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Ankur Jindal

VIC

Summary

I am a quality engineering professional with approx. 13 years of diverse experience in quality engineering, development and Leadership. I have great experience working on establishing teams and hands on automation/manual testing for microservices , database , web and mobile applications. I have extensive experience working with global clients at client locations in Australia, United Kingdom and India. I have great passion for cloud technologies and I am certified AWS/Azure developer/Architect with 5 years of hands-on experience working on AWS. I also have an international research paper published in cloud computing.


My core competencies include technology portfolio management, service delivery management, digital transformation, strategic planning, risk and control management, and contract negotiations. I am passionate about building and leading high-performing teams, fostering strong business relationships, and creating technology alignment with business strategies. I am also committed to continuous learning, innovation, and excellence, as evidenced by my Master's degree in Computer Engineering, multiple certifications in agile, scrum, and technology.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Automation Lead

Jimmy Brings ( Part Of Endeavour Group Now)
04.2021 - Current

o Initially hired as a senior test automation engineer to establish first test automation framework and define QA process and standards for Jimmy Brings and later promoted as Lead Quality Engineer.

o Selection of tools and implementation of web , mobile and api test automation framework .

o Microservices testing and automation using Karate.

o Implementation of CI pipelines for test automation suit execution.

o Involve in end to end feature development which involves contributing to acceptance criteria, flagging risks and defining estimations.

o Working with different stakeholders for progress reporting, proposals, and detailed technical evaluations to meet business needs

o Working in agile environment contributing to sprint planning, retro etc activities.

o Worked with devops team to set up new test environments for team.

o Defining branching strategy in bitbucket for efficient and reliable release/testing.

o Establish test automation team and coach on implementation and usage of test automation framework.

Principal QA Engineer - Contract

Versent
11.2021 - 04.2022
  • Lead a team of QA's across client digital platform and establish test automation framework for API's.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
  • Reduced product defect rates by creating robust test cases and meticulously executing them.
  • Maintained compliance with industry standards and regulatory compliance during managed projects.
  • Elevated code quality through active participation in code reviews, offering constructive feedback for improvements where necessary.
  • Knowledge sharing by training new QA Engineers on company-specific testing methodologies and tools.
  • Promoted a culture of continuous improvement by regularly reviewing and refining QA processes, tools, and methodologies.
  • Partnered with senior management and partners to analyze issues and find appropriate solutions.
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
  • Enhanced software quality by developing and implementing comprehensive testing strategies.
  • Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.

Platform Lead - Quality Engineering

NAB
09.2017 - 11.2021

Initially Joined NAB in sept. 2017 as Senior Test Automation Engineer via Infosys Ltd. and later joined NAB permanent work force as Platform Lead - Quality engineering for NAB Enterprise document management platform. Below were my roles and responsibilities during my tenure at NAB


  • Developed comprehensive training materials for new hires, promoting consistent adherence to quality standards across all personnel levels.
  • Evaluated tools and technologies for QA platform across Enterprise document services.
  • Lead a team of 30+ QA's across platform.
  • Ensured regulatory compliance by diligently following industry standards and maintaining accurate documentation records.
  • Played key role in setting team best practices for writing automation scripts and maintaining test suit.
  • · Working with different stakeholders for progress reporting, proposals, and detailed technical evaluations to meet business needs.
  • Implementation of automated TVT for prod environments.
  • AWS based testing and participated in organization cloud migration journey.

SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER

AIMIA FOR INFOSYS LIMITED
04.2015 - 06.2017
  • Test planning and execution
  • Development of SQL queries for number testing
  • Java/Java Script application development for different tests.
  • Automated java code development replacing one human resource with a code generation tool. Infosys LinkedIn Link ( Client appreciating work) : https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6399955284030255104
  • Interaction with different stakeholders whenever required.
  • Continuous automation of manual activities that can reduce testing efforts.
  • Ensuring that automated testing related activities are carried out as per the standards defined.
  • Execute all the test case and report defects, define severity and priority for each defect.
  • API testing using rest assured for back end application.
  • Leading a team of 8 resources at offshore for automation script development.
  • Make improvements in existing selenium/API framework.
  • Bring efficiency into regression scenarios and reduce regression test time.
  • Write test cases in cucumber and implementation.
  • Test Script code maintainability.
  • Test planning and execution
  • Test Data Management.
  • Participation in full software life cycle development process.
  • Requirement Analysis, Test scenario identification, Test Case Preparation, Test Case Execution and Defect Reporting via JIRA .
  • Delivered various knowledge sessions and organized project roadshows at unit level.
  • Handled responsibility for Knowledge Sharing Anchor (KM Prime).
  • Independently handling and resolving the issues with the Dev / BSAs and closely worked with product owners to run the acceptance tests and getting their sign-offs.

SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER

Infosys Ltd.
08.2012 - 04.2015
  • Worked on rest web services development for virtual card payment project. Technologies used: spring , java , Hibernate , JPA’s .
  • Worked in Design and development of RRDS solution for regulatory reporting.
  • Implemented Design and solution for data versioning project.
  • Developed web services using rest web services and spring framework for home loan application of a leading bank in UK.
  • Developed web services using rest web services and spring framework for Third party insurance application of a leading bank in UK.
  • Worked in Infosys R&D branch to implement web services for a leading bank in Saudi Arabia.
  • Implemented microservices for a project in signature verification system for a leading bank in UK.
  • Handled responsibility for knowledge sharing by organizing regular sessions with in team.
  • Worked on writing unit test cases for microservices.
  • Design and documentation responsibilities as required.
  • Handled release activities (mostly DevOps part) as required.
  • Working with QE team on defect fixes
  • Worked on software analysis, programming, testing and debugging.
  • Analysis prod/non prod issue and bug fixing.
  • Took part in software life cycle and architecture activities.
  • Develop technical design for application development.
  • Worked on en to end utilities as part of performance stretch goals.
  • Collaborating with offshore team for day to day activities.
  • Working with different stakeholders for requirement gathering and application development.

Education

Master of Technology - Computer Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Roorkee
Roorkee India
06.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering

Thapar University
Patiala India
08.2008

Skills

  • Key Leadership skills
  • Team Building and Management

    Recruitment

    Decision Making

    Problem solving

  • Key Technical skills
  • Programming Languages

    Java

    JavaScript

    Shell script

    Python

    Web Automation Tools

    Selenium

    Protractor

    WebdriverIO

    Cypress

    Gatling

    API Automation Tools

    Rest Assured

    Karate

    Postman

    Database Technologies

    SQL

    Frameworks

    Spring

    Springboot

    BDD

    TDD

    Cucumber

    Build Automation Tools

    Maven

    Gradle

    CI/CD Tools

    Jenkins

    SCM Tools

    Git

    Bitbucket

    IDE

    SQL Developer

    Eclipse

    IntelliJ

    Visual Studio

    Cloud Environment

    AWS

    Azure

    Other Skills

    Kafka

    Docker

    JIRA

    Confluence

    KTA

Certification

  • International research paper in cloud , available on internet for link ‘Doubling run time estimations to improve performance of backfill algorithms in cloud metaschedular considering job dependencies, Proceedings of ICADC AISC 174, pp.

621-628, Springer’

  • Certified AWS Solution Architect – Associate

Transcript Link: https://www.credly.com/badges/37be21bb- 9c05-409b-a09d-b63b3d7346d1

  • Certified AWS Developer– Associate

Transcript Link: https://www.credly.com/badges/789166a3-cce4-48e9-83b0-2eac9bb226b0/public_url

  • Certified Azure Developer– AZ 204

Transcript Link: https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/2c49b3f6-2ac2-45ed-8bb4-c8ef5d693858

Timeline

Principal QA Engineer - Contract

Versent
11.2021 - 04.2022

Test Automation Lead

Jimmy Brings ( Part Of Endeavour Group Now)
04.2021 - Current

Platform Lead - Quality Engineering

NAB
09.2017 - 11.2021

SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER

AIMIA FOR INFOSYS LIMITED
04.2015 - 06.2017

SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER

Infosys Ltd.
08.2012 - 04.2015

Master of Technology - Computer Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Roorkee

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering

Thapar University
Ankur Jindal