Overview
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Parshav Thakkar

Brampton ON Canada

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QA Analyst

CBRE
09.2023 - 03.2024
  • Responsible for functional testing for a large-scale project, ensuring all features met business requirements through UI, API, and database validation using tools like Postman, Figma, and SQL for thorough testing of workflows and interfaces.
  • Executed non-functional testing including performance, scalability, and security testing, focusing on system behavior under load, ensuring high performance and secure application architecture with a strong understanding of OAuth and security protocols.
  • Utilized Jira for effective project and defect management, tracking test progress, bug reporting, and overall collaboration with the development and product teams to streamline testing cycles.
  • Designed and implemented test automation frameworks using Java and Selenium, integrating these into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and early detection of defects throughout development.
  • Performed API and security testing with Postmanand validated proper authentication/authorization using OAuth for security compliance, ensuring safe data handling and system integrity.
  • Managed test cases and defect tracking using tools like Xray and HP QC, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and efficient traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects.
  • Monitored performance and messaging systems through Kafka, verifying reliability and stability of event-driven architecture, as well as testing system throughput and data consistency.
  • Leveraged Azure cloud platform for deployment and testing, ensuring seamless integration and deployment processes, while optimizing testing efforts in cloud environments for scalability and efficiency.

Business Analyst

Polymorphic Inc.
01.2022 - 07.2023
  • Analyzed product requirements, and user stories, and designed documents to create effective test strategies.
  • Developed comprehensive test plans based on customer specifications and project scope documents.
  • Tested web application compatibility and performance to recommend cross-browser compatibility improvements to the web development team.
  • Verified functionality of new features and bug fixes by running manual tests.
  • Reported defects found during testing in a clear and concise manner.
  • Reviewed existing applications for potential issues before release into production environments.
  • Provided feedback on usability issues encountered during testing sessions.
  • Communicated with developers and software engineers regarding non-compliance in existing code with updates to compilers and evolving standards of best practice in C#, Java, and Python.

Software Tester

Alian Software
02.2020 - 05.2021
  • Created daily reports of all activities related to the Quality Assurance process. Developed test plans, test cases, and scripts to validate software applications.
  • Identified potential risks associated with software development activities and proposed solutions accordingly.
  • Collaborated with other teams to ensure smooth delivery of projects within a defined timeline. Performed functional, regression, system integration, smoke, and user acceptance testing.

Education

Post Grad - Project Management

Algoma University
Canada
07-2024

Bachelor in Computer Applications -

YCMOU
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
06-2018

Skills

  • Test Automation: Selenium, Postman, Java
  • API Testing and Automation
  • CI/CD Integration
  • Security Testing (OAuth)
  • Test Case Management (Xray, HP QC, Jira)
  • Defect Tracking and Management,
  • Manual and Automated Testing Strategies
  • QA Strategy Development and Execution
  • Business Skills: Requirement Gathering and Analysis, Documentation, Issue Tracking, Achieving Project Deadlines, Project Planning and Management, Budgeting
  • Data Analytics and Business Intelligence: Tableau, SQL, PowerBI, Hadoop, Data Cleaning, Visualization, Modelling, Predictive Analysis
  • Programming Languages: Python, JAVA
  • Project Management Tools: Jira, Trello
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle ERP
  • Automated and Manual Testing
  • Team Collaboration
  • Software Development Lifecycles
  • Technical Reporting

Certification

ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualification Board) 2019

Timeline

QA Analyst

CBRE
09.2023 - 03.2024

Business Analyst

Polymorphic Inc.
01.2022 - 07.2023

Software Tester

Alian Software
02.2020 - 05.2021

Post Grad - Project Management

Algoma University

Bachelor in Computer Applications -

YCMOU
Parshav Thakkar