SHIVA PARKAR

• Implemented automation using Selenium WebDriver, BDD-Cucumber, and Playwright to enhance testing efficiency.
• Established continuous integration processes with Jenkins, Ansible, and GitHub to streamline automation cycles.
• Led quality assurance processes for banking software projects to ensure compliance and performance standards.
• Analyzed test results and delivered insights for ongoing improvement initiatives.
• Conducted risk assessments to prioritize testing efforts based on project requirements.
• Developed chatbot for test case generation utilizing RAG concept to improve testing practices.
• Provided regular updates to project managers regarding task progress and quality metrics.
• Defined standards for source control management, change management, defect tracking, and reporting.

• Led manual and automated testing for enhancements to trade finance applications.
• Executed functional, non-functional, regression, sanity, and load tests, minimizing production incidents.
• Conducted API testing with Postman to ensure functionality and integration.
• Established best practices for testing processes, tools, and techniques to promote continuous improvement.
• Identified and mitigated testing risks throughout SDLC to ensure alignment with critical business requirements.
• Integrated testing processes into DevOps environment using CI/CD tools like Jenkins for reliable deployments.
• Designed and implemented end-to-end solutions for regression and volume testing.
• Provided detailed reports and KPI metrics on testing progress and outcomes to senior management.

Analyzed requirements to pinpoint test scenarios during initial project stages.

Optimized test cases to enhance efficiency and success rates in manual software testing.

• Designed comprehensive test plans that aligned with project objectives.
• Executed tests with a focus on exploratory techniques to discover hidden issues.
• Documented software bugs, providing detailed findings and suggested fixes for developers.
• Detected over 600 defects and initiated change requests via Jira to improve quality.
• Logged test outcomes into relational management applications such as QC, ALM, and Jira.
• Compiled various reports illustrating QA advancements for stakeholders' review.