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Vipin Gautam

Arlington Heights,IL

Summary

Dedicated Test Manager with 13.5+ years of experience in managing high-revenue, mission-critical projects and overseeing application testing. Proficient in agile team leadership and seamless coordination between offshore and onshore resources.

Excelled as a Senior Test Consultant in Software Quality Assurance across the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering to comprehensive testing, defect tracking, and impactful reporting. Experienced Lead for User Acceptance Testing (UAT), collaborating closely with business teams.

Proven in testing coordination, vendor management, and escalation point in large projects. Skilled in project management tools and practices, delivering results across multiple concurrent projects

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

QA Test Manager

EXL Service
Gurgaon, Haryana
09.2016 - 08.2023

Client : Citigroup

Description : Credit Risk Strategy and Execution Team-Responsible for transforming, building, validating and deployment of scalable Credit Risk Decision Strategies in FICO Blaze Advisor for Credit Cards Acquisitions and Account management. Team validates Business Rules built against System and Credit Policy changes provided by Clients for multiple portfolios using Front End (Credit Initiation) and Backend using XML Request/Response and SQL/SAS queries

  • Spearheaded offshore setup, ramp-up, and management of proficient 25-member project testing team.
  • Create Test Data for validating all Decisions for End-to-End Credit Risk Acquisitions process phases.
  • Established and monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess testing effectiveness, providing regular progress reports to senior management.
  • Utilized SQL queries to create comprehensive test data for validating all decisions in End-to-End Credit Risk Acquisitions process phases.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Transformed requirements into Business Scenarios and Requirement Traceability Matrix, creating essential test artifacts such as Test Strategy, Test Plan, and Scope documentation.

Senior Test Lead

FIS Global Business Solutions
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
07.2012 - 05.2016

Client : Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), R &D(OPF Product)

Description : FIS Clear2Pay delivers payment solutions to banks which help to reduce transactions processing costs, and delivers payment services.

  • Orchestrated end-to-end test activities, including Test Approach formulation, Planning, Estimation, creation of Test Scenarios/Scripts, and meticulous Test Execution Cycle Plans.
  • Responsible for implementation test factory best practices within project. Working in Agile environment/Methodology.
  • Strategically optimized manual test cases, enhancing likelihood of successful software testing outcomes while maintaining meticulous quality standards.
  • Demonstrated deep understanding of database testing principles and proficiently utilized SQL queries to validate data integrity and functionality.

Senior Test Engineer

Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
08.2010 - 07.2012

Client : CVS Caremark

Description : The Enterprise Adjustment System (EAS) is a multi-platform application that allows for one central location to track and manage all adjustment issues. It is the centralized adjustment system for the three adjudication platform RXClaim, QL, Recap which involves transactions of Issues and Batches.

TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY – COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL

  • Conducted end-to-end testing of mainframe applications to ensure data accuracy, reliability, and compliance with project requirements.
  • Executed SQL queries to validate data accuracy and consistency within mainframe databases, identifying and resolving discrepancies.
  • Expertly employed COBOL and JCL to create and execute test scenarios, validating data processing and system functionality.
  • Ensured compliance with industry standards and regulations relevant to mainframe applications (e.g., HIPAA, SOX).

Software Engineer

Keane
Gurgaon, Haryana
10.2007 - 12.2008

Client : Schneider Electric

Description : Schneider Electric North America (SENA)

The scope of project was application development, maintenance and support services for Schneider's General Ledger applications. Objective of finance module is to development, maintenance and provide support services. Purchasing, Accounts Payables, and Accounts Receivables applications.

Responsibilities:

  • Spearheaded critical Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Sanity Testing, and Regression Testing activities, guaranteeing delivery of high-quality, reliable, and robust applications.
  • Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving skills by efficiently tracking and handling issues in JCL (Job Control Language), resulting in timely resolutions and smooth project flow.
  • Experienced in testing mainframe applications across diverse industries, ensuring data accuracy and system reliability.
  • Performed Database Testing to verify Data integrity and Data Accuracy by passing SQL Queries

Education

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) - Information Systems

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT)
Delhi University, Delhi
06.2007

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) - Information Technology

University School of Information Technology (USIT)
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi
06.2005

Skills

  • Agile & Scrum Methodologies
  • SQL
  • Mainframe Testing
  • Programming Languages: Java, Cobol
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Scrum Methodology
  • Defect Management
  • Test Planning and Execution
  • Database Testing
  • Credit Risk

Certification

Agile Project Management - Google

Credential ID : HURLEG5U7E6S


Scrum Master Certification from - LearnQuest

AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATION ID : Y4LTP7VGB4ZC


Leadership Skills Certification from IIM Ahmedabad

AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATION ID: SVGC9W4XT3VL



Introduction to Cloud - IBM

Credential ID e918026ff73142c59acbbb9209bfeba3

Timeline

QA Test Manager

EXL Service
09.2016 - 08.2023

Senior Test Lead

FIS Global Business Solutions
07.2012 - 05.2016

Senior Test Engineer

Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets
08.2010 - 07.2012

Software Engineer

Keane
10.2007 - 12.2008

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) - Information Systems

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT)

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) - Information Technology

University School of Information Technology (USIT)
Vipin Gautam