Kashif Shahzad
Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Technosoft Solutions- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Technosoft Solutions
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
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Jun 2019 - Present
Architected, optimized, and maintained automated smoke and regression test suites in python utilizing the behave framework (BDD) in Gherkin syntax for both UI, API and Micro Services (Pytest) Design, document, and advise teams with regards to latest test development standards, frameworks and guidance to maintain quality and consistency throughout the complete software testing lifecycle Performed Graphs, UI, API, and Database Validation and automation of multiple oil and gas apps Automated multiple API payloads and validated the performance and functionality of 85 % of all API's Collaboratively developed the Test Strategy and the Test Plan with all business stakeholders and the QA team to set realistic goals and identified value generation opportunities Maintained previously built java automation for both front-end as well as API with nearshore teams Accurate and timely status/issue escalation to offshore and onshore QA teams and managers Contributed in all of the various scrum ceremonies in a cross functional scrum team Planning, authoring, and reviewing test cases for Functional, Security, Performance, Database and User Acceptance Testing Tested salesforce both manually as well as with FE automation using python with selenium API Analyzed Google Analytics Data to create data driven test strategy and in sprint automation Migrated most of the manual tests repository into automation scripts for smoke and regression suites Used SQL for test data creation and verification Identified the master and technical data needed to execute end-to-end testing Created custom reports for the QA manager to share with stakeholders Led the team in the testing, documenting, defect tracking and information flow of multiple projects during each QA cycle Created a release framework and schedule which reduced the bug rate to less than 2% Show less
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Humana
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior QA Engineer
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Feb 2016 - Jun 2019
Architected and maintained various appium frameworks for both native and hybrid apps on android and iOS OS Connected web and mobile frameworks to cloud-hosted automation testing platforms such as BrowserStack and Sauce Labs Heavy backend testing of API's and Database Integrated web and mobile frameworks with CI/CD pipelines running on docker in AWS Automated, facilitated, managed workloads in internal and external clouds Demonstrated collaboration on project teams and interaction with project managers, business and functional analysts, developers and the business community directly related to quality assurance responsibilities and roles. Executed over 86% successful releases as per the release plan Provided technical architecture; defining strategic direction for testing automation practices and improvements Designed, maintained, and enhanced existing test automation framework, developed test automation scripts utilizing the POM framework, and enhanced the current framework to support a continuous integration environment with an automated smoke and regression test suite Ensured traceability from requirements to test cases and highlighted areas to improve test coverage Monitored issues and defects for trends and provided metrics to the project management team Show less
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RITE AID
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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QA Engineer
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Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
Performed manual and automation testing of custom developed application software to insure specifications are met Created and maintained automated suites to test customer’s UI and API’s (Java/TestNG) Collaborated with test lead in the creation of the Test Plan, and helped in preparing reports that the manager would share with Project Managers, Development Managers, and the Leadership Team Coordinated the test strategy, test schedule, and provided test matrices for test coverage Substantial experience with POM framework using JAVA and Selenium Web Driver library Leveraged Selenium Grid to run parallel execution of selenium scripts on various platforms; performed cross-browser testing to lower time-consumption while increasing test coverage Used Sauce labs to execute Selenium automation suites on different platforms; performed browser Combinations in parallel. Applied TestNG to view detailed test execution reports Extensive experience with VCS like GitHub Helped with testing iOS and Android app using Appium Java-Client library Performed Defect Tracking & Management in JIRA. Generated and integrated automated daily reports using Jira API Show less
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Education
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City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science