Virendra Sawant

Experience

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  J.V. Software

  Sept 2004 - Oct 2005

  Jr. System Engineer

  • .Net Development of Clearing module• Report designing• System testing of Clearing module• Implementation and UAT of Clearing module at Co-Operative Banks

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  Nelito Systems Pvt. Ltd.

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2006

  System Consultant

  • Data Testing of old banking software• Database testing• Data Migration• Finacle Implementation and UAT activity for Bank Of Baroda and Bank Of India• Training to bank employees at Training Center of Bank of Baroda and Bank Of India

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  Core Education & Technologies Limited

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2009

  Sr. Software Testing Engineer

  ▪ Perform manual testing, preparing, review and execution of test cases, bug reporting and work in close coordination with software development team for delivering output in the specified manner.▪ Ensure completion of assigned tasks within time constraints and quality standards.▪ Identifying defects and implements solutions at par with the specifications.▪ Identifying and troubleshooting bugs during regression test cycle.▪ Perform Unit testing and Build testing conducted the Systems testing, which include Functional testing, Installation testing, Configuration testing, Performance testing before software marketing.▪ UAT Testing at client side and responsible for Sign off.▪ Onsite RFID testing, training to support people Show less

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  Sarla Technologies

  Feb 2009 - May 2016

  Quality Lead

  • Defining guidelines and best practices for the QA strategy• Defining testing scope, objectives, and deliverables for each testing phase.• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirement and to ensure test coverage in all testing phases.• Defect management, prioritization, tracking and collaboration with developers and stakeholders to ensure timely defect resolution followed by retesting and closure.• Managing test data creation, validation, and maintenance to ensure realistic test scenarios. • Identify risk and assess risk associated with testing activities and develop mitigation strategies to minimize potential negative impact on project timelines and quality.• Gather and analyse testing metrics, such as test coverage, defect density and automation coverage.• Monitor test execution progress and identify areas of improvement and contribute to the refinement of testing methodologies, tools, and best practices. • Reviewing testing documentation, testing deliverables.• Communicating testing progress, results ad issues to stakeholders, providing clear and concise status report to all external and internal project stakeholders.• Monitor test automation execution reports, analyze the reports, and take appropriate actions if needed.• Coordinate Automation Testing efforts (interaction/sync with client, other work streams, execution team)• Expertise on various testing methodologies and techniques, such as manual testing, automation testing, regression testing, product testing.• Participating in initiation, planning, various requirement related discussions and release planning meetings. Additional Roles Handled: • 3 Years of experience on PMO Responsibility• 4 Years of experience as Management Representative for ISO 9001:2008, CSIA and WCA certification• 7+ Years of experience on Project Management Tool (Whizible) as Administrator• 1.5 Years of experience as HP Quality Center as Administrator• Business Intelligence tool Integration Lead Show less

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  NEC Software Solutions (India)

  Jun 2016 - now

  Test Lead

  • Defining guidelines and best practices for the QA strategy• Defining testing scope, objectives, and deliverables for each testing phase.• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirement and to ensure test coverage in all testing phases.• Managing test data creation, validation, and maintenance to ensure realistic test scenarios. • Identify risk and assess risk associated with testing activities and develop mitigation strategies to minimize potential negative impact on project timelines and quality.• Gather and analyse testing metrics, such as test coverage, defect density and automation coverage.• Monitor test execution progress and identify areas of improvement and contribute to the refinement of testing methodologies, tools, and best practices. • Reviewing testing documentation, testing deliverable for CAB (Change Advisory Board).• Communicating testing progress, results ad issues to stakeholders, providing clear and concise status report to all external and internal project stakeholders.• Review test automation coverage, testing scripts, defining automation test execution frequency as per requirements.• Monitor test automation execution reports, analyse the reports, and take appropriate actions if needed.• Coordinate Automation Testing efforts (interaction/sync with client, other work streams, execution team)• Expertise on various testing methodologies and techniques, such as manual testing, automation testing, regression testing, performance and load testing, user acceptance testing and sanity testing after production release. • Vendor and business users interactions for Business UATs.• Managing end to end business UAT, from defining strategy to business UAT signoff. • Participating in initiation, planning, various requirement related discussions, service introduction call for business and vendors, change management discussions and release planning meetings.• Showcasing new functionalities to stakeholders after QA testing completed Show less