Aparna Saboo
Pune
Summary
Lead Test Automation Engineer with 15 years of experience, including 12 years in functional and non-functional testing. Expertise in Test Automation framework design, API testing, performance testing, visual testing, and security testing. Generative AI enthusiast leveraging Microsoft Copilot to enhance productivity. Played a key role in hiring processes, from designing screening tests to conducting interviews. Skilled in evaluating and recommending tools to advance continuous integration and test automation strategies
Overview
1825
1825
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Principal Engineer
Wissen Technology
Pune
05.2023 - Current
- Initiated and developed test automation from the ground up, leading a team of five to automate the regression suite for MSCI's 'MSCI One' platform. Designed backend-independent UI test automation leveraging the backend mocking capabilities of Cypress. Integrated a smoke test suite into the PR pipeline to enhance build validation, which improved defect detection efficiency by 30%, reduced issue identification turnaround time by 25%, and increased overall code quality by 20%, leading to smoother development cycles
- Key Technologies: Cypress, JavaScript, Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO), Jenkins, Git, GitHub Actions
Senior Principal Engineer
Wissen Technology
Pune
04.2022 - 04.2023
- Supervised a team of two engineers to perform maintenance and ensure compatibility of the regression test suite following an Angular version upgrade for Morgan Stanley's Private Banking Cash Internal product. This work ensured a seamless transition to the updated Angular version, minimized potential downtime, reduced regression errors by 25%, and improved the overall efficiency of testing processes.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering professional growth and contributing to a highly skilled engineering team.
- Key Technologies: Selenium, Java, BDD Cucumber, Jenkins, Git, Splunk
Principal Engineer
Wissen Technology
Mumbai
01.2020 - 04.2022
- Contributed as an automation team member in Vineti's Center of Excellence, collaborating with a team of 8 automation testers. Led a team of 4 to design and implement an automation testing solution for validating version upgrades of the application, which resulted in a 30% reduction in testing time and improved overall quality assurance.
- Oversaw the daily performance testing suite, updated test cases as needed, and led efforts to provide performance test reports during release cycles, contributing to a 25% increase in performance testing accuracy. Enhanced the existing test automation framework to support multiple languages, ensuring greater flexibility, scalability, and a broader application reach. Played a key role in driving successful in-sprint automation initiatives, accelerating testing cycles by 20% and improving team productivity.
- Key Technologies: Cypress, JavaScript, JMeter, BlazeMeter, Jenkins, JIRA, TestLink, Git.
Senior QA Engineer
Talentica Software Pvt. Limited
Pune
08.201 - 01.2020
- Served as a solo automation test engineer to automate the backlog test cases for Invoke. Developed a comprehensive test automation suite from scratch using WebdriverIO, which reduced manual testing efforts by 40% and improved overall testing efficiency. Implemented API testing and performance testing using JMeter, enhancing the reliability and scalability of the application. Incorporated visual testing capabilities with WebdriverIO, resulting in a 25% improvement in UI quality and consistency.
- Key Technologies: WebdriverIO, JavaScript, JMeter, Jenkins, JIRA, Git, MongoDB.
QA Engineer
Talentica Software Pvt. Limited
Pune
08.2014 - 08.2017
- Functioned as a solo automation tester to automate regression test cases for Talentpool. Designed and built an automation framework from scratch, employing Selenium, Java, TestNG, and the Page Object Model, which reduced manual effort by 50% and accelerated test execution cycles by 40%. Developed a complete API testing suite using JMeter, enhancing API reliability and performance validation. Automated tenant creation processes for the multi-tenant application using BAT and shell scripts, improving deployment efficiency by 30%. Conducted automated security testing using Burp Suite and ZAP, strengthening the application’s security posture and reducing vulnerabilities by 25%
- Key Technologies: Selenium, Java, JMeter, JIRA, Jenkins, Burp Suite, ZAP, SQL, Git
Associate Consultant
Capgemini
Pune
04.2013 - 08.2014
- Maintained the regression test automation suite for Morgan Stanley's internal trading platform, Triton, utilizing QTP (now UFT), ensuring stable and reliable test coverage. Led the migration of the regression suite from QTP to TestComplete, achieving a seamless transition that reduced maintenance costs by 20% and improved execution efficiency by 30%, thereby enhancing the overall quality and reliability of the testing process.
- Key Technologies: QTP/UFT, TestComplete, VBScript.
Technical Associate
Tech Mahindra
Pune
04.2010 - 03.2013
- Served as a support engineer responsible for maintaining the test environment for British Telecom. Automated the test data update process using Excel macros, streamlining data management tasks.
- Key Technologies: Mainframes Support
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications
Government College of Engineering
Aurangabad, India 04.2005 - 01.2009
XIIth -
S.B.E.S's College of Science
Aurangabad, India 06.2004 - 06.2005
Xth -
Murtizapur Highschool, Murtizapur
Amravati, India 06.2002 - 06.2003
Skills
- Cypress
- JavaScript
- Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Jenkins
- Git
- Github Actions
- Selenium
- Java
- BDD Cucumber
- Splunk
- Jmeter
BlazeMeter
Timeline
Senior Principal Engineer
Wissen Technology
05.2023 - Current
Senior Principal Engineer
Wissen Technology
04.2022 - 04.2023
Principal Engineer
Wissen Technology
01.2020 - 04.2022
QA Engineer
Talentica Software Pvt. Limited
08.2014 - 08.2017
Associate Consultant
Capgemini
04.2013 - 08.2014
Technical Associate
Tech Mahindra
04.2010 - 03.2013
Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications
Government College of Engineering
04.2005 - 01.2009
XIIth -
S.B.E.S's College of Science
06.2004 - 06.2005
Xth -
Murtizapur Highschool, Murtizapur
06.2002 - 06.2003
Senior QA Engineer
Talentica Software Pvt. Limited
08.201 - 01.2020
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