Pankaj Upadhyay Contact Information

+61 0469590855
Qualification Profile Pankaj.aug@gmail.com
I am a dynamic IT professional with experience in Software testing Design, Development, Deployments, and
LinkedIn Profile
Migrations, currently associated with Jimmy Brings (part of endeavour group). I have experience across a
range of Tier 1 companies working within private and public sectors. I presently working with Mobile Driver Melbourne, Australia
app Squad as Agile Automation Test Engineer. Australian Citizen

Summary: - Skills & Expertise

 Over 15+ years’ experience in testing/quality assurance, including 10+ years of experience in Automation Testing, Playwright,
automation testing tools includes but not limited to Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, JAVA, TestNG Cypress, Selenium, Jenkins, GitHub,
and CICD tools and other automation tools Docker, Amazon Web Services,
 Experience of working in Australia 8+ years. Kubernetes, Cloud, Linux, JAVA, VB
 Rich experience in automating web and mobile(iOS/Android) apps using tools like VB-Script, Script, Shell Scripting, PowerShell,
Selenium Web driver, Appium, Perfecto Mobile, Cucumber, Rest-Assured, CI/CD process, TDD and Groovy, Script Languages
BDD.
 Expertise in building and developing UI, Web and API automation framework using VB/Type script Languages/Technologies - Android
and Appium/Java/TestNG/Junit/Maven/Grade etc. Node JS IOS JAVA .NET YAML
 Demonstrated experience in coding & maintaining the UI and API Automation tools Playwright, PowerShell Shell Scripting Batch
Selenium, Cypress, Appium and rest assured etc. Scripting GROOVY Perl XML JSON
 Developed automation frameworks, using tools Playwrite, Cypress, Selenium, JAVA, TestNG, QTP
 Experience in testing mobile applications including Native, Hybrid and Responsive Web on multiple
Database - MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL,
mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone RDBMS, Oracle
 Virtualized the servers using Docker for the test environments and dev-environments needs, also
configuration automation using Docker containers. CI/CD Tools – Buildkite,
Codefresh, Jenkins, GitHub
 Experience maintaining CI environments with build automation tools like Codefresh, Jenkins, Build- Bitbucket, SonarQube,
Kite and streamline CI/CD process Artifactory, GCP
 Experience in developing Pipeline as Code scripts and Shared Libraries for build/deployment for Services
different application in Codefresh, Buildkite, Jenkins.
 In-depth knowledge of Testing, Design and DevOps management methodologies AWS - EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, ECS,
 Experience in implementing CICD using DevOps Tools for different Application stack like (Buildkite, JAVA, CloudFront, IAM, CloudWatch,
.Net, Android, IOS, PHP, Python etc.). (Access control and Security) etc. GCP
 Experience in working on AWS and its services like AWS IAM, VPC, EC2, ECS, EBS, RDS, S3,
Lambda, Route 53, Cloud Front, API GATEWAY, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail etc. Configuration Management –
 Developed Maven and Gradle Scripts to automate the build process. Managed the Maven GIT, MSF
Repository and used the same to share the snapshots and releases of internal projects.
 Experienced in Assess regression test coverage and develop practical and effective test strategies to Virtualization – Docker
maximize the coverage with automation
 Experience Working in mobile automation projects for major Australian brands such as NAB, MLC Collaboration Tools –
 Experienced in Banking, Finance, Insurance, E-commerce, and health care Service domains. Confluence, Slack, Microsoft
Teams.
 Extensive experience in working within Agile environments. Involved in daily status calls held with
Business Team, Development Team, BA, and other teams to define and delivery to improve the Monitoring Tools -
process AppDynamics, Threat-
 Hands-on experience on databases SQL Server includes standard functions like stored procedures, Metrix, Splunk,
queries, Triggers, database maintenance etc. Hunter, Google
 Good knowledge on managing and integrating code quality tools like SonarQube
Analytics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Build Tool – ANT

Maven, Gradle
Jimmy Brings | Australia ● Aug 2022 – Present

Senior Automation Engineer OS –

Linux, MacOS and Windows.
Managed and performed software testing and quality assurance for driver’s apps, middleware and
backend systems, automation testing performed on iOS and Android Devices, web browser to test UI and
middleware systems in software development environment. Server Software
Apache, SQL Server, MySQL, Tomcat
Responsibilities involve but are not limited to: etc.

Industries –
 Automating progression and regression suites using Cypress by creating the automation framework and scripts using
VB script to test Web based applications. Banking, Financial, Retail, E-
Commerce, Healthcare

Certifications –
ISTQB Certified
 Developed Cypress framework to test the UI component test locally and CI pipeline in Docker container.
 Develop Gatling Performance Test framework and perform loan and performance testing on APIs.
 Took a leading role in test automation and manual testing, actively involved in creation of detailed test plans test cases and test scenarios for different
application modules according to functional requirements and business specifications.
 Classified the defects according to severity level, priority level and prepared Test Status Report during test execution process.
 Interacted with the Business Analysts for any change in requirement if required.
 Involved in release testing and performed PVT and BVT testing
 Performed deployment of the testing/release builds in test/staging/preprod environments and verify the builds
 Assessed regression test coverage and develop practical and effective test strategies to maximise the coverage with automation
 Collaborated with the product owner, engineers, analysts, and other people in my Squad to identify risks early and help fix bugs as they arise, improving
quality from the outset. Test early and test often
 Validate the outputs out of different teams and sign off business documents
 Implemented Docker image so test can run independent without interference
 Managed e2e (Test strategy, test planning, execution, and reporting, managing stakeholders).
 Managing Defect and, Exit Criteria, Daily or weekly Reporting and other duties and managing the testing team.
 Closely worked with Application Analyst and the Business Sponsor ensuring business requirements are compliant
 Submission of project progress reports with milestones, risks, mitigation and maintained project communication status via Jira/confluence applications
and all the stakeholders.
 Working collaboratively with all the stakeholders during various testing phases (UAT, BVT, PVT)
 Collaborating with internal and external teams to deliver the solution.

Environment: -
GCP, JAVA Script, Scala, Mobile – iOS, Android, Windows, Cloud, Zephyr, Node, Stubby, Google Analytics, Gradle, TestNG, DevOps, Artifactory,
Play store, App store, Test flight.

ANZ (Via HCL) | Australia ● Jun 2021 – Aug 2022

Test Lead/Senior Automation Engineer

Managed and performed software testing and quality assurance of ANZ Apply NTB Cola migration (ANZ Apply – Credit Card Online Application
COLA), automation testing performed on web browser to test UI and BFF in (Scrum) software development environment.

Responsibilities involve but are not limited to:

 Automating progression and regression suites using Playwright by creating the automation framework and scripts using VB script to test OLA
ANZ Apply platform.
 Developed Cypress framework to test the UI component in storybook locally and CI pipeline in Docker container.
 Took a leading role in test automation and manual testing, actively involved in creation of detailed test plans test cases and test scenarios for
different application modules according to functional requirements and business specifications.
 Classified the defects according to severity level, priority level and prepared Test Status Report during test execution process.
 Involved in release testing and performed PVT and BVT testing.
 Performed deployment of the testing/release builds in test/staging/preprod environments and verify the builds.
 Assessed regression test coverage and develop practical and effective test strategies to maximize the coverage with automation.
 Collaborated with the product owner, engineers, analysts, and other people in my Squad to identify risks early and help fix bugs as they arise,
improving quality from the outset. Test early and test often
 Implemented Docker image so test can run independent without interference.
 Managed e2e (Test strategy, test planning, execution, and reporting, managing stakeholders).
 Managing Defect and, Exit Criteria, Daily or weekly Reporting and other duties and managing the testing team.
 Closely worked with Application Analyst and the Business Sponsor ensuring business requirements are compliant.
 Submission of project progress reports with milestones, risks, mitigation and maintained project communication status via Jira/confluence
applications and all the stakeholders.
 Working collaboratively with all the stakeholders during various testing phases (UAT, BVT, PVT)

Environment: -
VB Script, Apply Platform UI, BFF, Playwright, Codefresh, CI-CD and ANZ downstream applications, Safari, Chrome, SQL,

IRESS | Melbourne, VIC ● MAY 2019 – JUN 2021

IRESS markets software and information services for equity and derivative trading, and for wealth management service providers. The company offers the
following solutions: Institutional Broking - Gain access to real-time global market data, trading, and connectivity on one platform for institutional brokers

Responsibilities:
  Performing Functional, Regression and System Integration testing of various IRESS products like IPS and XPlan etc.
 Interacted with Development team during development of the module and involved in resolving the critical bugs.
 Worked on to setup for the various Jenkins CICD pipeline configurations for all the micro services.
 Modeled and automated the End-to-End Continuous Integration test pipeline which included building a Continuous Integration server utilizing
tools like Jenkins, maven, Jira, Git, Selenium, and Sonar.
 Performed performance testing via gatling and provide the report to stakeholders
 Involved in product migration to AWS cloud and perform the migration testing for different products
 Implemented Docker image so test can run independent without interference and test can be run on different environments
 Planned AWS Cloud environment, setting up environments, configurations, customization of Cloud environment.
 Configured S3 versioning and lifecycle policies to and backup files
 Planned AWS Cloud environment, setting up environments, configurations, customization of Cloud environment.
 Designing, updating, and maintaining test cases as per the functional/ UI requirements in JIRA and confluence
 Worked on to setup for the various Buildkite CICD pipeline configurations for all Automation build triggers.

Environment: -
Window XP, AWS, VB Script, Java, Buildkite, Gatling, IRESS, SE, IPS, SE, Web, Gatling, SCALA, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, EC2, ECS, EBS, RDS, S3,
Lambda, Route 53, Cloud Front

Infosys Technologies Ltd ● May 2012 – May 2019

Infosys is one of the Leading IT Company that provides business consulting, information technology, software engineering and outsourcing services.

Client – NAB | Mobile Acceleration (NAB Mobile APPs) ● May 2015 – May 2019

Test Lead/Senior Automation Engineer:

Senior Automation Test Analyst- as a Senior QA Engineer, performed software testing and quality assurance of NAB MIB-Mobile Internet Banking application,
automation testing performed on a real time perfecto cloud devices (iOS, Android) and application working under Agile (Scrum) software development
environment.

Responsibilities:
 Automating progression and regression suites using Appium on Perfecto Mobile cloud by creating the automation framework and scripts using
Java/TestNG/Gradle/GIT for NAB mobile banking app (iOS/Android).
 Automating progression and regression suites using Appium by creating the automation framework and scripts using Java/TestNG/Maven/GIT for
NAB marketplace mobile app (Banking & Insurance) for both iOS and Android platforms.
 As a member of the Scrum team participated in daily standup meetings, project status meetings as well as retrospective meetings and iteration
reviews.
 Utilized zephyr-JIRA integration Selenium framework for test automation.
 Worked closely with Development team, BA, and QA teams as well as Stakeholders and members of Management.
 Responsible for conducting smoke, functional, UI, regression and ad-hock testing and automation nightly execution report analysis.
 Classified the defects according to severity level, priority level and prepared Test Status Report during test execution process.
 Interacted with the Business Analysts for any change in requirement if required.
 Took a leading role in test automation and manual testing, actively involved in creation of detailed test plans test cases and test scenarios for
different application modules according to functional requirements and business specifications.
 Tested applications compatibility on different platforms Mobile Devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone) and coved device coverage for different OS
for iOS and Android versions.
 Participated in story estimation sessions.
 Developed automation script and added into regression and nightly execution in all sprints.
 Created CICD Pipelines for multiple application stack (JAVA, .Net)

Environment: -
AWS, JAVA, Selenium, Perfecto, Mobile – iOS, Android, Windows, Cloud, Zephyr, Node, Stubby, Splunk, Threatmatrix, Gradle, TestNG,
Jenkis, DevOps, Artifactory, Playstore, Appstore, ShellScript

Client – NAB | WealthHub - Nab Trade (Forex Testing) ● Mar 2013 – Apr 2015

WealthHub helps to build an investment portfolio. The person once on boarded can buy or sell Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed shares, warrants and
exchange traded options online or over the phone. The user can also link his wealth-hub account to his online bank account and can perform any transactions.
 Automation Engineer:
Senior Automation Test Analyst performed software testing and quality assurance of NAB Trade Internet Banking application, automation testing performed on
nabTrade web Application and working under Agile (Scrum) software development environment.

Responsibilities:
 Responsible for automating BVT and regression test suites by creating framework based on Page object model and integrating tests with CI(Jenkins)
to run them on nightly basis for using Selenium Webdriver and selenium grid with java
 Performing Functional, Regression and System Integration testing of ServiceMax App various iOS devices and Web for Forex trading.
 Performing query-based testing in SQL/Oracle database by writing SQL queries.
 Designing, updating and maintaining test cases as per the functional/ UI requirements in ALM/JIRA
 Troubleshooting customer defects in a swift and responsive manner; recording and tracking defects utilizing ALM/JIRA
 Reporting and tracking defects / bugs via defect tracking systems ALM/JIRA
 Automated end to end regression suite spanning across 4 different applications built on different environment.
 Created status report of the team.
 Involved in reviewing Test Cases based on requirement.
 Interacted with Development team during development of the module and involved in resolving the critical bugs.
 Worked as an effective coordinator between development, Business, BA and QA teams.

Environment: -
Windows, QTP, ALM, VB, JAVA, IRESS, SE, Web, Macros, SourceSafe, Selenium, TestNG

Client – NAB | Payment Gateway ● Jan 2012 – Feb 2013

NAB Business Bank Integration to the global SWIFT gateway being implemented by Project Gateway It is intended to fill the void between the Solution
Architecture Document (SAD) which details the architecturally significant aspects of the solution and Individual Detailed Design Specifications (DDS) which
provide granular detail on the design of each of the individual components that make up the complete solution.
The gateway project is broken into two major components, Core and Non-Core.
Core is covering off the replacement of the midrange swift applications MINT and Hotscan with the new gateway Clarity and SAA solution.
Non-core is covering off all the changes required in all regions for systems that integrate to the Core component.

Test Analyst:

Responsibilities:
 Building up team & resources.
 Planning projects & implementations.
 Timely Project Deliveries and Automation regression.
 Create POC for automated process for project
 Design the automation framework for mainframe application
 Involved in various testing activities including Test Planning, as per the drops delivered by the vendor and streamlining the test execution.
 Involved in Estimation and Execution, Test Data and Defect Management, Regression testing, E2E Testing and Component Testing of mainframe
applications like ICP, FIP/MS, RTGS etc.
 Actively participated in Test result analysis and defect reporting activities.
 Responsible of system test planning, regression planning and requirements mapping activities and effort estimation in project Gateway system
testing
 Tracking issues with Component Teams, design teams, developers, testers and Configuration Management team.
 Proactive in tracking the defects with the concerned team to get those fixed-on time ensuring customer delight.
 Performed Black Box Testing including Module testing, Integration testing, Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing and bug logging

Environment: -
Windows, QTP, ALM, VB, Web, Macros, Mainframes, Money laundering systems, Fraud deduction tools

EARLY CAREER HISTORY

 Technical Test Lead | Voxiva Pvt. Ltd | India (Sep 2008 – Jan 2012)
 Member of Technical Staff | Interra Information Technologies | India (Dec 2005 – Aug 2008)
 Development/Productivity Tools
 Automation Tools: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium Web-driver, Appium, Perfecto Mobile, Cucumber. Rest Assured, Gatling
 Languages/Technologies: Java, C#, VB/Type script, Python, Node JS, .NET, YAML, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, XML, JSON
 Database: MySQL, SQL, RDBMS, Postgres, Oracle
 CI/CD Tools: Codefresh, Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Artifactory, BuildKite, Team City
 Build Tools: ANT Maven, Gradle
 Virtualization: Docker

 Mobile Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone

 SCM Tools: GIT, Bitbucket, SVN, SourceTree, Git Extension
 IDE: VS Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Android Studio, IntelliJ, PyCharm
 Other Testing Tools: TestNG, Junit, Jira, TestNG, Xcode Instruments, Test Flight, Zephyr, Firebug, Fiddler, ChromeDev Tools, Bugzilla, Test
Central, Charles Proxy, User Agent, Postman, SOAPUI

 Collaboration Tools: Confluence, Slack, Microsoft Teams

 Monitoring Tools: AppDynamics, Splunk, ThreatMetrix, Hunter
 OS: Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS) MacOS and Windows

Professional Qualification

 Master of Application, M.C.A from U.P Technical University Lucknow (2002-2005).

 Bachelor of Application, B.C.A from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Agra (1999-2002).