Worked for one of the largest investment client in United States. Playing a key role in an important initiative for FFIO (Fidelity Fund and Investment Operation) with the goal to increase production stability, make testing of business flows easier and faster. Responsible for development and maintenance of Automation solutions as well as actively contribute in the day-to-day planning, setup and execution of end-to-end business flows in a non-production environment.

Working as an Automation Architect, setting up QA Automation CoE for clients, designing UI & API automation framework using different automation tools. Implemented QA within CI/CD pipeline as part of shift left automation.

 Review product requirements, functional and design specifications and decide upon testing strategy, plan and estimation. Identify the challenges and gaps if any and try to resolve them with the help of business stakeholders and providing inputs from technology innovation perspective. Established end-to-end trace-ability matrix between Requirements, test cases and defects using tools such as HP ALM to ensure maximum Test Coverage. Designed and developed Test Automation Framework using HP UFT & Selenium (Java or C#) Designing and developing Proof of Concept's across various technologies and applications  Leading and managing a team of 15+ QA Engineers to deliver quality work. Developing end to end test automation pack using various CI & Build tools like Jenkins, Maven and GitHub for Source Control. DevOps integration and collaboration with dev and business teams on various application automation and plan way forward. Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones. Preparing various reports/documents including but not limited to - test automation plan, test execution plan, defect report, planned v/s actual execution report, etc. for stakeholders, client management & business users. Understanding user stories, creating backlogs, tasks and assigning tasks to offshore QA team. Analyzing the requirement and designing test conditions in co-ordination with Product Owner. Designing automation framework, automation scripts, creating multiple utilities to aide faster execution. Created Build for continuous testing on TFS. Execution of automation scripts through TFS on Browser Stack (Cloud Testing Application) . Doing automated static code analysis using Sonar Qube.

 Worked in Agile Methodology on various 3rd party derivatives applications and their automation – Derivclear for Trade and Life Cycle Booking, Artemis for Reconciliations, Babel for File Transformation Tool, STS for Settlements, CBSU for uploading clearing broker files, IX for uploading trades via portal & Fee Billing for generation of user invoices. Performing Valuations for Trades Booked using Calpyso. Writing test plans, test cases & automation scripts for testing all the above applications. Automating trading application using Selenium and Java. Expsoure to automation using Selenium and C# for their billing application. Assisting team in script creation, debugging, issue solving, etc. Participating in Sprint Planning & Review calls. Defect reporting and Defect Management using HP ALM Performed performance testing using HP Load Runner for Derviclear application.

 Designed and Developed Data Driven Test Automation Framework. Developed and executed automation test scripts for Sanity, Smoke & Regression Testing. Participating in daily scrum call, sprint planning and sprint review calls. Preparation of Daily & Weekly Status Report for the Higher Management. Defect reporting and Defect Management using MS Source Control & Test Manager 2010.

• Worked on Automation of SAP R/3, SAP Portal, Siebel 7.0, Manhattan Package, VB, Web Based & Terminal Emulator Applications using HP QTP 10.0 /11.0 and QC 10.• Developed and Designed Automation Framework for multiple engagements for different clients viz, Warner Bros and Loblaws.• Writing Different Functions using VB script to handle different business functionalities that also aides in faster execution of automation scripts.• Was part of Capgemini Automation CoE & was also an Active contributor to the CoE• Independently Lead a team of 10+ people on Warner Engagement in Capgemini• Preparing Project Plan & Resource Estimation.• Creating POCs and presenting the same to clients.• Preparing execution plan, execution status reports, attending client status calls, etc.• Providing training about the QTP framework designed to the on-boarded team members• Designing, developing & executing Automation Test scripts using QTP & QC• Taking Level 1 - Technical Interviews for QTP for lateral hires