Amit Agarwal

About Amit Agarwal

Seasoned Engineering Leader with nearly 20 years of experience in Quality Engineering, DevOps, and Release Engineering, driving high-impact transformation across global technology organizations. I specialize in building and scaling enterprise-grade QA strategies that align with business goals, accelerate delivery velocity, and ensure robust, secure, and customer-centric software products.Currently leading QA strategy for Cisco’s IoT Control Center, a complex multi-tenant SaaS platform, where I oversee multi-scrum teams delivering high-performing, cloud-native solutions. I bring a balance of technical expertise, strategic leadership, and people-first management, ensuring engineering excellence at every level—from systems architecture to team performance and product quality.I’m passionate about creating modern QA organizations that leverage AI/ML, test automation, DevOps pipelines, and data-driven quality metrics. I’ve led enterprise-wide initiatives to integrate shift-left testing, build intelligent automation platforms, optimize release processes, and cultivate a culture of quality across the SDLC.Leadership Focus Areas- QA Org Design & Maturity Models- Quality Strategy & Governance- Scaling Automation and CI/CD across Products- Cloud-native Quality Practices (AWS, Azure)- DevOps & Release Management Alignment- Data-Driven Decision Making & Quality KPIs- Vendor & Tooling Strategy (Build vs. Buy)- Team Coaching, DEI, and Talent Development- AI/ML in Test Automation & Predictive QualityTechnical Expertise* Languages & Frameworks: Java, JavaScript (React.js, Node.js, Angular.js), Python* Automation: Selenium, Cypress, PyTest, Appium* DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes* Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS* Web Services & APIs: REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, SoapUI, Postman* Databases: Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Cosmos, Redis* Big Data: HDFS, Spark, Hive, HBase, Sqoop* AI/ML Tools: OpenAI, Pinecone, LangChain, Jupyter, Hugging Face, Vector Store : WeaviatePatents & InnovationsPatent: 5G Network Slice Based BillingUS Patent #11••••69 | Granted Jan 2024Product Innovations:Tools designed to optimize testing pipelines, improve performance insights, and embed intelligence into QA automation.1. PerfTestOptimization – Intelligent performance optimization framework2. Jellyfish – Scalable, modular automation platform3. AI-QAgenius – AI-powered QA assistant for test generation & triaging4. LogSentinel - AI based application for real time application logs monitoring and analysis.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Leader (Sr Manager) - Qa, Sdet, Devops and Release Engineering

   Cisco

   Nov 2025 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   AI-Driven Quality Transformation:Championed the adoption of AI and ML in Quality Engineering, including self-healing automation, predictive defect analytics, AI-assisted test case generation, and intelligent regression selection—significantly reducing test execution time and improving release predictability.Scaling QA Across Teams: Leading and mentoring multiple QA Managers, SDETs, and automation engineers across multi-scrum, cross-geo teams to standardize best practices and frameworks.Cloud, Big Data, and SaaS Quality Leadership: Providing technical direction for cloud-native, IoT, and big data applications involving distributed architectures (Kafka, Pulsar, Spark, Kubernetes).Talent Development and Leadership Growth: Building a culture of excellence, ownership, and innovation by coaching and developing emerging leaders within QA and SDET teams.

Education

• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering

Skills

• Hp Qtp
• Testng
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• Scrum
• Agile Project Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• Jira
• Performance Testing
• Hp Quicktest Professional (Qtp)
• Soapui
• Regression Testing
• Qtp
• Apache Ant
• Requirements Analysis
• User Acceptance Testing
• Test Strategy
• Test Planning
• Java
• Quality Center
• Ant
• Core Java
• Testing
• Bugzilla
• Agile Testing
• Test Automation
• Selenium Testing
• Black Box Testing
• Selenium
• Quality Assurance
• Defect Tracking
• Hp Quality Center