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Abhishek Peter

Manchester

Summary

Accomplished and results-driven Test Team Lead with over 12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Automation, and Test Strategy Development. Expertise in managing large multi-site teams, leading automation frameworks, and implementing Agile (Scrum, BDD, and TDD) best practices. A proven leader adept at mentoring and inspiring teams, aligning test strategies with business goals, and driving process improvements. Passionate about delivering high-quality software solutions with rapid release cycles while ensuring robust stakeholder management.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Test Lead

Charles Schwab Corporation -Wipro Technologies
02.2024 - 01.2025
  • Led a team of 13 test engineers across onsite and offshore locations, ensuring seamless collaboration and regular client interactions.
  • Designed and implemented IAM test strategies, focusing on access control and management concepts within the IIQ ecosystem, including workflows for Provisioning, Deprovisioning, Birthright, and Connected/Disconnected Accounts.
  • Conducted functional, regression, and automated testing using Selenium with Java, enhancing defect detection rates and reducing manual testing efforts.
  • Developed and maintained automation test scripts using Selenium with Java, ensuring efficient regression testing and improving release cycle timelines.
  • Integrated API testing using Postman to validate IAM service interactions and ensure seamless authentication and authorization workflows.
  • Engaged in Git-based version control, including Pull Requests, Branching strategies, and Continuous Integration processes, to enhance automation testing efficiency and deployment workflows.
  • Worked on the migration project from Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) to SailPoint IIQ, ensuring data integrity, access provisioning, and compliance adherence.
  • Validated migration scripts, reconciled identity data between OIM and SailPoint, and tested the seamless transition of user access policies.
  • Ensured accurate test execution results in Jira, maintaining comprehensive documentation, execution evidence, and reporting for stakeholder visibility.
  • Captured and maintained detailed test execution logs, attaching relevant evidence in Jira to support issue resolution and audit requirements.
  • Provided test sign-offs on completion of execution, along with Jira reports on execution summaries, defect tracking, and resolution timelines.
  • Spearheaded defect management activities, tracking and resolving issues efficiently using Jira, while optimizing reporting mechanisms for faster resolution cycles.
  • Played a critical role in UAT management, supporting business teams in validating access control workflows, compliance requirements, and regulatory standards.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including Developers, Business Analysts, BAU teams, and Product Owners, to align test strategies with business objectives and technical implementations.

Test Lead/Defect Manager

Lloyds Banking Group - Wipro Technologies
05.2021 - 02.2024
  • Led a team of 4-6 engineers in testing the SailPoint Migration project, ensuring a seamless transition of identity access management functionalities across international locations such as Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US BOS.
  • Designed and implemented IAM test strategies, focusing on access control and management concepts within the IIQ ecosystem.
  • Conducted functional, regression, and automated testing using Selenium with Java, improving defect detection rates.
  • Developed an automation framework using Selenium with Java, reducing manual testing efforts and increasing test coverage for IAM workflows.
  • Performed API testing using Postman to verify the integration of identity access management services and validate user authentication mechanisms.
  • Leveraged Git for version control, handling Pull Requests, merging branches, and maintaining automation scripts in a structured repository.
  • Worked extensively on the migration from Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) to SailPoint IIQ, ensuring that provisioning, deprovisioning, and role assignments were accurately transitioned.
  • Conducted reconciliation testing for OIM to SailPoint migration, ensuring that identity data, entitlements, and audit logs were properly maintained post-migration.
  • Ensured accurate test execution results in Jira, maintaining comprehensive documentation and execution evidence.
  • Captured test execution artifacts in Jira, ensuring traceability between test cases, execution logs, and defects.
  • Provided test sign-offs upon execution completion, generating Jira reports with execution summaries, defect status, and key metrics.
  • Spearheaded defect management activities, tracking and resolving issues efficiently using Jira and implementing streamlined reporting mechanisms.
  • Played a critical role in UAT management, supporting business teams in validating access control workflows and compliance requirements.
  • Provided training and mentorship to junior team members, fostering knowledge-sharing on IAM testing best practices.
  • Worked with Agile methodologies, participating in daily stand-ups, test catch-ups, and functional review meetings.
  • Ensured continuous improvement in IAM test execution by optimizing test scripts and frameworks for better maintainability and scalability.

Scrum Master & Project Manager

United Health Group - Wipro Technologies
03.2020 - 04.2021
  • Led and coached Scrum teams, guiding them to self-manage and deliver high-value product increments through the facilitation of Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, and Sprint Retrospectives
  • Coordinated with Product Owners to manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring all backlog items were well-defined and linked to relevant business capabilities and user stories
  • Removed blockers and provided support to teams, driving them toward high performance and delivering on sprint goals
  • Drove Agile best practices, including BDD and TDD, improving test development processes and increasing test efficiency
  • Fostered strong collaboration across business, product, and technical teams to ensure transparency, resolve dependencies, and keep the project on track

Test Lead

Ford Motors- Wipro Technologies
03.2019 - 03.2020
  • Led testing and Agile coaching for automotive infotainment systems
  • Worked with vehicle teams to ensure seamless integration of Agile practices
  • Conducted manual testing on automotive hardware, including SYNC, TCU, and other embedded systems
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to validate infotainment software performance
  • Used JIRA for defect tracking, backlog refinement, and reporting key metrics
  • Developed and executed test plans aligned with Agile development cycles

UAT Lead / Test Lead

Qatar Airways - Wipro Technologies
08.2017 - 02.2019
  • Acted as a primary point of contact between business stakeholders and testing teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives during UAT phases
  • Managed test execution and defect tracking, integrated user feedback, and facilitated UAT sign-offs for the production readiness of airline applications
  • Led retrospectives and continuous improvement activities, optimizing testing processes and driving efficiencies

Test Engineer / Senior Test Engineer

Charles Schwab Corporation - Wipro Technologies
09.2012 - 06.2017

Senior Test Engineer

· Managed and Lead the team of 8 members from offshore and the end- to-end testing lifecycle for key banking applications, ensuring quality and system integrity throughout.

· Lead Scrum ceremonies, driving continuous improvement in Agile practices and ensuring that testing was completed on time, contributing to the successful launch of major features.

· Implemented automated testing frameworks that decreased manual testing effort by 30%, resulting in more efficient release cycles.

· Collaborated closely with development and business teams to ensure requirements were accurately captured and fully tested.

· Played a key role in defining project scope and estimating QA efforts, ensuring optimal resource allocation and successful delivery.

· Participated in walkthroughs and review meetings to finalize documents and ensure comprehensive testing scope coverage.

· Coordinated with the Onshore Team to establish work priorities and resolve queries.

· Transferred knowledge and trained team members on project-specific requirements.

· Tracked changes and additions to requirements and implemented the changes to the test scenarios and cases ensuring the test coverage


Test Engineer

• Analysis & review of Business Requirement Document.
• Working with Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts and Project Management to review the requirement documents (Requirement Analysis), solution proposal documents, coordinate test and implementation activities.
• Preparing test artifacts such as test cases for the new and old features based on functional specification documents.
• Test Execution - Execution of the test case and documentation of the test results.
• Daily / Periodic deliveries, status reporting and project communications to QA Leads and Managers

Education

Master of Science - Software Engineering

Birla Institute Technology And Science
India
12-2016

Bachelor in Computer Applications -

St Anne's Degree College
India
05-2012

Skills

  • Scrum & Agile Methodologies
  • Scrum Facilitation
  • Product Backlog Management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Leadership & Team Management
  • Conflict Resolution & Coaching
  • Risk Management & Stakeholder Engagement
  • JIRA , Confluence & Agile Tools, GIT Commands, Pull Requests and Continuous integration
  • Automation & Test Frameworks
  • Defect Management & Reporting
  • Retail, Airlines, Identity Access Management Domains
  • SailPoint Migration Project Leadership
  • Test Strategy & Process Improvement
  • Comprehensive Testing Approach
  • End-to-End QA Ownership
  • Defect & Release Management in Banking
  • UAT Leadership
  • Production Support & Incident Management
  • Sync4
  • Infotainment Testing

Accomplishments

  • Agile Transformation Leadership: Successfully led Scrum teams across multiple projects, driving Agile adoption and improving team performance.
  • Defect Management Optimization: Developed custom JIRA dashboards that reduced defect resolution by 25% and improved transparency and communication between teams.
  • Automation & Process Optimization: Improved release cycles by 30% through automation of testing processes and adoption of Agile best practices.
  • Continuous Improvement: Led retrospectives and fostered a culture of feedback and improvement, enabling teams to increase velocity and product quality over time.

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Network Security Associate – NSE 1, NSE 2, NSE 3

Additional Information

Open to both onsite (UK) and remote roles.

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Timeline

Test Lead

Charles Schwab Corporation -Wipro Technologies
02.2024 - 01.2025

Test Lead/Defect Manager

Lloyds Banking Group - Wipro Technologies
05.2021 - 02.2024

Scrum Master & Project Manager

United Health Group - Wipro Technologies
03.2020 - 04.2021

Test Lead

Ford Motors- Wipro Technologies
03.2019 - 03.2020

UAT Lead / Test Lead

Qatar Airways - Wipro Technologies
08.2017 - 02.2019

Test Engineer / Senior Test Engineer

Charles Schwab Corporation - Wipro Technologies
09.2012 - 06.2017
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Network Security Associate – NSE 1, NSE 2, NSE 3

Master of Science - Software Engineering

Birla Institute Technology And Science

Bachelor in Computer Applications -

St Anne's Degree College
Abhishek Peter