Purvi Mehta
Toronto,Canada
Summary
- Results-driven IT project management professional with over 15+ years of experience leading successful Agile and Waterfall projects in the Banking and Financial Services, Retail platforms, Insurance sector.
- Experienced in directing and coordinating all aspects of large and complex IT projects, including scope, development, schedule, cost, risk optimization, people management, and change management.
- Specializes in risk management by identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies to prevent project roadblocks and ensure a smooth migration process.
- Effectively communicate with client executives and their respective teams, leveraging technical, business, and financial acumen.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
SDET Engineer
Citibank NA
Toronto, Canada
07.2024 - Current
- Contributed to the design and implementation of quality frameworks to the Rates Data Intelligence team, which is aimed at delivering cutting-edge, data-centric solutions to support sales, risk, pricing, quants, algorithmic trading, execution and trade processing
- Conducted SQL-based testing for data validation across large datasets (100s of TB) to support data accuracy and integrity, critical for business insights and decision-making
- Built reusable, scalable components for testing framework architecture, supporting both REST API (using Cucumber) and Selenium automation, which improved testing efficiency by 30%
QA Lead
Optimus SBR - Royal Bank of Canada (Short Term Contract)
Toronto, Canada
10.2023 - 02.2024
- Managed QA activities for Market, Credit, Liquidity Risk Systems complying to Basel III and Basel IV guidelines in Finance Resource Optimization (Treasury Services) for one of the largest M&A for Canadian Bank (HSBC-RBC)
- Tested the data transformation logic from Upstream to main data layer (Corporate Treasury Data Layer) and ensured the capital calculations are in-line with the standards defined by Capital Measurement Team
- Performed Month over month analysis for wholesale and retail clients referencing Positional Valuation Source for the instruments and facilities associated and reported any variances observed for the source system
- Effectively collaborated and coordinated defects with various upstream (40+) and maintained the remediation plan for the complex processes involved in defect lifecycle
QA Lead
Bond Brand Loyalty
Mississauga, Canada
11.2021 - 08.2023
- Expert in working with Agile and Waterfall teams in a matrixed environment including onsite, offshore resources, and Business stakeholders spread across multiple geographic locations
- Facilitated Sprint Retrospectives and tracked Burndown chart
- Conducted Daily Stand Ups (DSU) and triaged defect calls to ensure all the application defects are addressed and communicated to respective SPOC
- Traced and tracked each SSIS packages, Web Apps, Service Apps identified for migration from On-Premises to cloud that required coordination with different stakeholders to complete each tasks identified for PBI successfully
- Automation: Designed and implemented test automation frameworks for CRM apps using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Pytest framework reducing manual efforts by 60% and enhancing overall test coverage
- Built GUI automated tests using API library like Rest Assured and tools like Postman
- Integrated Automated tests with multiple platforms like BrowserStack and Jenkins to stimulate cross-browser testing for applications under test
- Mentored junior team members, fostering growth and enhancing team performance.
Senior Test Coordinator
CIBC
Toronto, Canada
06.2019 - 10.2021
- Handled the QA team of 6+ members in the Wealth Management domain for the Cash Management Online portfolio that includes planning test efforts, strategies, and execution
- Designed and implemented test automation frameworks using Selenium Webdriver and Python
- Performed cross platform testing for web application in different browsers like Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox and mobile devices like iOS and Android
- Designed, developed, and implemented User Acceptance Testing (UAT) protocols as the final phase of applications development
- Performed Web Accessibility Testing following WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA standards
Test Lead
Bank Of Montreal
Toronto, Canada
04.2018 - 06.2019
- Led the project team to test the upgrade of an application CRIMS (Charles River Investment Management Solution) that involves Re-balancing portfolios, trading Equities, Options, Fixed Income, and Mutual Fund securities
- Validated Interface Application like FIX Messaging system for trading Debt and Equity instruments
- Performed SIT and UAT testing of CRIMS application
Test Lead
RBC – Capgemini
Toronto, Canada
11.2015 - 03.2018
- POS testing using physical test credit and debit cards to see how the payment is flowing
- Experience with CDN Base24, Tandem Screens, Pega, TSYS, and Host
- Participate in Requirement Analysis meeting and Project Kick Off
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with resolution techniques in documentation to disseminate to project lead
- Lead, upgraded and modified BASE24 to route transactions to a new host
QA Consultant
QA Consultants
Toronto, Canada
11.2014 - 11.2015
- Effectively interacted with clients and project team to develop an efficient test plan and strategy and maintain the project schedule on time
- Involved in various types of testing like Functional, System Integration Testing (SIT), UAT to ensure application functions as expected
- Worked on projects from various domains like Insurance, retail and banking products
Senior Process Associate
Tata Consultancy Services (Citibank)
Mumbai, India
11.2009 - 10.2014
- Planned and estimated test activities for retail banking application (Sawgrass) to determine effort needed to validate quality of product under test
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches and used BI tools like Cognos
Functional Tester
Barrierbreak Technologies
Mumbai, India
05.2008 - 11.2009
- Performed Accessibility Testing, Functional & User Acceptance Testing of websites using screen readers & screen magnifiers like JAWS, NVDA, and Dolphin
- Provided support to the clients to implement accessibility standards including Section 508 standards, WCAG 1
- 0 & 2.0 guidelines for Government Websites like National Portal of India (NPI) (https://india.gov.in)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Mumbai
10.2008
Skills
- SQL Server (SSMS 18)
- ETL methodology
- Data Extraction
- Data Transformation
- Data Loading
- Query Management
- Stored procedures
- VBA
- Selenium WebDriver 38
- Jenkins
- Cypress
- TestNG
- Java 8
- Git
- Rest Assured API
- Postman
- BrowserStack Automation
- SIT
- UAT
- Functional Testing
- Non-Functional Testing
- CI/CD pipeline
- Azure DevOps
- JIR
- Service Now
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
SDET Engineer
Citibank NA
07.2024 - Current
QA Lead
Optimus SBR - Royal Bank of Canada (Short Term Contract)
10.2023 - 02.2024
QA Lead
Bond Brand Loyalty
11.2021 - 08.2023
Senior Test Coordinator
CIBC
06.2019 - 10.2021
Test Lead
Bank Of Montreal
04.2018 - 06.2019
Test Lead
RBC – Capgemini
11.2015 - 03.2018
QA Consultant
QA Consultants
11.2014 - 11.2015
Senior Process Associate
Tata Consultancy Services (Citibank)
11.2009 - 10.2014
Functional Tester
Barrierbreak Technologies
05.2008 - 11.2009
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Mumbai