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Soht Kanwar is a seasoned QA engineering manager with 10+ years of experience in full-stack web development, test automation, and software development processes. He has led teams of 12 QA resources and worked on multiple automation frameworks and tools. Soht holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Technology and various certifications in software testing and Agile methodologies.

Credentials

  • ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
    ISTQB® - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
    Mar, 2021
    - Apr, 2026
  • GDPR Compliance: Essential Training
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2020
    - Apr, 2026
  • ISTQB Foundation
    ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
    Nov, 2012
    - Apr, 2026
  • Oracle Certified Associate - Oracle Forms 9i PL/SQL Application Developer
    Oracle
    Jul, 2009
    - Apr, 2026
  • Certified Scrum Master
    Agile Scrum Alliance℠
    Jul, 2018
    - Apr, 2026
  • SAFe 4 Practitioner Certification
    Scaled Agile, Inc.
    May, 2019
    - Apr, 2026

Experience

  • Infilect
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    • QA Engineering Manager
      • Dec 2021 - Present
      • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • UST Global
    • Bangalore
    • QA Architect
      • Jul 2016 - Nov 2021
      • Bangalore

      Led a team of 12 QA resources.Enhancing test quality and optimizing effectiveness by working closely with Development and program Management to prevent problems and ensure deliverables meet the strategic business requirements & gets completed on time with a high degree of quality.Possess excellent knowledge of Test automation design patterns for UI & API using open source & commercial tools, CI/CD pipelines, handling and executing test suites across various platforms.Monitored the testing activities, results, defects leakage, root cause analysis and areas of improvements to improve the QA process.Worked closely with engineering leaders, product managers, designers & product owners to plan and develop scalable and high quality technology solutions using agile methodologies.Owner of creating various QA metrics and present the scope of improvements to stakeholders.Involved in assessing risks at capability level using FMEA best practices & evaluated likelihood, impact, and detectability of each risk outcome.Conducted Test Estimations based on standard test estimation technique preparing and outlining roadmap for verification & validation strategy across multiple test phases in the development lifecycle.Excellent understanding of industry best practices in software development processes: Unit Testing, Code Coverage, Code Quality, Test Automation code reviewsWorked on multiple automation functional & performance automation tools (Selenium, QTP, IBM Functional Tester, Sahi, Telerik, Loadrunner)Well versed with automation frameworks (Junit, TestNG, BDD, Robot) and programming languages (Java, C#, Python, Javascript)Strong understanding on tool selection process across various web, API & mobile platforms. Excellent understanding on cloud based tools available to help carry out cross browser testing & compatibility testingStrong understanding of Rest based architecture. Created & automated test scripts to test the list of APIs using Postman & Soap UI.

  • Allegis Group
    • Bengaluru Area, India
    • Lead Test Engineer
      • Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
      • Bengaluru Area, India

      Led a team of 3 Automation QA resources.Involved in creating UI Automation Framework (TestNG) using Selenium Webdriver.Integrated the Automation framework with Maven build tool.Created cron expression to execute the job on daily basis using Jenkins CI tool.Created POC on Behavioral Driven Development using Junit and Cucumber.Used Property files to manage Object Repository.Used Java as the scripting language to automate UI portal using Selenium Webdriver.Implemented log4j to track all the execution logs.Prepared Manual versus Automation test metrics for demonstrating better use of Automation in the project.Prepared Automation test deliverables and send it to the end users.Conducted internal workshop on Automating webservices using Soap UI

  • Perficient
    • Chennai Area, India
    • Senior Technical Consultant
      • Sep 2012 - Jul 2015
      • Chennai Area, India

      Worked as Senior Automation Test Analyst:Created UI Automation Framework (Junit) using Selenium Webdriver.Created POC on components and provided demo to the onsite counterparts.Created Function libraries to make the scripts modularize.Used Excel worksheets to input test data and create execution report.Used Java as the scripting language to automate Adobe CQ5 using Selenium Webdriver.Integrated the Automation framework with Ant build tool. Provided Automation hand off to clients and gave continuous support.Worked as an External transition trainer:Provided Automation hand off training to the Thomson Reuters team of 8 members.Designed course material for transition training.Effectively presented the detailed Automation framework implemented.Monitored and assisted the team during the hands on sessions.Ensured the team is comfortable in using Selenium Webdriver to automate Adobe CQ5 using Selenium.

Education

  • 2005 - 2009
    National Institute of Technology Raipur
    Bachelor of Technology (Hons), Information Technology
  • 2004 - 2005
    Sri Chaitanya College of Education
    Mathematics and Computer Science

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