Kaustubh Barhate Email & Phone Number

With over 7.5 years of hands-on experience in manual and automation testing, specializing in web-based, client/server, and data warehousing applications. With my strong expertise in AWS as a Solution Architect - Associate, I have successfully deployed and configured various applications on EC2, configured S3 buckets with restricted policies, and set up Cloud Front for low-latency website loading.Throughout my career, I have demonstrated proficiency in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. I have successfully utilized automation tools such as Selenium, JMeter, and Postman to enhance efficiency and accuracy in testing processes.I have a solid understanding of Java and Linux, and I am well-versed in Quality Assurance Standards. Moreover, my experience in ETL verification and BI reports has equipped me with a strong understanding of data warehouse processes and tools.In my previous roles, I have excelled in driving quality assurance initiatives and ensuring adherence to project requirements to track and analyze defects, retest them against applications, and record variations between expected and actual results. I am proficient in using bug tracking tools such as JIRA and VSO for defect reporting.My experience encompasses a range of notable projects. At BlazeClan Technology Pvt Ltd, I was involved in the Astro Analytics project, where I worked closely with users and analysts to understand requirements, conducted regression, functional, and system testing, and performed database validation using Google Query. In the Cloudlytics project, as a Quality Analyst, I ensured project requirements were understood, prepared scenarios, wrote test cases, performed testing, and implemented a CI/CD pipeline for continuous integration and deployment.Currently, as a Sr.Automation Engineer at HP Inc, I am leading QA team and doing QA activities by understanding product requirements, creating test case and scenario documents, conducting functional and system testing, and automating test scripts using Selenium and API testing tools. I have also played a key role in setting up Jenkins for scheduling and executing scripts, as well as creating CICD pipelines.I am now seeking new opportunities to further leverage my skills and expertise in quality assurance, automation, and AWS. I am confident that my technical proficiency, adaptability, and customer-oriented approach will make me a valuable asset to any organization.