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Akanksha Agarwal

Newbury,Berkshire

Summary

Dynamic professional with a strong sense of ownership and accountability, adept at finding innovative solutions to business challenges. Proficient in AGILE methodologies, with expertise in SQL, Java, Selenium, and Tableau. Demonstrates excellent communication skills and the ability to engage at all stakeholder levels. Skilled in developing and executing UAT, managing multiple tasks, and quickly adjusting priorities. Experienced in requirements documentation, specifications, user stories, and common BI skills. Strong interpersonal skills facilitate relationship building across diverse teams. Proficient in Salesforce, SQL Server, Zoho, Active Campaign, Zapier, Microsoft Office Excel, Eclipse, SOAP UI, VMWare Client, Wireshark, Maven, Jenkins, GIT/GitHub, Jira, Trello and Photoshop. Committed to leveraging technical expertise to drive organisational success while pursuing continuous professional growth.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Analyst

UKRI, Innovate UK
Swindon
04.2020 - 09.2020
  • Company Overview: UKRI is a public body of the Govt of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology.
  • Worked closely with other members of the development team to review the designs, implement and prioritise user stories, implement test plans, and test the quality of the software resulting in successful releases.
  • Responsible for peer reviews of Test cases, Test Plans, and Automation Scripting following best practices and ensuring quality at all levels.
  • Performed all aspects of automation testing.
  • Performed User Acceptance testing as a part of Implementation Life cycle.
  • Prepared and submitted product test status and defect reports.
  • Prepared documentation and training material.
  • Planned and organised training sessions for the other team members and new members.
  • Worked in Agile Scrum Environment.
  • UKRI is a public body of the Govt of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology.

Automation Test Engineer

Edureka
Gurgaon
04.2016 - 11.2019
  • Company Overview: Edureka is Instructor-led online training and E-learning platform offering courses in the IT industry's most demanded technologies.
  • Created a comprehensive test automation framework that enabled scalability of test scripts and improved maintenance efficiency.
  • Assisted in training junior automation test engineers.
  • Worked closely with other members of the development team to review the designs, implement test plans and test the quality of the software.
  • Edureka is Instructor-led online training and E-learning platform offering courses in the IT industry's most demanded technologies.

Senior Software Developer

Aricent Technologies
India
10.2009 - 10.2012
  • Was responsible for developing and testing web-based administration UI.
  • Solely tested all Unity Connection REST APIs for the first time in the project since project transition from another vendor of Cisco Systems.
  • Was the single point of contact for handling customer queries and escalations related to RESTful web services.
  • Tested the administration UI using Selenium Automation Framework.
  • Actively participated in technical discussions and user story implementations.
  • Was responsible for ramp up training for freshers.
  • Implemented multiple user stories and handled numerous existing defects to improve the software.
  • Was involved in code reviews and test plan reviews.

Software Developer

HCl Technologies
Gurgaon
06.2007 - 07.2009
  • Developed code in Java and JSP in Struts framework as per project requirement.
  • Reviewed and tested code using JUnit.
  • Analysed and resolved defects of varied complexity.

Education

B.TECH - Electrical

KNIT
India
06.2003 - 06.2007

Higher Secondary - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, English

St, Clare's Sr, Sec.
03.2000 - 03.2001

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proactive and self-motivated
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability
  • Ability to analyse, interpret, and assimilate information
  • Ability to engage at all stakeholder levels
  • Proficient in AGILE methodologies
  • Develop and execute on UAT
  • Comfortable managing multiple tasks
  • Ability to quickly adjust priorities
  • Requirements documentation
  • User stories
  • Common BI skills
  • SQL
  • Java
  • Selenium
  • Tableau
  • Finding innovative solutions to business challenges
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Relationship building
  • Salesforce
  • SQL Server
  • Zoho
  • Active Campaign
  • Zapier
  • Microsoft Office Excel
  • Eclipse
  • SOAP UI
  • VMWare Client
  • Wireshark
  • Maven
  • Jenkins
  • GIT/GitHub
  • Jira
  • Trello
  • Photoshop

Certification

  • Salesforce Certified Business Analyst, Salesforce Inc
  • Salesforce CRM Certified AI Associate (newly launched), Salesforce Inc

Languages

English
Fluent
Hindi
Native

Personal Information

Title: Business Analyst

Affiliations

  • Volunteering - Have been volunteering for projects like Save Soil and Isha Foundation in general for Inner Wellbeing.
  • Cooking - Something I absolutely enjoy. Can cook multiple cuisines.

Timeline

Quality Analyst

UKRI, Innovate UK
04.2020 - 09.2020

Automation Test Engineer

Edureka
04.2016 - 11.2019

Senior Software Developer

Aricent Technologies
10.2009 - 10.2012

Software Developer

HCl Technologies
06.2007 - 07.2009

B.TECH - Electrical

KNIT
06.2003 - 06.2007

Higher Secondary - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, English

St, Clare's Sr, Sec.
03.2000 - 03.2001

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