.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QA Lead

TCS
Kolkata
02.2023 - Current

As a QA Automation Tester and QA Lead, I contribute to ensuring the quality and efficiency of software projects. My responsibilities encompass both technical expertise and team leadership. The focus remains on delivering high-quality automation solutions while fostering collaboration within an Agile environment.

  • Automation scripts are developed using the Behavior-Driven Development framework to ensure seamless test execution.
  • A team of 10 members is led and guided to meet quality and project goals.
  • Agile methodology is followed to enhance collaboration and adapt to changing requirements.
  • Test planning and execution are managed to align with sprint objectives.
  • Process improvements are implemented to optimize testing workflows and deliverables.
  • Strategies are devised to ensure high-quality outcomes in both automation and manual testing efforts.

Automated Tester

TCS
Kolkata
02.2020 - 02.2023

An extensive contribution has been made to improving software quality and efficiency by developing and maintaining automated testing solutions. The focus has been on enhancing testing processes and ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.

  • Automated tests were developed and maintained in Selenium, leading to a 60% reduction in testing time.
  • Automated test scripts were created and executed for retail web applications to validate functionality.
  • Defects were identified, reported, and tracked to closure to ensure software reliability.
  • Cross-functional collaboration was undertaken to support high-quality software delivery and align with project goals.

QA Engineer

TCS
Kolkata
09.2018 - 02.2020

Significant contributions have been made to software quality by performing both manual and automated testing for web applications. Efforts were focused on optimizing testing processes and ensuring defect-free software delivery.

  • Manual and automated testing were performed, resulting in a 30% reduction in testing time.
  • Manual and automated test cases were developed and executed to validate application functionality.
  • Defects were reported and tracked to closure, ensuring software reliability.
  • Close collaboration was maintained with the development team to deliver high-quality software, and to meet project objectives.

Education

Bachalor of Engineering

University Institute of Technology
Burdwan
04-2018

Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Test Planning
  • Documentation
  • Process improvement
  • Quality assurance
  • Risk evaluation
  • Defect tracking
  • Test case development
  • Test Scripts and Diagnostics
  • Requirements Development
  • Web application testing
  • Agile methodology
  • Communication Skills
  • Effective time management
  • Cucumber framework
  • Rest-Assured Framework
  • SAP Functional Testing
  • Software development life cycle
  • Continuous integration
  • Regression testing
  • JAVA
  • Selenium
  • Postman

Certification

  • Assurance Selenium Foundation- TCS
  • Generative AI Foundation Curriculum- TCS
  • Digital MFDM AI Aware Certification- TCS
  • Rest API Testing from Scratch-Rest Assured Java- Udemy
  • Java Developer_E1_Curriculum- TCS

Strengths

  • Test Automation- Designed and implemented automated test scripts resulting in 30% reduction in testing time
  • Problem Solving- Identified and resolved critical issues in a timely manner, reducing bug count by 50% in 3 months
  • Team Collaboration -Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and timely delivery of projects

Accomplishments

  • Project Delivery - Successfully delivered multiple complex project with zero critical defects and within the timeline Process Improvement Introduced a new testing tool resulting in a 70% reduction in finding test data for multiple teams.
  • Process Improvement - Introduced a new testing tool resulting in a 70% reduction in finding test data for multiple teams

Hobbies

  • Quizzing
  • Music
  • Sport

Timeline

QA Lead

TCS
02.2023 - Current

Automated Tester

TCS
02.2020 - 02.2023

QA Engineer

TCS
09.2018 - 02.2020

Bachalor of Engineering

University Institute of Technology
Swarnadip Mandal