SHAHNAWAZ SHAIK
Summary
Talented Team Leader experienced and dedicated to enhancing employee satisfaction and business success. Diplomatic and friendly with proven commitment to employee training. Hardworking team player bringing necessary experience and knowledge to tackle any operational demand.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Automation Team Lead
Tata Consultancy Services - Cigna
07.2021 - Current
- Led the QA team and managed end-to-end testing of the product releases, within the deadlines
- Involved in end-to-end testing of the product (functional, regression, and integration)
- Actively participated in scrum meetings and reviews
- Performed Functional tests using Selenium web Driver with the data-driven framework
- Executed Selenium tests for automation testing of the web application using Selenium Web Driver
- Defect Reporting & Tracking in Jira and Service Now
- Involved in Performance Testing using automation and integration into Jenkins and ran in each iteration cycle
- Involved in Web services testing using SOAP UI, and also worked on automation of product using selenium (web driver)
- Effective planning and execution of product releases
- Involved in the preparation of the functional and performance test strategy documents
- Prioritized test cases for automation and converted existing manual tests based on priority to automated test scripts
- Participate and actively contribute to all Scrum Ceremonies (Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospective) meetings as required
- Performed REST Involved in developing test plans, test strategies, test scenarios, test scripts, and test steps based on Business and System Use Cases
- Wrote highly efficient and maintainable Java code to develop page objects using the Selenium framework
- Created test cases, and test plans, tested APIs, wrote TestNG test cases, executed code coverage, wrote automation scripts using Selenium, executed database queries for testing purposes, and led different projects in the shipping and checkout domain
- Worked closely with the IT leads and IT leadership to develop QA strategy and sourcing solutions
- Coordinated quality management for facilities and wells-related activities on assets and projects
- Ensured compliance with internal quality management standards and procedures
- Defined and implemented test strategies, test plans, and test cases for the application suite
- Actively managed planning and development of testing artifacts (including test requirements, plans, cases, scripts, reports, and test environment)
- Day-to-day responsibility includes management of off-site individual application team leads near shore test team
- Participated in the creation of a quality product by developing automated test scripts that perform both validation and verification tasks throughout the development lifecycle
- Performed Functional, Integration, Regression, End to end, Smoke testing, and User Acceptance Testing
- Extensively involved in writing and designing templates for test plans and test cases
- Worked with the Developers and the Test Led to verify the Test cases
- Identified the test cases and documented them in Quality Center
- Analyzed and Developed Test plans, test cases, Test Scripts, Expected Test Results, Test Procedures, and Functional Requirements
- Involved with Test Coverage Metrics and Defect Metrics such as Defect Density, Delivered Defect Density, Defects by severity, Number of defects, and Defects per build
- Defect Fix rate, Test Case Utility, Test Effort, and various other measurements
- Strong experience with writing SQL scripts, stored procedures, triggers, and functions
- Created reporting dashboard using VBScript and Power BI tool and integrated it with Jenkins
- Coordinated with technical support associates to fix proprietary software issues
- Performed correlation by rightly capturing the dynamic values and parameterizing the data dependencies that are always a part of the Business Process
- Created manual test cases, and reviewed them with different stakeholders to validate the functionality
- Diversified experience in Quality Assurance and software testing and In-depth knowledge of Software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Performed Back end testing manually and using automated testing tools by executing SQL queries
- Experienced in preparing test plans, writing test cases, mapping, developing, and maintaining test scripts for manual and automated testing environments.
- Improved team productivity by implementing efficient project management strategies and streamlining communication channels.
- Enhanced overall team performance by providing regular coaching, feedback, and skill development opportunities.
Automation QA Tester
Tata Consultancy Services - Prudential
10.2018 - 07.2021
- Performed Functional, Integration, Regression, End to end, Smoke testing, and User Acceptance Testing
- Extensively involved in writing and designing templates for test plans and test cases
- Worked with the Developers and the Test Led to verify the Test cases
- Identified the test cases and documented them in Quality Center
- Analyzed and Developed Test plans, test cases, Test Scripts, Expected Test Results, Test Procedures, and Functional Requirements
- Involved with Test Coverage Metrics and Defect Metrics such as Defect Density, Delivered Defect Density, Defects by severity, Number of defects, and Defects per build
- Defect Fix rate, Test Case Utility, Test Effort, and various other measurements
- Strong experience with writing SQL scripts, stored procedures, triggers, and functions
- Created reporting dashboard using VBScript and Power BI tool and integrated it with Jenkins
- Coordinated with technical support associates to fix proprietary software issues
- Performed correlation by rightly capturing the dynamic values and parameterizing the data dependencies that are always a part of the Business Process
- Created manual test cases, and reviewed them with different stakeholders to validate the functionality
- Diversified experience in Quality Assurance and software testing and In-depth knowledge of Software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Performed Back end testing manually and using automated testing tools by executing SQL queries
- Experienced in preparing test plans, writing test cases, mapping, developing, and maintaining test scripts for manual and automated testing environments.
- Improved software quality by executing comprehensive test plans and meticulously documenting results.
- Enhanced user experience for applications through rigorous usability testing and identifying areas for improvement.
Manual QA Tester
Thermo Fisher
01.2017 - 09.2018
- Enhanced software quality by meticulously executing manual test cases and identifying defects.
- Contributed to a streamlined testing process by creating detailed test plans and scripts.
- Improved product stability with thorough regression testing, ensuring seamless software updates.
- Boosted customer satisfaction by promptly reporting and verifying bug fixes in collaboration with developers.
Education
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering -
University of New Haven At West Haven
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
GITAM University At Visakhapatnam
Skills
- Methodology: Agile, Scrum, JIRA
- Project Management: MS Office Suite(MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
- Test Automation Tools: Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, PostMan, SOAP UI, Swagger API
- Databases: SQL Server Management, Oracle , MS Access
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI
- Performance Monitoring
- Production Monitoring
Timeline
QA Automation Team Lead
Tata Consultancy Services - Cigna
07.2021 - Current
Automation QA Tester
Tata Consultancy Services - Prudential
10.2018 - 07.2021
Manual QA Tester
Thermo Fisher
01.2017 - 09.2018
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering -
University of New Haven At West Haven
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
GITAM University At Visakhapatnam
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