Mukund Zalke

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ABOUT MUKUND ZALKE

As a dynamic and forward-thinking Engineering Manager, I’m passionate about building high-performing teams and driving excellence across Cloud, DevOps, and Quality Engineering. With a strong foundation in software delivery and QE engineering, I focus on fostering innovation, scalability, and automation across the engineering ecosystem. I’ve led transformative initiatives that enhanced reliability, accelerated release cycles, and aligned outcomes with business goals, spanning quality transformation, DevOps enablement, platform modernization, and AI-driven testing innovation within the SAFe® Agile framework.Key Highlights:Strategic Leadership: Define and execute engineering and quality strategies aligned with enterprise vision and delivery goals.Cloud & DevOps Integration: Implementing CI/CD, containerization, and test automation pipelines to drive efficiency, resilience & cost optimizations.Team Empowerment: My leadership ethos revolves around nurturing and building collaborative, inclusive environments that inspire accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.Innovation & R&D: Experiment with emerging technologies including Agentic-AI, System-design,Web3, and intelligent automation to advance engineering maturity.Collaborative Approach: Excel at fostering seamless collaboration with development, product, and DevOps teams, ensuring a unified QA approach throughout the software development lifecycle.Stakeholder Relations: Adept at cultivating strong relationships with stakeholders at all organizational levels, fostering a shared dedication to quality and customer satisfaction. Technology Stack - Programming Languages Java || Python Framework(Developed RESTful APls) Spring Boot || Spring Data JPA Automation Libraries Selenium WebDriver || Appium || Playwright Test Engine(s) JUnit || TestNG || pytest BDD Cucumber Test Distribution SAUCELABS || Selenium Grid & Docker || Zalenium || pCloudy || XScale API Libraries/Tools Rest Assured || Requests || Postman Automation Platforms UFT || TestProject.io Dependency Manager Maven CI/CD Jenkins Orchatration Tools Docker || Kubernetes Repositories JFrog Security Testing SonarQube || OWASP ZAP || Nessus || BurpSuite Monitoring Tools Hyeigia( DevOps Dashboard)|| Grafana || ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK)|| NagiosLet\'s connect to explore opportunities for synergistic collaboration.#Engineering Management #Tech Project Management #Quality Engineering #QA #Leadership #Innovation #ThoughtLeadership