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Sanjaybhai Thakur

Sanjaybhai Thakur

Edinburgh

Summary

Highly skilled and motivated SDET QA Automation Engineer with 10+ years of experience in designing, developing, and executing automated test scripts using various automation tools and frameworks. Possessing in-depth knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies. Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript and shell scripting. Skilled in implementing automation frameworks like Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Appium, and TestNG. Proficient in experienced in Rest API testing, CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Git, and JIRA. Good exposure to Web technologies- (e.g., HTTP, XML, REST, HTML, JS REACT, etc.)

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Technology Lead

Infosys Ltd
Edinburgh
04.2017 - Current
  • Developed, designed, maintained, debugged and enhanced mobile test automation framework for various mobile devices and tablet form factors.
  • Mentor functional testers for automation using various tools like selenium, cucumber, Appium, TestNg and JUnit testing frameworks.
  • DevOps and CI/CD practices for continuous testing which reduced time to market by 30%.
  • Conducted manual testing and wrote test cases, when necessary, participated in agile ceremonies and adhered to agile principles.
  • Created extensive status, weekly and monthly reports for stakeholders and concerned management teams
  • Communicate release complete status to all required stakeholders and make sure release deployments went successful before handover to UAT team.
  • Interacted with cross-functional teams, worked closely with business analyst, system analyst and developers to track down requirements
  • Contributed to continuous improvement of QA processes
  • Achievements: Implemented new automation framework resulting 50% reduction in testing time.
  • Developed and executed automated test scripts for major software release that resulted in 60% reduction in manual testing effort
  • Worked collaboratively with development team to improve quality of software products
  • Improved efficiency of test case creation and maintenance using JIRA.

Senior Software Engineer

Zensar Technologies Ltd
Pune, Pune
01.2017 - 04.2017
  • Responsible for providing automated testing support for project PAAM and automated support to BAU team and test applications across browsers (cross browser testing) achieving 50% reduction in manual effort.
  • Responsible for liaising with development, business, systems support teams and ensuring appropriate level of testing is completed to identify and resolve or escalate any issues
  • Analysis of requirements and performing required code changes
  • Preparation of test cases and reviewing it.
  • Lead test teams, test management and mentored junior team members.

Senior Automation Engineer

HolidayME, Holzoo online networks pvt. Ltd
Pune
09.2016 - 01.2017
  • Design framework from scratch using best open-source tools and selenium webdriver for different line of business for Website, Created and maintained test cases and test suites using TestRail
  • Worked closely with cross-functional teams to identify and troubleshoot issues
  • Reported and tracked defects using JIRA, collaborated with development team to improve quality of software products
  • Participated in sprint planning and review meetings
  • Achievements: Implemented a new automation framework resulting in 40% reduction in testing time
  • Developed and executed automated test scripts for mobile application that resulted in 60% reduction in manual testing effort.

Module Lead- Quality Engineer

Persistent Systems Ltd
Pune
01.2011 - 08.2016
  • Project: Symantec protection for SharePoint servers
  • Assess and perform systems utilization and reports to assist in troubleshooting and performance tuning
  • Provided systems metrics, root cause analysis and proactive monitoring and communicate any performance degradation to management
  • Managed projects within deadlines and provides weekly project status reports to management, Analyse performance of environment and provide recommendations for improvement
  • Effectively Participate in Defects resolution, propose and design retest scenarios/cases/scripts, maximizing work practices
  • Test SharePoint plugins and Symantec antivirus console (Web based) using webdriver
  • Owned test strategy documents, estimates, status reports and manual/automation test scenarios/ cases/scripts
  • Writing test cases for sanity, regression and Build acceptance testing.

Telecom Support Engineer, Telecom Engineer

Encodex Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
07.2010 - 12.2010
  • Project: Clearwire 4G WiMAX
  • Work on WiMAX gateways, Integration with an IP based network, Switch add (Configure)
  • Working On various microwaves such as Dragon wave
  • Configuring Power supply and check configuration of site boss
  • Support various Backhaul Connectivity Issues, Deployment/Implementation/Upgrade/Troubleshooting of products on remote servers and test servers
  • Configure as per network diagram of the current sites and configure switch accordingly.

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electronic Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
09.2005 - 04.2010

Skills

  • Cloud Experience: AWS, Sauce labs, Headspin, Bitbar
  • Primary Skill: Selenium Webdriver, Webdriver IO, Appium, Java, QA, Automation, Functional Testing
  • Languages / Scripting: Java, Shell, VB Script, Python
  • Framework Design: Page object framework design pattern, Data driven, Keyword Driven, BDD cucumber
  • Operating System: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Linux, MAC OS X
  • Testing Tools: Selenium Web driver, Appium, UFT
  • Versioning tools: GIT, Tortoise SVN
  • CI Tools: Jenkins, Nevercode
  • Containerization - Docker
  • Build Tools: Maven
  • Database: SQL, MySQL
  • Cucumber, Hybrid and Robot framework
  • Concepts: CCNA, Java, DevOps, SDLC, STLC
  • Bug Tracking Tool: TFS (Team foundation server), JIRA, ALM
  • Testing Framework: TestNG, Junit
  • Webservers: Apache Tomcat

Certification

  • ITIL Foundation Certified
  • SDET Infosys Mobility Expert
  • Infosys Agile certified

Accomplishments

RISE awards- 2018,2019,2022,2024.

Insta awards- 2017,2018,2019,2020,2023.

Timeline

Technology Lead - Infosys Ltd
04.2017 - Current
Senior Software Engineer - Zensar Technologies Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2017
Senior Automation Engineer - HolidayME, Holzoo online networks pvt. Ltd
09.2016 - 01.2017
Module Lead- Quality Engineer - Persistent Systems Ltd
01.2011 - 08.2016
Telecom Support Engineer, Telecom Engineer - Encodex Technologies Pvt Ltd
07.2010 - 12.2010
North Maharashtra University - Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication
09.2005 - 04.2010

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