Quality Assurance Engineer

Rishi Pal

+91-843-***-**** # *********@*****.***

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Skills

Languages: JAVA, Python(Basics)

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL

Agile Tools: JIRA, QTest, Confluence

Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Camunda, Maven, TestNG

API/DB Automation: REST Assured, Postman, SoapUI, JDBC

Version Control: Git, GitHub

CI/CD: GitHub Action, TeamCity

Automation: UI Automation, API Automation, DB Automation, Kafka Automation, Camunda BPMN Workers

Automation, DMN Validations

Education

Lovely Professional University Jul 2018 – Jul 2022

Bachelor of Technology, Aerospace Engineering

Experience

Programmer Analyst Trainee Jul 2022– Jul 2023

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pune, Maharashtra

• Roles & Responsibilities

• Team Size: 12

• Developed and maintained automation scripts for testing web applications using Java, Selenium, and TestNG.

• Assisted in Functional, Regression, and UI Testing, ensuring high-quality software delivery.

• Worked on API testing using Postman/REST Assured, validating request/response data.

• Gained hands-on experience with JIRA for defect tracking and Agile methodologies.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and refine test cases.

• Participated in Code reviews, improving automation framework efficiency and maintainability.

• Created detailed test cases and reports to track execution results and ensure Test coverage using QTest

Programmer Analyst Aug 2023– Present

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pune, Maharashtra

• Roles & Responsibilities

• Team Size: 20

• Led the automation testing efforts for key projects using Java, Selenium, and TestNG. Also Python scripts in few cases

were created.

• Designed and enhanced test automation frameworks, improving execution efficiency and maintainability.

• Conducted API testing with Postman/REST Assured, validating integrations and back-end services.

• Performed database validations using SQL queries to ensure data consistency.

• Actively participated in Sprint Planning, Requirements Analysis, Backlog Grooming/Refinement and test strategy

discussions.

• Implemented CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, enhancing daily Regression Suite runs.

• Mentored junior team members on test automation best practices and Selenium framework usage.

• Collaborated with developers and business analyst to improve software quality and defect resolution.

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Achievements

• Successfully designed and implemented an automation to validate data consistency between On Prem and AWS Servers

using Python, reducing manual testing efforts by 80%.

• Improved test execution time by 50% by optimizing Selenium test scripts and leveraging parallel execution.

• Contributed to CI/CD pipeline integration, removed dependency on third party tool.

• Received appreciation from stakeholders for effectively collaborating in Agile teams and improving test processes.

• Identified and reported critical defects in production, preventing potential business impact.

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