Rajeev Shukla
Verified Expert in Engineering
QA Engineer and Developer
Rajeev is an adaptive, quick-learning professional with around 15 years of experience and proven knowledge of application development, quality assurance, and QA automation. He's looking for challenging projects to leverage his expertise and, in the process, learn new tools and technologies. Rajeev is well-versed in both manual and automation testing processes and tools.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Selenium, Java, MongoDB, Karate API Testing, SuperTest, JavaScript, REST Assured, Manual QA, Postman, Apache JMeter
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is starting automation testing from the ground up, which has allowed me to create automation frameworks from scratch.
Work Experience
Test Engineer
Susquehanna Technology Management, Inc. (STMI) - Main
- Maintained data accuracy and adherence to diverse regulatory guidelines and standards, including those set by FINRA and CAT.
- Validated and released changes that handle more than 18 billion transactions per day.
- Worked on delivering multiple changes for the consolidated audit trail project, which was data-intensive and highly critical.
- Automated trading route validation testing using Python.
QA Engineer
Freelance Clients
- Developed the automation suite of a back-end application in Karate for a big telecom company.
- Created automation scripts for a new web-based device orchestrator website using Cypress.
- Wrote and executed JMeter scripts to validate different test scenarios for an API-based telecom project.
- Tested and documented bugs on all PRs added by the development team.
- Helped provide quality input for major product releases.
QA Automation Engineer
Grey Orange Inc.
- Strategized and developed an API test automation suite from scratch using SuperTest, JavaScript, Chai, and Mocha.
- Contributed to building a QA process using TestRail for test management and Linear for project management.
- Performed functional testing for UI and API changes for weekly releases and provided Go/No-go certification.
- Worked diligently to ensure all QA standards were met under each weekly release.
Automation Lead
IKS HEALTH
- Developed a automation framework from scratch for automating regression test scripts in a continuous integration pipeline for all the in-house products.
- Created a proof of concept for the framework and demonstrated the same to senior leadership for approval.
- Developed test strategies and plans and maintained automation test data.
- Led daily status calls and allocated daily tasks to team members.
- Created tools for the creation of millions of test data for performance testing.
- Contributed to accurate time estimates for automation test development.
- Ensured that the appropriate test environments and infrastructures were in place and kept up to date.
- Helped recruitment team with technical interviews of manual and automation QA. Conducted more than 10+ technical interviews.
Quality Specialist
Bank of America
- Initiated brainstorming sessions with team members to identify automation opportunities in our area.
- Built the UI and API automation script using Selenium, Java, and SOAtest.
- Led the effort to bring automation testing knowledge to the manual testing team.
- Created tools in Python and Java, which helped the team avoid doing repetitive work of creating test loans for testing out credit rating applications. The time spent in test creation was lowered from 20 hours to two hours in each release.
- Worked in an Agile team with members across the globe for test plan articulation, planning, and managing individual testing events.
- Identified test scenarios, developed test cases and scripts, and captured test data to support the test cases.
- Utilized appropriate testing tools for both front-end and back-end quality assurance.
- Conducted technical interviews for manual QA for more than 20 candidates.
Senior Software Engineer
Patni Computer System
- Handled all aspects of SDLC from requirement gathering to production deployment for legacy mainframe system, handling insurance solutions for over 10 million customers.
- Analyzed the legacy system and created operational documents for the same.
- Provided assistance toward application release installation into production.
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant
- Contributed to legacy mainframes of an open-source migration project.
- Worked on multiple tools and languages simultaneously, including COBOL, JCL, Natural Adabas, Db2, CA 7, and ChangeMan.
- Coordinated with UK-based clients from the first day at work, having daily connections to understand the requirements and provide daily statuses.
- Handled all aspects of SDLC from requirement gathering to production deployment.
Experience
Quality Assurance for Manual and Automation Testing
UI Automation Framework
Retails industry smart App for assisting Sales Agent
The results were visible within a month of starting.
Education
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology - Prayagraj, India
Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications
Mumbai University - Mumbai, India
Certifications
Deep Learning
NPTEL Online Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level
ISTQB
ITIL Foundation Examination
APMG International
NSE Certification in Financial Markets
NSE
Skills
Languages
Java, Python, SQL, JavaScript, Gherkin, Java 8, C#, HTML, CSS
Frameworks
Selenium, TestNG, Appium, JUnit, Cypress, Jest
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Playwright, Apache POI
Paradigms
Software Testing, Functional Testing, Test Automation, Testing, Manual Testing, Automation, Automated Testing, E2E Testing, Scrum, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Data-driven Testing, Page Object Model (POM), Load Testing
Storage
Relational Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Apache Hive
Other
Mobile App Testing, Manual QA, Quality Assurance (QA), Test Automation Frameworks, CI/CD Pipelines, QA Automation, Manual Software Testing, Regression Testing, Quality Management, Test Planning, UI Testing, QA Testing, Website Testing, Integration Testing, GUI Testing, Agile Software Testing, API Testing, ISTQB, QA Leadership, Smoke Testing, Web App Testing, Mobile Device QA Automation, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA), eCommerce, Data Migration Testing, Cross-browser Testing, Technical Documentation, Technical Writing, Data Migration, ETL Tools, FINRA, Financing, Healthcare Software, IT Project Management, ExtentReports, log4j, Team Leadership, Performance Testing, resiliency testing, Chaos Mesh
Tools
GitHub, Toad, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Apache Maven, Karate API Testing, Cucumber, Git, Jira, JavaScript Testing, Apache JMeter, GitLab, NeoLoad, Jenkins, Postman, Docker Compose, HP QuickTest Professional (QTP), SoapUI, TestRail, Bitbucket, SuperTest, Mocha, IntelliJ IDEA, MongoDB Atlas, REST Assured, Katalon Studio, qTest Manager
Platforms
Eclipse, Docker, Oracle, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Linux, Android, iOS
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale
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