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Raghav Sharda

Toronto,ON

Summary

Over 5 years of experience in Automation, Functional, API, Mobile, and UI testing for Software Quality Assurance. 2 years of experience in managing and leading program testing in the insurance and financial sector. Created Automation Framework (POM) using Playwright.Performed as Automation POC on a 4-member automation team. Managed the Credit Card project UAT team. In-depth knowledge of Mortgages and Loans. Worked in CI/CD environments with a deep understanding of Microservices. Proficient in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Bug Life Cycle. Reviewed and analyzed User Stories, Function Requirements, Acceptance Criteria, Use Cases, Technical Documents, and Testing Artifacts. Performed System Integration, End-to-End, Smoke, Sanity, Regression, SIT Testing, and set QA testing objectives on Microsoft Dynamics. Worked with cross-functional and backend teams to devise a testing strategy for the APIs backing our application. Planned all testing strategies, managed resource allocation, and created reports for stakeholders. Experienced in working in a SaaS environment with an agile development process. Veteran Automation Tester successful at organizing data and implementing successful approaches. Driven to develop enterprise-wide test automation strategy. Drives thorough optimization for processes to drive growth.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

UAT Coordinator/Test Lead

Flexiti Inc
07.2023 - 03.2024
  • Managed all test processes including test plan, test data, deliverables, and traceability
  • Coordinated SIT and QA testing activities, defining processes for creating test cases, bugs, executions, test plans, etc
  • Provided support, direction, and coaching to the QA team throughout SIT and UAT planning
  • Collaborated with development and business analysts to assess user stories and create a comprehensive Test Plan for UAT
  • Worked closely with various business lines and application development teams to ensure development and testing efforts met requirements.

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (Automation

Lifeworks, TELUS Health
Toronto, Canada
09.2022 - 07.2023
  • Developed test scripts using Playwright and created Test Strategy and Test Plan for automation
  • Maintained automated regression and data-driven tests utilizing the POM framework
  • Collaborated with the Test Manager to ensure requirements and timelines were met
  • Logged and tracked Bugs, Impediments, Epics using Xray/JIRA and created Reporting
  • Dashboards

Quality Engineer

SAP Labs
Toronto, Canada
08.2021 - 09.2022
  • Handled complete end-to-end Test Process including test planning and execution
  • Performed API testing using POSTMAN and managed Pipelines using Jenkins
  • Used Playwright for UI automation and API tests, and monitored performance metrics for cloud applications using Datadog
  • Led regression testing for various sprints as Test Plan Commander.

Quality Assurance Analyst

LifeWorks
Toronto, Canada
10.2019 - 08.2021
  • Developed performance testing scripts using Protractor and conducted performance/load testing
  • Gathered functional and non-functional requirements to develop test combinations using the
  • CTD approach
  • Performed End-to-End testing for multiple workflows using Cucumber scripts

Automation Engineer

Cognizant Technologies Ltd
Bangalore, India
10.2016 - 08.2017
  • Managed test planning, creation, and execution for client profit center website
  • Designed and executed automated test scripts ensuring conformance with requirements
  • Performed Browser-OS Compatibility and Regression/Sanity Testing.

QA Analyst

XLNC Legal Services
Chandigarh, India
05.2016 - 10.2016
  • Managed test planning, creation, and execution for the law firm's departmental website
  • Executed and evaluated automated and manual test cases, and summarized test results
  • Conducted load tests using JMeter and contributed to creating a detailed test plan document.

Education

Master of Engineering - Software Engineering

Concordia University
Montreal, Canada, Quebec
01.2019

Skills

  • Java, Typescript, Javascript
  • SQL
  • Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, BDD, POM
  • IBM Ignite, Visual Studio, Eclipse, JIRA, Xray, Azure DevOps, POSTMAN, Excel
  • PowerPoint, Smartsheets, Confluence, Datadog, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, BrowserStack
  • Project Management
  • Test Plans and Test Methodologies
  • QA reporting
  • Automated testing

Certification

  • Waterfall, Agile, CI/CD - ### Certifications
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner-1

Timeline

UAT Coordinator/Test Lead

Flexiti Inc
07.2023 - 03.2024

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (Automation

Lifeworks, TELUS Health
09.2022 - 07.2023

Quality Engineer

SAP Labs
08.2021 - 09.2022

Quality Assurance Analyst

LifeWorks
10.2019 - 08.2021

Automation Engineer

Cognizant Technologies Ltd
10.2016 - 08.2017

QA Analyst

XLNC Legal Services
05.2016 - 10.2016

Master of Engineering - Software Engineering

Concordia University
Raghav Sharda