Saurav Gupta

About Saurav Gupta

Professional Summary- Approx. 16.2+ Years of experience in IT, specialising in Quality Assurance for Client-Server Technologies & Web/Mobile Applications across diverse business & technical environments, with a proven track record of leadership & team management- Proficient in applying SDLC methodologies, including Agile, to lead teams of 25+ members. Demonstrated leadership in driving team success, with strong skills in stakeholder collaboration, management, & communication. Experienced in conflict resolution, performance reporting, metrics analysis, & fostering team growth through training & development while aligning efforts to achieve organisational KPIs- Strong advocate for shift-left testing, in-sprint end-to-end automation, & shallow testing using mock environments. Experienced Scrum Master, driving successful agile practices across multiple teams- Consistently prioritises innovation, process optimisation, & effective time management to drive efficiency & deliver results- Extensive experience in developing test strategies, planning comprehensive test coverage, managing test data, & identifying & mitigating risks- Experienced in building & leading high-performing teams, & creating automation frameworks from scratch, especially in startup environments- Proficient in Shell scripting, Selenium WebDriver (Java), Cypress (JS) for test automation, & Rest Assured for API testing. Experienced in performance testing with JMeter & configuring Jenkins for automating deployment, code merging, & maintenance using GIT & CI/CD pipelines. Skilled in Dockerizing environments for seamless integration & testing- Recipient of multiple awards recognising outstanding testing skills at the team, project, & organisational levels throughout my career across various companiesSkills- Automation frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, Java, Shell Scripting, TestNG, BDD Cucumber, Maven, Gradle- Test management & Tools: JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail- Performance testing: JMeter- Database management: MySQL, Oracle, Mongo- Cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, Docker, BrowserStack, LambdaTest, Grafana- Agile Scrum methodology- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI- Stakeholder collaboration & relationship-building- Team leadership & mentoring- Process improvement strategies- Problem-solving abilities- Organisational performance evaluation- Production support services- Others: RabbitMQ, Kafka, RedisContact :

Experience

1. Senior Quality Assurance Manager

   DP World

   Dec 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   End-to-end ownership of internal POD streams - RMS, IMS, NPM, and ABBS - overseeing a wide range of activities across terminals, PFTs, CFSs, & other operations including global billing, invoicing, and financial management within the Cargo Logistics domain- Accountable for making strategic decisions & executing both short- and long-term goals for product and organizational growth, with a strong focus on delivering high-impact results using minimal resources- Oversee resource allocation, alignment, and performance evaluations, while conducting regular feedback sessions & monitoring production incidents to ensure optimal product performance in production environments- Collaborate closely with individual contributors to mentor and implement best practices and solutions, including developing automation frameworks with Selenium (Java), RestAssured, TestNG, and other tools. Key contributions include optimizing test execution time, improving stability, adopting the test pyramid methodology, and ensuring platform/data independence. Led efforts in branching strategies, service mocking to reduce dependencies, and identifying alternatives to streamline time consuming manual tasks such as shell scripting, JMeter scripts, and on-demand test re-runs. Also spearheaded the Dockerization of agent pools to support parallel test executions- Serve as Scrum Master in collaboration with the Program Manager to establish SDLC planning and execution processes. Also responsible for creating Grafana and Azure dashboards to provide clear visibility and insights to management- Partner with the product team to proactively identify and address scope gaps early in the project. Play a key role in driving significant product enhancements in the initial stages to minimize risks, offload team efforts, and provide t-shirt sizing estimates- The role combines technical leadership and people management, overseeing 18 direct reportees, including both full-time staff and contractual employees-

Education

• DAV Public School, Rohini, delhi

  High School, Non-Medical with Maths

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  B.E., Electronics and Telecommunications

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Qtp
• Vas Telecom
• Scripting
• Selenium Webdriver
• Test Planning
• Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• Defect Tracking
• Hp Quality Center
• Selenium
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Business Requirements
• Service Delivery
• Sdp
• Quality Center
• Scrum
• Quality Control
• Hp Qtp
• Quality Assurance
• User Acceptance Testing
• Gsm
• Agile Project Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• Shell Scripting
• System Testing
• Telecommunications
• Test Cases
• Jira
• Functional Testing
• Mobile Applications
• Test Automation
• Black Box Testing
• Software Testing
• Jmeter
• Requirements Gathering
• Performance Testing
• Manual Testing
• Bugzilla
• Testing