YASHWANTSINH BARAD
Senior QA Engineer
C Type - C Block - 201 Sarkari Vasahat Vastrapur, Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Summary
Senior Software QA with ten years of Manual Testing experience in Enterprise Applications - Desktop, Web and Mobile platform. Stellar record of collaborating with software developers to produce robust, bug-free programs that meet business and consumer needs. Analyzes and improves software testing processes and supports teams in meeting critical project deadlines. Captures and documents defects, solutions and test plans accurately and clearly across diverse teams. Serve as a value-adding member of Agile QA team.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
Years of Team Leading experience
Work History
Senior Software Test Engineer
EPAM Systems, Inc
Pune, Maharashtra
05.2022 - Current
- Senior Software Testi Engineer (TL) for Enterprise Quality Assurance team.
- Interviewed, selected and trained QA personnel to build the team.
- Led the QA group and supported all team members with scheduling, project tracking, estimates and other lead responsibilities.
- Established QA Policies and Procedures, including documentation.
- Reviewed requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Planned, coordinated and facilitated Deployment Releases to Production.
Conducted regression testing, analyzed results, and submitted observations to development team. - Working with key team members, established SDLC.
- Worked closely with different departments to develop innovative solutions to functionality issues.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
- Coordinated regression test automation activities across supported applications.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Communicated risks associated with test execution and took mitigating action when necessary.
Senior Software Test Engineer (TL)
Brainvire Infotech
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Responsible for leading and directing the QA team of sixteen member.
- Follow quality standards and procedures to minimize errors and
maximize customer satisfaction. - Update quality control standards, methods and procedures to meet compliance requirements.
- Improve quality processes for increasing efficiency and effectiveness.
- Provide observations, take measurements and perform tests at various stages according to quality control plan.
- Mentor and encourage employees to strive for excellence while
fostering professional growth. - Increase customer satisfaction through adherence to quality standards and customer requirements.
Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer (TL)
Prompt Softech Pvt Ltd. - More than 15 years old software services provider company in Dairy relate
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
08.2018 - 02.2022
- Responsible for Defining QA strategy, approach and execution in development projects.
- Responsible for Leading and directing the QA team.
- Monitoring of all the QA activities, test results, leaked defects, root cause analysis and identifying areas of improvement. Implement steps required to improve the processes.
- Ensuring that the development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines and best practices of the QA strategy as defined.
- Focusing on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, sharing inputs for test automation.
- Gathering and presenting testing metrics and testing activities for the projects to key stakeholders.
- Ensuring the proper usage of available tools to gain the maximum benefit of the QA effort. This includes testing tools for functional, performance, automation, etc.
- Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing and quality assurance and operate as a primary point of contact for the QA teams.
- Driving and improving the QA team in areas of agile testing.
- Providing technical expertise in Testing Methodologies, Testing Processes, Tools and Techniques across the teams.
- Working with QA managers and Development managers to develop and execute QA strategies to meet and exceed department and corporate quality goals.
Sr. Software Quality Assurance Executive
Daemon Information System - More than 13 years old Real estate CRM software services provider
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
09.2015 - 07.2018
- Working closely with the development team during Software Development Cycle.
- Responsible for System Analysis based on requirements.
- Responsible for preparing User Manual and Release Notes.
- Responsible for Manual Testing using the latest Techniques and Methodologies and ensuring that all products are of very high quality.
- Creating/Executing Test Plan.
- Responsible for creating Test Cases and ensuring complete coverage of requirements.
- Responsible for logging defects and tracking them to closure.
- Responsible for the definition, implementation and execution of all Functional and Non-Functional testing areas.
- Responsible for helping Clients with their queries.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Prodigy Software - More than 25 years old software services provider company.
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
07.2012 - 08.2015
- Recognized for developing excellent test plans/test artifacts and rapidly discovering defects.
- Contributed to high-reliability technology releases as a result of thorough testing that helped maintain Prodigy software, client-satisfaction rating.
- Maintained discipline of “test-to-break” approach on testing initiatives and clarified ambiguous requirements to ensure the effectiveness of all test plans.
- Improved the documentation of QA testing practices to enhance their repeatability, saving time and money and encouraging testing standardization and best practices.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
Education
Msc IT - Computer Science & Information Technology
H.N.G.U Computer Department
Patan 06.2009 - 03.2011
Bsc IT - Computer Science & Information Technology
H.N.G.U Computer Department
Patan 06.2006 - 03.2009
Skills
Agile Tester
undefinedAccomplishments
- Done certification Scrum Foundation (SFPC - CertiProf), in 2020
- Done In-House Trainings on Team Management and Software Testing
Timeline
Senior Software Test Engineer
EPAM Systems, Inc
05.2022 - Current
Senior Software Test Engineer (TL)
Brainvire Infotech
03.2022 - 05.2022
Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer (TL)
Prompt Softech Pvt Ltd. - More than 15 years old software services provider company in Dairy relate
08.2018 - 02.2022
Sr. Software Quality Assurance Executive
Daemon Information System - More than 13 years old Real estate CRM software services provider
09.2015 - 07.2018
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Prodigy Software - More than 25 years old software services provider company.
07.2012 - 08.2015
Msc IT - Computer Science & Information Technology
H.N.G.U Computer Department
06.2009 - 03.2011
Bsc IT - Computer Science & Information Technology
H.N.G.U Computer Department
06.2006 - 03.2009
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