Nishith Patnaik

About Nishith Patnaik

Passionate QE leader and Tech enthusiast with experience across Insurance, Banking & Finance domain. Well-versed with SDLC/STLC in Agile & Traditional environments. Track record for leading cross-functional QA teams & delivering high quality software products.My key skills and experience include the following tools and technologies:Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, VBScriptAPI Test Automation-REST Assured-Postman-SoapUIWeb & API Automation- Playwright- Selenium -TestNG, Maven, Cucumber | Pytest- Robot Framework- UFTCI/CD | VersionControl- Jenkins- GitBash/GitHub CoPilot- SaucelabsDatabase- MS SQL Server- OracleTest & Agile Project Management- HP-ALM- PractiTest- JIRA | ServiceNow | AzureDevOpsMiscellaneous- MCP Servers- JMeter - Performance Testing- Strong in Agile Scrum practices - PSM I- Familiarity with GraphQL- Familiar with Microservices Contract Testing (PACT)- Advocate for implementing Automation Best Practices for maximum ROI- AI enthusiast & practitionerI am self-motivated, a curious learner, and an effective team player with mentoring and coaching experience. I have demonstrated competence as a multi-tasker, consistently delivering results under strict deadlines. I am enthusiastic about learning, with a focus on driving ROI by implementing new tools and technologies.A few of my POC Projects: https://github.com/nishithpatnaik/

Experience

1. Qe Tech Lead - Assistant Consultant

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Jan 2020 — Present · Richmond, VA, US

   Client: Genworth Financial-QE Tech Leadership for Genworth\'s Claims Management System- Perform Pega QA for Claims management system\'s migration from.Net to Pega- Collaboration with team members- Spearhead tactical execution of Time-boxed Scrum events-Defining Roadmap with Test Plan, Strategy & Scheduling of large QA projects in Agile/Waterfall environments-Review and Implement Best Practices of Test Automation-Develop Automated scripts for Process Improvements-Implemented RESTful API Automation Testing with REST Assured, Postman & Swagger-Mentor offshore team competency with Agile Transition(Scrum) and Quality Engineering in line with customer goals-Coach offshore automation engineers -Orchestrate End to End Integration testing, UAT & Production Checkout activities-Created Proof of Concepts(PoC\'s) for trending Automation tools for future enhancements-Led Migration/Transitional programs for Automation & Test Management Tools for client-Architected Client\'s playbook for Test Management with ServiceNow-Conduct interviews for QA candidates-Received Contextual Masters Award for couple of critical QA deliverables adding significant customer value

Education

• Stewart School, Cuttack

  Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E)

  1993 — 2005

• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• Zinc Smelter Senior Secondary School

  Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E) 10+2, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Informatics Practices

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Istqb Certified
• C
• Qtp
• Html
• Jsp
• Vbscript
• Sql
• C++
• Javascript
• Test Automation
• Ncfm Certified
• Oracle
• Core Java
• Mysql