Rakesh Kumar

About Rakesh Kumar

Solid knowledge of Selenium and Appium automation and developing framework from scratch. Experience in building and growing QA team in automation. Managed multiple projects with inflexible deadlines. Solid hands on experience in BDD, Cucumber, TestNG and Junit using Java.• Deep understanding with SOAP and REST API automation using JMeter, SOAP UI and Rest Assured.• Highly experience in Performance testing using JMeter, Blaze Meter and Flood IO.• Lead the testing activities of migrating from Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud Platform.• Experienced in Cloud Testing, Microservices testing and Service Virtualization.• Experienced in System Integration automated testing using JMeter and REST-Assured.• Well acquainted with Agile Methodology and all phases of STLC and SDLC.• Worked on building framework on BDD model using Page Object Model and Cucumber with Selenium and Java• Experience in testing SOAP and Rest web services using tools like SoapUI, JMeter• Solid understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting & Tracking.• Experience in continuous integration (CI/CD) using Maven, GIT, Sauce labs and Jenkins.• Hands-on experience on designing and developing Hybrid Automation frameworks.• Extensive experience in leading QA team, driving end to end testing for multiple projects, grooming and training, testingprocedures involving functional test, system test, regression test, GUI test, integration test, UAT.• Enhanced and standardized defect tracking tools like HP Quality Centre/ALM, Rally, qTest.• Experience in SQL and Database testing.• Experience in Retail and Banking domains.• 6 years of experience as QA Test Lead. Skilful in managing time, prioritizing tasks, meeting deadlines and in producingquality work on a continuous basis.• Skilfully managed multiple large-scale projects with critical timeline.• Strong problem solving, analytical and time management skills.

Experience

1. Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

   PetSmart

   Oct 2018 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Developed BDD automation framework for Selenium and Appium using Java with reusable components (Page Object Model) to be used at enterprise level.• Lead testing team to migrate from Azure to GCP.• Established API automation testing using JMeter and performed CI/CD integration for pipeline jobs.• Performance testing using JMeter and Flood IO. Application for 1700 store was successfully launched.• Successfully completed system integration automation testing using JMeter. Automated testing for shared API’s for Customerfacing and Store facing applications.• Implemented integration of qTest with JMeter and Selenium• Lead the automation testing in all areas and provide technical expertise to other QA members and guidance in prioritizingQA efforts.• Smoothly managed multiple projects for Smoke, Integration and Regression testing. Proactively performed collaboration andco-ordination with all stake holders.• Lead team to run end to end testing for critical deliverables.• Managing, mentoring and leading QA Team of 12-15 members. Co-ordination with outside vendors for QA contractorpositions.

Education

• Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech