1. ANKIT SHARMA
Test Lead
B.E(Computer Science), Pune University
E-mail: ankit.sh18@gmail.com
Contact: +91-9860378681
Career Conspectus:
Creative, results driven professional with over 7 years of global experience in managing
the entire operations of project life cycle with successful track record of testing &
delivering on / before time product/service releases.
Expertise in Manual Testing involving different testing phases like Functional Testing,
Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing, User Interface
Testing, Compatibility Testing, exploratory testing and Ad-hoc Testing.
Expertise in testing lifecycle & knowledge of different domains: BFSI domain (Payments,
GPP), mobile games, E-learning gambling based slot(EGM) games & virtual games, online
applications and cloud computing projects, I-OS, Android & Windows platform.
Well versed with agile methodology & other SDLC processes like waterfall model, iterative
model, etc.
Excellent proficiency level in various test, project and defect management tools like Quality
Center, Jira, Caliber, PLM, Bugzilla, Team track, Launchpad, etc.
Have been a part of all the stages of testing life cycle like Requirements gathering, Test suit
Preparation & Execution, Defect Reporting & Management, Daily Scrubs, Project Delivery,
Documentation & Maintenance.
Participation in creation of deliverables like due-diligence, Requirement Traceability Matrix,
different Test Management Reports, Test Completion Reports & Release Notification
documents.
Basic knowledge of Test Automation tools & languages: Selenium IDE, JAVA, SQL
Career Contour:
1. Hurix Systems Pvt Ltd.
Project: Kitaboo Publisher, Kitaboo online tools, Kitaboo Offline readers, Kitaboo products
Role: Test Lead
Duration: 7th July to till date
Tools Used: Sharepoint, Bugzilla
Accountabilities:
Manage & tracking the growth of weekly releases of projects over various platforms like
Android, I-OS, Windows8.1, HTML-5, client products, off-line readers etc.
Monitoring & reviewing day to day testing activities of team on all the releases in
progress.
Testing product on different platforms as per the planned sprints & featured changes.
Testing various client specific on-line & off-line products for the implemented changes.
Preparing KT related documents to streamline training process for new comers &
colleagues.
Requirement gathering & data analysis for the implementation on new change orders.
Preparing test entrance & exit criteria, status reports, test completion reports, sprint
analysis report, daily scrum reports, etc.
Attending timely review meeting with clients, sales & development teams.
Participating in client review meetings to discuss the updates on product and new
implementations.
Reviewing the test cases and test scenarios prepared by the team on the new releases
and functionality updates.
2. 2. WMS Gaming Solutions Ltd.
Project : Slot Games, Poker games, cloud gaming applications
Role : Testing Engineer
Duration : 01st
Feb 2012 to 3rd
July 2015
Tools used : PIMS, Serena Team Track, HP Quality Center 9.0 & 11, HP Launch pad.
Accountabilities:
Participation in day to day activities involved in development, testing & maintenance of
various gambling related gaming products.
Reviewing project requirement documents, design documents & game handoff documents,
project lifecycle information tools.
Preparation of Test scope document, test plan & test suit before execution phase.
Verifying the product against functional, behavioral & jurisdictional requirements.
Responsible for preparation of Test Scenario, Test Cases and Test Data for functional
testing
Performing test cases execution, Reporting defects, monitoring Test artifact maintenance to
achieve milestone timelines & highest quality products.
Testing the compatibility of the product on latest Operating systems & frameworks.
Monitoring & participation in stand-ups, defect reviews meeting, daily Scrubs to track day
to day progress of the project.
Creation & maintenance of Test completion report, weekly status reports, hand-off reports
& test deliverables, entrance & exit criteria, test lead reports.
Participation in test case governance, defect governance, peer review, knowledge transfer
sessions conducted for team to contribute in team growth & highest quality products.
Monitoring & mentoring the team of 4-5 professionals in their day to day activities.
Conducting knowledge transfer sessions on project or process related functions to maintain
the delivery of best quality projects.
3.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS E-Serve Ltd.)
Project : World link NEXT Gen –GPP (Global PAYplus)
Role : Senior Technical Associate
Duration : 25th
Jan 2010 to 27th
Jan 2012
Client : Citibank (United Kingdom)
Tools used : HP (Mercury) Quality Center 10.0, Windows platform, SQL
Accountabilities:
Analyzing requirements from BRD, FRD, User Guides, Release notes and reporting errors
for different CRs created for functional enhancement in GPP applications.
Arrange and participate in review calls with Developers, Operations and Technology teams
to clarify doubts in the above documents.
Prepare / Review Business scenarios from BRD and FRD.
Preparing test plans for partner system supports for all the CR’s included in each release.
Create Test Sets, Test Cases, and Test Scripts in Test Director / Quality Center.
Detect / Report / Review Test Defects.
Active involvement in defects maintenance arising in the Production environment to ensure
minimal impact to clients and provide workarounds.
Defect Manager – Scheduling Defects scrums, prepare defect trackers, Writing Minutes for
the weekly calls & defect calls with Client, Business, Operations and Technology teams.
Handling System testing with partner system teams.
Preparing day to day performance reports for team members.
Handling complete testing cycle for testing various types of reports involved in GPP for each
release.
Testing and maintenance of backend database involved in testing the various GPP
activities.
3. 4. Jump Games Pvt Ltd
Project : Numerous Mobile games and apps
Role : Game Tester
Duration : 22nd
Sept 2008 to 21st
Jan 2010
Client : Various mobile service providers across the globe.
Tools used : Mantis (Defect Reporting tool), Bugzilla JIRA, QA Submission tool
Accountabilities:
Involved in the Requirement gathering meeting with Technical Team, impact analysis
workshops, testing effort estimation and inspection of the requirements documentation.
Preparation of Test Plan & Test Cases as per the industry requirement as well as client
requirements.
Developed QA Submission tool.
Created test suite for different service providers, iPhone, iPad platform.
Identified and created appropriate Test Data for testing the functionality.
Performed Smoke testing, functional testing, regression testing, and portability testing on
various builds of different mobile games.
Reporting and management of defects throughout the testing life cycle.
Assisted with training for the user group and customers on how to use the application.
Arranged knowledge transfer sessions within the team.
5. Infosys BPO ltd.
Project : BT- Openreach
Role : Technical Associate
Duration : 26th
Aug 2007 to 15th
Sept 2008
Client : British Telecom
Tools used : HP (Mercury) Quality Center 9.2
Accountabilities:
Testing and supporting British Telecom Engineers to maintain connectivity between various
functional nodes of BT channels.
Handling online tests with BT engineers to maintain functionality of various channels and
nodes.
Reviewing channels flow for setup of new lines.
Discussing defects with BT engineers and guiding for respective solutions.
Testing macros used to maintain the application functionality.
Technical Skill Set: `
Manual Testing: Functional testing, GUI testing, Regression testing, System testing,
Ad-hoc testing, User Acceptance testing, Integration testing, Agile process, Scrum
Technologies Used: Windows, Linux, SQL, Java
Test Management Tools: HP Quality Center 11.0, HP Launch pad, SharePoint
Test Automation Tools: Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver
Defect Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center 11.0, Bugzilla, TTP, Team Track and Mentis
Scholastics:
B.E in Computer Science in 2007 from PUNE UNIVERSITY with 58%.
HSC from CBSE board in 2001 with 74%.
SSC from CBSE board in 1999 with 68%.
Accolades:
4. CSM(Certified Scrum Master) since April’2015.
ISTQB Foundation Level Certification in June’2008.
Diploma in Software Testing from ATS Info tech in August’2008.
Personal Lineaments:
Ambitious, Energetic, Influencing skills, Practical & Perseverant, Organized, Able to work on
own initiative as well as part of a team, Social, Honest and Trustworthy.
Personal Dossier:
Date of Birth: 18th
Dec, 1983
Father’s Name: Mr. Anand Kumar Sharma
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Indian
Passport No.: H1301256
Languages known: English, Hindi
Address: Flat No.204, Bld. B4, Fortune-East society, Kharadi, Pune-411014