Sandesh Vaidya

About Sandesh Vaidya

20+ years of experience in Information Technology, with specializing in Software Testing and Business Analysis. • Expert in Program Test Planning, Test Automation, Test Management, Test Estimation and Release Management. • Experience in mapping clients\' business requirements and translating those into functional specifications such as Functional design document (FDD), Gap Analysis, Business requirement document (BRD), User stories, Use Cases & User acceptance test cases. • Proficient in facilitating Blue-printing sessions, Requirement Gathering sessions, Walkthroughs, Presentations, and meetings for communicating the work status. • Experience of working in different software development methodologies like Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall. • Experience in all levels of testing such as Positive testing, Negative testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Black box testing, and Browser testing. • Experience of working on different automation tools such as Test Complete, Selenium Web driver, SoapUI • Experience in working on various project management tools such as Rally, Gemini, Azure Devops Server, Jira • Extensive experience of managing Azure Test Plans, Test Suites, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, thereby improving team’s productivity. • Creation of testing artifacts like Test Plan, Requirement Matrix, Test Summary and Defect report. • Global experience in South Africa, Norway & United States; played lead role in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), User Acceptance Tests(UAT) and Product rollouts • Hands on experience on Low code/No code platforms like OutSystems, Unqork, Kore AI • Strong domain experience in Network access control, Surveillance System, Record Retrieval & Litigation Support, Payment Management, Digital Front Door, and Conversational AI Platform. • Experience in stakeholder management to ensure the completion of activities as per agreed requirements and timelines. • Excellent Communication, Problem solving, Risk mitigation and Leadership skills. • Certified Associate configurator on Unqork platform. • Certified Advance Kore AI bot developer. • Hold multiple visas H1B & B1/B2

Experience

1. Project Lead

   Persistent Systems

   Mar 2011 — Present

Education

• Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur

  Master of Computer Mangement -MCM, Information Technology, A

  2016 — 2018